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Ghostface Killah in Halifax April 25 at the Marquee
This is very exciting. Underdog & JAE Entertainment announced that Ghostface Killah is coming to town in mere weeks. April 25 at The Marquee. While I regain a normal breathing pattern, here are a few things for you to watch:
Music video premiere: The WAYO, “Undone”
Shot by BADFUNmedia‘s Pat Campbell and Mat Barkley, the video for “Undone” is as chill and hypnotizing as The WAYO itself. “We did it with no real budget, just a few favours from friends who could lend some equipment and a pasta dinner the band cooked us all,” says Campbell. “Aww,” says I. Upcoming WAYO […]
Here are your ECMA winners!
There were so many winners they had to trickle in slowly to avoid a flood of exclamatory golden treble clefs, but trickle in they did—here’s a complete list of the lucky recipients from this year’s East Coast Music Week gala. Stray thoughts: 1) Good to see Seamus O’Regan doing things. 2) The award for best […]
March Madness Day 14: NYT.com vs. Al Jazeera & Town Crier vs. Coffee News
Only two more sleeps and this whole thing ends for another year. We’ve been through so much together. What have we been through, exactly? Click here and remind yourself. If you’re more of a visual person than a words person, first of all, congratulations on clicking this post, and second of all, here’s a helpful […]
Ten great things about that Black Sabbath show
An incredible amount of excitement, denim vests and weed smoke filled the Metro Centre last night for Black Sabbath (with opener Reignwolf). It was a magical night, the general mood being exuberance and devil horns. Only saw one poor lad in a Dal sweatshirt being led out by security (right before “Iron Man”, no less! […]
Video of the day: Cousins, “Mess”
Right in time for lunch, Cousins‘ newest video, for “Mess”, off the upcoming The Halls of Wickwire (May 13 on Hand Drawn Dracula), for your viewing pleasure. Directed by Neal Moignard, a dog eats a tongue in it. Now you have been warned. Related Stories
March Madness Day 12: OpenFile vs. Al Jazeera & Live at 5 vs. Coffee News
What glorious mirage is this? A fun, light-hearted poll to greet your Thursday morning coffee-and-waste-time-until-boss-walks-by-desk ritual? You’re not dreaming, sister. We’re rolling along with March Madness and doing little else until this thing is through. Old media battle new media in a disturbingly grisly fight until a final winner is crowned. So mote it be. […]
Black Sabbath’s lucky 13
“I don’t know if I have any ancient tone secrets,” says Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on the phone from London. “But we basically went in and did it like the early days.” Iommi’s discussing the recording of Black Sabbath’s latest album, 13, with producer Rick Rubin. “He saw us doing the album basically like the […]
March Madness Day 10: Twitter vs. The Daily Show & Joe Howe’s Novascotian vs. Information Morning
Hoo boy! It’s my turn at bat again today, and I couldn’t be happier. We are so tantalizingly close to finding out who will rule the day in our New vs. Old Media March Madness that I grow dizzy at the thought of it. Maybe I also grow dizzy because I spent a large part […]
Magnetic North Theatre Festival. So act. Much ovation
June 19 to 29 in HRM will be a cozy tangle of productions, play readings, workshops and more, thanks to the Magnetic North Theatre Festival and Eastern Front’s Stages Theatre Festival. The Magnetic North Theatre Festival is Canada’s only national theatre festival, each year the festival alternatives between Ottawa and a new Canadian city, and […]
March Madness Day 8: Al Jazeera vs Instagram and Globe & Mail vs Coffee News
Hard to believe we’ve been Madnessing for 8 days a week so far, but it’s true. If you are late to the party, click here for a catch up. Also, if you know what I’m talking about, take a good hard look at yourself. Votes were dismal. Do you stop functioning with a bit of […]

