Thesis
ThesisFriday, Aug. 1, 11:25pm at George’s Roadhouse. Paul Hammond
Why must you sneeze on me?
First off, were on a bus.. theres 50 other seats to choose from and of course you sit right next to me. Why in the world, when you know for a fact that your sick since I can tell just by looking at you.. WHY would you sit by me? what the fuck is wrong…
Go see this!
Blindness will open this year’s Atlantic Film Festival on Thursday, September 11. Directed by Academy Award-nominated Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener), the screenplay, about an epidemic of instant blindness and quarantine, was adapted from Jose Saramago’s novel by CanCon dreamboat Don McKellar. Let’s cross our fingers for some cast members walking that Oxford Theatre red…
Backyard Freedom fighters
If you’re afraid of your brain turning to mush this summer, the Fuller Terrace Fundamental Freedoms Lecture Series is back, presenting backyard talks throughout the month. Started last year by Dal architecture grad student Devin McCarthy and artist/curator Emily Jones as a reaction to when protesters thwarted a public presentation by “race-realist” Jared Taylor, this…
My green light
Damn you for blocking the intersection and making IMPOSSIBLE for me to get through MY green light. God forbid you DON’T try and make it through the yellow light even though there are already half a dozen cars ALREADY blocking me. No. you have to go. Even though you know you will not make it…
A Walk Down Stinky Halls
To all you disgusting people who think it’s ok to let one rip in public indoor areas: NO ONE WANTS TO SMELL YOUR INSIDES! All I want is to be able to walk in a mall, store or public area without having my nostrils assaulted by someone’s colon stench. You have no idea how often…
Moth falls
After four years and two records, Halifax four-piece Montgomery Moth is calling it quits—mostly because “Halifax” has become a misnomer. Guitarist Brad Luknowsky “is planning on moving to Vancouver,” says singer-guitarist Jeremy Donovan. “That was the deciding factor.” Donovan himself is on the line from Mirimachi, where he moved for work as an animator. “It’s…
Holier Than Thou?
Grow a pair of balls and stop yelling at people as they walk by your apartment. I frequent the downtown-area and while I have been lucky enough not to be the brunt of your jeers (which resemble that of a bunch of thirteen year-old girls at a boy/girl dance), I’ve watched you take it to…
Subbing
dear bitch at the sub shop, i am sorry that i changed my order from a six inch to a footlong. but that doesnt give you the fucking right to role your fucking little eyes at me. ITS YOUR FUCKING JOB TO MAKE ME A SANDWICH BITCH. fuckin hungry
A switch from Bitch
Today, my birthday, I woke up to a beautiful collection of songs being played on the bagpipe. Somewhere near my house lately, we’ve been able to hear someone practicing on the bagpipe, and this morning, they chose a lovely selection to play. It got me up on the right side of bed and gave me…
Manners and Retail? What an idea!
I don’t really care how important you think you are, you will never reserve the right to SNAP AT ME while I am working just because you want my attention. Doesn’t work that way by any means; if you want to speak with me, alert as if I am a human being and not a…
Not-so-legal-aid
To the law office that sent me a notice in the mail in an UNSEALED ENVELOPE: I commend you on your complete and utter lack of diligence in ensuring the privacy rights of all those that you mail your notices to. I understand the letter you sent me; it is completely legitimate (ahh student loan…
Salt the damn driveway
For whoever is responsible for salting the driveway of 218 bedford highway: PLEASE JUST FUCKING PAY FOR THE SALT. 3 times I have slid into traffic down that hill of a driveway – INTO THE BEDFORD HIGHWAY where I’ve been lucky enough that oncoming traffic saw me flailing to stop! No, driving really fast in…
hair butchery
I hate my hair cut. you chopped it off, so now it looks like a butch mushroom cut, a curly bowl, a fuzzy afro of mom hair. I hate it. at the time, surrounded by you telling me how cute it was while you carefully moused it, I didn’t say anything. I thought, I’m just…
TOO HOT!!!
To all the beautiful women that work at the cosmetics store…..STOP LOOKING SO GODDAMN HOT!!! I find myself going to the mall now just to have a peek at all you gorgeous ladies! My girlfriend gets mad at me because I am constantly bugging her to pop in and get some new make-up, while i’m…
Beware of flying rats in Halifax!
This is a different post for me. Not so much a bitch, but an apology. Last night I discovered a rat in my apartment. Using my cunning hunting skills I baited him with some sugar and trapped the lil prick in a laundry basket. I quickly ran outside to my balcony and hurled the fucking…
Here’s to Jason Collett
I was just saying yesterday between now and the Pop Explosion there aren’t many exciting shows on the docket. Well look what came down the pike just moments ago: Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and member of Toronto’s JUNO Award-winning indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene, Jason Collett will perform in support of his latest solo release Here’s…
Homing town
“I didn’t intend to make this CD so quickly,” says Steven Bowers of his brand new disc Homing, recorded over the past year in his friend Dave Gunning’s home studio. “I didn’t expect to go in and do an album so soon. We went into the studio and did demo versions, but then we got…
I’m hot and smart… why am I single?
This is fucking bullshit! I am a 27-year-old smoking hot woman who hasn’t had sex since May of 1999! Between 1999 and 2003, I was in university earning a Bachelor of Science with a double major in chemistry and biology. So I dedicated all my time earning almost all straight A’s during those years. Then…
Power savings….power shmavings…..
So the Province wants to save 3 million a year by making us silly servants work 10 hour days and have a 4 day work week…..let me be the first to say f*ck that. The 7.5 hours that I put in a day at this sh*thole are quite enuff thanks…. ummm no thanks
Children in stores.
I love children. I hope to have some one day. I don’t however like children who can’t behave. No, I don’t believe in the ‘Kids wil be kids’ saying. Raised with discipline and knowing who’s boss (read: Parents) children can behave themselves in most child appropriate settings. There will of course be the odd hiccup.…
Ass-holes at Alderney
Now I don’t see a problem with crowd-surfing if you’re relatively light and the atmosphere at a concert is right for it, but those crowd-surfers at the Joel Plaskett Emergency show on August 1st at Alderney Landing needed a swift kick in the ass. Not only were you guys pissing EVERYONE in the front off,…
Watch Where You’re Going!!
To the girl who drives her bike around downtown halifax up the wrong side of the street, and then veers across into oncoming traffic WITHOUT EVEN TURNING YOUR FUCKING HEAD… you’re going to die. My friend missed running you over with a half ton truck by inches because of your deathwish. If I had been…
Eric’s Trip at the Mainstage Tent
Chris won.
Eric’s Trip at the Mainstage Tent
Chris and Rick wrestle-hugging after the set.
Eric’s Trip at the Mainstage Tent
Eric’s Trip don’t need me to tell you how awesome they are. They were just awesome.
Miracle Fortress at the Mainstage Tent
The miracle was that we all weren’t electrocuted. But I think that made the show even more awesome.
RAIN!
This is what was happening during Miracle Fortress. What you can’t see is that over by the sound station, there was about three inches of water covering all the wires, cables and cords and making everyone nervous. It was literally all the electrical stuff for the show in a river. It was… terrifying.
Miracle Fortress at the Mainstage Tent
Miracle Fortress was as powerful as they were impenetrable.
Dog Day at the Mainstage Tent
Raise the white flags. Surrender and salute.So awesome.
Dog Day at the Mainstage Tent
Good lord. Dog Day delivered on every front. You know who’s actually crazy over Dog Day and was grinning like a fool while they played? Moonsocket. From Eric’s Trip. So, enough said, I think.
Adam & The Amethysts in the Mainstage Tent
The Amethysts looked a lot like the Luyas to me. I might be wrong though. This was a fun set.
Eric’s Trip with Woofy.
Woofy loved the Eric’s Trip crew.
Bridgestreet
Folks hanging out on Bridgestreet. That’s Woofy, the Dog Day dog.
Sandro Perry in the Sackville United Church
Guitar, pedals and a kick-drum. Also: An insanely beautiful voice. That too. I almost fell asleep again at this show… but not because it wasn’t awesome… because it was so pretty and I was really, really tired.
Snailhouse in the Sackville United Church
Wow. Snailhouse in a church. The sound was amazing. The best part, which you can’t see in this picture, was the french horn that was being played way at the back, behind everyone. Surround sound!
Paul Henderson in the Church
Paul introducing Snailhouse in the Sackville United Church. Way to run a fantastic festival, mister!
The Ghost Bees at the Vogue Theatre
That. Was. Haunting.
you call that a parade???
is that it??? a parade of stinky cars, trucks and minivans *advertising* their shit plus the requisite shriners and bagpipes? ummm, if you’re gonna have a parade, at least put some EFFORT into it, it should be a *spectacle* and about having FUN. what i saw today was booooring, downright irritating in fact. the highlight…
man capri’s
when did guys start wearing capri’s? did I miss the metrosexual bat signal here? Knee length shorts- wonderful. far better than short shorts or the dreaded banana hamock (extra gross points if you wear light coloured shorts too tight with no underwear. wow you’re styling). but man capris? no. if it hits your calf, is…
Honour the Bitching Hour!
1. Thou shalt stay On Topic. Unless the original Bitch is lame. Or you have something funny to say. Or somebody else goes Off Topic first. Then all bets are off. 2. Thou shalt not bitch about other people going Off Topic. For the OnTopic Police are loathesome in the eyes of Tim. 3. Thou…
East Coast Notes
A person is great, but people are stupid. That pretty much sums it up. Let’s see how random I can be. Guys… when did it become cool to stop acting like a man? This dress shirt, wing tip wearing shit when you go out anywhere is rediculous. Enough with the pink shirt & raised collars.…
So shoot us if we just want to VENT!
To all you self-righteous people who bash us “bitchers” for complaining about trivial things: Just because we complain about trivial problems/situations/incidents in everyday life, it does not mean we hate our lives and that we’re not grateful for the good things in our lives! What, is there NOTHING that annoys you or actually pisses you…
Litterbutts
Why aren’t smokers fined for littering? Do we think that tossing butts onto the sidewalk or street is ok and isn’t trash? These people have to be penalized . We have two downtown Barrington offices and we can’t have our clients wading through this kind of filth on a Monday morning. It’s making our city…
Rick White at the Vogue Theatre
This is how peaceful and serene the Vogue looked. Can you really blame me for falling asleep? It wasn’t for lack of great music. Rick White!
Rick White at the Vogue Theatre
Every single part of my mind wanted to stay awake and enjoy Rick White’s amazing set. Every single part of me was fighting to stay conscious because it was so awesome, and so beautiful and great… Alas, my sleepy sleepy body won in the end. Seth and Nancy laughed at me because I was doing…
Chad VanGaalen at the Mainstage Tent
Ok, I’m running out of steam for comments. I mean, I admit that I can only really say “awesome” or “rad” so many times before it starts to ring less true. But rest assured, when I say “awesome” in reference to Chad VanGaalen, I truly mean awesome.
Old Man Luedecke at the Mainstage Tent
This is why I love Atlantic Canada. What a great performer. Folk songs never made me feel so good before.
Concerts vs. concerts
Who could have predicted that HRM’s non-policy of arbitrarily giving financial support to some for-profit promoters to put on concerts (e.g. Rolling Stones on the Common) and to denying it to others would lead to problems? Well, I could have, that’s who. I’m not saying the city shouldn’t support concerts at all— I’m saying the…
The Memories Attack at the Vogue Theatre
Remember when I said ZOMG about Barber Pig? Well, I was correct to use it then… and I believe that I’m equally correct in my usage of it now. ZOMG!!!! That was one powerful two piece. How two people could produce so much fuzzy rock is beyond me.
The Just Barelys at the Vogue Theatre
I can honestly say that this was the best Just Barelys set that I’ve ever seen. And that is a tall order, because the JBs are always, always rad. As a rule.
The Superfantastics at the Vogue Theatre
SUPER. FANTASTIC. The Superfans were awesome. It was cool to see them on stage just after seeing them on the big screen. They’re cuter in person.
Barber Pig at Kid’s Corner Power Jam at the Bridge Street Mainstage Tent
OMG. Barber Pig was awesome. Every kid band was awesome. I couldn’t have asked for a better set to see first thing in the morning. In fact, I’m going to upgrade my OMG to a ZOMG!
The Got To Get Got at George’s Roadhouse
TGTGG literally filled the stage with their members. And filled the bar with their powerful rock.
The Stolen Minks at George’s Roadhouse
The Minks destroyed George’s with a super fast, loud and fuzzy set that knocked everyone out cold! They also perfected their comedic banter.
Thesis at George’s Roadhouse
Thesis opened the night at Georges, and he was super awesome. Everyone in the house was wearing tin-man shoes, and he included. Except for me. I was wearing sneakers.
Hey Coast what’s with the XXX sh*t in the perosnals????
Hey are you guys paing attention to what’s being posted on the Coast personals these days???? HELLOOO???? HARD PORE CORNOGRAPHGY!!!!! PLEASE REMOVE on me eyes
pervin at the nude beach
To the overly suntanned older rebuenesque man who is a regular at the crystal crescent nude beach. I am a mid twenties female who was enjoying her time, going to to the nude beach on a hot sunny day. As far as I am concerned, clothing should be optional when in any beach setting. It…
Stupid Construction
To the fuckheads who are doing construction on St.Maragarets Bay Rd. Would you fucking stop already? My neighbourhood use to be quiet and peicefull until you ppl came along. Whatever machine makes the dink dink dink noise from 7am til 6pm, could you stick it up your ass please, thanks. WTF??
StupidmotherfuckingEIbitches
FUCK YOU E.I.!!! I have been paying into you for 10 years! Now I get sick, have to apply for benefits through you and you give me a lousy $120 a week! WTF is that? That doesn’t even cover rent and bills! Not to mention groceries, medications, and bus trips to the doctor. So where…
Quitting
Don’t corner someone into doing something they’re not ready for.It just makes them bitter and spiteful. Princess Lucy
“We’ve already been through this…”
“We’ve already been through this…” You’re right.Males are agressive.Period. Tia
Meditate on this…jackass
I’m not saying that the owner of the business is racist but perhaps he should make the time to respond to customer complaints to assure non-white customers that he isn’t a complete bigot. I witnessed the whole event – you were walking all around the store until that non-white couple wanted to speak with you…
Hit and Run
Thanks a lot to the inconsiderate bitch in the Jetta who hit my car while parked at College and Martello on Friday, July 25 at noon. Thankfully, someone more honest than you left me your car info – say hello to the police!! Bent Fender
What a SAD place this is
So this evening, being a nice night & all, my buddies & I decided to head over to citadel hill and grab a patch of grass to chill and smoke a J, take in the view and shit, you know, relax, hangout a bit and chat. Anyway, everything was nice & peaceful for a while……
Flower Stealer(s)
To Whoever stole the flowers hanging from my house on Queen Street on Thursday morning July 24th. How can you possibly enjoy their beauty when your heart is a black stink hole? I tended those flowers every morning. Thanks for making me cry. Humanity is Hopeless
not the real thing.
To the crepe shack on the waterfront: why does your menu have “maple syrup ” printed on it when you are using no name aunt jemima? kf
You stink!
People always complain about strong perfume and cologne, but I’d rather those heavily-scented individuals intoxicate me with those smells than stand, or sit, next to people who haven’t washed their hair in two weeks! I’m talking about some of the smelly people who sometimes happen to sit near me on the metro transit buses! The…
I deserve more money!
To the company I work for: I’ve been working at the same job for 6 years and I’m making only a few cents (5,10,20 cents) an hour more than other employees who have only worked -1 year to 2 years! Why? I know it’s not the store manager’s or any of my shift managers’ faults…
Looking for Fall Arts Guide submissions!
Those shorter summer days means it’s almost time for The Coast’s annual Fall Arts Guide, arriving September 25 (can you believe it?). We’re looking for your classical music, theatre, dance, film and visual arts events for potential inclusion in the issue. Send to arts@thecoast.ca by Friday, August 29. Don’t forget to include date, time, price,…
Paradise city
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard a whisper from the non-profit Paradise Cinema and the Paradise Sisters Film Society. These days, the idea of a rep movie theatre only lives on Fantasy Island. For those original Paradise members who donated money towards the dream way back when, there’s a closed meeting Tuesday, August 5, from…
Dying for an affordable, decent curry fix.
I need to bitch about the lack of curry houses in this city. I think there are two, one is very expensive and doesn’t do take-out, the other isn’t all that great and you can only choose one topping to go with your poppadoms, the rest they charge extra for… ridiculous!! Oh and there’s that…
Movie Mom Madness
Ok, went to see the X-Files movie on Sunday ( Great movie BTW) and just as the plot was getting thicker and more suspensful, out of the darkness came a little voice asking if ‘that man is dead’ – Come on people – leave the kiddies home when you go see a movie that dosn’t…
Pre-natal
Yes, yes: Plaskett Ashtray Rocks Alderney Landing tonight at 8pm with pals Old Man Luedecke and Dave Marsh, stepping out from behind the Emergency banner with his own material. For another rock ‘n’ roll waterfront experience you can also head to the Halifax side, wayyyyy south, for alFresco filmFesto which has a dope double feature…
Thank You For Being A Friend
The Golden Girls thanked you for being a friend from 1985 to 1992. The Body Shop celebrated last weekend’s International Friendship Day (August 3) by launching their “For Me, For You” shea butter lip care two-packs. The special edition, preservative-free balm retails for $15. Approximately $9, which is all proceeds, from each sale goes directly…
The Black Market Mural
Public art enriches a city, whether it’s the mural-style mirror of a street scene or university campus on a power box, or a majestic insight into a foreign-land on the face of a building. In honour of the Black Market’s (1545 Grafton) approaching 20 years in business mark –celebrations are tentatively scheduled for October 9…
Council -or lack thereof
God, I hope to hell we get rid of some of those idiot councilors come next election. One from the downtown is nothing but a friggin’ idiot (you just happen to carry magic anti-grafitti paint in your car, “just-in-case”? Do you really think we’re as stupid as you are, that we’d swallow such a line…
Exploring Shakespeare
Every Exit is an evening of theatre made up of two short plays and a monologue loosely connected by the exploration the life and/or legacy of William Shakespeare. The most successful piece is The Happiest Hour, a tale of unrequited love where a socially inept professor (Ken MacDonell) woos a Shakespearean scholar (Louise Daoust) with…
Thief!
Don’t roll your eyes and shake your head at me! “I’m appauled by that Security Guard, does he think we’d steal with a BABY?!” FUCK off, lady. You walked right by me through the checkout without paying with a huge box sticking out of your baby carriage and all I did was LOOK at it.…
Racists and Hate Mongers
I am disgusted by all of the media attention that Reverend Fells is receiving. I lived in Digby for over 20 years and grew up there with the Fells family. The Fells are the most racist people I know. They think that every white person is out to get them and claim that every inconvenience…
hazel wood wonders
Krista Comeau’s exhibition of hand-tinted photos, I went out to the hazel wood, at Utility Gallery (5224 Blowers) is like dreamy time-travel back to an era where live operators still connect your phone calls. There’s something slightly eerie about some scenes—a distraught, braided woman, alone in the woods, her suitcase of teacups and pearls spilled…
WTF??? The Ecology Action Centre bashing electric cars???
Did anyone hear Scott of the ECA saying we shouldn’t have electric cars on NS roads because we generate electricity with coal?? Come ON, Scott! We generate with wind, solar and water too! AND individuals can do this at their homes! Are you trying to scare the stupid NS government from doing what ON and…
Some innocent person is going to die
Last year, I was horrified as I watched a high-speed police chase come right down Victoria Road, just five minutes before both Dartmouth High and Bicentennial School let out. Just those five minutes later, and kids would’ve been killed. And today, there’s this: A man wanted by police for escaping custody has been captured following…
The real atlantic pick-up
Guy! Just because Conan said it’s a pick-up joint doesn’t mean you can try to fondle me while I’m inspecting my peaches. And in the checkout line, when I’m byiung gatorade, bacon and a Cheech & Chong movie…let me have this day! Find another location, location, location! JC
Maybe you should think twice about your hippie props
i went to evolve this weekend because some of my favourite bands were playing. i was shocked at the lack of respect other festival goers had in regards to what they chose to bring along with them. Inappropriate were… 1) Kites. kites are dangerous in a crowd of people. kites belong in open fields away…
Smoking Daycare Daddy
What in the fuck is with this world? I pull up to daycare with my son only to be met by a fat dude smoking standing behind his silver CRV, in the parking spot that is open. Oh well, asshole is proving us with a cloud while we get out and head to the door.…
Rose Stealer(s)
To Whoever stole the three roses growing in front of my house on Queen Street on Thursday morning July 31st. Yesterday at least twelve people had stopped by and admired their beauty. Now, there is nothing but a cut stem. Roses are red, you are a jerk, I guess I’ll have to twine some barbed…
Keep it down!
Neighbor, why must you make me hate you? I know it’s summer. I know it’s hot. You like to be outside, I like to have my windows open so I don’t boil to death in my apartment. But what baffles me is your insane need to break the sound barrior in your backyard! if it’s…
A ZENN moment
There’s lots of buzz around the Canadian-made ZENN car, which is powered by a rechargeable battery. The version available now is low-speed, designed for city streets, but the company plans to soon release a model that can reach highway speeds. Promoters of the vehicle say that because it does not emit exhaust through a tail…
Allan street LPs
to whoever put out the box of records out on Allan street on sunday. You made my week! after ill be done going through them, i will pass them on to other vinyl aficionados. that find made a nice wrap up to a week of having my bike stolen, health problems, and general stress. your…
an itch I can’t scratch
contacts suck. I want them because I look goofy with glasses. I need them so I can see. but they itch my eyes, they scratch my lids, and I hate having to touch my eyeballs to put them in or take them out. it feels like I’m peeling skin off my eyeballs, and that’s never…
U properties what is the profit margin
what is the profit margin on operating a non licensed drugstore without a sign on bayers rd. your tenants apparently dont count for squat but we deal with the bogus clients with the dark windowed cars and stereos all day on weekends and often into the night. (what happened to business hours…oh, right). the cops…
Jobs Jobs Jobs.. where the frig are you
Where is the prospering Nova Scotia economy? I look on teh job sites and I see so many jobs at fast food, retail etc that don’t pay enough to live. I have a job that “pays well” according to most people yet once I pay student debt (min payments, not even repaying the actual loan,…
Off the chain
“I just walked back to the hotel room with my hands on my head, defeated. I’m sure tears were brewing. And I had to say, ‘Hey everyone, we just lost $10,000 worth of gear between now and 45 minutes ago.'” That’s Loel Campbell of Wintersleep telling Radio 3’s Jennifer Van Evra about the quintet’s gear-jack…
Traffic Idiots
Two things: 1. If you are on a bicycle – you are part of traffic and need to obey traffic rules. That means don’t fucking run a stop sign and give me the finger when I have to slam on my breaks so I don’t cream you. 2. To the driver(s) honking behind me when…
Apt above me
Listen, I know it’s hot and I am really sorry I had to ask the landlord for you to take down your AC. Only problem is it keeps LEAKING into my living room window. Not just a drippy drop, but a river. This morning I woke up to a lake on my living room floor…
Intersection Etiquette
To the lady who stopped on Lacewood Drive yesterday to allow me to make a left turn on my bike – and to all similarly considerate drivers: Thank you. I know you mean well, and I appreciate the thought. However, traffic flows more smoothly if those who have the right of way take it, and…
The nicest people?
I dont get this. Here in the Halifax, people defend the hell out of this city and say the nicest people exist here. The minute anyone says a negative word or makes a comparison, people turn snarky and say things like, “well go back there then” or they insult cities to the west. If you…
Persepolis
PersepolisDirected by: Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi(Columbia/Tristar) Nifty animated French film Persepolis is a movie about the Iran where the film’s co-writer and co-director, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, grew up—a country torn apart by an eight-year war, governed by leaders who refused to accept political dissent. But it’s also about Satrapi’s coming of…
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
The X-Files: I Want to Believeand the unexplained word spacing in Step Brothers aren’t the worst movie titles this summer. Those would be Young People Fucking and American Teen. Only old people use the term “young people.” White People Fucking would have been more representative. And the delusion of encompassing a generation in the title…
Various
Published July 17, 2008. Various This Beautiful City Soundtrack (Universal) This little award-winning Canadian indie film (it won some top awards at the Phoenix and Houston film festivals last year) may not screen in our part of the world, but we should really pay attention to the soundtrack nonetheless—if only for the great (read: better-than-the-original)…
Step Brothers
Only the insanity of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly attempting to conduct themselves as everyday people gives Step Brothers its edge. It’s the funniest Ferrell comedy since Anchorman, but its man-child vs parental authority conflict is really a less-substantial Freddy Got Fingered (Tom Green’s bizarre 2001 film, where, among other things, he drinks from…
Paranoid Park
Paranoid Park Directed by: Gus Van Sant (Paramount)Gus Van Sant’s experimental films about sad, pretty, wandering boys have officially hit a wall. The director’s sad-boy streak started with the interminable Gerry (2002) and carried into 2003’s Elephant (its final third makes the first 40 minutes of kids walking around worth it) and the occasionally thrilling…
My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry NightsDirected by: Kar Wai Wong (Alliance) Ever had one of those nights where you pass out eating blueberry pie, your lips caked with whipped cream? In My Blueberry Nights, sad Elizabeth (singer Norah Jones, in her acting debut) has at least two of them. It’s a little alarming. But director Kar Wai Wong…
As you like it
Shakespeare by the Sea, Halifax’s beloved outdoor theatre company, has faced some serious challenges since staging its first show on Canada Day, 1994. Some challenges—such as the scarcity of funding—are faced by all arts-sector groups. Others, like the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Juan on the company’s home in Point Pleasant Park and the untimely death…
Tattoo you?
Laura Dawe is a stick-and-poke artist. She tattoos out of her apartment with a sewing needle and thread. Dawe says she prefers the sewing needle to the professional tattoo gun, which “changes the experience.” The stick-and-poke is more real, she says. “I don’t have a licence,” she says. “I’m not giving tattoos for money. When…
Tiny Mirrors on the wall
Music is a means of self-discovery—some folks write it and others allow it to soundtrack their lives. Both the role of the listener and the author are integral to the craft. Toronto’s own Sandro Perri understands both sides—to be the reflector and the reflected. Prior to heading to Sackville, New Brunswick, for this weekend’s SappyFest,…
Local versus organic
When you can’t get a local organic English cucumber, what’s your next choice? An organic one from Israel or a conventionally farmed one from Maitland, Nova Scotia? It’s an important question in the quest for reducing our food’s impact on the environment: What does more harm—the greenhouse gas emissions from long-distance hauling by air or…
Dan Savage
Q I’m a male sub looking for porn videos catering to a femme dom audience. I’m not talking about porn directed by men for submissive men, but porn targeting the appetites of the dominatrix. I’m NOT looking for softcore bondage pictures of men, or any other gay porn. I am looking for hetero femme dom…
Still playing on the waterfront
Lia Rinaldo’s world is draped in celluloid. With six weeks to go before the beginning of the Atlantic Film Festival, as festival director, she and the AFF programmers take in new films every day, selecting the hundreds of features and shorts that will flicker on local screens come September. For a film buff on the…
Katie Stelmanis’ sinister opera
Opera is kind of like electronic music. There are those that fervently love it, and others that hate it with an equal passion. So what happens when you combine the two musical styles? Katie Stelmanis does just that, and the result is dramatic vocals over hypnotic synth lines. Her sound is reminiscent of The Organ,…
Life in the bike lane
Critical mess Complaining about the roads is a national sport in Halifax.Now that it’s the summer paving season, drivers find it hard to go any distance without hitting annoying construction delays, which is great complaint fodder. The rest of the year, they can gripe about all the potholes messing with their precious suspension. When the…
