Anonymous Idiots
I sell online regularly. I have to, disability and all that. So I have to ask two things; why is it that OVER 50 per cent of the people I am in contact with, either through email or phone, just don’t come through? They agree with the price, agree with a said time to meet,…
To the joggers….
First of all, I would like to commend you for your diligence towards personal health. I’ve tried to take up jogging, and I just can’t stick with it. But it seems that while you are out there keeping fit, you have forgotten some basic manners. You see, I own a dog and therefore have to…
Rude server
I get it. You are twenty-something and have the world by the ass. Good for you. That does not give you the right to diss me and my highly artistic, efficient, professional friends in their early-to-mid thirties by calling us COUGARS and otherwise insulting us just because we had the unfortunate luck to be sitting…
Yup, another one about the buses
I usually keep my complaints about Metro Transit pretty private, among my friends and myself. I know Metro Transit has a hard job to do. I also recognize the impossibility of always being on schedule. However, I just waited for 45 minutes in the cold rain at a stop with no bench for the number…
St. Vincent awes Jazz Fest
Ten minutes before St. Vincent’s wildly anticipated Halifax Jazz Festival appearance on Monday night, announcements encouraging fans to clear the venue’s aisles to satisfy fire code went essentially unheard (to the apparent chagrin of the fire marshal). Not surprising. When St. Vincent is in town, safety regulations be damned—Annie Clark brought her effervescent mind-bend of…
NSCAD receives $3 million dollar donation
The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design has received a $3-million donation, courtesy of arts advocates and philanthropists Margaret and David Fountain. The money will allow NSCAD to undertake a number of major improvements on its downtown Granville Street building, which is now renamed Fountain Campus in appreciation of the gift. Margaret Fountain, who…
Who do you think you are!?!
So you call my shop, looking for an update on the service we are providing. But instead of politely asking, you demand to speak to a “supervisor” or owner, without letting me inform you that we have almost completed your “job.” You seriously looked and sounded like an ass. I think I will call your…
It doesn’t brother me
Dude, seriously, what the fuck? I got to the cafe at 8 fucking a.m. to do my homework, when there weren’t barely any people there. The tables here are so fucking small that I could barely fit all my stuff on just one. That’s why I decided that it would be okay to take another…
Need a break?
I work retail in a very slow mall and I normally work weekdays by myself until 5 or 6 p.m. I’m very lucky if someone comes in to give me a break. I’m expected to eat my lunch while helping customers if they come in, which is fine except I am not allowed to sit…
Getaway Farms takes over Highland Drive Storehouse
Jessi Gillis’ Highland Drive Storehouse (5544 Kaye Street) changed the neighbourhood when it opened on the Hydrostone Market’s main strip back in spring 2012, and now it’s changing hands. This week brought the news that Getaway Farms would be taking over for Gillis but keeping the Storehouse’s name, staff and vision as is. “They have…
Sweet success for Sweet Jane’s
After 12 years of tempting tastebuds and blowing bubbles from its current location at 5431 Doyle Street, Sweet Jane’s is moving. “We’ve always been here, this is the first big move for us,” says Alyssa Buchanan. “It’s definitely something we’re going into very exuberantly.” The shop will move its shop of confections, retro toys, unique…
Most definitely a band of cheap assholes
Yes, Mos Def was a major asshole for bailing on his JazzFest show. But you know who’s also a major asshole? All the people who went to the show, saw all the other amazing acts, danced, had a great time, and then went and claimed their refund afterwards. If you were truly coming to the…
If you don’t like it, you can stick that soda…in your own fridge
Just wanted to give a shout out to you and all the other customers that manage to spoil someone’s mood with one transaction: You suck! If you like, next time you come in I can give you directions for getting off your high horse. —Don’t expect a smile next time
Get a real supplier of basil
To a certain Italian food establishment in the north end. Please act like a real restaurant and find a local supplier for your basil instead of consistently walking into another north end super grocer and buying up every fresh basil leaf in stock. I’m sure there are many local farmers who could hook you up.…
Hottest Metro Transit Bus Driver
Ok ladies so lets admit, there are some pretty sexy lookin’ bus drivers these days. There’s one that drives at night on Tuesday. I don’t get his bus, but I see him driving past me everyday while I’m walking home. One of these days, I’m gonna get on just for a joy ride. Yummy. Who…
West coast to the East coast
Moving to Halifax. I don’t know a soul. I’m a 27-year-old girl huge into snowboarding (I know it’s not a ski-bum town and there isn’t much for riding here). I love my friends, music and life on the west coast, but I’m putting myself somewhere that I don’t know anyone or anything. Want a change…I…
Be nice to your local baristas
Dear Pyramid scheming sexist asshole, It would be nice if you could show some respect when you enter my place of work. I serve you coffee and seriously do not need you commenting on our staff’s bodies, how old our technology is. Grow the fuck up. Stop using our cafe to solicit people into your…
Income assistance frozen
The province has given a cold shoulder to those struggling with low-income, freezing an annual increase in the personal allowance received by anyone on income assistance. That allowance has seen an increase every July 1 for the last four years, rising by 22 per cent since 2010. That’s now stalled while the Liberal government conducts…
LISTEN: Kirsten Olivia’s T.H.A.N.
Kirsten Olivia will be all over stages this weekend for the Halifax Jazz Fest, showing off her powerful R&B chops, but if you’re too scared of the hurricane (be brave) then you can cop a solid dose of Olivia by downloading her brand new EP, T.H.A.N. today, right here. Olivia’s focused on the present these…
Unwanted poor cats
I am amazed and disgusted by the number of cats on the flower streets in Dartmouth that roam around trying to find shelter. They have owners and they have homes. Their owners don’t let them inside and don’t care. One cat in particular had a collar, lives in a big beautiful home (per the address…
So Sick and Tired of this Crap!
This message goes out to the people who are drinking in the park! I am so sick and tired of seeing your FUCKEN beer cans in the park, you beer drinkers. Why the fuck can’t you just drink your stupid beers at your house, you fucken assholes! News flash: get this through your thick drunken…
80 Halifax Savior (almost)
My boyfriend was unaware his school bus pass had expired and the second you noticed the disapproval of the bus driver I heard you pipe up and ask if we needed change. You had no idea who we were and didn’t think twice about helping out. I was slightly caffeine deprived so I made as…
Three Diamond Dealer
Lick my butthole you bunch of douchebags. Lie to my face, waste FIVE FUCKING HOURS OF MY TIME, and then, oh, then once you’re called out on being the liar you are and giving me attitude and proceeding to have the nerve to tell me I should still reconsider and buy a car from you??…
Pbbbbffffttttt!!!!
You said you love me unconditionally. To do that, first you have to know how to love. -No longer in denial
Bank Card Shenanigans
Shoutout to Scott and your co-worker (didn’t see his nametag!) at the Bayers Road TD bank. Thanks for putting up with my shit (and subsequently laughing at me) when I thought I left my debit card in the machine earlier that day and needed a new one. But thanks even more for not laughing when…
You will ALWAYS be a loser
You cocky, arrogant asshole. You complained about being underpaid at your job and insisted you could do so much better. When I mentioned that I make $55K/year, you rudely said you’ll be making twice that much when you leave Nova Scotia. It was hilarious to see you coming back with your tail between your legs.…
Irresponsible dog owner morons
We were at a local park earlier this week enjoying a little stroll when, all of a sudden, we were confronted by two large powerful looking dogs that came charging towards us growling and snarling as if they were going to rip us apart at any moment. Luckily for us the owners caught up to…
Canada Day in Bedford
What a money grab! Why wouldn’t the city pay for the bouncy castles for a day? I don’t have a problem paying for rides and amusements for the kids but you’d think on Canada Day they could make it free. Three dollars for a ticket and $18 for a bracelet! I waited in line for…
Burger scam
Please do not use the word gourmet in your mobile restaurant name if you are serving burgers with processed cheese on them. Only good thing I can say, at least you were honest about it. -Disappointed
Take the panties out of your arse!
To the bitch that lives downstairs from us. Do you really have to be such a bitch? I was outside BBQ some burgers for the two friends me and my wife had over next thing I know there is a knock on the door and my wife answered, it was security it seems that at…
Bedtime snack: The Donair Party Pillow
Sometimes the best choice you can make at the end of a long night out is bringing a donair to bed with you. In that moment, it’s easy to find comfort in tinfoil. The next morning, not so much. There is no awakening ruder than a garlic-sauce-soaked pillow. Collin Canning knows this all too well,…
Halifax needs protected bike lanes
Lots of Haligonians are scared to ride their bikes more, because our streets are built for cars. And as any local bureaucrat can tell you, it’s totally impossible to change the streets now. Except that lots of cities have added protected biking lanes to their roadways—retrofitting the street to be built for more than cars—with…
Something about unicorns
Q I am a single woman, 31, in LA and on OkCupid. I’ve gotten a number of unicorn requests. I’ve never responded—until the other day. One unicorn request stood out. I wrote back. They seem like cool, smart, interesting people (a 40-year-old liberal married couple). Their profile is funny, and they’re quite attractive! And here…
Free Will Astrology
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cancer (June 21-July 22) The Venus de Milo is a famous Greek statue that’s over 2,100 years old. Bigger than life size, it depicts the goddess of love, beauty and pleasure. Its current home is the Louvre Museum in Paris, but for hundreds of years it was lost—buried underground on the Greek island…
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Often when you tack a number onto the end of an animated movie title, you can almost guarantee no good is going to come from it. But, Oscar-nominated Quebec writer-director Dean DeBlois (Lilo & Stitch) managed to avoid the usual pratfall by gasp trying something new instead of recycling the same ol’ plot (likely helped…
A woman like Bettye LaVette
With a music career spanning over 50 years, Bettye LaVette doesn’t miss a beat. As America’s great lady of soul, she was born to sing. Her latest release, Thankful N’ Thoughtful, showcases her legendary voice–sexy, raw and unhinged. She takes the stage along with Nova Scotia Super Soul Review at Halifax Jazz Festival July 9.…
Nova Scotia Super Soul Review
If ever there was a reason to make up a brand-new idiom, it’s for the Nova Scotia Super Soul Review. Forget the sum of its parts: each individual part of the Review is jammed packed with talent. Taken as a whole, you might have to bring the smelling salts for swooning. Organized by Erin Costelo…
Feels like home
Growing up on the small Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kayo Guevarra discovered his love for hip-hop like many of us: through R. Kelly. He was 14 when he joined his school choir. “We were going to sing R. Kelly’s ‘The World’s Greatest,'” Guevarra explains. “The choir leader wanted to add a rap verse, so…
Nafas
Cape Breton-born Daniel MacNeil couldn’t think of a better fit for his band, Nafas, than the Halifax Jazz Festival. Just like in the jazz genre, improvisation is a big part of Nafas’ traditional Arabic/Turkish music. “It’s actually obligatory in Arabic and Turkish music to improvise, you’re not allowed to play the music without improvising,” says…
David Virelles Continuum
David Virelles is no stranger to the international jazz scene, especially when it comes to Halifax Jazz Festival both as a solo performer and with his band, Continuum. The Cuban-born pianist was seven years old when he started to study music. “I grew up in a musical household so I was around music since I…
Get the party started
On Asia & NuGruv’s newly updated website, asianugruv.com, the claim “Halifax’s Ultimate Party band” defies you to disagree–taking a look at its upcoming gigs is like browsing through a what’s-what of festivals and events all across Nova Scotia. Certainly they are one of Halifax’s hardest working bands, beginning as the backup band for Shauntay Grant…
St. Vincent’s performance art
At just past the halfway mark on a year that’s boasted the best crop of recordings by women in recent memory—from Sharon Van Etten’s Are We There to Angel Olsen’s Burn Your Fire For No Witness to Marissa Nadler’s July, with Jenny Lewis set to release her first solo album in six years on July…
Definitely not the opera
Most of us can remember our first foray into high school theatre. Usually in an auditorium, usually performing—with varying degrees of enthusiasm—a play carefully vetted by the drama teacher, usually about high school, usually written by someone you’ve never heard of, lucky if it was written in the last decade. Contrast that with the youth…
Essential Yasiin Bey tracks
Quit calling him Mos Def. In 2012, the producer, rapper and actor announced to a crowd in Anchorage, Alaska, that he would henceforth prefer to be called by his legal and chosen name, Yasiin Bey. Born Dante Smith, Bey was raised in Brooklyn; his father was a member of the Nation of Islam, which he…
Nova Scotians microlend a hand
Team Nova Scotia on the Kiva microcredit website reaches a milestone this week. Through Kiva, people lend funds to microcredit organizations worldwide who in turn lend to entrepreneurs in Mali or Kenya or Guatemala to expand their businesses— like buying a proper barber’s chair, or fabric to sew or seeds to farm. This week, for example,…
Five Must Listen Robert Glasper Experiment Tracks
1 Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” like you’ve never heard it before. Think sultry piano notes, drum rolls, and a sense of jazzy otherworldliness. No wonder the album Black Radio took the Grammy. 2 “Gonna Be Alright” smooth-talks listeners into a state of intrigue, hypnotic possibility. Ledisi’s killer voice soars over a gorgeous melody. 3…
The colour of justice
A multiracial crowd of about 75 people gathers outside the George Dixon Centre at noon on June 25. Men and women carry signs that read, “Justice for Lyle, justice for men,” “Regret doesn’t equal rape” and “Jury of whose peers?” The supporters of former lawyer Lyle Howe are here to express their dismay at his…
Midday magic
The Midday Bistro is a simple, tiny restaurant, a hole in the wall on Portland Street, with only a simple, tiny sign that hangs just outside, over the door, marking the spot. The Midday looks like it’s been there forever. The devotion of the day-to-day regulars also suggests a long history, but in reality it’s…
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on
To the drivers who throw cigarettes out the window when there is a motorcyclist following them: Fuck you, you inconsiderate bastards. It fucking burns! I would have taken your license plate but I was too busy trying pull over to shake off the cigarette butt stuck in my collar before it gave me third degree…
Stop Apologizing, Start Questioning!
You women should all learn to question where these ridiculous fashion fads come from. Men invented these trends, from the coveted inner-thigh gap to the six-inch stiletto heels you lunatics are all teetering around in. Stop malnourishing your bodies to fit into a size 0 or double 00. There are people in third world countries…
Canada Day Concert
My incredible thirst made me do it. I bolted toward the Town Clock before I got your number…and would love to see you again. -From Edmonton to Creston
A SUNNY DAY!
Why do you have to be in such a grumpy mood customers?! It’s a beautiful day, STOP COMPLAINING! -TheCheerfulEmployee
Eco not
Here’s one for all you eco luvvies out there: Fireworks. All that crap going into the atmosphere, but that’s OK isn’t it, because you like looking at bright shiny things. I guess you have to have something to brighten your poor sorry lives. -Realist
Huh?
What the fuck is a brand promise anyway? -Be Accountable?
More Night Magic
You know what they say, two sex shops are better than one. After getting the boot from its longtime location at 5268 Sackville Street, Night Magic Fashions has moved into not one, but two new locations. You can find the usual lingerie, costumes and wigs, sex toys, bachelorette party treats, massage accessories and various other…
