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Spear of Destiny

I don't know why I went.

To hand out flyers though.

I got to see them "psyching themselves up" to go on stage. Not a pretty sight.

I wish there were more places with chairs and high ceilings and good bands playing quietly in the corner.

-- Alba (albab...), July 19th, 2006 1:55 AM. (Alba) (later) (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.

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.

I also went to see Big Audio Dynamite there, but I could pretend it was to see Schoolly D, who was one of the many support acts.

I also tried to get in free to see Fine Young Cannibals, and was turned away by the firendly security staff. Good Thing.

I am quite embarrassed about going to see The Pogues there, but only because of all the scarf waving IRA tripe.

I saw Lloyd Cole at the Barrowlands, 2 years ago I think. Somehow he seemed not have aged in the preceding 20.

I like how Peter thinks I would have been three in 1989. Such youthful good looks I must have! I was actually 17.

I once went to see the Pogues at the Barrowlands on St Patrick's Day. It was 1991. Celtic had just knocked Rangers out of the Scottish Cup. It was top fun. I ignored all the IRA shite.

Here are some more bands I have seen at the Barrowlands:

Oasis
My Bloody Valentine
The Orb
Bis (OK, they were supporting Garbage)
Radiohead

I'm not sure I have seen Carter USM and/or the Manics there. I have seen them both lots of places, but I have no clear memory of a Barrowlands gig from either. I must have done, though. I should go and look through my ticket stubs, though being a ligger-tastic student newspaper type, I didn't pay into lots of gigs, therefore have no stubs to remember these things by.

I once saw Blur and Radiohead on the same bill, doing some Radio One gig that was being recorded for Japanese telly. This was the most exciting thing I'd ever seen in 1994, I thought I might explode with Britpop-centric joy.

I haven't been to the Barrowlands since that two-night Belle and Sebastian extravaganza. I need to rectify this.

Jesus and Mary Chain w/ The Vaselines (!)
Cocteau Twins
Echo and the Bunnymen post-hiatus w/The Primitives (!)
Aztec Camera (!)
Happy Mondays
De La Soul

downsatirs:

Dinosaur Jr
Frank Sidebottom
The Real Sounds of Africa (!)

I'm sure there are others. They will come to me. I hope. I think I used to think bands were "too big" by the time they reached Barrowlands level.

I think my favourite venue was the Art School:

The Sugarcubes (!)

Followed by Rooftops:

Sonic Youth (!)
The Stone Roses (!)

i shall be in yr fair land from SATURDAY (12th) to THURSDAY (17th) but i will be mainly in EMBRA being ARTY. why don't you come over to see me (as i doubt i'll have time/energy to get over to glasgow)?the sunday (13th) is FRINGE SUNDAY when there are lots of ppl doing things on the meadows also i will be going to the pub with Dr Thompson and maybe KEITH on the saturday.

Isn't it normally the first weekend in August. The great thing is, I've been here for 15 years and I'm probably wrong.

ARTY is interesting! The festival is usually more JUGGLY than ARTY.

Leigh, if you fancy meeting up then we can work some place out. I'm terrible at it, though. Where are when are you arriving, Steve?

http://static.flickr.com/35/124757999_07851bc00a_b.jpg

We will, more than likely, be in Edinburgh on Wednesday evening. Pleasance FAP, yo.

I don't know what my plans are at the weekend but if there's something organised i'll try and drop by.

Anyway, for those who care about such things, Onimo is now the proud dad of a little girl. Megan was born at 11.33 this morning, weighing 6lb 12 oz.

I am glad you've revived this thread Alisa, I was going to start a Rolling Glasgow Gigging Thread but thought that might be a bit...forward.

Anyway, I am planning to go and see these things, I hope perhaps others might feel similarly inclined:

Tues 19th Sept - Pamela Kurstin @ Mono - She is a theremin improviser who has recorded for Zorn's Tzadik label

Thursday 21st Sept - Awesome Color @ Mono - Don't know much more abt them than that they're on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label and are some kind of 'rock' - as w/ the Kurstin gig, tickets are cheap enough to take a punt on, four quid or so

Friday 29th Sept - Rhythm and Sound gig - at somewhere called Afroyard, I think? (dunno where this is)

Sunday 8th October - Comets on Fire @ (wait for it) Mono - bought my ticket already for this, I've been digging one of their albs recently and thought they might be gd live - post HighRise Blue Cheerist rock scorch, sometimes with the 6 Organs fella (tho I don't know if he's w/ em for this one) - I'm hoping it will be loud good fun - and Acid Mothers Temple are also playing Mono in Nov, excellent.

I was tempted by the Davey Graham/John Renbourn/Alex Neilson gig but tickets are pretty expensive for that - £14 - and I trust the word of Dadaismus and others who say that Graham has pretty much lost the plot these days...sad... I wish Dick Gaughan was playing Glasgow, can't really afford to make it over to Edinburgh to see him this month

Plus Instal, of course!

http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/

A cpl of my friends are going on the guided tour of the Necropolis, which will prob be great, but I may pick somewhere I haven't already visited, depending on time/energy/inclination

Ward, they are doing guided tours of Dennistoun. Learn about your neighbourhood! "next, this is the spot where Madchen was shot at through her living room window whilst watching telly, and round the corner is a pub featuring ailsa and onimo grabbing a quick pint and laughing at the locals before they go to the football, oh, erm, Lulu's from here, cheers folks, that's the entire history Dennistoun for you".

Ward, it's at the subclub. the night that is putting R&S on are called kinky afro (quite a misleading name - makes it sound like some kind of funk night, it's not) i'll be going to this (it's my birthday actually) so come along with me! will be going to instal too.

Hearty congratulations to onimo & family :)