Play with the city - glasgow

I love Bunker, it is one of my locals and one that I go to often.

On entering Bunker, on the middle of Glasgow’s bar-heavy Bath Street, you find a great contemporary venue, still fresh from last year’s makeover, with comfortable seating (there are plenty of cosy booths) and cool lighting that seems to cast an attractive glow over everything. There are huge sunken tables with poles (yip dancing style) in the middle of them.

Bunker has a good range of DJs over the weekend, playing a boogie-tastic mix of indie and pop – perfect for stopping by before heading to a club. Although, to be honest, since it’s open until 2am at weekends you don’t have to leave the place!

Saturday night saw DJ Toast drop some bum spanking and groin grinding indie bits and rock picks. i went with some of my dance loving mates and had an absolute ball. The champagne was by the bucket full as it was my birthday the night before and we were all out to celebrate!

Thanks to everyone who came out and made the night a blast and for my cake, I just wish one of us would have remembered our bloody cameras!!

So me and a very good girl friend decided to gorge ourselves with a pre- theater and a bottle of red before we set of to the Citizens Theater in Glasgow to go see The Shakespeare tragedy Romeo and Juliet.

The production was held by Glasgow’s Reids College final year acting students and by my standards;  I would say they all passed with flying colours.

This was the first time I had been to the Citizens Theater so I wasn’t sure what to expect but there wasn’t a dry eye in the house especially at the end of the night when I realized I had lost a shoe! How on earth I hear you say… well, as I was getting into the whole.. ‘oh romeo oh romeo’ I had kicked my shoes off and made my self comfortable. At the end of the production only one shoe.. no idea what happened to the other one! Taxi!

Anyways, an excuse to buy new shoes.

The production was fabulous. Rather than the ‘the greatest love story ever told’ the Shakespeare’s text was more relevant to our youth, in a climate plagued with knife crime, ASBO’s and gang culture, The Production was  an edgy and very tense interpretation the playwright’s message and it still had a lesson to teach us.

I like getting another take on something (Leona Lewis Snow Patrol- ok  not that one) and the Citizens Theater certainly don’t that! We left the there thinking ‘WaW… How good was that’

Did anyone else go to this?

Find a shoe?

Friday saw a strange night as me and my mate Robert found ourselves sitting drinking bottles of Corona, eating toast with blueberry jam and listening to a really cool band I cant for the life of me remember what was called.

Glasgow clubbers who are tired of the same old club sounds or pine for those seething, sweating club nights in which they danced the night away as teenagers can now rejoice, for the city has a brand new electro and techno club night where you can kick back and actually enjoy your mates and the music. yeah there is space for a boogie, but there is also scope to hear your mates opinion on Cajun Squirrel Crisps. The Flying Duck is the new place to be.

The night held a “Going out is the new staying in” night which offered Glasgow townies; booze, tea, toast, bands and DJs all creating a house party vibe.

The club itself has a  low-fi and low-key atmosphere with a homely familiarity that’s a cross between an old man’s pub and your best mate’s house. The decor itself has to be seen to be believed. On entering the ‘close’, you then travel down the stairs into the hallway of the tenement, through to the “house-inspired” decor of each of the rooms and then you land in ‘the jewel in the crown’, the kitchen. It’s true what they say- The party always ends up in the kitchen!

We has such a great night that we are grabbing a few more buddies and heading back there next Thursday!

Modeselektor are a hard core, nose bleeding, ears ringing Berlin techno duo with a bouncy ragga edge to their tunes. They are playing at the Arches in Glasgow on the 20th of February at 11pm… ohh it’s going to be a late one mum.  Club visuals are also there from VJs Pfadfinderei. The night is part of the Glasgow Music & Film Festival. Now where is my glow sticks?

There is nothing wrong with a mooshy mooshy love story, and when your feeling fat and sorry for yourself (I have a cold so have been gorging on chocolate the past four days) there is nothing like a good sob story of someones else’s heartache and  life tragedy to make you feel better!

So, I’m treating my best girl friend to go see Romeo and Juliet at the Citizens Theater in Glasgow on the 28th of February.  Tickets are £8 so plenty of pocket money left over to buy my weight in Galaxy!

mmm now my brain is on the sweet sugary stuff- here is a run down of my fav’s.

1. Aero. (mint or plaie, I cant decide)
2. Kinder Bueno.
3. Terrys chocolate orange.
4. Dairy Milk Bubbly.
5. Wispa. (thank god they are back!)

Putting the weird name aside — apparently the name of some tribe wandering about Iran — I love, love, love my Qashqai; and if you try come take it away from me, I’m sorry but I cannot be held responsible for my actions.

Now you’ve have had your warning, we can get on with the review.

The Nissan Qashqai has some set of “urban credentials” also known as Baws in Glasgow. It is a big beefy boy, but one that likes a bit of lipstick, silk underwear and a bottle of poppers at the weekend. This fruity figure of a man (still talking about the Qashqai here) has the exterior of the Royal British Guard standing in front of Buckingham Palace. Highly polished, stiff upper lip and a big furry hat. This car screams “Yeah I’m not as scary when I’m described that way, but fuck with me and I’ll have your scrotum for a change purse”. This car will give even the most feminine of drivers some great big hairy space hopper balls. The road my friend; is yours.

We have been lucky enough to have some snow in this old Country of ours lately and this is where the Quasqai really let me down. Could I have had a duvet day? No chance, the bloody thing held the road no problem and I ended up in work on time every day of the lovely white conditions. Nipping through town? No probs, switch on the 2 wheel drive and you can nip in and out the gridlock like a Smart Car.

Inside the Quasqai is comfortable, no luxurious; no… imagine the best damned VIP area without the booze and hard drugs, that’s how lush this car is. You have all the James Bond gadgetry at your finger tips. Connect your phone to the car for hand free dirty phone calls. Never bump into the bollard at Tesco again with the beepy beep-beep reverse assistance. Bollocks to Radio 1, a 6 CD changer is integrated via the dash and steering wheel. See what I mean about Lush?

So would I buy one of these city 4×4s. If you had asked me 6 months ago I would have went on about Chelsea tractors and fur coat no knickers Mums dropping off a solitary sprog at school before her morning and afternoon of cheap chardonnay and knee trembling spin cycles. But now I have one, I don’t want to go back to dodgem style cars like a Punto or God forbid a Sex in the City Mini. I’ve been spoiled. You cannot paint dogs’ bollocks in the finest filet mignon and expect him not to lick.

Annnd. I remember thinking this was one of the coolest adverts on the clever box, and now Im driving one of these. If only I was a giant who could kick flip!

The man of the moment is not, as you might mistakenly be thinking, Barack Obama (we are sooo over that shizzle), but a 250 year old womanising ploughman from Ayrshire… This Year marks the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth.

Oran Mor is holding a mixed night of music from Moira Kerr, Jimmy McGregor and the Sirens of Titan Choir, comedy from Karen Dunbar and actor David Hayman performing ‘The Immortal Memory’ to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Burns’ birth, complete with a traditional Burns supper… AKA Haggis, neeps and tatties!

The Burns’ celebration night is on Saturday 24th of January at 7pm, the event will will also be previewing 10 unique and witty paintings illustrating Burns’s epic poem, Tam ‘O’ Shanter, by artist and author Charles Nasmyth.

Oran Mor, meaning the ‘great melody of life’ or ‘big song’, is a cultural centre and meeting place in the heart of Glasgow’s West End. Inside are two bars, two restaurants, a nightclub and stunning private event space available for hire in a fab looking converted church, formerly Kelvinside Parish Church.

The Place is going to be in full swing by 12 dark with a Ceilidh bringing us into early Sunday morning! Im thinking, tartan skirts… men in kilts… and plenty of drams-a-drinking.

Anyone joining me?

We all love bloggers.. don’t lie.

One Ive found that’s sooo fab its worth a gander is - Abouttime.

It is a “Visual Communication Blog” by the Glasgow School of Art which is a place for staff and students to share resources, ideas, seek feedback and advice, and generally comment on and discuss visual culture.

Well, these cleaver clogs of scummies are holding an art event by up and coming international and Scottish ‘wanna-be’s’ in a derelict pharmacy on Maryhill Road in Glasgow…. yes you read right… in a derelict pharmacy.

The event is so Hush Hush that you cant say I told you so ssssshhhhh, keep it secret.

Viewings are by appointment only!

woof

Ok… So I am fluttering my long luscious eye lashes to all you out there with Alkaline Trio tickets… as I cant go.

The gig was so in demand, tickets sold out on day one (hang on till I get a handkerchief to dry my tears) I can only guess how amazing the night is going to be, the atmosphere buzzing with the crowed and the band playing their wee hearts out to a packet out gig as the Green Day-approved morbid punk trio return for their first Glasgow date in years!

So here I am; crossing my wee fingers and praying to the big man up stairs that someone takes pity on me and decides to ditch their best mate and invite me instead to go see Alkaline Trio with them on the 10th of February at the ABC in Glasgow.

You Know I love you, don’t you!

What’s to do a Monday night instead of picking that fluffy stuff from between your toes? How about going to the 02 Academy in Glasgow to see Bloc Party and Wet Paint putting on a ‘must not miss’ night!

Wet paint are heading Bloc Party on Monday the 26th of January at the 02 Academy, if you haven’t been there- think of a living room with a bar in the middle, a bit of a dance floor and plenty of mates and cheap beer singing together the words of songs we don’t even know!

Looking forward to it… The Cat in the Hat says I am!