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Deep Sea World

Site specifics: Deep Sea World

9 Jul 2009

What is it? Dah-duh. Dah-duh. Dah-duh dah-duh dah-duh … That was a textual rendering of the Jaws theme, right? Right! Because this fortnight we’re focusing on Scotland’s own shark haven, Deep Sea World! You’re chipper today We just really…

Florence and the Machine: Lungs

Florence and the Machine: Lungs

(4 stars)9 Jul 2009

Worth bagging for the staggering drive-pop grandeur of ‘Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)’ alone, this surprisingly compelling debut from skewed London chorister Florence Welch largely justifies, and even outshines, the hype. Abounding with curious musical…

T in the Park

T in the Park: Info

9 Jul 2009

Amy Taylor provides you with all manner of sensible information to take the hassle out of the weekend

La Roux: La Roux

La Roux

(3 stars)9 Jul 2009

Good pop music is instant, but great pop music lasts forever. Elly ‘La Roux’ Jackson, with hair like a winsome gingerbread Mr Whippy, a voice like spun sugar and on the receiving end of more hyperbole than Cristiano Ronaldo, Kanye West and Susan Boyle…

Adrian McKinty

Adrian McKinty: Fifty Grand

(3 stars)9 Jul 2009

Seeking to avenge the death of a father she hardly knew, cop Mercado flees unrelentingly bleak Cuba for the celebrity-filled Colorado ski resort where he was killed in a hit-and-run, his demise covered up with a pay-off to the sheriff. With a luxurious…

The Slam Tent at T in the Park

Slam dunk: The Slam Tent at T in the Park

9 Jul 2009

‘It’s nerve-wracking, as it is with any gig we’re involved in. We have such a headstrong booking policy; we’re so close to the scene and have very strong ideas about who we want to play. One of the reasons we got involved in the first place is because I…

Drop the Lime

Drop the Lime

9 Jul 2009

‘What’s in a name, huh?’ muses Luca Venezia, the New York-born, Italian-descended producer of some truly riotous breakbeat meets acid house meets new rave recordings as Drop the Lime. ‘It’s based on an old Sicilian ritual, where you take a lime and…

Cooking with Elvis

Cooking with Elvis

9 Jul 2009

Lee Hall might be best known for his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Billy Elliot, but long before Jamie Bell’s dancing feet captured the public imagination, Hall scored a hit with the acclaimed comedy Cooking with Elvis. First performed in Newcastle’s…

Gregory's Girl

Big Screen Edinburgh: Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Cinema

9 Jul 2009

It’s pillows at the ready this month, as Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Cinema sets its stall to showcase one of the country’s best loved films. As part of a national programme of events to mark London 2012 Open Weekend, comedy drama Gregory’s Girl will be shown…

Cycling Up the Hill with My Dad

Cycling Up the Hill with My Dad

(3 stars)9 Jul 2009

MIXED MEDIA This father and daughter exhibition features ceramics by David Heminsley and textiles by Claire Heminsley. The pair undertook a cycling trip together in order to start planning their joint exhibition. Intended as a contemporary show with…

Fired Up!

Fired Up!

9 Jul 2009

Two sex-hungry high school jocks, who don’t fancy summer in a baking hot football training camp, decide to infiltrate the girls’ cheerleader training instead. It’s a blatantly misogynist notion for comedy, yet director Will Gluck pulls off a far better…

Irvine Welsh, Alan Bissett and Ewan Morrison

Scottish Books - Irvine Welsh, Alan Bissett and Ewan Morrison

9 Jul 2009

Irvine Welsh inspired a generation of young Scottish writers and showed there was literature to be found in the lives of the Scottish underdog. Two of the leading lights of that next generation are Alan Bissett and Ewan Morrison. Both authors boast…

Paolo Nutini

T in the Park: Paolo Nutini

9 Jul 2009

Paolo Nutini is a star in charge of his own destiny, arriving at this year’s T, flying high on his success. Mark Robertson gets an insight into life behind the scenes of an errant pop star.

The Discovery of Spain – British Artists and Collectors: Goya to Picasso

The Discovery of Spain – British Artists and Collectors: Goya to Picasso

9 Jul 2009

Spanish holidays have come a long way from the sun, sea and sangria of the 1970s and having it large in Ibiza in the 90s. Yet, the pop cultural memorabilia of both eras remains in the bullfighting posters and maracas many brought home as jet-age…

Café Fish

Café Fish

9 Jul 2009

For a nation surrounded by sea, we can get ourselves into a right fankle over fish. There are the sustainability problems (explicitly set out in the recent film The End of the Line), the langoustines that are flown off to a more appreciative Spanish…

Taste Test: Cider

Taste Test: Cider

9 Jul 2009

Thistly Cross Cider Belhaven Fruit Farm, from Edinburgh Farmers’ Market and Cornelius Beers and Wines, 18–20 Easter Road, Edinburgh, £2.70 •••• Scotland’s first cider from the makers of Belhaven Fruit Ice, this cider is described as ‘Scottish and…

Jamie T

First word: Jamie T

9 Jul 2009

First record you ever bought Gabrielle’s ‘Dreams’. Last time you were chatted up Two weeks ago. First film you saw that really moved you Platoon. Last lie you told I’ve never told a lie. First movie you ever went on a date to I…

Superfly

Superfly

9 Jul 2009

Although the 100th month of a club night is a strange anniversary to be celebrating, it isn’t the only reason we’re recommending broad-minded soul, funk, classic rock and indie night Superfly this time round. This edition is also the last Superfly to be…

National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland

National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland

9 Jul 2009

Guitarist Mike Walker will join the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland on this three-date tour, which will feature a full performance of his long-awaited debut album, Madhouse & The Whole Thing Here, released earlier this year. It will be a…

I am a Camera

I am a Camera

(4 stars)9 Jul 2009

FILM Brace your retinas, this show demands endurance. A sequenced screening presents eight films by artists Len Lye, John Latham, Steina & Woody Vasulka, Craig Mulholland, Katy Dove and Kate Davies. Focal encoding and processing take place as the…

Sighthill - The Estate

Sighthill - The Estate

9 Jul 2009

A new Channel 4 series of short films seeks to dispel the myths surrounding one of Glasgow’s most notorious housing estates. Kirstin Innes meets the director.

Duncan Jones

Moon: interview with director Duncan Jones

9 Jul 2009

Cerebral science fiction thriller Moon heralds the arrival of an impressive new filmmaking talent in Duncan Jones, the son of David Bowie. Miles Fielder meets him.

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

9 Jul 2009

You saw him at Glastonbury, he played for ages, everyone loved it. Now he’s coming to do the same for us at Hampden. Revel in our bluffers’ guide to Bruce Springsteen.

Brüno

Brüno

(4 stars)9 Jul 2009

Poor Brüno! The 19-year-old presenter with the really hot body from Austrian TV fashion show Funkyzeitung has been ‘schwarzlisted’ following an unfortunate incident involving his all-Velcro suit at a Milan catwalk event. Leaving behind his pygmy Asian…

Your Healthy Living Show

Your Healthy Living Show

9 Jul 2009

Ah, the great Scottish diet. (You can make up your own joke involving the words ‘deep’, ‘fried’ and possibly ‘Mars Bar’ here, or just recycle one of the thousands already out there.) People who like to mourn such things will often mourn the fact that we…

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