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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Music
Hot Hot Heat - Luke who's talking
I think some of the best ideas come to you at five o'clock in the morning when you're laying in a ditch in Italy, you know? Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Music
From Akron/Family with love
People are deciding that we're all doing lots of drugs or that we're crazy religious types. - Matt Seaton Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Music
The Hives - Back to Black (And White)
SF: Remember The Hives? Your new favourite band in 2002 have returned, but don't expect just more of the same, as guitarist Vigilante Carlstom tells Nick Mitchell.
PQ:""We're just a black and white rock 'n' roll band."" Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Comedy
Club profile - quick-fire Q & A with Bruce Fummey
Comedian/ organiser Bruce Fummey gives us the skinny on the comedy scene north of the Tay. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Comedy
Scottish Comedian of the Year 2007 final
A theme of the night, quite rightly, was critic-baiting. The large audience would periodically boo the X Factor-style judging panel. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Film
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Simplistic but still entertaining. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007
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Film
American Gangster
Scott's best film in many years. Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Sean Finn & Gino Montesano - Sunglasses At Night
The Club Mix, with its rocktonic rifts and funky bass line will at the very least inspire some dancefloor casualties to keep their sunglasses on! Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Redneck Renegade - Running Out
The Skinny suggests he returns and comes back with a better effort Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Michael Fakesh - Soda Remixes
The first single off the former Funkstorung knob twiddler's solo album, Dos, is an utterly unmissable 12"" Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Mattafix - Living Darfur
Lets hope Mattafix achieve all they set out to do with this record Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Gladio - Hadrian's Wall EP
There are no languid instrumentals; bullying basslines slam-dunk their way into your gut Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Domu & Pete Simpson - Look A Little Further
A wonderfully upbeat record, and one that will have the listener dancing in joy on the dancefloor or in the living room Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
David Jordan - Place In My Heart
A simple, charming treat of a song Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
Clubs
Volume! & LuckyMe, Synthesis, Club Ego, Edinburgh, 24 Nov
A fusion of the finest in grime, dubstep, funk, hip-hop and drum and bass Read more »| 07 Nov 2007