It’s dominant not dominate!!!!!
Dear illiterate BDSM crowd….please learn to spell….it’s dominant not dominate!!!! whatever
Legal
prostitution should be legal… hooked
Nostalgia hour
Halifax likes to feel as if it has special ties with Sub Pop, seeing as how some of the New Seattle bands of the mid-90s were signed to the venerable Original Seattle label. (Related: How many times can this hack say “Seattle” in two days?) So we think you’ll be just chuffed to virtually line…
Lawrence Street
To the porn store bitch for our dream house. you ruined everything, you soppy cunt. I can’t believe the way you took the dreams of a couple young girls, and just stomped them out. that house was supposed to be ours, but you lied and handed no forms to the super, and stole our money.…
REALLY though!
To the apparently half retarded guy on the 1 the other day…I might be hot, but that doesn’t give you the right to stare at me the entire bus ride! I don’t know who you are, either, so why you waved at me every time I looked over to see if you were still staring…
Long board
To the guy that tried to take my long board from me, saying I was too small for it and I looked stupid… I apologize for being so dumbfounded by your statement. I didn’t know that crossing an intersection and carrying my board meant that I can’t ride. And the fact that you kept reaching…
Homo vs Fags
From one Homo to a group of fags! When I was kind enough to have a gathering at my house and I said my roommate could invite a couple of “friends” over as well, Thanks for a being a great guest and stealing my iPod on the way out. It was a gift to me…
Stop Fibbing Ralph’s
Ralph’s Adult Entertainment has started advertising itself as the best adult entertainment east of Montreal. This is not true. Ralph’s offers the worst adult entertainment east of Montreal. The MC constantly badgers the patrons reminding them to tip the dancers and you are reminded constantly that you are not allowed to be there unless you…
What is up with the hobos with dogs??
I know it is meant as a tear-jerker so that people will give more money, but it is cruelty to the dogs, because they don’t get to live a happy and healthy lives! “Money for the dog” — bullshit! “Money so I can buy some booze, smoke some pot, and snort some coke” is more…
Calgary Beef
This bitch goes out to the ugly, profoundly stupid, Calgarian woman in my Caribbean History class at DAL. You come to class every day about 15 minutes early with your Calgary Flames jersey and cowboy hat, with your fucking OBNOXIOUS upside-down glasses and yammer on about how you are from Calgary and how Calgary is…
Thanks for chasing us all away
I used to post on here all the time, because im very shy and i dont like intense confrontation that you sometimes get from people who dont like to accept other’s ideas. i liked bitching on here because i could have my voice heard in some way, by someone and possibly see if they feel…
Gym Ettiquette
There are signs all over the gym that say, “please return weights to the rack”. Why is it so hard to do that? I realize it takes an extra thirty seconds or so to remove those plated from the Smith machine and put them away, but it’s not just housekeeping. I’m a small woman. I…
Pffft!!!
What a sorry bunch of fuckin’ whiners here. I wish I had that much time to sit around and post some of the crap I’ve seen. These are usually the people who like to hear themselves talk or think everything should stop when they enter the room. The funniest part of all? You’re all fuckin’…
Attention Little Caesar’s Customers
To The Customers of Little Caesars; Hi. I’m a supervisor at a Little Caesars in Clayton Park. You see me everyday of the week because you’re too damn lazy to make your own food, and you’re cheap as balls. I don’t care what your day at work was like, you don’t have the right to…
flyer dude
To the asshole that walks Spring Garden Rd. ripping flyers off the the telephone polls;I have witnessed you doing this on at least 10 seperate occasions and when i confronted you about about it you told me off , treatened me and then condoned your actions saying that you live in the area and the…
Dear Mr. Drug dealer
Ahhhh….spring. Don’t you just love the tweeting of the little birdies, the bloomin’ ‘o the daffodils and the yearly return ‘o the neighborhood drug dealer. I am amazed at your brashness….you stand out in the parking lot of the building next to mine….not worrying that there is a playground across the street from you no…
get a life
im so sick of people who think they know everything and are better than everybody else. people who try to control situations they have nothing to do with and know nothing about. get a life for god sakes, and stay out of mine!!!! freedom seeker
Share The Air
I have nothing against smokers, your body your decision, but when your polluting the air that you share with non-smokers it gets to be just a tad annoying. To walk/or run by Northwood Senior’s Living Complex on Gottingen St, is disgusting and hard on the lungs! The staff and residents smoke on the street and…
Get off the stage
To the two girls in the rap group making everyone at the bar cringe last weekend. I know you’re an upper-class, university student scenester. I know that when you wear trucker hats, you’re wearing it “differently” from real truckers, and I know that when you get on stage, you’re rapping “ironically.” so it’s not supposed…
whaaaat?
Anybody been following the debate over the proposed Bill C-10? Is this a proposal to permit government-initiated censorship, or what? Shivering in me boots
Sure you are!
This is for all the guys who bitch and cry about how girls never give “nice guys”a chance. This is always followed by, “Stupid bitches.” I have heard so many guys say that they are the nicest guy you would ever want to meet, that they would treat a woman like a princess, but the…
Move over!
This is to the asshole who sped up on the bicentennial when I was trying to merge onto the highway. I realize that you have the right away, but I also shouldn’t have to come to a complete stop on the merger when it’s not busy. You don’t sped up so I can’t merge you…
not a hoot!
I decided to check out a new restaurant in dartmouth, i was told i would have a hooting good time… quite frankly.. i wont be back It took 45 minutes to get a beer, two hours to get the wrong food order and another hour to get our correct food.. The ladies there were too…
MadMan MacKay
Who else loves driving over the Pot-Hole Runway” approaching or leaving the Mackay on the Dartmouth side.??? Love to choke Mr.Plow.
Making a Play
Sloan’s new record, Parallel Play—at 13 tracks, shorter by half than their last record, the aptly titled Never Hear the End of It—drops June 10 onYep Roc in the US and—HUH-WHAAAAA?—murderrecords in Canada. The group revived its New Seattle-era record label with an impossible-to-attend show at Canadian Music Week in March, and it’s not just…
Grow up and leave
this is for the person that lives on my floor that is slightly older than everyone else. PLEASE GROW THE FUCK UP. Honestly you piss everyone off and no one likes you, you’re rude and you’re fat and you talk shit about all your friends. When I first met you I thought you were decent…
I’ve been accosted by the smoking Nazi’s!!!
Smoking isn’t very elegant these days, and I certainly understand the need of parents or grandparents or other concerned citizens to protect their children from the dangers of cigarette smoking. That is a given. On the other hand, in our free society, tobacco products are regulated and sold, and are still a legal product to…
shut up shut up shut up
To the guy who sits on the other side of the wall from me and spends all day pounding on the floor with your feet: you didn’t pay any attention when I asked you a while back to cut it the fuck out. But guess what: I complained to your boss. So did a bunch…
Smokers
I am sick and tired of being discriminated agianst because I smoke. Everytime you come on here, read the paper and watch the news its nothing but bad mouthing smokers! Funny thing is i was watching a Crime Stoppers commercial agianst ilegal tabaccoo and the big point they made was this -> if you purchase…
Hesitant
Can I bitch about the Coast’s own bitch forum? I’ve been reading it, and an awful lot of it is people bitching about each other, or attacking each other is maybe more accurate. I mean almost the whole recent comments section along the side there is taken up by people deciding whether Jane is this…
Freedom? I think not.
On a starting note, I’m not hateful towards homosexuals, I’m just not a fan of the act itself. That being said, I have to get something off my chest that might stir some echoes. I know you have the right to be who you are and speak your mind, but why is it acceptable for…
Histronics are standing by
Worrisome news out of the corporate blog world today: Gawker Media has sold its music blog Idolator to Buzznet, which has also acquired Idolator rival Stereogum (with some alarm-sounding investment from Universal Music Group). Gawker, which has taken an overall quality dive in recent months after the mass departure of some great editors and writers…
I met my girl at the record store
Just moments ago, Taz Records (1593 Market) was announced by Grant Lawrence over on Radio 3 as one of the top 5 Best Independent Record Stores in Canada (culled from a list of 47 across the country, then voted upon by listeners, even giants like Soundscapes in Toronto didn’t make it, though Back Alley in…
this is for you
for all the academic scholars who are not yet of age and clad in tacky lululemon outfits and collar popped american eagle polos: please go to the mall or the movies or the gym to socialize. the university library is not the place. please please pleaaaaaase. also, can someone explain the lululemon and mountain co/hiking…
Car Vandalism
What is it with people of Halifax that think it’s “ok” to vandalize cars – especially cars owned by people they don’t even know?! You don’t know me, nor do you know how hard I have worked to have a nice car. The funny part is – I don’t drive anything extravagant, yet my car…
ri-fucking-diculous
To the barely-legal drunk girls who got the #7 bus on Saturday outside the Split Crow, it was bad enough that we had to listen to at least three drunk phone calls and twenty minutes of puking into a plastic bag (although watching you fall out of your seats everytime the bus stopped was amusing),…
The East Hants Fight Club thing
Okay. Everyone has to read the story and see these vids. It is sic. Sicccccc! I didn’t know hicks like that lived that close to me. I didn’t know that kids in our country and especially province were capable of that. I didn’t know clothes like that were still worn in the post Huckleberry Finn…
olympic bitch
With the amount of media coverage being given to the Olympic torch-er tour and talk of boycotts we now get to listen to a bunch spoiled elitist athletes whine and cry about how the olympics have nothing to do with politics and how unfair it would be if these poor athletes couldn’t go play. These…
Yellow Cab
Isn’t it nice to see that Yellow Cabs care about the handicapped. Why, just this morning, Tuesday- April 8, at 10:30 AM a Yellow Cab sat waiting for a fare in the handicapped parking zone in front of the Dalhousie Student Union Building. I thought he might have been ensuring that the space was reserved…
Open Mic My ASS!
Well, I can’t mention the name of the downtown club that reaps profits when the “open mic” sign goes up. Nor can I mention the organization hosting said ‘open mic night’ but the players in this town should know what they’re in for. Hell, as a non-participating resident you should be interested in this false…
Metro Transit: less to bitch about lately.
For a while now I’ve been making regular calls to the city to complain about the behaviour of the transit drivers along one or another of my regular routes. Although I’m a big fan of public transit and I respect what must be a largely thankless job, I’ve begun to feel like I’m in an…
untouchable or what
Every single day,7 days a week, deals are being made.Whether it is in the boardrooms or a simple handshake to agree to terms of an arrangments.This is what business is all about,right! Then there are these people(sellers & buyers),they are doing this with no fear of getting caught on the streets of our great city.It…
Fat Bitches
I was reading through the archives the other day when I came across a bitch about pets and small apartments. Someone commented it’s such a shame that people with small apartments have pets. Think about this for a moment and if you agree that it’s wrong or inhumane, go pound sand you twit. For the…
We Want AC/DC for Halifax
How are we able to entice AC/DC to come to Halifax instead of Sir Paul McCartney? I mean come on, if a band can top the Stones, then it has to be AC/DC. There is a group on Facebook who want them to come too, its not too late! Whatever…just bring AC/DC to Halifax!
To the Ex
You know who the fuck you are. Get a life. Your an Ex for a reason. She obviously dumped you because she didn’t want to be around you or talk to you, but yet you still feel the need to call and ask her to do things. Find a new girlfriend to harass or are…
Full page add
What up with the full page add for smokes in this weeks coast…is this common with the coast and have I just been missing it? WTF
Why?
Why do some Canadians feel the need to go to other countries, instigate problems, get caught, go on death row, and then complain and want to be saved after doing what they did, fully knowing the consequences? If you go to Saudi Arabia, knowing that it’s eye for an eye, then get your brother to…
Letters to the Editor
“Is there a problem with gentrification in the North End?” Perhaps this should have been entitled “Is there a problem with gentrification on Agricola and Gottingen Streets?” What about the middle class, second and third generation families living in and owning businesses in what is really considered the North End. Beyond Agricola and Gottingen, there…
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor, Re: Where Goes the Neighbourhood? by Lis Van Berkel We would like to clarify that the Halifax Coalition Against Poverty (HCAP) does not take responsibility for any anti-gentrification graffiti, “unofficially” or otherwise. That said, HCAP understands and supports the frustration of those negatively affected by the impacts of gentrification in the North…
Letters to the Editor
David Suzuki and the rest of us Canadians, should be very upset at the current Conservative plan on climate change. This conservative “green plan,” is not a sign of change. It is a sign of greed, and is exactly the type of thing that we have all become to expect from them, and from the…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Something fresh and unusual happened last night: HRM citizens leaving Council chambers after a Public Hearing and Council vote were smiling. I might even characterize it as grinning broadly. It’s been a long time coming, but last night’s unanimous Council decision to approve bylaw amendments to deter further private infilling on the North…
Letters to the Editor
I’m just wondering what is up with the tobacco advertising (nameless, smokeless tobacco) in this past weeks Coast. I know that advertisers pay your bills and are the reason that i get your great paper FREE every week but …… i thought tobacco advertising was very out of fashion (i’m surprised you’re even permitted to…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Coastys, Taken from advertising banner on Canadian spam style website: “Enjoy Nova Scotia MusicYou’ll Fall in Love w/ Our Culture After a Few Bars. Visit Nova Scotia novascotia.com”. That’s right, we are exporting the message that our culture will be palatable after one has become drunk and unable to make sensible decisions. This may…
Letters to the Editor
Drinking water, a right? Recently, I realized just how much power Metro Transit possesses over us lowly travellers. I am a water drinker. As I spend five hours a week on the bus, I bring a bottle of water and have a few sips on my way to classes at Mount St. Vincent University. On…
Letters to the Editor
To the editor,Though I am a faithful reader and will remain so, it still stands that I was shocked and extremely disappointed by The Coast having chosen to run a large advertisement for a tobacco product in its pages.I have seen mistakes similar to this made by your paper before; running advertisements that do not…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, David Rimmington’s letter ‘Flicked Off’ left me scratching my head, as doubtless others did too. Burbling on about flourescent tubes as if they were the topic of Lezlie Lowe’s original column, he then went on to claim that CFL bulbs can burn down your house. Whilst it is true that a small number…
El Torpedoed
I have had numerous oppertunities to see Matt Mayes and El Torpedo play over the past couple of years, and have a lot to say in regards to this article. I am in touch with a few of his friends on a casual basis and know the ins and outs before others, and even though…
Letters to the Editor
Congratulations and thanks again to Tim and the Coast for an amazingly thorough job on the reporting of the Commonwealth Games story. The final pieces missing from the original accounting are now quite clear. The level of detailed story telling provided, linked to sagacious supporting material and ample indication that every side and person directly…
Letters to the Editor
Kudos to Tim Bousquet. Well done ! Best performance of actual journalism I have read in a very long time. “Public Money, Private Players” made my stomach churn. The more I read the angrier I became. Halifax is run by the “old boys club” and this article very clearly illuminated this. People wonder why the…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir, The news that Armour Development Company is going to rip the heart out of the heritage of downtown Halifax by gutting many Water Street buildings is puzzling because they have been such good stewards for so many years.The question is; why would they decide to deliver this body blow at this particular time?My…
True Love Rules
True Love RulesFriday, April 4, 2008Robin Hart Hiltz
BRING BACK CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!
Why in the fuck should the public continue to house and feed unrepentent murderers and child molesters for decades? Give them the mercy they gave their victims. Fuck the seal cull, let’s have a scum cull instead. I’d take a front row seat. Sick of Society’s Biggest Leeches
Attention Dal Girls From Toronto
This is just a little FYI: none of you are Sienna Miller, Ok? Ok. And you’re not Kate Moss either. So please (for the love of God) stop wearing leotards/stockings/leggings in place of pants. They don’t call them “magic pants”, and frankly that’s what it would take for most of you to pull off this…
Municipal Malfuncation: The Municipal Malfuncation Section.
I have trouble beleiving that Bloomfield Street is still covered in Ice. I’m not so sure that the West End Mall parking lot has a river flowing from it. Oh my! The protective fencing on the Common is STILL there? To top it off… PORTLAND STREET HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ONE LANE FOR OVER TWO…
Can I help you , Hun?
Why is is that wokrers is coffee places and clothing stores started addressing their customers as , HUN/Honey? Is this an attempt at being the cool truck stop waitress? Enough already, it’s insulting to people with class! Lemon
Semartics (get it?)
OK dudes, seriously, I know there’s a lot of people with an unfounded hate on for this institution, but could you please start showing what is essentially the cultural hub of Atlantic Canada a little respect by spelling it correctly? NSCAD, NSCAD, NSCAD!!! If I see another “A” between the N and the S, somebody…
squeegeers
What the fuck is wrong with getting a real job and contributing to society? I’m referring to the squeegee-fucks at the Willow-tree. Just because the goddamn light turns red doesn’t mean I want my goddamn window (that I washed 2 days before) scrubbed with your piece-of-shit squeegee. It was fucking worse after. And If I…
Smoking Ads!
What the hell is up with you guys? 1> Isn;t tobacco advertising illegal and even if it isn’t why are you taking the ads? Don’t you have any sort of ethics policy? Your reputation is seriously tarnished with me and don’t expect me to help with your legal expenses! healthy in lawrencetown
Order in the court! The east coast is now in Session!
Last July, CBC-TV offered up free tickets to a series of six tapings of performances by Atlantic Canadian musicians for a series called East Coast Sessions. Until the White Stripes showed up later in the month, it was by far the scarcest ticket in town. And for good reason. Some artists, like Meaghan Smith—who kicks…
CFL vs NFL
Why do so many people in the maritimes not like the CFL? Seriously? It is far better than the NFL — the field is bigger, the balls are bigger, and there are fewer downs, making it an all around more exciting game! It takes skill to play in the CFL, whereas in the NFL all…
Oh have you seen my guitarist, seen my guitarist, seen my guitarist?
Last Sunday, a whole region cheered when local heroes Wintersleep beat out four shitty corporate label bands no one likes for Best New Artist at the Juno Awards. Singer Paul Murphy, whose hands looked a touch unsteady, thanked former bassist Jud Haynes while drummer Loel Campbell waved to his mom. Bassist Mike Bigelow held the…
Be cool, Halifax
OK so Paul McCartney is the latest LCD name being bandied about by the city as a potential Concert on the Common. (Note: Fucking MADONNA has a new record out!) We care not, but fine. He’s a Beatle. It’s a big deal. But do we have to extend a bunch of official invitations (looking at…
fuck u
i’m an asthmatic! I don’t appreciate smokers smoking in bus stops, around enterances to business/gov property. I have to breath the same fucking air you pollute with your smoking. I appreciate the smokers who do care but for those who don’t who gave you the right to breath smoke in my face when i’m trying…
Olympic Confectionary, Pyramid Cafe
Turns out that diner Olympic Confectionary’s (1146 Barrington) temporary closure was a short one; they’ve been back in business since last week, but the re-opening comes with sad news—owner George Karmas has passed away…There’s a new restaurant in the former Pyramid Cafe space (2196 Windsor), called George and Lito’s. Check back here for more…The long-rumbling…
Palooka’s Boxing Club opening
Palookas Boxing Club, a not-for-profit venture from former DownEast Communications owner Mickey MacDonald, is holding its official opening this Friday from 3-4pm at 2110 Gottingen, a building that sat empty for years. Various Canadian boxers will attend, including George Chuvalo (once described by Muhammad Ali as the toughest man I ever fought, says the Palookas…
Mary’s Place Cafe
Lovely diner Mary’s Place Cafe (2752 Robie) rolled out an updated menu a couple of weeks ago, featuring a slew of new yummy-sounding eats. Their already massive vegan menu’s expanded, and now includes a “grilled veggie kafta kabob wrap” (bulgur, green onions, peppers, herbs and hummus), a “toasted veggie clubhouse sandwich” and more; there’s new…
Secord Gallery
Things are looking a little different these days at art space/custom picture-framing shop, the Secord Gallery (upstairs, 6301 Quinpool, AKA Hall of Frame). Since January, the gallery’s been under renovation. The space’s first post-renovation reception, which marks the opening of artist Rose Adams’ exhibition, is scheduled for April 18 (the gallery has been open during…
Willy’s on Blowers
A few months after the Noodle Nook (5239 Blowers, conveniently close to Pizza Corner) packed up its pad thai, the space that used to house it finally has a new tenant. New restaurant Willy’s should open up in the spot sometime this month. The joint’s specialty: “Steak burgers—fresh-cut steak, diced up, mixed with cheese,” says…
Calling all Wal-Mart Employees!
Can someone please tell me why every employee of Walmart is so fucking retarted? From electronics, to cashiers, and even the ones who attend to the dressing rooms..especially them, standing there with the other sloppy attendant, bitching about thier jobs, and gossiping for all to hear. Yeah, we get that you hate your job. You…
Letters to the Editor
To Ms. Rivard,First, I would like to make an apology, on behalf of the public, for any damage that was done to your or other local, honest and committed, businesses by Tim Bousquet’s article. I would also like to say that this apology should not come from Mr. Bousquet, who was honest about his opinions,…
Letters to the Editor
I was sitting here at my desk at my mundane..non-interactive with people job, thinking what it is we did, or where we went wrong to turn people into these argumentative, unhappy, disassociated human beings. Everywhere I turn there are people yelling, or giving each other dirty looks, or just not saying anything at all and…
Letters to the Editor
Complain, nag, bitch….will Haligonians ever stop? They don’t seem to realize that there are only 2 reasons why Canada’s other major cities have nicer hospitals and public infrastructure; they have more people and therefore they have more money. If Haligonians want to experience similar progress they need to replace their resentment with a behavior that…
Letters to the Editor
Does anybody else see the hugely popular “Rrroll up the Rim to Win!” marketing campaign as decidedly anti-progressive? Tim Horton’s needs to get with the times and scrap this waste-fostering non sense. I was struck by the sign at my local Tim’s proclaiming “31,000,000 prizes to be won!!” That’s 31 million pieces of WINNING litter,…
Letters to the Editor
Oh my. I thought I could ignore it. After Tim Bousquet’s great article on the Halifax Games bid scandal, Julia Rivard writes in all hurt, saying she worked real hard for that $29,783.75, and put in a bid to the committee, agreeing to work for a pretty paltry (for a designer) $20 an hour. The…
Tom Lukiwski
OK fine. What Tom said isn’t the greatest thing anyone has ever said. But it was 16 years ago, he was at an office party and he’d been drinking. I hate booze and everything to do with it so I don’t want to defend someone who was drinking and said something stupid but this is…
Striving to look cancer orange.
You ladies sound kind of dumb when you are defending how tanning beds are so great, prevent you from burning, have a base for tanning down south, that it’s safer than the sun, etc That’s such a load of crap. Tanning beds thin your skin and your skin gets dark because it’s damaged cells you…
A transit proposal
My job over the next few years, I fear, is to document exactly how Nova Scotia refuses to take global warming seriously. It’s true that last year the legislature passed the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act, which mandates, as law, that we meet a greenhouse-gas emission reduction target of 10 percent below 1990 levels…
Some Friend
I got herpes 20 years ago. I told ONE CLOSE FRIEND about it way back when we started work together 15 years ago. Over the years other co-workers have told me, she is not the friend I think she is, but they would never say why. Well now I know, dammit. Someone finally confirmed that…
Oops!
In last week’s article about the Newcomer Artists’ Project at Anna Leonowens Gallery, the artwork should be attributed to Ginok Song, a South Korean artist who lives and works in Petty Harbour. Also, the project was wrongly classified as “socialist” instead of a social-research project
Short Film Face Off
We’ve seen them dance. We’ve seen them pitch business ideas. Now Atlantic Film Festival and CBC Atlantic are getting in on the reality-television-voting wagon, just in a much classier, arty way, of course. Short Film Face Off, which begins on Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm is a new prime-time six-hour CBC TV series. Hosted by…
Clark Johnson at ViewFinders
Fans of Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire (and I know some of you are out there—stuffwhitepeoplelike.com told me so) will be excited to hear that the incredible Clark Johnson will be in town for ViewFinders. Johnson, who directed the opener and closer of The Wire and starred in its final fifth season,…
ViewFinders
On Tuesday morning, members of the media and film community filled a theatre in Park Lane to eat sticky buns (media types rate launch snacks—its a fact) and get the lowdown on this years ViewFinders International Film Festival for Youth, running April 22 to 26. There are plenty of films that dont have age or…
Bug-eyed freaks!
To all you out there with ridiculously big sunglasses on, you look like fools! You swagger around convinced you look like some indie rockstar or glamour diva when in reality you look like giant eyed insects! Big sunglasses look good on no one! especially inside! Oh, and if I hear one more person say that…
time’s a-wastin’
To all you people who stand at the ATM, after you’ve finished your transaction, and slooowly read your receipt, or rummage throughy our purse, or dial your phone: GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY! You’re finished with the ATM, make way for the next person! donald trump
Setting a Reminder (way early)
Funny story: The Friday before Feist played a two-night stand at the Marquee in January of 2006, there were some dudes putting up the weekend’s lineup on the actual marquee. When they took the ladder away, the sign read SATURDAY AND SUNDAYFLEST Obvs they were using an L for the I, but it was still…
high heals/pumps/boots
Women.. if you cannot walk in them DO NOT WEAR THEM.. You look like you have a pickle up your ass!! walking proper
Smart People
The social inferiority that can result from a mental superiority complex affects English prof Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) and his daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page). When Lawrence’s pothead adopted brother Chuck (Thomas Haden Church) visits, it confirms what they’d suspected: Life is easier for the stupid. Smart People adds a jangly guitar score to the family…
Crystal Castles
[image-4]Published April 10, 2008.Crystal CastlesCrystal CastlesLast Gang RecordsThe constant melodious repetition of simple jingles that plod through most of Crystal Castles’ debut creates a charming ambient sound reminiscent of Air’s Moon Safari. The chilled electro-pop sprawls rise and fall, simmer and burst, often finding great dance grooves like “Air War” and “Courtship Date.” Though highly…
The Ruins
The Ruins is better acted and photographed, with more originality in its gross-outs, than recent torture porn standards. In this newfound effectiveness, it still doesn’t get over one major hurdle: It doesn’t have anything to say. The “fun” ordeal takes the usual look at human folly: People sometimes can’t think rationally when they’re being put…
Rollie Pemberton, AKA Cadence Weapon
Growing up to be like our parents isn’t necessarily something children dream of. The inevitable moment when we realize there’s more of our parents in our make-up than we’d care to admit is usually more burdensome than inspirational. On his 2004 album, Feelin’ Kinda Patton, comedian Patton Oswalt has a bit about his preferred style…
At a loss
I thought I could bang out a column today—a regular column, a column about my readers’ problems and their freaky fetishes and all those asshole politicians out there. You know, the usual. The day my son was born, I managed to slip out of the maternity ward and write a column; I wrote one the…
Scrapping skyscrapers
Here’s the theory: build up, way up, and pull the city inward towards such great heights. Thus, reduce sprawl, decrease commuting distances, bring things conveniently together, increase a sense of community, put an end to resource-eating pollution and welcome the death of the car culture. Would that it were so simple. This philosophy of building…
Halifax Regional School Board says Access Denied
Access denied Hey kids, today’s lesson is on the art of internet censorship. You’ll learn about censorship by experiencing it yourself—day after day after day. That’s why the Halifax Regional School Board has installed filters restricting internet access for all 54,000 of you. From grade primary to grade 12, the same restrictions apply. So if…
A few local hiking trails
A summary of an article called Walk The Line, first published in The Coast Hot Summer Guide, June 2007, researched and written by Tim Bousquet BLT Trail Buses 21, 23. Off Highway 3 or St. Margaret’s Bay Road, turn into the Lakeside Industrial Park to the trail parking lot next to the Coca-Cola building. The…
Spring forward
On Friday, April 11 Smart People opens in Halifax. The buzz for the picture is pretty good, having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s a comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Quaid and Thomas Haden Church, about a woman taking care of a former professor, who has to then contend with his extended family.…
Ghost Bees
When Romy and Sari Lightman speak with one another, sitting side by side on a curved bench in a cafe booth or on a couch in their book-lined living room at home, they look each other and the person opposite directly in the eye. Steadily held eye contact can be unnerving. Though the 23-year-old twin…
Women’s Prison Poetry
In her poem “No Man’s Land,” Astrid Literski writes, “On remand/I am my old country’s/No man’s land.” Diana L. Richard’s “Harley My Darling” is an epitaph for a young son “buried under the sun.” Sara Tait’s “Time” sums up her drug addiction in 18 painful lines. Words Without Walls, a book of poetry, writing and…
Nova Scotia Powerless
We should spend a little money nowin order to save a lot of money later, says David Wheeler, dean of Dalhousie’s schoolof management. Wheeler, who was hired to study Nova Scotia’s nascent energy efficiency program, agrees with a chorus of environmentalists, industrial leaders and politicians: The program should be run by an independent third party…
Eat and Fit
The Sadeghis should bring stability to Quinpool Road’s restaurant scene.
Shine a Light
The Rolling Stones, the rock ’n’ roll institution, are the subject of Shine A Light. Depending on your point of view, this is either the strength or weakness of Martin Scorsese’s concert documentary—shot over two performances at New York’s Beacon Theater. No other band has as many significant documentaries to their name, but Shine A…
