After the show, Jon wanted to say hi to the Skyrider guys and to Sole, whom he’d met years before. Four of us watched as a brutal fight between drunken Dome patrons and beefy Dome security broke out and then rolled onto Grafton Street. Kind of a gross way to end the whole night, but […]
Tara Lee Wittchen
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Ox
Dusty and twangy, that was Vancouver’s Ox. I am a fan of the toque as well.
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VKNGS
Whilst Mom and I were enjoying the gentle sounds of David Myles over at St. Matts, my co-pilot was at the Khyber taking in the VKNGS set. I’m told VKNGS (with guest drummer Michael Catano) were loud as the f-word.
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That’s The Waye I Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll
Great festival, Waye. Great festival, HPX staff and volunteers. See you all again next year.
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Zoobombs
Time for the evening’s final act. I stood in line for half an hour, waiting to get back into The Seahorse in time to see Zoobombs’ Friday night set. I am a polite person by nature and so I waited quietly in the lineup. The club was filled to capacity and the liquor inspector was […]
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Buried Inside
I heard through the grapevine that the Buried Inside show at The Khyber was intense. I’m sorry I missed it–that’s the thing about the Pop Explosion, there just isn’t time to take in everything. When will they invent a reliable time travel device??
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Sunday On The Rocks
I often wonder how people feel the day after the festival is over. No matter if you go hardcore for five nights or if you just stay up super late for one, it’s gotta mess with your mind and body. I always feel wrecked, despite the fact I don’t smoke or drink and try to […]
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Oh My Soul, and also my aching feet
Thirty-nine artists in five days. And if I hadn’t been having so much fun at the zine fair, I had fully intended to add at least another five bands to that list. I’m especially sorry I missed The IMF, Geoff Berner, Old Man Luedecke, The Beginners, Laura Peek and Lil Andy over the course of […]
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From Punks to Plush Seats
Thursday night…12 bands…still processing. I’ll just say that I think the night started off spectacularly at the Bus Stop, where every act there–Giselle Numba One, Garbage!Violence!Enthusiasm!, Dollarama and A/V–made me smile, made me dance, made me glad people are still doing INTERESTING things as musical performers. A neat little venue too. I headed up to […]
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I am enthusiastic about Garbage!Violence!Enthusiasm!
I love you, Garbage!Violence!Enthusiasm! You made my whole night. My whole day, week, month, year. Please keep fucking shit up the way you do, you are awesome. You are everything I wish I was, and more.
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Now Look What You’ve Done
I’m really sorry. I suspect there are people who enjoyed themselves last night at the McInnis Room, and if you’re one of them, you should probably stop reading at the end of this paragraph. I’m glad you had a good time. I did not. I haven’t seen The Weakerthans before, and was really looking forward […]
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It’s Like Five Days of Birthday, But Louder
Just one more sleep until the 2006 edition of the beloved (in my books) Halifax Pop Explosion gets underway. I’m all a-frantic trying to get everything ready for this annual rockstravaganza (and also filmstravaganza, zinestravaganza, craftstravaganza, etc. ad nauseum). Best to make a check list to calm myself before bed: Earplugs? Check! Notepad? Check! Camera? […]
