machenry's closing tonight

while i've never been a big frequenter of machenry's, that fine foat wuth acoustic-music venue, i've always liked what it represented (a room with a _listening_ crowd) and figured that with the move to magnolia street from the wild west side last year, things there would be picking up. now owner john walker sez it'll be "temporarily" closing this friday, october 12th. damn, damn, damn.