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Singin’ in the Rain - Long to rain over us

Singin’ in the Rain - Long to rain over us

25 Jun 2009

Anna Millar looks forward to some old-school hoofing in Singin’ in the Rain

Site Specifics: The Falkirk Wheel

Site Specifics: The Falkirk Wheel

25 Jun 2009

Occupation? The world’s only rotating boatlift. There are two canals which run through Falkirk but don’t connect, see? The Wheel lifts boats from one to the other. And commemorates the millennium. Aye, nine years ago it was millenniums as far as the eye…

Christine Jeffs interview

Christine Jeffs interview

25 Jun 2009

Kiwi filmmaker Christine Jeffs (pictured centre right) wasn’t the obvious choice to direct the American indie comedy Sunshine Cleaning. Her previous two features, the New Zealand marital breakdown drama Rain and the British dead poet biopic Sylvia…

Edvard Munch: Prints

Edvard Munch: Prints

(4 stars)25 Jun 2009

Death, existential angst and the impossibility of love are recurring themes in this exhibition of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s prints. Devised as a cunning strategy to publicise his paintings, the appeal of the prints is more timeless, and the…

Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West

Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West

(3 stars)25 Jun 2009

(Weathermaker) Clutch are one of those bands who constantly find themselves outside the circle of mainstream music, and unfortunately, it seems they’ll never transcend the fringes. This is their ninth studio effort and, rather unspectacularly, keeps…

Ac/dc

AC/DC

25 Jun 2009

On paper the idea of AC/DC shouldn’t work. They’re Australian (well via Scotland); the lead guitarist is a fifty-something dressed in a velour school uniform, and their own brand of rock’n’roll remains as wantonly unsophisticated as it was 35 years ago.

Crying with Laughter

Crying with Laughter

25 Jun 2009

The hot ticket among the Scottish films screening at the 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival is Justin Molotnikov’s Crying with Laughter, a thriller starring Scotland’s Stephen McCole. Familiar from roles in Wes Anderson’s high school comedy…

New Work New Worlds

New Work New Worlds

25 Jun 2009

The New Writing New Worlds festival at the Arches has become something of a fixture on the Scottish arts scene over the past few years. This year there’s a subtle but important title change to this rough-hewn showcase for developing work. ‘New…

The Bum-Clocks

The Bum-Clocks

(4 stars)25 Jun 2009

Leith’s Bum-Clocks are the only Robert Burns tribute band who play in the style of Iggy and the Stooges. If that sounds too high-concept for you, a glance over those involved mean they demand a listen. The Bum-Clocks – ye olde Scottish name for a…

5 Things You Might Know About: Jan Ravens

25 Jun 2009

1 An esteemed alumni of Cambridge Footlights, Cheshire-born Jan Ravens was doing sketchy stuff for them in the years which included the likes of Clive Anderson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Douglas Adams. She clearly had something a…

Ancient Astronauts - We Are To Answer

Ancient Astronauts - We Are To Answer

(3 stars)25 Jun 2009

(ESL) This is an album that is very much a sum of its parts as Cologne duo Dogu and Kabanjak lay down some expansive instrumental head nodders and invite a host of collaborators to come throw in some general good vibery. Whether its hip hop legends…

The Proclaimers - Notes & Rhymes

The Proclaimers - Notes & Rhymes

(4 stars)25 Jun 2009

Hardly taking a breath from an award-winning theatre musical (Sunshine on Leith) and a triumphant global tour last year, the Hibee-supporting twins get all-emotional on their eighth set, Notes & Rhymes. Probably Scotland’s top export, and still cool…

Dolby Anol

Dolby Anol

25 Jun 2009

Sticking to their ethics Sick Note is still free entry whoever their guest might be, so it’s great to see Dolby Anol turning in a DJ set this fortnight. Their jerky, glitchy but instantly accessible brand of electro is certainly making waves as Glasgow…

T in the Park: Goes pop

T in the Park: Goes pop

25 Jun 2009

Nick Cave battered Kylie to death with a rock and in doing so resurrected pop. For when the implausible twain married larynxes – on 1995’s hit murder ballad, ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’ – it caused a schism in the pop continuum. By 1996, the prince of…

T in the Park: Soundtrack to the weekend

T in the Park: Soundtrack to the weekend

25 Jun 2009

Friday The whole festival starts in considerable style with The Maccabees and ‘No Kind Words’ before shifting in gloriously mental fashion with ‘Roulette Dares’ by The Mars Volta so sing along now … ‘Exoskeleton, junction at the railroad delayed!…

Rudo y Cursi - Brothers beyond

Rudo y Cursi - Brothers beyond

25 Jun 2009

Mexican cinema took the world by storm at the turn of the millennium with the glorious hat trick of Amores Perros, The Devil’s Backbone and Y Tu Mamá También. Eight years after that last title – the hilariously raunchy sex comedy And Your Mother Too in…

Edinburgh International Film Festival highlights

Edinburgh International Film Festival highlights

25 Jun 2009

The Girlfriend Experience Steven Soderbergh’s dark and fascinating study of working girls and their credit-crunched clients. American adult film industry star Sasha Gray features. Cineworld, Wed 24 Jun, 9.30pm & Sat 27 Jun, 8.45pm. 35 Shots of Rum…

Glen David Gold interview - Post haste

Glen David Gold interview - Post haste

25 Jun 2009

Glen David Gold is not a writer who likes to be hurried. The American author’s debut novel, Carter Beats the Devil, was a big commercial and critical success upon its publication in 2001. A fictionalised account of real-life American magician Charles…

T in the Park: Future music

T in the Park: Future music

25 Jun 2009

Chris Cope picks eight faces new to T in the Park eager to show some love in Balado

West side story

West side story

25 Jun 2009

For decades, the West End has meant one thing to non-WEndies: Byres Road, and while that esteemed thoroughfare is still geographically pivotal, its tributary roads have formed little communities of their own, each with an increasingly distinctive…

Sixteen again

Sixteen again

25 Jun 2009

A few years back, Joel Pomfret worked front-of-house at No Sixteen on Byres Road for Margaret and Ronald Campbell, the couple who had established the bijou restaurant as one of the most fondly regarded bistros in Glasgow’s West End. Working alongside…

First Word - Geoff Ellis

First Word - Geoff Ellis

25 Jun 2009

First record you ever bought ‘My Generation’ by The Who for 10p from a jumble sale (original 1965 release on Brunswick label and very warped). Also got ‘Band of Gold’ by Freda Payne a few minutes later at same jumble sale. First new record purchased…

Jane Bussmann - The Worst Date Ever

Jane Bussmann - The Worst Date Ever

25 Jun 2009

‘You know you’ve arrived when Britney Spears snubs you and Nicole Richie congratulates you.’ Journalist and comedy writer Jane Bussmann is smiling as she peruses the LA stomping ground, which so mercilessly provides fodder for her memoir, The Worst Date…

Michael Franti

Michael Franti

25 Jun 2009

Political songwriters can fall into the trap of being preachy, but not Michael Franti. In a career spanning over 20 years, the former frontman of The Beatnigs, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and latterly Spearhead, has always struck the right balance…

Outdoor clubbing

Outdoor clubbing

25 Jun 2009

With the unpredictable nature of Scottish weather al fresco clubbing isn’t quite the major deal in Scotland that it is in, say, Ibiza or Miami. But parties under canvas, on boats and in beer gardens have proven to be the best ways for Scots to hedge…

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