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Dead Set - Charlie Brooker

Dead Set - Charlie Brooker

16 Oct 2008

In George A Romero’s seminal 1980 horror Dawn of the Dead, a group of mismatched survivors of the zombie apocalypse take shelter in a deserted mall. Famously, the film is Romero’s thinly veiled up-yours to consumerist Western society, to the ‘zombies…

Exposure - Jonathan Coulton

Exposure - Jonathan Coulton

16 Oct 2008

From his secret lair in Brooklyn, New York, evil genius Jonathan Coulton has been hatching plans for world domination since 2005. His hook-filled fuzz-rock anthems about zombies, Tom Cruise, the Mandelbrot set and cyborg girlfriends have won him a…

The Cream of Tank Girl

Jamie Hewlett & Alan Martin - The Cream of Tank Girl

16 Oct 2008

ART For Tank Girl fans, this is the book you’ve been waiting for; a glossy retrospective covering her anarchic antics from 1988 until today, including an honest account of her Hollywood hell (neither writer Alan Martin or artist Jamie Hewlett liked…

Igor

Igor

16 Oct 2008

ANIMATION/COMEDY It’s a tough life for hunchbacked assistants of mad scientists. Igor (voiced by John Cusack) ekes out his precarious existence as humble servant to the sinister Dr Glickenstein (John Cleese), an evil genius set on winning the annual…

Halloween Special - Halloween Origins

Halloween Special - Halloween Origins

16 Oct 2008

The war waged by Halloween on its Celtic relative, Samhuinn, has virtually erased the ancient festival from the public consciousness. In the United States, where All Hallows Eve has become a $2.5 billion industry, the most prominent pop cultural…

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

16 Oct 2008

CLASSIC Shakespeare’s enduring tale of star-crossed lovers and warring families has benefited from numerous treatments down the centuries, from faithful period settings to the gland-snapping musical adaptation of West Side Story and the exhilarating…

Lee Evans

5 Things you might not know about - Lee Evans

16 Oct 2008

1 Before he became a comedic superstar, Lee Evans played drums in a punk band all-too aptly called The Forgotten Five and was assistant to a spiritualist window dresser in Southend. 2 In 1993, the lad who left school when he could barely read won…

Marshall Law

Pat Mills

16 Oct 2008

If you have even a passing interest in British comics, chances are you’ll have read some work by Pat Mills. Despite his legendary status inventing characters like Slaine the Barbarian, Nemesis the Warlock and ABC Warriors, he actually started out…

Charles Burns - Fear(s) of the Dark

Charles Burns - Fear(s) of the Dark

16 Oct 2008

The wildly imaginative and scary animated French portmanteau horror movie Fear(s) of the Dark was made by six European and American cartoonists working with professional animators. The most notable of those cartoonists is Charles Burns, who is a legend…

Port O’Brien

Port O’Brien

16 Oct 2008

Growing up in California's Bay Area, Van Pierszalowski and Cambria Goodwin couldn't help but be influenced by the sea. There's a definite maritime air to their debut album All We Could Do Was Sing, a lush and uplifting indie folk medley, tying together…

Drums of Death

Drums of Death

16 Oct 2008

Half grimy techno maverick, half supervillain Drums of Death (aka Colin Bailey) is on the brink of becoming Scotland’s latest electronica superstar. Perhaps too warped to storm the charts like Mylo or Calvin Harris, having growing up on a diet of…

Blue

Blue

16 Oct 2008

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE While its existence in any sort of visual medium is an artistic victory, the ambition of Derek Jarman’s Blue becomes most apparent when you discover that he drummed up money for the film by staging it as a series of live…

Taste Test - Halloween vegetables

Taste test - Halloween vegetables

16 Oct 2008

Pumpkin Maybe it’s the colour or maybe it’s the size but pumpkins are becoming demonised as the embodiment of America’s crass commercialisation of Halloween. It’s not even that they’re imported: most of those in the shops are British grown. Makes for…

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

16 Oct 2008

MUSICAL There are several factors that separate Mary Poppins from the average musical, but the main one is there are no weak links. No stars bussed in purely to put bums on seats, dragging down the standard with weak vocals. No second division set…

Sister Corita: Power Up

Sister Corita: Power Up

16 Oct 2008

PRINTS If a sign points ‘Left!’, which way do you jump? For Sister Corita, radical 60s poster-maker and nun, the answer was obvious. This small exhibition, tucked away upstairs above the DCA bookshop, displays 15 of her bright, brash but not…

Moonwalking

Moonwalking

16 Oct 2008

NEW PLAY Her play clocks in at less than an hour and will be performed in front of an audience eating their lunch, but you can’t fault Nicola Wilson for ambition. Moonwalking, part of Oran Mor’s A Play, a Pie and a Pint season, considers nothing less…

Simon Baker - Close-Up

Simon Baker - Close-Up

16 Oct 2008

‘I think you can probably see this exhibition on two levels,’ says Simon Baker, co-curator of Close-Up, a new show exploring the history of close-up photography. ‘There’s the obvious and rather marvellous aspect suggested by the scenes before us, which…

Last word: Chesney Hawkes

Last word: Chesney Hawkes

16 Oct 2008

The boyish pop charmer has come a long way since he topped the charts with ‘The One and Only’. Here, the Manilow-inspired father of three explains his love of raw fish and transatlantic upgrades.

Mary Rose

Halloween Special - Mary Rose

16 Oct 2008

It’s often seen as an ill omen if a play of some antiquity is seldom revived. Yet, in the case of JM Barrie’s seldom seen play Mary Rose, this suspicion might not be justified. Certainly, in the year of its release, the play was well received…

Mum Heroin and Me

Mum Heroin and Me

16 Oct 2008

DOCUMENTARY A loving mother is driving her daughter into town for a special 21st birthday treat. In between a massage and hairdresser appointment, Hannah asks her mum to make a quick stop. But she’s not popping to the shops for a chocolate bar or a…

Scott Agnew

Scott Agnew

16 Oct 2008

STAND-UP You’d imagine that when an act gets crowned the brand new Scottish Comedian of the Year that the offers would flood in. Well, they certainly have for Scott Agnew who scooped the award at the end of September in a closely fought tussle with…

Andrew Anthony - The Fallout

Andrew Anthony - The Fallout

16 Oct 2008

SOCIAL MEMOIR In 2001, Andrew Anthony was just another member of the liberal-left intelligentsia, dutifully filing his anti-conservative copy to The Observer and Guardian. Then a pair of planes swung into the World Trade Center and the belief systems…

Gareth Hoskins Architects

Gareth Hoskins Architects

16 Oct 2008

ARCHITECTURE For years, the temporary architecture exhibits at the Lighthouse always seemed to fall a little flat, too often burdened with fancy interactive displays, with too much insider jargon for the layman and too broad a sweep for the expert.

Horrid Henry

Horrid Henry

16 Oct 2008

STAGE ADAPTATION For parents he’s a reassuring reminder that at least their children aren’t that bad. While for kids, his cheeky problem solving is aspirational – something they’d do themselves if only they could get away with it. Francesca Simon’s…

The Lesson

The Lesson

16 Oct 2008

MODERN CLASSIC Ionesco’s absurdist classic continues to feel relevant because it chips away at our feeling that something of ourselves remains unexpressed beneath the world of manners, and the arcane language that surrounds it. In Gerry Mulgrew’s…

Suddenly Last Summer

Suddenly Last Summer

16 Oct 2008

Andy Arnold directs this revival of Tennessee Williams’ shocking one-act play about the terrifying Violet Venable’s attempts to have her niece lobotomised in order to prevent her revealing the truth about her son Sebastian’s sexual proclivities. The…

Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet to host costume sale

16 Oct 2008

Scottish Ballet will host a costume sale later this month featuring clothing, headdresses and accessories from over 30 years of the Ballet company’s productions. Costumes on sale will include everything from the ‘Ooh la la’ French Mademoiselles from…

The Shee

The Shee

16 Oct 2008

Fiddler Shona Mooney (2006 BBC Scottish Traditional Young Musician of the Year) leads this all female folk group for a unique take on Scottish folk, Gaelic song, bluegrass and ‘frisky instrumentals’. Launching their debut album A Different Season with a…

Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis

16 Oct 2008

At the heart of the American dream is the ability to reinvent yourself, the idea that you can start again and do anything you set your mind to. Jenny Lewis is the embodiment of that optimistic ethos. So far in her 32 years on the planet, Lewis has…

Maximum exposure

Maximum exposure

16 Oct 2008

The List are joining forces with Glasgow venue The Barfly in launching a new live music event this month. The List Exposure Night will be a regular monthly live music event showcasing the best new and emerging music from near and far. The line-up of the…

Halloween Special - Events

Halloween Special - Events

16 Oct 2008

Halloween events highlights - Our Ladies of Sorrow, Cheesecake – Night of the Living Tease, Ghostly Goings On, National Tell a Story Day: Halloween Tales, Halloween Myth and Magic, Supernatural History Tours, City of the Dead Hallowe’en Festival, Samhuinn

Dracula

Halloween Special - Horror Movies

16 Oct 2008

It’s Halloween, so it must be time for the latest instalment in the most extreme survival horror series out there: Saw V. More than a simple gorefest, there’s a cruel intelligence at play with its villain, Jigsaw, the latest in a long line of horror…

Espookio

Halloween Special - Halloween clubbing

16 Oct 2008

First up, annual Optimo (Espookio), one of Glasgow’s most enduring terror-filled dress-up nights, which is appearing on both coasts this month, commandeering Cabaret Voltaire for its first Edinburgh fright fest (Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 25 Oct…

Halloween Special - Fancy Dress

Halloween Special - Fancy Dress

16 Oct 2008

Across in the capital, you cannot go wrong with a jaunt to Armstrongs (0131 220 5557). Lurking in the shadows of Edinburgh Castle, and in an area known for its public hanging and body snatching in days gone by, this vintage clothing emporium has the…

Al Green

Al Green

16 Oct 2008

It’s a sad fact that however unstoppable an ageing artist was at the top of their game, few can hope to make music that really matters in their golden years, save for reminding everyone they’re still alive. Al Green comes to Glasgow this fortnight and…

André Gingras - Rambert Dance Company

André Gingras - Rambert Dance Company

16 Oct 2008

If you’ve ever watched children charge around a soft play centre, you’ll know how joyful, liberating and downright fun it looks. If only we could shrink ourselves small enough to join in. Well, the dancers at Rambert don’t need to, because Canadian…

Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading

16 Oct 2008

THRILLER/COMEDY Modern idiocy and bleak humour are the order of the day in the Coen’s latest – a reworking (conscious or otherwise) of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of An Author. Foul-mouthed CIA analyst Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich…

The Caretaker

The Caretaker

16 Oct 2008

CLASSIC Directing a classic Harold Pinter play is, says Philip Breen, like staging an opera, so exactly is it written. ‘Every pause is written for a reason and he’s always right,’ says the director, returning to the Citz after his successes with…

No Age

No Age

16 Oct 2008

ROCK Reckon DIY is dead? No Age beg to differ. The noisy art punk duo have been kicking up a stink on the LA music scene since 2005, curating exhibitions, designing clothes, booking shows, making films, videos and zines and, most excitingly, coming…

Young@Heart

Young@Heart

16 Oct 2008

DOCUMENTARY In Western society we feel awkward and ashamed about the elderly. Seeing an OAP struggling down the street causes us to experience sympathy for their plight and terror that we are witnessing a glimpse of our own fragile futures. But in…

Peter Pretsell

Peter Pretsell

16 Oct 2008

PRINTS AND PAINTINGS There’s a light-hearted sense of joy and goodwill in these two parallel exhibitions celebrating the four-decade output of the late Peter Pretsell, who was both student and lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art and, appropriately…

Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye

16 Oct 2008

THRILLER Reuniting the talent from last year’s sleeper hit Disturbia and featuring a similar surveillance theme, Eagle Eye is a busy conspiracy thriller featuring manboy-of-the-moment Shia LaBoeuf and directed by DJ Caruso. With two major franchises…

Fear(s) of the Dark

Fear(s) of the Dark

16 Oct 2008

ANIMATION/MYSTERY The Gallic term ‘outre’, meaning beyond or excessive, perfectly describes this imaginatively conceived and immaculately executed French language portmanteau horror. Much of its impact is derived from its unique nature: the…

Ghost Town

Ghost Town

16 Oct 2008

COMEDY/ROMANCE Middle-aged ‘smock-wearing tooth jockey’ (dentist) Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a hateful runt of a man. He lives a life as contained as it is misanthropic. After going into hospital for an endoscopy, Bertram starts to see dead…

Bobo Stenson Trio

5 Reasons To Go See - Bobo Stenson Trio

16 Oct 2008

1 Bobo is a European jazz great The Swedish pianist stands squarely alongside any of the major names in world jazz that he has worked with over the years, including the likes of Jan Garbarek, Tomasz Stanko and Charles Lloyd. 2 Live performance…

Sly & Robbie with Amp Fiddler - Inspiration Information 1

Sly & Robbie with Amp Fiddler - Inspiration Information 1

16 Oct 2008

SOUL Purveyors of fine music compilations, Strut have branched out into fresh studio recordings by pairing up acclaimed artists for exclusive five-day sessions. In this first instalment former Funkadelician and contemporary smooth soul rambler Amp…

Fortified Sessions

Fortified Sessions

16 Oct 2008

‘It’s great how fast dubstep has grown in the last couple of years,’ says Arthur ‘Artwork’ Smith, ‘but people don’t realise that it’s been going since 2001, and that lots of people have been making this music for that long. Every so often someone will…

Days Like This

Scottish Book Trust - Days Like This

16 Oct 2008

Refining that old platitude that everyone’s got a novel in them, the Scottish Book Trust launched their Days Like This project earlier this year, looking for ordinary people’s stories of their extraordinary days. ‘Days Like This is really about…

Gareth Sommerville

Ultragroove

16 Oct 2008

HOUSE ‘We had 500 people in for Joey Negro on Saturday,’ beams Ultragroove’s promoter and resident DJ Gareth Sommerville, ‘which made it the biggest club in town by some way.’ He’s justifiably proud, because Ultragroove has become one of Scotland’s…

Cosmo Landesman - Starstruck

Cosmo Landesman - Starstruck

16 Oct 2008

SHOWBIZ MEMOIR Fran and Jay Landesman sound like a tough set of parents. She a poet and jazz singer, he a producer and comedian. Together they fled the US due to a perceived lack of success, viewing Swinging 60s London as a kinder, less competitive…

Lory D

Substance

16 Oct 2008

TECHNO Inspired by Glasgow’s notorious Test, and galvanised by the closure of The Venue and the final Dogma parties, Adam Richardson saw an opportunity to start a new night that would fill a gap in Edinburgh’s depleted clubbing diary. Over the past…

Lemn Sissay - Listener

Lemn Sissay - Listener

16 Oct 2008

POETRY COLLECTION Lemn Sissay’s latest poetry collection is not exciting fare. The main problem is that it simply lacks freshness with little that is striking or exceptional, largely because he borrows so heavily from idiom, cliché, and adage. There…

Remote Control

Remote Control

16 Oct 2008

In the bad old days of film and television, it was commonplace to see a white actor blacking up to play a part for which it was presumably deemed that no one from within that racial group was capable of taking. Happily, those days have gone, though a…

The Rutland Hotel

The Rutland Hotel

16 Oct 2008

Once upon a time Edinburgh was slightly superior. Now the Glasgwegification of the capital has swaggered out of George Street and onto the West End. Nose onto Princes Street, with its tantalising views of the Castle, Calton Hill and Edinburgh’s historic…

Christmas meal

Christmas meal

16 Oct 2008

Let’s face it, someone’s got to book the office Christmas meal. Lots of brownie points if you get it right. Lots of reindeer manure if you get it wrong. The place Try to find a restaurant with a private room or a private area. A large party can…

Stocks rise again

Stocks rise again

16 Oct 2008

Just under a year ago, 24-year-old James Stocks emerged from nowhere to become a serious player in Scotland’s fine-dining scene with the establishment of a signature restaurant at Balbirnie House Hotel in Fife. Few had heard of him, but his CV boasted…

GSA shop

GSA shop

16 Oct 2008

‘You know the sort of thing. We call it Mackintrash, or Mockintosh.’ Cathy Randall is laughing as she tries to diplomatically describe the kind of thing she definitely doesn’t want in the newly opened Glasgow School of Art shop. Shoppers will just have…

Halloween Special - Parties

Halloween Special - Parties

16 Oct 2008

In the background, Jamie Lee Curtis is having trouble with some guy called Michael, toffee apples litter the floor, and the smell of rotting pumpkin fills the air. All hail Halloween, the one night of the year when it is acceptable to dress as a walking…

The Hold Steady

Singles & Downloads

16 Oct 2008

The challenge for The View is to avoid ‘doing a Fratellis’, i.e. delivering an underwhelming second album thereby massaging the feeling that all your early promise was based on one good song. Sad to say, the rowdy but slight jangle of ‘5 Rebbeccas…

Tarsem Singh

Profile - Tarsem Singh

16 Oct 2008

Name Tarsem Singh Born 6 May 1961 Background Against the wishes of his pilot father, who wanted him to attend Harvard Business School, Singh made his way instead to Los Angeles and won a scholarship to the Art Center College of Design. After…

Civil

Civil

16 Oct 2008

MULTI-MEDIA THEATRE For many people growing up gay in the 1970s, Quentin Crisp provided the only tangible image of what it meant to be queer to infiltrate the mainstream. The witty author and raconteur who worked as a prostitute and artist’s model…

Janis Claxton Dance Company

Janis Claxton Dance Company

16 Oct 2008

CONTEMPORARY DANCE The last time we saw Janis Claxton, she was looking rather sodden in a rainy enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo. Not that the weather dampened her spirits – Claxton’s group show, Enclosure 44 – Humans was a huge success at this year’s…

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Tea and Symphony

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Tea and Symphony

16 Oct 2008

CLASSICAL A bit of tea and sympathy goes a long way to lift the spirits, but, with a clever play on words, the BBC SSO start a new series serving up tea with symphony, a pairing that promises to have no less an effect. Doldrumy afternoons in wintry…

Cockroach

Cockroach

16 Oct 2008

NEW WORK With Darwin’s bicentenary coming up in 2009, one can’t help but suspect that an awful lot of TV documentaries with hidden ideological aims have just been put on hold. A great torrent of material about how capitalism most closely mimicked…

Side Dishes

Side Dishes

16 Oct 2008

Sith (pronounced ‘shee’ – Gaelic for ‘peace’) is a new cafe at 459 Dumbarton Road just around the corner from Partick Underground station in Glasgow. Run by two women with strong connections in the Gaelic and Gay/LGBT communtities, it incorporates a…

Midsummer

Midsummer

16 Oct 2008

NEW WORK Edinburgh might not be Manhattan, but surely it merits a love story of its own. It is, after all, a romantic city. Step forward David Greig and Gordon McIntyre to fill this void. The dramatist and rock musician are collaborating on a…

Frank Turner

Frank Turner

16 Oct 2008

PUNK FOLK Frank Turner’s musical pedigree isn’t half puzzling. He used to front British punk rock outfit Million Dead, has a Black Flag tattoo, and claims Iron Maiden are one of his favourite bands. So what’s he doing these days, musically? Quietly…

Barry Henderson

A Slow Dissolve

16 Oct 2008

NEW WORK Last year, Barry Henderson’s first play, the Edward Hopper-inspired A Pleasant Kind of Loneliness, impressed critics when it premiered at the Arches. A Slow Dissolve, his new commission from Glasgay!, could well be the sleeper star of…

The Rocker

The Rocker

16 Oct 2008

COMEDY Twenty years on from being dumped by big haired ‘soft-cock rock’ 80s legends Vesuvius, drummer Fish (Rainn Wilson) still burns with the indignation of the holy. While crashing at his sister’s house he agrees to be the drummer for his nephew’s…

Also Released - Music

16 Oct 2008

Grace Jones - Hurricane (Wall of Sound) She’s been a bitchy Bond girl, Andy Warhol’s muse and a terrifyingly cool 70s disco diva. She’s back after a 20 year pause, with an album worked on by Brian Eno and Sly & Robbie. The Cure - 4:13 Dream…

Popof

Musika & Stereotype

16 Oct 2008

HOUSE It seems that scarcely a day goes by without news of a merger or takeover bid screaming across the screens of 24-hour news channels. Stereotype and Musika have obviously been watching the markets to discern which way the wind is blowing…

Norma Winstone

Norma Winstone

16 Oct 2008

JAZZ Singer Norma Winstone’s first disc for ECM in a decade appeared back in March, with Klaus Gesing on bass clarinet and soprano saxophone and Glauco Venier on trumpet. The trio format and piano-plus-horn instrumentation echoed the halcyon days of…

Falko Burkert

Food For Thought

16 Oct 2008

My eating habits are the worst you can imagine. I often begin my day at 2am when I start making bread. I’ll grab a five-minute break for a coffee and one of the brezel (pretzels) we make. I have a sort-of breakfast at 9am – seven hours after I got up…

Also Released - Film

16 Oct 2008

Incendiary (15) 99min •• Very ordinary adaptation of Chris Cleave’s novel (released two days before the 2005 London bombings) about the effects of a suicide terrorist attack on a London football stadium on one woman’s life. Michelle Williams turns in…

4 Boutique Shows

4 Boutique Shows

16 Oct 2008

1 To Kill A Kelpie In Matthew Smith’s eerie family drama, two grown brothers relive the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of their uncle, talking to the children they once were about the climate of fear they endured at their abuser’s tales of a…

La Zona

La Zona

16 Oct 2008

DRAMA The titular area is a gated community in Mexico City, and the opening sequence establishes the Eden-like quality of this affluent enclave, with its pristine lawns, rows of immaculate houses, and smartly uniformed schoolchildren. But as the…

Injuns

Injuns

16 Oct 2008

INDIE Since our last Injun encounter – the release of their debut album Lionel, It’s a Complicated World last year – the eclectic Skye ensemble have shed a few members and released a new single, ‘Jake of Monterey’, which they are bringing to a…

Chris Priestley - Tales of Terror from the Black Ship

Chris Priestley - Tales of Terror from the Black Ship

16 Oct 2008

GHOST STORIES The great English chiller writer MR James observed that one of the key facets of a good, nerve-shredding ghost story is ‘a pleasing terror’. Chris Priestley’s follow-up to the imaginative Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror similarly aims…

O’Death

O’Death

16 Oct 2008

GOTHIC COUNTRY A little bit barnyard hoedown, a little bit like being at a Bat Mitzvah on speed (or so I’ve heard at least) and a whole lot of fiddle, O’Death have made it abundantly clear that they are not like anyone else currently peddling their…

The John Escreet Project

The John Escreet Project

16 Oct 2008

JAZZ Opening a 30-minute suite that runs the gamut of jazz styles with a sample of a disgruntled ansaphone message isn’t the normal way to open a show, but then, 24-year-old Doncastrian pianist John Escreet is no ordinary player. Returning to the UK…

Creepy Archives Volume 1

Various - Creepy Archives Volume 1

16 Oct 2008

HORROR Ten years after the proscriptive Comics Code Authority nailed shut the coffin on the very graphic and highly subversive 1950s EC horror comics line – Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, etc – publishing entrepreneur James Warren…

Angil and the Hiddntracks, Aidan Moffat and De Rosa

Angil and the Hiddntracks, Aidan Moffat and De Rosa

16 Oct 2008

INDIE Chemikal Underground is best known for a generation of great bands who have now mostly split up or moved on, so fresh blood is needed. Tonight’s showcase presents suggests where the label goes next. First on, Martin of De Rosa previews new…

Also Published - 5 Biographies

16 Oct 2008

Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life The daughter of Lucien Freud embarks on a journey following in her showbiz idol’s footsteps to discover what her life could teach us about love, loss and fame. Virago. Jonathan Bate - Soul of the Age This one…

Mt. Wilson Repeater

Mt. Wilson Repeater - Mt. Wilson Repeater

16 Oct 2008

INDIE Named after the mountain that’s home to Los Angeles’ famous observatory, the Radar Bros’ frontman Jim Putnam’s first solo project is an appropriately spaced-out and pleasantly retro-sounding recording. The eleven largely instrumental tracks…

Patrick Richardson - Reports from Beyond

Patrick Richardson - Reports from Beyond

16 Oct 2008

TRAVEL BOOK The best travel writing is much more than just writing about travel, something this hugely experienced journeyman doesn’t seem to realise despite a lifetime of wanderlust. This glossy coffee table effort is subtitled ‘A Journey Through…

Lisa Myhre - Nemi 2

Lisa Myhre - Nemi 2

16 Oct 2008

COMIC STRIP She may be an unpredictable little goth, but you can be damned sure you’d never catch Nemi letting the alternative side down. While real life misfits inevitably do (John Lydon is at it again on the telly, this time with Country Life…

Marvel Masters: The Tales of Chris Claremont

Marvel Masters: The Tales of Chris Claremont

16 Oct 2008

SUPERHERO Chris Claremont is perhaps the main reason for the international success of the X-Men during the 80s and 90s when they outsold pretty much every other title on the shelves. He wrote Uncanny X-Men for a staggering 16 years (from 1975-1991)…

Blair Douglas - Stay Strong

Blair Douglas - Stay Strong (Bithibh Laidir/Rester Fort)

16 Oct 2008

FOLK The triple language title of keyboard and accordion player Blair Douglas’ latest outing reflects the characteristic mix of Scottish/Gaelic folk and rock, Cajun and New Orleans music that makes up this typically eclectic collection. The Skye…

Zoe & Idris Rahman - Where Rivers Meet

Zoe & Idris Rahman - Where Rivers Meet

16 Oct 2008

JAZZ Pianist Zoe Rahman joins forces with her brother, clarinettist and flautist Idris Rahman, to pay tribute to the Bengali heritage handed down to them by their father. The pianist’s trio with bassist Oli Hayhurst and drummer Gene Calderazzo forms…

The Aliens - Luna

The Aliens - Luna

16 Oct 2008

EXPERIMENTAL POP After the glam rock and acid-soaked psychedelia on Astronomy for Dogs, this second album (on their own label) lets the three ex-Beta Band members leapfrog over even more musical boundaries. Recorded in Fife but sounding like a hippie…

Time Travellers

Children’s Classic Concerts – Time Travellers

16 Oct 2008

One of the best things about these excellent concerts for 4–14-year-olds, is seeing the orchestra members leave behind their formal wear and get into the spirit of things. And so can you. With prizes on offer for the best costumes, why not dress like…

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

16 Oct 2008

This stage adaptation of the anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque (which was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1930) depicts the alienation felt by German civilians returning from the trenches of World War I through the character of Paul Baumer…

David McVicar to direct La Traviata for Scottish Opera

David McVicar to direct La Traviata for Scottish Opera

16 Oct 2008

One of the world’s most celebrated opera directors David McVicar will direct his first-ever production of La Traviata for Scottish Opera. The production will boast the SO début of Italian soprano Carmen Giannattasio in the role of Violetta. The…

Rumba Caliente

Rumba Caliente

16 Oct 2008

What's the best way to dance at a Rumba Caliente gig? Their globe-trotter sound fuses salsa, jazz, ragga and rumba so your hips won't know what to do with themselves next. The eight-piece is led by Salsa Celtica's Toby Shippey, with musicians from…

Dinosaurs

New book showcases visuals behind Walking With Dinosaurs

16 Oct 2008

The digital effects wizards who created images to accompany the BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs series have got together with Ross Geller-style paleontologist Steve Brusatte to create this monster-sized book. Find out what iguanadon, triceratops…

Edinburgh International Film Festival announce new chair

16 Oct 2008

The producer of movie blockbusters, such as Children of Men and Cold Mountain, has been unveiled as the new chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Iain Smith succeeds John McCormick, who has been chair since 1996. Smith has been a…

Ruth Claxton

Ruth Claxton

16 Oct 2008

Currently garnering acclaim for her touring site-specific installation Lands End, Claxton brings her second solo show to Edinburgh’s Ingleby Gallery. Postcards explores the real and implied relationships between figures within pictures and between the…

Esther O’Connor

Esther O’Connor

16 Oct 2008

She's been called country's answer to KT Tunstall and, our favourite; 'Neil Young meets Beyonce round at Joni Mitchell's house', a reference to her haunting folk-soaked voice and love of a sassy pop hook. The redhead soft rocker (who's dad also happens…

Marcus Schossow

Marcus Schossow

16 Oct 2008

It’s a big Halloween party at trance and hard house night Inside Out this month, featuring Super8 & Tab, Kamui, Frase and Marcus Schossow, who is currently making a name for himself with the XXX-rated, porn movie sampling ‘Girls Suckcces’, an…

Keir McAllister

Keir McAllister

16 Oct 2008

The man who came third in the recent Scottish Comedian of the Year tourney returns with a vengeance. And if you’re some kind of celebrity, best not go along, as you’re likely to end up on the wrong end of a slating. The Argyle Bar, Edinburgh, Thu 16…

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