The Khyber ICA is steaming hot, packed with bands and fans for the Totally Wicked Music Festival, a one-night music event where bands come together for one night and play one song each. The first Totally Wicked Music Festival happened 10 years prior—an idea born on the NSCAD campus after an Anna Leonowens exhibition opening, […]
Sue Carter Flinn
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Pimp my dorm room
Pictured above is a typical Dalhousie Howe Hall single dorm room. Empty, it’s perfect for minimalist psychopaths. But you deserve a room with personality that won’t scare the neighbours. So how and where do you start? We asked Suzanne Saul, co-owner of Attica Furnishings (1566 Barrington Street, 423-2557), to give us a few design guidelines, […]
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Film Fest following
Among movie folk, there’s a ritual: Sit down with the Atlantic Film Festival catalogue and/or website, and plot out every moviegoing second (from September 17 to 26), considering travel time, crowd sizes and the chance of films actually coming back. We hoard non-perishables and determine which lanyard ribbon brings out the colour in our Vitamin […]
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Jacob Owens’ Conscript
Some directors never get over their first success, especially when it involves cute animals. But Jacob Owens, director of the beloved Copain short film trilogy (about a gay hamster on a quest for love), has left the furry ones well behind. Owens describes his new short Conscript, screening at AFF, as “a love story of […]
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Fringe Festival Preview
Nothing says early September like costumed actors on Argyle Street trying to lure you into darkened theatres, equipped only with charm and lovingly designed flyers. It’s no cult: it’s the Atlantic Fringe Festival, which runs from September 3 to 13 at five venues around town. There are over 25 productions this year—you’ve got your comedies […]
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By the book: literary news round-up
It’s been a quiet summer, literary-wise, but book season is upon us, heavier than last weekend’s lame hurricane. Next Thursday, September 3, is Shandi Mitchell‘s book launch at Pier 21 (6:30pm, reading at 7pm) for Under This Unbroken Sky. This is the first novel for the film producer-director (Baba’s House), which has attracted Canadian, American […]
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Daft Punk gets covered
Along with Busker Fest (exactly when did giant-ass speakers become part of “busking,” by the way?), Halifax can add another loud, and hopefully as crowded, August tradition—the return of Daft Punk Tribute. Let’s face it, even though there are rumours of a 2010 tour, chances are good you’re never going to see the real French-house […]
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Jenocide
Although this six-song EP was named after Jen Clarke’s bicycle accident (hence the bruising and the healing power of hair accessories), it perfectly sums up Jenocide: even as that throbbing electro-thrash pop socks a mighty punch, you go along for the ride, mesmerized by the glitter. Clarke struts, preens and shouts like a gentler cousin […]
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Fall music review
September Releases York Redoubt, s/t (Noyes/Hot Money) After a coast-to-coast summer tour, including a coveted slot at Calgary’s Sled Island Festival, York Redoubt releases its self-titled full-length. Recorded by uber-engineers Charles Austin and Dave Ewenson, this fantastic album is full of sonic surprises, melding noise, harmonies and ragged lo-fi goodness. September 5 at The Seahorse […]
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Fall music preview: releases with local connections
Spesh K, 90209 He may live in the 416 now, but Spesh K is still giving a palindrome shout-out to his hometown. With guest spots from Pacewon, Classified, Cory Lee and Jordan Croucher. September 2 Shearing Pinx, Weaponry (Divorce) Limited edition with art by Rick White features “a classic, demento-tuned twin guitar battle where a […]
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Go to The Room!
Thursday night at the Khyber is the Halifax premiere of The Room, Tommy Wiseau’s cult film, considered to be the “Citizen Kane of bad movies.” If you want an amazing list of reasons why this film shouldn’t be missed, check out the continuity section of the wikipedia page. Apparently Wiseau discovered that the screening was […]
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Atlantic Film Fest announces its Atlantic program line-up.
Burning Rubber performance by Steven Laurie, 2007. This year AFF is spreading out the anticipation; it’s like an advent calendar for film nerds. Yesterday they announced the Atlantic program line-up, with over 70 short and feature-length films. Newfoundland film is really strong this year—the Atlantic gala presentation is Love and Savagery by director John N. […]