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A Gonzo Guide to the Edinburgh Book Festival »

Mon 11 Aug 2008

Keir Hind: Going into Edinburgh for the first event I’ll see at this Festival, I have set up some goals. These are, obviously, to see a lot of writers talking about their books, and to interview a couple of them too. But a fiend of mine (yes, fiend, not ‘...

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T 2008, Epilogue: Stipe Turns RoboCop, Burgess Goes For Bowl »

Wed 16 Jul 2008

REM @ T in the Park 2008

Johnny Langlands: With an unshakable vision of Tim Burgess’ one man undercut resurrection, another peerless dose of math rockin’ beats from Battles and a mesmerising gig by Toronto electro rock combo Holy Fuck all wedged in the memory as some of the most enterta...

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T 2008, Episode VIII: Doing Justice to The National »

Sun 13 Jul 2008

The National @ T in the Park 2008

Nick Mitchell: The problem with Sunday's impressive T in the Park line-up was always going to be how to condense a normal six month's worth of gig going into the space of eleven hours. Without the benefit of some real-life Sky+ pause and rewind capability (we're only hum...

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T 2008, Episode VII: BJM Delays The Inevitable »

Sun 13 Jul 2008

Delays @ T in the Park 2008

Finbarr Bermingham: As the biggest roar I've heard all weekend goes up over my shoulder heralding the unexpected arrival of her from the ward, Amy Winehouse, I figure it's as good a time as any to supply some festival feedback. As previously reported, last night inevitably be...

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T 2008, Episode VI: Glasvegas have arrived »

Sun 13 Jul 2008

Glasvegas

Ally Brown: Every festival has at least one - a band that blows up just before the weekend arrives so that their stage draw is underestimated - and T in the Park 2008's was Glasvegas. We arrived at the mid-sized Futures Tent for their early evening Saturday show a ful...

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T 2008, Episode V: Bringing angry back »

Sun 13 Jul 2008

Crowd @ Rage against the Machine

Dave Kerr: Rage Against the Machine rolled back the years and brought down the curtain on day two of T in the Park in typically explosive style tonight (Saturday, 11 July). Earlier in the afternoon, a set from Belgian indie rockers dEUS - who, like tomorrow’s...

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T in the Park: the blog o' death episode II »

Sat 12 Jul 2008

The Music

Finbarr Bermingham: The first full day of T In The Park is underway and The Skinny - rested, fed and watered, has had a chance to reflect on the night that went before. After some initial schizophrenic indecision, Mother Nature finally decided to give the rain a night off. Ou...

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T in the Park: the blog o' death episode IV »

Sat 12 Jul 2008

T in the Park Crowd

RJ Thomson: Damian Lazarus (who, despite appearance, name and sonics, isn't French - the man's a broad Cockney) proved a fitting early booking for the Slam tent. His set, which sat comfortably between minimal techno, deep house and electro, was laid-back enough to ser...

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T in the Park: the blog o' death episode III »

Sat 12 Jul 2008

Nick Mitchell: Reggae. Surely the ideal musical genre to kick-start your summer festival. So as soon as I had been slapped with my wristband and directed through the muddy fields, I found myself facing a faded legend of the genre. Eddy Grant, he of Electric Avenue fame, ...

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T in the Park: the blog o' death »

Fri 11 Jul 2008

Ricky Wilson

Ally Brown: It's Friday evening and The Skinny is at T in the Park, along with 70,000 or so Scottish music fans. The bars are just opening, but there's a mile-long queue outside of late arrivals still hoping to set up camp. They'll have to hurry because the bands are ...

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Call of Duty trailer »

Tue 24 Jun 2008

Josh Wilson: Fresh out this morning, a trailer for Call of Duty World at War... ...

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Dancing Together »

Sun 25 May 2008

Gareth K Vile: Possibly due to the approaching Festival and Fringe, the theatres are relatively quiet: there are a few bravura show-stopping musicals, a new version of a classic courtesy of the Scottish Ballet and a stream of Shakespeare in Glasgow’s West End. Into...

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I never mentioned the bizarre love triangle »

Fri 23 May 2008

Nine: “When I was growing up, my mother was a dominatrix,” a friend of mine says, “so we were used to having slaves around the house.” I am very good at nodding and agreeing – yes, of course you were! – but oddly enough my own...

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Turning the tables on classical music »

Wed 14 May 2008

Jonathan Melville: Prepare to have some preconceptions shattered in June as hip-hop and house collide with classical and concert hall for a unique, one-off performance in Glasgow.  Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra has been created by Gabriel Prokofiev, one of ...

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An editor's notes on Deviance »

Mon 28 Apr 2008

RJ Thomson: When talking about sexual orientation, it has become something of a platitude to refer to everyone as being a 'shade of grey'. It is quite literally a dull way to look at the question, but there is certainly some truth in it. I'll back up that 'certainly' ...

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Welcome to theskinny.co.uk »

Fri 25 Apr 2008

RJ Thomson: Hi Everyone, Welcome to the new website for The Skinny magazine, www.theskinny.co.uk. Our site used to be www.skinnymag.co.uk, so we're pleased not least to be into what-we're-actually-called territory. But there's a whole lot of other reasons for us (and...

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Pulling 10p out from behind Lothian Buses' ear »

Fri 18 Apr 2008

the internet: Everyone in Edinburgh is rightfully annoyed about the recent increase of Lothian bus fares to £1.10. Quite rightly. We all know inflation happens, but a bit of common sense would surely have been in order: maybe waiting on £1 a bit longer, then...

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