The Roxy closed for good Saturday night.

Although rumors of its eventual demise had been going around for years, like cockroaches and Cher, I always felt the Roxy would outlast everything. The many nights I spent there were a mixed bag, sometimes transcendent, sometimes downright awful, always memorable (if I was actually sober enough to do so). So, in saying goodbye to the Roxy, I'd like to take a stroll down memory lane.

Veronica - Someone to Hold (Johnny Vicious Remix) - Razor and Guido's remix to Kim English's "Unspeakable Joy" may have been a more obvious choice for the biggest Roxy anthem of all time, but it's really this gem from 1998 that should take the cake. Excessive peak hour hard house to the nth degree, over 12 minutes in length, going from vocal anthem, to a deafening helicopter build-up, to a serene flamenco ballad, this song was epic with a capital E.

Robbie Rivera - Feel This - I first went to the Roxy to check out Victor Calderone, whom rumor had was giving Danny Tenaglia a run for his money. It turned out Danny didn't really have all that much to be worried about, but Victor had certainly mastered seamlessly weaving a night of very, very dark and apocalyptic tribal, and I cannot think of a single set of his at the Roxy during which he did not drop this track at least once. Easily one of my favorite house tracks of all time, it is as timeless as it is influential.

Pete Heller - Big Love - It's fitting that the first YouTube video I found of Roxy's closing night was of Peter Rauhofer dropping this classic. Beyond the music and the dancing, Roxy's largest contribution to my life will always be the fact that I met my partner there on a chilly December night eight years ago. Pete Heller's "Big Love" always signalled that the night was truly about to begin, and my partner and I would always make a point of dancing to this one together, singing and staring deeply into each other's eyes amidst the lights and the beats.

This video is actually making me a litle verklempt today.