The Phoenix

not a music venue...not a bar.  This is a night club that caters to the gangster wanna bees of Greenville.  Lots of security.  No A/C.  Expensive drinks.  Its a no go for me.

The Phoenix is typically [from what I hear] used as a booty bumpin' nightclub, although I showed up last night for some twangy indie music that left the cops furrowing their eyebrows.  

I'd never ventured off into Greenville's nightlife before and took the opportunity to listen to some live music since I'm, well, back in town.  And well, having friends with low standards definitely helps out the Phoenix from losing more stars than they have.

So most "nightclubs" don't have AC.  Whatever.  It was hot as f@ck and I can only imagine it being worse with more people than the little indie bands gathered.  So anyway, no AC.  That's okay... but you loose props.

On the other hand, not having properly stocked bathrooms is not only shitty for the people who have to pay $7 to hang out in a sweaty, stickily-carpeted, hell-hole... But I think also against normal health code.  I don't even WANT to know where the bartenders are washing their hands.  Also, taking the tank covers off the backs of the toilets isn't helping your war on drugs...

The sound was a little off.  Maybe they didn't consider tuning their speakers for rock-ish music versus their normal [undoubtedly] crappy hip-hop shenanigans.  

The bar tenders- though hard working... well, there was usually only one.  It wouldn't be a problem for a place with a small bar... but the bar spans half of the pretty large venue.  

Oh, and not only do they serve nothing but craptastic beer [which is fine] but they proceeded to run out of said beer including but not limited to: bud, bud light, miller light [which was gone within 30 minutes], corona, heineken, red stripe, and the small selection of tall boys... And overheard in conversation: bourbon, whiskey, and well vodka.

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There really aren't anymore words.