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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Music
The Crimea @ Pleasance Courtyard
Part Rain Man, part Bright Eyes, but good enough to rival the very best. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: The Hedrons @ Cabaret Voltaire
These are girls who know how to play, and more importantly, scream like they've been set alight. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Simple Minds @ Princes St Gardens
a good place to finish a tour; in front of a large partisan crowd under a dusk-seared Edinburgh castle. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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T on the Fringe: Dirty Pretty Things @ Corn Exchange
...an almost identical set as their last Edinburgh appearance leaves us asking whether it was worth the wait... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
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Radiohead and Beck @ Meadowbank Stadium
Reiterating the notion that Radiohead are possibly the greatest band, live or studio, of the last decade.
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Max Romeo @ Studio 24
One of the sharpest Jamaican songwriters in full effect Read more »| 13 Oct 2006
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Comedy
Two2Much Cabaret Spectacular
loud, lewd, and a lot of fun - this is a bang up to date brand of variety Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Clubs
The Egg, The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, Sept 30
Spend the night jumping around like a lunatic having a time you probably won't remember too clearly - but you'll be back to repeat pretty damn quickly. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Colin Kerr - The Perilous Final Passage of the Romantic Weights
there's only so much binary cello one can take Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
MusicThis is Music @ Henry's Cellar Bar, 27 Sep
This night belonged to one band alone Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Film
Little Fish
This story of complex, everyday characters facing difficult decisions lodges inside you Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
A Muso's Top 10: Eagles of Death Metal
"You can't speak to the devil wearing pants!" Jesse Hughes forewarned us before he coughed up ten of the tunes presently rocking his own personal jukebox. He... Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
MusicNick Oliveri: Mondo Uncontrollable
Presently roaming the UK with his latest incarnation of Mondo Generator and making the odd appearance with Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia as The Uncontrollable, Nick Oliveri tells The Skinny about his new record. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Music
Raconteurs - Steady As They Go
The Skinny finds the Racs not taking themselves too seriously, and joins in the fun Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Film
An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore has a stern message. Read more »| 13 Oct 2006