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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ClubsCassette Jam: Full-Throttle into 2009
Cassette Jam held down one of the biggest bookings in the world this summer, at Amnesia in 'Biza. This month they come to Glasgow to rock the Warehouse Project at Hogmanay Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
FilmPatti Smith: Dream of Life
Shot in a mixture of crisp colour, grainy sepia and monochrome over ten years, director Steven Sebring does not attempt to inform viewers of a timeline in Pa... Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
ArtA Post-Graduate Survival Guide Part III: Aberdeen
In the third part of our series offering advice to newly hatched creatives looking for support in The Real World, Fraser Denholm discusses a fast-ascending venture especially for those in the granite city. Read more »| 01 Dec 2008 -
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The Big Freak
The Big Freak, the brainchild of Ewan Macintyre of Ruby and the Emeralds, rolls into Edinburgh’s Medina on the December 18 and promises to be b... Read more »| 30 Nov 2008 -
MusicThe Record Round up: November, 2008
Having already served up an honourable leader of the free world and a brand spanking new Guns N’ Roses album, you have every right to expect something ... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
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Divine 18th Birthday
Divine has been packing the punters into Glasgow School of Art's intimate deco-styled Vic Bar for a record-breaking 18 years, an unmatched feat in Glasgow an... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008
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MusicOrange Juice - More than a Consolation Prize
Celebrating Orange Juice's recent reunion to collect a lifetime achievement award, Milo McLaughlin charts their legacy and speaks to frontman and solo artist Edwyn Collins. Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Music
All the Saints - Fire on Corridor X
If you thought that the return of acid house in all its Global Hypercoloured glory made for an unlikely renaissance, a second coming of ‘shoe-grunge&rs... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
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Herman Dune @ Òran Mór, 14 Dec
Last time Herman Dune played Glasgow, I Wish That I Could See You Soon was the pearl in their heart-warming set. Well, with a new album comes a new tour, and... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Music
The Pictish Trail vs. Hot Chip
Johnny Lynch - aka The Pictish Trail - tracks down Hot Chip to see for himself how they solidified their reputation as one of the UK's most entertaining live acts this year. Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Music
Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
Kanye West's fourth album is a radical stylistic departure from everything he's done before, but the one thing he has retained from his previous life is his infuriating inconsistency Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Music
A Muso’s Top 5: Mastodon
Supreme guitar maverick and all-round ambassador for quality facial hair Brent Hinds recently took a break from putting the finishing touches to Mastodon&rsq... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
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Ribbons - Royals
It's a cruel fact of life that some people's pain is a marketable commodity, whereas others just sound like they're whinging crybabies. Jherek Bischoff, a mu... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
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Mixtape
Mixtape has made quite a name for itself lately as its Friday night residency at Snafu goes from strength to strength. Mixtape pays homage to the ghetto soun... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008 -
Film
Summer
Robert Carlyle gives a career-best performance in a deeply affecting take on two men’s friendship. Through flashbacks presented by narrator Shaun,... Read more »| 28 Nov 2008