tireoghain

That is so cute and thoughtful. And yes, it looks like a lot of Vancouver too. In fact, it's almost exactly like Vancouver. I haven't felt uncomfortable at all here.

The Heman group kicks some serious ass. Oh man, this stirs memories. I used to be such a cosplay geek.

You should try it! It's fun. Which of the Endless do you think you'd be? I could see you as Morpheus.

Yeah, the loudness of live music is kind of off-putting to me as well, though maybe less so if the real point of the club were to have performances (instead of what happens in my town, where you'll be at a restaurant and there's some live band smashing away as loud as possible, making ordering food or chatting with your companions an impossibility.)
The only time that I did go to a club to see a live band for the sole sake of just seeing the band, though, it was SO loud that you couldn't even hear the music right because your ears just couldn't take it. Like probably permanently damaged my hearing loudness.
So yeah... but on that note, I remember a local electric jazz band when I lived in California that I made a point of going to see a few times, and interestingly they always made a point of not using actual drums if they were going to play indoors -- instead they had an electric drum set of some type, so the volume could be better controlled.

Personally, I love my music obnoxiously loud. But out of most people I know I'm the minority.

Also, I like a place to sit. I hate it when places have inadequate seating.