I knew her because she was Sassy‘s favourite writing, directing actor. I’ve never seen anything she’s done, save an apperance in annoying Rosanna Arquette’s otherwise dope documentary about women in the movie business, Searching for Debra Winger. She was one of Hal Hartley‘s discoveries. She wrote and directed five films — the latest, Waitress, stars […]
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Your On Patrol video companion
So, the Environment and Labour staffers over at 5151 Terminal Rd. think they can just leave their lights on willy-nilly, do they? Wasting electricity, would they? Leave switches unflipped, dare they? Well, we’ve got news for them. Big news. Video news. Here’s the building lit up like a Victorian Christmas tree until about 10:30 at […]
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The wow of Steve
If you have been alive in Atlantic Canada in the past three decades, you know Steve Murphy. You know he anchors the six o’clock news five nights a week. You know he wears glasses and a dark jacket on the air. You know he co-hosts Christmas Daddies, the annual telethon that raises funds for disadvantaged […]
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Violence in the streets
Are you scared to walk the streets? Is the city getting out of control? What can be done about it? We invite you to continue the conversation here.
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Make your own Treehouse of Horror
Could there be a better way to spend a Halloween evening than by splicing together your own Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror episode? No. No there could not.
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Passing impressions re: Bat Out of Hell III
1. Meat Loaf can’t sing like he used to.2. Jim Steinman = genius.3. Desmond Child = hack. (Why god why?)4. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!5. When’s the Broadway musical? Seriously.6. A Bonnie Tyler comeback would be sweet and weclome.
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Taking the long way to intelligence
Both NBC and The CW have refused to air ads for Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck‘s dope new documentary Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, which opened on the coasts this week and hits Halifax on November 10. NBC, according to the Drudge Report, passed because the spots “are disparaging to President Bush.” And The […]
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Ben Gibbard on music videos, the internet
As a companion to my story this week: “Making a rock video is the biggest promotional gamble you can take as a label or a band. You spend $100,000 on something that most likely will not get played in any capacity to sell records for you. Billy Bragg, who’s one of my favourite people of […]
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Monster house
Robin Stewart thinks his house is ugly—and on its west wall, a billboard-sized sign has been declaring it so since September. Vandals didn’t tack it there. Neither did HRM’s Dangerous and Unsightly Bylaw- enforcement officer. No, this sign, emblazoned with corporate logos, was strung by the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association. The NSHBA represents professional […]
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M-o-n… s-t-e-r
If you don’t know picnicface, you’re not nothin’. As comedy troupes go, they’re the troupiest. And they’re from Halifax – just like us! Neat-o! Check out their blazin’ new single, Monster Rap. It’s crunk, dope, stupid-fly, hooked up, chopped, flipped, mashed, buzzed, clipped, plipped, glonked, hittin’ switches, and fun for the whole family. Bitches, gauze […]
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Building doom
Nova Scotia’s Court of Appeal made its ruling on the Midtown Tower case today, siding with the Utility and Review Board and against the 17-storey building’s would-be developer. In short: Stick your skyscraper someplace else. (CBC has the story here.) The decision clears the way for the URB to go ahead with the hearing about […]
