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
The Thursday Show, Edinburgh Stand, June 22
Tony Law stood out, as an ideal headliner should Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Clubs
Progression/Pukka Up Liquid Room Summer special, Liquid Room, Edinburgh, July 15
This night is guaranteed to be a filthy, sexy homage to house music Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Theatre
Henry VI (Wars of the Roses) & Theatre Royal
Shakespeare's biting dialogue (or torrent of insults, if you prefer) is handled with gusto here. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Buy Tickets Now: Top Forthcoming Events
August 1st - Tom Verlaine, ABC, GlasgowAugust 8th - The Bees, Liquid Room, EdinburghAugust 16th - Michael Franti, Corn Exchange, EdinburghAugust 27th - Eagle... Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Comedy
SKINNY Recommended Comedy
1. Alex Horne heads a variety bill at the Edinburgh Stand, July 13-15. "I don't think crumpled trousers are a problem. They just get a bad press."2. Brendon ... Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Comedy
Jim Jeffries
You've got to fake a smile about twenty times a day. I'm shit at it. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006
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Music
Dan Against the World - As the Kitchen Sinks EP
Even the NME would trash this Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Thom Yorke: Saving the Galaxy One Planet at a Time
Yorke appears to be carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders at the moment Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Racebannon / Battleship / Eye @ Henry's Cellar Bar
a bowel-shuddering growl of fuzzed up strings with grinding, shrieking blasts of rapid violence Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
MusicMuse - Black Holes and Revelations
Muse announce their progression in sound Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Clubs
July - House & Techno round-up
no more bitching about no more clubs, some people are making the most of it Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Clubs
Hi-Times
(HiFi Festival, Matfen Estate Nr Newcastle, May 27th)
The Skinny hits HiFi for the first of the Summer festivals Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Clubs
Death Disco @ The Arches, Glasgow, June 17th
A slow start is blown away by another superb night at the ever reliable Death Disco
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Books
Everything is Automatic
I don't know who did it kid. All I know is there's a gun with no trace, a camera with no film and a body that aint talking. Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Art
Top Five Shows for July
1.Blurring the Neatline (Embassy Gallery, Edi) - Fifteen artists investigate the way in which we relate to the space we inhabit.2. Schemie Centaurs (Analogue... Read more »| 15 Jul 2006