Sydney musicians sing a lament for the city's nightlife under lockout laws

By Peter Munro
September 25 2016 - 12:15am
Dan Mac and Jim Finn of Art vs Science play near the shuttered Exchange Hotel on Oxford Street to protest against Sydney's lockout laws.  Photo: Sarah Keayes
Dan Mac and Jim Finn of Art vs Science play near the shuttered Exchange Hotel on Oxford Street to protest against Sydney's lockout laws. Photo: Sarah Keayes
Jim Finn and Dan Mac of electronic group Art vs Science played some of their first gigs along Oxford Street.  Photo: Sarah Keayes
Jim Finn and Dan Mac of electronic group Art vs Science played some of their first gigs along Oxford Street. Photo: Sarah Keayes
Memorial plaque outside the old Phoenix nightclub, where artist Anna Lunoe had a DJ residency.  Photo: Sarah Keayes
Memorial plaque outside the old Phoenix nightclub, where artist Anna Lunoe had a DJ residency. Photo: Sarah Keayes
Memorial plaque outside the old Hugo's Lounge, in Kings Cross, where Sneaky Sound System played live music.  Photo: Pat Stevenson/Sam MacDonald
Memorial plaque outside the old Hugo's Lounge, in Kings Cross, where Sneaky Sound System played live music. Photo: Pat Stevenson/Sam MacDonald

Flowers for mourning the death of a nightclub include gerberas, roses, tulips, daffodils and ranunculi. Dan Mac cradles a pale posy of snapdragons while his guitar gently laments. "Where will we party now?" he sings. "I guess we'll go to Melbourne. Or bed."

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