Cell phone suckers
Cell phones are for posers. Is a land line not enough? You look like a twat whenever you use one and you gotta have you head examined to pay THOSE bills! Really, do you think having an electrical device around your head and groin all day and night is a good idea? Muppet, you body…
Tuesday’s HRM council meeting recap
Framing City staff has evidently embarked on a new strategy of controlling the contours of debate and press coverage: Don’t give councillors documents to discuss until the very moment an issue comes before them, and don’t give reporters the documents until after council discusses them. That way, no one can study the documents in advance…
beautiful and kind
this is for the nicest lady ever who comes into our coffee shop a few times per week to get her medium coffee with “lots of 1% milk & 1 and a half sugar” 🙂 you are always in a great mood with the prettiest smile ive ever seen, i really appreciate your kindness; it…
Idea for a win/win situation
A law is a law. Sometimes they are silly, but most times they are put in place to make the world a better place to live. Talking on your cell phone is illegal because studies have shown that people are incapable of driving safely while performing said action. I don’t think that you are unaware…
Eyelevel Gallery Unplugged
From the ELG archives. If you need to send an email to Eyelevel Gallery, do it now, before April 23, when the gallery unplugs itself. For 35 days, staff will not be checking emails or using any office technology that post-dates 1974. Like personal computers. And they’ll be dressed in some groovy threads too, man.…
Market migraine
I grew up in Halifax and always loved the Saturday market at the brewery. After six years of living away I have moved back. I was really looking forward to shopping at the market again but after making a stop there this past Saturday I have decided I will likely not go back. What the…
Used to love you, now I hate you!
Hey! The Coast! Go fuck yourself!! I’d like to think that Halifax’s own indepenent newspaper would be on top of new and exciting acts going on around the city, but nope! As i write this i see a little advertisement to the right that says “login as a member, be a part of the change”.…
Canadian Forces Halifax Rock Fest
Sammy can often be found in Cabo. Just livin’ Halifax Rock Fest, August 2 on Citadel Hill, combines “a show of support for our military members and their families” with Chickenfoot, Our Lady Peace, Finger 11, Sloan and other special guests including the winner of the Next Great Atlantic Rock Band contest. Who is Chickenfoot,…
Andrew WK is ready to die, or, um, play in Halifax
International party-rock icon Andrew WK is coming to Halifax this July 16 at the Paragon Theatre. It’s a solo tour, for what that’s worth to you, but his positivity is really what will carry this show. I used to carry a photo of him in my wallet, for when times got tough. There’s a reason…
Canadian Military Personnel in Blue Helmets only!
With the news from Afganistan becoming more and more grim, I am increasingly aware that we are not the country to be in combat in the region. Sure we are suited to it because of our terrain and indeed we must do our part in the face of danger. Yes, our troops are the finest…
Never going to make it
To you annoying dumbass out of province kids who are tying to make it big by throwing your foam parties and opening your clothing stores. It’s never going to happen here, go back to the homeland, you’ll have a better chance at it there…I think you know that now….take it from someone who knows business…
Flashing Yellow Lights
Are used to alert traffic that you’re crossing the road. I hate it when people don’t push the button for crosswalks. At night. With headphones in, and don’t even look. Im going to smoke you with my car sometime. I don’t know how many time in the last 2 months I’ve had this happen to…
Dear rude customers of Scotia Square:
The world does NOT revolve around *you*. Working in an office above (or around) the mall does not make you better than the people who work *in* the mall, it does not make you more entitled or more intelligent, and it does not give you the right to be rude to the people who are…
#10 Bus
To the bus driver who was driving the last 10 to the bridge on Saturday night, I was waiting 10 minuites in the rain for your late ass. When you pulled out of the woodlawn terminal by the Buger King I noticed you had pulled into the turning lane and not the one to pick…
Our City is a Dance Floor
A couple of weeks ago I bumped into Lucas Dambergs, and he was telling me about this dance video he shot in various locations around the city. It’s up on YouTube, and it’s so much fun. But not only is it set to a song by one of the best bands ever, Le Tigre, there’s…
Ellen Page on The Simpsons, Sunday night!
What Ellen’s character could look like… I couldn’t fool my own mother on the foolingest day of my life with an electrified fooling machine, and so you know it’s not a lie when I tell you that Wikipedia told me that Ellen Page will be appear on the May 3 episode of The Simpsons as…
Wallet Finder
To the person who found my wallet on Quinpool road on Monday evening. I lost it leaving Freeman’s and didn’t notice until I got to the liquor store. When I asked an employee if they had seen it around, the man in line told me he was just at VD and someone had turned in…
Cab Crooks
I don’t know if (some) cabbies are crooks, or just plain stupid. I also don’t know if maybe it’s the policy of the company they work for, but why in the hell can that a) sometimes not make change at all for your fare, and b) often make a big damn fuss about it when…
Giant Hole…WHY?!?!
Enormous Hole in the Ground…Fenwick Street…roughly one year and counting…WTF?! I get that the one-story-deep hole was required so that work could be done on a water main or something, but why did it need to be there for SO DAMN LONG! It has only recently been filled in, but the street is still closed…
International Record Store Day brings the party
The Superfantastics in their cute cup form Who among us could imagine a world without record stores? Without records, our evenings would be staid affairs, and I would certainly look less dignified standing beside a non-existent record collection with a brandy snifter for my yearly portrait. Give thanks for record stores everywhere on International Record…
Sewage plant unattended?
There was nobody at the Halifax sewage plant on the night of January 14, and no workers present to check backup generators when a power outage hit the plant. With no power available, the machinery at the plant was quickly overwhelmed and the entire system failed. As a result, raw sewage has been flowing into…
dear mary’s waitress
thanks for putting up with us coming in hungover and looking terrible (and probably smelling like booze) every saturday. thanks for putting up with us being noisy and stupid. thanks for dealing with our indecisiveness and messiness with patience, humor and your lovely smile. you (and the vegan b-fasts) are definitely one of the reasons…
Trillium Public Art Project picks shortlist
Today, the Planning & Design Centre, with W.M. Fares Group, announced the three finalists for their international design competition, which will result in a new public art piece in front of a new South Park live/work development called the Trillium. Thirty-seven submissions were received and judged by a pretty stellar jury, chaired by Frank Palermo…
love the Coast
I am always grateful to be able to grab a copy of the Coast or visit on line. Like a comfortable old friend and a good cup of coffee, the Coast is always there; covering both mainstream and alternative news and happenings; bitches + loves, blogs rants news opinions, etc Can anyone tell me if…
love the Coast
I am always grateful to be able to grab a copy of the Coast or visit on line. Like a comfortable old friend and a good cup of coffee, the Coast is always there; covering both mainstream and alternative news and happenings; bitches + loves, blogs rants news opinions, etc Can anyone tell me if…
k-os gives it away
k-os is just a generous guyk-os’ upcoming national tour administers a giant eff you to high ticket prices. Dubbed the “k-os Yes! Karma Tour,” there will be no advance ticket sales, the concert is free to attend, it’s all ages and k-os’ new “fan-mixed” album (through Indaba Music, where international community of over 100,000 musicians…
Turn the other cheek
To the old man who decided that whatever the car in front of you did, it was worth running a red light so that you could catch him at the next one, you got out of your car in the middle of the street, holding up traffic so that you could bang on his window…
your kitty needs a warm bed on a rainy night
This isn’t so much a “bitch” as a heads-up – Most anyone living in the Agricola St. area knows who I mean by Elle, the lovely fluffy kitty who frequently roams the street. I don’t know exactly which home is hers, but I do know she has one. However, my question is this – why…
Gotta git m’point acriss
sifting throught the banes of other people’s existences is a privilege, not a right. why can’t you just live in the moment and not waste your life pointing out grammar mistakes? get off yer high horsie. this is where people come to fart out complaints, not english lit, my dearies. —Thomas Felix Glendenning III
noise heroes
to the 2 lovely policemen who spoke to my upstairs neighbours. theyre quiet now. i dont know what you said, but the noise has stopped. i wish you could have come over 10 months ago… —sleep reprieved
bye bye Bi
I am so sick of Bi’s. Do us lesbians all a favour and stick to your own kind. Here of just a few examples of your predictable and pathetic behaviour. Telling us after we get to know you that your married then asking if we’d be interested in a threesome or at least having your…
Inconsiderate concert goers
To the gang of stupid drunken 19 year old boys at the Neil Young concert, front/left of the floor: YOU SUCK! Where do you puke-tarts get off dissing Neil’s playlist? You bitched and whined like whores throughout the whole concert because you weren’t familiar with Neil’s latest material. If you wanted to hear the classics,…
signals are civil
It’s not the end of the world, but it would be nice if you put your signal on for that left turn before the light turns green. It would be even nicer when there’s a right lane. In Vancouver it’s good cause for road rage. Here, it’s the usual. What gives? —come again
Mr. Fuckplow you SUCK!
Okay, winter’s done and over with, BUT, I bet your bathroom will be filled with fucking mis-aimed piss for the rest of your life you fucktard. You can’t aim for shit! My curbs all around my street are destroyed. We put up the signs for the curb for a reason. Guess what? You ran over…
LATE
THIS BITCH IS TO THE RED HAIRED WOMAN WHO NEVER SHUTS UP ON THE BUS. THIS MORNING WHEN WE LEFT MUMFORD ALL YOU DID FOR THE WHOLE TRIP WAS TALK TO THE DRIVER AND THIS MADE THE BUS 15 MINUTES LATE GETTING DOWNTOWN AND I MISSED MY CONNECTING BUS AND HAD TO WAIT FOR THE…
Inconsiderate recycler
To the spineless fuck on Arvida Avenue who threw his three blue bags in with my blue bags…I don’t want to deal with your fucking improperly sorted recylables and have the city leave them for me to sort correctly. When I find out who the filthy prick is, there will be a nice load of…
stupid ferry
why would they have the buses running but not the ferries? good Friday- what the hell? more like bad Friday. What a stupid place. bah —Jeremy
Respect your elders…you’ll be there soon enough
I’m so fucking annoyed by people not respecting their elders, I hope everyone shits on you when you get old too. To the disrespectful biotch who wouldn’t let the elderly lady go ahead of her at the blood collection clinic in Clayton Park yesterday morning I felt like slapping the stupid out of you. SHE…
To one of the drivers of the #2 bus
You are awesome. One day, I was on my way to a doctor’s appointment – feeling pretty bummed, knew I was going to get bad news. You were so affable and courteous to every single person who boarded your bus – the nicest touch was to address every female passenger as “My lady”. Coming from…
Oxford Street is not a drag strip!
I realize that the warm weather makes for a good opportunity to display your mechanical phallus. However, if I hear one more motorcycle or souped-up car screaming past my house at twice the speed limit, I’m going to lay spike strips. —For the love of God I’m trying to sleep
Bus Idiots
To the idiot who was trying to board the #21 Bus on Wednesday April 9th – you started mouthing off at the driver because he wouldn’t open the door for you – well no shit Sherlock maybe the VALID reason was that you were smoking and the bus driver did not want to open the…
NEED LAXATIVES!!!!!!!
FOR THE LOVE OF BATMAN, I HAVENT CRAPPED IN FUCKING THREE DAYS! AND I GET APPLE SIZED HEMORROIDS WHENEVER I TRY AND SQUEEZE OUT THIS GODDAMN ROCK! I DON’T USUALLY WRITE IN CAPS! OR USE THIS MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS! BUT I FUCKING HATE MY GODDAMN BOWELS! —real life
McCain Jerks
This is to the unnatractive and overweight jerks in the Mccain building, 2nd floor on thursday night who took it upon themselves to talk about their life stories while i tried to write an essay. Thanks for laughing about how ridiculous and funny it was for me to ask you to be quiet. Disrespectful jackasses.…
To the one I lost….
I didn’t know you were the one until it was too late. Now I miss the many moments we had together that until now I didn’t realize how special they were. First I had to find my way and then that was your line, perhaps someday we will travel the same path again and find…
Prisoners “Rights and Amenities”
Ok, just wanted to post somewhere I know will “get the word out” I am really thinking of posting a new Facebook page protesting the present state of not only Nova Scotian prisons but all Canadian prisons. Prisoners have been given far, far too many liberties and “niceties”…it’s freaking jail ok? If you can’t deal…
Jail Riot
so the criminal maggots have trashed the jail because they’re frustrated; we, as taxpayers are the one’s who should be frustrated for paying for your lavish accomodations instead of housing you in Kim Jong Il’s “fabulous” concentration camps. —senile
Dear everybody in the Dal Killiam quiet learning commons:
For the love of God, if you’re not using a laptop, don’t sit right next to the plugs! There are like six plugs in the entire room, and you clearly don’t need them. This is the only place in the whole building that has tables at the right height. I am sick of having to…
What is wrong with this city
Regarding the headlined story in todays Chronically Horrid “One person’s trash is another’s fine” WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH THE DICKHEADS THAT WORK FOR HRM!! Jesus, here we have a guy taking a bit of pride in his home and surroundings, and getting kicked in the nuts for it. This story makes me…
Her Royal Majesty launch Saturday!
Harriet Lye’s bi-monthly community arts magazine, Her Royal Majesty, has crept its way into the hearts of the Haligonians for its charming artwork, poetry, stories, paintings, recipes and more. According to Lye, the name is derived “from a mistranslation of acronyms: when I first moved to Halifax, I thought that the signs around the city…
ViewFinders Film Fest: Not just for the wee ones
ViewFinders, the international film fest for youth, announced its line-up yesterday. You don’t have to be grasshopper size to appreciate some of the films (full schedule available at atlanticfilm.com/view. It’s Not Me, I Swear (C’est pas moi, je le jure), by Quebec director Philippe Falardeau, which opens the fest on April 21, is “the story…
Missed topic in hbus story
To the editor, I enjoyed last week’s news article, “Day tripper” about hbus.ca. Your reporter, Holly Gordon, may not have been aware of the brief success of a Transport Canada-funded project to do exactly the same thing hbus.ca has done in Halifax. Information on the Transport Canada website indicates that the Halifax Bus Route Finder system…
Public secrets not all locked
To the editor, Tim Bousquet was spot-on about the importance of transparency and public access to government records in last week’s cover feature, “Public secrets.” The challenge is balancing individual privacy rights with the public’s right to know. As the court administrator of Halifax Provincial Court on Spring Garden Road, I was sorry to read…
Coast justified in smoke ads
To the editor, Gee, it was nice of Kyle Shaw to pen his “Smoking mad” editorial last week defending The Coast’s practice of running tobacco ads. I’m sure he had nothing better to do with his time than explain what should have been obvious to anyone with an IQ over 40. The Coast exists because…
The Dingle
Why doesn’t the Dingle get the respect it deserves? Every other mother fucking structure in Halifax has it’s own wiki page. The Dingle has the been in the hearts and minds of every individual in this city for the last several decades. Somehow, it’s this new generation of internet users that shits all over the…
Classified
Classified’s first major-label album certainly looks the part. The beautiful cover artwork by Justin Broadbent features a torn poster motif with the Enfield rapper staring defiantly outward. It’s a striking image that promises big things. And for the most part, Self Explanatory delivers. The album features a narrative thread modelled after the Choose Your Own…
How to get sustainable seafood
In a feature called “The catch” in The Coast’s February 26 issue, news editor Tim Bousquet explained why it’s so very difficult to get sustainably caught seafood here in Halifax. The expression “sustainable seafood” is itself fraught with problems. There isn’t enough of a demand for it, as there is in the organic produce and…
Sunshine Cleaning
The tale of two down-on-their-luck sisters who get work cleaning up crime scenes bespeaks high-concept Sundance flavour of the month. But the effect of Christine Jeffs’ movie is better than that. Her somewhat scattered narrative, written by Megan Holley, is legitimized by Amy Adams’ standout performance as single mom Rose, who feels undesired and needs…
Michachu
Fans of Matthew Herbert will devour 21-year-old Michachu, AKA Mica Levi, who is produced by the avant-garde genius. A classically trained musician who has already been commissioned to write a piece for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Levi’s aesthetic falls more on the punk side, with sparse lyrics that hurriedly stomp, punch and poke. In 13…
Elegy
Penélope Cruz is Consuela, a Cuban-American student in New York, bangs framing her face with a deceptive innocence. Ben Kingsley is Kepesh: narrator, writer and Consula’s English lit prof, 30-plus years her senior. While fretting about his age and virility he seduces her, becoming obsessed by, and possessive of, her beauty and body. As his…
Baby dances the apocalypso
“When the world ends, will we dance the apocalypso?” asks Mathias Kom towards the end of The Burning Hell’s new album, Baby. If we did, it might sound a bit like The Burning Hell. Led by ukulele-wielding, lyrically endowed Kom, The Burning Hell expands and contracts from a one-man show to a sprawling 13-person folk-rock…
Royal Wood
On Royal Wood’s fourth release, the current of chamber pop that wended its way through his previous music has broadened. It’s no longer just a motif. This feels less like experimentation than a new ethos. Along with his romantic piano playing and deep, resonant vocal tones, Wood is joined by a string section (Kevin Fox,…
DJs come up on film
In Coconut Grove, just above the flickering neon lights of Pizza Corner, up the stairs from a glass window that appears to have a slight stain made by a hard fist, in a low-lit bar filled with candlelight, are the competitors for Phil Harris’ The Come Up documentary, getting ready to give Halifax its first…
Snailhouse w/Grand Theft Bus
Mike Feuerstack’s list of collaborators is exceeded only by his admirers, as evidenced by the recent Snailhouse tribute album, Do You Want to Talk All Night? (Sappy Records). Feuerstack, the heart of Snailhouse, got his start playing in the well-loved, but often overlooked, Moncton hardcore band The Underdogs alongside Rick White (Eric’s Trip/Elevator). The list…
Lisa Hannigan
Irish singer Lisa Hannigan’s Sea Sew doesn’t sound like the debut album that it is. Not surprising, considering her experience. After seven years of collaborating with and singing backup for Damien Rice (as well as vocal contributions for The Frames and Herbie Hancock), she’s put out a collection of her own. Hannigan’s voice moves fluidly…
Port of Halifax’s cat fix
While Halifax council played cat-and-mouse with an elusive permitting bylaw, Pierre Filiatreault single-handedly solved the feral feline problem at the Dockyard. Will councillors adopt his purr-fect solution for the entire city, or will the political fur fly again?
Fid reopens!
After a six week wait, Fid pre-opened to media and fans last night. The new reno is modest and sets the tone for a more casual approach by the owners, Monica Bauché and Dennis Johnston, to their ten-year old fine dining institution. A banquette between the fireplaces, a redone bar where you can sit and…
Mother knows best
From birthing blanket to bottle to bibs, babies are born into a complex world full of toxins and chemicals. So if a parent can take steps to reduce their exposure to these elements, why wouldn’t they? Long-time P’Lovers staffer and mom Shelby Lendrum is an enthusiastic advocate of organic and natural baby products. She points…
Taliban in transition
Protesters took to the streets of London last week as suits from the world’s richest countries pondered the economic meltdown. Demonstrators held up four big horse puppets to represent greed, war, climate chaos and poverty—the four faces of a world crisis brought on by a corrupt political and economic system driven by money, media, militarism…
The Toxic Bus Incident
The Toxic Bus Incident is part of OneLight Theatre’s Civilian Project, a series of plays meant to examine how war affects “ordinary” people. Unfortunately, the characters in this play are not nearly ordinary or likeable enough to resonate with the audience. The play examines the disintegration of Helen, a middle-aged Vancouver woman (played by Pamela…
Eco-Schools
Nova Scotia Community College: What you pack in, you pack out at the Dartmouth Waterfront campus of NSCC. There are no garbage cans in the classrooms just a recycling container. There is a reason for this. With a new school progressive ideas follow. Two students at the campus, Jennifer Hynick and Tanya Massey, both licensed…
Local and environmental cookbooks
The Trout Point Lodge Cookbook by Daniel Abel, Charles Leary, and Vaughn Perret(Random House) Offering dishes with New Orleans Cajun flavour, tracing them to original Acadian recipes in Atlantic Canada. Eating By The Seasonsby The Food Action Committee of the Ecology Action Centre A collection of 160 recipes featuring largely Nova Scotia-grown food, with a…
Observe and Report
Observe and Report is a balancing act of tone. It’s only a comedy out of mercy that it’s easier to deal with through humour. The second movie written and directed by Jody Hill is, like the previous one, The Foot Fist Way, and his TV series Eastbound and Down, about the type of sociopath most…
Halifax Green Builders Collective does it naturally
It hasn’t got a name, a phone number, a website or its grant money, but a Halifax Green Builders Collective is happening. “Clients want it,” says Anne Sinclair, an architect with a lot of green knowledge and 25 years design experience, who sees how hard it can be for people to realize their ambitions for…
Living off the grid
Sue and Simon Melrose live in an extremely rural area of Nova Scotia, on a beautiful treed property with waterfront views near Musquodoboit Harbour, some 400 metres from the highway in a 1,500 square feet, one-and-a-half storey Cape Cod. They’re one of the few people in the province not tied into the power network, provided…
Is Halifax still a recycling leader?
Last year we spoke to Darren Welner—sales and marketing coordinator for Scotia Recycling, the largest recycling business in the province—about a trial project to recycle Tim Hortons cups. As an update to that piece, he reports the Yarmouth trial run had positive results: Cups were successfully processed and their constituent fibres were found to be…
Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious is the third sequel to The Fast and the Furious. For part five, they should remove the “&,” drop the vowels, and replace the “S”s with “5”s. As this one is being sold as the reunion film, it carries a problem of most comebacks. The inspiration is lost. The first movie had…
Green is the New Normal
Items like CFL’s were already off the list when we put together last year’s Green Halifax guide. As P’lover’s co-owner Liz Crocker told us: “When we opened, we sold compact fluorescent lightblubs. Now you can get them everywhere.” This year we’re more stringent. There are plenty of practices and behaviors we’ll acknowledge, but aren’t worthy…
Bottled water versus Tap
In an article published in a 2007 issue of the Air Canada in-flight magazine enRoute, their food critics put together a list of positive trends in the food industry. Next to the environmental benefits of blackboard menus, they listed the return of tap water as a great thing, saving them from having to spend money…
Wolfville: the small town example
The first page of the Wolfville municipal website shows the importance the town of a little under 4,000 puts on being ecologically sustainable. Along with the budget planning notifications and community services guide is a column dedicated to green initiatives: A green mobility forum meeting and a town council sustainable community planning task force unveiling…
Canning, preserving and drying
A century ago, fresh strawberries would have been unheard of in the depths of winter. Instead, each fall our grandmothers worked for hours on end over hot stoves, sterilizing Mason jars and canning, drying and pickling to preserve their harvest and ensure their families had food on their plates when farm fields were white with…
Halifax cycling coalition
One of the most prominent pro-cycling organizations in Halifax, the approximately 200 members of the HCC take their two-wheeled transit seriously. Steve Bedard, director of education and advocacy for the group, says the membership even includes people who don’t own bicycles but are “interested in taking steps to ensure Halifax is planned in a more sustainable…
100 Mile Diet
It started only 5 years ago, with a couple in Vancouver. Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon, who, discovering that the average North American eats food with ingredients that have travelled at least 1,500 miles (2,414 km.), set out to spend a year only eating food that came from within 100 miles of where they live.…
Vegetarianism and the environment
In January 2008, Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change, made headlines when he asked the world to cut back on meat consumption, pointing to UN-based research that shows the production of livestock is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transportation combined. The plea was…
Hope, coloured blue
Susan Earle is sad. “Soon,” she says, “we’re going to be Hopeless.” And no, she’s not on about the economy. Earle is talking about the Hope Colour Processor in the Photography department at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. The 10-year-old $30,000 beast that’s leaving the university at the end of this…
Bone Cage up for Savage award
Back in October 2007, Catherine Banks’ play, Bone Cage, had its original and only run on stage. Produced at Neptune Studio, there were some 10 performances over eight days, a series the playwright herself describes as “short.” The play was presented by Forerunner Playwrights Theatre, which, by its nature, involves the playwright as co-producer, with…
Eco-grants
The ecoENERGY Retrofit Program Natural Resources Canada offers a residential energy efficiency assessment service for homes. Owners can qualify for federal grants by improving the energy efficiency of their homes. The maximum grant is $5,000. For more information, visit: oee.nrcan.gc.ca. The provincial arm of the program, the EnerGuide for New Houses and EnerGuide for Homes,…
Deconsecrated grounds
Q:I recently discovered, accidentally, while moving things out of my 16-year-old son’s room prior to a renovation, a cache of my sex toys that had mysteriously disappeared over the past year. While I’ve wondered how it was possible to misplace a glow-in-the-dark crucifix-shaped dildo (complete with Jesus in relief), it never dawned on me that…
Green Guide 2009
What has changed since last year? That was the main question when we began planning this second edition of Green Halifax, a guide to sustainable and environmental living. The answer: lots. We’re in a recession. The good work local businesses are doing to exercise their ecological conscience is now so much harder. But the need…
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird is one serious songwriter, and not because his lyrics deal with weighty subjects (frankly, they are sometimes difficult to decipher). Serious because every arrangement and word is so carefully considered within the context of other parts, it forces listeners to pay careful attention or risk missing subtle details. Like how the phrase “I…
Polarized over Snaubar
It’s good, it’s bad, the service is great, the service is awful…does everyone have an opinion about new Lebanese eatery Snaubar? It’s easily the most polarized debate I’ve heard about one restaurant lately. Since it’s been open a few months now, I’ve got to find out what the deal is for myself. Snaubar (pronounced “snow…
Adventureland
After graduating university, book-smart virgin James (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to get a summer job when his father is demoted. Working a game booth at theme park Adventureland doesn’t just seem beneath his education, it’s also his induction into the working class. Coming-of-age is a narrative device. It’s rare that an event represented in a…
Think about it this time
Dear Confused: You go on and on about how she gets jelous when you go out or talk to other women. Here you and I are, not even together..just wishing we were perhaps, and you got jelous because I went out last night. You were upset because some jackass thought it necessary to be all…
It’s a library for Christ’s sake
To everyone who wears high heels to the Killam Library. Please fuck off and die. —One week til I escape the degree mill.
Start your engines for the Jazz Festival
The Bell Orchestre just flew in from Montreal and, boy, are their arms tired. The TD Canada Trust Atlantic Jazz Festival (July 10-18) released the identities of a few of their acts this year, so start your planning/salivating. Joe Louis Walker shows off his blues proficiency, including Delta and Chicago styles, Memphis soul, gospel and…
Black firefighters file human rights complaint
When word leaked out this week that a group of black firefighters had filed a complaint against the Halifax fire department with the Human Rights Commission, fire chief Bill Mosher tried to frame the issue as an overreaction by two unduly sensitive employees. “We had met with [black firefighters] and came up with an action…
