Yeah, it's as bad as you expected.

The former Crobar in Chicago will remain shuttered for less than one week before reopening as a tacky mainstream joint called The Vibe. The new club's "urban" theme appears to be a code word for "dumping as much cheese and douche in one room as possible".

Here's a copy of the flyer for The Vibe's "launch party" - just 6 days after Crobar's closing party.

Prominently displayed is "Natalie 'I Run LA' Nunn from Oxygen's Hit TV Show Bad Girl's Club", who is hosting what is sure to be a night filled with more fist-bumps than anywhere west of Jersey. I'm not sure if this is a step up or a step down from wheeling out Dennis Rodman in his walker - we're talking degrees of tackyness here - but it's... different.

Apparently she's an amazing DJ as there's no other music information listed.

And good luck to the owners - apparently most of the staff has long since been let go.

If you're hoping that the recent closure of Crobar's Chicago location will result in quality dance music returning to what was once a downtown mecca, I've some bad news for you. According to the Sun-Times (which jibes with what I've heard), the club's "closure" this weekend will result in a very brief layoff and rebranding. The former Crobar is slated to soon re-open under the name "Vibe" in the not too distant future.

Unfortunately, the word on the street is that the club is going for the "young urban demographic." What this means: commercial Hip-Hop, bottle service - you know the score.

Crobar had been largely seen as in decline for a long time. Perhaps this was never so apparent as during their closing second-to-last weekend, which featured geriatric "bad boy" and Reality TV retread Dennis Rodman as a "celebrity host" - yet another instance when music was entirely secondary to spectacle at a club.