The State Bar! Comedy in Glasgow

More comedy in Glasgow at the State Bar just off Sauchiehall Street!

Saturday night was spent in the State Bar Basement (23rd Feb 2008) in the extreme heat of the place watching some great comedy.

The crowd was made up with about 20 percent of people that I knew and other faces that I had seen in the comedy nights in Paisley at the Arts Centre.

The headliners name totally escaped me (sorry mate, no offence intended, I just have a mince memory... I will get it later and post it in the comments page). He was pretty good and done a nice job of the 'muppet' heckler... I laughed my wee head off... it was a great night out, something a bit different for a change.

I was told to look out for Sean Grant by a friend and funnily enough (pardon the pun) he was there, I liked the guy's stuff, but I think the crowd were a bit less subtle than his material was aimed for... (again no offence intended).

The 'wee man' was doing his thing as well, he was pretty good, got a few sneaky jokes in that were close to the bone.

The venue is small and intimate and I really liked the place as a comedy venue, everyone in our crowd seemed to have a good laugh (especially one of them 'big d', you know who you are...lol)

I will look out for those guys again in the Glasgow Comedy Festival this year as well as the fringe in Edinburgh.

Aye, the compare guy was pretty good as well, I had seen him before, also in Paisley Arts Centre one Thursday night... he plays the not so camp 'gay guy'... and got tore into a few of the guys that were mad enough to sit at the front.

I will definitely head back to the State Bar in Glasgow for another night of comedy one time. Probably not go up stairs for a drink though as some nonce went and tried to start a fight with one of the people from our group and the bar staff decided that we were at fault (for some reason)... it puts you off a bit, just in case you end up in the cells for a night cos of some other guy starting a fight with everyone.

Happy Laughing!

State Bar Contact information

Address:
148 Holland Street
Glasgow

Post Code:
G2 4NG

Telephone number:
0141 332 2159

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The Stand - Are you having a laugh?

Fancy a night out and getting slagged off for sitting too close to the stage?

We have had a good few nights out in the Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow (also one in York Place Edinburgh), and some of the acts have been well worth the visit, there have been one or two that I was not impresed with but the misses maybe enjoyed... so on the whole it has been pretty good.

If you are heading along to the stand then make sure you call in advance and have a look in the Glasgow List or the comedy clubs own site to see who is on that night.

The address and telephone number for the Stand in Glasgow (comedy)

Address:
The Stand Comedy Club
333 woodland road,
Glasgow

Post Code:
G3 6NG

Telephone Number:
0870 600 6055

Tinterweb site address: www.thestand.co.uk/

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Glasvagas - New Sounds From Glasgow

Glasvegas - Glasgow band set for fame...

(Read about Glasvegas at T in the Park 2008 click here)

'The best thing to come out of Scotland in 20 years...' [reported to have been said by Alan McGee - the guy who discovered Oasis]

I just listened to (and watched) the Glasvagas video at http://www.glasvegas.net/ and I love the song... It is the first time I have heard Glasvagas but I like it, a lot.

Have a look (and listen) and let us know what you think. You might want to have a look out for them on myspace too.

The Glasvagas single 'Daddy's Gone' was rated number 1 in the NME single's (I heard...) and Steve Lamacq from Radio 1 pointed out that "they are the hottests unsigned band in Britain"... as my brother points out that is pretty good going coming from Steve Lamacq.

Read about Glasvegas at T in the Park 2008 click here

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[I realised later that I spell loads wrong in this post but loads of people are finding this post on search engines so I dont want to change it now... lol]

Move to Glasgow!

Are you looking to travel to Glasgow in Scotland to find work or study?

Glasgow is a growing international city with ever increasing numbers of cultures and variety of people from many different walks of life, Like any city in the world Glasgow has its own issues, but on the whole it is a vibrant location in the UK.

Glasgow has a great night life with loads of pubs, clubs, reteraunts and cafes dotted all over the city. Many free museums and galleries that are well worth a visit and loads of parks and gardens accross the city too.

The cost of living in Glasgow can vary as with any large city, with more expensive accomidation towards the centre of the City (unless you can get a cheeper hostel room) and the less expensive accomidation towards the outskirts or surrounding towns and villages such as the largest town in Scotland, Paisley.

You may want to take a look at the Glasgow City Council website by clicking here

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Ubiquitous Chip - Ashton Lane Glasgow

Glasgow - Ashton Lane - Ubiquitous Chip

We like to go up to the West End of Glasgow, up Byres Road and Ashton Lane. We went to Ubiquitous Chip in Ashton Lane, both the food and the service were great. I like a good restaurant and I really enjoyed my meal in the Ubiquitous Chip. We started with the mussels and I had a nice full bodied red wind, when we normally go out for food I generally end up having the best meal out of the both of us, she normally makes a ‘gastronome’ error.

For main course I had (I can’t quite remember)...

I could not stuff anymore food down my throat so I did not opt for anything from the desert menu, I think she chose the hot chocolate and she loved it as far as I remember (I may have made this up in my mind, I am not quite sure).

Glasgow has some great restaurants to offer and I have frequented many of them over the years, but the Ubiquitous Chip on this occasion was great and one of the best meals that I have had in ages.

Ubiquitous Chip,
12 Ashton Lane,
G12 8SJ
tel: 0141 334 5007

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