I saw Monotonix last night. I don’t really have many words to describe what happened, but I did take a video. It’s a bit dark but you get the general jist of what’s going on, I think: It’s all shaky at the end because I fell off the stage. More photos & blather comin’ atcha […]
Cultural Festivals
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Wednesday Night, Part 2: Bands that didn’t take the show on the road
I headed to the Marquee to see a couple stylish indie bands in Hell’s Kitchen, and generally stray back and forth between floors showing off my press pass. I caught the last couple songs of The Love Machine, who’ve got this sort of timeless movie credit thing going on with their music, that sounds like […]
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I’m Tired
Yesterday was a gong show. It ended nicely, but getting there was a bit of a grind. I was stricken with terminal overambition and am paying for it today. I started off all gung ho and ready to see Spiral Beach at Saint Matt’s. I saw these guys once opening a few years back for […]
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Teenage prodigies and the elusive Marquee pizza slice
I had breakfast yesterday morning with Will Robinson of i see rowboats, who are playing St. Matthew’s Church tonight, and I said, “That’s the perfect venue for you guys.” Which is not necessarily what I’d assume with Spiral Beach, four exuberant Torontonians barely out of their teens who first hit success at age 15 or […]
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Now I eat humble pie
Nobody polarizes people more than Jian Gomeshi, other than shirts tucked in/shirts out (for the record—out. always out). But whether or not you think he’s a dreamboat, a king of Spain, or in the case of halifaxlocals.com, 25 pages worthy of douchebag, dude is the only person hosting an hour-long arts and culture show in […]
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Halifax Zine and Record Fair
I was going to finish writing about last night’s shows, but it seems I don’t have time to do that or resize my photos down to tiny pixelated things small enough to upload to the blog before I have to leave. I’ll be selling comics all day at the Halifax Zine and Record Fair at […]
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A Rough Start
Wooooo! It’s the eve of the Pop Explosion! I’m very excited to finally be able to see all the bands I want and not be so broke that I end up eating cheese and crackers for two weeks afterwards. However, I am ultimately foolish and perhaps undeserving of this honour. Y’see, I was really hoping […]
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Alison, Laura and Sue.
Welcome, festival goers. Our team will cover it all, starting today – when the sun sets.
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A Slow Start
I don’t know what it is, but I’m really slow on the take today. So slow that I actually watched Holmes on Holmes tonight for the first time. (This was after I suggested getting rid of our free cable. Duh.) Did you know that if you own a house, there’s a good chance you’ll get […]
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Pop: Halifax versus Montreal
I’m already so broke that the only cheese I eat is at gallery openings or my roommate’s, but unlike Alison I’m in impeccable health and have already got myself on a schedule of going to bed at 4 AM. I was just in Montreal for the Pop Montreal festival and found the experience of attending […]
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HPX Playlist!
And now, a mid-afternoon musical interlude brought to you by the same people who made my lunch. Actually, this is the fine work of our web editor, Andy Murdoch, who assembled this poppin’ playlist. HPX 2008 HPX 2008
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Jenn, Josh, Fred and Mike
Gather around children, and let me tell you about the days back when granny was little and MuchMusic actually played music! And VJs were walking encyclopedias of musical knowledge and not vapid timefillers between Girlicious and Ice T’s Rap School (back then the only schooling Ice T was involved in had a body count). In […]