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Interview: David Byrne on his new book How Music Works
18 Sep 2012
Music memoir/manual from ex-Talking Heads polymath musician/artist/bike rack designer
There’s just one small caveat before The List gets the green light on an interview with David Byrne. One thing Mr Byrne most definitely won’t be talking about, comes the polite but firm message, is Talking Heads. From anyone else, a request to not…
A buyer's guide to fashion photography
18 Sep 2012
Inspired by the Dundee V&A’s Selling Dreams exhibition, we find out where to buy fashion photo-lit
The artful ogle is celebrated this Autumn in Dundee, in the lead up to the V&A opening there in 2015. Beautifully captured moments from the fashion world are on show from the end of September – including a grainy, black and white one of Twiggy whizzing…
Daniel Kitson: As of 1.52 GMT on Friday April 27th 2012 , This Show Has No Title
22 Aug 2012
Stand-up playwright returns with meta-play monologue
A week after this new play from Daniel Kitson opened, The Telegraph ran a two-star review, describing it as ‘a sorry waste of his undoubted talent – and our time’. Kitson knew someone would do that though. At one point in his one-man play – a…
Carl Einar-Hackner: Handluggage
21 Aug 2012
Swede stand-up magic ‘just like that’
Like some sort of bumbling, long-haired, clown-cross between Tommy Cooper and Justin Hawkins from The Darkness, Carl-Einar Häckner wants to wow you with magic. Poured into his white, bejewelled jumpsuit, he’s not quite nailed the tricks yet; so he’d…
La Clique Royale - The Queen’s Selection
19 Aug 2012
A night out with the bawdy and the beautiful
Meet the cast of freaks and uniques who gather nightly inside the wooden walls of the Spiegeltent, bathed in red lamplight, for a cabaret show with a couple of dark twists. There’s Agent Lynch – doing a sort of ‘Heidi does Carry On’ turn involving tiny…
Stewart Lee: Carpet Remnant World
11 Aug 2012
Fringe veteran can still hurt stomachs
Stewart Lee’s 2012 Fringe kicked off in typically provocative vein, when his Guardian article (headlined ‘The Slow Death of the Edinburgh Fringe’) delivered an industry-savvy knee to the groin of corporate comedy promoters. While PRs dealt with the…
How to experience the Edinburgh International Fashion Festival 2012
7 Aug 2012
A few hints and tips about the events on offer at Summerhall
LOOK ... at catwalk shows Over the four nights of the festival, there will be a nightly catwalk show, followed by an after-party. Local legwear and bodysuit designers, Bebaroque, aka Mhairi McNicol and Chloe Patience present a runway show on the first…
All That is Wrong
7 Aug 2012
Restrained, compelling piece from provocative Belgian company
There’s power in simplicity this year, for the Belgian theatre company, Ontroerend Goed. Often tagged as ‘provocative’ or ‘controversial’ because of their knowing messing around with conventions – see their previous, excellent Fringe offerings, The…
Nick Helm: This Means War!
6 Aug 2012
Charming manchild bellows orders at his audience army
Nick Helm was the comedian who won last year’s best joke of the Fringe, for his gag, ‘I needed a password eight characters long, so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.’ If you saw his show, you’ll also remember he likes to shout a lot, sweat a…
Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society
6 Aug 2012
A jolly Big Society satire from the TV panel show regular
At one point in The Brig Society, TV talking-head comedy panelist Marcus Brigstocke hands a man in the front row his mic. ‘Tell us a joke!’, he beams enthusiastically. When the man can’t, Brigstocke acts surprised. ‘But... I’m empowering the…
Justine Picardie presents her book at the Edinburgh Book Festival 2012
2 Aug 2012
Justine Picardie tells The List how Coco Chanel has shaped her own world
‘I wouldn’t say I have an interest in Chanel; it’s more an obsession,’ says Justine Picardie. The former Vogue features editor and journalist wrote 'Coco Chanel, The Legend and the Life' after almost ten years of rigorous research. As she tried to learn…
Loch Lomond - the perfect escape from city stress
29 Jul 2012
A quick guide to the towns around one of Scotland's most beautiful natural landscapes
Balloch This town, situated at the southern tip of Loch Lomond, is a 40-minute drive or train journey from Glasgow. On its doorstep is the glorious Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park, which incorporates one of Scotland’s more famous stretches…
Detour's Ally McCrae on late-night Festival music series Circa
29 Jul 2012
The gigs will feature performances and DJ sets from Twilight Sad, Lady North, Churches and more
There are many locals who could see the Edinburgh Festival far enough, and don’t need another unicycle with ukelele cabaret act. But many do like the fact that August brings with it extended opening hours. Gigs can go on til 5am if they like, a detail…
Summerhall to host second Scottish Independent Music Fair
29 Jul 2012
The event brings together Scotland's finest independent labels and artists
Local, lovingly reared, carefully selected, packaged with care. Nope, it won’t be organic food being laid out across the stalls in Summerhall’s Dissection Hall. Just quality produce of the musical kind. Stuart Thomas from the Scottish Music Industry…
Jim Jefferies talks offensiveness and sobriety ahead of 2012 Fringe show Fully Functional
27 Jul 2012
Aussie comedian on bad reviews, Fully Functional and US sitcom Legit
Jim Jefferies used to do a joke about getting a lift from a ‘tiny, hot, young girl’. He couldn’t believe his luck when she offered him a ride back into Los Angeles after they’d just spent the day working on a film-set. Before driving off in her…
Interview: NVA's Speed of Light at Edinburgh International Festival 2012
11 Jul 2012
Sport and art combine to cover Arthur’s Seat with light and colour
Arthur’s Seat will be a dramatic spectacle of light and colour thanks to NVA. Claire Sawers talks to Angus Farquhar and some of his runners ahead of this ambitious meeting of sport and art
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012: Music highlights
11 Jul 2012
Steamy samba, sleazy-noir synths and goth-pop to feature at Fringe
Brazil! Brazil! Presents Favela Funk Party. The 2010 success of Brazil! Brazil! brought the steamy sounds and sights of samba to the festival and the same people behind that glory deliver an explosion of favela funk and samba reggae. Among the acts…
T in the Park 2012: T Break line-up
25 Jun 2012
TeKlo, Capitals, Beerjacket, Crusades, Nevada Base and more to play T's unsigned stage
Anderson, McGinty, Webster, Ward & Fisher This Dundonian fivesome have a nice line in instrument-swapping and harmonious gang vocals. Should be enjoyed by fans of Fleet Foxes, Bob Dylan and Crosby, Stills, Nash…
Advance Base - A Shut In's Prayer
19 Jun 2012
New project from Owen Ashworth of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Still singing in his trademark low-energy, just-woken-up vocal, one listen to this new record and Owen Ashworth's cover will be blown immediately when heard by fans of his now-retired project, the cult heartbreak-pop of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone.
Eat, sleep and breathe: Sean Smith, We Were Promised Jetpacks
31 May 2012
The bassist shares the band's tour habits
What time is breakfast? It changes every day. Usually fairly late though. It’s just the adults that get up in time for breakfast. Tea or coffee? Coffee. Smoking or non-smoking? Non-smoking. Sweet or savoury snacks? Savoury, but Peter Q…
Summer Festivals 2012: Music
25 May 2012
T in the Park, Wickerman and Belladrum among the music fests pleasing your ears this summer
T in the Park Basics: Balado by Kinross, Fri 6–Sun 8 Jul, tinthepark.com Price: Weekend: £179 (campsite tickets available separately). Day: £70–£77.50. Line-up: The Stone Roses, Snow Patrol, Kasabian, New Order, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds…
Lil B - Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, Sun 6 May
22 May 2012
22-year-old Berkeley rapper describes himself as ‘an art history project’
It must be the Californian in him, but the BASEDGOD, despite his lyrics about eating white booty, his VIP lifestyle, and his resemblance to Jesus/Michael Jordan/Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton, is basically a hippie. Top off, shades on, tiny muscled torso…
Eat, sleep and breathe: Cate le Bon
23 Apr 2012
Cardiff’s answer to Nico shares her tour habits with us
What time is breakfast? I am yet to find out. Tea or coffee? It’s a delicate mix of coffee in the morning followed by the relentless drinking of tea until bed. Smoking or non-smoking? Non, unless I fancy it. Sweet or savoury snacks? Savoury will…
The best breakfasts in Edinburgh
29 Mar 2012
The finest cafes, bistros and restaurants in the capital for a morning meal
Broughton Delicatessen 7 Barony Street, 558 7111, broughton-deli.co.uk Breakfast served: Mon–Sat 8am–3pm; Sun 11am–3pm. What does this place not do well? A great deli, healthy lunches and superb, made-from-scratch breakfasts from morning until 3pm…
FOUND and Aidan Moffat collaborate on new project #Unravel
29 Mar 2012
Installation based on events from Moffat's life
As the old saying goes, there are three sides to every story: yours, theirs, and the truth. Or in the case of Aidan Moffat’s latest storytelling project, there is his version, her version, and somewhere, maybe lost forever in the mists of time, the…
