What’s up mingemongers and moneyhoneys, my name’s Seven and I’m currently suffering through a hot California winter. I’m visiting mum for Christmas—my first away from Thailand in 10 years, and it’s torture. Every time I stay with her I’m reminded why I’m not married. Western women never stop talking, always have a list of unimportant chores to complete in their time, and have a daily list of places they want to go that I’d rather get an enema than visit. It’s a reminder to be grateful for my harem back in Bangkok.
At least the food and wine are fantastic. Everything else, sucks. In the mornings I do my online side hustle, then spend an hour blocking hundreds of pro-gay, pro-commie, pro-Marxist, pro-vegan pro-Taylor Swift, anti-Trump Facebook pages from my feed. Then I take up several hours doing home improvement tasks for mum, counting the minutes till I can start drinking. But I’m not going to bore you with any more talk of this mundane LA existence. Instead, I’ve got a throwback post for you. It’s my year-end review of the happenings in Patpong from 2019—just before the plandemic ruined all our lives and temporarily wrecked the redlight. It’s shocking to see how much has changed in such a short span of time. Back then, I wrote shorter blogs, and this particular post is a meager attempt to bring gogo-related “news” to the reader. Be forewarned. I’ve also added a photo gallery below that represents a cross section of Pong delights from that year….
“Salutations, internet vagabond. Welcome to my page. I’m Seven—a Bangkok whoremonger with a heart of solid granite, and I occasionally blog about the nightlife scene. Specifically, the red-light districts, and 99% of the time even more specifically on Patpong. As we prepare to ring in 2020, let’s take a look back at what happened on The Pong in the year that was…
Sadly, The Steakhouse Co. closed its doors as it was unable to attract enough of a following to cover the cost of the incredible steaks, exquisite wine, and boutique liquor on offer. Happily, it was replaced by the xXx Lounge—a sparkling new gogo bar that quickly assembled a gaggle of insanely hot girls. It’s by far the most aesthetically pleasing gogo in Patpong with one of the best collections of barely-clad pole dancers.
Patpong got an art studio called Candle Light. It kicked off with an exhibition by Headache Stencil, aka Thailand’s Banksy. And a few months ago, The Patpong Museum opened to much critical acclaim. Spanning the Pong’s rich history from CIA hotspot to x-rated entertainment mecca, the museum covers it all—from spies to thighs. It’s packed with interesting items, incorporating interactive tech and multimedia for a truly immersive experience.
After a year-plus long remodeling of the old Radio City/Den/Lust location on Soi 1, it’s once again poised to open, with a gogo on the ground floor and the grand reopening of Lucifer live music bar upstairs. This will coincide with the closing of Bada Bing, ostensibly for a remodel while the girls shuffle over to dance in the Radio City downstairs area. From the glimpses I’ve gotten so far, it looks like a blacklight and LED feast for the eyes.
Hot on the heels of the success of Shenanigans Irish Pub and Restaurant, the boys there opened an upstairs billiards and darts room called Shenanigans Sports Club that has enjoyed a consistent following since day one. Never the type to rest on their laurels, they then made the ambitious move of creating Flares, a retro-style dance hall on Soi 1 that stayed shut for much of the year thanks to a greedy police force that all but extorted them for operating fees. But in early December they reached an agreement and Flares was permitted to open, though admittedly not with the same objective. The dance floor has been fitted with pool tables. It’s still a fun hangout for tourists, but there’s less room to shake your groove thang—for the moment, at least.
Black Pagoda’s back room is now part billiards room, part dance hall, and part VIP room where anyone who enters is a VIP. I’m not allowed to say what goes on back there—you’ll have to drop in and see for yourself.
Patpong Café, Crystal Castle, and Superstar are up for sale, even as the café undergoes remodeling.
Everything else is pretty much the same. The older joints—Kiss, Thigh Bar, Kings 1 and 2, Safari, Madrid, and Kings Castle are all still kicking. Kings 1 and 2 continue to clean up, with a roster of over 90 girls and nightly teeming crowds of Japanese tourists. Pink Panther, The Strip, and other Soi 2 spots are still going strong, as are the restaurant staples of French Kiss and Le Bouchon. Soi 2 icons Cosmos, Crown Royal, The Old Other Office, and Star of Light keep plugging along, and the gay end of the soi seems to be doing well as far as I can see from a distance.
Overall, it’s been a pretty big year for change on the Pong. Compared to this time last year, Patpong’s heart is beating stronger, and the future’s looking bright for the first time in a while. And as we look forward to 2020, here’s hoping for more surprises, more venues, and more dancing girls. Happy New Year, everyone. Peace out.”
The first thing that struck me when re-reading this blurb is how many great bars and gogos we lost. Eleven of the venues mentioned in it are gone forever, and most were not replaced with other gogos or redlight joints. Many are still shuttered. Some sell shoes and handbags now. It’s bittersweet to revisit old posts, because I feel a sense of warm nostalgia for those bars that were so well-loved, and simultaneously have a raw pang of despair at the fact that new bars have not sprung up to restore Patpong to its previous greatness. But we mongers can only make do with what we’ve got, and for the moment, Patpong’s naughty side still shines. Slideshow and relevant links to follow….
This week’s Members Only Gallery is a photo album of some of Patpong’s most brazen gogo dancers. The link can be found here: https://bangkokseven.com/members-only-gallery-gogo-galore/
but only if you become a Member. The price is $1 per month, and new content is added weekly. I’m too dumb to figure out how to link the weekly posts to a single button on my website, so I post the links on my social every Friday, and provide a summary of all posts at the end of each month. Sorry for the inconvenience.
And that’s all the monger that’s fit to ponder for now, friends. Sorry for all the typos. I didn’t proofread. Check back next Sunday for another summary of this redlight life. In the meantime, you can read more Bangkok-centric stuff on my Substack: https://bangkokseven.substack.com/
Slideshows from previous blogs going back several years can be found at https://www.youtube.com/c/BangkokSeven
My buddy Jack and I host a growing Facebook community with lots of nightlife-related content at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thaiagogo
and I’ve got a small but robust group of pervs posting photos daily at a group called Super Hot Asians here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374120690195407
Follow me on Twitter/X @BangkokSeven for daily monger material, along with these other profiles that’re chock full of photos of hotties:
@superhotthais
@BangkokNightli2
If you’re feeling generous, you can leave a tip on any of the above X profiles. All proceeds will go to creating more redlight content for you.
Thai chick-related artwork can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThailandNights
And until next time fellow BK Bukowskis and Bathshebas, keep your balls (or tits) warm, your beer cold, and cheers to another week above ground in the greatest country on Earth: Thailand.
Pro Tip Post-Script: After making transatlantic and transpacific flights for 17 straight years, I finally cracked the code for jetlag. After your first day, if you’re tired in the early evening, don’t try to stay awake. Go to sleep. You’ll wake up fresh as a daisy around midnight. Then stay up until around 04.00 and then go back to bed. You should wake up around 7 or 8, with the jetlag gone. Make your “Thank you” payments out to Bangkok Seven, care of Patpong.
