ScotsGay Issue 101 - ScotsGay Magazine

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DUNDEE
Another month has passed us by here
in the wonderful city of Dundee – and what a
month it’s been! Hazell Dean rocked and I
managed to get an interview with her for my
radio show when she’d finished gigging the
Gauger, so thank you Ross and the team for
that – it’s great to see that someone is doing
something positive for the gay scene in
Dundee, and to bring Hazell Dean to the city
was quite a mean feat – I certainly appreciate
it! Another person who’s doing positive
things for our scene is Joey Dunn, who’s
just announced the launch date of our very
own magazine for the City of Discovery,
Gossip! And after a whole month of being
out on the lash celebrating my birthday, I’d
planned to stay in for a week or two to try
and recover, but oh no, there’s too much
going on – and you know what they say,
snooze, you lose!
The first date for your diary is 8th May,
Joey will be launching Gossip! - the new
gay magazine for Dundee in Brooks Bar It
promises to be a great night and Joey’s organised
some cracking entertainment for the
evening – be there, or be square! Another
night in Brooks that’s going to be a hoot is
21st May, Miss Lexie Lush will be keeping
you all on your toes with her witty banter –
don’t forget, Brooks won’t charge you to get
in to see a drag queen. Nor do Brooks
charge you to see another queen, Queen
Suzie of Karaoke – I’ve been there for the
past few Thursdays, where I’ve had a good
old ripping from Suzie – I LOVE IT! Maybe
one night she’ll manage to get me to sing,
either way, come along – it’s a brilliant night.
Jon Quipp
dundee@scotsgay.co.uk
Don’t forget to check out Brooks
Karaoke/Quiz nights, there’s always
a smashing prize – you
can check out the details on
their facebook page. Just
caught up with Tony from the
Gauger, isn’t he just a ray of
sunshine – I love that boy! As
well as being open everyday
nice and early, check out the
Gauger on the last weekend
of every month, Scarlett Diamonte
will be there with DJ
Ross on the decks, and
there’s talk of the Gauger
pub quiz starting in the next few weeks, pub
quiz on a Sun night? YES PLEASE! After
you’ve given your brain a workout, you
might want to check out the new gay night
Sungaze at the Underground. Each week
there’s a different theme – so get your
dressing up boxes dusted down! So far
we’ve had Army, Lady Gaga, Playboy Bunnies
and Cowboy/Cowgirl to name but a few.
I’ve not managed to check it out yet – but I’ll
be heading there this weekend – I’ll let you
know how I get on!
Make sure you head to Out Nightclub
on a Wed night – Wicked Wednesdays - and
wicked it is, it’s an absolute steal to get in
and they’ll even hang up your coat for free!
I had a week pub crawl on Thu, went to out
and DJ Jan was there, pumping out all the
best tuneage – what a way to end a drunken
weeknight. Fri and Sat nights are definitely
the busiest nights in Out, DJ Dean on the
decks offering up the BEST music in
Dundee,
if you like your camp/dance/upfront
mishmash, then make sure you make it Out!
If you’re after a wee steam or a workout in
Dundee, then check out Jocks Sauna,
Dundee’s ONLY gay health club, you’ll find
your sauna, steam room, gym and the usual
stuff you’d expect to find in an upmarket
health club – maybe even a wee bit more!
Check out their website,
www.jockssauna.co.uk for their latest
offers and happenings.
As always, if you can’t be good, be
careful, and if you’re looking to talk to
someone, meet new people – check out
Diversitay – Dundee and Tayside’s LGBT
group, www.diversitay.org.uk, and look out
for the Hepatitis Information Bus, it’ll be in
Dundee on 18th May at the Caird Hall from
2pm, offering you advice, support and information
about Hepatitis.
For another month, over and out!
glaschu
GLASGOW
Hell's bells I am back again, so fed up
of the sound of my own voice and inane
ramblings at the moment and to be honest
you don’t help much. Here I am pouring my
heart and thoughts out and there is you,
doing your Silent Bob routine as per bloody
usual… I honestly don’t know why I bother
with you sometimes! Only joking, you know
I love you. Also you now know I tell lies and
talk to myself. Anyhoo back to the main
focus as to keep the men in white coats
away from the door. Glasgow gay scene as
always is kicking and whilst we are indeed
warming up for our Pride there are still
plenty of goings on to keep you well going!
Starting off with something brand
spanking new for the ladies... Ruby Fruit is a
new alternative gay night for women here in
Glasgay, it’s a club night in The Flying Duck
at 124 Renfield Street and is a female only
environment 9pm-3am on the 30th of May
which is promising a host of uplifting tunes
ranging from soul through to dance music
from the sixties! Tickets on the door are £6
but if you E-mail: ruby.fruits@ymail.com
then you can get in for a very reasonable £4
leaving you more money for drinks at the
bar which is always a good thing.
Also a good night to be attending is
Passionality at FHQ which is on John Street
and upstairs from Speakeasy each and
every Mon night with drinks being served
for your pleasure from £1 and cocktails
from £1.99. Bargain. And remember it’s only
free entry before Midnight and after that is
£3 or £2 with a flyer. Get your passes from
Speakeasy from 9pm! DJ Jamie who is
Miss Shivey
glasgow@scotsgay.co.uk
always popular and one of my personal
favourites to drunkenly demand songs to is
cranking out the tunes so don’t be boring
and pop along. In the same venue every
Wed is Foreplay for girls upstairs in FHQ and
Foreplay for boys downstairs in Speakeasy
which is kind of the pre-warm up for my
good mate DJ Darren's night in Play which
begins afterwards and is still dragging in
bring crowds with different themes each
week and great drink promotions. Sat in
Speakeasy means DJ Devine time and the
night Gayface with the tagline ‘Get your
gayface on’….Now I'm not too sure exactly
how I go about doing that but it sounds like
good fun and ye ken me I’m willing to give
anything a bash after I’ve had a few!
Ah Delmonicas - the original bar
stomping ground. Open all day every day
with great drinks prices and a great varied
crowd and thee best bar staff. Though I
never did figure out what all the plastic
flying birds are all about? Answers on a
postcard please. Anyhoo they now are
providing Gold and Silver VIP party pods,
get status in your own air conditioned booth
for a birthday,engagement or just a chance
to get wrecked with a tad more privacy and
bling! Contact the bar to book or get more
information and if you book it can you
please invite me!
Worth a mention is that Bennets on a
Fri is now free entry before 11.30pm and
SMS discount after that! Pop in for a bounce
and see some familiar (even if very pished
due to the EXTREMLEY cheap drinks) faces!
There is nowhere like Bennets for a boogie
at the weekend-FACT. But remember the
venue is now open six days a week too so
whenever you feel the need, as always the
Bennets team is there for you! And most
probably me too actually cos I still have not
learned when to get the fuck home! See the
husband for more details lol. He’s now fat
AND raging. Happy days.
If you’re looking to be entertained then
the place to be heading down to at the
moment is Merchant Pride who have Ashley
McCulloch crooning all the chart hits every
Fri night from 9.30pm onwards and then on
Sat Barbara Briceland is belting em out from
5-8pm and there’s Karaoke afterwards... Sun
is Robert and May Miller aka the notorious
duo performing away from 5-8.30pm with
Ashley back on doing her thang just after.
I'm winding this up for the month: I'm
totally fecked and I smell like the bins.
Again. Enjoy Eurovision ladies and gents
and keep coming up to say hello and
generally fling things at me if you see me
out and about! Take care.
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