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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MusicMalcolm Middleton's Christmas Thought
My earliest Christmas memory is of running into our living room and punching an inflatable Spiderman punch-bag, whacking it off the corner of something and b... Read more »| 22 Dec 2008 -
Music
Celtic Connections 2009 @ Various Venues Across Glasgow, 15 Jan - 1 Feb
There have been more Scottish music festivals in the last couple of years than ever before, all clamouring for the tag of most eclectic and wide-reaching. Qu... Read more »| 22 Dec 2008 -
MusicKid Canaveral / Come On Gang! @ Voodoo Rooms, 13 Dec
Tonight's special Saturday night Limbo celebrates the launch of a joint 7" single by Come On Gang! and Kid Canaveral, but perhaps it was a mistake to book a ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
MusicJimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - 4th Dimension
With his Andy Warhol glasses, black polo-necks and album titles like Beyond The Stars, it would be easy to dismiss Jimi Tenor as just a groovy lounge lizard.... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
FilmFar North
Stunning landscapes and letterbox cinematography might link Far North with civilisation dramas like the admirable Mongol and the abysmal 10,000BC, but Asif K... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
Clubs
Google'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
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Clubs
Optimo: 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 -
Music
Little 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 -
Music
Alex 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