Summersonic
So i went to summersonic, simply to see the Black Keys, and was shock and appalled to see that not only did they play first (opening for wintersleep, basically) but there were at least 3 times the people crowding the stage for wintersleep as there were for the black keys… Man, you guys couldve seen…
coast..who the fuck does your web page
who on earth does the web page for the coast, somebody from the community college on a freebie work term? you are making a good profit from the adverts, for crying out loud, hire a pro, it’s 2008 for crying out loud dave
“No loitering” sign in front of Spring Garden Road Library.
Remarks: “Why do they put those tempting benches there and keep the grass so nice and soft and have shady trees and a french-fry truck if we are not allowed to stop and enjoy them?” asks Gail via onpatrol@thecoast.ca. Beck says the signs were put up several years ago to prevent “people from camping out”…
The Black Keys
The Black KeysSunday, July 20, 2008, 6:21pm at Summersonic.Photo Aaron Fraser
Phone message recorders
They lack a delete-whenever-you-want function. I’ve already sat through All The Details of some stinkin Offer from a putrid Call Center a few times, recorded in full by my stab-me-in-the-back message recorder, not to mention the calls that go on and on from friends and rels long after you done got the gist. I need…
Something that truly bites…
Why aren’t goth nights and goth related activities reviewed or advertised in The Coast? Grrrrr. Lilac
HEY ASSHOLE DOPE SMOKERS
I saw you last night around supper time- a group of young people sharing a joint in the parking lot of the apartment building next to mine. What the fuck is wrong with you? It was broad daylight!!!! IT IS STLL AN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY!!!! Not to mention that there are kids walking through there on…
Puppy Blackmail
How fucking stupid are these idiots running this municipality. They set up a new by-law for animals called A-300 and I don’t think anyone read it. This new law charges a $50 license fee for a dog that’s not fixed and $15 for a dog that is fixed. I agree partially. Their logic is that…
RAP music
I don’t understand it when parents of older teens say things like – my daughter/son listens to that really hard heavy metal (said with an indulgent smile) but not RAP thank god. k wait. does that mean …. if they’re listening to megadeth, rammstein or Korn, that’s ok, because it’s just a phase they all…
Vending Machine
Why do you mock me….sitting there with all your goodies. You tell me you want $1.75 for a Coke. I give you the $1.75 the Coke. I hit the button quickly as I am thirsty and tired of your teasing. What’s that? A new message…. you need another $0.10??? What about the agreement we had…
Katie Rox: That’s what they say
You guys remember Jakalope? Canadian industrial vehicle that won a Juno? You do? Former lead vocalist, Katie Rox has gone out on her own and is touring the Maritimes for the first time as a solo acoustic act, with Toronto based Lesley Pike. You just may want to check them out at Ginger’s Tavern, Saturday…
To the brilliant Homophobe
Hmm…what clued you in that we were “lesbos”? I suspect it was because we were holding hands and frankly don’t care what you or anyone esle thinks. I’m glad you yelled what you did so that other heteros can see how there are still fuckers like you out there. Cheers and happy pride. Happy and…
Commonwealth Games, Canada Games and provincial budget games
The ATV brouhaha, the $230,000 bit of silliness coming from Rodney MacDonald’s scandal-plagued government, was funded by the Department of Health Promotion and Protection, and so I decided to take a second look at the HP&P budget, see what I could find. The ATV dough came out of a line item called “Physical Activity, Sports…
Getting The Point
My 1st bitch here, but after trolling the bitches, and reading all and I mean all of the comments, I can’t hold back any longer. Why do you folks, namely Querty, Miles ( from home ), Jammie et all, you know the click Im yakking about, find it necessary to go to the comment section…
Smoking Nightmare
I’m so sick and tired of smokers in this city. Why does anyone have to tell you not to smoke in busy public areas? There’s a plume of reek 20 feet around you. Half a block behind you there’s a wake of stink. Everywhere you look there’s a carpet of filthy butts. It’s beyond ignorant…
Lower Deck stinkers.
To all the men at the lower deck who stink of axe and other colgne so bad i can taste it in my mouth.What are you?Sissy boys?Are you not embarrased to walk into a bar smelling like an 80 yr old woman at the bingo hall on a saturday nite?I would be.Its screaming (i’m desparate…
House-Selling Bitch-Tooth
This is going out to the rudest fucking skinny capp who comes into the cafe I work at every single morning with your fucking cellphone glued to your ear. It is fucking impossible to determine if you are yelling at one of your clients on the other line, or to us, behind the counter. Get…
Get Your Pride Vibe On
Venus Envy (1598 Barrington) celebrates pride with their annual sale, as the first 25 customers on Saturday receive a free vibrator. For those latecomers the shop is offering 20% off all toys and pride gear, so load up on rainbow swag
Cruising the Java Factory
Over a million immigrants came to Canada via Halifax’s Pier 21 between 1928 and 1971, but on Jul 16, the city’s historic port was flooded with roughly 2,000 gay travellers. Halifax was the second Canadian stop on R Family Vacations’ weeklong cruise of the Maritimes, which departed from New York City. The queer travel company…
Condos Up
According to realtor Charlie Atie the model suite is now open at the Armoury Square Condominiums and Townhomes, he wants you to come have a look. “It’s a great new place to call home in such a great location,” he says. “People are able to enjoy great living by helping the environment with either no…
The Jade W
Halifax’s beloved women-friendly bookshop The Jade W (5233 Prince) celebrated its first year in business on July 17. Owned and operated by Sydney Hansen, this lovely gem of a shop features new and gently used books boasting an extensive women’s studies selection, an entire room of children’s and young adult books, a small yet resourceful…
Loud Mouth Bitches
To My Loud Mouth Neighbours on Walnut. Why do you feel the need to go outside and night and have your loud ass conversations with one another? Has it ever occured to you that its fucking summer and people have their windows open and yes, those same people are trying to sleep! I’ve even tried…
dear pissed off lez
first let me begin with saying stop blaming others for your sorry excuse of a pathetic life.*jumps around like a lil child* im a 32 year old woman im 32 im 32* asks myself how old are you again oh year your 32 maybe you should get a job hold it for more then a…
Not Getting the Point
Bitching about bitches bitching about Bitches. It’s just so meta-something. And begging for the comments to “pile up”. It’s just so textbook “troll”. There is No Point to which to Get
Dear Pissed off Les
You’re a phony feminist, and a fake all around. You lie and you’re abusive. Your girlfriend left YOU, we didn’t convince her – we only helped her. Your girlfriend knows the fear that you will soon learn. So, fuck Hugh. your ex Love
Dear Pissed off Les
You’re a phony feminist, and a fake all around. You’re a liar and abusive. Your girlfriend broke up with YOU, we didn’t convince her – we helped her. Are you familiar with Karma, shes a bitch. Oh yeah, phuq Hugh. EL
Husband & Knife records soon!
Want to know what is making my week? Husband & Knife An End pre-orders through Divorce, y’all! Order now and get a bonus song (or two) and a poster of Rachael Parson’s album art. The record will ship around the end of August. Husband & Knife is the totally bitchin solo project of KC Spidle…
Street and Intersection changes
I went into a City Hall meeting a couple of years ago and proposed Quinpool Rd be set up with the same lane changing signage as on the Herring and Purcell’s Cove Rd. 3 lanes up in the morning and 3 lanes down at night. To no avail. Now they have changed the Rotary, Jubilee…
Assault with intent to flash
Buddy – great that you decided to rock your Canon DSLR and 580EXII at the Music Room’s Elton John tribute show, but you broke a concert shooters #1 rule: NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY! You spent almost 2 hours blinding the rhs of the audience every time you went portrait and bounced your strobe directly off our…
So… where are all the Alberta Dream Jobs?
Ok – Everyone talks about how there is so much money to be made in Alberta, it’s the place to be. In fact, everyone talks about how anywhere but Atlantic Canada is the place to be to make money. Here is my question: how the hell do people find these jobs? I use multiple flagship…
Dear “T”,
In my “Butt-heads…” bitch posted on July 11, in which I talked about smokers throwing their cigarette butts on the ground, you commented: — “Show respect for the environment?” You make it sound like they are littering, aka polluting. Listen up, wise-ass, and listen up good: Tobbacco is a plant, the filters are made of…
Glad when fall/winter comes again
I don’t like this heat we’re having. Too much of a good thing. I be glad when fall/winter comes again at least I’ll be able to get a decent night’s sleep. Grumpy from the heat
Bumbling Beazley
Is it just me, or does our HRM police chief (Beazley) share an uncanny likeness to Clancy Wiggum… you know, that dim witted and grossly incompetent police chief on The Simpsons? give Beazley the boot!
rogers wireless
Unfortunately worst customer service i have ever had. -On hold for more than 45 min. for a request that was easily a yes we can, or no we cant. – called a “toll-free” number and was charged. -no one could figure out why and while i was being charged for the call was transfered btn…
Deerhoof ‘Moshing’
Saturday night at the Deerhoof show two inconsiderate males unapologetically threw their bodies into other people around them making many people miserable. Miserable enough in fact to cause AT LEAST four of them leave. What’s worse for me personally is the embarrassment I sustained by a confrontation with the worst of the terrible two. Instead…
Get With It Already
What seems to be the problem with old men in hats who drive. Wait, let me re phrase that, who can’t drive. It seems that they are always driving below the posted speed limit, not using their turn indicators ” blinkers for the rest of you “. When they fuck something up, and you look…
fuck you:
to the useless, waste of life homophobe who insulted my friend and co-worker by not letting him serve your coffee at the Chapter’s Starbucks 20/07/08, yah, I suppose I’d feel a bit jaded if no one welcomed me to the 21st century too… no reason to advertise your hateful BS- Obviously no one informed you…
NS Sucks
Can someone please tell me what NS has to offer?! Aside from Nature (that sometimes you can’t even access) that you get everywhere else?! SP
Crapy apartment building
Hy everyone. Stay away from my placet. It might look good on the outside, but the apartments are shit. Not only did they not finish rebuilding from the last tenant, but we dont even have a working fridge. What the hell?? They told us 3 separate move-in dates. I booked the truck after the last…
Smokers have no respect!!!!
I am sick and tired of waiting at the bus terminal and constantly have smoke blowing in my face!!!! You cannot walk anywhere at the bus terminals without walking into cigarette smoke!YUCK!!! And why do smokers think they have the right to smoke inside the bus shelters when it’s raining? it’s not or fault you…
Butt-heads…
Hi assholes. Not smokers in general, but those douches that throw their cigarette butts on the ground. Fuck you. Whenever I am out I see a bunch of people do it. The next time you are walking around, look at the ground. Almost everywhere you look there are cigarette butts. Why don’t douchenozzle cigarette butt-throwing…
Non Profit Blues
I work for a non profit organization. We help people live. Why isn’t there more breaks for us as employees of non profits. We do jobs that int eh “for profit” world would make two, three four times as much as we make now, we pay horrible rape taxes on the pennies we do make,…
Daniel Lanois, y’all
Daniel Lanois, producer extraordinaire and big-time songwriter is planning on coming to Halifax October 18, to play at the Marquee Club (9pm, $35/$40). Most impressive to me is that he worked with Brian Eno, as I wish to do one day on my four-part ambient series about cats. Other people must love Lanois for different…
Craving Some Green!!
So, my sister, nephew and I were taking it easy on the grass in the public gardens the other day when low and behold, some dude drives up right next to us, over the grass on a four-wheeler and tells us that we’re not allowed to be sitting on the grass! What the fuck?!!! I…
Unintelligent Design
I can’t believe that Ben Stein has made a movie (Expelled) that promotes intelligent design. His basic argument is that “big science” is censoring new science that “reveals” the truth of intelligent design. The only real question the film inspires is When was the last time atheists got to promote a movie? Jerry_Frog
Why is it so hard to find work
I am wondering why is it so hard to find work in Halifax that isn’t in fast food. I am just looking for full time work that is within the Halifax area (southend, west end or north end). I have an undergraduate degree and I am working towards a masters. I have not had issues…
Save me from Quinpool Road!!
It’s 2pm on Saturday and instead of being able to relax and listen to some soothing music such as Sigur Ros, Quinpool Road seems to be overtaken by some band. While I am all for independent local bands, perhaps one playing this loud, at this location, should at least be talented. And if their off-key,…
Why aren’t restaurants recycling??
I went to a popular local Cafe on Robie St. for the first time the other day and I was shocked to see all the empty water bottles and pop cans going in the garbage!! Does this actually still happen in 2008?? Is it that hard to put out a big blue bin to collect…
C’est la vie
Thanks to the heartless asshat that pulled a hit and run on my Civic in the Superstore parking lot on Quinpool on Friday. Now it will cost me hundreds of dollars to fix despite me not even being in the car when it happened. Karma’s a bitch, and I hope it bites you hard. Disheartened…
Tip the Bartender!!
Just because your artistic lazy, rich, or out of Country doesn’t mean you don’t know how to tip. Remember The bartender is there as a service to you and you should take Notice of the great service they give you. Kudos to those of us who tip Already!!! Peoplewatcher22
Summing up The Atlantic Jazz Festival: a few notes
Again, as in years past, the Atlantic Jazz Festival treated Haligonians and out-of-town visitors to some exceptional musical experiences, exposure to areas of fascinating and expansive world musical forms, and opened up ears and minds to adventurous and daring sonic inventiveness. And of course, gave an opportunity for the myriad local musical ensembles to entertain…
full of shit?
They find that there are elevated levels of e-coli at Lake Banook this week and close it until further notice, advising people not to swim there. The news report shows footage of sewage trucks driving around on the beach, they’ve been there for a few days, so people presume that it must be a sewage…
Don’t Judge A Movie By It’s Dead Actor!
To the person who thought The Dark Knight was only getting good reviews because Heath Ledger is dead. It’s 3:16 am and I just got back from the midnight viewing of the newest Batman movie.. and YOU ARE WRONG! Mr. Ledgers character has brought me joy I haven’t felt since I laid eyes on Jack…
Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown: Dynamic Duo Rom-coms the Cathedral
She’s shading eighty. He’s crowding sixty-three. She’s a legendary jazz singer who made her bones way back in the bebop 1950s. He’s a self-effacing virtuostic marvel on the acoustic bass packing an impressive professional background. Together last night, this voice and bass duo (actually a trio: Brown and the bass acted as separate foil characters)…
tell her in person
PSST is 10 bucks a shot in the papers, right? so why would someone pay 10 bucks to tell some guy or gal he just had the greater hard-on being served by her in a bar,etc? or worse, someone announcing to his gf what a great shack she was last night. why not tell her…
fresh cut crap
are there any hairdressers in cole harbour/dartmouth who can trim long hair on a guy without cutting 3 inches passes where i asked for and not make it look like you put a bowl on my head and cut around it headbanging with no hair hurts the neck
facebook false cosmo
i find sites like facebook a kind of an irony. many of these ppl only want an audience so they put their photos on it, like airing dirty laundry. yet they won’t reply to you or meet you for a beer. even if they live in the same city. as someone told me, “these are…
Clean up after yourself
There is this thing called a garbage shoot. I know this is a new contraption to someone who lives on the same floor in my apartment building. You take your trash to the garbage room, you just have to open the little trap door and throw it down. Why are you so lazy? Is it…
Beer And Porn Are For Women Too!
I am sick of all the beer ads with half naked women. For once I would like to see a commercial with half naked men lathered in honey, promoting beer for women. What woman would say no to a bug camp full of gorgeous men? I enjoy a cool beer after work just as much…
Elton John SOLO: Only in ATL CDA
Why does Elton John play all over the rest of Canada and the world with a FULL BAND, but when he comes to Atlantic Canada its just Elton SOLO with NO BAND..??? Ticket prices are the same right across Canada: $150 for good seats or $100 for shitty seats… I would love to see EJ…
Canada Post Morons
To the illiterate imbecile that “delivers” the mail in my neighborhood: Are you stupid and lazy or just fucking stupid? There is only one real part of delivering the mail that is important, and that is the part where you put the RIGHT envelope in the RIGHT mailbox. Anything other than that is not really…
where are your pants?
leggings are not pants. they don’t count. they’re underwear- meant to be worn under something else. a skirt, a long shirt if you’re daring, shorts, whatever- not on their own. you look like a sausage. wearing pants
Dump Shifters
To my esteemed colleagues on the office floor below, and you know who you are, I shouldn’t have to tell you this but I guess I do. When you have to take a dump, use the washroom on your own fucking floor. You come up here, stink the place up, then go back to your…
Pyeng Threadgill: A Note to Follow D’ohhh
Pyeng Threadgill radiates the girl-du-jour cool good looks that effortlessly commandeer attention. And the parental (jazz giant Henry Threadgill: stepmother Cassandra Wilson)) and lofty music school pedigree to, on paper, back up her craft as a musician. Singing for her ought to be second nature. After last night’s gig in the Commons Room, filled to…
Chebucto violence excessive
To the editor, I am concerned about the excessive force I saw from the police officers arresting protesters July 4 during the Chebucto Road widening protest. What I saw was unarmed, 20-year-old men whom, once they were already subdued, were subjected to some extra bashing of their heads on the ground, against a tree and…
that’s my desk!
listen up upper management: there’s a simple math equation you may have missed. more people require more space. not the same amount of space! yes, you’ve hired new people as we’ve grown adn that’s wonderful- but where did you think we were going to put them? I did NOT sign on to share a desk…
So that’s what democracy is all about!
So I decided to take a little time and research this whole “Democracy 250” thing, until I came across the story on how it started, through this link: http://democracy250.ca/pages/The-Story.aspx You can read the full story there but there are a couple of statements that caught my attention. “On October 2, 1758, the Nova Scotia House…
Deerhoof
>Tomorrow night Deerhoof plays halifax, I emailed deerhoof back in January and asked them to play halifax sometime and now they are, I wonder I wonder. I’m bitching because they aren’t playing tonight and I have to wait. Im actually on The Coast on friday night waiting, shouldn’t I be a fucking loser somewhere else?…
Flotsam fun times
A possible good day trip to take with any and all visiting relatives or friends: In pretty, pretty Peggy’s Cove, at the Old Red Schoolhouse, you can catch some folky, acoustic goodness all summer long. The Flotsam Concert Series 08 ($20 per ticket, all ages, 7pm start time) includes a “surprise guest clown pre-show,” a…
Fiz Leltham Has No Taste
I have read food reviews in this paper that I disagree with but after this week’s I could stay silent no longer. I visited “Leorge and Gito’s” despite warnings from friends about the food. I ordered the tortellini which was not nearly as tasty as the canned stuff they sell at the grocery store. First…
Mitch MacDonald: Rock-n-rollin’ bitch for you
A sad but unabashed confession: I’ve actually been getting into Canadian Idol for the first time since Newfoundland’s Jenny Gear stole my heart away during the show’s first season, lo those many summers ago. (Don’t snicker — Amelia Curran played on her album. Cred=yes?) In any event, my delight with this year’s competition is almost…
alFresco on the move?
For eight years, the alFresco filmFesto’s outdoor waterfront screenings of classic and semi-classic films have been a summertime mainstay. And, ever since the very first festival’s very first screening—On the Waterfront, naturally—the Atlantic Film Festival Association (who run alFresco) have been projecting the movies being screened on the wall of Nova Scotia Power-owned Electropolis building.…
Hatred of fat people: Enough already
Why is it still socially acceptable to make fun of fat people? I read the bitches and I notice the language….stop this and learn some respect for fellow human beings with feelings. somewhat fat guy
Paperboy… er… man
You know who you are. Others know who you are. You take your car to deliver the paper, and idle it while walking up to everyone’s house to deliver it. Unacceptable. First, I want my paper around 7, preferrably earlier. Not 9, when I’ve already left. Also, aren’t you taking a job from some 12…
Thorn in my side
This bitch goes out to that extremely annoying woman who does the Thursday “whats happening in Halifax” on Information Morning on CBC AND who also does art reports in the Coast. Anyone else find her annoying and conceded? Every week she talks about the same bands, Windersleep, Joel Plasket, Jill Barber…. FUCKING YAWN!!!!! YES we…
To the pub crawl promoter
You billed this as a record breaking pub crawl. The only records it broke was for being the shittiest, most unorganized event I have ever participated in. My hard-earned $25 bought me a $2 tshirt and the right to wander around aimlessly downtown – because the bars DIDN’T KNOW WE WERE COMING! Seriously, what the…
Attack of the Giant sunglasses…
What is with this trend of chicks wearing these collosal framed sunglasses that take up half of your face….you know the kind Nicole Ritchie, Paris Hilton and Victoria Beckham all wear (cos heaven knows they are so cool!!) Seriously, you look like retards…sunglasses protect your eyes, not your entire face. I guarantee it, in ten…
Bitch’s
Hellooooo Alison
RENTERS BEWARE
There is a certain apartment in downtown Halifax a very nice one I might add, that requires a security deposit cheque before you even agree to renting the apartment. They say it is because they only want serious renters and need to do a credit check on you before you rent. So then if you…
The Sicilian Jazz Project Sizzles and L’Orkestre Des Pas Perdus Romp, Romp, Romps the Tent
So you’re sitting around wonderin’ – ice tea or a cold beer near at hand. Not about how in Zog’s name you’re ever gonna pack iPhone heat and still afford to eat regularly. Naw. More outside stuff. Like, suppose Gil Evans, the late great musical genius arranger/composer who sired the Birth of the Cool for…
Paint for Peru wanna paint—for you!
Got some cash to burn — or some good karma you’re looking to earn? This August 25, a day the majority of us will probably spend sitting around and sweatily complaining, a group of NSCAD University design students are planning to pack up their old (hopefully trouble-free) kit bags—and head to Peru. Their goal: broadening…
The Coast: A Great Read
dear coast, can you make your publication shorter or less enjoyable so that my boss will spend less time on the toilet reading Speaking for Many
Headphones keep me from going postal!
To everyone on the bus who gets annoyed if they can hear someone’s music playing through their headphones while they are listening to their mp3 players/discman…I have a question for you…If I have to listen to your annoying fucking loud conversations, gum snapping in my ears, obnoxious laughing fits and inane cell phone conversations at…
Go Long & McQuade
Music Stop (6065 Cunard) recently changed ownership, as the green and white sign now reads Long & McQuade in orange and black. In fact Long and McQuade bought up all nine Music Stop locations in Atlantic Canada, making them the largest music retailers in the country.
In Cycle Delivery News…
Cycle Sandwich has closed down for the remainder of July, but don’t fret – Burrito Bike is back in action. Order up your handmade vegan or vegetarian burritos this Saturday between the hours of 6:00 and 12:30am, Cycle Sandwich will be back on track the first week of August and available on Friday nights instead…
Got Junk? Junk Xpress Wants It
Halifax-based Junk Xpress wants to help you get rid of household excess, including renovation debris, E-Waste, appliances, general clutter and old paint. All of these items are brought to the appropriate designated depot. Launched in town in March, Junk Xpressrecently started operating out of Moncton as well this past May. “We use the largest trucks…
Moksha Yoga Halifax
Moksha in Sanskrit means freedom, which is significant in the sense that the Moksha series is free to change and evolve based on the need of the student, as opposed to being limited to a certain sequence of postures, like in other forms of hot yoga,” says Joanna Thurlow, director of Moksha Yoga Halifax. Originally…
Strange Waters: A Love Upstream With The Lukas Pearse Quintet
Wednesday night I ran into bassist/composer/electronic tinkerer Lukas Pearse outside 1313 Hollis Street – the venue for a performance of a new music composition penned by Pearse. “This is going to be really slow, ” he said in answer to a question about his piece. “Really slow. Quiet.” I noticed a michievous impishness in the…
RING TEH BELL
This is more advice than a bitch. People, if you’re standing at a customer service counter and there is a little bell for service and you don’t see anyone around, please ring the bell. We are probably out back folding napkins or washing the ceilings or some other mind-numbing chore, and we would love the…
How about a link on Prospect Rd.
On the subject of busses and lack there of, how about running a bus out to Exhibition Park. I have never seen such a grossly under bussed city in my life. Here is a spot where there is an event every weekend and I see people walking and hitch hiking there way up there all…
Black Rock beach bingo
This time last year on a hot day the smell of the Halifax waterfront was enough to make your stomach turn. But in a couple of weeks, parts of the former sewage swamp will be open for swimming and those beaches could turn into Halifax hot spots. Though it’s hard to shake memories of tampon…
George and Lito work the corner
The newest resto at Windsor and Duncan offers a solid foundation for a decent meal.
Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D is 3D porn. I haven’t seen the 2D version, but I can’t imagine it’s worth much; scenes with yo-yo tricks breaking the second dimension and a money shot of a dinosaur coughing flem on someone’s head would seem awkward if seen in normal projection. Having every possible…
Savage Love
Q: I am a 23-year-old woman living with my 25-year-old boyfriend. We have been dating for a little more than a year, and for the majority of that time we had a great sex life. Unfortunately, when we decided to move in together we also decided to stop having intercourse until we decide to get…
Carbon Tax
On consideration of life’s two inevitables, most Bluenosers prefer death to taxes. That’s why we elect so many conservative governments. We view new taxes with the same skepticism George Bush applies to climate change. Same with all Canadians, actually. Liberal leader Stephane Dion’s proposed new carbon tax raised ire across this land not seen since…
Batman: Gotham Knight
[image-4]Published July 17, 2008.Batman: Gotham KnightDirected by: Yasuhiro Aoki et al (Warner Home Video) Apparently, the Christopher Nolan-era Bruce Wayne has done more thatn just rebuild his decimated mansion in the years since we first saw him suit up in Batman Begins: He’s attempted to stop mob territory wars, battled with baddie Killer Croc, learned…
Point Pleasant’s parking mad
Bill Phillips has a thing for public parks. He walks in them, he sits in them, he enjoys the view. And he’s a crusader for keeping public parks open to the public. One evening a few weeks ago, the Armdale resident was taking a walk through Fleming Park when he noticed something strange at the…
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
It took a while, but with Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, summer escapism has finally gotten playful. One key: Both movies have the humility to not surpass two hours. Guillermo del Toro’s second adventure featuring comic artist Mike Mignola’s demon-fighting son of Satan is easy to…
Hot pandamonium!
Hot Panda has a hot practice space. Its in a crematorium—and while the band produces lively, energetic pop music, its sort of fitting that the Edmonton-based quartet spends so much time in a building that roasts the deceased. Theres a fridge for our beer, says bassist Keith Olsen. The bands quirky members hone their jaunty,…
Here, there and everywhere.
Summersonic Place: Garrison Grounds on Citadel Hill Don’t bring: Alcohol and beverages (however, you are allowed to bring one 800ml plastic bottle of water, sans cap); illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia (shock!); glass bottles; cans; rigid coolers; megaphones; fireworks; balls; frisbees; skateboards; animals (unless you’re visually impaired); big camping-style backpacks; tents; chairs; video-recording equipment; professional…
Jay Dahl’s doppelganger
It’s late and hot on a holiday afternoon. While the rest of the city lounges on patios and passes out beer over barbecue grills, the crew of Jay Dahl’s feature debut The Harton Interviews are about halfway into their Canada Day. These people—about two dozen in total, including cast and extras—willnot see the fireworks. At…
Deerhoof’s next opportunity
Expecting the unexpected is your best bet when taking in Deerhoof’s quirky and decidedly experimental brand of pop-rock. Considering the group’s influences requires a similar approach. Take Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier’s thoughts on the impact of Star Trek star William Shatner on the band’s music: “His strange sense of timing hits me in a really…
Dal’s free-lab builds on real life
In the summer of 2004, a group of Dalhousie architecture students set up shop in Cheticamp where, under the guidance of a few profs and in collaboration with the local community, they spent two weeks designing and building a permanent outdoor children’s theatre. Le Theatre Petit Cercle went on to win a handful of prestigious…
Black Keys to the city
The Black Keys aren’t necessarily black keys themselves—just the offspring of them. An often-quoted story about the origin of the rock duo’s name is that the moniker came from a guy in the Keys’ hometown of Akron, Ohio—a schizophrenic artist who used the term “black keys” to describe people he thought weren’t right (not unlike…
