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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MusicGhostface Killah @ The Liquid Room, 9 November
Eight months after his Cuban Linx co-host claimed The Liquid Room, Ghostface Killah shows up to mirror Raekwon’s inebriated triumph – tonight&rsq... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Music
Acid Mothers Temple / Vars of Litchi @ Nice 'N' Sleazy, 9 November
The brilliance of virtuoso post-rock duos like Hella and Lightning Bolt has waned of late, stymied by its own frantic complexity, but Glasgow’s Vars of... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
MusicTori Amos @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 6 November
One could be forgiven for expecting a rigidly structured 'play the album in full' style show to support Night Of Hunters, Tori Amos' recent boundary crossing... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Music
Dananananaykroyd @ O2 ABC, 29 October
It’s in no way a slight to suggest United Fruit are pretty peripheral to tonight’s euphoric highs. They hurl out riff after riff with dependable ... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
Theatre
Spain @ Citizens
A sharp contrast to James Ley’s last Glasgay! entry – an urgent yet funny look at one teacher’s nervous breakdown – Spain takes... Read more »| 11 Nov 2011 -
FilmMilton Jones: The Lion Whisperer DVD
Milton Jones has produced that rarest of beasts: a U-certificate comedy DVD. Not that it’s a kid’s show as such; stoned students and families dig... Read more »| 10 Nov 2011
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Comedy
New Act Of The Month: James Stewart
Name: James Stewart Age: 26 Based: Edinburgh Number of gigs to date: 150 How did you get into comedy? I knew I always wanted to do it. I watch endless Am... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Comedy
Howard Marks is Mr. Nice
Structured loosely around tales drawn from the autobiography Mr Nice, this show allows Howard Marks to combine elements of straightforward storytelling with ... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Film
Alan Carr: Spexy Beast DVD & BluRay
Alan Carr emerges onstage at Manchester's MEN Arena in a kimono Hugh Hefner would be proud of. The Playboy look, unsurprisingly, doesn't last long and is soo... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Film
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Page One opens inside the New York Times' mammoth printing press. Alongside it, the stately monolith of its Manhattan headquarters is a statue to t... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Theatre
CH-CH CHANGES @ Citizens Theatre
In Bette Cavette, the brilliant sell-out show of 2010, Grant Smeaton, theatre’s own Swiss Army Knife, did not rely on easy caricature or impe... Read more »| 09 Nov 2011 -
Film
Three Things I've Learned From The Walking Dead
Fred Fletch pays tribute to the US zombie thriller, and offers his survival advice for a surprisingly mundane zombie apocalypse Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
MusicUgly Duckling: Still Rocking The Gold Chain
Long Beach, CA legends Ugly Duckling are back with a new album that recaptures the energy and passion of hip-hop's golden era Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Film
Crash: Some Damn Fine Pre-Coital Moves
Steph ponders on the reasons why actors in 90s films have sex with their on-screen companions, and whether learning your seduction techniques from the movies is a good idea, or not Read more »| 08 Nov 2011 -
Music
200 Years – 200 Years
Wild White and West Hartford, the stripped down laments that introduce 200 Years, exemplify the chemistry between Ben Chasny (Six Organs Of Admittance) ... Read more »| 08 Nov 2011