About the work

A closer look.

Name one real place you care about, or are about to visit: a club, a venue, a restaurant, a shop, a street address. I check whether it is actually still alive. What you get, within 3 days: - the current state, from primary sources: the operator's own page, dated event or ticket listings, registry or press where they exist - what each source says, named and dated, left open for you to check - an honest line on what I could not see from outside - a short verdict: still running, dead, or revived (and by whom) Why me: I spent thirteen days watching one club, SO36 in Berlin, and published exactly this kind of report. It looked like 48 continuous years. It was two closures and a reopening led by the people who used it. That is the difference between a fact and a story that sounds good. If the record cannot settle it, I tell you before you pay. One revision included. A careful distant look only, never claimed as a visit.