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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Comedy
Frankie Boyle Has A Rant
"I'll donate a million pounds if the whole cast touch the roof of their mouths with a loaded shotgun while riding on a rollercoaster. Telethons are horrible." Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
ComedyDave Ingram
It turns out nothing silences a heckler like uncensored violence. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Theatre
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn Preview
let's hope that the focus remains on the plays rather than the politics of the NTS Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
zerodB - Bongos, Bleeps & Basslines
Needs to be heard to be experienced Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Grandaddy: Passing Away
Despite a sequence of groundbreaking albums which began with 2000's 'Under the Western Freeway', Grandaddy never seemed to breakthrough on the scale they des... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
FilmC.R.A.Z.Y.
Makes me crave more Quebec cinema. Read more »| 16 May 2006
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Clubs
Slam - Ekspozicija 04: Stardome
Jam-packed with upbeat tracks guaranteed to get you shaking your ass Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Surface Emp - Lucky Me EP
A breath of fresh air to the UK hip hop scene Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
The Raconteurs - Steady As They Go
Benson will be painfully aware that the term 'Supergroup' would not be bandied about at all without the presence of his redoubtable partner Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
New Blood: Big Hand
We're guaranteed to get you moving! That's how it's different Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
The Aliens - Alienoid Starmonica EP
In Alienoid Starmonica these aliens prove there's life on other planets after all Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Giant Drag @ Barfly, 12 Apr
A dark, twisted and uninviting place but with a surface of fascinating candour Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicScott Walker – The Drift
Little better than highbrow aural torture Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
FilmThe Magician
Not simply a 'Man Bites Dog' rehash, this is a darkly comic low budget treat Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Russian Dolls
Great fun, with a nice line in surreal humour and an enjoyable preoccupation with storytelling. Read more »| 16 May 2006