stop using my name for your pleasure
i’am sick of strange peaple calling my home asking me to invest in shit, i not into. stupid fucking peaple using my name for their pleasure. i don’t have credit cards. i don’t invest if ifind out who YOU ARE LITTLE BITCHES. I WILL PERSONLY CUT YOUR LITTLE THROUTS LIKE MR TODD. IN FRONT OF…
re: Green Resolve, (Jan.10)
The problem with presenting resolutions like the ones Tamara Lorincz suggested in her “Green resolve” letter (Jan. 10), is that it puts blame for the dire environmental state on individuals, when corporations are the ones destroying the planet. If you are not immersed within the natural world, you cannot connect to it and if you…
Halifixes ’08
I support most of the wish list for fixing what’s broken in Halifax, but two were missing. One is the lack of safe bicycle paths in the city. I bicycle year-round and because of the many unsafe areas in the city I am forced to ride (illegally) on the sidewalks. The other is a vehicle-free downtown…
Fixing the Halifixes
I read your “Halifixes ’08” wish list (Jan. 3). Then I walked to the library and passed the Public Gardens. I, too, had asked some of the people working in the gardens in September why it had to be closed for the winter. Their explanation, like Peter Bigelow’s, convinced me that it was not feasible. After…
Heath Ledger
On the same day we learned of actor Heath Ledger’s death, a video of Amy Winehouse smoking crack appeared on various websites. It reminded me of a theory from one of my best friends who works in the music industry. She thinks that the reason why you have so many Amy’s, Brittany’s, etc., running around…
things I don’t pay for:
Get off the rich-kid thing. It’s embarrassing for everyone who brings it up. We all have to play the hand we’re dealt so start making lemonade. I don’t even come from Ontario and I’m getting this from my own friends. No, I do not fit the poor, university student stereotype- but that doesn’t mean I…
Monday
Fuck I hate Monday. Fuck. Hater
No news IS the best news
Am I the only person in Canada who is sick and fucking tired of being blasted repetitively by the “Bathurst Tragedy”? Yes, i know, this IS a tragedy, its a horrible acccident…but i have to be honest…im fucking SICK of hearing about it. EVERY day on the news, they dedicate 15 minutes off the top…
Crossing the Cab-line
this is to the ignorant, rascist, moron cab driver who picked me up on my work route. I understand you have a lot of competition in your job, but using the term (forgive me everyone) “Sand-Nigger” repeatedly is NOT the way to get me on your side you fucking tool…i hope you drive off the…
Rules of posting
Please, people, NO NAMES in your bitches. And, if you want to comment on someone else’s bitch, please use the comments section, and reserve new bitches for, ya know, new bitches. Thanx! Website Nazi
Big Talk, Little Action
to all the bitchers out there that write in and whine about the indecencies they are subjected to, yet state “the next time i see you, you’re gonna get it” – fuck off. What makes you think you’re *ever* going to get the chance again to blast these wankers?? If you didn’t tell them to…
one day honey, one day…
This morning as the bus approached my stop I saw that it was sardine-like conditions. I got on and took the only place for me, which was practically on top of the ticket/money depository. I saw a girl,who looked like a boy, with a huge-ass stroller sitting in the side seats at the front. This…
Eff-off, Blinky
I hate taking the elevator in my apartment building because of the off chance that I will run into you, Blinky. You’re revolting in every way, from your Ellen Degeneres mannerisms to your Easter Island face. Not only that, the way you constantly blink is just unnerving. Get some eyedrops, or some sunglasses, or something.…
You can find your dog poop now.
Hey, all you irresponsible dog owners that couldn’t find your dog shit in the snowbank on the various sidewalks in HRM: The snow has melted so you can go back and pick it up now. Thanks. cranky
Morons and bicycles = bad combination
Cyclists, stop driving in car lanes, especially at busy intersections. You zip in and out of lanes without warning, as if the city owes it to you for not having bicycle lanes. It doesn’t. You just prove to the world that you’re morons for using bicycles in a city that has no bicycle lanes. Idiots.…
Manners please.
I work at a Mon-Fri job. My place of employment is open for business on the weekends, and other employees are in and out of my office during thier Saturday shift. While i really enjoy having the weekends off, I DO NOT enjoy coming into work on Monday mornings to find my desk made a…
Daddy Don’t-Care
To the asshole at the Sportsplex bus terminal on Wednesday at around noon; I was in no way obliged to get onto the wrong bus (52) just to return your moron daughter’s ugly-ass scarf that she dropped and you were too dense to notice, but I did, the least you could’ve done after snatching it…
Driving the Roads
I cannot believe that drivers that are entering the merge on the Mackay bridge from 5 Corners are still cutting in. What is it going to take to keep them from cutting people off!. A concrete barrier – Hey what a good idea! Perhaps it should be sent to Mayor’s office. Roman Husiuk
bitch directly ok?
i agree the bitch is great for screaming at damned cyclists, stupid motorists, etc. but why bitch here at your colleague at work? you are so frigging chicken to tell that person off in person? grow some spunk and be assertive, chicken shit! geez to u
to psst: too needy
when a guy is too nice, you say he’s too needy; when they act like every dink, you say he’s an asshole. i’ve been there before. the girls that played these games, they ended up marrying assholes. why so complicated? you’re reading too many self help experts? ease off and give the nice guy a…
Oscar comes to town
Let’s hear it for Ellen Page. Her film, Juno, is all over the list of nominees (http://www.oscar.com/nominees/) for the 2008 Academy Awards announced this morning. It’s a list that is being reported on everywhere with an asterisk: the ceremony on February 24 will go on, damn the Hollywood writers’ strike, but because of many of…
C**** College
Well, I’m sad to say I (unknowingly) wasted a good $7000 at a waste of time, poorly-run school. I was told repeatedly “our program is top of the line; huge employment opportunities; best teachers” etc. etc. BEWARE of “Private Career Colleges”. Of the 10 people in my graduating class, I know of 2 that are…
to Why do I gotta cram my tits?
it’s unfair that you have to. skinny girls have nothing to show but if you have gorgeous tits you will look good in a loose shirt, just be cool and don’t worry too much. normal guys love boobies in big shirts too 😉 dr.boobies
Drunk pig at the Casino
To the drunk piece of crap who was at “Defending The Caveman” Saturday night. Next time you go to a comedy show or play, do everyone a favour and shut the fuck up. You ruined the night for people who sat in every row around you and had to listen to you yelling at your…
STOP!!!
stop eatting while your on the phone! it is rude and i dont like it! that is all annoyed
Chatty Cathys
To the two guys behind me in lecture at Dal today (Jan21). Just because you’re in a class of 400 and the prof isn’t able to hear you doesn’t mean that the people around you couldn’t. We didn’t need to hear your inane conversation about cell phone reception and your snide remarks. Strange as it…
Kinky Crowd
Why is it so hard to find kinky people in this city? Someone who’s really open-minded and into kinky stuff like watersports n what not? where are all these people hiding? R. K. G.
Give me a friggin break!
I cant take it no more! Im writing this in response to the article about the “sqeegie kids”. Is it me or is everyone blind? Im a 37 year old man who grew up in the housing projects of Ontario. My Mother left my father when I was 3 and I grew up in a…
The Case of the Cursing Cyclist
To the piece-of-shit cyclist who attempted to curse my husband and I out on Saturday on Joseph Howe, FUCK YOU! It was with great pleasure I put you in your place. “Share the road” works both ways, dickhead. If you can’t pass our car, wait your turn like a good little boy instead of getting…
Headphones in Class
All you kiddos and kidlets out there, those in university but especially in highschool.. TAKE YOUR EARPHONES OFF. Honestly, you’re in class to learn.. and when you’ve got music in your ears you are not going to be able to concentrate as easily on the person teaching you as you are when you are fully…
Cultural Appropriatio
Whoa!!! White guys in kwanza cloth!! What is up with Counselor David “Wanna Bee” Hensby? Does he ever appear without that *%$# kenta cloth tie and handkerchief?? Why doen’t he wear his own family plaid? My bitch? —-CULTURAL APPROPRIATION.—– Ann
Two-way street
When walking alone during the day downtown I’m constantly being “run” off the sidewalk by people walking toward me in pairs. As a test I’ve even held my pavement and had a woman walk right into me, as if I’d been invisible up to that moment. It’s a two lane sidewalk OK? I’m not going…
Basement Ink
Dear Halifax: What is with all you kids buying tattoo machines and inking people out of your basement? You don’t know what the fuck you’re doing. your work is terrible. you Can’t draw and you’re just scarring people for life! You’re all a joke. Go do an apprenticeship somewhere, learn to tattoo, pay your fucking…
Welfare Bums
I am so god-dammed tired of supporting those people who are totally capable of putting in an honest day of work but CHOOSE NOT TOO! For Christ sakes people, why do you feel the world revolves around you, and that those of us who actually DO get up everyday and go to work owe YOU…
NOT ENOUGH EDUCATION HELP 4 SINGLE MOMS
not enough help for single moms 2 get off assisance, i had recently applied to the indigo program here in spryfield . i was rejected? NOT ENOUGH SPACE I WAS TOLD.i dont know if its because of my age or why,i am 29 and the program is for woman between the ages of 18 to…
Pedestrian 101
This is to the stupid old fart that thinks it’s okay to cut in front of my car at night wearing all dark clothes. Are you stupid? Sure you may have the rightofway, but did it ever occur to you that between you and my car, my car would win? You’re lucky my friend saw…
free enterprise ? lol
canada is not about free enterprise, the govt wants you on welfare so you re-elect them. the working class don’t matter to them, we’re too busy making a living. we have no time to elect a new govt., they ‘re all the same. NATO…no action talk only. NATO-no action talk only
response to needing to work for rent
keep your dreadlocks, bro… hope on a bus then a boat to jamaica,.. listen to marley, sun, sand, coconuts. ganji smoke yahoo
montreal, tam tam and dreadlocks welcome
we have more dreadlocks working in our call center . even our 2 supervisors wear dreadlocks. montreal has tam tam on mont royal, go to catherine st, every dreadlocker smoking outside works for a call center. don’t wait, come to montreal. montrealer
Pot smokers
To all those who smoke pot in my building – I dont have a problem per say with you smoking the stuff but hey, a little consideration for the rest of us – dont smoke it in the hallway, go outside or at least open a window before you light up. Too cold? Too bad,…
Hey you Idiot!!
To the wasteheads who broke into my boyfriends mothers car the other night ( and the other car next to it as well ) Thanks alot assholes, for adding another thing for my boyfriends ‘to do’ list, putting his mothers insurance rates up and for generally giving others another reason to dis the North end.…
Pee Police
Ok dudes, seriously, it’s winter time, to hide your shame. The first morning after every weekend without fail I have found pee everywhere in many snowbanks. I don’t like to point fingers, but Chebucto village area is quickly resembling a lemon. Tone it down guys, I don’t want to wait until the snow is gone…
Love the Way We Bitch
stings a little huh. some people didn’t like lezlie lowe telling them that their dislike of squeegeers has more to do with their own fear of poverty than anything those window wiping wranglers might be doing. oh dear, they are so aggressive with that whole “can i wash your window” thing they do. grow the…
Fuck you, generic places of employment
It’s fucking hard to get a job in this city if you happen to have dreadlocks. If you walk into places with a resume and dreads, you never hear back. You can’t even fucking work at McDonalds with dreadlocks. Nevermind that they are equal opportunity employees. They will give anybody a chance – be they…
To the Job Hunter with Dreadlocks
I read your bitch. I understand where you are coming from. But I might have some advice, you might not want to hear it though. Speaking as an Employment Counsellor, it might not only be the dreadlocks. When you go into apply, you are probably always self-coniously thinking “Oh, these assholes aren’t going to hire…
dirty hands
I think its absolutely disgusting that adult women in gyms do not wash their hands after taking a piss or a dump. Also the women who merely turn on the tap and hardly wash their hands don’t kill the nasty germs. To kill the germs while washing hands should take the length of the Happy…
Sleepless in the NonSlums
Ms Lady who lives next door: I’ve lived in this building for 2 years now, and for almost a year I’ve had the misfortune to live next to you and your child. You may say that he’s got mental issues, but you know what? I think you’re wrong. No kid screams like that unless he’s…
To the group of drunk, fuckbag morons
… running around Ocean Tower #1 on Friday night, I hope you puke so hard tomorrow morning that the arteries in your face explode. How fucking dare you punch a goddamn HOLE in our fucking WALL at 2:30 in the morning?! What the fuck is wrong with you? You hit the wall so hard that…
response to headphones in class, idon’t
idon’t , you’re the only one who goes to school to be educated. the rest of these motley crew goes to be laid, buy drugs, get drunk. there’s more of them at the universities. who needs an education , there’s welfare, and for those who don’t need welfare, there’s daddy’s credit card. hooray for you,…
Someone please clean the IWK !
Oh, my! I was recently in the IWK with my sister who was geting blood work done and have never been so appaled in my life.The hospital is so very dirty!! All the sick children around please someone get the placed CLEANED UP !! The IWK is FILTHLY!!
F you “Financial Adviser”
I work 6 days a week, 9 hours a day. I pay rent, car loans, insurance, utilities, credit card loans, student loans. I don’t buy anything frivolous, I haven’t even bought a CD in months. And yet, I still have no money at all, I barely make it to pay day. And it’s not like…
Dogs Are Pedestrians Too
I live in the North End of Halifax – and I have found that too many drivers do not stop for pedestrians that are walking dogs. UNLESS they HAVE to – as in they are stopped at a light and rarely stopped at a stop sign (or it’s a guide dog being walked). I don’t…
Juno
I cannot believe Empire Theatres at Park Lane mall has avoided playing the movie “Juno” starring our very own Ellen Page. What kind of support for local talent is there when we totally disregard playing a movie that not only received rave critical reviews worldwide but is also stars an amazing talent from this frikken…
So why can’t they get real jobs?
This is about “Squeezing squeegeers”. My question is this: Why can’ they get real jobs? I didn’t bother reading the article at all because I know it’s the same old bleeding heart bs that this rag is known for. EVERTHING, EVERY comment posted in the Daily News is correct. THESE PEOPLE ARE LAZY!!!!! No if…
dumb asses vs bus drivers
to the dumb-asses bitching about your city’s bus drivers. you’re either rude or drunk or inconsiderate because the drivers here are always polite. believe me, i’ve taken buses all over canada. and take the bus at the proper place, ie bus stops. canadian travellers
Go on with your old ass.
This bitch is for the haggard old slag who works at a ‘certain’ hotel in the downtown area, with my boyfriend, and who also insists on trying to sleep with him. You wanna know something, grandma? You’re dried up. You’re past your prime, and I think you’re in serious denial about it. He’s 28. You’ve…
SAVE THE WHALES?
Hello, This goes out to all supporter s of the “Sea Shepherd” and its attempt to stop the Japanese-sanctioned whaling in the Pacific. I’m not sure that is in our best interest to support an extremist organization such as the one headed by Paul Watson who resorts to violence in order to stop, what is…
Wintersleep stays home
One false move Getting to the bottom of juicy gossip is more or less what I’m paid to do. After hearing a rumour that Wintersleep were all headed to Montreal for good, I tried to convince myself it wasn’t consequential, but failed to do so. In a very big-city move, I spoke with a publicist…
Lucy Liu loves Jenn Grant
Lucky Liu Lucy Liu tightens her bond with Halifax by featuring Jenn Grant’s “Dreamer” in her new series, Cashmere Mafia. Maybe she didn’t negotiate the deal personally, but I’d like to think she did. Grant’s reaction? Mildly pleased. “It’s going to be on episode 103, my new favourite number!” says Grant. “I’m really excited! Lucy…
Rock Plaza Central
Toronto’s Rock Plaza Central come to Halifax today (Thursday, January 17) to play at The Marquee Club with The Orchid, and, frankly, now might be a good time to catch them. This is a good example of a band that’s two hairs shy of inspiring Arcade Fire-style mania. Winning fans by the bucketload with last…
Kid Koala
Kid KoalaSaturday, Jan. 12, 1:22am, at the Marquee.Chris Smith
Pyramid Cafe, Coconut Grove, Perks
The Pyramid Cafe (2196 Windsor) may not, as previously reported, be “kaput.” A sign on the cafe’s door says it’s closed for renovations. No word from the cafe’s owner. (Check back for more)…Despite rumours to the contrary, the Coconut Grove Nightclub (1567 Grafton) is still open; but the club is running on a limited schedule…
Attic and Thirsty Duck closings
It looks like the Thirsty Duck (5472 Spring Garden) is indeed closed for good. There “just wasn’t enough business” there, says Gary Muise, VP of operations for the Grafton Connor Group, which bought the Duck out of bankruptcy in May 2006. At the time, the Group revamped the restaurant’s decor and menu; the changes were…
Cargo and James Tea opening
The website for Cargo & James Tea greets you with a jaunty jingle. (Your source for tea: Cargo & James!) Listening to it is pretty fun—which is reason enough to check out the Cargo & James that recently opened at 1239 Barrington. Our Cargo & James is the first to launch east of Edmonton. Howd…
Eat and Fit opening
Believe it or not, Davoud Sadeghi, the owner of nifty new Iranian restaurant, Eat & Fit (6184 Quinpool, the former home of Dodo’s Cafe & BBQ) got into the restaurant game out of boredom. For almost 30 years, Sadeghi worked as a commercial director for a manufacturing company in Iran; in March, Sadeghi and his…
Cafe Wanda updates
Listen up, Bayers Lake vegetarians: Cafe Wanda (8 Oland Crescent) is under new ownership, and has unveiled a pile of changes, including an expanded, vegetarian-friendly menu. New owner Jean Ziade and new manager Marie Salame, Ziade’s wife, took over the cafe from its original owner, Wanda Tkaczuk, in November. “We found there was a lot…
The passing of Jim Faraday
Sad news for Halifax’s classical music community with the passing of Jim Faraday on Saturday in his Ferguson’s Cove home. An open house was held earlier this week, with details of a public memorial and a scholarship fund to come. Immediately recognizable by his hearty, white beard, the former Dalhousie percussion instructor performed with everyone…
CBC Auditions, Kinetic Dance
Time to work on your flibberdigibbets and will-o’-the-wisps, auditions for CBC’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? were announced this week. If you think you have what it takes to be the next Von Trapp, show up (lederhosen optional), February 8 at CBC Television on Bell Road. Register at areyoumaria.com. If you’re more…
King’s College literary night
Although University of King’s College is known for producing some of the country’s best journalists, their track record for fiction writers ain’t too shabby, either. On Friday, January 18, the school presents a literary night featuring two grads, award-winning poet and California State professor Dr. Troy Jollimore (Tom Thomson in Purgatory) and novelist Dr. Stephen…
City Hall security
As of last week, visitors to City Hall are required to sign in at the front door, where they are issued badges that must be worn at all times in the building. Yep, City Hall, the peoples building, is now a symbol of irrational fear. Id give a lecture on democracy and public access, but…
www.IgnoreThisToo.ca
Halifax is now the first city in Canada to accept online petitions. City council’s discussion of the issue was typically bizarre: Linda Mosher pointed out that most petitions “go into a vault somewhere” and get forgotten, so therefore we can’t accept e-petitions because people will get spammed. (You figure it out.) “I was elected by…
Ellen Page
Paging EllenFor some reason we’re all proud of Ellen Page, even though 99.9 percent of all Haligonians have done exactly nothing to advance her acting career. We may as well be proud of the fog, or of gravity, which we also have nothing to do with. Still, Page is likable enough and Juno is a…
Too soft on squeegeers
To the editor, Poverty is not poverty when it is chosen. If you think that the squeegee kids at the Willow Tree intersection are an illustration of poverty, you should read global news. You have a lot of nerve to accuse the general population of Halifax of being judgmental and cruel and ignorant when it…
Too soft on squeegeers
Too soft on squeegeers To the editor, Lezlie Lowe’s article about squeegee kids (“Squeezing squeegeers,” Jan. 10) uses the word threat in an abstract manner—that is, the threat to the middle-class sensibilities of people who have to see the face of poverty. There’s another kind of threat there—one your reporter obviously decided to ignore. Squeegee…
Awwww, mom!
To the Editor, Since the Christmas Eve brawl at the Dome, newspapers across the country are awash in reports about young people drinking too much at certain Halifax establishments—no news to anyone who’s ever walked through downtown Halifax most nights of the week—when it’s clear that what these kids need are more chaperones. If every…
Awwww, mom!
To the Editor, Since the Christmas Eve brawl at the Dome, newspapers across the country are awash in reports about young people drinking too much at certain Halifax establishments—no news to anyone who’s ever walked through downtown Halifax most nights of the week—when it’s clear that what these kids need are more chaperones. If every…
Serioulsy
I am sitting at work, with no heat due to a “boiler” issue and you stupid fucks still have cool air coming from the vents. BUT YOU WON’T SEND US HOME! Pissed, and rightly so
Sad and freezing in the North…
I wish there were more jobs in Atlantic Canada! I recently moved from Halifax to the Arctic. I guess I’m not really bitching as much as venting sadness. I have met countless people from Atlantic Canada who want to go home but can’t because there is no work or the work doesn’t pay well enough…
Frigid Bitch
It’s January. It’s COLD. So if you’re the woman who keeps complaining it’s “too hot” on the bus and getting the driver to TURN THE HEAT OFF, just take off your freaking coat! The rest of us are freezing! What, you’re the only person the bus all of the sudden? Have some consideration. Ice Queen
Holy Stompin’ Tom
Dear Upstairs Fuckheads, Unlike you I work in the day. While you sleep all day, dick around on the computer and spend mommy and daddy’s money I’m working .Ergo I like to sleep at night. Not listen to you assholes jumping around, blasting music and being general pricks at 2 and 3 in the morning.…
zellers idiots
i was at the bayers lake zellers before. and trying on some bra’s. and the bitches there made fun of another ladie who was heavy sized, made fun of her size when she was looking at the underware, i’ve heard your comments as iwas a foot away from you all. you covered your mouthes so…
Sunday school
Ultimate decision-making at Saint Mary’s University—including final say on university budgets, tuition rates and hiring—relies in part on the approval of the Catholic Church. It’s a state of affairs that doesn’t sit right with Mark Mercer, a professor of philosophy at the school. “This should be a secular institution,” he says.SMU was founded by Catholics…
Live music photo
Kid Koala at The Marquee, & searchable archives.
When it comes to Russian virgins…
Q While visiting my family for the holidays, my 72-year-old father informed me that a 29-year-old Russian woman was coming to America to be with him. He could hardly contain his excitement. Dad didn’t want me to tell my brother and sister because he knew they would be critical of him being with a 29-year-old…
CD reviews
Get your art fix with David Shrigley, Lupe Fiasco, Colbie Caillat, Mahjongg and The Magnetic Fields & searchable archives.
Kick at the darkness
When Erin teaches a yoga class, she is the picture of grounded. She speaks gently as she wanders through the room, making subtle but supportive adjustments to an array of bodies. What’s less obvious is that for many years, Erin, 24, suffered from debilitating depression and anxiety. For almost eight years she was on and…
Ban the bag ban
This just in from the what-the-fuck? files: China is banning plastic shopping bags.The country’s State Council struck up the new legislation last week prohibiting the manufacture, use or sale of flimsy bags (with a thickness less than 0.025 millimetres, if that means anything to you). Thicker plastic sacks are still kosher, but they must be…
Diet and supplements
The sampler plastic package has a big, yellow happy face on it, with the predictable expression in one corner: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy!” It’s 100-percent vegetarian 5-Hydroxytryptophan, a serotonin building block. According to the label, it’s something to take to help with “PMS, mood and sleep,” amongst other things. It’s but one of a number…
Real Life
Immortal Scofield could be considered a goth dreamboat. He is tall with long, flowing raven-coloured hair, a goatee and broad shoulders. He’s gregarious and popular, enjoys moshing and being funny. He is in the bands Gorgoroth and Type O Negative and sometimes stumbles around drunk—having a good time and entertaining people. Immortal’s sister Allatu is…
A cut above
It’s no coincidence that Louise Bédard calls her contemporary dance work Ce qu’il en reste/What Remains (on this weekend at the Sir James Dunn Theatre) a “collage made of bodies.” It was, after all, inspired by a literal collage—the kind made from cutting images out of magazines and reassembling them on paper with glue, to…
Face-Off
“Please let us know why you are deactivating (required).” After one late night of procrastinating too many, I let go. I had been thinking about it for a while but one morning as I flipped back and forth between Facebook and a project with an impending deadline I pushed myself to quit. Facebook is resulting…
Re-Deco-rated
Sebastien’s bistro fits effortlessly as a destination resto on Spring Garden Road
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
“Farewell, good uncle,” the king’s nephew says to the king’s son. This would be inconsequential, except it reveals that the writer of In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale doesn’t know the difference between an uncle and a cousin. The latest from Uwe Boll, the director of video-game movie abominations House of…
Helvetica
HelveticaDirected by: Gary HustwitPlexi Productions LLCWhat do American Apparel, the British version of The Office, the movie Jackass, Tupperware and government forms have in common? More than it first appears, posits Gary Hustwit’s documentary, Helvetica. (The answer is not “they all star Steve-O.”) Font enthusiasts (you’re out there) have probably guessed the connection, simply by…
Holy smokes
Holy Fuck are an unorthodox band. There’s the name, the lack of lyrics, the improvised studio sessions and the revolving-door rhythm section (which has included members from stylistically divergent groups like Blue Rodeo and Wintersleep). And somehow, the band, playing Saturday at the Marquee, even found themselves touring as underground rapper Beans’s backing band. Though…
Welcome To My Castle!
Published January 24, 2008. Welcome To My Castle! Directed by: Nardwuar The Human Serviette (Nardwuar/Mint Records) The plaid suit, the man, the mouth that is Nardwuar releases a two-DVD set (five-and-a-half hours!) that consists of videos from his band The Evaporators’ new CD Gassy Jack and Other Tales, and his guerrilla-style interviews with various B-list…
DVD reviews
Helvetica, by Gary Hustwit & searchable archives.
First Sunday
Combining the hijinks of the Friday series with the spiritual bent of Tyler Perry’s work seems like an obvious move. For producer/star Ice Cube, it’s also a dishonest one. Cube previously played a Christian in Three Kings, but because First Sunday supports Christian ideals (like in Perry films, the story is occasionally interrupted by a…
Mob mentality
“Just before the last episode aired,” says Robert Cushman, “I went back and watched the first one, and it’s amazing. Just how many relationships were there, in embryo.” The National Post’s television and theatre critic is talking about The Sopranos, the lumbering, Emmy-scarfing beast that took almost a decade to deliver 86 episodes of intricate,…
I’m Not There
The many faces of Bob Dylan are the subject of I’m Not There, the latest pseudo-intellectual exercise from Todd Haynes. Dylan’s various personas are inhabited by Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Christian Bale, Marcus Carl Franklin and Ben Winshaw, with Haynes distinguishing the segments by shooting in different styles and film stocks. Only a…
Tech-no!
A typical day for my laptop and me starts with checking the news via RSS over breakfast. Then we head to the office, plug in to IM, LAN, email, etc., and do battle with work and everything that comes up at work. Whenever the business day ends, it’s off to home, where Lappy provides dinner…
Shelter With Thieves, Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees, Great Plains, My Dog Ego, Pamela Underwater, DJ Tony Haze
Clearly, The Attic isn’t the first—and it’s certainly not the last—Halifax venue to shut down. The Halifax music scene is cyclical in nature and it’s quite possible that The Attic, an important part of that scene for almost a decade, became a casualty of one of its lulls.It was during one of those lulls that…
