- BULL POWER
As a proud Taurean, I have to tell you that May is generally a good time for me even when nothing is really happening. I feel really powerful, my stars are all aligned and whatnot, and people are almost suspiciously nice to me.This year’s May-time holds particular promise, however. A couple weeks ago we got the Obey line-up, which has met a series of resounding and continual “Fuck yeahs!” in the ensuing weeks. And yesterday we found out about Long Live the Queen. It’s a weekend-long music and arts fest running from May 21-23, curated by local musicians/go-getters Rebekah Higgs and Nathan Doucet. Although no venues have been confirmed, the website implies that all events will be comfortably rooted in the north end of Halifax. The line-up page hints at the presence of a shitload of your favorite bands (and a few personalities), local and non (and includes one of my favorite Canadian musicians, period—-Laura Barrett.) Plus there’s an art fair on Saturday! Plus it’s the May long weekend, aka the weekend of 40, 000 beers. Truly an embarrassment of riches!
This article appears in Mar 25-31, 2010.