So I've been playing guitar and singing for almost 25 years and my acoustic partner has been playing longer. We've been jamming for over 5 years now and have a great chemistry. I've been out in Halifax and Dartmouth and have listened to a lot of crappy acoustic bands and wondered to myself, "How the hell did these yahoos get booked here?" Most recently, we've decided to give it a go and have run into one wall after another.

"Well, (fill in the blank) does all the music bookings and he only works Monday to Wednesday from 8 to 12."

"Leave me a CD and I'll get back to you."

"You guys sounded great during the open mic, but I am booking gigs for next year and I have contracts with bands I need to fulfill."

I am starting to sense that bar owners are either clueless about music or don't care. Rather than just bitch about this, I would like to ask if anyone out there in bitch land has any advice (or connections) on how to get a bar owner to give a great acoustic duo a chance in this city? —Just Wanna Play

I realize it's a company sign from years ago, but whether we drank the tea or not, the sign has been part of Halifax for decades now. And it's not even so much that there is change, but it was agreed upon to leave the sign, period. However, some firm from Toronto that is obviously unconcerned with anything but the homogenization of the western world, has just made the choice regardless. Based on that act of disrespect, what else is going on with that development that isn't in plain sight? Shame on the city for working with these people in the first place. It should be local developers, supporting local workers and respecting their home town, who do major renovations to the face of the city. —Nuff Said

All you people complaining about the bus, shut the fuck up. You want a good seat then get up early as fuck like me and sit on it for 30 minutes before it gets halfway through its route and you get on. I got a window seat and a seat for my bag, no one fuckin tells me to move shit. You want to bitch about my headphones fuck you. Stop talking and making breathing noise then I won't need to listen to music. No one says shit to me but every body's a fucking hero when they talk about the bus. And you little bitches with your fat fucking bags, I fuckin pushed the shit out of you and I'm a do it again. To you bus drivers, keep working yo, that strike sucked ass. And to you people with your ugly ass greasy hairspray hair stinking up the bus go fuck yourselves. —The Bus Rider

What's with people being rude when I point out that it is illegal to drive and text/talk on your cell phone/hold the phone in front of your face on speaker phone while driving? I'm just trying to help you and everyone around you. I'm not trying to be a jerk, it's just that you truly scare me. I see people on their phones driving at least a few times a day. When I can I will inform the drivers that it is illegal. I get many similar responses, most of which attempting to defend their actions. I get sour contorted faces. I get the one finger salute. I get "Mind your own business." I get "I'm at a red light." Don't worry, I get it, you are special. Distracted driving is only a hazard when OTHER people do it. But not you. Riiiiight. Do the city a favour and turn off your phone please! Or I may tap on your window next! —TXTNDRIVELOL

Ah, the Maritimes—friendly folk, lobster, sea breeze and pale ale. And Halifax! Represented by the most articulate woman in Parliament, Megan Leslie. Home to a prestigious university, an affluent school with a cool name. It's all so charming, right? NOPE. Halifax is just coffee chains, graveyards, churches. Rude old people. Dirty, rat-infested infrastructure. Sure, Halifax was an ideal settlement during the colonial era, since it was the port city in between America and Europe, but its moment has passed. Halifax is a sad, rejected, ugly, conservative city with no good shopping, no rapid transit and uptight liquor laws. (Most bars per capita? Lies.) Without the university, it would be completely obsolete. Sorry not sorry. #Migration to Montreal 2013 —lshepz

Hey, retired people, stop double dipping into pensions, and stealing jobs from skilled young professionals. I appreciate all the hard work that you have put into your career over the years, but it's time to pass the torch. There are many young professionals coming out with diplomas and degrees eager to make a significant contribution to the workforce, but are held back by the lack of positions available. You retiring, and then promptly taking up another similar position with the company is not helping with the situation. I hope that you enjoy your comfortable living and relaxing lifestyle with your pension, and new salary coming in, while the young professionals struggle to find any real justification in life. —Dr. NoCareer, PhD, MBA

But our health care system cooperated to get him back on the street pretty quickly. These cowardly fucks should be dragged right out of the fucking hospital and told to go find a pharmacy, maybe they'll sell him band aids and paper towels. Don't cooperate? Here's a bill. Fuck off you pathetic excuse for a human. That could have been a kid walking behind you watching your asshole fuckface buddies do the Chris Tucker-style shootout. —Time To Take Out The Trash

Nice to see people are still as greedy as ever. I've just heard that a great place downtown is maybe closing due to landlord greed. It has been a staple on Barrington street for the last (at least) 8 years for amazing breakfast and lunches, and now, may need to shut their doors. The landlord was given a grant to redo the building which is a good thing, but turned around and hiked the rental price sky high. Small business loses again, and another place bits the dust to make Barrington the abysmal barren desert of empty store fronts. Downtown Halifax needs to get their stuff together to make a vibrate place to visit...and losing these places doesn't help!! —Concerned Luncher

Hey, what's up with the drinking water in the north end? For the last week or so it has been developing a smell that is making it harder to drink. The Water Commission said only that "there was a problem in the north end" (after they tried to suggest it was just a problem with our hot water heater) but offered no other details. We live on Maynard Street. Anyone else getting the funk on tap? Anyone have any more info as to what is going on? —WaterTF?

To the little punk ass kids who broke my car window early Sunday morning, thanks a bunch for the huge inconvenience and cost of my window repair...WTF is so god damn amusing about going around and breaking other people's shit?!?! I would love to know! Not only do I have to pay $205 to get this fixed, I'm now without a car for three days. I hope one day when you have student loans, rent and bill payments and finally have enough money to buy yourself a half decent car, someone comes and breaks all your god damn windows! You're some lucky I didn't see you cause I would have chased you down. Get a fucking job, or hobby, or some fucking direction in your life rather then vandalizing other people's shit cause it's not funny, it's fucking childish and disrespectful! I hope karma pays you in full. —Sincerely Pissed Off