Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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ClubsGoogle's War with the Blogosphere
Chris Duncan takes a look at the ongoing battle between Google and Palms Out Sounds Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
ClubsOptimo: Eleven Years of Loving Your Ears
Few clubs last 11 years, fewer still at the very forefront of musical style. Rosie Davies asks Twitch of legendary night Optimo about some of the secrets of the journey. Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
MusicLittle Joy at Stereo Preview
Last year’s The Next Time Around brought the number of solo-Strokes releases to three, and like Albert Hammond Jr’s two pop treats, Little Joy of... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
Film
Where No Vultures Fly
Yet another bizarre time capsule (from 1951), this Ealing production casts Anthony Steel as a crusading game warden determined to rescue African wildlife fro... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
Clubs
Rex the Dog: Canine It
It is notoriously difficult for mainstream artists to get back to the kind of passionate following enjoyed by more off-centre acts. One approach is to completely reinvent yourself, as Rex the Dog's Jake Williams explains Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
Art
Keep Calm and Carry On
This exhibition, featuring students from Edinburgh College of Art, never skips a beat, from Ross Christie’s amply stocked zine hut to Liam Crichton&rsq... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008
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MusicAlex Tronic - To Infinity
The latest offering from Alex Tronic records is a real treat, for a number of reasons. The opening notes of the first track Life's A Dream (I'm A Scratcher) ... Read more »| 18 Dec 2008 -
Music
Joan As Policewoman @ The Liquid Room, 13 Dec
It's a bizarre sight to observe Joan Wasser work herself into a frenzy before appearing on stage, with a high pitched scream and a punch of the stage door be... Read more »| 18 Dec 2008 -
Music
Ben Kweller @ King Tut's, 5 Dec
As the grinning - albeit slightly portly - Texan takes to the stage, this sold out Tut's crowd cheer and clap like it was a home coming party and from this p... Read more »| 18 Dec 2008 -
Theatre
INK: New Writing for Scottish Stages
Gareth K Vile's cynicism about the written word is confronted by a dynamic new project that aims to update the role of the script. Read more »| 18 Dec 2008 -
Clubs
Wanderlust: Destination Venues for your Clubbing Holiday
Forget the bitter winter of Scotland and the recession. Chris Duncan looks at where to blow that winter heating budget on a lavish trip to some of the finest clubs that the globe has to offer. Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
Music
VA - The Glasgow School Of Art Goes Pop
From Orange Juice to Belle and Sebastian, Glasgow’s pop pedigree is widely celebrated, but the city won't go resting on its laurels. Leeds label Art Go... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
Music
Debbie Leggo - Car Crash Crowd
London quartet Debbie Leggo release their first single, Car Crash Crowd, an ambitious concept single in which "street poet" Gerry Mitchell plays an artist's ... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
Film
Lost and Delirious
A brief synopsis of Lost and Delirious suggests “The Rampage of the Cliché Monster”: a coming-of-age tale set in an all girls’ boarding school, the story fo... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008 -
Music
Norman Lamont - Roadblock
Norman Lamont (don’t, he’s probably sick of it) is a well-known singer / songwriter on the Edinburgh acoustic scene, and Roadblock is his third a... Read more »| 17 Dec 2008