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
The Hussy's - Napoleon EP
With "bling/thing" rhymes to make you smile wider than Napoleon Dynamite ever did Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Brakes - All Night Disco Party
This is the sound of a summer where everyone puts the Brakes on. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Boy Kill Boy - Suzie
Instead of setting the indie world alight Boy Kill Boy only manages to singe the end of its immaculately straightened hair Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Common Redstarts @ Bannermans
A show to suggest Edinburgh's own Common Redstarts could be worth keeping an eye on... Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Benjamin Zephaniah - the People's Laureate Goes Digital
The empire strikes back and waves
Tamed warriors bow on parades
When they have done what they've been told
They get their OBEs.
(from 'Bought & Sold' by Benjamin Zephaniah)
STRAIGHT TO WEB PLEASE! Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Clubs
Bona Fide Friday, Studio 24
Keep your eyes peeled for the next date, which is sure to continue to provide yet more unmissable reggae vibes and dancehall beats Read more »| 16 May 2006
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FilmFirewall
Even though he's 63, Ford can still handle the action. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Spectrum II @ Queen's Hall
Has everyone on the floor, from the youngest nippers to the older, slightly less agile Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Ok Go @ The Art School
Do you wanna eat dark chocolate and read 'The Da Vinci Code'? No. I wanna watch OkGo, dance and drink fizzy soda Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Live Music Direct Showcase Event @ Liquid Lounge
A fine platform for up and coming bands Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
MusicThe Secret Machines @ The Liquid Room, 28 Mar
Electrifying and energizing; I left the venue with the same post-gig tinnitus one experiences after any show worth its sand. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Music
Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash @ Cabaret Voltaire
The banality of an inner-city barn dance mimicking a spaghetti-western. Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Art
RSA Annual Exhibition
this show contains both work you can take home and put on your wall and work that will make you think Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Art
Nicola Murray / Jim Pattison
Despite Murray's best efforts to feign naturalism, these pictures do have a sense of the mechanical or the alien about them Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
Art
A Paper Menagerie: Animals in Art
It's an eccentric wee show, and some of the choices are quite odd, but it serves as an enjoyable distraction nonetheless Read more »| 16 May 2006