Up though last Friday night, if you were to come to my hometown of Duluth, Minnesota and tell me that you really, really wanted to get your throat cut, I would have suggested that you go to the Red Lion Lounge on Superior Street, where you could easily find someone to do it for you, most likely without even asking.

Sadly, the Red Lion closed last Friday. All the musicians, drug dealers, guttersnipes, and hipsters who called it home came out to make sure it all ended with a bang, not a whimper.

I took photos.

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