"Ninety-six people died Thursday in a fast-moving fire at a Rhode Island nightclub, Gov. Don Carcieri said Friday afternoon, adding that only a handful of the bodies have been identified."

As a Connecticut Yankee with relatives in Providence I had to post something about this.  Rhode Island and Connecticut have a lot in common, comprising the entirety of Southern New England (otherwise known as "those tiny-ass states south of Massachusetts").  Watching the videos which CNN keeps replaying OVER AND OVER it looks like the same crowd I hang out with whenever I'm back in Hartford at The Spigot.

I hope they lock up Great White if for no other reason than they shouldn't still be touring with their crap-ass 80's hair metal - and definitely not with pyrotechnics.  Does anyone honestly think the club would have allowed it given the apparently-flammable soundproofing foam everywhere?

R.I.P.