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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ClubsJehst - Mengi Bus Mix Tape
Jehst occasionally spits some very sharp dialogue, but it's just not good enough to redeem this album Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
ComedyProfile of a serial kidder - Maeve Higgins
She doesn't so much have gems of jokes in her stand-up, as a string of comedy pearls. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
MusicQui - Love's Miracle
The ugly, no holds barred soundtrack to the drunken Friday night street-brawl Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Drum's not dead Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Live Music Roundup for September
Catch The Twilight Sad in a club while you still can Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Shack - Time Machine: The Best of...
More ups and downs in their twenty year history than your average rollercoaster ride Read more »| 08 Sep 2007
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Music
Alabama 3 @ ABC, 22 Sep
Anything remotely summery flooding into Glasgow is to be welcomed with open arms Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Kunt and the Gang @ 13th Note
A tsunami of filth as obscene as his name implies, obsessed with genitalia, sexual perversion, excrement and Carol Vorderman Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Vibrations, The Classic Grand, Glasgow, Fridays
With all drinks at £1.50 and the obligatory student door discounts this could well end up being one of Glasgow's messiest nights out Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
King Creosote @ Old Fruitmarket, 28 Jul
Surprisingly more low-key than upbeat Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Theatre
Peer pressure
Outgoing Dundee Rep Artistic Director Dominic Hill has chosen Ibsen's Peer Gynt as his finale. Hugo Fluendy talks to him about exits, excitement and expectations Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Music
Action Group
Lily Allen... posh bird, music's pish, her father's obviously like 'there you go, have a record deal for Christmas'. It's a loada shite! - Pete Boggon Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Books
Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama
Obama's prose style is much like that of his engaging speeches Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Film
True North
An absolute triumph. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Clubs
Stereofunk In The Park, Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, 18 Aug
A trip to Motherwell has never been so appealing Read more »| 09 Aug 2007