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Won over by the irresistible romance of railway? I’ll try to conjure up the experience of what might be to come. Chuffing slowly but surely along by the shores of the Bedford Basin, you soon leave the crappy sprawling environs of Bedford behind you. Hark! The call of an eagle penetrates the soft rhythmic clatter…
It’s the first rule of city planning: You don’t mess with people’s neighbourhoods without a fight. Minneapolis got a crash course in that reality last year when, in the face of rapid population growth, ballooning housing costs and plummeting vacancy rates, its city council voted for a new planning framework called “Minneapolis 2040.” The new…
Global warming isn’t a partisan issue—or it shouldn’t be. The many experts issuing dire warnings about the implications of climate disruption work under political systems ranging from liberal democracies to autocratic dictatorships, for institutions including the U.S. Department of Defense, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and numerous business organizations and universities. In 1988, when NASA…
I previously wrote about my woes of being evicted by my longtime landlords, signed CrustyinColeHarbour. As it turns out, that eviction was the best damn thing to happen all year! I had no idea just how miserable that dingy, overpriced basement apartment was making me until I found my lovely sunny new apartment with a…
I felt the same way: That I knew you in a past life—if you are who I think you are. Let’s be honest, you never did let me in. You did every little maneuver to keep me at arm’s length even though I let you in. You would make a fuss whenever I tried to…
What’s wrong with you vegans? It’s not chicken salad if there’s no chicken in it! I’m sick of this. Look up the definition of butcher. You cannot be a butcher if you’re talking about vegetables. I’m tired of these vegans spreading their propaganda.—Make meat great again
If a business puts a sign on their door that isn’t a promotional poster of some kind, chances are they’re trying to let you know something that will affect your shopping experience. For example, when a fast food restaurant has a sign on the door that says “No beef, only chicken and fish”, that means…
Overheard in a popular gentrified neighbourhood of Halifax, in a hip new shop for privileged folks to splurge on novelty items:Server: “White or whole wheat bread?” Dumb white girl decked out in Artizia and Lululemon: “Um, I’ll go ghetto today and get white bread”Ummm excuse me? —Done with Halifax
I fell on a patch of ice this morning. You stopped to light your cigarette, looked at me on the ground and then quietly kept walking. You, sir, are a piece of shit. Like, would it KILL you to ask if another citizen is alright? What is wrong with people in this town?—Bruised ass and…
Seriously, ambulances don’t put on their lights and sirens for just anyone. If it’s flashing and wailing, someone is going to die pronto unless they get the care they need. I sat for over a minute on a Sunday night as cars AND pedestrians blocked an ambulance with full lights and sirens! Do you understand…
To the dumbass who kept asking if we carry shorts: NO, WE DON’T HAVE ANY. COME BACK IN THE SUMMER WHEN WE DO HAVE THEM! Seriously, you don’t have to be so passive aggressive about it. No, I don’t give a shit that you are going down south for the holidays stop guilt tripping me!…
It’s time once again for The Coast’s annual Sex & Dating survey. Over 1,200 of our readers dished on their secret crushes, relationship habits and sexual fantasies in last year’s S&D issue, and we want to hear from you again! The full survey is available here. Feel free to skip over any questions that don’t…
Sink into winter Saturday afternoon with a look behind the scenes of one of 2018’s best local albums, Erin Costelo’s Sweet Marie. Directed by Newfoundland songwriter/legend Amelia Curran, it covers the 10 days Costelo and her band spent in a very nice rural Nova Scotia house. “I imagine it’s what the Desperate Houseiwives of Atlanta…
If your 2019 resolutions include having more fun and leaving the couch behind, seek out events like this weekend’s improv-music-rich Open Waters festival or Cinderella at Neptune and watch your glow-up begin. Halifax Mooseheads vs Rimouski Océanic Friday With its top player, Alexis Lafrenière, away representing Team Canada at the World Juniors, Rimouski just might…
“The goal was to piss on Cavendish and everything they believe,” says Mark Little. “It’s government-funded revenge.” His new sitcom Cavendish, premiering January 8 on CBC, stars Little and former Picnicface colleague Andrew Bush, also executive producers The show revolves around the adventures of Andy (Bush) and Mark (Little), brothers who return to Cavendish, Prince…
Alexis Clarke has taken to social media to warn others about a local tattoo studio that she says has left her with scar tissue and nerve damage. Clarke was a former client at the Bedford Tattoo Guest Spot last year. Two days later, she says the sunflower design on her forearm was filled with fluid.…
In the Spring of 2015, a shy 18-year-old named Alex “Cunny” Ross laid down 10 of his songs over beats produced by future Halifax councillor Lindell Smith during a session at his neighbourhood studio. The “Young and Coming Up” mixtape—featuring his Centreline Studio pals such as BenG, Neptune and Honey—was burned onto 50 compact discs.…
On our office bulletin board, somebody posted this description of journalism: “It’s a tough job with insane pressure and pretty crappy pay. On the other hand, everybody hates you.” That was pinned up years ago, but it’s still there, ringing true into the new year. Producing a newspaper on a weekly deadline is a special…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) What themes and instruments do people least want to hear in a piece of music? Composer Dave Solder determined that the worst song ever made would contain bagpipes, cowboy music, tubas, advertising jingles, operatic rapping and children crooning about holidays. Then he collaborated with other musicians to record such…
Hamlet January 9-20 Neptune Theatre Scotiabank Stage 1593 Argyle Street $28-$37 neptunetheatre.com Nearly four years ago, Ken Schwartz was at The Bus Stop Theatre watching a production of The Pillowman—a Martin McDonagh play cast gender-blind with Jackie Torrens, Mary-Colin Chisholm, Theo Pitsiavas and Matthew Lumley—when he was struck by a vision. “I had this image of Jackie…
Opens Friday, January 4 Cineplex at Park Lane Barry Jenkins follows up his Best Picture winner Moonlight with a similarly lyrical, heartfelt, lusciously filmed drama. In his adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk, Jenkins’ narrative approach is less linear than the three periods of Chiron in Moonlight: We are with…
Q I’m a 19-year-old bisexual woman really into orgasm denial and edging. With the recent Tumblr ban on all NSFW content, I have no idea where to indulge my kinks and find my community. I’ve never needed to go anywhere else to find porn, explore my sexuality and be surrounded by supportive people—and now I’m…
A Freak situation In response to the article “Labour concerns at Freak Lunchbox,” it is apparent that we need to tell our side (City story by Jacob Boon, December 20). This business has supported many families over the past 18 years; five of our six current managers are raising or expecting children. Of course we…
