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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MusicThe 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 -
MusicLive 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 -
BooksNemesis 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 -
ArtNeil 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
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Film
November 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 -
Film
Another Year
For four decades Mike Leigh has been exploring, with a mischievous relish, the lives and loves of the inhabitants of London’s urban sprawl. His latest ... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Music
The Metal Column – November 2010
Kicking off what is perhaps Scotland’s single greatest metal month of the year, Finnish Cello quartet Apocalyptica, like off-cuts from Lucifer's Orches... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Books
Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich
Elliot Allagash, the book’s namesake and driving character is a blatant mash up of John Irvine’s Owen Meany, and the rich brat from Kick-Ass: a 1... Read more »| 29 Oct 2010 -
Music
Charles Douglas – The Lives of Charles Douglas
When Charles Douglas first sang the lyric “Made a record without even trying/ No one could find it so they thought we were lying,” it’s unl... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
Music
Modern Superstitions – All The Things We’ve Been Told
Toronto’s Modern Superstitions aren’t afraid to walk under the jaunty ladder of indie pop. Debut album (EP really...) All The Things We’ve ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010 -
Books
Blighty: a Cynic's Guide to Britain
Britain: you thought it was all about Cameron, Clegg, Simon, Cheryl and Churchill (the talking dog, not the wartime leader). Turns out there’s ... Read more »| 28 Oct 2010