CONTENTS 22 September - 6 October

Cover story: Autumn Music Special

Two years after they set the Scottish music landscape on fire, Franz Ferdinand are still burning with the same fearsome intensity. With a second album that is shaping up to be just as catchy as the first, it was inevitable that the band’s tight-trousered homecoming gigs would be the story of the season. But beyond the effortless swagger of a band that is conquering the world, there are a host of other brilliant performances to look forward to in Scotland over the coming months many of them from bands that you might not yet have heard of. Read our music critics’ tips for the must-see musicians of the autumn, from the painfully famous to the deliciously obscure. See feature on page 10.

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14 Alessandro Nivola He's had some great roles, but now Nivola is in line for superstardom. Could his new film, Goa/l, catapult him into orbit?

14 George A Romero The man who invented the zombie movie is back, with new film Land of the Dead. But how exactly are zombies supposed to get along in a post—9/ 1 1 world?

99 Cider So you haven’t touched the stuff since that hangover when you were 17? Time to taste what’s on the market today.

1 12 Ian Rankin An exclusive opportunity to find out the truth: just what is our finest crime novelist's favourite biscuit?

2 Win two bottles of Graham’s the Tawny for the Letter of the Week

9 Free membership can! for The Stand when you subscribe to The List 13 Win tickets to see Pink Martini at the Usher Hall

13 Win tickets to a Carling Academy gig on in October

13 Win a weekend to Newcastle for the Festival of WSual Arts

13 25% off a Fake Bake treatment at Ocean Rooms in Edinburgh

73 Bid your way to the US, with Miller

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Agenda

2 LETTERS 4 NEWS

: What'sOn

25 AROUND TOWN

28 BOOKS

31 CLUBS

38 COMEDY

4O FILM 56 GAY 57 KIDS

58 MUSIC 61 RECORDS

81 THEATRE 88 TV & DVD

89 VISUAL ART

, Lile&Style

95 SHOP

97 TRAVEL 99 EAT&DRINK 101 PLAY

102 WORK

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112 ANSWER MACHINE: IAN RANKIN

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