A special day at Remedy
On Tuesday May 11, from 10:30am – 7:30pm, the proceeds from all self-serve facials purchased at Remedy Facial Bar & Spa (1546 Granville Street, 425-7586) will go to the IWK Heath Centre Foundation. Remedy is looking to raise over $1200 for the IWK so if you’re thinking of scheduling your May facial, choose Remedy on…
Obey Sked is now Up and Long Live the Queen Makes it Official
clever girl! I’m so excited for May that I could pee. The OBEY convention has just released their schedule and ticket info today. OMGIGHGOIGODIGGODDS. I have blathered extensively about my excitement for this in a previous entry and I will do so once again. Dirty Beaches! Cat Bag! Homostupids! The debut of the ex-York Redoubt…
The Coast Returns
Yay, The Coast box is back! (it disappeared some time ago). Thanks guys.—Cranky
Qutie on Quinpool :)
To the guy asking for change on Quinpool who told me to have a great day today: You are beautiful. I hope that the next time we see each other I’ll have something to give you (maybe we’ll conversate?) Happy 4/20—KYP
What a waste…
OK, so a bunch of twats get arrested for possession of narcotics on school property and now they ALL get restorative justice or adult diversion!!?? Does anyone else think this is retarded? Aren’t these programs for people that screw up once and are believed to not commit the crime again? Don’t get me wrong, I…
Keep Your Horse on a Leash!
This is to the loving mother cou(BITCH!)gh to Ronen, a sparky Russian Terrier I met after work today standing on the sidewalk on Young Ave. After 30 minutes wrangling both him (4 feet tall) and my own dog (1 ft?) I tried calling you, your vet, knocking on your neighbors door (in this Halifax wind…
Speedy Hypocrisy
I received my first speeding ticket a few months ago… I deserved it. I accept it, lesson learned… Racing twenty five km over the speed limit, so as not to be late for a luncheon, cost me over $200.00 dollars. What I DON”T get is seeing the same HFX police department who issued me the…
Tennis at the Commons
I get that its great that we have access to the Commons tennis courts for free but its been nice for a while now and the nets were no where to be seen. Now they’re up and they locked all the doors! I don’t get it.—Just want to play a little tennis
Sunwich Cafe opens
Now open is the Sunwich Cafe (136 McClure Close, Dartmouth Crossing, 481-6609), in the freestanding box located in the middle of the parking lot just across from Le Chateau, former home of the Java Factory. They offer sandwiches, soup and salads, all freshly made in front of you. Currently open for lunch and dinner, with…
YAYY to 420
Thank god for your day for us stoners you love to spark up the green shit a smoke with no stress and no strife. So smoke the fatty down and blaze for those who fought the battle to legalize the good stuff.—ChroNick
Take THAT Only Local Daily Paper in Halifax!
Hey local daily paper that thinks they’re the only game in town: FUCK YOU for your high and mighty attitude. You can’t just preach about accountability with anonymous posters for online stories without first attaching a name to your editorials. The editorials from your second rate paper are extremely critical and self-righteous but low and…
So you fucked me over for that?
I was seeing this guy for awhile who seemed different from the rest… Called me every night and during the day, came to see me at school and everything. Like he actually cared bout me. I was his baby, his honey all that kinda stuff. Then he started acting funny. Found out he was talking…
Connected at the hip…
Why is it that people think that just because someone is in a relationship they are somehow physically tethered to their partner? People who are in relationships are still individuals who need to be treated as such. They need time to themselves, they need to be able to hang out with friends without their partner…
Best pickup line ever!
“I could get you pregnant” was what some guy at the Pogue said to me, in an attempt to pick me up. I was so shocked that I just stared at him for about 10 seconds, and then I abruptly walked away. Yeah, buddy, that line will get you laid! You’re lucky you said that…
Reffing In The NHL And My Earlier Bitch of ” A National Network As It Were “
What’s up with that? I just watched the Habs lose to Washington 5-1, questionable calls all round. Started watching the Vancouver LA game, and the same thing seems to be happening. WTF is going on here, it can’t just be me is it? Is it a short person syndrome or is it something from the…
Big changes on Gottingen Street
[image-1] Big changes are in store for Gottingen Street. A new non-profit group dedicated to providing affordable housing is forging ahead with a proposal for two eight- to 10-storey apartment buildings. One is on the site of the former Diamonds bar at the foot of Cunard Street, across Prince William Street from the YMCA; the…
Hey Fun Boys, Get a Room
erik southey (i think?) blurry dreams The Awesome Grown-Up Rainbow Party occupy an odd place in the Halifax music scene, if you ask drummer Michel Ungurain. “We’re not quite straight-up punk and not quite rock n’ roll,” he says. “It can be the trickiest thing.” Also, their name, while hilarious, often leads to confusion. “People…
Quinpool growing concerns
In March Cyclesmith (6112 Quinpool Road, 425-1756) expanded into its new space directly adjacent to its original location at Quinpool and Vernon. “It’s not completely finished,” says co-owner Andrew Feenstra, with a chuckle, but the new room does offer customers much more space to browse the large variety of bicycles and gear they sell. Cyclesmith…
Morning 51 Burnside Bus Guy
To the guy who works at BIO who used to sit next to me every morning in the fall, on the 51 Burnside: I wish you had talked to me one of those days, or i had talked to you… i tried my best to save you a seat in the mornings… i looked forward…
Andrew
I know sometimes it feels like the world works against you, but the truth is we’re all here for you. When you feel like talking, I’ll listen. I just wish I could help you smile again. You have the best smile of all the smiles. I like your laugh, too. And miss it. You’re such…
Perogies
Oh, how I love you, you tiny little dumplings. Filled with potatoey goodness, you by far are better than any Chinese panty-waist dumpling. A perfect lunch on a dreary, Eastern European day like we’ve been having lately.—Dr. Fever
Dear Mr Truckdriver
Ok I admit that when we bought our house we were newbies, first time home buyers. We did not realize that there would be so much truck traffic going on the Bay Road by our neighbourhood all hours of the night going to the industrial park down the road. Anyway we’re used to the occasional…
Give it up…U2 isn’t going to bother coming here
I am surprised by the rumors going around about U2 coming to the commons. The more realistic rumours I’ve heard are Van Halen or Metallica. I just don’t think our little city is big enough for U2. Sorry people. Guess you’ll have to schlep it to TO or Montreal like the rest of us.—Give it…
Crosby Sucks
Crosby, Crosby, Crosby… You’d swear he was the only hockey player out there…—Had it up to HERE of all the Crosby nonsense!
Couple of Wankers at the Ardmore
To the obnoxious goth/punk couple at the Ardmore Saturday morning: You like say the word like too like much…and no, you are not like so different from everybody else like, like you sound like every other self absorbed like 20-something. Sitting beside you was ..like….painful as you bitched and complained about how no-one understands you…
Revenge of the Brainworm 2: Electric Boogaloo
There were only 4 rigs and trailers at the Timmies today, lined up on both sides of Shubie Dr. My bad for not splainin better last week. And they weren’t blasting cheesy 70’s novelty songs on Friday. It was the sight of them lined up that put “Convoy” in my mind, so, technically it wasn’t…
Orchids
I took a bus north and west out of Alajuela, to La Garita, an area of nices homes spread out along the road, and restaurants celebrating all things corn. I walked a dusty broiling mile uphill to get to the Botanical Orchid Garden. A notice in The Tico Times, the weekly english language newspaper here…
Two Feet Over
I asked why bodies are buried above ground here and didn’t get an answer I could understand. There is not a high water table as there is in New Orleans, where bodies are interred above ground. I did find out that the places above ground are rented by the year; if someone misses a payment…
Clouds from both sides
3:30pm April 18, 2010 The clouds in Costa Rica are fantastic, and I am so sorry that I, along with Joni Mitchell, don’t know clouds at all. But just now an amazing front has come over and brought cold air (!). The sky is so dark I have had to turn on lights. Usually the…
Last Flickr Update – Now with Awards Photos
Check out Scott Blackburn’s photos from the entire crazy Junos weekend above. Red carpet, after-parties and everything in between. Think good thoughts for our hardworking shooter – he waits in St. John’s along with other cloudy-headed revellers for the fog to lift.
Miss Atlantic Salmon – I love your style.
I have a big crush on you. I wish you would contact me.—D
To the black-haired beauty driving the silver cobalt
I don’t know who you are, but we played tag from Windmill Road in Burnside to Quinpool and Robie. License plate started with an E. You smiled and waved. Shall we schedule another traffic date? ;)—Driver on the silver protege on 04.17.10
Missing the #1 Spring Garden Evening Bus Drive
Where are you sexy boy? I haven’t seen you all week. Are you ok? Well, I hope so… I waited with intense excitement for you at Scotia Square @ 5:05pm. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday and it was someone different on those days. They certainly don’t have the look you have. Hope to see you soon…
Watch Your Mouth
To the twit who sat down next to me at around noon at a certain coffee shop at Robie and Spring Garden: Neither of your friends said something but I will. Upon hearing that a third female, possibly a co-worker, would not be attending your gathering you responded, “What a Hooker”. Seriously, what is wrong…
Breakfast and Lunch or Judgement and Insanity?
So I go to a place famous for breakfast and lunch and ridiculously overpriced meals. An omelet and home fries with a piece of kiwi and a couple of strawberries should not set me back 20 bucks, but I digress… After mulling over the ridiculous menu (full of drawings of food) I choose the Chicken…
Return of the Grafton Seven
Well, not exactly. Yes, there will soon be a lounge once again at the location of Seven Wine Bar (1579 Grafton Street), co-owned by local restaurateur Costa Elles who was in charge at Seven. Right now it doesn’t have an official name— though the Facebook Group identifies it as The New Lounge on Grafton and…
Dacane opens Sundays
For those wussies out there who can’t handle a little winter surfing, cheer up, spring means you can get your asses out into the water again. And you might be interested to know that Dacane Sports (5239 Blowers Street, 431-7873) is now open on Sundays. They’re also starting up surf camps, so if you feel…
They Did It
wooooooot! We are ecstatic to report that last night Amelia Curran took home the Roots and Traditional Recording of the Year statuette for Hunter Hunter, while Joel Plaskett captured Adult Alternative Recording of the Year for Three at the Junos award ceremony in St. John’s. We think it’s particularly sweet that Curran was awarded her…
Collapse
Errr, collapse in your beauty is more like it. Excellent book!—GG&S
The National Network As It Were
WTF? Hockey playoffs: we get Buffalo vs Boston on the national network while I have to search my vast cable archive of channels to find the Habs on the other sports network. Jesus, it’s a Canadian team ffs, and I can’t find it anywhere else. Whether they win or lose, they should cover Canadian teams.…
Dear girls, chill the fuck out
Has anyone been to high school lately? What the fuck is up with these girls? Nobody fucking cares how often you drink on weekends or how many random guys you hooked up with… Are there no chill girls who can actually have an intelligent conversation for once? It sickens me that boys are attracted to…
Oh come on!
To you man, during the times of love in common ground, you have ceased to amaze me. Stop your trying, I’m sick… Dear man, right here right now we will unite to walk forever. Quit pissing me off, to your mother, it won’t work! If you would just come over here you would be a…
Meth heads on Spring Garden Road
Listen we feel bad for the drug addicts but do they have to stand around our premier shopping and dining area? I would like to see HPD round them up every morning and put them in a paddy wagon. If they had to walk back every day to our nice street for tourists they might…
The law Courts? ha hah ha
After the demise of my 2.5 year common law relationship, I had to take her to small claims court in order to hopefully regain my belongings. I spoke to the clerks at Spring Garden Rd law courts and they informed me as to how to go about doing this. I also did a little investigating…
Sookie baby,
I know you read these things all the time so i thought you might see this and smile. I fell hard for you when we first met. I was overcome by your cuteness -a shy girl with a coy smile. We’ve both grown since then and life happens, but I’m glad to enjoy the good…
Romance
Oh how i miss you and your sweet flavors that touch my body’s taste buds! Its been two years since I’ve felt you! I moved here hoping to change my workoholic ways! But you still avoid me even though it is my own fault not looking hard enough for you! How i miss your random,…
Halifax Mammas
To all the great moms out there who gave me advise that has all added up to surviving the last 2 years. Bungee cording the dining chairs, fleecy crib sheets, baby wraps, colic clutch and bowls of bubbles… all such great tips …. you rock!—H.W.
The Brother I Never Had
We haven’t been friends even a year, but I think it’s safe to say that you’re one of my best friends. I never thought I could feel so attached to someone who I have no romantic feelings for, or isn’t part of my family. Thank you so much for allowing me to verbally vomit my…
S.D.
Constituency assistant to Andrew Younger… Thank you dear for all your help with the power issue on Mountain Ave it was very much needed :)—R.Roads
People who walk in where live music is being performed acoustically
What the fuck is with you people who walk in to a place where someone is playing live acoustically (on guitar) and start the loudest fucking conversations I’ve ever heard?! Next time I’m just going to sit back record your loud fucking banter and then post your dialogue on the net somewhere, hopefully where the…
Dont turn it down, get some taste!
Why would a grown man blast kesha and other generic top 40 garbage at all hours of the day and night? I thought it was 13 yr old girls living next door till i saw you in your military uniform leaving the house. Seriously if i wanted my Nina Simone to have an 808 beat…
Ugh
You’re a lesbian I know. I told you I liked you stupid me, I thought maybe you’d give me the chance. Now your making up excuses not to hang out anymore. Can’t we be friends again? I shouldn’t have said anything to you.—007
The S in RSVP stands for “STUPID”, or…
When people said “do you think you’ll ever settle down?” I said “Me? Are you nuts!? Nobody could handle me! Ha Ha!” and left it at that. Never once did I say ANYTHING negative about marriage – ESPECIALLY to my engaged friends buzzing with the anticipation of a (hopefully) happy ever after. But now that…
Go get your thrills at home!
Why is it that everytime I use the bathroom at Scotia Square, there is usually an old man at the urinals either playing with himself and staring at the men who use the urinals.—That’s just nasty!
Movie Bitch
This is to the ‘parent’ of the very obnoxious kids that almost ruined my movie going experience last night – next time try tying the brats down and gagging them, ok? I had to put up with that brat son of yours kicking my seat and talking during the movie – c’mon, ok? I dont…
Knowing how to merge is part of driving
What is wrong with you assholes in Halifax ? I had the misfortune to have to go to the peninsula today ( I know, feel sorry for me, I deserve some sympathy)… I came in around the basin & when you top the hill on the 102 & can see Halifax there are several short…
Twitter Roundup: A Whole Bunch of Bands Are Stuck At The Halifax Airport
let’s hope Justin Bieber can get around this. We were tipped off that a number of bands and industry folk scheduled to attend the Junos have had their flights delayed today due to fog in St. John’s. Josie Dye, the midday announcer for Toronto rock station 102.1 The Edge, has issued a volume of live…
Mind your buisness
Leave smokers alone. Yes it’s about the stupidest thing you can do, but people can do what they want. This is a free country, so mind your own business. Only in Canada will people give you glares for smoking, in some places that’s a good way to get yourself killed.—Not stupid Related Stories
I LOVE YOU MYSTERIOIUS BUS LADY!
To the woman on the #81 Hemlock Ravine at about 8:45 am on April 16th: I had my music up too loud, got off the bus, and you ran after me with my bus pass that I dropped. THANK GOD! I’ve lost my bus pass on the freaking bus WAY too many times, plus i’m…
Think you’re bad?
To the bully who only picks fights with people at my school he knows he can beat: You’re not tough. Not to say winning fist fights really matters, or makes you a useful citizen, I still think you’re a sad individual. All I see when I look at you is a little boy who has…
Revenge of the Brainworm
To the 7 truckers who had their rigs parked outside the Timmies in DC Friday morning: thanks guys. Because of you I’ve had C.W. McCall’s “Convoy” ear-wigging it’s way through my atrophied brain all day and I think that nothing short of a 9mm hollowpoint is going to get it out. Also, not a good…
Gun Happy Twits
With all the shoot-ups in Metro, I beg to ask this: if the victim refuses to cooperate with police, why should they be given medical treatment? Let the stupid bastards suffer until they ‘fess up and name names. That would help stop this horseshit once and for all.—Wish these GHTs would aim for their own…
Poutine
Just while I think of it Halifax, if it don’t got cheese curds, it ain’t poutine, so don’t put it on your menu.—Sam Je
Get Machines for Free Today
thanks for the treat, jenocide Jenocide (aka local hellraiser Jen Clarke) is hosting a free download of her Coast-endorsed album Machines to Make Us Wet today at her website. You can also buy the album for $10 bones and stream it there too. Enjoy the dancey-dancey tunes – put them on while you clean your…
Gross face A big C with a little C
You pick your boogers and play with them in your mouth. Throw farts in my face. You eat way too many itzakadoodles and leave the sticky wrappers around. But i love you, for ever.—A big C with a little C
I love you
I never wanted to hell it was just coffee but each day I look further into your eye’s further into your soul and I know I love you. Our random conversations your so complicated life just sitting on my coach holding you kissing you… I will never tell you, I am not aloud to care…
U2, concerts on the commons and global warming
U2 has to be make a stop somewhere along the East Coast considering the closest stop currently is Montreal… On the bands U2 360 tour website, a huge gap exists between July 19th to the beginning of August. Considering they will be on tour (U2), and the BEP’s who are playing Halifax will also be…
GROCERY STORE
To a certain grocery store near Mumford, please have fresh fruits and vegetables at all times, remove food that has expired from your shelves, remove dented cans, stop turning your freezers off overnight and then turn them back on in the morning. I have bought hamburg that smelled awful when I opened it, crackers that…
backyard blunder
To the person or people who stole my recyclables out of my fenced in backyard on Creighton street. Really? There was like 10 dollars maybe and i wanted to buy a pack of smokes!—Olivia
Shit in Green Bins
Why can’t you put cat shit in green bins? What’s more organic than shit?—Green Movement
Vroom, vroom.
This is a big ‘fuck you’ to the guy who steps on the gas of his motorcycle constantly outside my apartment every night, just to ‘impress’ or maybe to piss everyone off. There’s a little thing called respect to those who actually like to sleep and don’t give a damn about you’re tough masculinity. I…
Disc Golf Course (Or Lack There Of)
I thought Canada was french for Frisbee and yet apon arrival in your otherwise fantastic City, I find out that there is not a Disc Golf course to be found! (And that Canada is not french for frisbee) I think someone from HRM should loose their job over this, or at least earn their company…
Annoying and pointless destruction!
To the ass hole that’s been breaking the glass in the Bayers road bus shelter between Connaught and Oxford every two weeks or so. What the fuck is your problem!? It costs money to replace that shit, its annoying that I get soaked every time it rains because I have nothing to shelter myself. And…
The vatican goes for a trip
So a rapist, pedophile and a priest show up to a boy scouts meeting. And that’s just the first guy.—FUCKN SLAYER
The crown
Thank you for a two and a half year ride through the N.S legal system at the cost of the tax payer. Thank you in the end for standing up to say the crown thought I was not guilty even before the case came to a end. Such a sad court case, such a stupid…
Rush hour bridge traffic
Driving from Halifax to Dartmouth during rush hour is TWO lanes. This includes the ramp leading to the bridge! Did you not notice you were the ONLY one driving in the middle? Did you not notice the long line of TWO lane traffic I have no idea wtf you were thinking, but next time please…
Concert economics
This week, I broke the story revealing that the province spent $600,000 on the Paul McCartney concert. The provincial expenditure is in addition to $150,000 spent by the city of Halifax, and brings the total taxpayer bill to $750,000. Some readers might read more into my story than I intended. I am not against Common…
Get sweet on Louanna Murphy at Biscuit
When Louanna Murphy won Off the Cuff, the Project Runway-style fashion competition last summer at Argyle Fine Art, she received a mentorship with Wendy Friedman, owner of Biscuit General Store (1661 Argyle Street, 425-5436). It was a chance for the NSCAD student to learn the business side of the fashion industry, and the result is…
Sobey Art Award longlist announced
Still from Graeme Patterson’s Grudge Match. Today, the 2010 Sobey Art Award longlist was announced, which means that there are 25 artists right now dreaming of what they can do with the $50,000 winnings. Locally, Graeme Patterson, nominated last year, returns, and we’re really happy to see Lucie Chan on that list too. Although Emily…
Atlantic Book Award winners
When Mike Holmes win, we all win. Sadly, we couldn’t make last night’s Atlantic Book Awards (or the beers after), but it looks like there were no big surprises—Linden MacIntyre and Shandi Mitchell were the big winners—except for one: Coast comic artist Mike Holmes won the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Book Illustration for his…
Show Your Bones
mmm…records taste like success If you’ve gone walking around the city the past couple of years, you’ve probably seen one of DJ Bones’ posters. They usually feature a photo of a young, cute, sweaty, possibly tipsy group of people caught in mid-dance or mid-“Wooo!” Big orange-y comic book letters proclaim the name of the event:…
A fresh page
Jenner-Brooke Berger took a creative writing class “on a whim” a couple years ago through Dalhousie’s creative writing program, and while garnering attention as a runner-up in The Coast’s postcard fiction contest and writing for its Holiday Fiction issue, she started working for Invisible Publishing and created a reading series out of her house. Ben…
Hannah Georgas
Hannah Georgas is totally crush-worthy. Any of the songs off her latest release, This Is Good, could make the cut for a potential mix CD for a best friend, sweetheart or potential lover. The Vancouverite is a stellar songwriter, combining modern-day pop songs with a killer voice. Part cocksure, part syrupy-sweet, Georgas sheds inde-rock chic…
John Hiatt
Redemption and domestic bliss have been staples of recent Hiatt releases. It looks like he took the hint to get rocking again. With his touring band loose and tight in all the right places, The Open Road has the feel of a live show minus the claps and feedback. Hiatt can take a fundamental concept…
Seth Smith
Be they scraps from Dog Day’s cutting room floor or snippets of ideas in progress, Seth Smith’s New Problems seems like anything but unfinished. The collection of tracks segue from one to the next with little or no pause, brief echoes of found sounds or a lingering hollow vocal, making it all feel like a…
Fey and Carell work hard in Date Night
Positioned somewhere between a smart comedy and one too convinced its audience won’t like that, it’s easy to admire Date Night on the grounds that it allow its stars some leg room. The casting of Tina Fey and Steve Carrell gives the movie most of its authenticity. As Claire and Phil Foster, they embark on…
Too much too soon?
Q I am a mostly straight, 22-year-old woman. I am a pretty GGG gal. I am generally not put off easily, even if I am told things that don’t quite do it for me. So I just started seeing this guy. I haven’t known him for long—no serious sexual activity other than mild foreplay. The…
Free Will Astrology
Happy Birthday! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Taurus genius Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called the greatest songwriter who ever lived. Among his 1,500 compositions were iconic tunes like “God Bless America” and “White Christmas,” as well as scores for 18 Hollywood movies and 19 Broadway shows. And yet he never learned to read or write…
Transition period
The Living Earth Council wants Truro to be a Transition Town. It’s a new concept with a 40-year backstory. “It came out of permaculture in the ’70s,” Tina Clarke says. She’s an environmental consultant and a certified “Transition Towns Trainer” from Massachusetts. She’ll be in Truro on May 1, giving a two-day workshop on the…
Shining sushi
Small and bright, the B-well Sushi and Cafe is an unassuming space, with a handful of small tables and a tight scattering of relaxed seating where sushi fans and coffee drinkers can take up half of the restaurant, and a takeout counter on the other. We walk in and are given a friendly greeting from…
Go symphonic with David Myles
David Myles’ excitement about his upcoming symphony performance buzzes over the phone line, just four days before the show. “When it was first mentioned, I freaked because I was so excited,” he says of when he found out the symphony wanted to book a show with him. Myles says he’s only been listening to recordings…
The inside story: Fred Connors and Joel Flewelling
Owners: Joel Flewelling and Fred Connors, of FRED. beauty food art. and Whet Café What would you do if you walked into a house in such terrible shape that your real estate agent won’t even venture inside? If you’re Fred Connors and Joel Flewelling, you bring it on. When neighbour and community activist Susanna Fuller…
Erin Costelo
Local lady Erin Costelo steps out of her jazzy piano pop and into the arrangement of orchestral music this Saturday with the Blue Engine String Quartet. “I have a bit of a background in classical music, and I’ve always loved string quartets, and it was a chance for me to combine my interest in composition…
Wearable Art
When Louanna Murphy won Off the Cuff, the Project Runway-style fashion competition last summer at Argyle Fine Art, she received a mentorship with Wendy Friedman, owner of Biscuit General Store (1661 Argyle Street, 425-5436). It was a chance for the NSCAD student to learn the business side of the fashion industry, and the result is…
The inside story: James White
Owners: James White, artist and designer Like any respectable superhero, you could pass by James White’s downtown underground lair and never know it’s there, except for that personal logo etched on the door window. Tucked away down a long flight of stairs on a Spring Garden side street, the graphic designer’s condo is a rare…
Come see Invisible Publishing
“Get low, twerk, shake with Invisible Publishing”—Saturday night lands a big party kiss on the Khyber with the launch of Invisible’s spring catalogue and tour, the end of Atlantic Book Week and Montreal author Ian Orti’s launch of L (and things come apart). Orti will be reading at 8pm, then it’ll be time to twerk…
John Davis breaks it down
To spend 45 minutes on the phone with documentary filmmaker John T. Davis is to appreciate the way a lifetime can be shaped by the breaks. The latest break to come his way belongs to his wife—a fractured ankle sustained in a fall at their son’s wedding in Washington, D.C. Speaking from his Northern Ireland…
You grow, girls and boys
Space and shade City gardeners are typically faced with a space crunch: Our “back 40” may be measured in feet and inches rather than acres. Many first-timers also face setbacks at the outset in the form of shade from nearby tall buildings and trees, most of them not their own. If you’re squeezed for sunny…
Breaking news: Full public Paul McCartney concert costs revealed
[First published April 13] The provincial Department of Tourism spent $600,000 on last year’s Paul McCartney concert on the Halifax Common, and floated private promoter Harold MacKay with a $3.5 million cheque to cover McCartney’s artist fee. The payments have not previously been acknowledged publicly. Department spokesperson Tina Thibeau confirms that expenditures for the concert…
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is skin-deep
The Swedish thriller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, based on the first novel in Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy, strives to capture the serial killer grime-chic of Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs, with a twist. It’s contextualized through a culture operating on a hush-hush debasement of women. The movie is unfortunately only serious…
Shout out for Hollerado
“You’re totally going to write that Hollerado went to China to eat a lot of dicks.” Those are Menno Versteeg’s words, not ours. But Versteeg, the singer of the Montreal-via-Manotick, ON, power-pop foursome, is serious. He’s reminiscing about Hollerado’s recent tour of China, where, between busking at Tiananmen Square and getting shot at by the…
Eastern Front Theatre: Lauchie, Liza & Rory
It’s magical to watch actors Natasha MacLellan and Christian Murray transform themselves into the memorable charters who inhabit the 1940s Cape Breton mining town in Lauchie, Liza and Rory. MacLellan manages to morph from the story’s narrator, a spinster with a wry sense of humour and a wonderful grasp of what makes people tick, to…
Garden variety
Earth Day visits us for the 40th time next week, and the Spring Garden Library is hosting a talk on urban gardening to mark the occasion. The Ecology Action Centre’s Garity Chapman—project coordinator for the Urban Garden Project—will give the talk. “It’s going to be kind of an introduction to growing food in the city,…
Lean-To
Home is provisional, as Gunvaldsen Klaassen shows in her third collection. We’re all making do with what we’ve got and rigging up what’s on hand, only to tear it all down and start over. The poet and her family rove to and from campsites, hospital sites and construction sites. Each place generates a kind of…
$14 billion in debt
It’s called numero-phobia, fear of big numbers. Mine flared up big time last week as I stared at tables and graphs in the budget room at Province House. I was feeling OK until I came across the figure $14,002,000,000. Gaaaaaaaaah! Yes, that’s the size of Nova Scotia’s debt, over 14 billion loonies, each 1.75 millimetres…
NSCAD gets fired up
Get your prize at NSCAD’s finish line by checking out the university’s ceramics department’s exhibition and sale next week. Publicity coordinator and exhibitor Steven Peters says it’s a chance for the public to buy ceramics in the sale section of the Port Campus’ third floor, and walk through the more gallery-like exhibition that will accompany…
The Authenticity Hoax
Rebel Sell author Andrew Potter calls bullshit on the whole concept of authenticity with his latest book, slaughtering many of the most popular sacred cows of the self-righteous in the process. But Potter is a most genial killer, and even those who find themselves among his targets should enjoy engaging with him. Calling on the…
Patchworking with Poirer
Ghislain Poirier has his hands full. The Quebecois producer is talking about why he can’t attend the Junos—his track “Wha-la-la-leng” is nominated for Reggae Recording of the Year—while two of his neighbour’s young children play in the background. Judging from the shouts and crashes, they are getting into trouble. “It’s just nice to be recognized…
Juke joints
Leather jackets, over-slicked coifs, strategically placed combs, oh-so-hip dance moves—Grease has us loving it to 1950s pieces, and that jukebox diner scene is something dreams are made of. We checked out a couple bars that keep a polished jukebox in the corner—and two of the three have shifted to the digital world. Oh, Sandy. Economy…
L (and things fall apart)
Before you enter Henry’s world, know that it doesn’t spin on the same axis. When we first meet him, Henry’s being humiliated by his philandering wife at their dinner party. Henry finds solace in his unnamed cafe, inherited from his father, his few regular customers (just as odd as him) and his tenant L, who…
The Fugitives’ pieces
Vancouver quartet The Fugitives are soldiers for love. Sort of. In honour of their release, Eccentrically We Love, the band is touring Canada. The catch is a chunk of their CDs were swapped with Sade’s new album, Solider of Love, at the manufacturing plant. “This is an invitation to Sade,” says Barbara Adler, accordionist/vocalist. “We…
Keep the homefries hopping
1. Karyn McCombe Belgian pendant light, $360, Bellissimo, 2743 Agricola Street, 423-6014. 2. Assorted Umbra clocks, various prices, Attica, 1566 Barrington Street, 423-2557. 3. Vintage Fire-King mugs, various prices, Finer Things. 4. Bodum toaster, $99, Cucina Moderna, Sunnyside Mall, 835-9560, 1535 Dresden Row, 423-9562. 5. Recycled flip-flop welcome mat, $39.95-$59.95, P’Lovers, Park Lane Mall, 422-6060.…
Grin and wear it
Paulina Szczesny’s knee-length dress smells slightly salty and crackles when touched. It’s stiff like parchment with texture similar to skin. A closer look reveals veins: pig intestine. Inspired by Mary-Anne Wensley’s intestine house at the Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery last year, Szczesny decided to break the rules. She bought sausage casing from a butcher…
David Myles
After three solid albums, Myles’ path has taken listeners to good places: well-written (musically and lyrically) midtempo pop that straddles folk, blues and soul. Here he could have challenged his listeners by purposely losing himself. He and his band, along with producer and roaming guitar-player Joel Plaskett, stray into rocksteady/reggae/dub territory on “Run Away” and…
Raw-fabric talent
Wanna dress like the cool kids? Atlantic Fashion Week’s Emerging Designers Showcase (Thursday, April 15, 8pm, O’Reagan’s Mercedes Benz) always presents some of the city’s best young alternative fashion talents—this time, 15 take the stage, mostly from NSCAD’s fashion and textile program, though that’s starting to change as the scene becomes more established and designers…
IRiSs Labs #7: Mined machine dreams
When laboratory artist Chris Spencer-Lowe explains the experiment he and fellow artists will be conducting Saturday at the North Street Church, you’re not sure whether the night will erupt in photo-epileptic seizures or a dance revolution. “We take the disparate elements, the film which we usually shoot ourselves and process ourselves, and the sound elements…
Book smarts
Meet Anna Quon, Ryan Turner and Zach Wells—three local writers whose work should slide its way onto your bookshelves soon, if it hasn’t already. Quon, born in Halifax and raised in Dartmouth, writes and facilitates writing workshops, mostly for people with disabilities. Her first novel, Migration Songs, published just last year, was nominated for the…
Mark Sultan
The first two instrumental minutes of Mark Sultan’s gritty four-minute opener “Icicles” release like a noisy prelude to a loud, ballsy off-off-Broadway musical. Garage rock royalty and the BBQ half of King Khan and BBQ Show, this one-man band can swing from coarse tincan guitar to crooning like a lovelorn, long-lost Animals member, as in…
Die, Greenie!
I’m sick to death of all the eco-greenie-AlGore-wannabe-globalwarming-earthday-earthhour-hippie-hempheads in this stupid city and all their self-loathing, self-righteous, holier-than-thou bullshit. Get the hell on your bicycle and ride it somewhere fucking far away from me, will you? Now please excuse me while I spray Roundup between the concrete blocks in my driveway.—Brenda
Mr.Manners
To all the people who still smile and say thank you when someone offers to hold the door. To all the people who are genuinely thankful for a big tip at the end of a meal. To all the people who remember how good it is for someone to show them respect and good manners.…
C is for Cookie
My Dearest, I appreciate how much you’re doing to make our life together possible. You are working so hard! I’m really envious at how you’re still able to do homework and function for that matter. By now I would’ve already had multiple breakdowns. Yes, I miss talking to you frequently, but I’m not always going…
Trivial Pursuit
Seriously? At trivia night you cheer every time you get a question right and high-five when your trivia team wins the round? You have 11 fucking people on your team!! Trivia night used to be fun when the teams were three to six people. A big fuck you to you and your ten friends for…
The co-worker who screwed me over
So did you get anything out of screwing me over? Wake up you did a crappy job, you were over the top nosey, thought everyone was out to get you and now I find out your a backstabber! I am not saying the crap that went on was right but I wasn’t the only one…
Dear Future Employer
Will you please post your @##% hiring wages in your job descriptions. It will save both you and I a whole lot of time if I knew what you were planning to pay me up front! You know what else would be helpful?… If recruiting companies indicated who they are hiring for so that we…
Canada’s Worst Driver Award
To the ugly pirate hooker of a driver that nearly drove into the side of me Wednesday morning on Joseph Howe drive/Dutch Village Road: I hope you can sleep well at night knowing you almost killed me and my unborn baby so you could get two seconds ahead of the driver in your lane that…
Skilled Driver
A big ups to the skilled driver of a Nissan SUV, driving with a cigarette AND talking on her cell phone! I hope you crash into a cop car!—Safe driver
Access Nova Scotia Moving?
WTF? They are moving Access Nova Scotia to Bayer’s Lake? That’s a terrible idea. Too far away, too much driving, too inaccessible to people who want to access it.—Inaccessible Nova Scotia
metric-metres
Alison Lang’s Metric article (“Measuring Metric’s success,” April 8) calls Emily Haines a goddess, a bitch, a siren, maybe a visionary. I think Emily Haines is one of these things: a bitch. Lang had a bad interview with Haines go sour due to Haines’ bad attitude, yet Lang proceeds to blame herself and kiss Haines’…
On Patrol
What’s wrong? Storm damage at Terrence Bay lighthouse. Who’s responsible? Chris Mills, Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society. REMARKS A reader sent this photo of the torn-up lighthouse. The lighthouse preservation people tell us this jewel is often the victim of surging seas, and in past years the Coast Guard, which still maintains the structure, has…
UPDATE: NDP climate bill survives vote
NDP’s federal climate change bill moves forward after Commons vote.
why!?
Dear Halifax: Will you please stop fucking with me? Listen to what I want! Stop lying. Just be nice. You’re pushing me away, sweetheart. I still love you.—Residents of Halifax
