NIGHTLIFE LIST
' ything goes feeling — good atmosphere. gentlererowns 1 lpm—4am. £3.75. Worthwhile night with steady youthful crowd. Buster Browns‘ Under-18s disco. 8—11pm. See Fri. [A]
I Cate St James See Fri for details. Good venue which is free to hire for private functions. [ND] [NT]
I Chambers Street 8pm- 1 am (Happy Hour 8.30-9.30pm). 75p. inoffensive student disco enlivened by the legendary cheap pizzas!
I Chaplins at Finsbury Park‘s Night Club. 11.30pm—6am. Sec Fri. [A] [NT]
I Cinderellas Rockerfellas 9pm—3am. £2.50;£2 before 11pm. immensely popular mainstream club. DJs Rick Baker and Gary Glover host the ‘biggest party in town.‘
I Club Sandino at Libertys. 4 Feb only: 10pm-3am.£2.50(£1.50). The usual superlative monthly mix of salsa. funk. soul and a whole lot more.
I Coasters 6.30p—10pm. £1.50. Under 18s. I Edgar: 10pm—4am. £2 before midnight; £3 after. Membership forms for the suitably impressed available at the door. I Hard Rock Cafe at the Venue. 27Jan only: 9pm—3am. Live music from The Grip. a melodic hard rock group.
I The Hooch at Coasters. 10.30pm—4am. £2.50. Yogi with Acid House. soul and jazz.
I .lyn City at White Swan. £2 (£1 ). Good first night with the crowds calling for more by the end. Music was more on the fun level but l‘m sure it has more to offer. Still well worth a trip along.
I Kangaroo Club at The Mission. 10.30pm—3am. £2. ‘One step behind the latest thang‘.
I Mambo Club at Coasters. £2. Taking over from the Goombay Beat with a far superior selection of reggae and rhythm. I Metro at the Music Box. 10pm-3am. £2. New club from the Spanish Harlem eats. so should be high in quality.
I Millionaire's 10pm—6am. £2 (£1 before 12). See Fri.
I Outer Limits at Coasters. 10.30pm-4am. £2 before 11pm; £3.50 after. American sprung dancefloor and good music makes for an energetic Saturday. [NT]
I Guentin’s 9pm-3am. £2.50. See Fri.
I Stomp About Town at Madisons. 4 Feb only: 10pm—4am. £2. A promising mix of old R‘n‘B and soul. modern hip-hop and a touch of rockabilly which should make for a healthily varied evening.
I Zenatec 10pm—4am. £2.50 before 11.30pm; £4 after. Very comfortable upmarket joint. A relaxed night out. [A] [ND] [NT]
SUNDAYS Glasgow
I The Alhambra 31 Waterloo Street. 221 3260. 8—1 1pm. Free. Cheap drinks and free mixers! I The Batcaveat Henry Afrika‘s (continued) . . . 11pm—3.30am. £2 before 11.30pm; £3 after. Like all good Batman stories the Batcave now comes in parts! Look out for the various drink promotions as well. I Bennets 11pm—4am. £2. Mainly gay with Hi-NRG sounds to fit. I Fresh 88 at The Cotton Club. 11pm—3.30am. £3.50. Glasgow‘s two best DJs Segun and Colin Barr. will be playing ‘Total acid house‘ amd ‘Balearic beats‘. Sounds fun! [A] I Follies 1 lpm-3am. £3. Cheap drinks. I Fuddrultiters at Cleopatras. 10.30pm-2.30am. £1. Anything goes tonight in the West End‘s best (well, it‘s only) nightclub. Presented by Bennets‘ DJ Craig Davis. [A] I Fury Murry: 1 lpm—3.30am. £1. All drinks £1 . Cheap drink and a wide range of music make this one of my favourite clubs! [Al I The Kennel Club at Tin Pan Alley. llpm—3am. Soul club night. Beer at 60p a
pint, spirits, 40p.
I Knighlsbridge SW1 1 lpm—3.30am. [NT] A
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I Night Shift at the Warehouse. “pm—3.30am. £3.50. House music and the soul chart. Canned beers all 80p and spirits 60p.
I Palomino Club 9pm—3am.
£2. See Fri.
I Panama Jax 10.45pm-3.30am. £3. Sunday Splash with resident DJ sTommy Arnold or Raymond Davren. 50p lager. heavy. whisky. vodka and gin.
I Rattles 10.30—2am. £2.50. Disco sounds with DJ Roddy Stewart. Vodka and lager 60p. For limited period only. the admission at Raffles is reduced to a measly £1 . [A]
I Savoy 1 1pm—3am. £2. Sundays at the Savoy with lager only 85p and vodka 65p.
I Tachino Carnival Night at Mr D‘s. Sun 29 only: Promotion night for the new Brazilian spirit — various fun games and prizes to be won.
I Wicked Sunday at Follies. 1 lpm—3am. Vodka. Gin. Whisky and lager— all 40p. I Zico's 10pm—3am. Chart based disco
sounds.
Edinburgh
I The Amphitheatre 10pm—3am. £2. Half price before 11pm. Popular night at leading mainstream venue. [ND]
I Buster Browns 10pm—4am. £2.25. Half price admission and drinks before 1 1pm. Worth a visit on Sunday ifyou‘ve not been before.
I Edgars 10pm—3am. £2. Trial run for drinks at 60p — can‘t be bad.
I Hangover Repair Club at the Kasbar. Toffee-nosed argumentative drinking with the Viscount and friends. ln-housc cinema. tea. coffee hot and cold. and hot rolls. Depravity and Delirium in a ‘rclaxed‘ mood.
I Outer Limits at Coasters. 10.30pm—3.30am. £1 before 11pmz£2 after. DJs Stuart Lewis and James Mowbray supplying up to the minute sounds. [NT]
I Sunday Obsession at Cinderellas Rockerfellas 10pm—2am. £2 before 1 1pm: £2.50aftcr. 80p drinks. Seven years on. Cinderellas proving as popular as ever for a large scale nightclub with a new Sunday angle. [A] [ND] [NT]
MONDAYS Glasgow
I The Alhambra 31 Waterloo Street. 221 3260. 8.30pm-midnight. Free. 605 and 70s sounds. Cheap vodka.
I Club Africa at Henry Afrika‘s. llpm—3.30am. £1. Various sounds.
I House and Garage Club at Tin Pan Alley. 11pm—3am. £1 with ticket available from the club and surrounding pubs. Cheap Schlitz and Southern Comfort.
I Jeans and T-shirt Night at Cleopatras. 10.30pm—3am. £2 (£1 with ticket). The popular Jeans and T-Shirt night makes its way west from the Cotton Club to Cleo‘s. I Palomino Club 9pm—3.30am. £2. See Fri. I Savoy l 1pm—3am. £2. Over 255‘ night with cheap drinks to entice you along: lager 85p and vodka 65p. [A]
I Streetbeat at the Warehouse. llpm—3.30am. £4. David Walters with the latest chart and beat sounds.
Edinburgh
I Crash at Oucntin’s. Starts 6 Feb: 9pm—3am. Free. DJs Paul and Vicki promise a Molotov cocktail of punk/alternative sounds with some 705‘ stuff for light relief.
I Millionaire‘s 10pm-4am. £2 (£1 before 12). Sec Fri.
I Ouentin's 9pm-3am. £1 . See Fri.
30 Jan only.
TUESDAYS
Glasgow I The Alhambra 31 Waterloo Street, 221
3260. Free. 805‘ disco sounds. Cheap drinks.
I Club Africa at Henry Afrikas.
1 lpm—3.30am. £1 . Various sounds again. I Chinese Night at Mardi Gras. llpm—3.30am. Free before lam and £2 after. Disco night for the Chinese community.
I Country and Western Night at Rooftops. 9pm~3am. £2. Look out for live bands plus all your favourite C&W records.
I Destroy at Fury Murrys. £1 admission; £1 beers. A new night opens at Furys which 1 don‘t know too much about atthe moment. but watch this space!
I Jo-Jo’s Gay Night at Tin Pan Alley. 10.30-3am. 50p with ticket. £1 without. Eurobeat and Hi-NRG music. Cheap vodka.
I Palomino Club 9pm—3am. £2. See Fri. I The Shimmy Club at Bennets. 10.30pm—3am. £1. All drinks 75p before midnight. If you‘re bored on aTuesday and are looking for an eventful evening. then a trip to Bennets is a must.
I Streetbeat at the Warehouse.
1 lpm—3.30pm. £4. David Walters with the latest chart and beat sounds.
Edinburgh
I Quentin's 9pm—3am. £1 . See Fri.
I Revolution at Shady Ladies. 10pm-3am. £1.50. Return of this Acid. jazz and dance-based club. hoping for a permanent spot.
WEDNESDAYS
Glasgow
I The Alhambra 31 Waterloo Street. 221 3260. 8—12pm. Free. Club and chart night. I Cotton Club 1 lpm—3am. £3. One ofthc best clubs on a Wednesday. designed for solid dancing.
I The Drop at the Warehouse. llpm—3.30am. £1 .50. but 50p ticketsarc available at Academy. Gossip and a host of other shops. for this new acid house night.
I Go West at Cleopatras. 10.30pm-2.30am. £2 (£1 with ticket). Go West young man . . . deep into the heartof bedsit land and discover this great midweek club. [A]
I Club Huovo at Knightsbridge SW1 . £2.50. 75p lager. heavy. spirits (inc mixers). Vincent Valentini presents a new house night with John Cameron as DJ.
I Hollywood Studios 1 lpm—3am. Over 255 night.
I Mayfair l lpm—3am. £2. 605‘ night —but sneak along earlier (7.30—1 1pm for traditional ballroom dancing! ).
I Palomino Club 9pm—3am. £2. See Fri.
I Panama Jax 10pm—3.30am. Free before midnight — look out for live bands throughout ‘89.
I Slxties' Night at Henry Afrikas. 10pm—3.30am. 60p before llpm;£2
l 1pm—midnight; £4 after midnight. My Mr Spock logic tells me to go early 1 think!
Edinburgh
I The Blye Zone at Quentin‘s. 9pm-3am. £1.50(£1). New club aimed principally at the gay community but with a varied music policy including some world music sounds. I The Deep at the Mission and Shady Ladies. 10.30pm-3am. £2. A wise change of name for ‘Acid‘. Current dance sounds with soul. jazz. and rare groove.
I Millionaires 10pm-4.30am. £2 (£1 before midnight). See Fri.
I Potlerrow 8pm—1am (Happy Hour 8.30—9.30pm). Wide range of dance sounds making for an enjoyable mid-week jaunt. [S]
I War at the Venue. 1 Feb only: Wargrits its teeth and goes to town: video/slidc/ Super-8 visuals. superlative selection of On-U. Electo beat and the big sound of Nitzer Ebb play live during the evening. Far from a normal gig, this is well worth a visit even out of curiosity.
I The Whirlpool at Shady Ladies. lOpm-3am. £1 . Leans towards the
CARNIVAL NIGHTS
Fri 27 Jan: Coasters, Grangemouth Road, Falkirk
Sun 29 Jan: Mr D’s, Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow
Sat 4 Feb: Club de France, Russell Colt Street, Coatbridge
Sat 11 Feb: Papa Doc’s, St Mungo’s Walk, Cumbernauld
Thurs 16 Feb: Look 27, Crow Road, Glasgow
Thurs 23 Feb: Napoleon’s, Merrylee Road, Glasgow
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