The shag-ish cheese of old is out, replaced by two nautically mod, Starship Enterprise-meets-cruise ship dance floors, four full, freshly lacquered backlit bars (some dim and clubby, one rocking floor-to-ceiling windows that look out on 11th), and weekly parties featuring electro, disco, and something called "indie wave" -- a genre so cutting-edge, it doesn't even exist yet.

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Paradise soft opens this weekend, with sporadic Nov events, before it's full-blown clubland in Dec. For more info, get on the mailing list at ParadiseSF.com