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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Books
Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist
Get The Skinny on the Orange Prize shortlist Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
MusicGoo Goo Dolls - Better Days
I have some bad news Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Buy Tickets Now - Top Forthcoming Events
July 14th - Brant Bjork and the Bros, Barfly, GlasgowJuly 21st/22nd - Wickerman Festival, Dundrennan KirkcudbrightAugust 11th/12th - Tartan Heart Festival, B... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
The Finishing School' by Muriel Spark
In an addendum to last month's obituary, we decided to re-read Muriel Spark's last published book. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
The Skinny's Current Top Albums
1. Tool – '10,000 Days' (Volcano)2. De Rosa - 'Mend' (Chemikal Underground)3. Mojave 3 - 'Puzzles Like You' (4AD)4. Amusement Parks On Fire - 'Out Of Th... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Comedy
Seymour Mace
The freakiest thing that has happened in his life is taking acid and then going shopping in the centre of Tokyo while working over there as a clown. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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Comedy
Jake O'Kane
While going back on for an encore someone once shouted at him, ""Not you, the other one!""
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Comedy
Comedian's Rant - Des Clarke
Why do we have to endure Prince Charles on TV preaching about the evils of GM crops when clearly the concept of genetic inbreeding has sustained his family for generations?
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FilmPoseidon
A surprisingly brutal affair which maintains suspense well and has characters to root for Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Clubs
Hot Chip/Grosvenor, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, May 24
they excel when they combine the huge club beats and electro revelry of Daft Punk with simple, memorable melodies and vocal mantras. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Echo & The Bunnymen - Scissors in the Sand
A formula which has spawned a thousand inferior schmindie facsimiles Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Shooting at Unarmed Men - Girls Music
A straight-up Pixies soundalike Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Barrowlands
The YYY's put on a show to make their contemporaries insane with jealously Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
The Bad Plus @ Queens Hall
what they did to popular songs prompted the question of why they even bothered to write anything original Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Music
Josh Rouse/Strays Don't Sleep @ Queen's Hall
It's the summertime! (at least in the Queen's Hall...) Read more »| 15 Jun 2006