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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MusicThe Dirty Dozen - October, 2009
Ally Brown is gonna let you finish, but Nick Mitchell wrote some of the greatest Dirty Dozen single review columns of all time! Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
ComedyScottish Comedian of the Year Final 2009
Hamilton father of three John Gavin wins the fourth grand final of the Scottish Comedian of the Year contest. Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
Music
Live Music Highlights - October, 2009
Carpet-bombing Scotland in early October, Cats and Cats and Cats deploy super-inventive post-rock(ets) that explode with punk energy on impact. They aren't a... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
BooksSimon's Cat by Simon Tofield
Simon’s Cat started off life as an internet animation that developed a cult following. The short films featuring a hungry cat on Youtube gained enough ... Read more »| 29 Sep 2009 -
BooksGutter Press
The newly launched Gutter magazine already looks like being a promising step for Scottish writing as a whole. Here's why. Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Music
Blackhole - Dead Hearts
Dead Hearts sees eleven chunks of thoroughly respectable hardcore lobbed through The MC5's window. This young Londonian quintet set off from the ... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009
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Theatre
Initial Itch
Initial Itch is a very necessary night. It brings together poets, theatre companies, film makers, stand-ups and anyone else who fancies putting t... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Music
Nephu Huzzband - Elementary
From the off, it's clear that Nephu Huzzband have a distinct set of motivational DIY ideals running through their music and general practice. Punk sensibilit... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Film
October Film Events 2009
October means only one thing to horror fans: Halloween. This year, the Cameo in Edinburgh and the GFT in Glasgow are screening a zombie double bill on 25 and... Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
TheatreIn a Manner of Speaking
Flora Pitrola goes solo to show off her vocal versatility. Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Music
The Metal Column – October, 2009
There must be few better ways to celebrate Hallowe'en than listening the the tongue-in-cheek gore metal of Cannibal Corpse Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Theatre
Post Show
An imaginary show fights off real life in the face of vile reviewers and internal dissent. Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Film
The Dancing Outlaw: Dominic Murphy and Edward Hogg on White Lightnin'
Stylish and intense, White Lightnin' is a recreation of the life of an unlikely cult figure: Appalachian dancer Jesco White. The Skinny spoke to director Dominic Murphy and actor Edward Hogg about the making of the film and meeting the man himself. Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Comedy
Tim Minchin: Ready for This?
Multi award winning comedian and damned fine bloke Tim Minchin tours his latest show around the UK, with dates around Scotland this October. Read more »| 28 Sep 2009 -
Clubs
Subverting the Norm
Berlin decadent, old-school clubbing, provocation, pole-dancers and freaky dancing. Who says clubbing belongs to the mainstream? Read more »| 28 Sep 2009