let me stand next to your fire

I just read an article on CNN.com that said at least 54 people died at a Rhode Island night club. Apparently Great White were performing (you remember them, they did the song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" back in the eighties) and a pyrotechnic display ignited a fire in the club. Pretty shocking stuff. Here are the top five reasons this is shocking:

5. This is the second major nightclub catastophe in a week - the first being the stamped in Chicago that killed 21.

4. There's apparently news footage showing the start of the blaze taken during the show.

3. As the fire began to blaze out of control, stoked metalheads were heard exclaiming, "Yeah that's great!"

2. Yelling fire in a crowded theater is pretty cliche these, but starting a fire in a crowded theater, that, my friend, is so Rock N' Roll.

1. If 53 people died at a Great White concert then that must mean 53 people actually went to a Great White concert.