Tiesto at the Cunard Centre October 4
Mr. Tiesto For those not lucky enough to be on their way back from a wild weekend at Pop Montreal, cheer yourself up with the wild party of Tiesto, Sunday, October 4, 8pm at the Cunard Centre. ($66.25, tickets at www.ticketpro.ca)
Josh Martinez rings in the school year with a hip hop show at the Paragon Thursday September 3
Martinez prepares for an energetic show Martinez is a busy fellow—-running his own label (Camobear Records), a nationwide tour with Pigeon John in October and recording albums with both of his other bands, Chicharones and Pissed off Wild—-and like many busy fellows, he chooses to twitter (tweet?). His attitude about it is refreshing. “You should…
With all due respect
I just wanted to write and thank Meredith Dault for such a great, nuanced and respectful piece about Stepping Stone and the sex workers who the organization supports (“Sex work in the shadows,” August 20). I’m an American activist whose focus is sexuality and media—among other things, I run a media training workshop for sex…
Dueling comedy clubs in Halifax
We’ve been as confused bout the local comedy scene as the rest of you, but we’ve finally gotten, well, competing claims. You’ll recall that in the summer Shoptalk reported that Yuk Yuk’s was moving from its Westin Hotel premise to the former Club Caliente space on Spring Garden. Then we reported that the move was…
More Pop Explosion excitement
Red Mass could check out some clothing stores in town By now you probably chomping at the bit to go to the Halifax Pop Explosion (October 20 to 24). What you might not know is that more wicked bands have been announced, to the tune of Brian Borcherdt, Bruce Peninsula, Crystal Antlers, Owen, Red Mass,…
Enough with the perfumey soap already!!!
Why the hell is that restaurants always buy the smelliest, most perfumey soap possible for their washrooms?! I don’t want my hands stinking like some old lady’s perfume when I eat my meal. Every time I put my hand close to my face in order to take a bite, all I can smell is the…
Love love.
I have recently become more aware of the on-going issues that are separating the common citizen from those with power. The backburner plans to create divergence. To control the masses. Materialism vs. thought… and so on… The love Im expressing is a love for life, in general. For yours and, those you love. I give…
gross international 0 institute
developing hypothesis code app relates scheme exempt feedback —brooklynnw
Tuesday night
What the fuck is wrong with you?! You offer to buy me a drink, I say “No, thank you”. You buy it anyway from across the bar, I refuse to drink it. Ten minutes later you sneak up behind me on the dance floor and put your hand on the small of my back. I…
Kijiji Job Seekers
To people who post up these job wanted ads – I know it’s hard out there and you’re trying to “think outside the box.” But why do almost all of you have to use the worst photos of yourself possible? You’re either glowering at your webcam in a darkened room, looking like you’re just about…
to tank and friend
thanks to the great folks at Stepping Stone especially one very handsome doggie and his buddy with the big hair for making sure all our toys got back to us no matter how many times we lost them in your yard! —crazed teacher and the munkins!
crazy people get off the main roads!!!
if you are new to this city or just wanting to putter around – stop driving on the main streets with the most traffic – like Robie, Qunipool, Spring Garden and Barrington and slowing down dazed and confused holding up traffic – actually Halifax is such a small city – park your damn car and…
PUT DOWN THE DAMM CELL WHILE DRIVING
TO THE STUPID BASTARD ON THE CELL PHONE WHILE I WAS CROSSING THE CROSSWALK. I DON’T WANT TO LOSE MY LFE BECAUSE YOU ARE TO (IMPORTANT) TO WAIT TO TALK TO YOUR BUDDY WHEN YOU GET WHERE YOU ARE GOING —HATING DRIVERS ON CELL PHONES
Hospital cafeteria food sucks
Why, why, why can’t I go to the hospital cafeteria and get something nutritious??? Everytime I go, the milk is close to expiry date and the only cheese they have is gouda! Gouda, are you kidding me?! After lunch is over, (1:00 pm!!!) the other choices are pastries full of fat, sugar, carbs or salt.…
Halifax is number 24 out of 31
According to a new report, our fair city is ranked at number 24 out of 31 cities in Canada. How did we do so well? —Basil Fawlty
Peter Duffy to do something or another for Peter Kelly
Update, 2 September, 2009: Coast listings editor Holly Gordon has discovered Duffy’s “raped by a ghost” columns archived, here. I often dream of doing an April Fool’s Day all-satire version of The Coast, with utterly ridiculous articles throughout. Problem is, reality trumps anything we could come up with. Today, there’s this news: A former columnist…
Fresh Halifax Pop Explosion announcement: GIRL TALK
Presale on now, hit this up and enter 1786 for tickets. They are $20.
Nova Scotia Music Week announces showcases
Minglewood’s got his hosting crystal on Nova Scotia Music Week (November 5-8 in Yarmouth) have announced their Songs and Stories concert headliners and host, and their considerable list of showcasing bands for the weekend. Songs and Stories brings you host Matt Minglewood and features Erin Costelo, Ryan Cook, Steven Bowers, Jenn Grant, Julian Babin and…
Fucking punks!
This is to the two teenaged guys who decided to leave without paying for their meal: You think that was funny or something? You know what though, I remember faces and if you come back again your asses are gone, unless you’re coming back to pay for your meals! Oh how clever, take off while…
Cinderella’s had enough
Dear Stepmother, 145. That is the number of hours until I leave your house. How on earth do you not see that you are one of the most overbearing, anal, crazy people I’ve ever met? How your kids ever grew up living in your house is beyond me, and it’s little wonder that your grown…
Learn To Drive Moron!
When I am signalling LEFT while riding my motorcycle that does NOT mean that you can pass me to the LEFT you freaking MORON!!!! If I did not look behind me before making my right-of-way turn you would have been wearing me as your new hood ornament!!! Go to driving school and learn the rules…
Janes on the commons love horn
After spreading the sound of love for close to two years, the Lovehorn in Jane’s on the commons lobby needs to be repaired. This is a result of the heavy use the horn gets from all the hungry customers. Kyle is hard at work fixing Jane’s LoveHorn and it will be back up and running…
Facebook or Babybook
Even though I don’t use it that often, I think Facebook is a great tool for keeping in touch. My friends from high school and university are spread out all over the place, and it’s nice to have a free way of connecting. I love seeing my friends’ wedding photos, baby photos, vacation pics, and…
Name the Sewage Plant Contest winner announced
The votes are in, and the winner of our Name the Sewage Plant Contest is… Shitstorm Central, contributed by reader Mike McKenzie. Mike wins a copy of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #3, a $15.95 value contributed by Atlantic News. Congratulations, Mike! Related Stories
They’re back….University students return
We’re all about to get hit. No, not with a hurricane, necessarily—even though we have seen a couple of tropical storms already in August. We’re talking about the storm of the student body, Hurricane Academe. Most businesses in town will be boosted by the sudden increase in the local population, either directly or indirectly. Some…
Invasion of the Living Dead
My neighbourhood has been taken over by Zombies–young adults and teens mostly. They lurch and shuffle along the streets mostly unaware of the doings of the living. Their eyes are glazed over and unfocused. When spoken to, one gets the impression that there is a great distance between where they are at and where you…
Property stickers
It’s come to this. Now not only do we have to endure “tagging”, and ragged posters advertising any and every band, political, social & dance group, it now appears that we now have to endure TSE listed companies companies joining the cue. This company and it’s stickers have been defacing waste receptacles in the Dal…
Missing you…
Missing Halifax, and the ocean. Missing the smells and the sights and the restaurants and everything. Especially missing one person in particular who lives in Halifax. *Sigh* —Anonymous
sheetcake joy
This is going back a few months but to whoever left the sheetcake out in front of the spring library for random public consumption: It was very thoughtful and made me very happy. —k.
Thrashfest 2009
Thy Flesh Consumed Thrashfest tore up Gus’ Pub last weekend with performances by Thy Flesh Consumed, Terratomb, Hellacaust, North End Metal All Stars, Big Game Hunt and Cicada (Friday) and Hands of Death, Fistfight, Orchid’s Curse, Hate Division, Panic and War and Select and Dismember (Saturday). Organizers Matthew Francis, Randy Crust and Myron Cottreau (all…
Rain makes me happy!
No, it really does. Something about rain makes me warm and cozy. Its nice to just relax with a cat and a cup of tea, and not have to worry about the 100 other things I have to do. So while some complain about it, I’m truly happy. — Singin’ in the rain
See ya
I’m soooo sad you’re leaving town. Hmmm… what will I miss the most? I’ll definitely miss your sense of class–remember the time you took me out for dinner for my birthday and the bill came to $40 over the FREE DINNER you won from work and you complained about having to spend the extra money?…
Napier Family land donation to NS Nature Trust
How cool is this: the Napier family from Purcell’s Cove “recently donated their family lands to the Nature Trust. This generous gift protects over 20 hectares of pristine and rugged wildlands overlooking the northwest arm. Undeveloped lakeshore, important fire barren ecosystems, and uncommon plants are now protected, forever. Part of the ‘Halifax backlands’, the site…
Big City Transit System Required
It is time that a certain transit system woke up and realized that it is servicing a big city now and needs to grow with the times. Specifically speaking: the ferry NEEDS to run longer than 11:45pm to actually accomodate people who don’t have a parental curfew i.e. adults, who want to return home later…
To the Girl with the Great Big Blue SUV
I have no idea if that’s actually your car, but I stepped out in front of it at the Queen/Spring Garden intersection as you were trying to turn. I did have the right of way but that doesn’t excuse my rude stare as you looked shocked and apologetic from behind the wheel. I’m sure that…
Self-righteous Complainers
Well summer is winding down, and so is the heat. Now I know the common complaint is about people who complain about the heat. But my complaint today is about those who are complaining about the complainers. I can pretty much guarantee that in another month or two (if not already) you will be complaining…
Have a nice day, Cranky Pants
To the Manager of a certain coffee establishment who reamed my husband out after a casual exchange of customer/wait staff banter. You accused him of being totally negative and wished that just once he would say something positive. Are you freaking KIDDING me??? I think you need a hearing aid. Or a conversation filter. Or…
Yet another one for the metro transit
I love the hipocrisy of the public transit system in this city. Not only do most of the busses, idling for fifteen minutes or more, have “Don’t idle” ads on them, as other people have said. But, the main complaint here is that it’s 2.25 (Old news, I know), to ride the bus. Which doesn’t…
When In Rome Part 2
Rednecks , ruralites and city folk have much in common . We have a right to protest, bitch, complain, free speach, live anywhere, anytime . And we all live on land stolen from the aboriginals . The fact that ruralites have lived on their land for generations means nothing . You are not special or…
Great Man in the Making
To my daughter’s camp counsellor who gave my daughter the benefit of the doubt. When I talked to you about an incident you showed such insight; even though looking at you I could guess you were barely old enough to drive. You spoke so highly of her and you really were trying to understand and…
Bubble rant
I walk by… er i should say I walk through your stupid bubbles every day on my to work… then again on lunch and on my way home…. you know what I dont like bubbles. I dont like the idea of some mystery bubble solution getting all over me and my clothes… save your bubbles…
Customers of Fast Food Restaraunts
A few rules for all of you when at a fast food restaraunt. 1) We are people too. This does not give you the right to treat us as anything less. fast food is one of the hardest jobs around, and if you think you can do better than us, I challenge you to get…
door hugging bus standers
sit down! and don’t hang out standing at the doors on the bus -if you want to be nice or polite and give up your seat on a crowded bus – do that, that’s great – but if there are seats available sit down – the reason why – as a person with a mobility…
Dude looking for ‘gas money’
Yesterday you stopped me and asked for gas money. Today it was a toonie for bus fare. Glad to hear that you’ve given up on cars and are taking advantage of our mass transit system! The environment thanks you! —Cranky
Closeted Venting
Just because our desks are next to each other does not mean I want to spend every spare minute of my day hearing every detail about your urinary tract infection or whatever other pointless personal life story you wish to share, you ignorant, ignorant toad. You speak only to hear yourself talk, and you argue…
I HATE MY BROTHER
I HATE HIM I HATE HIM SO FUCKING MUCH!!!! HE’S SUCH A FUCKING LOSER!!! ALL HE DOES IS SKATEBOARD ALL FUCKING DAY AND WATCH SKATEBOARDING VIDEOS AND LOOK AT SKATEBOARDING PICTURES AND WASTE HIS LIFE!!! HE’S AS SKINNY AS A POLE AND DOESN’T EVEN FEED HIMSELF!! HE LOAFS ALL DAY LONG WHEN HE’S NOT SKATEBOARDING…
I love you North End!
I just want to send some love to North End Halifax, which I will miss dearly when I move this weekend. I love you North End! I love walking through you to work, and the friendly shop owners (especially the smiling barber shop owner always standing in his door in the morning), and the way…
Thanks lady cop
Thank you to the lady cop who didn’t throw me in the drunk tank when I got locked out of my apartment saturday night. I know I was very drunk and yelling for 3 hours trying to wake someone up to let me in, and I disrupted the neighbours (that’s why you were called). You…
Rural and Folks
So, I decide that I want to slow things down a bit–the City is getting kind of rough–and I find this charming little house that was nestled into the foothills of Death Valley (its nickname). It wasn’t the prettiest of houses, but I fell in love with its enormous, screened-in balcony that hung over the…
I can’t get you info the effing country stop asking
I work for a airline and part of my job is to inform people that they need a passport to fly from the U.S. to Canada. Something like 70% of Americans do not have passports, so when I tell them they need a passport it becomes a big effing thing. Wake the fuck up and…
THE WORLD IS NOT JUST YOURS!
Picture it: I’m standing there, in a local book shop, trying to look for a book (obviously). A woman is nearby, with her 6 kids. All the kids want books. The mother says “I’m not buying books just so you kids can sit around and read all day!” – lovely example of supporting literacy these…
Local television station…
Im not naming names due to the Coast’s rules on that, so I wont. A Local television station has had a long standing run of showing “The Simpsons” EVERY weekday at 5PM, its been like this for years and years, we cant depend on anything in this world but we can depend on the Simpsons…
The People Behind the Names
I’d love to see the Coast do an article on some of the regular bitchers, using their monikers and avitars only to protect the innocent. It would be most enlightening to know who’s behind the comments. —Curious as Shit
pet UN-friendly city
what the fuck is up with no dogs in every apartment building! i have been looking everywhere! and nothing. no dogs, no smoking, no having lives. thanks to the assholes that let their dogs piss and shit all over everything and now we have to suffer for it! if people took a risk and said…
Scotia Square Know It All
This is for you and your big mouth! You know too much! You engage your mouth before you try making your brain work. FYI, it is YOU who is working and on welfare and not reporting your wages. I hope the fuck you get caught and your sorry ass lands behind prison bars!!! You need…
The Lone Nose Hair
Fuck you hair. —F. Mahoney
Autistic kid kicked off the bus
To the driver who kicked off that autistic kid on the 14 today because he was making noise, you’re a fucking asshole! I hope you lose your job, you ignorant SOB! I seriously hope the CBC, CTV and Chronicle Herald write an article about this jerk-off driver!—PO’ed bus passenger
Lost Cat all signs left behind
To the person in Clayton Park West area who lost their cat two weeks ago. You put up a million floresent billboard signs on every second lamp post and stop signs and even placed an ad in the Coast indicating that you lost your cat and you were moving in a couple of days and…
Show round up! Beenie Man, Busta and Rourke
The “Return of the Legends” tour brings Beenie Man (with Redflame and Lindo P) to the Paragon on Wednesday, September 16 (VIP $44.50, advance $32.50, door $40, tickets at ticketpro.ca), and just a mere three days later you can witness the glory of Busta Rhymes (and company) on at the Cunard Centre on Saturday, September…
Year Zero on Lake Banook.
What’s wrong? Year Zero on Lake Banook. Who’s responsible? Anne Wambolt, coordinator of sport and community events, 490-4096 REMARKS A reader told us the brand new sign “has a Y2K problem”—it wasn’t properly displaying the year. We called Wambolt, who immediately worked some computer magic right there in her Burnside office, and just like that,…
Jenocide
Although this six-song EP was named after Jen Clarke’s bicycle accident (hence the bruising and the healing power of hair accessories), it perfectly sums up Jenocide: even as that throbbing electro-thrash pop socks a mighty punch, you go along for the ride, mesmerized by the glitter. Clarke struts, preens and shouts like a gentler cousin…
We love Dan Savage
Q There was a letter in your column recently that must have been painful for you to receive. I refer to the letter signed God Hates You. I’m sure you’re no stranger to hate mail, being an openly gay sex-advice columnist, but I hope you get fan mail too. But just in case: I wanted…
Modest Mouse
This assemblage of b-sides from Modest Mouse’s last two studio LPs (2004’s Good News For People Who Love Bad News and 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank) sounds the part. Songs like opener “Satellite Skin” and “Autumn Beds,” while pleasant, are bland and unmemorable. But then there’s showstopper “King Rat,” which opens…
Bringing peace to Dalhousie
By itself, a military approach to conflict and international security issues won’t solve those problems, says Shelly Whitman. That’s a remarkable attitude coming from someone employed by Dalhousie’s Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, which is funded primarily through the Department of National Defence, publishes the war machine-friendly Canadian Naval Review and hosts regular conferences on…
Tyvek
Anyone still wondering what all the buzz about garage rock is lately needs look no further than this record. After releasing a series of EPs and CD-Rs in its hometown of Detroit, Tyvek has built up a solid fan base across North America and Europe before its first full-length came out. This self-titled effort does…
Muriel Duckworth at peace
Muriel Helena Ball Duckworth died on August 22. The legendary peace activist was visiting her beloved cottage in Magog, Quebec, built when she was four years old. She had a gentle fall and was taken to hospital. She said she was ready to go, and did, surrounded by friends and family. “She lived a wonderful,…
Fall music review
September Releases York Redoubt, s/t (Noyes/Hot Money) After a coast-to-coast summer tour, including a coveted slot at Calgary’s Sled Island Festival, York Redoubt releases its self-titled full-length. Recorded by uber-engineers Charles Austin and Dave Ewenson, this fantastic album is full of sonic surprises, melding noise, harmonies and ragged lo-fi goodness. September 5 at The Seahorse…
By the book: literary news round-up
It’s been a quiet summer, literary-wise, but book season is upon us, heavier than last weekend’s lame hurricane. Next Thursday, September 3, is Shandi Mitchell’s book launch at Pier 21 (6:30pm, reading at 7pm) for Under This Unbroken Sky. This is the first novel for the film producer-director (Baba’s House), which has attracted Canadian, American…
Drive-By Truckers
The Truckers’ previous albums have tended to be cinematic in their way with characters and settings. This set includes two alternate takes and two covers, including Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” with a boost from three singers trading verses and, of course, extra guitar. Admirers may gasp that a song as anthemic as “Rebels” has…
Cousins around town
Being a songwriter who doesn’t particularly like writing lyrics is a surprisingly good way to come up with some of the most evocative songs Halifax will see this year. Aaron Mangle has developed his unique songwriting technique in two years of playing solo in Halifax under the name A Helpful Diagram. Last winter he recorded…
Fall music preview: releases with local connections
Spesh K, 90209 He may live in the 416 now, but Spesh K is still giving a palindrome shout-out to his hometown. With guest spots from Pacewon, Classified, Cory Lee and Jordan Croucher. September 2 Shearing Pinx, Weaponry (Divorce) Limited edition with art by Rick White features “a classic, demento-tuned twin guitar battle where a…
Web to doorstep booze
We’re slowly, inexorably, moving towards a sensible system of buying wine, beer and spirits in Canada, where consumers can go online—or use a phone, if they are dinosaurs—and order a case from anywhere in the world to be delivered to their doorsteps. And why not? Why should booze be any different than books and music?…
Daft Punk gets covered
Along with Busker Fest (exactly when did giant-ass speakers become part of “busking,” by the way?), Halifax can add another loud, and hopefully as crowded, August tradition—the return of Daft Punk Tribute. Let’s face it, even though there are rumours of a 2010 tour, chances are good you’re never going to see the real French-house…
Q&A with the Hali Slam team
Stephanie Lent Stephanie Lent, 24, began her career in the Vancouver poetry scene, impressing everyone with how both dirty-minded and articulate she could be. Michael Kimber: How would you describe your poetry? Stephanie Lent :Roses are red Violets are violet if my poetry was an airplane I would be the sexy pilot MK: What is…
Fresh live music spaces
The Company House 2202 Gottingen Street, 404-3050 This singer-songwriter venue opened its doors at the end of January. Between musician bookings and Retro at the CoHo with DJ Motlette, owner Mary Ann Daye says it’s been a busy seven months. Keep an eye out for Amelia Curran, Kev Corbett, NQ Arbuckle and Justin Rutledge this…
Charmed by Kamalas
Playing the catchiest pop punk going in the Maritimes right now, Moncton’s The Kamalas come to Halifax fresh from a Quebec and Ontario tour, to release their self-titled debut album—following their enormously catchy demo from 2008—on Saturday at Club 1668 with ECT, Cuban Assassins and Dunce Club ($6, 10pm). Made up of Elle Shapiro (guitar),…
Film Fest following
Among movie folk, there’s a ritual: Sit down with the Atlantic Film Festival catalogue and/or website, and plot out every moviegoing second (from September 17 to 26), considering travel time, crowd sizes and the chance of films actually coming back. We hoard non-perishables and determine which lanyard ribbon brings out the colour in our Vitamin…
Harmonics, Jesse Patrick Ferguson (Freehand Books)
Ferguson divides his poems into two parts, “Fundamental Tones” and “Overtones.” In the first part, Ferguson offers short, declarative lines in “Norval,” stating “Morrisseau’s paintings prove/there are no new pigments.” In part two, Ferguson extends line-lengths a little and lets images linger and resonate a little longer in “Shaman Traveler to Other Worlds For Blessings,”…
Jacob Owens’ Conscript
Some directors never get over their first success, especially when it involves cute animals. But Jacob Owens, director of the beloved Copain short film trilogy (about a gay hamster on a quest for love), has left the furry ones well behind. Owens describes his new short Conscript, screening at AFF, as “a love story of…
Here is Always Somewhere Else
In 1975, Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader set off alone on a small sailboat across the Atlantic. He was heading home to Holland (but not for good) from America. He’d been living in California and he’d planned to go back. A photographer, installation, video and performance artist, Ader called this crossing or performance, In Search…
CBC dumbs down news
These are grim days for Halifax journalists. After The Daily News shut down last year, other media cut their reporting staffs to the bone. Yet, on Monday, August 31, CBC is launching a brand new, expanded 90-minute supper-hour show. Please don’t break out the champagne. Not if you care about local news. As I point…
Tyson
“I attacked him…in front of these old decrepit white women…I just attacked him and stomped him,” shares Mike Tyson in Tyson, James Toback’s weirdly sympathetic documentary, told entirely in the boxer’s own words. Sure, the guy Tyson “stomped” is Don King. But the matter-of-fact way Tyson describes publicly beating a man before a host of…
Amelia Curran’s true heart
Amelia Curran has a good laugh. Seated in the corner of a cozy downtown bar, the Halifax musician at first appears grounded, serious, a little intimidating—her steely blue eyes appraise you, polite but guarded. But as the night goes on and beers are drained, her laugh ebbs out from the ends of sentences. It’s one…
Taking Woodstock fails to connect
When you’re living with the repercussions of baby boomer excess, it’s pretty hard to get excited for their halcyon nostalgia, which makes Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock hard to connect to in a meaningful way. If you are about to shoulder a generation’s enormous health care costs as they wither, do you really want to revel…
Imagine a car-free Halifax
Cars are the number-one killer of people under 35 in this part of the world. A couple of thousand pounds of high-speed steel and glass may have seemed like a good idea at one time, but cars have made simple acts like walking risky business. Urban sprawl increases that risk. Abundant research shows a strong…
I.O.U.S.A.
Patrick Creadon’s last feature-length documentary was Wordplay—a zippy film that followed the math-inclined word-savants who love, create and competitively solve crossword puzzles. Apparently, Creadon decided it was a good idea to follow up Wordplay’s low-stakes fun by scaring the crap out of people. Enter I.O.U.S.A., a terrifying look at the United States’ mountainous debt problems—most…
Hali Slam’s hard words
After every haircut at Phat’s barbershop, I’m assured that this haircut will get me laid. I feel that’s much more likely if I go to the Halifax Slam Poetry fundraiser, Oral Tradition, hosted by Picnicface members Brian MacQuarrie and Bill Wood. “Tired of sitting at home touching yourself?” asks Stephanie Lent, sex poet and Hali…
Tedious, predictable, pretty good
Type-A college grad Ryden (Alexis Bledel) comes up short in the job market, moves back in with her parents and generally learns that life and relationships and stuff are really hard. It’s pretty tedious and predictable, I know, but Post Grad has the good sense to fill out its wan storyline with zany and droll…
Fringe Festival Preview
Nothing says early September like costumed actors on Argyle Street trying to lure you into darkened theatres, equipped only with charm and lovingly designed flyers. It’s no cult: it’s the Atlantic Fringe Festival, which runs from September 3 to 13 at five venues around town. There are over 25 productions this year—you’ve got your comedies…
Shorts puts trust in kids
With the G-rated comedy Shorts, James Spader has yet another role that he can finally show to his mother. With deadpan wickedness, he commits himself to his role as the shifty chief of the Black Box Company, an electronics manufacturer that produces something that looks like a cross between a Blackberry and a Rubik’s Cube.…
Jessica Rhaye
New Brunswick’s darling Jessica Rhaye could be the next Jewel. With catchy hooks and pop sensibility, her latest album, Good Things, is an ode to what could be. “Shining Star” reminds listeners to look up and take in the night sky, though it’s Rhaye who shines on “Rose Coloured Glasses.” Fans of Nina Gordon’s solo…
The Scoop Outs play their final show at Tribeca on Friday
Wolfgang MacIvor The Scoop Outs don’t want your money, they just want your time Garage punk hunks The Scoop Outs are having their last gig for the foreseeable future this Friday, August 28th at Tribeca. Stop Motion Massacre will be opening the show. The cover is free and they will giving out free t-shirts to…
