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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Clubs
DnB/Breaks column for February
Andy C, Pendulum, John B, and a 'secret bunker' party - Drum & Bass in February Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Obscene, The Venue, Edinburgh, Dec 13
Great to see a residents night so full so early in the year Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Love for the Music, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Feb 4
What you need is a brand spanking, thrusting, new club to absorb your interest Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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The Cinematic Orchestra, The Saturday Night Fish Fry, The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh, Jan 14
Buzzing with a friendly, vibrant atmosphere Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Jel - 'Soft Money'
Soft Money' manages to both transcend and transform hip-hop
JAY / ALEX - This is the full length web version, shorter print version to follow. Photo caption and credit submitted with interview piece Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Subculture, The Subclub, Glasgow, Dec 17
Hypnotic weaves of electro and deep, throbbing grooves Read more »| 15 Feb 2006
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Theatre
Romeo and Juliet / Blood Wedding
Glasgow's Citizens Theatre gives us a double dose of star-crossed lovers and revenge with a programme that includes both 'Romeo and Juliet' and its modern counterpart 'Blood Wedding'. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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John Laurie, Frazer & I
The man who plied his wares alongside the likes of Laurence Olivier and Michael Powell is remembered nominally as the counterpart to Lowe and Le Mesuriers's Captain Mannering and Sergeant Wilson. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton doesn't automatically conjure images of swan costumes and toe shoes, but choreographer Matthew Bourne has transformed his classic film into a dance, and from London's reception of the new interpretation it looks like it was a good move. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Music
Sunshine Variety Club - The Girl with the Crooked Smile/Bone Idle Pop Idol
While some may refer to it as ""twee-indie-pish"", I simply can't halt my infatuation with the genre Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Hayley Hutchinson - Independently Blue
It's a song of confusion, of melancholy, but Hutchinson's friendly coo doesn't express anything but pleasantries Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Shout Out Louds- Please Please Please
You can't mistake a definite Cardigans influence to this resolutely sunny, cheerful pop song Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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The Early Years - All Ones And Zeros
Spiralling, backward guitars hitch a ride on an insistent Death in Vegas-style rhythm Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Boy Kill Boy - Back Again
delivers a standard synth-laden indie-angst sound that falls somewhere in between Hard-Fi and ehm, Hard-Fi Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Kubb - Grow
If I was middle-aged and didn't know anything about music, I would probably think this was ace Read more »| 15 Feb 2006