CLUBS listings

GLASGOW MONDAYS: PRE-CLUBS continued

I Playstation League at Bar Jedi. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. For kids sore of thumb and pallid of complexion. A case of lager is up for grabs for the top gun gamer. assuming you can drag yourselves away from the ‘station at home.

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I Burn at The Apartment. llpm—3am. Free for staff of any pub or club; £3 to everyone else. Weekly. A top party atmosphere guaranteed thanks to the thumping dance classics unleashed by Norm and Richard.

I The Monday Club at The Velvet Rooms. 1 1pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Chris Hesketh mixes up R&B, garage and house at this night. Entry is free to all shop, bar, restaurant and club staff, generously enough.

I Passionality at Planet Peach.

1 1.30pm—3am. £3 (£2 with flycr). Weekly. Gay night that invites you to ‘come get passionate’. Funnily enough, the music, courtesy of DJ Shawn (Bennet’s), promises to be cheesy chart, upfront house and handbag.

I Speedracer at The Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Indie classics with the odd daft party tune thrown in for the usual crazy crowd.

. GLASGOW TUESDAYS

Pro-club

I Dub Night at The Variety Bar. 8pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Stevie Donaldson (Bar 10) playing, oddly enough. dub.

I Club Salsa Sabrosa at Havana Bar. 8pm—midnight. £4 (£3.50). Weekly. DJs Keith and Alexis provide you with a cool night of Latin tunes, with merengue and salsa classes from 8pm.

I Bar 10 at Bar 10. Weekly. A new chance for aspiring DJ talent to get noticed: every week three bedroom turntablists spin their

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discs, the best being selected by the crowd, who then progress to the final, where DJs and promoters from various clubs grant the cream of the crop a chance to play at their venue or club.

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I Basics at g2. l 1pm--3am. £5 (£3). Weekly. Jon Mancini from Colours playing out his usual high quality house. I Eden at Alaska. 11pm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. One for the students, with the usual classics of academe downstairs thanks to Alan Ronald, plus some charging party tunes and a smattering of house upstairs from Scott Mackay of The Tunnel. Further proof that Tuesdays are the new Thursdays.

I F.U.N. at Planet Peach. 11pm—3am. £3. Weekly. Gay night featuring the traditional hodge podge of cheese and handbaggage courtesy of DJs Shawn and Georgie Boy.

I Havana at October Cafe (Princes Square). Monthly. Next date 4 Jul.

Chart &. party

I Laid at The Temple. 10.30pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Student night with the cheesiest of cheese, regular tribute bands and the odd foam party.

I Goo Goo at The Velvet Rooms. 11pm-3am. £4 (£3). Paul Melon claims to be "Ihe King of Cheese’, while Dave Mulholland whacks out the commercial house and garage.

I Planet Pop at Qudos (Queen Margaret Union). 10pm-2am. £2 (£1)— students and up to four guests. Weekly. Pop, anthemic house and related silliness from Tam Coyle.

I Shooting Stars at The Garage. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Gerry and Iain keep the drunk kids happy with charty house and po hits.

I The Shimmy Clu at Bennet’s.

l 1.30pm—3am. £3 (£1.50). A straightish and studenty night at the gay venue, with Raymond Davren maintaining the party atmosphere.

I Slave Boy Tuesday at Slave. 10pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Hostess Ms Mi-Mi-Martini and resident Jon Fraser with handbag and hardbag albums at the club’s gay night.

I T.I.T. at Trash. 10.30pm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Rory Weller with hands-in-the- air, foot-stomping house and trance, plus Graham churning out the student sounds in room two.

I Yang at Yang. llpm—3am. Free before midnight; £3 after. Weekly. Now you can experience the Northern soul and funk grooves of Gerry Love (Teenage Fanclub) and Chris Geddes (Belle And Sebastian) every week. Live bands appear on an ad hoc basis upstairs.

GLASGOW WEDNESDAYS

Pro-club

I Algo Differente at Havana Bar. 8.30pm—late. £4 (£3). Weekly. Arrive early for salsa tuition, then revel in the Salsa Sabrosa crew’s high octane Latin set.

I Club Santiago at Brel. ()pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Latino grooves with Marcelo and Manuelo Cifuentes.

I Jengaheads at The Living Room. 9pm—midnight. Free. Weekly. Martyn Jengahead goes solo to showcase new releases, acetates and the like.

I Russell's at Russell’s. 9—11pm. Free. Weekly. DJ Yaw brings his world music extravaganza to the yuppie masses.

I Shu Hirata at The Cut De Sac. 8pm—midnight. Weekly. Jazzy breaks, hip hop, electro, drum & bass: whatever gets played out, it’s bound to be the best available.

I Yang at Yang. 8pm—lam. Free. Weekly. Michael Peck mixes, cuts and breaks those beats.

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I Bennet's at Bennet’s. 1 1.30pm—3am. £2.50 (£1.50). Weekly. Sara with an upfront dance mix. Gay.

I Deathlehem at The 13th Note Club. 11pm—3am. £2. Weekly. Residents

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I F.A.B. at Babaza. l lpm-3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. DJ Skud blends garage, R&B and funky house, playing to a dressed-up crowd who help to make this one of the busiest midweek nights in Glasgow. 21 Jun sees F.A.B.’s seventh birthday (that’ll be including the Reds years), so expect double doses of the same mayhem.

I Joints And Jams at Planet Peach. 11pm—3. 15am. £3 (£2). Weekly. High calibre night of hip hop, swing and R&B from a rotating roster of DJ talent including Martin Hesketh, Puppa Shango, John Lyons, DMG and James Fullerton. I Overground at The Velvet Rooms. llpm—3am. £4 (£2). Weekly. Indie sounds and chart classics from Joe McKay.

I Shag Tag at Archaos. llpm—3am. £4 (£3). Weekly. Insanely successful night based on a complex numerical flirting system: everyone gets a number upon entry, then, if someone catches your eye, you write their number on the board next to your own, with the idea being that they then rush up to you and get biz-ay. Music- wise, it’s banging house and trance in the main room and across the board ‘madness’ from C.J. downstairs.

Chart & party

I C.J.D. at The Apartment llpm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Student frolics with Marcello, Alan Belshaw and Ryan Mathie. I Klass at Destiny. 10pm—3am. £2 before 11pm; £3 after. Weekly. For those who fancy a party night out, but can’t stand those pesky kids cluttering up the joint. Over 285 only.

I Pop 8: Tarts at The Cathouse. llpm—3am. Weekly. Free before 11.30pm; £2 (£1.50) after. Weekly. Party-up disco and funk.

I Souped Up at The Garage. 10.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Weekly. Daft pop and student antics.

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