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| - This was my Saturday night Britpop haunt for a good while after I moved to Toronto. I think I found it in 2009 or so.
By the time I got to Toronto, in 2007, BLOWUP was but a legend and an annual Xmas party. It used to take place here as well as at many other venues. So DJ Lawrence had a britpop night, Kensington Underground, at Neutral. It was almost always a really awesome time for lovers of the Stone Roses, Pulp, Smiths, Oasis, etc., etc. There were also live bands to get things going at 10, many of them pretty good. Fjord Rowboat played here. I miss those guys.
Nostalgia aside, the venue was pretty much what you would expect and probably hope for in a divey, underground, cheap club. Washrooms were not a problem nor was getting a cheap pint of beer. I think this is the only place that a stranger grabbed my ass while at the bar. Good times. There were a few places to sit and chill out.
Funny but true: one of the very last times I was here some random girl and I made eye contact and started dancing. Over the loud music a few words were exchanged:
Random girl: "How old are you?"
Me: "How old do you think I am?"
RG: "I dunno."
Me:"thirty-five" (or however old I was at the time)
RG, without saying a word, totally runs off. Like, runs. No idea what happened to her but I had one of the best laughs of my life right there on the dance floor. Again, good times!
Lawerence's gig ended so I never really had another reason to go back. I think a lot of industrial and/or goth nights happen here now. Maybe there is a 80s night.
I'm looking forward to the BLOWUP '13 reunion here this Saturday. Hey, maybe somebody will grab my ass again too! Just please don't ask me my age, ok?
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