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by joshc [flickr].

This has been well covered and widely recommended elsewhere, but it is worth a brief reminder nonetheless. Tonight at Chop Suey, a ton of local musicians — exactly the sort of people whose careers were bolstered by the existence of a place like the Crocodile Cafe — gather at Chop Suey to help raise a little bit of money for the employees who were, like the rest of us, shocked when the beloved club closed suddenly this month. Unlike the rest of us, they didn’t just lose a favorite venue, they also lost a job. See members of Fleet Foxes, Peter Parker, Siberian, Pale Pacific, J.Tillman, Damien Jurado, Pleasureboaters, Dave Bazan, Triumph Of Lethargy, Dave Terry (of Aqueduct), Sonny Votolato and many others; enter a raffle; buy your favorite ex-Crocs a drink; and maybe hatch a scheme for Seattle’s next great club. $10, 7pm [chopsuey]