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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ClubsVenetian Snares - Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms
Funk has tempered his penchant for nihilistic, hard-edged breaks and placed more focus on the texture and feeling of his tracks Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
MusicKieran Hebden and Steve Reid - The Exchange Session: Vol 2
an unedited, real time document of the improvisational session between two heavyweights of pioneering music Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
June At A Glance
5th Doctor Who Series 2 Part 2Mirrormask12th The Detectives – Series 1Greyfriars Bobby19thCasanovaHellKath & Kim Series 226thCSI Series 5 Part 2Final Cu... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
Hidden Realities
What we see comes from inside us Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise/Strumpet
Two films directed by Danny Boyle are released at the same time this month. 'Vacuuming' is a gritty dark comedy, starring Timothy Spall as an obnoxious vacuu... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Film
Ultranova
contemplative Belgian arthouse morality plays tend not to pack them in Read more »| 15 Jun 2006
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Books
You'll Never Forget Your First Time - the Debut Authors Festival
One of the best events of the first edition of the festival was the Unpublished Writers Jam Session, an opportunity for budding young writers to read their unpublished work in front of an expert panel. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
Spring
The sky,God's huge, cold grey eye,cries careless crocodile tearsupon the heads of us all.But we trudge grudginglyon through the sludgeand see in this drizzli... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
Small Worlds - Chlidren's Books for Grownups [NOTE: PRINT VERSION ONLY. WEB VERSION TO FOLLOW]
We read children's stories differently; we don't treat them with the same cynicism, we play along. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
Small Worlds - Chlidren's Books for Grownups
We read children's stories differently; we don't treat them with the same cynicism, we play along. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
At Breakfast
The Breakfast TableAwaits the MorningFor its Jam and ButterAnd Teabag dash.The complexity of simple thingsBuilding upTo boiling point. The clanking of cupsSa... Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
The Architecture of Happiness - Alain de Botton
The book makes a walk around the city much more interesting - especially a city as architecturally rich as Edinburgh or Glasgow. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Books
Put The Book Back On The Shelf: A Belle & Sebastian Anthology - Various
At least when Kiss embarked on a ridiculous vanity comic book project they each mixed a vial of blood into the vat of red ink. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Clubs
The Black Rabbit Whorehouse feat Ada (live), Sub Club, May 5
Optimo's sister club gets stuck into the glitches. Read more »| 15 Jun 2006 -
Clubs
Schneider TM, Magnetophone feat. Sonic Boom and Kwaing Creasite, Blindfold @ Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, April 30
Theatrical kookiness from electronica's quirkier side Read more »| 15 Jun 2006