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 Easy Gramophone - October 2007
5 free songs you can legally download, listen to and love.
Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
MusicArdentjohn
"We've all shared a double mattress, fuck, we must get on alright." - Al Marron Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Ardentjohn - When The Time Comes
An album that whilst heavily influenced, is far from recycled Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
A musical genius traversing across the globe, devouring and cherishing all musical traditions in his path Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
TheatreJames Kelman Season at The Arches
the meaning of life, if you like Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Clubs
Wiley, The Bongo Club, Edinburgh, 19 Oct
The man who gave birth to the style that has become known as grime,
is coming to Edinburgh to support his latest album Read more »| 08 Oct 2007
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Clubs
The Drum and Bass Curriculum - October 2007
12 Oct is going to be a seriously hard choice all round with an absolute feast of entertainment. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Comedy
Noble's intentions
PQ: ""I have stotty cakes FedExed to me around the world, to keep my mouth in a Newcastle shape"" Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
The Cloud Room - The Cloud Room
It is pop at its unselfconscious best and should without doubt be at the forefront of its genre Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Books
The Thursday Night Letters by PK Munroe
Munroe's letters are the best part of the book Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Books
The Poor Bastard by Joe Matt
A relatively unfunny story being told and re-told Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Books
Light by Margaret Elphinstone
The sort of fast-paced narrative which builds to a tantalizing denouement that most authors would envy Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Books
History Without the Boring Bits by Ian Crofton
Will give the scholarly historian something to read in the toilet. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
BooksAn Iliad by Alessandro Baricco
It looses both the clinical realism and discursive fantasy that has made Homer popular Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
Music
Oceansize - Ever efflorescing
I think a label executive waving a cheque book would scare the hell out of me! - Gambler Read more »| 08 Oct 2007