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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MusicBen TD - Leaves
Let's give Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Ben TD the benefit of the doubt and say that his confused lyrics in Leaves are actually purposefully garbled. "I s... Read more »| 04 Nov 2009 -
TheatreConfined Human Condition
Cryptic confine the heart and impress the eyes. Read more »| 04 Nov 2009 -
Music
Hugh Cornwell: The Gospel According to The Maninblack
He's been ignored by the public and shunned by his former comrades, but former Stranglers singer Hugh Cornwell is fighting back with his strongest solo offering to date. He spreads the gospel to The Skinny Read more »| 03 Nov 2009 -
FilmLone Scherfig on An Education
Danish Director Lone Scherfig talks to The Skinny about the myriad challenges of creating her latest period piece, a collaboration with celebrated author Nick Hornby. Read more »| 03 Nov 2009 -
Music
Anvil: Past and Present
Now experiencing a surge of attention and belated popularity after spending the best part of 30 years somewhat in the dark, Lips, the animated frontman of Canadian Metallers, Anvil, tells Ryan Drever how it feels to still be pounding metal after all these years. Read more »| 02 Nov 2009 -
MusicJack Endino: Soaked in Bleach
In his work with Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Tad, Skinyard (his own band) and too many more to mention in one sitting, producer Jack Endino essentially documented the genesis of Seattle's early grunge movement. In a rare interview, he recollects the sessions for Nirvana's debut and explains why it took 20 years to Bleach justice. Read more »| 02 Nov 2009
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Books
The Country Diaries, edited by Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor’s earlier anthology (with Irene Taylor) The Assassin’s Cloak was a wide ranging anthology of great diary writing, with the en... Read more »| 02 Nov 2009 -
Film
The Informant!
In The Informant!, Matt Damon plays straitlaced company rep Marc Whitacre who is desperate to take the top spot at big corn company ADM. He believes he's fou... Read more »| 02 Nov 2009 -
Music
The JD Set @ Village Underground, London, 8 Oct
Anyone who's stayed up past midnight knows there's nothing quite like a live jam, when musicians all pile in and the music takes on a whole new improvised en... Read more »| 01 Nov 2009 -
Music
Isis @ Stereo, 25 Oct
"Sorry it's not heavy metal" breathes Mothlite's flickering frontman, a statement met with many a curious glare. Because the swathes of fans packed in the cu... Read more »| 30 Oct 2009 -
Books
Rock and Roll Tourist by Graham Forbes
The entertainment pedigree of booking a train ticket online can hardly compete with a stadium gig by U2. It's lucky, then, that the great strength of this se... Read more »| 30 Oct 2009 -
Theatre
Even in Another Time
Rather than develop a single play, Wendy Miller made the adventurous choice to present three fragments, all performed with understated skill by Helen Cuinn and Rachel Amey. Read more »| 30 Oct 2009 -
Music
Pablo - Turntable Technology
A genre defying double debut album from Pablo, the man behind the soundtrack to Scottish success story Grand Theft Auto. Read more »| 30 Oct 2009 -
Music
The Dirty Dozen - November 2009
Lyricists take note: "ghost" and "toast" can never be sensibly rhymed, 'cos Ally Brown says so. Read more »| 30 Oct 2009 -
Music
Warp Week: Chris Clark & Tim Exile – The Performer Versus the Perfectionist
Two of Warp Records’ most innovative young producers talk about their experiences of working with the label, and where their differing approaches to electronic music have led them. Read more »| 30 Oct 2009