Monthly Archives: May 2009

Phog Lounge’s June Listings

June1 – Open Mic Surgery with Tara Watts3 – Raw Shock Monthly Film Festival (8pm – 11pm)4 – Sunparlour Players (Toronto) w/ The CFL Sessions (Toronto) & The Locusts Have No King5 – DAY – ALL AGES – Field Assembly … Continue reading

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Steelback Beer is renewed…and at Phog

I don’t know if you remember the OLD Steelback Brewery…The ridiculous ads, the owner trying to be the face of the company…the plastic bottles the beer came in…yikers. Wipe that slate clean.Things are very different now. We’re carrying the Steelback … Continue reading

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Colchester Ridge Estates Winery products at Phog Lounge? Yes. For realsies.

So there’s this program called Twitter. I get teased for using it, making connections, etc.However, it makes some fairly great things happen from time to time.Here’s an anecdote of one of those times: Known as “@Jiimmy” on Twitter, Jim is … Continue reading

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Musicians and artists…I’d like to see you on Monday…MORNING!

This is going to be tough to say in print, so I said it with video.I’m used to asking all of you to come out to a place that requires money.This time it’s different.More to follow after the vid. This … Continue reading

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Remember When? Brasstronaut played Phog?

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Windsor/Detroit Live Music: May Listings UPDATE

May Listings1 – Dirty Love Band (London) w/ Square Root of Margaret (Chatham), with an opening set by The Rhythm Method (Halifax)2 – Megan Hamilton and the Volunteer Canola (Toronto) w The Eric Welton Band (Windsor) & Kenneth MacLeod & … Continue reading

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Phog’s Urinal is Beautiful

Plagued by Denial stickers and permanent puke-coloured film, the Phog urinal has had a facelift.Our cleaning lady, Tiny, applied drain cleaner to the wretched smoker’s teeth porcelain and destroyed the years of gross that were bothering patrons for years. Fellas, … Continue reading

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CBC Radio 3’s New Music Canada – Where is Windsor?

Okay, I have been singing the praises of CBC Radio 3 for a loooong time. When the DJs at Radio 3 look to play bands or performers from Windsor, they are looking at a very short list. They can only … Continue reading

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Windsor/Detroit Live Music: Meatdraw (Victoria) w/ Tara Watts and Joe Catanzaro

Holy crap. Again.Meatdraw is coming to Phog MONDAY MAY 11th!! For many reading this, that means TODAY.They’re amazing, which is why I had to usurp open mic night with Tara Watts. Alas, I did not exlude Tara from the proceedings. … Continue reading

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Windsor/Detroit Live Music: Eamon McGrath (Edmonton) w/ The City Streets (Edmonton) & Meters to Miles

http://www.myspace.com/eamonmcgrathhttp://www.myspace.com/citystreets http://www.youtube.com/v/z2FzQcX1qUE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1From Eamon McGrath‘s myspace page:Eamon McGrath never sleeps. He writes, tours, records, repeats: regardless of whether his usual band can join him or not. In Edmonton he plays with The Wild Dogs and The Whiskey Dogs behind him, but … Continue reading

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