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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 Since the Phoenix closed, there is nothing much going on outside of the Barking Frog. Not that Waterloo is any better but at least I can go to Purple Room on a Saturday and hear some good shit. Everyone is right though. London is very much a university/college town that is dominated by HORRENDOUS bars like Jim Bob's or Jack's that play nothing but the same fucking crap over and over. I was at Jim Bob's on Wednesday and heard "It's Your Birthday"...I mean for fuck sake. Even at the Frog, however, a lot of the "dance" music they play in the main part is commercial crap. I am good friends with two of the dj's there who are always in the back lounge and sometimes they play really good stuff (like the Saturday before last) but the dance floor might be able to fit 20-25 people comfortably. When I'm back home, though (which is often), the Frog is where we always go, mainly for two reasons. We bypass the line every time and the music is at least tolerable, sometimes very enjoyable. I guess that's not saying much. The Frog used to book good dj's like Sydney Blu and Dekoze but that's tapered off. Do you know the manager Sarah? His name is Cameron and he's a hard guy to read, that's for sure....

Interesting - the frog sounds like it's improved since I lived in London last.
No, I don't know the manager....it's been a long time since I've had contacts for anything in L-town.

I can't believe I'm moving back next weekend! I'm drastically postponing the whole ordeal of packing. thank god I have a week to do it.

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Originally posted by soupastah lol heard bonjovi at the taphouse fri night. (sorry justin) tap house is a big step up from jacks and jim bobs though. funny, i've lived here 9 months now and i still haven't made it to the frog. guess i know what i'm doing next weekend... what night's are the best to hit up the frog?

you're right about Taphouse actually. That opened up as I was moving to Waterloo for school so I missed all the hoopla about that place. I went there Canada Day weekend and it was definitely a much classier place than jim bobs and jacks. 29 and Park is also much better than those two, but I don't like the crowd (very Gino).

Saturday is def. the best night to check out the Frog. It's busy but if you get there before 11pm, you shouldn't have to wait in line. Get there at 12 and you're usually fucked. It's kind of a maze in there but the best music is toward the back in the separate structure across the (very large) patio. There's a 90% chance I'll be there on Saturday too.

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Originally posted by Skipper Interesting - the frog sounds like it's improved since I lived in London last. No, I don't know the manager....it's been a long time since I've had contacts for anything in L-town. I can't believe I'm moving back next weekend! I'm drastically postponing the whole ordeal of packing. thank god I have a week to do it.

it's definitely improved since 2004-05. They've opened up a few more rooms and changed the location of the main dance floor (it's still a narrow building though but capacity is surprising). If you ever go there and talk to the two dj's (david and Jon) or the manager Cameron, you might be able to hook up a gig.

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I just finished my first year at Western, coming from mississauga, and im going back september for another 8 month stay.

I didnt find anything all year along until...march ish. Then i heard saturdays were good at pheonix but never made it out. Then SVD came to RumRunners (not an edm scene club AT ALL!) then deko-ze at Deisel. Apparently this place (located in the basement of JACKS) plays some hosue music on either fridays or saturday nights...so i was told to check it out, it as a pretty good ungrground yet classy look to it.



Sorry, just from reading the previous responses, Frogs has another room attached to it? Is it accessible by anyone, anytime, anyday? I'd love to ditch my top 40 UWO friends for some alone EMD every saturday!!

29Park - very gino x 5
pheoenix is totally closed and another club i hear now? their posters i thoguht advertisied hip hop and house....if true..specific time/day when i can hear all house?!

^^^^ most Saturday nights in the lounge at the Frog (a separate building located at the back of the patio) offer some decent tunes depending on which of the two brothers is playing. But it's really small in there and is, well, a lounge. There isn't room for more than 20 people to dance at any one time in there. It might be worth checking out one time though. It's the best of both worlds for me since I can party with all of my friends from London at once while still hearing half decent music. I don't have that luxury here in Waterloo where everybody is addicted to fucking pubs or places called "Phil's" that play ACDC still...

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 "Phil's"

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omg i've always hated that place.... and it has booze!! how do you hate a place that has booze? it's like people go there to celebrate how much a place can suck

i'm deff going to look for some familiar ta faces now at frog's, made plenty of friends since moving to london but most of them are work related which is kinda limiting

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got my last year @ western. add me to facebook if u have it (justin chung) and ill keep u in the loop on events and other stuff.

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 it's definitely improved since 2004-05. They've opened up a few more rooms and changed the location of the main dance floor (it's still a narrow building though but capacity is surprising). If you ever go there and talk to the two dj's (david and Jon) or the manager Cameron, you might be able to hook up a gig.

I've been in touch with Neil, the manager, and it sounds like you might see me there on a Thursday soon. Sounds like it could be promising!

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Originally posted by Skipper I've been in touch with Neil, the manager, and it sounds like you might see me there on a Thursday soon. Sounds like it could be promising!

Is Neil the darker guy? I"m not sure which one of them does the bookings but seems like you've got a line on something there. Let me know if you spin and I'll try to make it out. I listened to some of your sets awhile back and they weren't bad.

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Originally posted by soupastah lol heard bonjovi at the taphouse fri night. (sorry justin) tap house is a big step up from jacks and jim bobs though. funny, i've lived here 9 months now and i still haven't made it to the frog. guess i know what i'm doing next weekend... what night's are the best to hit up the frog?

lol need to apologize. i feel sorry for myself working there sometimes lol but its still a great ol time. cant wait for the school year to start. pure shit show there (gotta be there by 10 or ur waiting a long time).

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 Is Neil the darker guy? I"m not sure which one of them does the bookings but seems like you've got a line on something there. Let me know if you spin and I'll try to make it out. I listened to some of your sets awhile back and they weren't bad.

ya thats neil. he's the newer manager. took over adams spot last year. cam is very touch and go. adam was the one pushing house @ frog.

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