The stabbing last night at the Funhouse (which declares itself Seattle’s oldest surviving punk club) was an isolated incident, according to owner Bobby Kuckelburg. I’m not sure I know of a fight that isn’t an isolated incident, unless you’re talking about war. His point, though, was that his club isn’t generally a dangerous place to be. The last serious incident took place last spring, he said, when a fight outside rumbled down the block and sent a couple of folks to the hospital with knife wounds. Kuckelburg worries Mayor Nickels will use the incident as proof that nightclubs breed violence and just “add more fuel to his fire. We just don’t want people to think that it’s unsafe.” Kuckelburg thinks he will start searching patrons and may consider other security measures.

It’s still unclear how the fight started. It began just after 11:30, during the Broken Oar’s set. (All the bands on the night’s bill played hardcore, Kuckelburg said, and had drawn a respectably rowdy crowd.) According to a police report, a 36-year-old suspect, dressed in jeans, a jean jacket and black boots, clobbered the victim on the “dance floor.” Several patrons pulled him off and he fled with another suspect, 23. They were apprehended by other customers and detained until police arrived. Kuckelburg said the victim was well enough to come downtown and pick up his car today.