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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Books
Creative Writing - Poems by Judith Robertson
WeatherWords passed over me.They slid from your once 'oh-so-perfect' mouthfragmenting and forming scattered bundles on the floor.You picked the bundles up, s... Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
Alphabet Video
Red road is probably the best British film in recent years. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Amon Tobin: Ever Falling
I suppose I look at all recorded sound as source material. How it works in music is really down to how you then manipulate it. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
The Return
A snooze-fest of epic proportions. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Film
Dreamgirls
Hudson's sassy performance, both as singer and actress, holds it together. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Live Music Roundup for February
Strange clothes and crazy dancing will be mandatory. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Art
Art in the Real World
A good gallery is not necessarily going to be a good business Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Clubs
Copyleft, Forest Café, Edinburgh, 9 Feb
On a mission to ""tell it like it isn't"" and on the lookout for truth, justice and the un-American way Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Ballboy @ Cabaret Voltaire
preaching to the choir Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder (Wichita) (*Web)
A slow burning classic? I think so… Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Someyoungpedro - Someyoungpedro
The vocals are never less than wildly indiscernible but the whole thing verges on the right side of noise, with particularly excellent drumming on some of the tracks. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Corrine Bailey Rae - I'd Like To
almost enough to persuade James Brown to come out of mortal retirement for one last dance Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Idlewild - No Emotion
Whilst this feel-good, dance rock/pop number may be slightly devoid of the stuff that makes us human, it is nonetheless a mature, well-worked piece of music Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
They seem to have never been away and, while this is hardly a comeback, there is a change of pace Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Music
The Magic Numbers - This Is A Song
some unseasonal Californian charm Read more »| 10 Feb 2007