15DAYStolive The things to catch this fortnight
Disgrace
2 FILM Simmering JM Coetzee adaptation with John Malkovich See review, page 50. Selected release from Fri 4 Dec.
Where The Wild Things Are Tulpan
1 FILM Controversial adaptation of the much-loved children’s book by hipster royalty Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze. See feature, page 16. General release from Fri 11 Dec.
3 FILM Amazing comic drama set on the steppes of Kazakhstan. See review,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4 MUSIC Ladiesangennulmen, Ms! Karen! O! The List’s all-time crush comes to Glasgow.
page 51. GFT, Glasgow, Sun 6–Tue 8 Nov; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 11–Tue 15 Dec. We’ll be the ones mobbing the stage. See picture caption, page 70. O2 Academy, Glasgow, Fri 4 Dec.
Tim Key
5 BOOKS The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner releases a book of funny tidbits and
wittily surreal musings. See preview, page 46. Out now published by the Invisible Dot.
4 THE LIST 3–17 Dec 2009
The Phantom Band
6 MUSIC This Glasgow sixsome call their music ‘proto robofolk’. We just call them awesome, and like much of the rest of the UK, we took their album Checkmate Savage into our hearts as one of our favourites of 2009. The Arches, Glasgow, Sat 12 Dec.
Florence and the Machine
7 MUSIC To tie in with the re-release of her Mercury-nominated album, Ms Welch brings her Machine to Scotland. See feature, page 28. O2 Academy, Glasgow, Wed 9 Dec.