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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Clubs
Dance! Dance! Dance!, Basura Blanca, Glasgow, 15 Mar
After a successful launch last month, Dance! Dance! Dance! returns with residents Maelstrom, Andy Piacentini and Derek Smith again at the helm Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Film
The Orphanage
Builds a real sense of simmering menace from its opening scene. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Film
The Cottage
A quite spectacularly misjudged example of genre hybrid. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Film
The Bank Job
Lumbers along, never quite sure if it wants to be a thriller or a campy throw-back. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Film
Out of the Blue
A haunting look at a crime that shocked the world. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Clubs
Melting Pot: Seventh Heaven
SF: Melting Pot have been turning the niche into the necessary for the last seven years, and this month they shrug off any notions of the notorious seven year itch
PQ: ""The night has lasted this long because its heart [is] in the right place - from the people who promote it and the DJs who play there, to the crowd it attracts."" - Greg Wilson on Melting Pot Read more »| 06 Mar 2008
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Clubs
Melting Pot Top 10 - Past and Future Boogie (March DJ Chart)
Andrew Pirie, resident of Glasgow's Melting Pot club which is celebrating its 7th birthday this month, gives us a rundown and insight into his favourite past and future boogies Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Clubs
Drum and Bass Curriculum
At last spring is upon us, bringing us Easter eggs, bank holiday weekends and a healthy dose of forward thinking clubnights. We begin with Az-Tech's 1st birt... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Clubs
Capitol 1212 in the Capital
SF: The Skinny investigates closer to home to determine the health of home-grown beats, checking in with Capitol 1212
PQ: ""I'm never bored by the talent and creativity I see... people should always look closer to home for their music."" - Professa Fresh Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Clubs
On Track With Smith N Hack
SF: Errorsmith and Soundhack manage to take a few minutes out of their sound check to tell The Skinny how the past influences their mission to push dance music into the future.
PQ: ""We had one track we played in Glasgow where we incorporated a Donna Summer track; people went mad for it because they knew how we had combined our track with the sample. You don't often find that knowledge about music in other parts of the world."" - Errorsmith Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Art
Lotte Gertz @ Mary Mary
The stuff of concussed hallucinations Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Art
Craig Mulholland Grandes et Petites Machines
The feeling that this is an abstracted and artificial whole that you are trapped within never leaves you Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Art
Biomimetic Spectra @ Atticsalt
Causes the visitor to engage more fully with the environment outside. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Art
Artur Zmijewski @ Collective Gallery
Art imitates art and packs a poignant punch Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Art
Alan Michael: Touch Void
A very clever show. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008