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Technically this is not a photo of the Commons–it is a photo of the asshole who took a piss on my neighbour’s house before I could yell to stop (see red line). Dude, I might not be able to see your face, but my CSI Halifax technology has spotted your idiot friend’s Rolling Stones jacket. […]

GUNS N’ ROSES: Monday, November 20, 2006 at 8pm at Halifax Metro Centre TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH AT 9 am ! Tickets available through: www.ticketatlantic.com Ticket Atlantic Box Office at Halifax Metro Centre and at participating Atlantic Superstore outlets Charge by phone : (902) 451-1221 TICKET: $54.50 – $69.50 + service charges

I have this theory. Season 6 of Gilmore Girls came very close to meeting the fate of Season 7, beginning Tuesday, September 26 at 8pm on Global. Show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino — I refuse to give her husband Daniel equal credit; it was enough that Amy had to battle insulting rumours she was Aaron Sorkin […]

It’s a big week for firsts around these parts, what with Sidney Crosby coming home for Tuesday’s NHL exhibition game (his local debut in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ uniform) and Kanye West’s first-ever Halifax performance slated for Saturday. But the icing on the cake—at least for the journalistically inclined—is to be found in the current issue […]

Hey, sometimes, the system works, and snarky little paragraphs get results. Couple of weeks ago, On Patrol focused on a new sidewalk on Maitland St. that was obstructed by some poorly placed telephone poles. Mere days after we issued the ticket, the sidewalk had been widened by freshly-poured asphalt at every offending pole. This email, […]

Claire Gallant of local duo Nate and Marcel will be playing seven songs with Kanye motherfucking West tomorrow. We have no words except: fucking A!

Don’t forget to download our Common Sense posters before the big show. They’ve got great art by Mike Holmes, and add a certain je ne sais quo to any window. Click here to find your favourite. (Mine’s Cooper. Or maybe the Kanye bear.)

Just in case you’ve managed somehow to miss these links, here are a couple of The Rolling Stones’ riders. Comparing the current version, for the Bigger Bang tour that’s coming to Halifax, with the one for the ’97-’98 Bridges to Babylon tour, you get a picture of an struggling band that is finally making something […]

I just got back from a morning meeting at city hall with Swedish enviro guru Karl-Henrik Robèrt. He started a movement called “The Natural Step” which is a way for organizations like businesses and cities to do something about the environmental crisis which we as individuals sense all around us. And he’s fucking awesome. This […]

Well, Mister Lobster.ca, I am officially ticked off this morning. We’re all creatures of habit (including the stupid drivers who caused an accident on my street this morning), and we don’t deal well with change. I want my walk to work back please.

The guy who drives this truck kept asking me if I was pissed off because I couldn’t figure out how the hell I was going to navigate my way home through the fences. He wants to feed Mick lobsters.

I took this photo to mark the moment when I actually contemplated purchasing a ticket for this damn thing. it’s amazing what the sight of a few cranes and aluminum poles will do to you.