Two new (for me) venues

Last night went out to two very different venues.

The first was the entirely misnamed "DJ Bar' in the Centre Point Complex at the bottom of Soi 8. Misnamed because their only point of interest is their live group! Who were excellent (but of course too loud).

Having been surrounded by demented live groups in Soi 2 for 2 years (we had one of our own for 8 months), I'm not a fan of mispronounced and timed West Coast Rock music ..... no please don't sing Hotel California ....! But these guys were excellent - the lead guitar was as good as I've ever heard - that guy could really make his instrument sing! They played Floyd's Brick in the Wall and the initial instrumental was extraordinary.

Better than Blues Factory? Well the bar certainly wasn't - but the band probably was. The guys I was with were plotting to move them to another location.

But for the time being, check them out at the DJ Bar - Soi 8.

Whilst I was there I was introduced to Steve, a Dubliner who having had a bar in Sirene for a couple of years has now invested heavily in Utopia.

It's on the corner of the new street just along from Covent Garden. He explained that it was an open bar with a few Coyotes downstairs and a Go Go upstairs. I was cynical - upstairs places just never seem to work - but we went along for a look. By now it was pretty late - we were pretty pissed and Anna needed guidance - so we didn't really notice the downstairs bar - we went straight upstairs.

Wow!

The sound system needed work - but lets face it - most people are only interested in the Tottie. And they were lovely.

It was a Sunday, Spurs had just played Man U - so I guess they had had a quiet night - but they were pretty, generous with their smiles and very attentive close up. There wasn't a fat one there.

I was with Anna and still got a bollocking for playing with the girls - it just wasn't possible not to!

Utopia will definitely be a venue for the next Go Go "One and Go" crawl.