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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MusicI Hear a New World - December, 2008
Wichita Recordings Special Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
Art
Langlands + Bell @ Talbot Rice Gallery
Having spent the preceding week building up our critical stamina by bench-pressing the hardback big-print version of Gombrich's History of Art, The Skinny gl... Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
MusicMalcolm in the Middle
Having called it a day with his former band Arab Strap, Malcolm Middleton is on the verge of doing the same with his solo career. Darren Carle finds out why, as well as getting some sage advice on having a not so ‘merry’ Christmas. Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
MusicTen Tracks Featured Artist: Rob St John
On the eve of the release of his new EP, this month's featured Ten Tracks artist Rob St John lets Billy Hamilton know his name’s not exclusive to one but to an entire group of like-minded souls Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
Theatre
The Snow Queen @ the Arches
Mhairi Graham explores the dark, dark world of children's entertainment. Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
Music
Joan As Police Woman - To America
On the third single from her acclaimed second album To Survive, released this summer, Joan Wasser (better known as Joan As Police Woman) duets with contempor... Read more »| 01 Dec 2008
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Clubs
Cassette Jam: Full-Throttle into 2009
Cassette Jam held down one of the biggest bookings in the world this summer, at Amnesia in 'Biza. This month they come to Glasgow to rock the Warehouse Project at Hogmanay Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
FilmPatti Smith: Dream of Life
Shot in a mixture of crisp colour, grainy sepia and monochrome over ten years, director Steven Sebring does not attempt to inform viewers of a timeline in Pa... Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
Art
A Post-Graduate Survival Guide Part III: Aberdeen
In the third part of our series offering advice to newly hatched creatives looking for support in The Real World, Fraser Denholm discusses a fast-ascending venture especially for those in the granite city. Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
Clubs
The Big Freak
The Big Freak, the brainchild of Ewan Macintyre of Ruby and the Emeralds, rolls into Edinburgh’s Medina on the December 18 and promises to be b... Read more »| 30 Nov 2008 -
Music
The Record Round up: November, 2008
Having already served up an honourable leader of the free world and a brand spanking new Guns N’ Roses album, you have every right to expect something ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Clubs
Divine 18th Birthday
Divine has been packing the punters into Glasgow School of Art's intimate deco-styled Vic Bar for a record-breaking 18 years, an unmatched feat in Glasgow an... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Music
Orange Juice - More than a Consolation Prize
Celebrating Orange Juice's recent reunion to collect a lifetime achievement award, Milo McLaughlin charts their legacy and speaks to frontman and solo artist Edwyn Collins. Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Music
All the Saints - Fire on Corridor X
If you thought that the return of acid house in all its Global Hypercoloured glory made for an unlikely renaissance, a second coming of ‘shoe-grunge&rs... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
MusicHerman Dune @ Òran Mór, 14 Dec
Last time Herman Dune played Glasgow, I Wish That I Could See You Soon was the pearl in their heart-warming set. Well, with a new album comes a new tour, and... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008