Bar Phono Discontinued

timsinister · 22 Dec 2005, 17:15

Sheepish.net Official Annoucement

There's no chance I can make it to see the end, either.

boudicca · 22 Dec 2005, 17:29

f**k OFF!

Toilets were pants and there was too much glowstick knobwand business going on... but a fantastic night nonetheless (although that may have been due to the company

).

Sad. Nice they waited for ME to attend before shutting it down tho'...

RicheyJames · 22 Dec 2005, 17:49

does that mean i never have to go there again? thank the lord!

the phono is an absolute dump. the only thing that stops me calling it a hovel is the fear of legal action from the hovel association of great britain for defaming the good name of hovels up and down the land. the place aspired to be a hovel. it's probably the only place in the world that was nicer when it was a public convenience.

James Blast · 22 Dec 2005, 21:01

for once in my life, I am in full agreement with that Bad Tempered Young Man

Planet Dave · 22 Dec 2005, 21:10

That place goes and comes all the time. Of greater importance is what the fate of The Bassment will be. Anyone know? Iwon't miss the p1ss lakes from the Phono, but I would miss the groovy staircase to the bogs in TopCats.

Brideoffrankenstein · 22 Dec 2005, 21:14

That's a shame I really enjoyed myself there during Bloktober. It probably was a s**t hole but then most of the best clubs/gigs I've ever been to have been in s**t holes!

I still can't remember the apparant disgusting state of the toilets though

Francis · 23 Dec 2005, 01:51

Francis · 23 Dec 2005, 01:57

Brideoffrankenstein wrote:I still can't remember the apparant disgusting state of the toilets though

That's cos you had six-inch wedge boots on.

Francis · 23 Dec 2005, 02:31

Who's that girl...

... prancing around in a sailor suit?

23 Dec 2005, 15:16

RicheyJames wrote:does that mean i never have to go there again? thank the lord!

the phono is an absolute dump. the only thing that stops me calling it a hovel is the fear of legal action from the hovel association of great britain for defaming the good name of hovels up and down the land. the place aspired to be a hovel. it's probably the only place in the world that was nicer when it was a public convenience.

As ever Ricardo, you hit the nail on the head.

Gudby t' Phono, and all who sailed in her.

Brideoffrankenstein · 23 Dec 2005, 18:45

Francis wrote:
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:I still can't remember the apparant disgusting state of the toilets though
That's cos you had six-inch wedge boots on.

No I was wearing 22 hole steel toe capped bovver boots!

Blondelass · 29 Dec 2005, 01:02

I was there for the last night/Sarah Orange's birthday party. The last song to be played was Floorshow.

I took lots of photos (which will be posted later), even some of the men's toilets (before and after trashing). I didn't want to venture in for the first set of photos so Danny braved it for me. I went in for the post-trashing photos and the smell that hit me as I went in was

It was worse than when you drive past a sewage works.

I won't miss the actual place, just the socialising and nostalgic bit.

The Bassment should be staying open - the Phono had to close due to the Merrion Centre having total closure at night.

Francis · 29 Dec 2005, 01:21

Blondelass wrote:total closure

Nooooo! I'm not ready to move on yet.

lazarus corporation · 29 Dec 2005, 08:51

Blondelass wrote:I took lots of photos ... of the men's toilets (before and after trashing)

..for a particularly difficult "spot the difference" competition, perhaps?

30 Dec 2005, 14:54

*sigh*

damn shame. hope paul manages to find an alternate venue for the sheepish & flock nights... before the phono shut leeds had more goth nights than anywhere else in the uk, outside london

Brideoffrankenstein · 30 Dec 2005, 18:10

All the best places close - Norwich used to have a great alternative nightscene which sadly ended two years before I was really old enough to get into it properly

. There was the Festival House (now an Irish bar

), the Oval Rockhouse (now a family restaurant) and Zoom (now a trendy nightclub). All we have now is at the Waterfront once a month "(Chains on Velvet) but it's got so cy*er i can't stand it anymore

A few miles down the road (East Runton) is the Village Inn where Siouxsie and the Banshees and Black Sabbath played, and before that there was the Pavillion where Motorhead and The Damned played.

emilystrange · 30 Dec 2005, 18:16

you missed the jacquard/santana's.. but that closed about oooo 15 years ago

Brideoffrankenstein · 30 Dec 2005, 18:18

emilystrange wrote:you missed the jacquard/santana's.. but that closed about oooo 15 years ago

Yeah I've heard about the Jacquard from friends who went there to see Underneath What fairly regularly (!) but as you say... fifteen years ago I would have been 10

emilystrange · 30 Dec 2005, 18:24

oh yes, me too... ahem

Padstar · 02 Jan 2006, 09:47

Crumbs.

Paddy

scotty · 02 Jan 2006, 13:56

Brideoffrankenstein wrote: went there to see Underneath What fairly regularly (!)

A very fine band