What you can’t see is the line-up of middle-aged men taking photos beside me. I feel like I have a community.
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Bang for your buck
This week, for the first time in its 257-year history, the North Halifax Common is being handed over for the exclusive use of a private corporation—Montreal’s Donald K. Donald Productions, the firm producing and profiting from Saturday’s Rolling Stones concert. So unless they can pony up the $116 entrance fee to the concert, the usual […]
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Grand plans
Andy Fillmore was excited about last Tuesday. He and his two working partners from the Toronto-based design firm Office for Urbanism were scheduled to meet with the entire city council to discuss HRM by Design, a $200,000 planning project focused on downtown Halifax and Dartmouth—a chance to directly explain and promote the project, and hopefully, […]
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Fantasy’s island
Final Fantasy won the inaugural Polaris Prize on Monday. I was honoured to be part of the initial selection process, which was over 100 journalists across the country each pitching their top 5 albums, with the top 10 vote getters comprising the nominee list. (My number one pick was Sarah Harmer‘s I’m A Mountain, which […]
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Measuring Metric
(Sorry for the late post — I’ve been out of the office this week. TT) Metric finally made it to Halifax and let everyone know what the fuss was about. The Toronto-based quartet hit the Halifax Forum Multi-Purpose Room around 10pm on September 15 after a rousing set from local band The Stance. Clad in […]
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Tuesday 6:45pm
Hardcore construction on my way to a screening of American Hardcore
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September 19th nervous breakdown
Every day I walk across the Commons on my way to work, but this week I’m avoiding more than dog poop (although I love the North Park crosswalk police escort). Regardless of what you think about a public space being used during a for-profit concert, it’s fascinating in a kids’ Tonka Truck way to watch […]
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Gothic misunderstanding
While the country mourns the Dawson College killings, and television stations scramble to create heinous logos to advertise their coverage (CTV is using a crosshair superimposed over a fleur-de-lis), it makes me sad that once again, although still early, attention is focused on the killer’s association with “Goth culture” rather than making any intelligent attempts […]
