The hangover count is high among War Room regulars today; last night was the final chance to pour one out for the beloved Capitol Hill nightclub, and it sounds like it was a boozy, doozy of a good time. I stopped by on Sunday night during the fundraisers for Mayor-elect McGinn and City Attorney-elect Holmes, and I’ll have more on that in this week’s Rocket Queen. Here’s an excerpt:”I’m re-branding the space; this whole thing was just a publicity stunt.” War Room owner Marcus Lalario is enjoying pulling my leg while standing on the sidewalk outside the Capitol Hill club this past Sunday evening as friends and regulars pour in the door to say good-bye. Indeed, it is sadly true: the venue responsible for bridging the gaps between Seattle’s hip-hop, electronica, rock and punk communities is shuttering its doors after nearly five years of dance parties, political fundraisers and live shows.Inside, the club’s signature, left-leaning politics are on display on last time. Mayor-elect Mike McGinn and City Attorney-elect Pete Holmes are holding a joint fundraiser to mingle with the music community that helped elect them and raise funds to help cover the remaining debt from their campaigns. Pacific Northwest Recording Academy executive director Ben London chats up McGinn with me, sharing his suggestion (cultivated with Neumos owner Steven Severin, also in attendance) that the future Mayor continue to show his support by attending one local music or arts-related event a month and making sure the public knows that he’ll be there. “That’s a good idea,” says McGinn, nodding his head, but not fully committing to the prospect. “I’ve signed up to coach my kids’ basketball team, so that will keep me very busy too,” he says. “Well, you gotta keep your base,” London, gently asserts, referring implicitly to the groundswell of music community support McGinn benefited from during his campaign. We drift back to conversation with Severin, which returns to the weekend’s sold-out The xx show at Neumos and collective, wildly unrealistic daydreams about chartering a plane to South By Southwest next spring.It’s interactions like that that characterized the War Room’s important place in the club scene. While not every night would suit everyone’s tastes, the diversity of its programming combined with its unabashed political voice and made it a good place to mix activism and hedonism, something that’s always been a hallmark of the Seattle music scene. Lalario cites the costs associated with the impending Dec. 1 deadline for sprinkler installation as a driving factor in pulling the plug, but regardless of the reason, it’s a shame to see it go.