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can you recommend a good hotel to stay in? in the downtown area

http://www.brunswickhotel.co.uk/

"Hey folks,

As some of you know, I'm heading off to Peru in October to do an i-to-i project ( this: http://snipurl.com/kateperu )and to fundraise for it I'm organising a gig in the 13th Note next Thursday - 13th July. Nice and easy to remember!

There will be 4 smashing bands playing for a bargain 3 bucks:

Miss The Occupier:

"The songs blast Sister-era Sonic Youth through ace girl group melodies... it's basically off centre pop music with sharp, muscular angles. And it's sexy as ---- to boot" says Stewart Gardiner in Plan B magazine. He's not wrong! Frankly, they rock.
http://www.myspace.com/misstheoccupier

After Christmas:

Self -described as "like Grandaddy if they sounded a bit more like Modest Mouse having a fight with The Flaming Lips at a Midlake party", which is pretty accurate except that it doesn't quite convey just how much fun they are. All the "more fun than.." examples I can come up with are falling short too; you'll just have to come along to see for yourself.

http://www.myspace.com/afterchristmas

Evan Crichton:

Shy Evan (of the Wendy House collective) doesn't have any good quotes I can nick off his Myspace page, except all the comments people have left saying "I was at your gig last night and you were bloody brilliant", and so forth. He's been wowing crowds in Edinburgh and Aberdeen in the last couple of weeks, now it's Glasgow's turn again!

http://www.myspace.com/evancrichton

Older and Faraway:

The new project of former Mogwai and Zephyrs cellist Caroline Gardner, Older and Faraway will be treating us to their dreamy country tinged indie rock.

http://www.myspace.com/olderandfaraway

Doors 8.30pm

I'm just glad we're getting all the shit games out of the way *before* the season starts this time round...

Is anyone else going?

There was a huge Celtic support. On the Metro there were tons of people wearing the Green and White jerseys, and their numbers only increaded within the stadium. Definitely more people sprorting Scottish attire than DC. Is there a large population of Scots in DC that I didn't know about? Or were these Europhilic poseurs?

There was a lady and son on the Metro on the way back and they were very upset. The lady was cursing and saying how humilating the experience had been! She was a real Scot.

For the record, I think about 3 of DC's best players were also not on the field, and by the end of the game, all of DC was the reserve team.

Sorry to be competitive, but I thought that Celtic would kind of rule over DC, but I don't know that much about football. I just assumed that American football was in a different class than Euro-foot.

The lady was cursing and saying how humilating the experience had been! She was a real Scot.

Obviously not a real Celtic supporter though or she'd realise pre-season friendlies mean bugger all in real terms. And if she wants proper humiliation she should cast her mind back to this time last year.

Is there a large population of Scots in DC that I didn't know about?

I would suggest more likely to be Irish-American.

In other Glasgow news, I went to see Stew's band last night and missed them as they'd just come off stage when I got there. Oh well. I'm sure they were very good.

Just say no to pink cider, kids. It's not good for you.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/stew_beard/olderandfarawayrockthenote.jpg

Does Edinburgh have a good football team?

(christ, ILX is knackered tonite, innit?)

can someone tell me about these places?
king tut's
13th note/barfly?
liquid lounge
abc
barrowlands

roxy just resurrected the old thread to ask if someone could tell her about the following places.

king tut's
13th note/barfly?
liquid lounge
abc
barrowlands

very quickly, i'd say:

tut's rocks, still. bit up its own arse inna "ooh look we're tut's and everybody's played here and did you know alan mcgee signed oasis while wiping his arse in that there cludgie?" but a great place to hang out, all the same. the actual stage area is a big cramped but fuck it, i saw isis and trans am there and they were both life-changing experiences.

13th note/barfly/mono/stereo is too complex a tale to go into here. someone else can do that. all you need know is that the bar still trading as the 13th note at the bottom of king street is now a bit pointless; that mono, opposite, carries on the spirit of the "old" 13th note admirably; and that barfly, which occupies the space held briefly by the ill-fated 13th note "club", is ... er, barfly.

liquid lounge: no idea. never been, to my knowledge.

abc: used to be a cinema. was more interesting then. nice enough, but soulless. that said, i've never been to the smaller venue within it, just the main hall.

barrowland: legendary. beyond words at this point in time. just godlike.

glasgow venues in terms of size/size of bands that play there, from smallest to biggest: 13th note/barfly/tut's/abc/carling academy/barrowland/SECC.

HTH!

(x-post)

wowza!!!

(If the Liquid Lounge is where I think it is, which is the corner of West Regent Street and Hope Street)

I like the 13th note and Barfly. I think this is a bit controversial of me.

I don't really like Tut's.

I like the ABC, esp the small bit.

I don't see what the big deal about the Barrowland is.

i don't dislike the 13th note; i just don't see the point in it, given that mono now does what it used to do 100 times better.

barfly ... i dunno. i've had some great nights there. and hell, I SAW M83 THERE AND THAT WAS LIKE SEEING THE FACE OF GOD. but it's kinda freaky, and smells a bit.

x-post 1: FUCKING HUGE. but not as huge as the SECC, which is just pish. the perfect size, say, to see motorhead. which i did.

x-post 2: bible john. he quoted scripture as he murdered them. or something.

Roxy, are you coming to do musicky things in Glasgow? Or are you just being nosey?

I need German beer too, but the old bank balance is looking a bit rubbish. Have fun!