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In town for the COCA conference, Winnipeg’s rap sensation Abstract Artform (AKA Shea Malcolmson) is making a cross Canada trip to Halifax this week. Though the rapper will be hundreds of miles from home he says being out east is a blessing. “I love the coast because it reminds me a lot of home and…
To the very handsome Irishman at the base of the Citadel who explained his sport to me, I have a confession: At first I was intrigued with the details of the fastest game on grass, but it was your big brown eyes and great smile that really kept me asking questions. If you’re not already…
Much love to everyone who has left their job for a better life balance. Life is too short to waste on toxic environments and fair-weather friends 🙂 —ResilientHappiness
Some days when I visit a place in the city where you and I shared a laugh or a tender moment I wonder if you still remember. Maybe I am the only one who does. That’s OK, I am happier for them as they made me who I am today. —Fare Thee Well
Thank you so much for not only retrieving the contents of my wallet, but for driving out of your way to return it to me at my home (beeping all the way!). Everything was there, safe and sound. You’re awesome — may the Karma Gods keep smiling on you! —little white car on the move
So, a beautiful day to take the dogs to Long Lake today. Walking along the shoreline, and since the waterline is the lowest I’ve seen it, I was completely disgusted with the amount of broken glass left by little douchebags thinking that smashing their beer bottles makes them “cool”. We live in a world where…
Monday, around 1700. I don’t know car models, so no idea what you were driving, except it was a small car with ‘baby on board’ back sticker. I followed you up Prospect, and yeah, you were going a little under, no problem. and then you choked a bit entering the highway, but when you jammed…
Okay someone needs to stand up for the smokers; I’m tired of seeing people treated harshly for their life choice. Yes we can go over the usual anti smoker slander of it kills, it stinks, butts all over the ground ect. And yes you have some valid points there, however it is still a choice…
Let’s paint a scene, early Monday morning I’m running late scurrying up Windsor Street to catch a bus across the bridge. To see if I can gain a few minutes, I hop on a bus that happens to be passing by. The bus driver asked to have a closer look at my bus pass, after…
Buy Local? LOL. I make $60K a year and can barely afford to buy electricity and water for my 2 BR. Fuck off with buy local – maybe concentrate your efforts on raising the standard of living around here so that people can actually affford to support you as opposed to asking them to rob…
Stopping me on the street to talk about the word. Question for you all….with all different religions and their various sects banging on doors,stopping people on the street, and handing out books to passer bys…would it be all that bad if Satan Worshipers started banging on doors, stopping people on the streets, and doing whatever…I…
I’m getting really tired of seeing NO PETS! NO EXCEPTIONS in the apartment ads on kijiji, or people putting their cats up for adoption and the reasoning being ” i’m moving into a place that doesn’t allow pets” lets just turn this around for one second and say we started seeing “child free apartment building”…
I’m so tired of looking for a place to rent, they are either way to over priced, or in a horrible neighborhood, and when I finally find a place I loved with great rent and an awesome location and I’m the first to view it I’m stoked! I fell in love with it but my…
A sweaty summer stroll revealed two wonderful discoveries today—both Ratinaud French Cuisine (2082 Gottingen Street, 446-8222) and The Shack (1751 Lower Water Street AKA Queen’s Wharf) installed new signage! And beautiful new signage, at that. Just thought I’d share. See The Shack’s rustic-looking wood work above and check out Ratinaud’s bright red beacon below. Note…
A true family affair, Resto Urban Dining (1516 Bedford Highway, 240-5113) is the recent brainchild of Del and Marlene Kenley and their daughter and son in-law Marley and Ryan Hayes, a crew that has more than 70 years of food and drink expertise between them. Taking over the recently former location Cellar Bar & Grill—where…
Lee Ranaldo hopes to create poetry with his guitar. This is nothing new for the former guitarist for one of the coolest rock bands in the history of rock bands—that is, Sonic Youth—but don’t expect Kim Gordon or Thurston Moore to come around. Ranaldo has been an artist before Sonic Youth was a twinkle in…
Comedian Everardo Ramirez did us a solid and documented his North by Northeast experience. Dan Deacon, Toronto hospitality and amazing, life-giving water. What a killer combo.
Since I am leaving Halifax, I feel like I am losing losing a lot of things I love. But none of it compares to our lost love. I guess in the end everything has a way of working itself out. Just remember all the good things about us, I know I will. Lots of love…
I went from one coast to the other for work, and as it turns out, the people here generally aren’t nearly as kind and open-minded and simply wonderful as my peeps back home. Nothing compares to you Halifax, not even a little. I’ll be back before you know it! —travellin gypsy
I didn’t know if I would put this in a Bitch or Love, but I guess I should stay positive. What the Hell happened to you? You were the most amazing roommate I ever had. We were like Tintin and Haddock, Snooki and JWoww, Shaggy and Scoobi Doo, Sherlock and Watson… We were an awesome…
Hey pedestrian! Thanks so much for helping me with my shoulder check when i couldn’t see around the corner. Always cool to have a second set of eyes! —weenis vandini
It’s never okay, you damn dirty cowards. —Young lady looking for an old man who doesn’t know how to use a cell phone
Dear “Chef”, I’m not sure which it was that made me realize I made the right decision in telling you I wasn’t working for you anymore. Was it a) the fact that you only paid me $55 when I worked 6 hours? (ps that equals $60.90). Or b) that I had a mere two hours…
I’m so sick of ugly and average looking women assuming I’m dumb or have no personality just because I was blessed with amazing genes. When a guy chooses to date me instead of them, they say ”Dude’s thinking with his penis and not his brain, choosing looks over personality…” Umm, maybe he chose to date…
Hey you dumb dangerous assholes, the first thing you learn in driving school is the lead distance between you and the car in front. Calm the fuck down, go the speed limit and stop being an asshole. What the fuck are in a such a hurry for anyway on a Sunday ? Gonna snort some…
So brilliant me decides, after aknowledging that a woman should call the cops on a stalker (facebook thread), to further go on about how sometimes men are turned into creeps by woman for attention, and that both men and woman have to be protected. Next thing I know it’s a full out mobbing and I’m…
Could I please ask that the Society of Overweight, Illiterate Smokers please stop using Non-smoking dog parks for your regular meetings? I do appreciate your consistently lazy usage of the benches to throw your expended cigarette butts (which are toxic to dogs, you idiots) where it is easy for me to pick up after you(because…
In our apartment house, there is an emergency on-call professional. In our house everybody also owns a car, INCLUDING that on-call professional. We all have to make an effort to share the driveway equally. And then there’s you. Here you are with TWO fucking cars, one that doesn’t even work, up on its redneck blocks,…
I dunno, I just find it curious that a story about an STD outbreak or 2 in HRM runs about a month or 2 after a story on how awesome the polyamorous lifestyle is around here. Good news, everyone! fuck whoever you want! You’re avant-garde! It’s almost like there are consequences to actions, or something.…
Are you sleeping? If not, that’s good because I am sure I’ll be texting you shortly. You will never guess who this is but this is my second attempt at reaching out to you via weekly circulations. Hopefully it’ll work out better this time. Maybe you’re having a coffee from TIBS at the moment, or…
Normally two strangers having bad days make each other’s days worse rather than better, but that wasn’t the case when we began talking while waiting for the (late) 57 on Thursday afternoon. I felt like freaking out when I realized that I was late for work already, but talking to you kept me from losing…
First year ever gardening and its great. Its definitly helping get off my addictions and helping me relax. —Arotrios
You made me feel good on a really bad day.:) Thanks for being that kind of guy. I love you. <3 —Girl
thanks for wanting to take my picture today, sorry i was in such a daze during it and did the token hand on hip pose. i wish i thanked you before you left, you made my day a bit brighter 🙂 ps what’s your blog called? —girl in the bird dress
My best friend just died. I wailed for 5 minutes at 1pm in the afternoon. The piece of shit upstairs told me to “shut the fuck up already.” Fuck you, you techno listening, 2 o’clock in the morning, shrill voiced cunt. Get used to noise complaints from the guy downstairs. I lived here for two…
To you yuppies that walk dogs in Point Pleasant Park: Clean up your dog shit!!!! I always see owners not paying attention, in their little eccentric world of wealth or texting, not paying any attention to their full bred mutt defecating on the trail. — Sick of this shit
To the grey haired lady moron driving on Prince Albert at 2:25 pm on June 21. You were turning left onto Sinclair, while I was riding straight on Prince Albert (my right of way). You decided to go at the last minute, causing me to slam on my brakes and skid sideways, nearly hitting your…
When we first met, you initially gave me the opportunity to be the best person I could be. You made promises that this would be the best thing that ever happened to me. That you would do everything to show me how to fulfill myself as a human being so that i could better enrich…
Ok, if the phrase “get a life” ever applied to anyone, it’s to the 3 absolute fools, in the truest meaning of the word, I just unfortunately sat beside on the bus coming from Dartmouth. Ya, I get it. People live all kinds of lives, and make all kinds of choices. I’m just a blue…
Hey neighbor… I’m really sick of hearing your loud dance music at all hours of the day. And enough with the bass! It’s shaking my goddamn walls. STOP. —I just want a few moments of peace
thats awesome, now i can claim my laziness as a disability 🙂 too bad it’s only in the states 🙁 but everything eventually makes its way over here. hilarious, isn’t gaining weight mostly a choice of eating to much and watching tv 😛 i don;t care, i love it! —tired of fatties ruling the world!…
I wake up each morning and go to sleep each night wondering if I’m ever going to be able to get over all the hell you put me through. It’s been almost a year since I walked away from you (Hallelujah), but I haven’t gone a day without wondering how I made it out alive.…
This year, the provincial and city governments have given over $1 million to Trade Centre Limited for promotion of the new convention centre. The city’s share, $640,000 was presented to Halifax council on the 18th slide of a PowerPoint presentation during the April budget deliberations. The provincial share, $487,000, was never announced publicly until The…
Listen dick, When I tell you that I cannot complete a piece of work until another department completes their work, this means exactly what it says. And in the spirit of that logic, it implies that nagging me won’t make THEM complete their work any faster. If I were their manager or otherwise overseeing their…
Sorry For Calling The RCMP On You This Morning…. But If Your Going To Drive Reckless At 8am, Behind A Vehicle With A “Baby On Board” Sign On The Window, Then Pass At 120km In A 70km Zone, and Almost Hit Another Vehicle A Short Time After, Then You Got What You Deserve. Money Don’t…
In Halifax, it’s a well-known fact the forecast is more likely to read “with a chance of showers” than any other type of weather. But there’s no reason a little rain should ruin anyone’s summer fun. With a raincoat, rubber boots and a sense of adventure, rainy days can actually be the best days. Here’s…
Halifax’s tech-house duo Scientists of Sound is releasing its first full-length album, Electric Scissors. “The album has been a long time in the making,” says Craig Mercer. He describes it as early Daft Punk meets Justice with a little bit of Stanley Kubrick thrown in. The title was inspired by a David Croft album. “There…
Already being compared to Spring Breakers (because girls behave badly), The Bling Ring is spiritually much closer to Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain; an early summer misfire that revelled in watching shallow buffoons steal money from rich assholes. Based on the Hollywood Hills burglaries, where four high schoolers went into unlocked celebrity homes and lifted…
Beer. It’s your patio companion, your trusted poolside sidekick, your most trusted advisor. And Nova Scotia has never had more top-shelf suds available. Plan your summer sampling with a coast-to-coast journey through the province’s craft beer hotspots. Halifax Bridge Brewing Company The newest kid on the block and the only Belgian, bottleless brewery in town,…
It doesn’t matter how beautifully something started, eventually everything ends. And so we have the second sequel to 1995’s Before Sunrise, in Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight. Reprising their roles from the original (and 2004’s Before Sunset), stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke are now a committed couple, living in France with their twin daughters. Spending…
The Fresh One is a Halifax-based artist who’s taking a different spin on hip-hop by promoting positivity. “Life is never easy. Every individual fights and struggles with their own battles,” he says. “So I like to enforce the practices of positive thinking, which always lead to positive results.” From a young age, he knew this…
Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen were onto something until they dropped the l-bomb. The splashing around, the arcade trips, the late-night lemonade, the under-the-dock makeouts…they had a good thing going. Their fun-filled fling allegedly didn’t mean a thing, it was easy, but once the summer nights turned into autumn afternoons, it got complicated. OK, it’s…
A note on Dana This is Dana, or so the American Apparel ad tells us. It goes on to enlighten us thusly: She likes riding on the backs of motorcycles, hot guys with bi…g muscles, and is obsessed with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. She graduated from Silverthorne High School with a 50 percent average, and…
The ocean is foreboding, but not always that exciting in the historical sailing drama, Kon-Tiki. Already Oscar-nominated, Norway’s most expensive production is a big-budget retelling of national hero Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 expedition across the South Pacific. Attempting to prove wrong the prevailing theories that Polynesia was settled from the west, ethnographer Heyerdahl (played by mouthful…
Q I’m a straight guy in my early 30s with an amazing girlfriend of two years. A few months ago, I felt open enough to share my taboo fantasy: father/daughter incest. My GF, to my delight, not only understands the fantasy but enjoys participating in it! (I have ZERO interest in this kind of thing…
Andrew McLaren is hoping to find things he’s forgotten. The printed matter artist will be getting his hands dirty next over the next six weeks as he delves into the archives of Eyelevel Gallery in the name of commemorating its four decades and near-constant mutations for his Re:PRINT Archival Printed Matter Residency. McLaren will create…
Happy Birthday! Cancer (MAY 21 – JUNE 20) (June 21-July 22) “I know that I am not a category,” said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. “I am not a thing—a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process.” Philosopher Norman O. Brown had a similar experience. “The human body is not a thing or substance,…
Emerging local filmmaker Stephanie Young is deeply inspired by queer film. As part of OUTeast Film Festival’s Youth Mentorship Program, her short film Scarlines screens Saturday June 22, as well as her work-in-progress documentary, accompanied by an artist talk, on Sunday. “Our Bodies”—a working title—“is a documentary that explores and critiques the accessibility of trans-related…
Monday Chocolate Lake or Lake Banook After breaking up the day by staring longingly out the window, and angrily tweeting that every weekend should be a long weekend, you’ve punched out and are ready for a swim. But it’s Monnnnday, so easy access is key. Two lakes in town are perfect for quick dippers with…
A storm is coming. Artists put their heads in the Clouds, an exhibit with a majestic view of the skies. Each artist takes a unique spin on the heavenly atmosphere to reveal the beauty of weather. Ivan Murphy paints the sky above the Citadel Hill in “Citadel with Cloud Shadow #2.” The large-scale paintings capture…
Whether you’re unpacking thoughtfully prepared snacks from your bike basket and setting them up just so on your red and white gingham blanket, or sitting on your sweatshirt, drinking wine from a travel mug and scarfing down a slice of yesterday’s pizza, there’s something classically summer about a spontaneous outdoor meal. Pack up the potato…
Vivek Shraya has asked everyone from Sook-Yin Lee to Tegan Quin, and now he wants to know what Halifax loves about being queer. He’s in town for the Outeast Film Festival, screening his film What I LOVE About Being Queer, giving an artist talk, as well reading from his book God Loves Hair at Over…
1. Head down to the waterfront and try to find Erik, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s mascot and “rodent control officer” for the CSS Acadia. A feisty, red tomcat, Erik spends his days aloofly trotting along the harbour. He’s not averse to a little chin scratch, if you do stumble upon him. 2. Fultz…
Ice cream can be many things: a family outing, a great first date, a late-night secret, a sunburnt stop on the way home from the ocean. A creamy, ill-advised meal substitute. It’s not just a dairy product, it’s an experience. And for the complete experience, the light and heat of summer are a necessity. One…
There are a lot of ways to learn about art in this city. Home to the oldest art school in Canada, dozens of galleries large and small, art battles, art festivals, art camps, and a myriad of helpful Kijiji ads offering painting lessons, now Halifax is home to one more forum for layperson learning about…
It’s just after 8pm on Saturday night and Noble, the fallout shelter of a bar that is tucked into a concrete room underneath The Middle Spoon, is gearing up for a night of service. Champagne coupes, margarita saucers and highball glasses gleam in the dim light behind the bar. Jenner Cormier pulls an old-fashioned glass…
Break out the aloe vera kids, the Hot Summer Guide is here…and boy it’s sizzling. Click here to find goings on for the entire season, plus features on eating, drinking, scooping ice cream, swimming, picnicking and the perfect places to hide from the rain.
Vixens is gathered in a bedroom/indoor yard sale site, just before one of the final basement shows at the house show staple Murderhouse. It’s vocalist Josephine Stevens’ birthday and she’s fighting off a cold by belting her guts out with her new band Throat Hash and Vixens. While Murderhouse tenants are off to greener pastures,…
1.The East When writers Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling tried out the freegan lifestyle for a couple months, they were so inspired by anti-consumer living that they turned around and created this punk-pop thriller about an anarchist collective targeting multinational corporations. Batmanglij directs, while Marling stars as an undercover operative working opposite True Blood’s Alexander…
Multicultural swarms of CGI people are attacking and the planet is helpless to stop them, until Brad Pitt decides he’s had enough. Or so goes the slim plot of World War Z (American title: World War Zee), which shoehorns a stoic Pitt into a variety of global set pieces as he attempts to traces the…
Hamburger shmamburger. Now that we have 10,000 so-called gourmet burgers to choose from in Halifax, here’s a suggestion: eat a hot dog. There is perhaps no more perfect summertime snack. It’s a definitive fast food, it’s portable, and—just as you want the part of your summertime diet you aren’t plucking with joy from your garden…
“Not being punk enough for the punks and being too punk for the indie kids, people don’t know where to throw us,” says drummer Dave Brown. “The result usually sees us playing some interesting mixed bills, which we all like even though there are usually some confused faces.” Maybe you’ve been one of them. Rounded…
July 31-August 5 Halifax International Busker Festival Water balloon gladiator. Soccer ball acrobatics. Human statues. Men in Coats. Aerial Angels. No, these are not random words pieced together for your amusement. They are just a few of the shimmying, shilling and generally entertaining on the Halifax waterfront this summer. Imagine what they do, and then…
Since forming in 2011, Halifax-based indie group This Ship has been increasingly gaining speed and turning heads. One reason for this could be the band’s kitchen sink approach, where tambourine breakdowns, gang singing, handclaps, keytar solos, heavy riffs and dance beats offer a little something for everyone. Such variety is on full display on This…
Get ready to get inked, Sackville! New tattoo parlor Sienna’s Ink— home to Tatu JJ, the shops master tattoo artist—has set up shop at 73 Sackville Drive and is ready for business. JJ has over 18 years of tattoo experience under his belt and is ready to show Sackville what he can do. “I first…
Caily Huntly and Stacy Lepage planted a seed three years ago, and boy has it bloomed. Their business venture Toxic Blossom began as a market stall, a crafters’ booth and a way to get their hands sweet clothing and accessories that they couldn’t find locally. Then, they put their heads together with some friends and…
You know what? I’m a Boston Bruins fan. And I love my team, so sometimes I like to wear my team’s jersey and hat. And I know that most people around here are Leafs or Habs fans. But, I’m sick of being yelled at, told my team sucks, even cursed at! You know what, the…
Yo, whats up with all these politicians being dodgy as fuck? Mayors, Senators, MLA’s, MP’s… every level of government is just filled with slimy dudes. I was disgusted to read that one politician, who was charged with fraud, had the audacity to argue that he be allowed to keep his job. No, asshole. You abused…
We have to put up with your constant verbal abuse, but a line was crossed recently. You are not allowed to physicly hit your employees. Especialy not when they are sharpening a knife. You straight up caused a cook to slice into his finger and managed to brush it off like it was his fault.…
Buddy stop yacking about your online video of a mouse crawling up your you know what,disgusting.Jeez you always seem to be trying to rub up against guys in a sexual way.The time you grabbed a tube in your shed (with a silly grin on your face) you begin to stroke it in a perverse way.Also…
