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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Books
Sex, Drugs and Rocket Science
While Pynchon possesses a singular prose style and an enormous talent, he also publishes far too rarely. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Beats Top 10 Albums of 2006
The Beats Team cast our ears back through 2006 to bring you a selection of the finest albums released, your own refresher course for Skinny Beats! Featuring an exclusive comment from our Album of The Year winner, the mighty Spank Rock. Word! Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Music
Radio 4 @ ABC2
Despite their Glasgow gig turning out to be an intimate affair, the sounds on offer were no less engaging Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Evil Nine, Chew The Fat!, The Sub Club, Nov 17
Brighton's deadly duo rocked the joint and left the place sweaty. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
V/A - Tronic: New Wave of Electronic Sounds Vol 1
Espion provides a stand-out track with Silence and Solitude, building a scene of contentment through melodies and beats that are supportive rather than directive Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Ying Yang Twins - Dangerous feat. Wyclef Jean
We are not treated to any particularly dirty lyrics (even on the 'dirty' version), no sexual positions, no explicit fantasies, just boring old sexism Read more »| 12 Dec 2006
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Clubs
SebastiAn - Ross Ross Ross EP
Quirky electro beats suck you into a world of frenetic funky toe-tapping and head-nodding actions to rival Flat Eric Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Phunkin DJs feat. Pamela Fernandez. - Kickin the Beat 2006
This kind of music was dull when it was originally played in clubs fifteen years ago Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Max Skiba - Apple of Disco
With poignantly abstract titles such as 'Safari Jazz' and 'Apple of Disco', one is immediately intrigued to see what Polish DJ Max Skiba can offer. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Roots Manuva: A Poetic Pallette
Leader : The Skinny talks with Roots Manuva about his role as ""the guy on the corner with the Super T"" as he prepares to put together a new band and take them on the road.
Pull Quote : ""I always tried to project this image of a goody-two-shoes but then I'd be upstairs on the sex line."" Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Arrested Development: Sunshine in Winter
Standfirst: Speech and co. are back with their positive vibes to restore balance to hip-hop. The Skinny says Hallelujah.
Pull Q: ""Politically, socially conscious music is an inconvenient truth: it doesn't make sense for business, or in terms of the escapism in entertainment that drives capitalism."" àSpeech, AD frontman Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
ClubsPitbull - 'El Mariel'
Pitbull insists on doing the ThugLifeTM gruff shouting thing, while his producers do their best to imitate Three 6 Mafia, and he lamely fails to rap anywhere near as fast as they can Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Clubs
Panacea - 'Ink Is My Drink'
Panacea have mass appeal like A Tribe Called Quest, but they are not backwards-looking - they stand alongside Spank Rock (also a Philly native) in their ability to successfully mutate the blueprint of hip-hop. Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
ClubsArrested Development - 'Since The Last Time'
The second half of the album displays an admirable ear for a club cut, with some straight up head-nodding moments on Inner City and I Know I'm Bad that remind you what an eloquent, gifted MC Speech is Read more »| 12 Dec 2006 -
Art
Clemence Cocquet and Mike Kilkelly - Tout est trop familier pour feindre l'onirisme
Both artists' work share an element of play Read more »| 12 Dec 2006