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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Music
Park Attack - Halfpast Human
Park Attack isn't your typical parkbench sitting, buckfast-swigging tearaway wreaking havoc on unsuspecting passers-by - it is much more terrifying. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Clubs
Headspin @ Bongo Club, Saturday 28th Janauary
A fun-filled night of hip-hop, funk and soul
ALEX - 1st review of march issue, str8 to web pls Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
NME Awards Tour - Corn Exchange @ Edinburgh
The Arctic Monkeys leave believers and nay-sayers alike astonished in the fug of their irresistible slipstream Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
Bouchereau - Different Neck of the Woods
this eleven minute EP doesn't suggest that the complimentary studio time has been utilised to its fullest potential Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
Isle of Me, Joe Acheson Quartet, OBE - Bannerman's, Edinburgh, Feb 15
perfect for fans of the Happy Mondays and the like Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
ComedyDavid Kay
Describes his style as slow, quirky, measured, surreal and rambling.
Read more »| 17 Mar 2006
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Comedy
Chris Henry
Chris really hates the Sheila's Wheels advert. Don't we all. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
ComedyBrendon Burns
Apparently thinks all religious ceremonies must be held in fancy dress. It's a little hard to start a holy war when a bear suit is involved. ""Oh but he looks so cuddly. How can we stay angry?"" Bear suits fix everything. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
ComedyAlun Cochrane
He'd fix the world by killing all noisy eaters Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Music
Issue 6 Sounds Preview
Who says we're tied to the 90s? Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
MusicKing Creosote - Not One Bit Ashamed
Builds up to a joyous 'Dry The Rain' style crescendo Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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White Rose Movement
See them now before they get into an ugly spat with The Killers over eyeliner. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Film
Tsotsi
PREVIEW FOR SPECIAL SKINNY SCREENING Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Film
The Proposition
A mythic, morose meditation on responsibility and regret, punctuated by moments of brutal and shocking violence. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
MusicPaper Cut Out, Avast!, Lords of Bastard and Spatial Entrepreneurs - Subway Cowgate, Edinburgh, Feb 17
It might look a bit like the gym hall from hell, all high ceilings and black brick, but the Subway can lift the spirits too, without doubt. This Friday night... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006