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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MusicBob Mould - District Line
There's not a lot to write home about District Line, though it's nothing to blemish Mould's repertoire either Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
BooksThe Poison That Fascinates by Jennifer Clement
Moves easily through shades of light and dark. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
BooksThe Delegates' Choice by Ian Sansom
Sharp, pacey and full of laugh-out-loud moments Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Books
Crap Ghosts by Gavin Inglis
Inglis is blessed with spot-on comic timing Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Books
Come On In! by Charles Bukowski
Mixes bar-room pugnacity with comic irony, tenderness and the quiet pride of a loser made good Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Books
Autofiction by Hitomi Kanehara
Kanehara unravels the story, a dark and affecting Tokyo-set tale, with amazing fluidity Read more »| 05 Feb 2008
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Clubs
Vetiver - Been so long/You May Be Blue
A refreshing, unique and quite simply astounding plethora of beautiful and powerful music Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Clubs
House of Techno Highlights February 2008
This month I'm taking a slightly different angle: in a recent interview with Hot Chip, Clash Magazine scribe Adam Park notes that Ricardo Villalobos was so a... Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Theatre
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty.....I'd rather be Little Red Riding Hood
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Music
Okkervil River at Cabaret Voltaire Preview
Oh shit! He's gonna fill himself with sprouts, lie on his arse playing video games all January and never want to tour again! Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Books
The Wondrous World of Junot Diaz
A look at what could already be one of the books of the year, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Parka @ King Tut's
A cacophony of noise and cowbell banging Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
The Vivians @ Voodoo Rooms
A more mature direction aimed at taking themselves more seriously seems to be the Vivians' resolution for 2008 Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Music
Futuristic Retro Champions / Dirty Summer @ Voodoo Rooms
With so many disparate elements, the wonder is that they make it all sound so understated. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Film
There Will Be Blood
A blend of storytelling and technical beauty the likes of which has rarely graced the screen. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008