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OK, for Leeds, as I see it there are two options for a pre-gig meet up. 'North Bar' and 'Whitelocks' pub are the two nearest decent watering holes to City Varieties, both being more or less a stones throw away. Unlike assorted other local hostelries they're cool re:dress code, and early in the evening shouldn't be too busy, although it is a Friday. Having said that North Bar will be the least busy, i.e. more accomodating to large numbers of sinisterine types. it's a newish, minimal kind of bar. Whitelocks is an oldish (actually I believe they claim to be the oldest pub in Leeds) traditional pub kind of thing.

Enough wibbling. - What do people think, especially others in Leeds or familiar with it?

I like Whitelocks the best - it's got a really friendly atmosphere and the beer's top, served in pint glasses, with handles. It's not very big, though, so it would depend how many people are turning up. And for those who don't drink beer, it has the nicest Strongbow I've ever tasted (now _there's_ a recommendation).

Post-gig, I think the consensus is 'Brighton Beach' at the Cockpit 11pm-4am, it's very near the train station (about 2 minutes). 2 rooms, indie/sixties/soul etc.

Kind of depends on what band they have playing that night, though... I would have said that the Undergound is a far more "Belle and Sebastian" kind of place. It's quite small and friendly (while The Cockpit is quite grungy) with lots of tables round the dance floor and excellent garlic bread at their food counter. On Friday's it's The Cooker. It's the only night I've never been there, so don't know what it's like, except that it's some kind of sixties thang (and Soul's been covered at Move On Up on Wednesdays). Anyone else know? Having said all this I have a friend visiting that weekend, so whether I'll go to any of these places after the gig is far from certain... Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles@boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, "On the ferris wheel, Leeds, Looking out on Coney Island, LS9 7TF Under more stars than U.K. There are prostitutes in Thailand" Strange Powers, Magnetic Fields ____________________________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+