-- From his photo. possibly well-named? ;)

for savers:
Fanclub now offers a FREE massage (NOT the TIP!) via their site on thaimassageboy. Must print out the page to gain that-valid now till 8/12.
BTW: oud dear Mr. Mac/k/acaroni/sloot visited twice and was quite content with the offerings. But as Sextile tells as all the time: tastes differ and there is never no garantee here in LOS

Though not young I can recommend the masseur in the shirtless Fan Club group photo sitting front row on our left.Ex Aqua and Andy's Man he can massage and is all styles top.DTE attitude.

So Yannawa, have you now visited Khun Game at Fan Club?

If so would you please comment. Thanks.

I have never tried Fan Club, or Game unfortunately. While I like Game a lot, Fan Club is not really my scene. I prefer the hit-and-miss massage places on the edge of town.

Thanks for your sussinct reply. Nice to get a reply not full of know-all about everything, and most of the long long verbal spu not really connected to the real matter at hand.

I note your interesting comment "I prefer the hit-and-miss massage places on the edge of town". I agree, venues around Silom are, IMHO, mostly tourist traps and seem to attract a particular type of attitude in their workers, and not my scene (each to his own).

I can speak pretty good Thai and I enjoy the conversations with the working guys "on the edge of town" as you call it. You just don't get the same converstaions on the Silom stretch (each to his own).

I also go to the gay venues at Ramkamhaeng, Rachada, etc., fairly often, and again I enjoy the down to earth daily life conversations.

In any event I might just give 'the new Fan club' and Khun Game a try, and I'll share some quick comments.

-- I see, from today forenoon's messages in my Yahoo! IN box that FAN CLUB has been welcomed to the > à¡Âì Gay : Thai Massage Boy < group.

Dear Sexy...YannawaLeaks post #15 above scooped your Yahoo! In box.

Having fantasized about Game, now I fancy Tar also.

Fan Club
 

I took up the Fan Club offer of a free oil or cream massage today. Arrived there at about 4pm, it didn't appear busy. Most of the boys were on the computers but immediately reacted when I arrived, taking off shirts and putting on smiles, there were about 15 available. The manager was pleasant with good English. He explained that the minimum tip was 500 baht but more would be expected if there was sex.

Then the bit I hate, when they all smile at you......if only I was rich I could please them all and have a 30 hand massage ;) I scanned quickly and choose a smallish guy with a nice slim body and good shoulders. His English was satisfactory, evidently he is at university here but hails from Chiang Mai.

He disappeared to prepare the oil and then returned to escort me up to the room. The room, like the rest of the place was fairly stark but clean looking, it had an ensuite shower. I disrobed and he went off to the toilet but returned quickly and joined me in the shower. He gave me a very thorough soaping.

The massage was on a double bed. I am no expert in massage but I was impressed with his skills especially when he used his forearms on my back........heaven. On turning over he massaged up my legs and eventually we proceeded to the fun part....and fun it was. He was a very sweet, compliant guy.

Afterwards he soaped and showered me again, gave me his card and escorted me back downstairs.

Despite the renovations I read about on here, you could certainly not describe it as a luxurious establishment. Some of the areas look quite untidy.

Overall it was a very pleasant experience.

Fan Club - foot injury risk
 

I just sent a message via Fan Club's website to the new owner. I hope he acts on it pronto. I'm posting the message here to caution others in case they are assigned the same room:

The message I sent reads:

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Dear Boss,

There is a nail sticking about 1 cm out of the floor in one of the rooms on the 6th floor. The room is on one's right as one comes up the stairs. The nail can be found about 30 cm in front of the clothes hanger alcove. It seems your contractor removed some fixture from that location but left the floor-embedded nail sticking out. It is a public-liability suit waiting to happen. Sooner or later, a customer or one of your boys is going to step on it and the sharp point will pierce his foot. This needs to be fixed immediately, until then the room should not be used.

Mack.

Public liability suit? In Thailand?
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-- But I u'stand. that the new manager hails from Australia and thus might not be so knowledgable as you might be about how these things are managed here in the LoS.; besides, were a farang to injure himself one could be sure that that news would be posted on one or MORE websites and thus make for bad PR. - bad news travels fast! :(

Fan Club - visit report
 

One can see that some new tiles, furniture and a bank of computers for the boys have been added on the ground floor, but otherwise not much is different.

In the room I was assigned, the bed was a low queen-sized ones like before. New tiles have been added for the shower stall.

The line-up had 15 boys, quite varied but chiefly the masculine-demeanour, slightly muscled and tattooed kind.

The guy I chose delivered a passable massage 5/10, consisting mainly of short strokes and accupressure. My guess is that he was primarily trained in the Thai style, largely converting those techniques to oil massage. This is very different from being trained in the western oil massage style, that uses longer strokes.

Sex was highly mechanical, and forgettable. 2/10.

Room was furnished with condoms and lube in the bedside table's drawer.

After massage, before showering, the masseur indicated a glass of water and said it was for me. I said, "later" because my hands were oily, and I intended to shower first. He must have misunderstood, thinking I didn't want it at all, so he drank it all up humself.

The masseur showered with me both before and after the massage.

On exit, the manager did not ask for feedback. No feedback form like in Urbanmale and Adonis.

While paying at the ground floor counter, one of the other boys asked my masseur, within earshot of me, how much I tipped. My masseur answered.

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One cannot help but form the impression that going forward, this place may have performance and discipline problems.

The new owner got rid of the duds from the old team. But how is he going to know which of his new team are duds too unless he has a feedback mechanism? Clearly, this visit, I have come across one who is at best borderline, both in massage and service performance. Also questionable are the etiquette issues of drinking the glass of water intended for the customer (even if the customer declines, should the boy drink it up himself?) and asking each other before the customer has left, how much he tipped.

Fan Club - Full review now available
 

Further to the above stub of a review of my first visit to Fan Club since the change of ownership, the fuller report is now on my blog.

As I've reported earlier, there has indeed been a clean-up, a re-tiling and re-arrangement of the lower floors, but massage skill and service quality are areas that continue to need monitoring, training and improvement if the venue intends to stand out from the competition. There were a number of "iffy" issues that I encountered. Some are more troublesome to fix, e.g the airconditioner blowing directly onto the bed; others easier to fix with management determination, e.g. service protocol and staff discipline.

Any others been to Fan Club since the changeover?

-- Khun Slot,
- Are the massage-rooms numbered or shall we have to remember this nail by its loc'n. WRT. to coming-UP the stairs?