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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Clubs
DJ Chart: Ian Brandon & Bruno F.K., Tweek Me
Tweek Me is a new night from DJs Bruno F.K. (Majestica), Chris Spence and Ian Brandon (Split / Obscene), showcasing a mixture of different styles, from breakbeat and electro to deep house, with frequent detours into 'anything with a bad groove' (and that's bad as in baaad). The duo phoned in this festive top ten for your delectation... Enjoy. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Theatre
Frozen Theatre Preview
it manages to take an acceptably sensitive perspective on a nasty subject that would otherwise be difficult to watch Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Derrick May, Radioactive Man (live), Quenum (live), Lee Van Dowski, Steve Bug, Magda, Slam, Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow, 29 Dec (CORRECT VERSION - IGNORE V1 WITH MARCO CAROLA)
It'll keep you dancing until 2008.
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Music
New Blood: Lights. Action!
We'll always be the outsiders, but we like that. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
MusicTwilight Singers - A Stitch in Time EP
testimony to the fact that Twilight Singers specialise in providing drowsy narcoleptic acid jazz and straight up euphoric adrenaline shots to the heart Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
The Easy Gramophone ft Swan Lake
5 songs you can legally download and listen to - free Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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MusicTenacious D - Road Warriors
Authors of the greatest song in the world? Practitioners of the cock pushup? The D odyssey continues with their recently released debut film and accompanying... Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Dan Bland (Gritty Product / Radio Magnetic)
The man behind Edinburgh's Gritty Product record label, home to B-Burg, Profisee and a plethora of local hip-hop headz, and a former resident at the much-missed Solid Steel nights at the Bongo, Dan Bland gives us a top ten from his Radio Magnetic show. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Alex Smoke vs. Tolga Fidan
Fidan carefully works his way around Smoke's delicate strings and soft woodwind refrains; burying, recovering and smothering them in shimmering cymbal breakdowns and percussive bass Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Theatre
Interview with Al Seed of The Arches
A situation that cannot be resolved or ignored: it concludes with a shrug of indifference Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Film
Casino Royale
The best Bond in years. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Metal Up Your Ass - December, 2006
What else could Santa possibly have in his sack that beats this line-up? Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Film
Hollywood Juicer: December
Extracting the Pulp From Tinseltown's Fruit Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Riders on the Storm
"You can't figure Jim out...he was a genius, but he was a troubled genius. He was so smart, but he was too smart and he didn't know what to do with it..." - Robby Krieger Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Film
Flags of Our Fathers
The lone gunman is probably Hollywood's most revered living director. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006