Beef Box now Available
The certified organic Bruce Family Farm (brucefamilyfarm.com, 902-665-2119) near Bridgetown, NS is offering a Beef CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture program. It’s a subscription service for organic beef direct from the supplier. You can purchase a monthly supply, 10lbs of organic beef from the farm for $55, which typically includes 4lbs of lean ground organic…
Vegetarian/Vegan Buffet at Mexico Lindo
Hosted by the Halifax Association of Vegetarians (halifaxvegetarians.ca), local Mexican food destination Mexico Lindo (3635 Dutch Village Road, 445-0996) is have a Vegetarian/Vegan food buffet dinner, Monday March 1 at 6:30pm. The menu will feature dishes such as mango pear salad, empanadas, nopalitos, black beans, impossible cake and more, all for the very reasonable price…
It’s All Greek To Me now in Dartmouth
Shoptalk has learned that the popular Greek eatery It’s All Greek To Me (6196 Quinpool Road, 406-3737) now has a second location in Russell Lake. For Dartmouth residents looking to try some of the same authentic Greek cuisine that’s been such a big hit on Quinpool Road, visit 250 Baker Drive or call 407-7777 for…
Studio in Essence “Shoe Porn”
You may know Studio in Essence as the creative dance, pilates and general wellness centre located on Barrington Street. But did you know they now offer shoes? So says the message: “Studio in Essence now carries two new delicious shoe lines that are guaranteed to bring out the dancing diva in everyone!” The lines are…
Map: where to have sex outside in Halifax
Survey question: Where is your favourite place to have sex outdoors? Top 5 answers 1. Point Pleasant Park 2. Citadel Hill 3. The Commons 4. Chocolate Lake 5. Crystal Crescent Beach Map of outdoor sex spots in the HRM View Larger Map Honorable Mentions (also placed on the map) Lawrencetown Beach Long Lake Fort Needham…
Concert Announcements for a Snowy Day
Love this band photo. Fans of the Hand Drawn Dracula label can rejoice! On the heels of the awesome upcoming Postdata show, we’ve learned that Contrived will be coming this direction for a few Maritime dates. They’re due in Halifax on Friday, March 12 at 10pm at the Paragon Theatre. Tickets are $10 in advance…
We’re number two! We’re number two!!
ow! A team full of professional NHL players beat a bunch of kids from Norway; I haven’t been this moved to tears of joy since the NBA/Team USA beat Cameroon in basketball! Canada might just go all the way to a medal! D’ya think?!—tHe gReaT onE
Snow Plow Saviour
I was stuck on an off ramp this morning going down to tacoma drive and a plow operator named Charlie came to my rescue. I just wanted to say thank-you Charlie, no-one else came to help me, not even roadside assistance(they refused) I looked at the logo on your plow truck and it said “Atlantic”something.…
Plow Fail
Why oh Why can’t you assholes plow our street. It has stopped snowing for hours now, and I haven’t scene 1 single plow go down our street!—plowing in hali sucks!
WTF with those taxis?
Taxi drivers in Dartmouth just don’t care about customers. Always late, complaining, no service, crappy cars, attitude, what a bunch of asses! I hate you all. I fuckin’ do.—French guy
This is to all the people that stop to see if i was ok
On a very snow day on Sunday Feb 7 I was driving from Digby to Halifax with my girlfriend and baby girl in the car. We were just outside of Bridgetown when we went off the road. I like to thank all 25 or more people that stopped and made sure we were ok. I…
I Heart Cops
Thank you Thank You Thank you to the Police Officer who pulled over and offered me a lift this morning in the middle of that blizzard. You made my day and my week and reminded me of how when I was younger my dad would offer people struggling with groceries a lift.—Guy with great city…
Yeah it was fucking Norway…..
From a proud BCer Now living in the co-best province in Canada big props to the braintrust behind our hockey team, a fellow BCer Steve Yzerman. This years team is the perfect blend of skill, speed and size.—Proud Fucking Canadian
I THINK ABOUT IT TOOO MUCH!!!!
I probably should walk away but the comforting look on your face makes me stay the sweet smell of u puts me in a haze got me thinking bout you for days. got me wondering what its like to be in a relationship and not fight cause when im with u the world iis right—Dark…
Olympic Coverage
Thanks CTV for covering the hockey game. But TSN1, WTF…..I turned on the TV to TSN1 and you’re showing curling….curling! It’s not even a real sport. Hockey’s on and you have that crap on TSN1. That’s seriously messed up. NBC….whoa….you’ve got some figure skater talking to the host….seriously….and talking about speed skating….sorry, that’s not hockey.…
Hard Taco Shells
Why must you always be broken when I get you home? I love your crunchy taste but may have to switch to soft shells if you don’t fuck off and stop being broken all the time.—Love Tacos
Hotmail
Hotmail just went down and it’s sure fucked my day. I can’t believe how many eggs that basket holds! Time to rethink Mr Gates’ servers as being “world class”.—kay
Tonight! Brave the snow for the laugh payoff
Hopefully these guys will stay home tonight. Tonight at Yuk Yuks, 10 comedians will compete in the Great Canadian Laugh Off, the winner of which flies to beautiful sunny Toronto for the national finals (and boy, will their arms be tired. Hi-yoo!). No pressure either, considering that last year, Halifax’s Mark Little took home $25,000…
Fed Pennies are Kicking Ass, Taking Games
As the Olympics kick into gear this week, Canadian musicians have already basked in promotional gold. Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado lip-synched their way back into the public consciousness during the opening ceremonies last Friday. Meanwhile, a host of local favorites are scheduled to play on the other coast sometime during the Games. Meanwhile, Halifax’s…
Henhouse massive sale
If you don’t go to the Hydrostone right now you’ll miss an opportunity for huge savings on home furnishings. Yes, it’s the annual sale at henhouse (5533 Young Street, 423-4499), the custom, local and Canadian made furniture and home accessories store. Running through to the end of February, you’ll find up to 30 percent off…
Dal may outsource international student instruction
A controversial private school for international students may open at Dalhousie University. The university administration wants to make a deal with Navitas, a private Australian company, to recruit international students who can not meet Dal admissions standards. Navitas would bring those students to campus and give them two years of instruction. The company would use…
Canada’s emo pants are too tight for snowboard cross
Canadian silver medallist Mike Robertson’s pants are too emo for the Americans. There is a reason why athletes are athletes and not Toast Masters or fashion designers. US snowboard cross team member Nate Holland objects loudly to tight pants, and he will “usually offer a gentle reprimand” at the starting gate. But it’s not a…
Valentine’s CD
A hearty shout-out to whoever made the mixed CD that had the following written in orange marker: Hey there, good times behind, good times ahead, all in love! We found it at the base of a tree on W. street on Valentine’s day. We brought it in, burned it, and put it back where we…
Shoot the puck already
You’re definitely sending me a vibe that you’re interested. But enough with the indecision already. Live is too short – lets get things started!—Ready
Welcome to our hotel, How may I…
I work in the hotel industry..and all I have to start with is FUCK OFF YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER!!! 1) If you have a simple in-room issue, like heat/ac, TV,lamp,etc…please call for maintenance help, we can fix the small issue in 5 mins or less if you call…but if you fume and bitch during your whole…
When the going got tough, you got it right..
To the most handsome man I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know.. you’re mature when you need to be, and childish when you want to be. I love it. Thank you for sweeping me off my feet when things were tough, way back in the Fall. You gave me butterflies when I first met…
The not-so-sweet smell of shit
I took a break from work and went out to get some fresh air on this lovely February Monday. It should have been a pleasant experience, but instead all I get is the FUCKING smell of SHIT permeating the air from the interminable work on the FUCKING sewage system that we taxpayers are paying for…
Might as well be an outhouse
Shut the damn window in the office bathroom after you’ve ventilated your stink! Some of us have to sit every time we use the can, and a seat colder than an outhouse is extremely uncomfortable. I spend a good 20 minutes warming up after every trip.—Ice sculpture arse
More Canada bashing from the UK
So tell me what you want, what you really really want. The perfect Games. Yesterday it was the Daily Mail, today Lawrence Donegan from the Guardian declared that there’s pretty much nothing redeeming about the Vancouver Olympics at all. It’s not like we’re over here waving our cheap maple leaf mittens from Zeller’s, but c’mon,…
Punk Rock Karaoke TANITE!
Um, HOLEY MOLEY. This ain’t yer mam’s canned karaoke neither. Nope, the All Wound Up version will feature a LIVE BAND made up of members of Myles Deck and the Fuzz, Cold Warps, Envision, the FatStupids, The Hemingways and Die Brucke. And here’s the songs they’ll have on “deck”: Straight Edge RevengeInstitutionalizedLights Out (!!!)In Your…
Is it so hard to pick up a phone?
Most companies would notify someone by mail or phone when a payment doesn’t go through (especially when you processed your payment early due to a holiday, which made my payment three days early, or two days before my payday). But not you, you sent me nothing, and didn’t make one phone call. I know you…
Oh, hello there.
An introduction to shatter the mind
CTV SUCKS! An Open Letter to CTV Regarding their Olympic Coverage.
Hi CTV, I just wanted to let you know that you are ruining my Olympic experience. Your coverage is amateur and often confusing. Here are some points that would make my experience better. 1. Please ensure you have announcers that are qualified to actually announce. The figure skating commentary was just awful. 2. SHOW THE…
Loser Protesters in Vancouver
What’s your problem? You’ve been complaining for the past seven years that you don’t want Vancouver to host the Olympics. We get your fucking point. Can’t you shut the fuck up for two weeks and allow Vancouver and Canada to have its moment. Jackasses.—Angry Taxpayer
blah blah blah!
You go on… and on.. and on.. about everything and anything… Always having a story for something. a dog you owned.. or once this happened to you or youve done this or that etc. I know 99% of the shit you go on about isnt true… ive known you for 18 years… But for some…
Valentine’s Day treat
Thank you, fabulous dancers on the library lawn yesterday. When we happened upon you (and accompanying musicians) performing What’s Love Got To Do With It, it gave our Valentine’s Day a jolt of joyousness. I asked who you were: Grasshoppa Dance Exchange, watch for them, everybody, you never know when they may appear in a…
Five years of Local Jo
From the window of her office at the architectural firm Solterre Design, Local Jo Café & Market (2959 Oxford Street, 455-6225) co-owner Jennifer Corson can look down to her café. From another window she can see the roof of her home, and just down the street on Almon is another business she’s involved in, Renovators…
Now is my chance to tell you all what I think about you
Let’s not say goodbye, let’s just say so long. I’ve had a real blast writing this column, but much like the Littlest Hobo, I must keep moving on. The Scene and Heard torch is being passed on as I take off for a fun-filled time in Korea, and I’m feeling bittersweet about the whole thing.…
Terry O’Reilly gets persuasive
Man Men watchdog Terry O’Reilly has a new book, The Age of Persuasion, a collection of advertising’s “funniest hits, the most legendary industry anecdotes and the never before-revealed stories behind the ads.” The CBC host and author will be at the Keshen Goodman Public Library on Wednesday at 7pm to share a few stories. Maybe…
Blame Canada: the Brits are…
Daily Mail columnist Martin Samuel believes that Nodar Kumaritashvili’s coffin should be stamped with a maple leaf. “Made in Canada, it should say. Made by the perversion of the Olympic movement for national gain; made by a culture of worthless aggrandisement and pride.” Samuel goes on to blame Canada’s Own the Podium program, and the…
Dexter and MacKay join The Brothers Spoon
You know that game “If I could invite anyone to dinner, living or dead, it would be…” it’s safe to say this would not be my dream party (see the kitchen projection in the back, in case you didn’t get this was an east coast kitchen party). Peter MacKay, Darrell Dexter and Robert Ghiz give…
Let’s talk about that elephant in the closet, BC.
When the fabulous Geist magazine published some of the guidelines of “how to talk to dignitaries” written by the City of Vancouver, DIGRESSION: (excerpt from protocols) “As Protocol Host you have the opportunity to promote Van– couver to the dignitary. Take this opportunity to highlight First Nations culture, museums, City history, public art, etc.” and…
MLA’S
Why are the MLA’s not being charged with theft? Where I work if you take money that doesn’t belong to you it’s considered theft…one MLA claimed the same thing 10 times…like I say that’s theft..if it were the average Joe we would be in jail.—proudcanadianmyass
To The Olympic-Loving Facebook Users
Thanks for the offer, but I don’t need a-fricken-minute-by-minute update. If I liked the olympics, I’d turn the television on. Hence that I didn’t please.—Sport-it-up-your***
Ohhhhh…..lympics?
Yeah, so I know it’s only been a couple days, but what the fuck is with the Canadian Olympic broadcasters? Nothing any of the athletes do is ever “as good as we’ve seen before” even if they’re breaking records. There’s more time spent with some old uptight jackass complaining about how little sleep he got…
I’m sorry
I’m sorry we moved here together and thought our relationship would be great and we would live happily ever after. I’m sorry I didn’t follow my gut instinct and just break up with you 4 years ago when I started thinking “humm, what is the future of this?” No, I followed my stupid heart. I’m…
to my girlfriend.
you suck the positive energy and optimism out of me and replace it with anxiety and bitterness.—soon to be x.
Windy Days
To the lovely man waiting for the bus in Burnside last week: I was desperately running to catch a bus in Burnside as I saw its left flasher turn on, and my hat blew off my head. I was totally willing to sacrifice my hat so I could catch this bus and not be late.…
Olympics at ground level
I am The Coast’s eyes and ears on the street at the Vancouver Olympics. Over the course of the next few weeks I am aiming to blog about everything you can’t get on through the tube, the sports pages or twitter: the feeling on the ground, the people, the venues, the culture, the nightlife, the…
Four giant todgers?
“Four totem poles rise up,” (pause) “a trifle conspicuously.” Aw, man: a must-read, the Guardian’s brilliant but brutal send-up of the opening night. Yes, we are an earnest bunch sometimes, and the big dicks and faded stars onstage were worthy of a snide, world-weary snicker from London town. Still, it’s pretty rich seeing them take…
Barenaked Ladies become medal ceremony bluenosers
Our Canada includes reformed 80s Aussie bands and reality show winners. OK, call me old-fashioned, but I miss the excitement of seeing athletes receive their medals right after they win, while they’re still in the sweaty shock of realizing, “Holy shit, I just won!” And I was just watching the parents of Canadian speedskating bronze-medal…
Olympic Bitchers go for gold
Well, it’s happened. Just as we expected, the local bitching program here at The Coast that we have been nuturing lo these many years has paid off dividends. There are Olympic-level bitches taking off in that section. Like: Disrespectful Gretzky and a Pick-up truck The horror, the horror… Olympic Opening We’re confident that our Bitch…
Valentines day is STUPID
i hate it…—grumble
Gravysnakes.
If one were to look up the word individuality in a dictionary… I really hope they’d find a picture of you. Because if that word has ever had a reason to be valid before – Its completely for you. You are absolutely one of the most amazing personalities I’ve ever had the pleasure of coming…
Sexy Barristas Are Sexy
You work at Second Cup, and I frequently see you in a striped toque and adorably nerdy glasses. Fuck, I love you. You’re so HONEST and friendly and efficient! I thought about it for a long time, and I don’t even drink coffee, so I think you’re the reason I go to Second Cup so…
The horror, the horror…
Yo BC, enough already with the crocodile tears and “mock” sorrow. Some guy from a country you couldn’t even find on a map dies doing a dangerous sport the he clearly loved… fine. It’s sad for those who knew him, but they knew the risks. Stop with all the weeping on television and silly talk…
Not a break-up letter, we were never even going out!
I told you I was into you. We were both a little spooked I guess, but you told me you never treated anyone like shit, and you wouldn’t treat me like shit, and you’d never make me feel used. You later told me you were into being into anyone. I said that’s alright, we’ll be…
Gretzky and a Pick-up truck
What a “creative”, “exciting” way to end the Olympic opening ceremonies then to have the great Wayne Gretzky jump into the back of a fucking “pick-up truck” and go for a 20 minute truck ride. The Olympic committee had 10 fucking years to come up with something canadians would be proud of….and all you come…
butterflys
To all the transgendered people out there: i am so proud of you for choosing to be what makes you happy, and what you really are, rather than hiding who you are to make other people happy, or to fit in. watching you make your change and knowing you’re out there having succeeded in making…
Are you Bored Pig?
To the two cops that stopped my friend and i after we crossed the intersection from North Park to Citadel Hill side, because they said we didn’t cross fast enough and could write us both a ticket. Up yours Pig! That’s a long cross from North Park to the Citadel side, and the hand signal…
Disrespectful
I like all the hype for the olympics, however when you’ve exploited someone’s death you’ve gone to far! I watched the opening for the olympics start to finish, thought it was pretty cool and as you may or may not know a male athlete who was to participate in the luge died while practicing. At…
Sick of bad speling and gramer
Why do so many people insist on putting an apostrophe ‘s’ at the end of words to make them plural? This seems especially true if the word ends in a vowel. Public Service Announcement: it’s photos, not photo’s, bananas, not banana’s etc. I could go on about the difference between it’s and its, you’re and…
Olympic Opening
“And now the whales becoming schools of salmon projected on the stage” “The salmon were very important to the First Nations People….” SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP I’m trying to enjoy what is turning out to be a pretty good Opening Ceremony, and the CTV vidiots will not stop explaining it to me! Let…
Working for a department store
Fuck I hated working for this company, even during the peak sales time of the year [Xmas] there was hardly any traffic. How the fuck am I suppose to make rent when I don’t get any hours. How is this company still fucking around? They don’t do any advertising, their mens suit section is being…
Tired of racism lingering in every corner
Believe me, I have enough my mind, my countrymen are hanged and murdered in Iran and I just sit and watch, the last thing I need is you and your filthy shadow on my back in NSLC, on a Friday evening of an endless week when I’m buying some booze. What? Suspect you found a…
&^%$#@! Google!
So, I checked our streetview and there it is for all the world to see…a clothesline full of my girlie drawers justa flapping in the breeze. So anytime someone wants to google street-view me this is what they see? Thanks for the invasion of privacy Google-tards! At least publish notices of which residential streets you…
These Crooks Want To Raise OUR Taxes?!
If you’re as pissed off as I am, please sign this: http://www.petitiononline.com/020910/petition.html and join this group: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=175571177973&ref=mf It’s true…Despite all the window-dressing of ‘public consultations’ the government made up its mind months ago to raise the HST to 15%! In light of the expenses scandal, hopefully, Nova Scotians won’t stand for this nonsense. We’re already…
Cat Food
To the guy working at the cash at Zellers on Saturday night: You were totally right about that cat food (the price, not the taste!), and I was totally not comprehending what you were trying to tell me and I just confused the hell out of you and was kind of a tool. I came…
With Love, from “Home Office”
Hey babe. All that time alone I thought there were no “good ones” left. I thought I was going to do this alone. Until I met you. I knew that night I wanted to kiss you. I could tell I could love this beautiful, powerful, spirited woman. I’ve never had a connection like this before.…
Dirty-Ass Bastards
When I’m out in public, and I have to use the washroom, I’ll gladly #1 as soon as it hits. Going #2 is a completely different story, though, because I’m a little paranoid about catching STIs from sweaty toilet seats. When #2 calls, and it’s an urgent call, I don’t really have a choice but…
Thanks for being in my life
To my wonderful fiance and the love of my life, Thank you for being such a great guy. You mean the world to me. I’m so happy that you’re home from Afghanistan – even if it’s just a short visit. You are the kindest and most thoughtful person. I’m so lucky to have you. Thanks…
Best sponsor medal: Join the Colbert nation
Maybe if we were part of Colbert Nation like Katherine Reutter, our start in men’s speed skating would have been a little smoother.
Homer hurries hard?
The last time the Simpsons family came to Canada it was to buy cheap prescription drugs with fake Canadian health care cards. Tomorrow night they join the US curling team and Lisa finds her own drug: Olympic pin collecting. Generally, Canada is used by either lazy writers who have to make a character appear kinda…
The MOCA
Mark Rothko’s “No. 301, 1959″Oh, The Museum of Contemporary Art. It’s on Grand Street in downtown LA, where lots of people don’t seem to go, but should. It’s 30 years old and to celebrate, has a huge, exhausting show.
Review: So…What About Love?
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the terrific trio of Andrew Chandler, Garry Williams and Amy Reitsma have reworked and remounted So…What About Love? the smash hit of last year’s Fringe. You may remember that they created this heartfelt and hilarious song cycle in less than a week, yet managed to compose lyrics, music and…
Separated at birth II: Catriona Le May-Doan & Kate Gosselin?
Is it all in the hair? Former Olympian and CTV host Catriona Le May-Doan does her best Gosselin impression. This one goes out to Fashionable People
Opening ceremonies: tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1985.
Tonight we partied on Twitter like it was 1985. From the return of Donald Sutherland busting open a snowglobe of athletes’ dreams, to the odd line of dancers in white puffy jackets doing a bizarre pee-dance as they welcomed the international athletes into the stadium, the night was an odd, but at times touching, throwback.…
Separated at birth? Shaun White and Carrot Top
I was wondering why Carrot Top was at the Olympics (he wouldn’t pass the roid test), but turns out it’s US snowboarder Shaun White. You be the judge.
Such a tragic start
The last few days of Olympics coverage has provided tons of exciting blog fodder: McDonald’s declaring they own the word burger; NBC mistaking Michael J. Fox for Terry Fox; Lloyd Robertson’s waxy exterior. But it’s hard to be a snarky jerk in the face of such horrific tragedy. As we all know now, Georgian luger…
Will Someone Just Come Out and Say It? Fuck…
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1166863.html They blame everythign they can blame except the most obvious issue. THey admit there will be a shortage of workers, they admid the boomers will all retire at once, they admit that now is the time to act. Yet, how do they plan on acting? They plan on throwing more immigrants at the problem,…
To the jerk who stole my backpack on the bus
the other day i accidently left my backpack on the bus, although i know it’s my fault that i forgot it, i don’t see what would be so hard about turning it in to the driver if you found it, what is the reason for taking it? i know there were valuable things in it,…
This shit needs to END
This Melvin bullshit needs to be taken care of. Put the fucker out of OUR misery. Keep him in jail. Leak a rumor that he diddles kids, that should take care of how he’s treated in there!!!! Why the hell is he not in jail anyway? Jesus.—get it over with
A change of scenery
It’s times like these that I’m really glad I’m moving to another country. It’s the straw that broke this camel’s back: Nova Scotia MLAs spending my money on meaningless shit that could have gone to much more important things (and that’s something everyone can agree on). Every opinion I’ve had of the government in Canada…
Get Your Head Out Of Your REARS
This bitch is for the customer service department for a certain company who puts out the Christmas Wish Books. I have never dealt with a more incompetent bunch of people in my life. It has been one mistake after another, it seems they dont have an employee that is capable of taking an order and…
cell phone douches
wtf is the deal with people saying hello in a loud voice behind you than when you turn around they’re on a cell phone; they look at you like you’re a total freak/loser honing in on they’re douchearrific lives that you could never achieve; f off and die there superstar!—concerned citizen
Out of compassion.
To the lovely jerk who brought his friends to my restaurant last friday. You felt you had to write a page and a half long email to the owner because we were out of lamb racks, fresh bread and candles? When you came in at 8:30pm on a busy friday night? Thank you ass. You…
GOLF awesomeness
Thank you to the two smartly-dressed gents behind Park Lane using golf clubs to hit tennis balls along the street. It was so unexpected to see, and made me smile.—joyful
Kings of the Biceps
Dear gym rats with massive arms and scrawny bodies and legs: Why don’t you, your 3 buddies, and your litres of Gatorade G2 take your bicep curling out of the damn squat rack so the real men and real women can, I don’t know, SQUAT? We all know that curls are for the girls, and…
Idiot Automatic Drivers
I drive a standard and Halifax is full of steep hills. STOP PULLING UP TO MY ASS! When I inevitably roll backwards into you, through no fault of my own because you were only TWO INCHES AWAY, you’re going to be the ones paying.—P.S. Learn to stop at stop signs, not after them.
Blond Dalplex Boy
You are desperately hot. Working out next to you in the mornings makes my gym experience extra-good. Just thought you should know.
What the hell is there to do for Chinese New Year?
As the title clearly inquires what festivities are going on in this town to celebrate the year of the Tiger? Where are all the other Chinese and Korean folks headed off to cuz I want to join in too and have some moon cake!—moon cake cravings
Let me be your Hero
Valentine, you’re in my dreams, Both daytime and at night; I dream of how you’d feel to touch, How I’d fill you with delight. So far my dreams have not come true; You scarcely know I’m there. But if I were a super hero, Then I could make you care. As Spiderman I’d weave a…
cheers?
what is this? does it mean thank you? i take it to mean thank you. i’m not usually someone who is all anal about the words people use. cus i like to use stupid words too. so i should just stop here. but i won’t. i just feel like… cheers? ugh. where did you get…
Best of Food Love
The Best of Food season at The Coast is starting up, leading to an issue in May where the best dishes, drinks and dives get their due. Any new categories we should add this year? Any thoughts of food stuff that deserves love?—BoF Editor
The thieving MLA’s of Nova Scotia
If all the MLA’s that were outed in the expense audit scandal were working in the private sector they would have all been fired including because of the bitch rules, our must remain unnamed leader of our ruling party. Trust me, I would definitely be fired and I work in a field where there are…
Fire Station let down
Today was a big day for my preschoolers. We had a visit to the fire station. As all 24 of us ate snack, had a pee and got ready for the big adventure, I recieved a phone call. The Fire Department called 15 minutes before our depature time to let us know they couldn’t do…
Just Us boy
To he who works at Just Us in the Dalhousie Student Union building…. wow…. You’re kind to people and your smile is too good… Every time I see you I feel content… La fille reconnaissant..
Green with envy: deux fm heads to New York
We wish we were a devil wearing Prada. That way we could attend The GreenShows Eco Fashion Week in New York. Dedicated to eco-friendly, sustainable fashion that you’d actually want to wear (i.e. no hairy hemp sacks), the first event was held in September, during New York Fashion Week. This time around, 10 designers will…
Product of the week: Hearts at Seeds
Other than Christian Slater’s baboon heart, I can’t think of another blood-pumping vessel that I’d like more than Alana Wilson’s “Hearts.” The NSCAD student makes one-of-a-kind porcelain hearts that come in a bunch of colours. Each heart, about the size of a small vase, is designed with something special, like a secret message or a…
CANCELLED: Jason Mewes will be silent at SMU
Random celebrity appearance of the week: Jason Mewes (Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) is speaking on Monday, 7pm at SMU as part of the university’s Fun-da-Mental Festival (Winter Carnival and Wellness Week), at McNally Theatre. Free for SMU students, $10 for the rest of you. Makes sense…
Wednesday’s Biggest Wanker
To the wanker who nearly hit me in the crosswalk on Alderney Drive this afternoon: I really hope you were on your way to the hospital for an emergency. If you were, I can forgive you for your: a) distraction (my jacket is practically Day-Glo for gawd’s sake) and b) haste (when I stopped in…
Early Springishness
Thank-you snowdrops for bursting through oh-so early. <3—Crow
Gloria McClusky
RETIRE!—21st Century Citizen
Speed Trap Foiled
Thank you to the person who flashed their lights at oncoming traffic near the rotary today. I wasn’t really speeding for a change, but it’s nice to get the heads up anyway.—There’s a BIG difference between “speeding” and reckless driving.
Coin tossers
To the little shits who stand by the railing on the upper floor of the mall and throw coins at people walking on the lower floor, laugh and run away. FUCK YOU. You hit my infant daughter on the scalp and in the eye with a penny. She’s having trouble seeing out of it because…
2010 Sex Survey: Results
More than 1,200 people took our sex survey over the last few weeks, anonymously sharing all kinds of information about their kinks, fetishes and experiences from their bedrooms to the great outdoors (Brightwood Golf Club 13th tee, we’re looking at you). But probably the most important thing the survey revealed is that Haligonians are sexy…
Olympic medal music
Athletes train their entire lives to compete in the Olympics. While local musicians may not have the same sort of extensive physical training, they certainly have to make sure they are in shape to make the 6,148-kilometre stretch between Halifax and Vancouver. Instead of hopping on a plane, Jenn Grant and company—Kinley Dowling, Sean MacGillivray,…
Local Lust: Three is not a crowd
Some days I think I’m the luckiest girl in the world. I woke up this morning with a small tabby cat sleeping beside my head, my face pressed into an exotically beautiful woman’s breasts and a man cradling my body in his arms. Our party clothes lay intermingled in scattered piles on the floor. Carlos…
OK Go
OK Go is masterful at consistently creating the catchy pop gem. But the band’s albums to date have been a bit too glossy and thin for any satisfying longevity, compared with, say, Spoon, who display the same innate sense of “the hook,” but with much more breadth to their craft. But that has changed—this new…
Grocery store aphrodisiacs
OYSTERS Casanova’s ace-in-the-hole for bedding the ladies, oysters are chock-full of zinc, which increases libido for both genders. My sources suggested novices fry ’em instead of eating them raw, but either way most of our energy was spent on the half-hour struggle just to pry them open. Potent, perhaps not; but delicious nonetheless. Results: Listlessness…
Local Lust: The plight of the bisexual
The thing is, men grow scratchy hair on their faces and usually I just want a soft cheek to press against. But women, with their soft cheeks, don’t often have hard muscles beneath their t-shirts to press against. I come up against these discrepancies over and over; I call them conundrums. Goes like this: How…
Shauntay Grant: record breaker
Sometimes when you hear a voice, that voice sinks into your soul. That’s how it is with Shauntay Grant. This Halifax performer captivates an audience the moment she starts to perform. Grant’s no stranger to the public: She’s Halifax’s poet laureate, had shows on CBC Radio, performed her spoken word and music at venues across…
Sending Out an SOS
We met in the middle of a raging party, two writers casting lines, looks; suddenly alone in a room full of books, hot mouths melded like pavement and rain. We defected to my apartment and stripped our clothes like we’d just returned from war, tongues exploring terrain, salving wounds. At dawn we read each other…
Sea of corruption
It’s the easiest media story in the world: The government auditor issues a report slamming outrageously out-of-control provincial MLA expenses. Report the details, hound legislators for responses, demand release of more info, write screaming editorials. Repeat, for as many days as possible. I mean, why not? But lost in the hoopla is context, and so…
Crazy for Carnaval
If your life’s been colourless and cold these February days, Saturday’s your chance to uncover any sequins and feathers you have tucked away and wear them to the sixth annual Brazilian Carnaval. It’s the third year Laura (Lulu) Healy is hosting the event (with help from volunteers, and added co-presenter JazzEast), as festival founders Paula…
The New Virginity
Once upon a time, chastity got people off. Women were attractive for being pure: unsullied by sexual experience. Dirty men wanted clean women. And if women did engage in sexual deviancy? It was behind closed doors and that’s where it stayed. “Naughty” girls pretended not to be naughty and kept their pleasure a secret. If…
Ex, lies and videotape
Q A few years before my wife and I met, she made porn with her boyfriend. He intended to start a pay-per-view website but never launched it. I was a bit upset when she told me, but I remembered I enjoy porn, and the idea of seeing the hottest woman I’ve ever met doing porn…
10 ONLINE DATING TIPS
1) Be polite and gracious. Pretend you are meeting at a party. There’s no need to say anything different online than you would in person. 2) Pay attention to grammar and spelling. At best a poorly spelled profile or message looks sloppy, at worst, ignorant. 3) Put yourself out there and post a photo. It’s…
Valentine’s pick-me-ups
Reflections Cabaret Voted Best Pick Up Bar in last year’s Best of Halifax poll, Reflections is going all out for V-day. Saturday brings Red: The Love Ball, a theme party where staff at the club “go nuts making the place look awesome with red decor, lighting and special effects, and you can go nuts with…
I Am the New Black, Tracy Morgan with Anthony Bozza (Spiegel & Grau)
Brilliant at times, nonsensical, poorly written and (sometimes) funny, I Am the New Black is about what you’d expect from a Tracy Morgan autobiography. Each moment of candidness (the cessation of his relationship with his mother) and tragedy (the AIDS-related death of Morgan’s father) is matched by a reflective moment in which Morgan passes on…
The Room
The Room isn’t the first movie to feature awful acting, a tissue-thin plot and weird editing choices, but the extremes that it takes them to is what makes it one of the best worst movies. Tommy Wiseau not only wrote and directed but also stars as Johnny, a nice guy whose girlfriend cheats on him…
Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude, Emily White (McClelland & Stewart)
White presents a deeply intimate account of her chronic struggle with loneliness, evoking the barrenness of an existence marked by sparse human contact, devoid of intimate connections. White asserts that loneliness is a distinct—and stigmatized—psychological problem, deserving of public attention. Her clinical breakdown of loneliness, compounded by existing research, is illuminating. Yet, in investigating a…
Amreeka
First-time filmmaker Cherien Dabis draws from personal experience to create the pre-Gulf War world of Muna, a divorced Palestinian bank employee, and her teenage son Fadi, who move from Bethlehem to America, the land of xenophobia and White Castle burgers. Muna retains a cheery, optimistic spirit, despite many humiliations, claustrophobic living arrangements and lack of…
Born to dance
Her hands fly in the air. Her feet move deftly. Her legs rise, then softly pad into the ground at just the right moment. The music seems to flow right through her. Audience eyes take in Mufaro Chakabuda’s movements and are rewarded with not only the wonder of the human body before them, but with…
Halifax, province of Nova Scotia, poised to make Africville settlement offer
The Halifax and Nova Scotia governments are about to offer a substantial compensation package, rumoured to be into the millions of dollars, to the descendants of Africville, the vibrant black community that was razed in the 1960s to make room for the MacKay Bridge. The site of Africville is now Seaview Park, a stretch of…
The Joel Leblanc Quartet
Led by Hot Toddy member Leblanc on electric guitar, the quartet unloads the downbeats and improvisations on the 11:29-minute long opener, “Third and goal.” Then, the group goes to work, rearranging jazz, groove, breakbeats and rock with depth of skill and emotion. “Somebody Else Play Goal,” “Butt Out” and “Portland” are excellent examples, out of…
Love Happens
Love Happens means well and tries so hard that you can’t help but feel a little sorry for it as it falls completely flat. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) is a celebrity grief self-help guru who maybe isn’t as all-knowing as he projects. Something is eating away at him until he becomes involved with the quirky…
The Album Leaf
If you frequently accompany music with the Windows Media Player visualizer, then we have the album for you. For the first time, The Album Leaf—usually, a moniker for Jimmy LaValle and his laptop—have employed a full live band, and the results pay off. “Until the Last” builds around hopeful violins, swirling piano and a glitchy…
Councillors debate changing name of HRM to Greater Halifax
What’s in a name? That question sent HRM councillors into convoluted conniption fits Tuesday, as they toyed with councillor Linda Mosher’s suggestion that the name of Halifax Regional Municipality be changed to Greater Halifax. While Mosher’s intention was clear, the suggestion immediately got bogged down in parliamentary processes, and for two hours councillors haggled over…
Eels
It’s only been six months since Mark Oliver Everett’s last album, the scattered Hombre Lobo, but tragedy doesn’t wear a watch. Everett’s sparcely orchestrated divorce album is a bit like sitting beside him on the therapist’s couch, during late-night phone calls, looking over his shoulder while he writes in his diary. It’s messy, confused, honest…
Fore! Urban golf comes to Halifax
For some, it’s a dream to descend from a pristine white golf cart onto a dewy, emerald green. To strut around wearing only the finest cashmere argyle. To tee off in stuffy silence as powerful gentlefolk look on. But often, an empty pocketbook, some unapologetically bad manners and that pilly acrylic sweater stand between the…
Nocturne spotlight: Water Works
David Clark is on top of the world, or nearer to it. “I’m on top of Whistler Mountain,” the Halifax-based new media artist says. He’s accompanied by David Ogborn, an electronics artist and composer from Hamilton. “Basically I’ve gotten 20 yards down the hill,” says Clark, asking for a 20-minute reprieve before continuing the conversation.…
Be Wildly Compassionate, Sagittarius
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) Happy Valentine Daze, Aquarius! In my search for the counsel that would be of greatest help to your love life in the coming months, I decided on this observation by psychologist Albert Ellis: “The art of love is largely the art of persistence.” I hope you take that in the spirit…
Halifamous Valentines: Stewart Legere
I will be in rehearsal for Penny Dreadful with Zuppa Theatre all day and night; we open a few days later. It is a tale most lurid and strange, but not really in a romantic Valentine’s way; what with the devilish infamy. My husband is a theatre widow; I have been rehearsing or performing a…
Local lust: Louisville Sluggers
In my mind is a ballpark of cocks. The image came to me simply enough. A good friend and I were discussing the merits of a well-endowed man I was sleeping with. She compared him to a previous guy and asked, “Are they in the same ballpark?” The picture came to mind. Now I can’t…
Round and About
It’s so much easier riding through this cursed Windsor-Bayers Road intersection than dealing with those frigging time-delayed, push-button, anti-pedestrian crosswalks. And this intersection didn’t even make the list of Halifax’s seven worst, which my Facebook friends and Twitter followers came up with. Today I’m traversing them all, by bicycle. I walk more than I bike,…
Halifamous Valentines: Jenn Grant
I just asked the band what we were doing on Valentine’s Day and apparently we are going to be in Calgary playing a show and then getting in the bus right after and driving overnight to Vancouver. So I think I will be cuddling up a storm with my loved ones, maybe watching a Hitchcock…
Local Lust: A kink in the tale
The sex was off the fucking hook. Of the many things I liked about her, top of the list was her ravenous appetite for me. She was so relaxed and engaged. Not to say I’ve had armies of partners to compare (that I’ve reached double digits probably makes me typical for my cohort)but I’ve been…
Naked Sushi
A woman and a man lie eerily still on two long tables. They’re completely naked, with the exception of a few strategically placed flowers, seashells and a colourful pile of sushi. A crowd of drunks swarms the duo with chopsticks, picking their supper off their arms, legs and stomachs. Eating raw fish off of naked…
Halifamous Valentines: Seth Smith
Nance [Urich, wife and bandmate] and I are going on a stakeout at our new place in the woods for V-Day. We’re on high alert during holidays. Christmas brought us flying rocks and since then we’ve had burning telephone poles, igloo roadblocks and stalkers in the night. We’re expecting something entertaining.
Under the Common Bleachers
I would have lost my virginity to you on my birthday, but your girlfriend started throwing up after we got back to your place. You’d shown up at my house and dragged me out to one of those grungy gay clubs that aren’t there anymore, in a basement on Gottingen. The bartender kept mixing us…
Dexter: Protect the protected
Shame on Darrell Dexter’s NDPs for betraying our trust and handing over our protected land to commercial industry—all wildlife, especially seals, deserves protection. To add insult to injury, the ones footing the bill for this commercial activity will be the Canadian taxpayer. Enough is enough—let’s keep protected land protected! —Leif Vernest, Burlington NS
Boffo Bousquet’s tax reform
I am finally getting around to writing about Tim Bousquet and property tax reform. I have followed his writings in The Coast since he started writing about the issue. Bousquet has managed to do what a journalist is supposed to do! He did not pretend to adhere to any phony standard of journalistic objectivity, he…
A kind of monster
Thanks, Bruce Wark, for your editorial (“Supremely unjust,” February 4) on the Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. Aside from doubts that Khadr did kill an American army medic, the whole scenario is a philosphical minefield. If Khadr did kill someone in battle, why is it being called “murder”? Because if he’s a suspected murderer, then…
Full transparency for MLA spending
If you have a vivid imagination, you could perhaps understand how certain MLAs rationalized that some of their expenses cited in the Auditor General’s report were used for government business. Perhaps the model ship purchased by one MLA is on display in his constituency office. Perhaps the generator purchased by another MLA will be used…
The Armand Hammer Museum
Detail of van Gogh’s “The Sower” A lovely place, is The Hammer Museum, on Wilshire Boulevard at the corner of Westwood, which runs up into UCLA. The galleries are on an upper floor surrounding a courtyard with tables and chairs for the cafe, and as you walk around between the galleries there are benches and…
