Agricola Street: Not just for antiquing anymore—although, you can still do that too, if you’d like. Frankly, you can do almost anything these days on Agricola, given the variety of things that have moved onto the historic north end street. Once seen as too sketchy to be trusted, Agricola has turned itself around. Close proximity […]
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The year floweth over
City and Colour at Alderney Landing: A much-needed cure to the Juno blues was this April 3 early show in Alderney Landing’s theatre. After days full of drunken, chatty, schmoozy industry fucks—even Ron Sexsmith, at a private party in his honour, commented on the lack of respect—a rapt audience averaging at about 16 years old […]
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Hali facts
We shopped. We voted. We fell off of skateboards and shared dirty little secrets. Two thousand six was an eventful year in Halifax, one that would be impossible to condense onto one page of blurbs. But here goes. Khyburned The year began with a cruel blow to Halifax’s artistic community: The Khyber Club, a long-standing […]
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The year in disappointment
5. Simpsons reruns from 1989-1994 in syndication Why are you torturing me, Fox? What did I ever do to you, Comedy Network? I pay my cable bill to get good cable, not episodes from when I was in grade 6 and my teacher banned all anti-authority Bart t-shirts. Once the season is available on DVD, […]
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Mr.smith goes to Spring Garden
When tall, lean Bernard Smith walks down Spring Garden Road, pitched forwards slightly from the hips, younger men in suits breeze by. “How ya doin’ Bernie?” they ask. Teenagers nod, storeowners wave. The panhandlers acknowledge him, too. Some say hello: One complains someone is panhandling on his turf, another that the private security guards hired […]
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Simpsons name origins
Become even more of a Simpsons nerd than you already are, with help from Wikipedia. Also, if Portland, Oregon doesn’t already have a Simpsons walking Tour, someone could make a fortune.
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And a landslide brought me down
Peter Duffy‘s twofer about being violated by a ghost of course won Gawker’s Great Moment in Journalism last week. Easily, and with one final comment.
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Matt Mays and El Torpedo on Conan O’Brien
In case you missed it Friday night:
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Rock lobster
According to CBC, a device that kills lobsters with electric shocks–apparently humanely, but how do we really know–has been developed into an industrial-scale model by a Charlottetown company. It’s name…wait for it…wait for it…The CrustaStun. Awesome.
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Information Overload
Part 3 of 3, in “Things I learned while working on my ‘Ways to Make the City Better Now’ pieces, but had nowhere to put”. Since I thought it rude to take off at the end of my internship, and leave everyone in terrible suspense, after having hinted tantalizingly that I had some juicy payphone […]
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Presidental speech tag cloud
A tag cloud documenting of presidential speeches, all the way from John Adams to George W. Bush. If you’re not familiar with tag clouds, you will be. Warning: this can be strangely addictive for word nerds, like me. And possibly you. You have been warned.
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The Santa Industry
I experienced my first Christmas hangover when I was seven years old. It had nothing to do with alcohol. It’s the feeling I got after I’d opened all my presents and sat surrounded by them, knowing I should be ecstatic but instead feeling hollow with disappointment. The mood seemed totally unreasonable and my sense of […]
