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I Terry Riley is to make three rare appearances in Scotland this year as part of Triptych. The minimalist pioneer will perform his groundbreaking composition ‘In C’ at the Edinburgh Usher Hall on Wednesday 25 April and a reworking of his electronic masterwork ‘A Rainbow in Curved Air’ at Glasgow’s Tramway on Thursday 26 April, making his final appearance at Aberdeen’s Cowdray Hall on Friday 27 April. Meanwhile, Brazilian techno-pop misfits CSS (Cansei de ser Sexy, pictured right) are to play their biggest Scottish shows to date as part of the festival, at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room on Wednesday 25 April and Glasgow Barrowland on Thursday 26 April. For further info see www.triptychfestival.com.
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m m Edinburgh’s Cameo Cinema hits 2007 running with a focus on the film work of former Skids rocker, TV
presenter and filmmaker, Richard Jobson. The mini-season includes the
first screening of Jobson’s latest film, A Woman in Winter (Thursday 8 February), shot entirely on location in Edinburgh, followed by Q&A with
the director as well as screenings of 16 Years of Alcohol and The Purifiers (pictured above) and a masterclass on Jobson’s use of high definition and digital technology in his films (Tuesday 6 February).
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I Calling all those with a perverse love of bad movies. The Cameo is set to unveil Nicko and Joe’s Bad Film Club, which combines live comedy with celluloid, highlighting the leaden dialogue, hammy acting and terrible plotlines and encouraging heckling, jeering and audience participation. The first Big Baddie, showing at Cameo One on Sunday 21 January at 9pm, is the John Travolta’s travesty Battlefield Earth (picured above) chosen by Canadian comic Glenn Wool. The film won the 2005 Razzie Award for ‘worst drama of the first 25 years’ of the accolade’s existence.
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I The Edinburgh International Festival’s Beethoven symphonies strand has been nominated for the classical music award as part of The South Bank Show Awards 2007. Sir Charles Mackerras conducted Beethoven’s nine symphonies as part of the Lloyds TSB Scotland Concerts at the Usher Hall, fronting three concerts 3 night, three nights a week for the duration of the Festival. The winners of the awards will be announced at a glittering ceremony at The Savoy, London on Tuesday 23 January.
‘There’s no one I despise more, apart from Jo O’Meara and H from Steps. They’re up their own arse.’ Towers of London leader Donny Tourette takes a swrpe at some tel/ow Celeb B/g Bro housemates while actually really picking on Arct/C Monkeys.
‘He believed he would have been interviewing some of the great names of soccer, old United aces and world stars like Pele. He was informed very late in the day that the tributes were coming from people like Peter Stringfellow.’
The official reason why Ca/um Best pulled out of an / TV tribute to his dead dad.
‘I think honourable members should leave any cheeky business completely to me.’
Lib Dem and Cheeky G/r/ lane/er Lemb/t Op/k responds to heck/es when he stood up dur/ng a Commons debate.
‘We’re going to blow you to the back wall of the theatre in a way you haven’t seen for a long time.’
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