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Asbalt

Asbalt | Place/Venue | A nickname for The Astoria given when local punk promoter Wendy 13 booked there in lieu of the Cobalt.

Pronunciation: “Ass-bawlt”

Usage: “I got wasted at the Asbalt last night.”

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