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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Art
The Scottish Show 2007
the show juxtaposes high quality art with prospects of prototyping for commercialism Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Books
AL Kennedy on Day (ONLINE VERSION!!!!!)
AL Kennedy has a secret: ""I am trying, desperately trying to get to write Doctor Who"" Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Film
Goya's Ghosts
The film's dazzling array of accents is its chief debt to Pythonesque absurdity. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Noise of Art, The Caves, Edinburgh, 17 May
Noise of Art returns this month; the travelling festival of electronic music, visuals, and strong links with the Berlin scene, is going underground in Edinburgh Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Liquid Room - Ten Years at the Top!
As part of their ongoing celebrations throughout May, the Liquid Room brings you lucky Edinburgh peeps two special club nights that are not to be missed. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Tales of Ignorance Launch Party, Monox, Soundhaus, Glasgow, May 19
Monox, many Glaswegian's dirty techno dealer of choice, is once again dishing out the bad stuff at the Soundhaus. Read more »| 11 May 2007
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Clubs
Download, The Arches, Glasgow, May 12
A night of quality hard dance in store as the Art School welcomes Dave Angel. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Built for the City, The Arches, Glasgow, May 10
Something for everyone as a very different type of Arches event comes to the city. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent Returns (ONLINE FEATURE)
When I was growing up it wasn't cool to be a musician, everybody wanted to DJ or rap. - Jazzy Jeff Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Ewan Pearson, We Are Electric Tryptich Special, Cabaret Voltaire, April 25
Fully utilising the Cab Vol's bassbins, and displaying clear influences from having lived in Berlin recently, Pearson ploughed relentlessly through a deft mix of hot European tech house and smouldering contemporary classics Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Erol Alkan, Sugarbeat, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, April 27
Whilst the Utah Saints should be applauded for fostering one of Edinburgh's best club nights, they can't seem to escape the general malaise stifling the breaks scene at the moment Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
DMZ - Digital Mystikz Vs Loefah featuring Sgt. Pokes, The Classic Grand, Glasgow, 28th April 2007
Multiple reloads on 50,000 Watz sent the crowd charging forward to the point that the flimsy plywood barrier was almost crushed. On-mass skanking caused the needle to be knocked off the vinyl more than once Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Azuli presents Miami 2007 mixed by Dave Piccioni
An undeniable energy at play that will see many tracks rock dance-floors worldwide Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Funkmasters @ Liquid Room
prove that the tenets of funk are still a mighty creed to stick by Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Clubs
Joakim - Lonely Hearts
The original is minor-key Gallic pop-meets-electro; The Tim Goldsworthy remix is more understated, with a slow, popping beat that might well cause dancefloor narcolepsy. Read more »| 11 May 2007