The 13th note has gone up in the world. What used to be a small dingy two level pub graced by buskers and skint indie-kids looking for a cheap pint, is now a well known venue for up and coming bands.
It now boasts two branches - a cafe, bar and band venue, on King Street and a pub and nightclub ... Read review
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Advantages: Seeing bands play before they become famous, amusing toilet graffiti, some cracking hairstyles Disadvantages: As it gets more popular, it gets less intimate and more expensive
The 13th note has gone up in the world. What used to be a small dingy two level pub graced by buskers and skint indie-kids looking for a cheap pint, is now a well known venue for up and coming bands.
It now boasts two branches - a cafe, bar and band venue, on King Street and a pub and nightclub venue on Clyde Street, by the river. The cafe/bar is friendly, although the clientele are a little more upmarket, and not quite as welcoming ... .../>
Downstairs, where the bands play, is cramped and dim, reminicent of the old days, but it's worth it - the atmosphere is buzzing, the music is loud, and the prices keep going up. . . Although the Note is known for it's support of new indie bands and performers, other styles are also recognised and played, including jazz. They have established Glasgow bands play, as well as ones starting out. BMX Bandits, Bis, and Uresei Yatsurah have all ... more
The 13th note has gone up in the world. What used to be a small dingy two level pub graced by buskers and skint indie-kids looking for a cheap pint, is now a well known venue for up and coming bands.
It now boasts two branches - a cafe, bar and band venue, on King Street and a pub and nightclub venue on Clyde Street, by the river. The cafe/bar is friendly, although the clientele are a little more upmarket, and not quite as welcoming to visitors outside their social circles as they used to be.
Downstairs, where the bands play, is cramped and dim, reminicent of the old days, but it's worth it - the atmosphere is buzzing, the music is loud, and the prices keep going up. . . Although the Note is known for it's support of new indie bands and performers, other styles are also recognised and played, including jazz. They have established Glasgow bands play, as well as ones starting out. BMX Bandits, Bis, and Uresei Yatsurah have all graced the 13th Note.
In the old days, I used to see two thirds of Teenage Fanclub down here for a pint, although I doubt they frequent the new place as regularly. If I sound like an old person moaning about how "it's not like it used to be", forgive me. It's just that I had such good times in the 13th note as it used to be. However, I see that the people there each time I go are also having a great time, and they will doubtless have memories of the good old days when they too reach the ripe old age of, em, 22. I now visit less frequently than I used to as I don't spend much time in Glasgow. I do like to go back occasionally and see the bar staff - same friendly faces - and remember how great it was.
The food is the one thing that has changed little, apart from the prices! The menu is tasty and vegan (honestly), and offers a surprisingly large variety of dishes to tempt your tastebuds. The veggiburgers have always been my favourite - choose your topping, from mushrooms or onions to the fabulous vegetarian chilli, which you can also order separately served with rice and nachos.
The club venue is quite different - more rock and grunge orientated than the cafe bar. If you liked the "Rat Trap" club, this will be your kind of place. The music is loud and intense and there are some DJs that do regular slots who have built up quite a fan base. Downstairs is large and "stony" - you'll need to go to see what I mean. The crowd doesn't get going till late, but once they're in there, they create quite a scene - a rainbow of hairdye, a farmful of leather (in somewhat ironic contrast to the hippy vegan atmoshphere of the other venue).
Apart from now being a hip and trendy place to be, particularly if you're up on the local indie scene, this is a warm, friendly pub. I met some of my best friends in the Note. Try it - if it's your scene, you'll know straight away.
Advantages: Very moving and important monument Disadvantages: Can leave you feeling rather uncomfortable
painting of the massacre with bodies and blood splattered about the gardens. It's horrible and fascinating in equal measure.
Our next stop was at the Martyr's Well which is now fully enclosed but at the time of the shooting was open. Many people preferred to take their own lives by drowning in the well rather than wait for the soldiers' bullets. On the other side of the gardens is a collection of brick walls with bullet holes framed on them. The walls are lower than the surrounding gardens and we learned that after the gardens were bought for the public as a memorial to the Massacre, the level of the ground was raised by several feet.
The main monument stands at the centre of the far end of the gardens and was inaugurated on April 13th 1961 - again, note the significance of the date. It's a tall red sandstone column that I assume ...
Advantages: REally nice place, with plenty of concerts coming to town. Disadvantages: Food ain't so great
concert hall scale as the SECC. This also has an excellent atmosphere, along with several floors and a lot of space. The only downside with all the venues but the 13thNote is that the drinks are, as usual, really expensive.
For those who like shopping Glasgow has plenty of space to do that, especially on Sauchiehall street, which has all of the major chain stores. Still, it is worth going slightly out of the town centre to find some really cool little shops which are much more reasonably priced or more specialist than the major shops. For second hand records I can recommend Missing on Great Western Road, and for general strangeness I would advise that you pop along to Eurasia Crafts, also on Great Western Road, as quickly as you can.
Another small point which may influence my fellow countrymen is that you really can understand what ...
Advantages: Cultural centre with pleasent areas, that's superior to Edinburgh Disadvantages: High crime rate
and Travis and the musical history is reflected in the wealth of music venues. The Barrowlands plays host to acts of the size of bands like Teenage Fanclub and Manic Street Preachers. Massive bands play at the SECC, while the smaller ones trend to play at the intimate (i.e. tiny) 13ThNote Club or the QMU at the University.
As Glasgow is such a culturally diverse city, there are plenty of foreign eateries, such as Italian, Chinese, Indian and French restaurants and fast food outlets. The reason why Glasgow has such a poor health record may be attributed to the fact that everything is battered in fast food outlets. For example, a hamburger is just a burger in batter, no bap, no sauce.
Shopping is not exactly my favourite habit, but Glasgow is the UK’s second best shopping centre for those who are that way inclined. St. Enoch Centre ...
kfingleton 17.01.2001 (07.02.2001)
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