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Glasgow
Licence Pending Tron Theatre.
63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £5. Scottish spoken word/performance/music/art cabaret night. This evening's line-up includes Martin ()‘Connor and live an duo Molly & Me. See panel. right.
Edinburgh
I Robopop GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before I 1pm; £4 (£3) after. Trendy Wendy and friends mix classic pop tunes and electric beats for those who can't wait another day to start their weekend.
Edinburgh
I Cilia Slack GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before
1 1pm; £5 (£4) after. (‘hart hits with a camp twist from (‘illa Slack while JT keeps the backroom grinding with some R&B.
Saturday 6
Edinburgh
I Boutique GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm; £7 (£6) after. Electro and house from Lucky Luciano plus ‘orchestrated cheese‘ from D] Dow-zer.
I Luver The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 10.30pm—3am. £12 (members £10). A saucy soirée of full-on. driving house music with residents Tommy Kay. Dean Newton. Grum Stone and Jon Edwards.
I Fever Luna. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. 1 1pm—3am. £10 (members £5). DJs Fisher & Price (Taste) play an eclectic mix of the best underground dance music.
Edinburgh
I Cilla’s Karaoke Capers GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm; £4 (£3) after. Grab the mic and try to impress Miss (‘illa Slack with your caterwaulings.
Monday 8
Glasgow
I Passionality Byblos. Unit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552 3895. 11.30pm—3am. £3 (£2). Like an ageing pop star who refuses to give in. the weekend launches a last minute comeback at Byblos with DJ Roberts playing chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd.
Edinburgh
I Call the Shots GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm; £4 (£3) after. Take total artistic control at this requests only night. Email the tunes your heart desires to picardyplace@g1group.co.uk
Tuesday 9
Glasgow
I Audioculture Byblos. Unit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552 3895. 1 1pm-3am. £3. A mixed night of chart. cheese and R&B from 1)] Shana Halliwell.
Edinburgh
I Shoot GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 11pm; £4 (£3) after. Chart. R&B. classics and kitsch from Dale Lush and friends.
I Vibe Luna. 14 Picardy Place. 478
7434. 1 1pm-4am. £4. The touchstone of Edinburgh's queer club scene finds a new home at the revamped Luna nightclub with the same mix of danceable tunes and cheap drinks.
Wednesday 10 Thursday 4 ‘
Glasgow
I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000. 1 1.30pm—3am. £3 (students two for one). Cheesy pop sounds from 1)] [)arren and the guys behind Passionality.
Edinburgh
ran lcebreakers (‘(‘ Blooms. 23-24 Greenside Place. 556 9331. 7.30pm. Social group for people who want to make new friends in LGBT company. This welcoming and non-threatening group. organised by the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard. is ideal if you‘re new to the city or recently out.
I Wink GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm-3am. Free before 1 1pm: £4 (£3) after. Midweek clubbing from 1)] Michelle with alternative sounds along the lines of indie. electro. rock’n'roll and
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Thursday 1 1
Edinburgh
I Robopop GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm: £4 (£3) after. See Thu 4.
Edinburgh
Miss Gay UK: Edinburgh Heat
Planet Out. 6 Baxtcrs Place. Leith Walk. 556 5551. 8pm. £tbc. After being rescheduled from June it‘s finally time for Edinburgh to crown the loveliest LGBT lass in Scotland in an evening of Dis. dancing. entertainment and a special guest. To enter pick up a form from Planet ()ut or visit www.missgayuk.co.uk I Cilia Slack GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm: £5 (£4) after. See Fri 5.
Edinburgh
I Boutique GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm—3am. Free before 1 1pm; £7 (£6) after. See Sat 6.
I Satisfied Luna. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. 1 lpm—3am. £5. Prog house with ’a trancy twist‘ from Brian [)empster and Brett King who have shown us their talents through the years at Mingin'. Joy. Luver and many more.
Glasgow
I Utter Gutter Glasgow School of Art. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4531. 1 1pm-—3am. £10 (GSA students £8). Join the utterrnost gutter queens for the usual dirty house. sleazy techno. whoreish disco. thumping rock and pumping horno-electro beats at this queer alternative club night.
Edinburgh
I Cilla’s Karaoke Capers GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm-73am. Free before 1 1pm; £4 (£3) after. See Sun 7
I Taste The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 10.30pm-3am. £tbc. Fisher & Price are back for another Bank Holiday special so expect only the best in underground dance music and attitude free clubbing.
Glasgow
I Passionality Byblos. Unit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552 3895. 1 1.30pm-—3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 8.
Edinburgh
I Call the Shots GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm-3am. Free before 1 1pm; £4 (£3) after. See Mon 8.
PREVIEW MUSIC/PERFORMANCE POETRY
LICENCE PENDING Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 4 Sep
Drew Taylor, compere and promoter of the Tron’s Licence Pending night, is outlining the ideas behind the event when he stops and checks himself. He’s just used the words ‘performance poetry industry’ and he feels the urge to add the caveat ‘if you can call it that’.
Indeed. ‘One of the problems with staging a regular event like this is that the Scottish Arts Council don’t actually have a live literature section within their funding scheme,’ says Taylor, who has performed poetry since leaving drama school in 2006. ‘There’s such a great arts scene up here, but since the loss of Big Word’s funding there’s a gap within the schedule to get a performance poetry event funded.’
Licence Pending, originally a collaboration between Taylor and Glasgow actor and playwright Martin O’Connor, is an attempt to remedy that. ‘Our ethos is that everyone who performs should use a lyrical form of expression,’ says Taylor. ‘Previous guests have included a girl called Adele Sande, a captivating jazz musician who has now signed a record deal. We book a duo called Molly and Me, who have this in-character ukulele act, and then more traditional performance poets like Jenny Lindsay, Eilidh’s Daily Ukulele Ceilidh and Martin O’Connor, who’s still a regular.’ This latest event will feature Molly and Me, Big Word alumnus Graeme Hawley and Edinburgh’s Creative Martyrs.
Next month, Licence Pending will feature as part of Glasgayl’s programme, and many of the regular performers’ work deals with their sexuality. ‘What I very much enjoy about the forum that I create is that people can be as expressive as they want to be,’ says Taylor. ‘Much of our performers’ work is incredibly candid, but they don’t labour their sexuality above style or content. It’s something to talk about, but it doesn’t become the whole event.’ (David Pollock)
Tuesday 16
Glasgow I Audioculture Byblos. linit Q. Merchant Square. 71 Albion Street. 552
Edinburgh
I Wink GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm -3am. Free before 1 1pm; £4 (£3) after. Sec Wed 10.
3895. 1 1pm -3am. £3. Sec Tue 9.
Edinburgh
I Shoot GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 10.30pm -3arn. Free before 1 1pm: £4 (£3) after. See Tue 9.
I Vibe Luna. 14 Picardy Place. 478 7434. 1 1prn—4am. £4. See Tue 9.
Wednesday 1 7
Glasgow
I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 1000. 1 1.30pm 3am. £3 (students two for one). See Wed 10.
Thursday 18
Edinburgh
I Robopop GHQ. 4 Picardy Place. 550 1780. 1030er 3am. Free before 1 1pm: £4 (£3) after. See Thu 4.
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