It’s a classic wrestling ending. Two wrestlers climb the ropes at a slow, dramatic pace. Once they’re balanced at the top, the stronger of the two hooks his opponent over the shoulder and proceeds to deliver the Spanish Fly, a high-risk maneuver where both wrestlers perform aerial flips simultaneously before crashing hard on the matt. […]
Chuck Teed
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Tool time
Spring Garden is usually a pretty desolate place on Mondays at midnight. All the shops are closed, few restaurants and bars remain open and most people would prefer to sleep off the first day of work than carouse on a street corner in the dark—especially if it’s pissing rain. This wasn’t the case on May […]
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Boys, boys, boys
Mötley Crüe is evil. At least that’s what I thought when I first saw the band’s poster in a Circus magazine 20 years ago. The gritted-teeth poses, Mad Max-inspired leathers and blood-soaked satanic imagery frightened my young, Anglican Church-going mind, and I quickly retreated to the safe confines of a Bon Jovi article. My friend […]
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Rick’s round-up
When Rick Moranis jumped back into the public consciousness late last year with the release of his Grammy nominated country/comedy disc The Agoraphobic Cowboy, it was as much of a shock to Moranis as it was the general population. The 52-year-old comedian, best known for his appearances in such films as Ghostbusters, Honey, I Shrunk […]
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Pulmonary Archery
July 25, 2003 was a monumental day for Alexisonfire, and it happened in Halifax. The St. Catharines-based quintet was riding a wave of attention thanks to its debut video “Pulmonary Archery” from the band’s self-titled full-length, and was starting to develop a fan base outside of Ontario. And like any band worth its salt, they […]
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A man and his guitar
There’s an odd romanticism associated with the term singer-songwriter. Mention the two words to any music fan and a wistful image of a weather-worn traveller with an acoustic guitar and a story to tell immediately comes to mind. This idealized notion doesn’t take into consideration whether the artist is an adequate singer, songwriter or storyteller, […]