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Glasgow 22nd November The Garage
EDINBURGH 24th October Queens Holl
DUNDEE 3th November Fat Sams ABERDEEN 4th November Lemon Tree GLASGOW 5th November The Garage EDINBURGH 6th November The Venue
EAST KILBRIDE 7th November Bruce Hotel
GLASGOW
Cottier Theatre 1 Hit November EDINBURGH
la Belle Angele 12th November
Tickets from venue box office, Glasgow Just the Ticket Union St., Edinburgh Virgin 8. Ripping Records and all Tocta outlets c/c 0131-557 6969
ROCK & BLUES
Dates listed below are tor one-ott shows: see separate section tor residencies. Clgs are listed by date, then by city. Dates will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week before publication. Rock and Blues listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
and Jim Byers.
10 DAY WEEKEND
TICKET INFO: The Ten Day Weekend is at various venues in Glasgow until Sunday 20 October. Most events are free or pay on the door. However. although the seminars are free. they are ticketed due to limited capacity. Claim your tickets from the CCA box office (0141 332 7521) where you cart also buy tickets for any of the Reading Lights events. King Tut's and Arches tickets can be purchased in advance from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street (0141 226 4679). The GFT is offering a Music Saver ticket. costing £12 (£8) which allows entry to four of their screenings.
Ticket information
Tickets tor most medium/large concerts can be bought from the tollowlng:
Just The Ticket Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679.
Tower Records Argyle Street. 204 2500.
Credit card bookings from:
TOCTA: 556 5555.
Ticket Link: 227 5511.
Virgin Princes Street. 220 2230. Ripping Records South Bridge. 226 7010.
Credit card bookings from: TOCTA 557 6969.
FRIDAY 18
I liberty Blues Band Ragnarok. Clyde Street. 332 2780. 10pm. £3. Blues standards.
I Rev Doc And The Congregation The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8pm. Free. Harmonica-led trad R&B.
I Five Past Midnight MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I The Answer Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. 01236 727473. 9pm. Free.
10 Day Weekend
I The Pastels, oanger and Movietone King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. The disarming DlY pop of The Pastels is preceded by the organic dronerock of local experimentalists Ganger and Movietone. featuring tnetnbers of Flying Saucer Attack who take a similar approach to Krautrock (i.e. rip it off competently).
I The Ranters. The Secret Goldfish and Black Star Nice 'n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £3. Muscular garage pop with tunes from Canadian ex-
pats The Ranters. supported by the fizzy pop of The Secret Goldfish running through tracks from their recent album Aqua-Pet. . . You Make Me.
I Chest and The Poison Sisters Vic Bar. Glasgow School Of Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 8.30pm. Free. Leeds-based female-fronted band supported by the swamptrash of Glasgow's Poison Sisters. I The Golden Hour and The Cheese The Arena. Oswald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £4 (£3). including entry to Britpop club Parklife. Sixties swirly organ action from The Golden Hour. but don‘t worry — they‘re nothing like as portentous as Kula Shaken
I llervous Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. London-based combo. I The 13th llote Glassford Street. 9pm. Free. Continuing the spontaneous programming of live music every evening with electric and acoustic sets expected by bands playing elsewhere during the festival.
I Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. 3pm. £3 (£2). The GF'l‘ is offering a Music Saver card at £12 (£8) which allows entry to four 10 Day Weekend screenings and a Music Keycard at £30 (£24) for all twelve screenings. Trash culture vultures better make this original blaxploitation classic by Melvin Van Peebles one of their stops. I Shaft Gl’l‘. Rose Street. 332 8128. 5.45pm. £4 (£3). Richard Roundtree stars as the philandering detective fighting crime on the mean streets and making it happen between the sheets. Phew!
I Mirrorball: Oil Factory OFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. 10.45pm. £4 (£3). The final Mirrorball event showcases videos by Blur. Therapy'.’. Weezer and Blind Melon. Plus live acoustic music in Cafe Cosmo from 10pm.
I Tomato Cafe Costno. GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. Free. An exhibition of work by the design company who include Undenvorld in their number.
I Children Of Albion Rovers CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 3320522. 9pm. £4 (£2). Launch of the eagerly-awaited Rebel lnc compendium of novellas by hip Scottish authors such as Irvine Welsh and Alan Warner. in association with Reading Lights. Glasgow‘s festival of new writing. Laura J. Hird. Paul Reekie and Gordon Legge read from their contributions.
I Talk: Marketing Music On The internet Java Internet Cafe. Park Road. 337 6727. 6pm. Free. Plus free access to the Internet all day until 5pm. Free one-hour sessions can be booked by phoning 558 9001 ext. 249.
Edinburgh
I The Fortunes Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Stnart dress. no jeans. Over 25s. Classic 60s material frotn the band who spent fourteen weeks at number two in the early 60s with ‘You've Got Your Troubles‘.
I Altered Beats Henry's Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 9.30pm. £4 (£3). Various local musicians and DJs come together fora live jungle. hip hop. jazz. fusion.
I Black Dog Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. Heavy metal straight out of Biggar.
I Ranx Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. £3. Stiffl.ittle Fingers tribute band.
I Live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 19
Glasgow
I Reel The Garage. Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Alternative rockers with a funky psychedelic edge tosome of their material and a vocalist in the Eddie Vedder lungs- like-bellows tradition.
50The List 18-31 Oct 1996