We could talk about the 6″ of rain that fell today at Gambit World HQ in Mid-City, but why do it when Irma Thomas can sing about it (in a gorgeous version)?

Anyway … coming up in this week’s Gambit:

• Alex Woodward looks back at New Orleans’ seminal 1970s rock club, The Warehouse, which will be celebrating its 40th anniversary next month. It was a center of the ’70s music scene, hosting concerts by everyone from the Allman Brothers to Fleetwood Mac and an ill-fated performance by the Grateful Dead, before Talking Heads played the last waltz there in 1982. A group of filmmakers is making a documentary about the long-demolished Tchoupitoulas Street landmark, and Alex has the scoop in our cover story….

• Clancy DuBos looks at the 11th-hour election maneuvering by Mitch Landrieu and Arnie Fielkow, and reads the tea leaves on the upcoming mayoral and city council elections….

• Zombies in the Vieux Carré? Yes, virtual ones, in “Left 4 Dead 2,” video game that envisions the undead staggering up and down Royal Street. But is it fun? Check our A&E section….

• Noah Bonaparte Pais‘ new column, “On the Record,” previews Harry Shearer and Judith Owen’s annual sing-along holiday concert….

• Earlier this year, chef Frank Brigtsen took over venerable old Charlie’s Seafood. Ian McNulty provides a review….

• …and it’s Gambit’s annual Pet Adopt-a-Thon. If a dog, cat, rabbit or other family pet is on your list, remember: Shelter animals are the best. We have a gallery of dozens of ‘em in the paper.

See you on newsstands Sunday afternoon (if it ever stops raining), or back here online on Monday.