Best of Glasgow with Dictator ahead of their TRNSMT debut

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We speak to Michael from Dictator on his Best of Glasgow.

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00:00So it's not a favourite restaurant but I love Dockyard Social and I know it's been here for years

00:04but I just like each time I go there seems to be a different rotation

00:08and also whenever you go as part of a group you can go, everybody can go and get different things

00:13I hate having to try and, I don't know, justify my favourite restaurant to someone

00:16So it's a collection and it's Dockyard Social

00:19Favourite pub boy, I'll go McKeown's, we're Celtic fans and before the Celtic game

00:23the train gets you there and that's the first stop after the train station to get to Celtic Park

00:29Favourite cafe, there's two different types, there's like, say if you're in the mood for a nice fancy one

00:35where you're Missy's or something like that, it's different

00:37I actually prefer the Barras, if you've just got a wee greasy spoon

00:40I can't remember the name of the one just up there, yes, Newmarket Cafe

00:43I just went in before we came in and I'm going to say that as the favourite place to eat

00:46because there's something that just feels like you belonged inside it

00:50So that's my favourite cafe, my favourite venue has to be the Barralands

00:53I think it's really hard to top the Barralands

00:55There's loads of other good ones, like you've got King Touch, which again is like a pathway

00:59SWG Free is also, I think, becoming one of the coolest venues to go and play

01:04but there's something historic and traditional about the Barralands that you just cannot get over

01:09Being lucky to play it once, and I think it just blows out the water

01:13Even the wee secret tunnels underneath the Barras to get you to the stage

01:17That was like another layer uncovered, so the Barra's hands down for me

01:21I'm going to go Kelvin Grove Art Gallery and Museum

01:24because I didn't realise, I had been past it, I had had picnics outside it

01:30I had a few cans in the park beside it, I've never been inside it

01:34I went to see the Salvador Dali painting the other month, and I think I was looking for some inspiration

01:39and then I forgot that it's a museum and an art gallery

01:43and I know that's such a stupid thing to say, but we walked in and I was expecting art

01:47and it was just, there was like a Spitfire, so I was just like, this is the coolest place

01:52and he's going to struggle to get past BEMS I think

01:54BEMS, I'm going to hands down say BEMS

01:56We were lucky enough to collaborate with him way back for our first EP

02:01and his rise has been amazing to see

02:04One of the coolest things though, is how people have championed him

02:08He's such a good guy, and people have really backed him, so I'm going to say BEMS

02:13Favourite neighbourhood

02:14Zach's behind me going, right here, it's definitely the Barras, right?

02:17But would you live in the Barras?

02:19Nah, he's saying that he would live here, there's no chance I know Zach he wouldn't live at the Barras

02:23But, for general things to do in D, and also if anybody's coming to Glasgow

02:28and they say where to go, the Barras

02:31So I'm going to say right here, which is where my favourite cafe is as well

02:34Glasgow hero, Billy Connolly

02:36I've actually watched a documentary like two days ago about Billy Connolly

02:41and there's just something about him and he just embodies the culture

02:46I don't know if we are maybe on the age group where Billy Connolly's starting to be older

02:50Anybody from Scotland, let alone Glasgow, go back and just watch

02:55and just hear how he talks about people who talk in pubs and what they do and how they do it

02:59So much has changed, but everything's so similar to how it actually is just now

03:03So, Billy Connolly hands things

03:04Thanks

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