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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ArtRobin Thomson @ Generator Projects
Duncan of Jordanstone graduate Robin Thomson returned to Dundee recently for a two-week gallery residency at Generator Projects, putting together an epic and... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
TheatreTheatre Venue of the Month: The Traverse
A veritable institution of Scottish Theatre, which remains contemporary, fresh and experimental Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
Music
Be A Familiar – To The Lighthouse
Employing a seven member line-up, with keys and brass included, Glasgow seven-piece Be a Familiar’s aesthetics hint at the multifarious instrumentation... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
Theatre
Clockwork Orange @ The Citz
Get Dystopic! Read more »| 31 Oct 2010 -
TheatreNo Sell Out, Just Breaks
Bringing together the best hip hip dancers from around the world, Breakin Convention arrives in Edinburgh this month to show the capital how to meld street and theatre Read more »| 30 Oct 2010 -
Music
Someone's Watching Me! Geoff Barrow on They Live!
Geoff Barrow recommends a score and a film from Carpenter's vault (spoiler alert: there's no horror!) Read more »| 29 Oct 2010
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Music
The Thing About John: Geoff Barrow on Carpenter
As John Carpenter prepares The Ward – his first feature-length film in almost a decade, Geoff Barrow explains his hold over Portishead Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Music
Live Music Highlights – November 2010
The outrageously talented Meursault take November by the scruff of the neck with a trio of dates at Dundee Dexters on 4 Nov, Aberdeen Beach Ballroom on 5 Nov... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Music
Zombie Zombie Pledge Allegiance to the Church of Carpenter
Zombie Zombie's Cosmic Neman explains the Parisian synth duo's fascination with the daddy of psychological thrillers, and why they were crushed by the corporate might of a toy giant for their dedication Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Books
Nemesis by Philip Roth
Philip Roth’s last book, The Humbling, was rather poor, and his previous two, Indignation and Exit Ghost, were okay but not up to his high standards. I... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Music
Former Ghosts – New Love
Have you ever seen a caffeinated spider spin a web? Imagine the same effect when giving Emeralds crack – a rumbling beat you'd associate with Tearist (... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Art
Neil Clements Sings Us Out
Artist Neil Clements runs intellectual rings around The Skinny in anticipation of his new exhibition at SWG3 Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
FilmNovember Film Events 2010
The Filmhouse is hosting an Introduction to European Cinema, a season of films screening in collaboration with the Film Studies course at the University of E... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Art
NWS 2010: Nicolas Party and Catherine Payton
New Work Scotland’s winter outing looks to be an eccentric one. Nicolas Party, painter and graduate of The Glasgow School of Art’s MFA programme,... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Music
Elliott Smith – An Introduction to...
Following on from A Basement On The Hill and New Moon, this is Smith’s third outing from beyond the grave, and terming this lucky-dip cluster of songs ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010