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NEVERLAND HIP HOP THURSDAYS
A bouncy castle, candy l oss and treasure chests are just a few of the novelties on offer to students at this playful and delightfully over-the-top night out. Big and bold, the Garage offers six different rooms depending on your mood. A copious number of top chart tunes usually accompany the big frat party feel that this night has in spades. Garage, Thursdays, £6 / £4. With a wealth of music genres throughout the week, the Buff Club have hip hop sealed up on Thursdays. Understated decor, complete with a lone disco ball, make it a popular destination for those seeking a more laid-back feel than is usual on Glasgow’s ambitious club circuit. The low entry fee is also quite welcome. Buff Club, Thursdays, £3.
WITNESS MJÖLK
Supposedly named after brown-bagged, prohibition- era liquor bottles, Sneaky Pete’s garage-like facade doesn’t look much from the outside but is frequently packed with music enthusiasts. On Witness Wednesdays, they come to sample the i ne range of EDM, with talented DJs specialising in techno, house and grime. Sneaky Pete’s, Wednesdays, price varies. The Edinburgh College of Art affair that doesn’t take itself all that seriously. Swedish for milk, this alternative to regular indie night The Egg mixes Abba with the Hives, and throws in some Rolling Stones for good measure. It feels like an alternative teenage disco, but in a good way. Wee Red Bar, infrequent (next on Fri 26 Sep), £5 (£3 before 11.30pm).
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STAYING IN
Not up for a big night out? Brian Donaldson takes a look at some of this term’s TV highlights After resurrecting the Time Lord for a whole new generation, Russell T Davies is returning to his Channel 4 roots for three separate series, linked by a vivid exploration of modern sexual mores. Cucumber is an eight-part series about a gay couple whose settled life together shatters into pieces after one night featuring ‘a death, a threesome, two police cars and Boney M’, while on E4, Banana comprises eight standalone tales covering (and we’re quoting here) ‘50 shades of gay and beyond’. Online at 4oD you’ll i nd Tofu, a documentary series that tackles the issues raised in those dramas. After all that fruit, veg and bean curd,
how about a slice of toast? Steven Toast, to be exact, as the honey-tonsilled Matt Berry returns for a second helping of Toast of London in which the failed ac-tor attempts to rescue his pitiful career. And drawing on the pre-Batman origin story, Channel 5 brings us the US hit Gotham (pictured). It follows the young detective James Gordon (The OC and Southland’s Ben McKenzie) and the recently orphaned Bruce Wayne, as well as introducing us to the folk who would later become the Joker, Catwoman and the Penguin.
Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Magic Mike) is joining the ever-increasing wave of big i lm names heading to TV when he directs Sky Atlantic’s The Knick. Set in early 20th-century New York, it explores the groundbreaking medics at the Knickerbocker Hospital with Clive Owen heading the cast. And over on ITV, it’s US remake time as Broadchurch transmogrii es into Gracepoint. To confuse matters even more, David Tennant reprises his role as the lead cop with Anna Gunn (the terribly popular Skyler from Breaking Bad) in the Olivia Colman part.
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