and that you are pretty much guaranteed a brilliant time. What starts off on a garagey. housey tip inevitably goes pearshaped when the DJs and crowd go bananas (must be a fruit thing) and throw down big beat. hard house and uplifting old skool with ne'er a care in the world. What else can we say other than Taste is the absolute bomb?
I Volcano at Walkers. I lpm—3.15am. £3. Weekly. A new night ‘promising a lava flow of happy house’ for the West Enders.
EDINBURGH MONDAYS
I C.C. Blooms l lpm—3am. Free. Weekly. Gay. kitsch and all things fab at this popular bar and disco.
I Catwalk at The Catwalk. 8pm—lam. Free. Weekly. DJ Pilot Marky C and DJ Cool P (Paris) bring an excellent. relaxed, true jungle vibe. Expect scratching and mad mixing.
I Happy Mondays at Po Na Na.
1 1pm—3am. Free. Weekly. Various party tunes from DJ Jason and MC Loud in this bustling bar and club.
I Jazz Joint at Henry‘s Cellar Bar. 10pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Altered Beatz 99. live drum & bass night. Various musicians rotate with four-piece Rare Faction. DJ Hitchin provides the vinyl magic.
I Loca at Loca. 10pm—3am. Free. Weekly. A commercial mix of chart. dance and disco.
I Manic Mondays at Wilkie House. llpm—3am. Free. Weekly. New night of anything that goes (read across the board) with the Human Jukebox.
I Nasty P at Negociants. 10pm-3am. Free. Weekly. New and old skool lessons of funk, jazz and hip hop.
I The Subway West End 4pm-3am. £1. Weekl . See Thu.
I Tra nspotter at The Subway. lOpm—3am. £1 (free for students with matriculation card). Weekly. A mix of indie and dance.
I Tropisam at The Vaults. lOpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. A brand new night aimed directly at those who somehow missed the weekend’s madness through blatant injustices like. er. work and such. DJs Bigger and Wiser will be hammering out the tunes.
EDINBURGH TUESDAYS
I Bartenders Club at Noa. lOpm-3am. Free. Weekly. Cocktail competitions and the like.
I C.C. Blooms llpm-3am. Free. Weekly. Gay bar and disco. tonight with 605. 70s and 80s tunes.
I Catwalk at The Catwalk. 9pm-lam. Free. Pre-club. Weekly. Beats with Mr White. Hutch and Verbal.
I Czech Out Da Funk at Pivo. 9pm—1am. Free. Weekly. Preclub. One of the cosiest style bars that we’ve seen in a while. you could do a lot worse than check out Pivo. Tonight. Fraser Heeps (who you might recognise as the Bongo Boy at Barry Cabanas) lays on the funky magic.
I Jazz Joint at Henry’s Cellar Bar. lOpm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Hip hop battlers the Dynamic Duo cook up a break beat soup complete with breakdancers and rappers. They share the stage with six-piece Scotland Yard. a
team of four rappers and DJs Willy and Sly Si.
I Loca at Loca. 10pm—3am. Free. Weekly. A commercial mix ofchart. dance and disco.
I Motherfunlt at The Venue. llpm-3am. Free. Weekly. Exceptionally popular rare groove, soul and funk night hosted by Gino and Fryer. Now playing drum & bass/hip hop on the middle floor with Ritchie Ruftone.
I New House Mixes at Negociants.
9 m-3am. Free. Weekly. Guest DJs. JPO Na Na at P0 Na Na. llpm—3am. Free. Weekly. Up-tempo dance sounds. I The Subway West End 4pm—3am. £1. Weekly. See Thu.
EDINBURGH WEDNEDAYS
I Bougie Jaxx at lguana. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Bob Cairns dropping a mish mash of jazz-funk. rare groove and R&B. - I C.C. Blooms l 1pm-3am. Free. Weekly. Very popular gay bar and disco. I Catwalk at The Catwalk. 9pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Pre-club. Jamie Buchanan Ela s the mellow house side of things. lub Tropicana at Club Mercado. llpm—3am. £4 (£2 for adventurous summer dress). Weekly. It's a summer thing - reggae. salsa and happy anthems with cabaret performances. All together now: Let the sun shine . . . I The Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Club at Noa. 10pm—3am. ‘Free entry baby. yeah.’ Weekly. Student night with an Austin Powers theme. I Hump at The Ark. 9pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Look out for the free VlP passes. Student club with appropriate music and
listings GlllBS
dn'nks promos. you know how it goes.
I Jazz Joint at Henry's Cellar Bar. lOpm-3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Cathie Rae hosts the Jazz Joint's regular night of vocal talent from around the city and further afield. Backing comes in the shape of the Brian Kellock Trio. DJ Kulu provides the turntable talent for the evening.
I Loca at Loca. 10pm—3am. Free. Weekly. A commercial mix of chart. dance and disco.
I Midweek Mayhem at The Liquid Room. 10.30pm—3am. Free with matric card before 12.30am; £2 otherwise. Weekly. Much cheapness of drink. obviously aimed at the students among us. Music includes disco 80s and 90s cheese.
I Out To Lunch at P0 Na Na. llpm—3am. Free. Weekly. DJ H (Tribal Funktion) gives you a perfectly good reason to go out on a Wednesday. As the man says himself — ‘putting the electric into eclectic'.
I The Potterrow Student Night at The Potterrow. 10pm—3am. £4 (£2.50). Weekly. Easily one of the busiest student nights in the capital — with drinks double cheap. you won‘t care what the music is. I The Resistance at Revolution. 10pm—3am. £3.50: £3 conc.; £2.50
_ members. Weekly. Another student night
trying to lead our little scholars astray. Well. it probably won‘t take tnuch. will it?
I Superfly at Negociants. 10pm-3am. Free. Weekly. The sounds of the 70s. I Volcano at Walkers. l lpm—3. 15am. £3. Weekly. A new night ‘promising a lava flow of happy house' for the West Enders.
clubs
VENUES
GLASGOW
I Air Organic 36 Kelvingrove Street.
564 5201.
I Alasksa 142 Bath Lane. 248 1777.
I The Apartment 23 Royal Exchange
Square. 221 7808.
I Archaos 25 Queen Street. 204 3189.
I The Arches Midland Street (off
Jamaica Street). 221 4001.
I The Arena 15-27 Oswald Street.
221 3010.
I The Attic (enter through The Garage).
490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120.
I Babaza Royal Exchange Square. 0141
204 0101
I Baby Grand 3 Elmbank Gardens.
248 4942.
I Bacchus 80 Glassi‘ord Street. 572 0080.
I Bar Ce Lona 427 Sauchiehall Street.
332 2528.
I Bargo Albion Street. 553 4771.
I Bar Lautrec's 14a Woodlands Terrace.
332 7013.
I Bar M 42 Jamaica Street. 572 0198.
I Bar 91 91 Candlen'ggs. 552 521 l
I Bar Sauza (Below R.G.'s) 73 Queen
Street. 221 2200.
I Bar 10 IO Mitchell Lane (off Mitchell
Street). 243 2099.
I The Bedsit 1 Park Drive.339 0432.
I Bennet's 80 Glassl‘ord Street. 552 5761.
I Betty's Mayonnaise 37 Queen Street.
221 5934.
I Blackfriars Underground (below
Blackl'riars). 36 Bell Street. 552 5924.
I Bom I42 Renlield Street. 572 0100.
I Bonkers Hope St. 248 5884.
I Brel 39 Ashton Lane. 342 4966.
I Budda 142 St Vincent Street. 221
5660.
I Caledonian University Student
Union (Asylum) 70 Cowcaddens Road.
332 0681.
I Cand bar 185 Hope St. 353 7420.
I The athouse 15 Union Street.
248 6606.
4I Change at Jamaica Clyde Place. 429 4--.
I Cleopatra's 508 Great Western Road. Kelvinbridge. 334 0560.
I Club Budda 142 St Vincent St. 221 2213
I The Cooler Pitt Street. 572 0187.
I Cottiers 93 Hyndland Street.
357 5825.
I Cross Bar 0141 243 2855
I Cul De Sac Ashton Lane. 334 8899. I East Kilbride Arts Centre 51-53 Old Coach Road. 01355 261 000.
I Edwards 410 Sauchiehall Street. 333
l 138.
I Fiddler's Court 45—47 Bell Street. 552 3539.
I Firebird I321 Argyle Street. 334 0594. I Fixx II 86 Miller Street. 221 1568.
I Fu Murry's 96 Maxwell Street.
221 6 11.
I The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120.
I Glasgow School of Art 167 Renfrew Street. 332 0691.
I Glasgow Universi Union 32 University Avenue, 33 8697.
I 92 474 Sauchiehall St (behind the Garage), 353 3111.
I Havana 50 Hope Street. 248 4466 goggabah. Bridge Street. Paisley. 561
I King Tut's Wah Wah Hut St Vincent Street. 221 5279.
7I01l.gutrec's 14 Woodlands Terrace. 332 I Lime (formerly The Cotton Club) 5 Scott Ehreer 32 0712.
I Mc ut s ay OutWest l4 Kelvinhau h Street. 221 5569.
I McPhab . 23 Sandyford Place.
221 0770.
I Mojo's Bath Street. 331 2257.
I Nice 'n' Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637.
I Nico‘s 375 Sauchiehall Street.
332 5736.
I North Woodside Social Club 329 North oodsid Road. 337 1643.
I Octo er e Top floor. Princes Square (off Buchanan Street). 221 0303. 5935mm Peach 34 Queen Street. 226 I Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street.
553 1221.
I Porters Bar 292 Sauchiehall Street. 332 4374.
I Queen Mar aret Student Union 22 University Gar ens. 339 9784.
I Reds. 375 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1635. I R.G.'s 73 ueen Street. 221 2200.
I Rocksy’s asement 40 New Sneddon Street. Paisley. 552 5791.
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I Rooftops 92 Sauchiehall Street.
332 5883.
I Russell Cafe Bar 77 Byres Road. 334 4973.
I Sadie Frost's 8—10 West George Street. 332 8005.
I The Shed 26 Langside Avenue. 649 9473. I Soundhouse 47 Hyde Park Lane. 221 4659.
I Spy Bar Bath Street. 221 77 l l.
I Strathclyde University Student Union 90 John Street. 552 1895.
I Strawberry Fields 56 Oswald Street. 221 7871. I Sub Club 22 Jamaica Street. 248 4600. I The Temple 193 Pitt St. 332 7522.
I 13th Note 260 Clyde Street. 243 2177 I Trash I97 Pitt Street. 572 3372.
I The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street. 204
1000. I Variety 401$auchiehall Street. 332 4449
I The Velvet Rooms Sauchiehall Street. 332 0755. w I Yang 33 Queen Street. 248 8484.
EDINBURGH
I ABC Film Centre 120 Lothian Road. 228 1638.
I The Ark 3 Semple Street. 229 7733
I Assembly Rooms George Street.
220 4348.
I The Attic Dyer’s Close. Cowgate. 225 8382.
I The Basement Broughton Street. 557 0097
I La Belle Angele ll Hasties Close. 225 2774.
I The Bongo Club I4 New Street. 556 5204.
I Cafe Aquarius Drummond Street. 557 6337.
I Cafe Graffiti Mansfield Place Church (bottom of Broughton Street). 557 8003. I Catwalk Broughton Street. 225 5583. I Cavendish West Tollcross. 228 3252. I C.C. Blooms 23—24 Greenside Place. 556 9331.
I The Citadel 39 Commercial Street. Leith. 555 5622.
I The Citrus Grindlay Street. 622 7086. I The City Cate Blair Street. 220 0125. I Edinburgh Rock Cafe 125a Princes Street. 226 1664.
I eh1 Bar And Brasserie 197 High Street. 220 5277.
I Filmhouse Bar Lothian Road.
228 2688.
I The GPO Building Waterloo Place. Princes Street. -
I The Gallery 232 Cowgate. 225 5583. I The Honeycomb 36—38A Blair Street. 220 4381.
I The Jaffacake 28 Kings Stables Road. 229 7986.
I Harleys Broughton Street. 558 8001. I Jazz Joint Henry's Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288.
I The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564
I The living Room 235 Cowgate.
225 4628.
I The Meadow Bar Buccleach Street. 622 7680.
I Club Mercado 36/39 Market Street. 226 4224.
I Minus One (Carlton Highland Hotel) North Brid e. 556 7277.
I Monbo do 32-34 Bread St. 221 5555 I Moray House Holyrood Road.
556 5184.
I The Moscow Bar South St. David's Street. 556 6375.
I Negociants Lothian Street. 225 6313. I N03 7 Queensferry Street Lane. 226 6828.
I Pivo 26 Carlton Road. 557 2925.
I Po Na Na 26 Frederick Street. 226 2224. I Potterrow Union Bristo Square.
650 9195.
I Revolution 31 Lothian Road.
229 7670.
I Rocking Horse Cowgate. 225 3326. I The Shooting Gallery Stakis Casino. Picardy Place. (opp. Playhouse) 478 7435. I Studio 24 Calton Road. 558 3758.
I The Subway Cowgate. 225 6766.
I The Subway West End Lothian Road. 229 9197.
I The Tap O'Lauriston Lauriston Place. 229 4041. j
I Traverse Theatre Bar Cambridge Street. 228 1404.
I The Vaults Niddry Street. 558 9052. I The Venue Calton Road. 557 3073.
I The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College Of Art. Lauriston Place. 229 1442.
I Walkers l2 Shandwick Place. 476 7613.
I Why Not? The Dome. George Street. 624 8633.
I Wilkie House Cowgate. 225 2935
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