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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ComedySean Lock: "The adventurous, experimental face of comedy has changed"
Sean Lock talks to The Skinny ahead of his first live DVD release on 17 Nov Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
Theatre
Sweetscar 4.48 Pyschosis
Gareth K Vile sits in the dark and goes insane. Read more »| 10 Nov 2008 -
TheatreWuthering Heights
As a classic comes to the stage, Susannah Radford sees if it matches Kate Bush. Read more »| 08 Nov 2008 -
Music
Vampire Weekend / Ra Ra Riot @ Barrowlands, 29 Oct
A brilliant double header from New York's newest indie-pop demigods warms the masses on a freezing night in Glasgow Read more »| 07 Nov 2008 -
MusicLimbo @ The Voodoo Rooms, 30 Oct
As they approach their first birthday, Limbo produce a couple of gems to ensure they should be a staple on any local gig-goer's calendar Read more »| 07 Nov 2008 -
Clubs
Hush Hush feat. Skream @ Origin, Aberdeen
Dubstep is no longer another specialist niche carved out of the vast electronic mantel, but a fully operational, if somewhat deranged (for want of a better w... Read more »| 07 Nov 2008
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Clubs
DJ Chart - David Barbarossa
RAH Band - Electric Fling (Ebony) An early doors instrumental Curious Curious classic. Girls dance, boys want to know what it is. Listen out for it on the ne... Read more »| 07 Nov 2008 -
Film
Quarantine
After the success of the little-seen but highly regarded Spanish horror [REC], it was only a matter of time before Hollywood brought out the remake. Jennifer... Read more »| 07 Nov 2008 -
Music
The JD Set: Hugh Cornwell & Art Brut @ ABC, Glasgow, 11 Nov
For the last six years, the JD Sets have broken a few boundaries by showcasing edgy, up-and-coming acts and pairing them with alternative icons from a differ... Read more »| 06 Nov 2008 -
Music
I Hear a New World - November, 2008
Unusual and innovative music from Scotland and beyond. Read more »| 06 Nov 2008 -
Books
Allergic To Poetry?
Ryan Van Winkle – Reader-in-Residence at the Scottish Poetry Library and Edinburgh City Libraries flags up unique ways to get poetry into your life. Read more »| 06 Nov 2008 -
Music
Slayer @ Carling Academy, Glasgow, 3 Nov
Thrash metal overlords carpet bomb Glasgow with bone-crushing riffs Read more »| 06 Nov 2008 -
Books
Look Both Ways, by Jennifer Baumgardner
"Part memoir, part pop-culture study, part feminist theory," enthuses the blurb on the back of the book. Maybe that’s the problem: Look Both Ways tries... Read more »| 06 Nov 2008 -
Film
Quantum of Solace
Gavin Sturgeon gives his verdict on the latest edition to the Bond franchise. Read more »| 05 Nov 2008 -
Music
Glasvegas @ Ayr Town Hall, 31 Oct
Behind the perpetual sunglasses is a man resigned to the fact that his songs are no longer his own. Read more »| 05 Nov 2008