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8 Jan 2009
SINGER-SONGWRITER Ayrshire-born, Edinburgh-based maverick, Norman (pot-pourri poet, not prickly politician!), could be Scotland’s answer to Leonard Cohen, albeit with a wicked sense of irony. Third album, the reflective Roadblock, sees the former…
DRAMA The late Paul Newman is jazz performer Ram Bowen in this laidback drama of left bank insouciance from 1964, directed by Martin Hud Ritt. Ram hangs out in Paris with fellow American musician Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier). They meet a couple of…
There’s a general expectation that we’ll be reporting on closures rather than openings in 2009, but don’t be so sure. Judging by the stream of new places in the last few months – far outweighing the number of farewells – doom and gloom clearly isn’t on…
More controversy with the trams this month, as Edinburgh councillors are forced to make a decision on whether Princes Street will be closed to traffic for a year, while works are carried out on the tram route. Many suggest that not closing it…
Pinkie Maclure adds her otherworldly siren song to John Willis’ trippy folk guitar loops. The Scots-based twosome are joined on the bill by another genteel, reflective duo, Shellyan Orphan. Classic Grand, Glasgow, Fri 16 Jan. (Rock & Pop, Folk)
This number is important: 47.7. In Celsius, that’s the hottest food can get if it’s to remain raw. According to raw food theory, cooking food not only destroys key digestive enzymes but also exposes the body to potentially harmful toxins. It can seem…
HARDCORE With the current trend for turning any conceivable subject matter into a feelgood singalong musical, it seems only fair and logical that Linda Blair’s most famous film role should be immortalised in song eventually. Or so it would seem…
THRILLER NOVELLA Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike’s cult favourite has all but eclipsed the psycho-sexual-thriller novel by Ryu Murakami on which the 1999 movie is based. The simple prose of Murakami’s slim volume (here translated by the author’s…
MANGA ADAPTATION A bit like Edinburgh’s number 30 bus, Mika Ninagawa’s adaptation of this noted Manga comic series by Moyoco Anno travels an epic, seemingly endless journey, but goes nowhere interesting on the way. The scenery is better though, with…
The first of a series of SCO concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Felix Mendelssohn presents his music in the company of others who inspired him as well as those he himself inspired. Not just people, but places…
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