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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Comedy
Stars - August 2006
Horoscopes Leo 23/7 – 22/8The charts predict that an opportunity to relax will bring you much joy but beware inexpertly applied suntan cream when combi... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Books
The Road to Reality - Roger Penrose
Shelve this one next to the Bible. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Art
Phoebe Cummings - Fragments
this exhibition certainly succeeds in conveying the rich mystery and history of the objects which surround us Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Art
Kirsty Whiten - Schemie Centaurs
The plain ugliness of the eponymous Schemies, here depicted for our amusement as a threatening pack centaurs, comes across as rather patronising Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Art
Don't Forget: Art in the Mall!
Art in the Mall sees Ocean Terminal transformed into a giant art gallery for the duration of the festival Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Art
Chris Gibson - The New Works
Gibson's photographic style was born while mountaineering in the Rockies in Canada Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Art
Van Gogh and Britain: Pioneer Collectors
it is the unfamiliarity of these images, untainted by the aesthetic cudgel of mass reproduction, that allows us the privilege of feeling as though we are engaging with this behemoth of art history for the very first time Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
MusicJames Lavelle: What Became of the Man From UNKLE
Having just returned from a club tour of the States, James Lavelle sounds as though hes in good form as he chews his lunch down the phone; "It was quite inte... Read more »| 27 Jul 2006 -
Clubs
Zero 7 - You're My Flame
Zero 7: now synonymous with coffee shops, bad taste and, on this evidence, sleep-inducement Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Exit Ten - This World They'll... Drown
not a monster, more a mouldy daddy long-legs that might give your wee sister a night-time fright Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends
Points awarded for being genuinely disturbing Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
MusicThe Rifles - She's Got Standards
The Rifles fail to invoke the energy or relevance of Strummer, Weller & co Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
The Storys - Cinnamon (The Fever Mix) (Korova Records)
The Storys make David Gray sound like some sort of evil arch villain Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
builds up a beehive of buzzing pop-pleasantries which makes you laugh, makes you cry, changes your life for an instant Read more »| 15 Jul 2006 -
Music
Ben Lee @ King Tut's
You couldn't help the mind wander, pondering àis this man always this chirpy? Read more »| 15 Jul 2006