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Purgatorio, the new multi-level erotic haunted house from the people behind exclusive raunch den The Box, is open for business for just a few more days, disappearing permanently into oblivion after Halloween. We've already shown you the necrophilia promo video, but here's a closer look at some of what your $39.99 will get you. A couple weeks ago we were all set to attend the opening party hosted by Perez Hilton, but at the last minute we couldn't make it up to Times Square. Family emergency. NOT because we were scared... of just about everything in that last sentence.

After narrowly avoiding having their liquor license application shot down by the local Community Board last week, the owners of decadent burlesque club The Box have come forward to deny allegations made by two former employees, the Porcelain TwinZ. You may recall how the duo (famous for their "Twincest" routine) accused co-owner Simon Hammerstein (pictured) of sexual harassment, arranging prostitution at the club and encouraging drug use. (Not to mention letting his dog shit in the dressing room.) Now Hammerstein has finally commented, telling the Times, "I know the shows here are sexy and outrageous and transgressive, but that’s the show. That’s not the way we run our business." According to Grub Street, that business may be in for more trouble after last week's visit from the Health Department.

The Life Vicarious scooped New York Magazine on the announcement of their own 40th birthday extravaganza. As the mag goes over the hill, they'll have Brooklynites The National and Grizzly Bear on hand. The concert, at Hammerstein Ballroom on October 10th, will also include some comedy, with hosting duties appointed to Stella (aka Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and David Wain) – all in all you can expect to throw down $35 a ticket. Could all of these recent bookings (see: NYxNY event series) be the equivalent of the magazine's mid-life crisis Porsche?

Cordell Lochin is a bit of an enigma. The well-connected scenester, subject of an indulgent profile in the Observer last spring, presented himself as a partner in the obnoxiously affected nightspots La Esquina and The Box. Now the other entitled owners are distancing themselves from Lochin and the enigma will soon be wrapped inside a prison cell; Guest of a Guest has news that Lochin’s gotten sent up on a 3-year bid for involvement in a cross-border marijuana smuggling ring.