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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The Notorious B.I.G. - Greatest Hits
Perhaps the best track on offer here is the KRS One-sampling Ten Crack Commandments àperhaps the best and most upfront drug song ever written Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Film
Bridge to Terabithia
A masterpiece of substantial proportions. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Travis @ The Liquid Room
guitarist Andy Dunlop struts and scissor-kicks like he's auditioning for an AC/DC tribute band Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Patrick Pulsinger - Dogmatic Sequences The Series: 1994-2006
It's certainly a more entertaining and accessible way to get into his material than some of his other projects Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Nasty P - It Sounds Nicer When It's Nasty
A collection of 13 cheeky bootlegs that display Nasty P's skill with an MPC, and his playful wit. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Marco Polo - Port Authority
Marco Polo has crafted his beats with love and meticulous attention to detail, creating several tracks that sound as if they were plucked straight from hip hop's Silver Age Read more »| 11 May 2007
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James Zabiela & Nic Fanciuli - One + One
Zabiela's blueprint of minimal electro, emotive breaks and tough progressive house is padded out by Fanciuli's more bouncy, get-the-girls-dancing cuts. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Music
Amy McDonald @ King Tut's
she treats the packed venue to a set that belies her tender years and hints at a very bright future. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Film
Alphabet Video April
El Topo proves to be a most enjoyable trip Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Film
The Painted Veil
Lifted by its stunning location photography and some exemplary performances. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Nasty P - Self-Made Mack (ONLINE VERSION)
Standfirst/ Soulbiscuits' hip-hop hero Nasty P does a Dangermouse on new LP It Sounds Nicer When It's Nasty. We get the lowdown from one of Edinburgh's original headz.
Pull Quote/ ""It's only through having limitations that you become more creative. It's necessary."" àWhy Nasty P loves his MPC
SORRY ALEX I KNOW ITS MASSIVE!!! Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Art
Glasgow Art Fair
would a Bruce Nauman sound installation actually work above the average Scottish fireplace? Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Film
Resurrection Man - Jimmy Cliff
As The Harder They Come sees in its 35th Anniversary with a new commemorative DVD/CD release, we speak to the man who brought reggae to the world. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Film
Jean Cocteau Collection
Sang D'un Poete - SSSSS
Testament D'Orphee - SSS Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
Film
Becket
Lightweight it is not. Excellent, it is. Read more »| 11 May 2007