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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Theatre
Girl Blog from Irag: Baghdad Burning
I'm female, Iraqi and 24. I survived the war. That's all you need to know. It's all that matters these days anyway. So begins Baghdad Burning, the weblog of ... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Meeting Joe Strummer SKINNY FEST 2
has there ever been a music star to have such a profound effect on so many people as the deceased punk legend? Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
Ten o' the SKINNYFest Best (SkinnyFest)
1. Lambchop: Kurt Wagner and co return with their tongues firmly in cheek and eclecticism the order of the day. Highly entertaining.August 5, The Liquid Room... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: The Bees @ The Liquid Room
The trademark eclecticism that defines the Bees sound won't be abating any time soon, yet tonight, something still lacked Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: Scritti Politti @ The Liquid Room
a vocal routine which invariably sounds like Cat Stevens and Brian Wilson auditioning for the school choir Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: The Beautiful South @ Corn Exchange
Paul Heaton may be the writer of many a great tune, but he lacks the vigour or charisma to lead a large, live ensemble cast Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Music
T on the Fringe: Kasabian @ Corn Exchange
This is a workmanlike, unremarkable gig when it should have been an occasion Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: Breaks Co-Op @ Cabaret Voltaire
At times, a great band bursts out from the warm soft rock: overall, they play safe and do not build on the fiery interludes. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
Tweek, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Aug 10
Tweek may need to twiddle their format, but there's potential for a solid night Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Clubs
Solescience @Cabaret Voltaire, August 11
More substance than your average Edinburgh club Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
The New Standard @ The Lot, Aug 10
A cosy wind down, enjoyed with a welcome night cap. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe: Jo Mango @ Cabaret Voltaire
This lady and her band will never get a bad review, so lovable is their presence Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Music
T on the Fringe - Nizlopi @ Liquid Room, August 11th
Nizlopi engage their audience so well that, when JCB Song passes, it does so without much ferment or ado. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
The Receipt
A receipt for coffee is the ultimate symbol of modern pointlessness but for Wiley it becomes something to make sense of and something to hold on to. Wiley w... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Theatre
Midnight Cowboy
Joe Buck is a spectacular contradiction àbright-eyed, wholesome and trusting by nature, but a gigolo by trade, and at no point is it suggested that this should be an impossible combination. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006