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Lived there throughout the noughties as I couldn't afford the west end, basically. Had a handful of mad daytime pub crawls. A very drunk hogmanay in the granary. There was a nightclub called The Cell on Kilmarnock road that I think only ever had punters from Castlemilk. Tusk was a lovely building and I had a few nights in there tanking red wine (must have been an odd promo), but it always seemed half empty, and also acquired a terrifying reputation for folk getting glassed. The chat was g1 was going to make it a cinema which would have been good as the whole area seemed a cultural wasteland. Went to The Shed a few times and found it a weird experience. Like an even more shite and provincial version of The Garage. Down the road, the pub that would become the rum shack was pretty rough. There always seemed to be punch-ups in Danny singhs after midnight. Hayes clothes shop, and stalks and stems, were good. The Waverley tea rooms was a g1 place but had a south facing balcony which was good for a few pints. The idea of voluntarily going on a full night out in shawlands seemed like condemning yourself to a very dull and possibly randomly violent evening. I liked hanging about Beanscene but I'm sure it collapsed with the sort of rancour and rumours of financial foul play that would set the tone for southside hospitality ventures. Lana del rey was indeed occasionally spotted. She was with a guy from Kassidy. He got a co-write on at least one of her songs. Well played. The area definitely looks nicer now with the bit outside the halls and the wider pavements.