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.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
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!
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
the same year i saw massive attack at the arches, with horace andy, which was even better.
don't bands play at nice 'n sleazy's?
― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Bands do indeed play at Nice'n'Sleazys. I have seen many an excellent band there.
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I think it goes Rooftops (now called something else), then QM, then Barrowlands, then SECC.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Barrowlands is somewhere in the region of 1500-2000, I believe.
There's always the Cathouse!
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
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― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link
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― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
i thought mono had some interesting ppl play there every now and then, sorry to hear it's a shithole
i have enjoyed many of the subcurrent performances at the CCA - again, gd sound, nice and loud - but the venue itself gives off the same snooty vibe as london's ica.
a few doors before the cca there was another venue - seemed to have a sort've middling range of acts - janis ian was playing there when i was in glasgow earlier this year - what's that?
i went for a drink in king tut's on the same visit. didn't seem to be anybody of any note on their gig flyer, but enjoyed the stude/crusty/saxondale vibe as I had nice cool beer, after walking the entire fucking length of argyle st looking for volcanic tongue
there seems to be an interesting venue in edinburgh, some sort of cellar bar?? that has some noize gigs i shall prob go to (also finally a chance to see Dick Gaughan, in September, in Edinburgh)
moving to glasgow on the 12th, just need to get a van sorted, excited
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
it's not a shithole it's a pretty good place. it's just bad for gigs because it's not set up properly and it's amateurish (not charming, sorry) also bar staff can be slighly cuntish? it has an excellent record shop that might be up your street, ward.
did you find Volcanic tongue? i've never been.
the place near the CCA is the ABC. the CCA has zero atmosphere but the sound can be good, yes.
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:27 (eighteen years ago) link
the ABC is the one near the CCA
you should have been to king tut's before it was totally "gentrified" which it has been (I feel), as opposed to mostly "gentrified"
etc
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― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link
well, acts i've seen there include grace jones, public enemy, hawkwind, the cocteau twins, ministry, sonic youth, kraftwerk etc. i think i might possibly also hold the dubious distinction of having performed there more than any other living person. maybe i'll get a plaque one day.
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― stirmonster (stirmonster), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link
The ABC (and ABC2) may be soulless (actually, I don't think they are, but I've only ever seen acts I really like in both of them, so haven't had a shitey experience there yet), but they also have the most fantastically well-stocked bar of any gig venue I've seen. And, as Madchen pointed out, a HUGE glitterball. We spent some of a gig once watching the crowd reflected in the mirrorball. It was kind of cool.
The Arches was a good venue when I was last there in about 1995.
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:40 (eighteen years ago) link
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― stirmonster (stirmonster), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link
i don't think it's cuntish so much as spectacularly stupid - in a couple of cases at least. i do love the place dearly, but the simple act of buying a couple of pints can be unnecessarily difficult, yes.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:38 (eighteen years ago) link
Spear of Destiny
I don't know why I went.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:43 (eighteen years ago) link
To hand out flyers though.
I got to see them "psyching themselves up" to go on stage. Not a pretty sight.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 20 July 2006 07:02 (eighteen years ago) link
I wish there were more places with chairs and high ceilings and good bands playing quietly in the corner.
― Cathy (Cathy), Thursday, 20 July 2006 07:13 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Alba (albab...), July 19th, 2006 1:55 AM. (Alba) (later) (link)
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― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 20 July 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
Random bands I have seen at the Barrowlands: The Wonder Stuff, The Levellers, Big Country. It does get better than this, honest. Do I out-embarrass PJ Miller? I do hope so.
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 20 July 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cathy (Cathy), Thursday, 20 July 2006 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm not a great fan of Tut's. It fine for touring bands, but I don't like DF Concert's practice of making local support acts sell tickets in order to get paid. In order to get higher on the bill, some bands will buy a load of tickets themselves, which means they're losing money to get paid. Very often the local acts it chooses suck too. The band they've signed to their new label, The Dykeenies, are sub-Killers NME fodder. Tut's also goes on at tedious length about Oasis being "discovered" there, right down to calling the urinal the "Wonderwall". Despite its claims, it's not really an integral part of the music scene. Mono/Stereo, Sleazys and the 13th Note are far more significant.
― Stew (stew s), Thursday, 20 July 2006 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link