9:15am: Whoa, a giant paper SCROLL that flies! This is playing out like a messed-up Peter Greenaway movie. 3,000 Confucian scholars! Giant moving Chinese characters moved by people hiding in boxes, synchronized perfectly! Flower blossoms! Fire! Peter Mansbridge! 9:19am: I’m finding the decadence of this ceremony overwhelming. Maybe because I’m usually just waking up now… […]
Sue Carter Flinn
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Anchor swoon
8:21am: Anchor love-in. yeah! This is my dream crush host-on-a-desert-island tag-team (So what? I have a handsome old dude swooning thing going on, thank you). Thank god Peter Mansbridge doesn’t look as sweaty as yesterday. Ron MacLean’s dark blue suit looks quite dapper as usual, with a tasteful blue striped tie. 8:38am: still more breaks, […]
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Good timing
I woke up early this morning for the 7am Olympics but I forgot that the broadcasting world is all about the Eastern Time. It’s not on until 8am here. An hour of sleep I’ll never get back. Right now it’s just a bunch of CBC blah-blah-blah. NBC? No signal. That doesn’t bode well considering The […]
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Martha Wainwright
[image-4]Published June 12, 2008.Martha WainwrightI Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too(Maplemusic)Martha Wainwright is a patron saint for anyone who’s stayed home alone on a Friday night to drink loads of red wine and bawl until passing out on the bathroom floor. Songs like “I Will Internalize” and, of course, Wainwright’s growling homage to […]
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Duchess Says
Duchess SaysAnthologie des 3 Perchoirs(Alien 8 Recordings)A live Duchess Says show is a shocking sight. Lead singer Ismael’s a wigged-out cross between Nina Hagen and Linda Blair, writhing and scaring the crap out of the uninitiated. This is an OK intro to the Montreal synth-punk band who promote their own Church of Budgerigars, but it’s […]
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Sally Shapiro
Sally ShapiroRemix Romance Vol. 1(Paper Bag)Remix albums are often cash grabs or artistic indulgence. But Sally Shapiros synth-pop remix stands on its own, and in some cases, surpasses the original. The Swedish singer, with producer Johan Agebjorn, keeps the same track order, one mix per song, employing the assistance of Junior Boys, The Cansecos, Holy […]
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The Breeders
The BreedersMountain Battles(4AD)Their best since 1993’s Last Splash, The Breeders return in fine form, surviving Kelley Deal’s heroin habit (now she only uses knitting needles) to produce an album that works on its own, without a whiff of comeback desperation. Packaged in 4AD’s distinctive beautiful art, Mountain Battles starts off strong with “Overglazed,” Kim Deal […]
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More fashion
Orphanage Clothing is Kim Munson’s line of repurposed and redesigned clothing. A mix of classic t-shirts married with vintage button-downs, dresses cut from trenchcoats and other surprises, Munson, a fashion school and SMU grad, has been selling out of Halifax for five years, and Orphanage is now available across Canada. Anne Pickard, AKA Handy Girl, […]
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15 years: City styles
Kim Munson’s line of repurposed and redesigned fashion, Orphanage Clothing, is a mix of classic t-shirts married with vintage button-downs and dresses cut from trenchcoats. Orphanage has been selling out of Halifax for five years and is now available across Canada. Anne Pickard, AKA Handy Girl, is in her seventh year in the NSCAD fashion […]
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Cronin in charge
For the past couple of months since the departure of former Art Gallery of Nova Scotia director and chief curator Jeffrey Spalding, the AGNS’s curator of contemporary art, Ray Cronin, has been the acting big cheese. Now, the position is permanent; Cronin will officially take over as the provincial art museum’s director and CEO for […]
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Live Art in Mocean
Always on their toes, last week Live Art Productions ended their season with Tedd Robinson’s final performance; presented this year’s Diane Moore Scholarship Award to Halifax choreographer and dance teacher Veronique MacKenzie and announced next season’s line-up. Dance fans can look forward to performances by Martin Belanger, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Nova Bhattacharya, Ballet Jorgen Canada, […]
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Sobey long-list
Now an annual event, the Sobey Art Award presents a young Canadian artist (under the age of 40) with a cool $50,000. Moncton artist Mario Doucette will represent the Atlantic region at the Toronto ceremony on October 1, but this year’s long-list includes two local artists, Craig Leonard and Tonia Di Risio. Di Risio is […]