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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FilmWaiting...
Despite a decent cast this film never serves up what you've ordered. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
All the best, Arthur Lee
Do you realise? That one day all your musical heroes must die? These men who make immortal music are not themselves immortal Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
MusicJenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - You Are What You Love
Behind the sweetness lurks a cynical witticism Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Belle & Sebastian and Friends @ The Tramway, 30 Apr
Two men entreating even the twee-est kids to catch the flow and let their hearts skip a beat Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
MusicTool – 10,000 Days
all the key elements are here and the machine is well oiled Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
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
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Music
Battles @ 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 -
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