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I Club Tropicana at The Garage (upstairs). llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Two DJs called Brian playing indie. Britpop and maybe some retro stuff too. Drinks are unfortunately not free. but near as dammit.
I Cooler at The Cooler. Spin—midnight. Free. Loungin' Sun sesh with laid-back DJs. cartoons and cheap cocktails. Pre- club.
I Cubana Chant at Havana. 8pm-
mitlnight. Free. All evening of easy l_.atin.
l.utin-ja/J. and l.atin fttnk from Gordon Watson plus guests. Pic-club.
I Cul De Sac at Cal De Sac Bar.
‘)--| lpm. Free. lilements l).l Tania Swift play ing upfront drum & bass. Pre-club. I Divrne Intervention at Brel.
3.30 llpm. Hush Puppy (Glasgow School ()fArt) goes solo with a sottlfttl Sabbath selection. Pre-club.
I Ego Trip at The .-\partment. llpm—3um. £5. .ltm Du Best with his tisttal cheesy mix of hop and club classics.
I Firebird at l‘irebird. S— l lpm. Free. Harri and ()scar w Ith a freester mix of Sun recoyery tunes and some fine. fine
food from the l-irebird kitchens. Pre-club.
I The Hip Trip at Alaska. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Your hostess DJ Mingo-go takes you into the world of fttnkadelic lounge. triptastic pop and groovy beats in the White Room.joined monthly by various guests. 4 Apr. Duglas from the BMX Bandits and Colin Gate (Beat Museum) gttest. ll Apr. it‘s Andrew l)ivine.
I Juicy at Planet Peach. llpmr—3. l5am. £4 (£3). DJ Skud‘s original blend of house and garage.
I Kraze 2 at Victoria's. ll).3()pm—3am. £5. Less commercial than its sister Wed night. bttt no less massive night of upfront dance tunes from Kensitas Clttb DJ of The Year Steve l.ockie and Dave Young.
I Liquid Cool at Babaza. 9pm—3am. £5. Absolutely insanely busy night with a dressy crowd sucking the last drops from the weekend. Uplifting vocal garage and house frotn Archaos Sattn’ night residents AJ. Kris Keegan and Ian Thompson.
I Silver (Disco Extravaganza) at Fury h-lurry's. llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Studenty night of big disco cheesy malarkey from DJs Dave and Phil.
I Traxx at The Living Room. s-t lpm. Free. Traxx's Derrick and Simon playing blissed-out deep underground house of the highest quality. Pre-club.
I Nick Peacock at The Variety Bar. Rpm-midnight. Free. The legendary Nick
Peacock with a laid-back jazzy. occasionally house affair. Pre-club.
I Optimo (Espacto) at The Sub Club.
I lpm—3am. £4 (£3). Freakbeat electro. driving Detroit and 80s synthpop twisted deck action frotn yer hosts Jilkes and Twitch plus live bands and film events. Say yes to another excess. 4 Apr. special Bank Holiday special with guest DJ Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas).
I Please Yourself at Trash. l lpm—3am. £5 (£2). Paul N‘Jie with a mellow Sun mix from funk. soul. swing and hip hop to garage.
I The Shed at The Shed. l0pm—3am. £3 (£2). Martin Hesketh upstairs playing chart house and garage at this Southside club from the teatn behind the Garage.
I Shirley's Temple at Archaos. llpm—3am. £5 (£3). Jonnie Rocket playing a deep house soundtrack in the main room while all about him things get a bit weird. Stilt walkers. fire eaters. trapeze artists. tattoos. ear-piercing and anything else they fancy booking. Paul - Traynor and Jamie Fullerton are resident in bar one with R&B. hip hop. swing and soul. Busiest place in town tonight alert. I Ska Sunday at Nice ’n' Sleazy (ground floor bar). 2—6pm. Free. DJ l.ukey l.uke with 21 Stat session of ska at this laid-back Sauchiehall Street bar. Pre- club.
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I Sorted at The Cathouse. l0.30pm—3am. £2 (£l.50); free before
I 1.30pm. Indie/alternative night at this award-winnin rock club.
I Straight Ahead at McChuill’s Way Out West. 8-l lpm. Free. Goodfoot DJ Mark and Kev playing an extremely diverse selection of soul. jazz. funk and dub. Pre-club.
I Sue Go at Barcelona. 8pm—midnight. Free. Four hours of blissed out tunes from mainland Spain played by DJ Jazz. Pre-club.
I Street Rave at The Arches.
l lpm—4am. £17.50. Didn't think that the Colours crew could match the Van Helden night. think again with this night. New York's David Morales. Sasha. Craig Richards (Malibu Stacey) and full live show from Hybrid. See Hit list.
I Temple at The Temple. 1 lpm—3am. £5. Special bank holiday event with Trevor Reilly and guests in a hard house st le.
I Tunnel l0.30pm—3am. £l2 (£10). 4 Apr only. The legendary Paul Oakenfold (Perfecto) headlines for this night of hard stotnping house.joined by Steven McCreery and Simon Foy. Note that Oakenfold will be playing midnight-2am so get in early.
I Velvet Rooms l lpm—3am. £5. Raymond Woods in room one. playing mellow hip hop. swingbeat and classic soul. Ronnie Bell in room two. with an open mix from classic house to soul.
I Yang at Yang. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). 4 Apr only. Three rooms with Luke Solomon (Space). Dribbler (Pure). Deema and Nice and Burd Called Ger. Funky techno and hip hop.
GLASGOW MONDAYS
I Burn at The Apartment. 1 lpm—3am. £3 (free if you work in a pub or a bar). DJs Norm and Richard with the good- time party grooves. 5 Apr. Chris from Bu house guesting.
I Cleopatra's at Cleopatra's. l0.30pm—2.30am. £2 (£l). Pop. 70s and 80s party tunes in this ever so tacky west end ‘nite' club.
I Speedracer at The Garage. l0.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). DJ Steven mixes up a few indie-dance classics and retro tunes for a busy. up-for-it crowd in the main room. Busiest place in town tonight alert.
GLASGOW TUESDAYS
I Bad Puppy at Planet Peach.
llpm-3. l5am. £3 (£2). New gay night of ‘queer indie retro disco madness' from DJ Jon (ex Trophy Room Sat) which promises to be a breath of fresh air across the Glasgow gay scene. They're aiming to be harder. faster and trashier. so if you fancyjumping around. drinking beer and snogging (other) boys. this is for you.
I Boogaloo at Club Budda. llpm-3am. £3 (£2); free before midnight. Cheeky student night at this intimate venue with student cheese to please from Jim Da Best and newcomer Graeme C.
I Brazilica at Havana. Spin—midnight. Free. Brazilian dance music and cool Latin jazz from DJ Macio in this bar/restaurant. Pre-club.
I Buffo at The l3th Note Club (ground floor). I lpm—3am. £l. Jer (from Dawson) hits the turntables with some noisy guitars. dub. drum & bass. hip hop and jarring unrelated chunks of folk music from around the globe.
I Burd Called Ger at Brel. 8pm—midnight. Free. New pre-club night from Ger playing hip hop. funk and mellow drum & bass.
I Club 99 at The Barony Bar (Strathclydc University Union). 8pm—lam. Free. Most drinks are 99p and you've got classic pany tunes from DJ Phil.
I Dub Night at The Variety Bar. Spin—midnight. Free. Stevie Donaldson from Bar l0 and other fine establishments round town plays dub. Pre-club.
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