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CULT OF THE FORTNIGHT
10 THE LIST
THE WOLFMAN LOOK
1 The Streets Music If you‘re a geezer after excitement, get a hold of Mike Skinner‘s new epic opus and see him strut his Stell stuff live. Has it come to this? Oh. yes. See feature. page 18 Barrow/and, Glasgow.
2 Wisconsin Death Trip
DVD A strange decade of death, disease and demolition is ‘celebrated‘ in James Marsh’s evocative TV film brought to sublime DVD. See Buy it This Fortnight, page 97. Tartan.
3 Bad Education
Film Pedro Almodovar is back with what he calls 'a film noir in colour' with a story of actors. drag queens and paedophile priests. See Film. page 24 Selected release.
4 Scottish Opera
Music Stewart Laing’s reworking of Puccini’s La Boheme from 19th century Paris to 21st century New York works superbly well on every level. See Music, page 46. Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
5 Devendra Banhart
Records New York's latest star offers a beguilineg intense acoustic folk jamboree entitled Rejoicing the Hands. See Records. page 100. XL Recordings.
6 Mighty Boosh
TV The finest double act never to win the Perrier make their long-awaited telly debut with more superb nonsense set in a 200. But who ordered the boxing kangaroo? See TV. page 104. 8803.
7 Nathan Coley
Art Who would be motivated enough to go through the Yellow Pages and make cardboard models from all the religious buildings in Edinburgh? Nathan Coley. that's who. See feature. page 20. Fruitmarket. Edinburgh.
8 NDT2
Dance The Dutch company’s youth wing do their stuff on works by Hans van Manen, Paul Lightfoot & Sol Leon, and NDT’s founding father, Jiri Kylian. See Theatre, page 62. Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
9 Mythology
Comics Graphic art doesn't come better than this. All your favourite DC characters are thrown together by the incomparable Alex Ross with an introduction by M Night Shyamalan. See Big Picture. page 8 and Comics. page 100. Titan.
10 Smirnoff Experience Central Clubs Hoboken, Slam, Twitch & Wilkes, Jazzy Jeff (pictured) and London Elektricity help launch this new all-swinging, all-dancing event. See Clubs, page 71. Various venues, Glasgow.