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
Kool Keith @ The Bongo Club
Making the worn out and half-cut faithful feel something like the patients who hang around in vain on Dr Octagon's Waiting List, Kool Keith finally hauls his... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
MusicBattles @ The Venue, 28 Apr
It's a precious thing to witness such a performance, and even rarer to come away thinking that the band in question are capable of even greater things Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Found & How To Swim @ Cabaret Voltaire
Found occupy the growing space between electronic music and the folk rock tradition Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Silver Jews and Alasdair Roberts @ The Bongo Club
a poet who has learned the joy of a wall of amplifiers Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Buck 65 @ The Bongo Club
Few forays into his sizeable and diverse back catalogue Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Comedy
Stars - June 2006
HoroscopesAries 21/3 – 19/4The arc of andromeda suggests that you may find 50p, half a packed of tabs and a lighter under your sofa this week. Seek and... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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Music
952 Recordings featuring Redmond and Alan Cranney and The Sound @ Mixing Rooms
proof positive that 952, who packed the venue to its capacity, have the ability to attract a huge following in Glasgow Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Theatre
Spotlight On... Theatre Modo
What: Theatre company When: Since 1996Where: Based in GlasgowWhy: Theatre Modo is a small treasure. A combination of stringent production values, creative up... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Theatre
Jerry Springer - The Opera
You're unlikely to see anything quite this seemless again soon. You're also unlikely to see anything this strange again, ever. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
The Hellfire Club - Wyoming Town Hall
The Hellfire Club make you forget all about the whys and wherefores with great songs and abundant passion for their favoured style of music. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicRye Coalition - Curses
there's only so many power chords and solos you can pack into one album without it degenerating into pastiche Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Film
Failure To Launch
The two leads spark off each other nicely, but it's the supporting cast that really shine. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Theatre
A mouse with the heart of a man
Kids' classics make for more than well-stocked bookshelves àthey also make for great theatre, because the two mediums have something in common: the best stories, and the best plays, start with a simple idea and tell it simply. For that reason, 'Stuart Little' is children's theatre for grown-ups. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Theatre
An Enemy of the People
The cast raise sardonic laughs and tease out contemporary relevance for Ibsen's play Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Comedy
Skinny Recommended for May
1.Frankie Boyle MCing at the Edinburgh Stand May 11-13 and the Glasgow Stand May 18-20. Savagely witty Glaswegian returns for a rare visit.2.Shamwagon at the... Read more »| 16 May 2006