LISTINGS CLUBS
CLUBS
I Radio City at the Mayfair (Cameo Suite). 10pm—2.30am. £2. Seemingly having
made a return to its old predictable ways. Radio City plays well-known rock and pop
60s grooves in Room 2.
I The Volcano 10pm—2am. £4 (£3 with matric card). Student night with Rab and Alan.
I Wild at the Cotton Club. 1 1pm—3.30am.
exaggerated — it seems Mr Hodgens has had cold feet and at the moment the club is to be run as a disco with himself and Rob Clarke on the decks. Awww . . . a city mourns what could have been. 24 Dec:
Bob Loves You; The Second Coming — look out for the ego-boggling posters for this special Christmas Eve party.
I The Cage at the Sub Club. 10pm—2am. £2. Oscar. Michael Kilkie. and Stevie Donaldson play upfront dance. funk and soul with a cult following among the serious clubbers - note the change of venue!
£4 (£3 with flyer). Dance music in a ‘wacky‘ atmosphere. with John Richardson. Come on everybody. put your hands in the air, etc.
I YoYo at Rain. llpm—3.30am. £5. DJs Larz. Wilbur and their pals play underground house and garage. Doing well in the trendy stakes. Drinks promotions.
Peculiarly mixed crowd means that women attending on their own can expect to attract plaintive cries of ‘Eh. ye gonnae gie us a dance or whit'." — or perhaps it's just us . . .
I Shag at Fury Murry‘s. llpm—late. £3. provided they “94043” details reachour Enjoyable mish-mash of indie-dance. pop.
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Regular weekly clubs plus one-oil events are listed by city, then by day. then alphabetically bytitle. Clubs will be listed.
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I The Ark at the Tunnel. llpm—3.30am. £4..‘ DJs with attitude Duncan Reid (es of Joy). Mel (of the Tunnel) and the infamous Steven Sleeprnan on PR. play . rap. Italo house. techno and upfront dance; music in well-trendy atmosphere. Meanwhile in the smaller room a more laid-back (but not soul) atmosphere prevails. I Club Sanctuary at Reds. Strathclyde 1 l'niversity. t)pm--2am. £1.50 (£1). House.i garage and a bit of soul. I Crash at the Cotton Club. 11pm —~3.30am. £3 (£2 with matric card). After a highly 3 successful birthday party and Radio ()ne's: accolade as ‘the best Friday night out in Britain'. Crash settles down to the maturer things in life . . . like the Nolan Sisters”?! The atmosphere these days , reminds me a lot of the old Tuesday nights! at Bennets. but with a lot more recent indie dance and pop. DJ Dave Ross recommends early arrival.
I Devotion at the Art School. 9.30pm»-2am. £1.50 (£1 students). ‘Student music'. soul and house. apparently. so there you go. And drinks promos.
I Europa at Circa. 1lpm—3am.£4.50(£2.50{ with martric card). New club down by thel riyer from Darren Laurie. who brought you The Choice (remember that?) Tonight‘s DJs are Michael Kilkie and Paul N‘Jie playing garage and mellow house sounds. it‘s members only. and full up at: the moment. but it is possible to get in ~- i phone 221 0865 for details. V I Fuel at Joe Paparazzi. 1 1pm—3.30am. £2.: Well. the Love Club lasted a long time. didn‘t it‘.’ Paul and Sean. late of Rumble; bounce back with a more student- orientated dance night. not so much ‘in yer‘ face‘ as ‘get in yer pints‘. with a laid-back, atmosphere and an eminently reasonable price. I JuJu at the Sub Club. llpm—3.30am. £4." DJs Harri and Oscar (of Rain fame) playing funky rather than upfront dance. with live saxophone accompaniment and guest DJs.
I Jungle at Rain. llpm~3.30am. £4 (£2 with matric card). Nick Peacock and Nigel Hayes run this new night. replacing Earth! and going for an older. Sandino-type crowd with funk. soul. jazz and Latin music.
I Loog at Rooftops (Secrets Lounge). 10.30pm—3am. £2. Groovy mix of 60s i garage. psychedelia and soul with 90s indie and grunge sounds kicks off here oni 27 Dec. I Matata at Rooftops. 10.30pm—4am. £3: 20 Dec only. African club. which plays I danceable sounds from calypso. soca. juju- and hi-life to makossa. mbaquanga and zaiko. Don‘t know what any of those are? Why not find out?
I The Network 10.30pm—2.30am. £3 (£2 before 11.30pm). Radio Clyde‘s second grooviest DJ Segun. playing a mix of dance tunes. in the main area. Swim. in the Sports Bar. plays indie and funkativity (i assume that's one of these new'fangled terms for funk).
I Phasers 0n Stun at Level 8. Strathclyde University. 9pm—2am. £1.50 (£1). Alternative. indie. with Star Trek fetish.
10pm—3am. £2.50 (£6 for weekend ticket). They're amenable to requests. but basically it's a mixture of rock. metal. thrash. punk. goth and ‘good indie sounds‘ rather than heavier stuff — ie you can probably dance to it as well as nod your head a lot. All drinks £1.
I Unity at Heaven. 10pm—3am. £4 (£3 with leaflet). Techno anti upfront dance. wrth DJs Mark Smith. BCI‘. and Derek from 23rd Precinct. Guest DJs and PAs every week.
I The Volcano 10pm—2am. £3 (£2 with matric card). Student night at the all-new West lind venue under the Tunnel umbrella. with DJs Rab Clarke (ex-Fury‘s) and the mysterious Alan. Sounds like fun. with crossover. techno and rap for those lazy studes who just can't face going all the way into town.
I The Alhambra Spin—midnight. Free. Pub with live DJ.
I Bennet's llpm—3.30am. £2.50.
I Cathouse at Hollywood Studios. llpm—3.30am. £2.50 (£1.50 with ticket). Rock club.
I Cleopatra‘s 10.30pm—2.30am. £3.
I Follies l0.30pm—3.30am. £4. (£1.50 before 11.30pm).
I Stomp at Mardi Gras. 10.30pm—3.30am. £3.50.
I Xposed at Club Xchange. llpm—late. £2.50.
Saturdays
1 I Atlantis at the Sub Club. llpm—3.30am.
£6. House and techno sounds in an underwater atmosphere — actually. that‘s a complete lie. there isn't a strand of seaweed to be seen. but nevertheless still crowded. still trendy. and still pulling in
. the numbers.
I Decadence at Circa. llpm—3am. £7 (£5
members). Upfront dance in one room.
soul. funk and a VIP bar serving champagne and cappuccino in the other — somehow I suspect most readers of this column will not be slurping down the former too often. See Fridays for
‘ membership details.
I Defect at Fury Murry’s. llpm—late. £3.50. Dance music and 80s pop for the medium-hip student types.
I Dream Sequence at Rooftops (Secrets
lounge). 10.30pm—3am. £2.50. A good
selection of indie dance faves in congenial atmosphere with your host Uncle Grumpy.
I Euphoria at Heaven. 10pm—3am. £7 (£5 . with leaflet). ()n two floors. playing
3 techno anti Euro on one with DJs BT.
: Davie and Marc Smith. and funkicr (but
not mellower) stuff on the other.
': I Fifth Dimension at Glasgow Polytechnic.
10pm—3am. Students and guests only.
3 Traditional indie and goth night.
I Helter Skelter at the Mayfair. ltlpm—2.30am. £2. Sixties rock. mod sounds. psychedelic trips: that's that Helter Skelter feeling.
I The Network 9pm—2.30am. £3. Upfront dance in Paisley. fronted by techno megastars The Orb. DJs are Scott. Boydic and Lex. Very popular.
I Ola at the Arches. 10pm—3am. 4 Jan only Monthly African and Latin club with Jon K.
I Time Warp Rock Club at The Venue. 10pm—3am. £2.50. More 60s and 705 rock along the lines of Friday night.
I The Tunnel llpm—late. £6. Big. upfront dance night for the well-dressed — more
I The Alhambra 8pm—midnight. Free. Pub with live DJ.
I Bennet's llpm—3.30am. £3.
I Blackout at the Sub Club. 7.30—10.30pm. £3. Under 18s.
I Cathouse at Hollywood Studios.
llpm—3.30am. £3.50 (£3 with ticket).
Rock club.
I Cleopatra's 10.30pm—2.30am. £3.50.
I Follies 10.30pm—3.30am. £5.
I Joe Paparazzi's llpm—3.30am. £5.
I Libra at Hollywood Studios. 10pm-3am. £3.50. Over-25s disco.
I Mardi Gras 10.30pm—3.30am. £5.
I The Network 6.30—10pm. £2 (£1.50 with leaflet). Paisley under-18s disco.
I Strathclyde University Union 9pm—2am. £2.50. Students and guests only.
I The Tunnel Under-18s club. 7.30—11pm.
Sundays
I Blueprint at Circa. llpm—3am. £3 (£2 members). Sace and Easy present jazz. latin. soul and funk.
I Bob’s Full House at The Volcano. 10pm—2am. £2. Sadly. the reports we brought you of Bobby Bluebell's new career as a karaoke host were greatly
I The Double Deckers at Fury Murry‘s. 10pm—2am. £3 over the Christmas period. normally 50p (with matric card or leaflet)/£l. Tam and Dave. Glasgow‘s answer to the ‘Soul Man‘ hitmakers. team up for a groovy mix of indie. dance. pop and soul named after the recently rerun cult series which for many was the event of the year.
I The Network 10.30pm-late. £2. The Avengers: fun night with Continental house and Balearic beats. Drinks promos. I Tighten Up at the Cotton Club. 10.30pm—3.30am. £2. New mod/skinhead reggae night. with bluebeat. Trojan records. ska. soul. funk. twotone and so on for the retro scooter crowd. Becks £1. I The Tunnel 10.30pm—late. £3. Dance music and PAs. Mel and Michael Kilkie DJ.
I Bennet's llpm—3.30am. 75p.
I Boy at Club Xchange. llpm—late. 75p. I Fuddrultlters at Cleopatra's. 1(l.30pm—2.30am. £1.
I Mardl oras Rave llpm—late. £8 (£6).
I naln llpm—late. £2.
I Vldeodrome Rock Night at the Videodrome. 8pm—late. £2.50.
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