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music
Mull Historical Society / Washington Irving @ O2ABC, 3 February
Eye for an Aye
Mystery Juice
SID Chip Sounds: The Music of the Commodore 64
Various
Wild Flag / Peggy Sue @ Òran Mór, 30 January
Maraqopa
Damien Jurado
When You're Gone EP
Lapalux
Our Memories Dress Me in A Dead Lust
Crocus
Mr. M
Lambchop
Animal Joy
Shearwater
We Will Always Be
Windy and Carl
film
books
So Much Pretty
Cara Hoffman
Edinburgh Street Furniture
David Brandon
The Last Holiday
Gil Scott-Heron
Exile
Jakob Ejersbo
Poems of Youth and Turbulence
Peter G Mackie
The Boys: The Big Ride
Garth Ennis, Russ Braun, Darick Robertson and John McCrea
Body of Work
Edited by Giles Foden
Scotland The Best 2012
Peter Irvine
One Model Nation
Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Jim Rugg
Bye Bye Babylon
Lamia Ziade
art
Beholder @ Talbot Rice
The Turner Prize @ Baltic
Lost Lake, Chalk Burst @ Generator Projects
Against Anti-Intellectualism @ SWG3
Warp And Woof @ CCA
Christian Newby @ Transmission
Dundee Masters Show @ DJCAD
Ruth Ewan @ DCA
Peles Empire @ Sierra Metro
The Indirect Exchange of Uncertain Value @ Fettes College
theatre
The Shoogle Project
The Little Match Girl Passion @ Tron
Spain @ Citizens
Howard Marks is Mr. Nice
CH-CH CHANGES @ Citizens Theatre
Miranda @ Cottiers
Pirates of Penzance @ Surgeon's Hall
Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off @ The Lyceum Theatre
Scottish Ballet Autumn Season
Die Frau ohne Schatten, Mariinsky Opera @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
comedy
Laughing Horse New Act Of The Year 2012: Quarter-Finals
Mark Thomas: Manifesto
Goon
Michael Dowsee
Sarah Millican - Chatterbox DVD
Adam Hills: Inflatable DVD
Tim Vine: The Joke-A-Motive
Jason Manford: Jason Manford Live DVD & BluRay
The Pajama Men: Last Stand To Reason DVD
Dylan Moran: Yeah Yeah DVD
Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra: Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD & BluRay
Recommended events
music
- 13Feb
GZA
The Arches, Glasgow19:00 – 22:00; £16The Wu-Tang Clan's most potent lyrical swordsman, GZA (aka The Genius), heads Arches way for the usual dexterous assault of colourful wordplay. Bow down.
- 13Feb
Pulled Apart By Horses (The Computers)
King Tut's, Glasgow20:00 – 23:00; £6Leeds-based band of lunatics running to a tight check list of torturous vocals, distortion, serious riffage, and hardcore clatter. All in the name of some pretty bloody awesome balls-to-the-wall rock, y'understand.
- 13Feb
Paul Vickers and The Leg
The Real Mary King's Close, Edinburgh20:00 – 21:30; £4 (limited to 35)The refreshingly raucous Edinburgh bunch play an intimate set with no amplification in the medieval catacombs of The Real Mary Kings Close, ahead of the release of their new album. Limited to 35 tickets.
- 16Feb
The Vintage Village Fete (Matt Norris and The Moon, Das Contras, Emelle)
Bristo Square, Edinburgh10:00 – 20:00; £3 (£1.50)Vintage festival housed in a unique vintage marquee in Bristo Square, including various stalls and artisan food, plus live music sessions in a red double-decker bus. Raising funds for a selection of charities.
comedy
- 13Feb
Frankie Boyle: Work In Progress
The Stand, Glasgow18:00 – 20:00; £10The inimitable Mr Boyle presents a series of rather special warm-up shows for his up-coming tour, which he says will also be his last. Like, ever.
- 13Feb
Fit O' The Giggles
City Café, Edinburgh20:30 – 22:30; £3 (£2)Keara Murphy showcases a selection of new material from a host of acts taking in sketches, stand-up, mime, musical comedy, poetry, magic, and, well, pretty much anything else they damn well fancy.
- 15Feb
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Jo Caulfield, Richard Melvin, Keir McAllister, Graeme Thomas)
The Stand, Edinburgh20:30 – 22:30; £5New comedy panel show looking at the good, the bad and the ugly things that have happened during the week, with the audience voting on which comedian wins.
- 17Feb
The Improverts
Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh22:30 – 23:30; £5.50 (£5)Long-standing improv comedy troupe whose rather fine show is built entirely on (oft daft) audience suggestions.
clubs
- 15Feb
Milk: Anti Valentines (Carnivores, So Many Animal Calls, Midnight Lion DJs)
Flat 0/1, Glasgow21:00 – 03:00; £4Anti-Valentine's edition of the rather ace gig-in-a-club night, with the usual fine array of live bands, DJs, milk, biscuits and 75p cider. Plus a love-themed cocktail concoction which may or may not contain Mad Dog (i.e. it will).
- 16Feb
DJ Yoda
Sub Club, Glasgow23:00 – 03:00; Free with wristbandMixmaster extraordinaire DJ Yoda takes over the reins for his much-anticipated free gig, rescheduled after the destruction of Hurricane Bawbag.
- 16Feb
Sick Note (Jesus H. Foxx)
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh23:00 – 03:00; £2 (£1)The Cab's flagship indie and electro favourite now with added live acts, this time being Edinburgh's own tight indie-pop ensemble, Jesus H. Foxx.
- 17Feb
Sensu (Tobi Neumann)
Sub Club, Glasgow23:00 – 03:00; £10The favourited Glasgow night heads east, with a special guest slot from Kalamazoo-born, Berlin-based tech-house producer Seth Troxler.
theatre
- 14Feb
Scottish Opera's Hansel and Gretel
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh19:15 – 21:30; From £16.50Scottish Opera offer a traditional take on the classic Brothers Grimm fairytale, full of all its original fairytale enchantment and backed by Engelbert Humperdinck's moving score.
- 14Feb
Go Dance 12
Theatre Royal, Glasgow19:30 – 21:30; From £6Now in its fifth year, Go Dance returns with another diverse programme of inspiring dance performances, as energetic and humourous as ever.
- 14Feb
All New People
The King's Theatre, Glasgow19:30 – 21:30; From £12Much-anticipated Long Beach Island set comedy about a motley crew of misfits, written by and starring Scrubs' Zach Braff.
- 16Feb
Sensual Africa
Brunton Theatre, Edinburgh19:30 – 21:30; £10.75 (£8.75)Tavania Dance pay homage to the fascinating Tumbuka and Chewa Tribes, injecting their own interpretation on the complexities of these intriguing tribes movements, music and rituals.
art
- 12Feb
Movie Poster Design Workshop
The Arches, Glasgow12:30 – 14:00; £5Interactive arts workshop on how to design movie posters just like the professionals, hosted by illustrator Erin McGrath and Park Circus designer Jen Davies. Part of Glasgow Youth Film Festival.
- 3Mar
Beats N Forts
Project Slogan, Aberdeen12:00 – 18:00; FreeDIY all-dayer, which commences with a group of artists sculpting fort-like structures live in the Project Slogan gallery. From cardboard. Yes.
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