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
Free Speech on Trial in Turkey: Murat Belge Speaks
What is embraced in Turkey as valuable by the international community is anathema to Turkish nationalism. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
FilmAmerican Eye
In a new regular feature, our American correspondent Mark Jeffries casts an observational eye over a celluloid issue setting tongues wagging in the Land Of The Free. This month, 9/11 - The Movie? Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
MusicWigwam - Wigwam
I can't decide whether it's cool or just a guilty pleasure, but either way, count me in. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Wolfmother @ King Tut's
saved from pastiche by the sheer variety of checkpoints they acknowledge Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
White Rose Movement @ Barfly
choke the last breath from the eighties influenced, electro-clash scene yet smear their angsty grease all over the set Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Station Project @ Nice'n'Sleazys
thrillingly confident music batters off the cobwebs, leaving dumbfounded spectators in their wake Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Music
ShitDisco @ ABC2
Shitdisco's decadent disco inferno normally burns down any party they play at, but tonight manages to ignite in an unexpected setting Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead
3 minutes of good times with the paparazzi notable by their absence Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Get A Room @ Brunswick Hotel
like a night that struggled to keep a grip of itself and then thought - fuck it, let's have it Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Gogol Bordello @ The Garage
I can't imagine I'd pop them on when I'm sizzling some bacon Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Gemma Hayes @ King Tut's
a never-ending episode of Dawson's Creek Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Bloc Party @ King Tut's
a truly amazing performance from a great band that hopefully won't, like Adonis, turn into pretty little narcissi if they perish prematurely Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
MusicThe Ronelles - Motel
Bolt the doors and She Said No reek of future classics Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Music
Embrace - This New Day
Its enough to make you pine for Coldplay which, you suspect, was Martin's evil intention all along Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Clubs
C2C, The Carnival Arts Centre, Glasgow, Feb 25 (WEB)
Jaw dropping scratch and DJ skills, a synchronised timing honed to perfection
WEB VERSION ALEX - STRAIGHT UP PLS Read more »| 16 Apr 2006