Vittorio’s barber shop moves north
At the end of June, Vic of Vittorio’s barber shop is moving from his present location on Queen, across from the Port of Wines, over to the old Acadien bus terminal at Almon and Robie. “I’ve been in the business since 1965,” he tells me hurridely on the phone, as he’s clipping away. Vic at…
Seven human rights complaints involve HRM or its employees
Last week constable Charles Bruce, who is black, filed a complaint against the Halifax Police Department with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. In the complaint, Bruce alleges that he was passed over for promotion on account of his race. Bruce’s complaint is just the latest to arise in the ranks of HRM. Sergeant Robyn…
Happy Hounds Opens
Happy Hounds Doggy Daycare can be found at 3092 Barrington at Young, opening today, June 11. It’s open Mon-Fri, 7:30am-6pm, with some flexibility in special cases, so call 429-1342 or check out the website at http://www.happyhoundsinhalifax.com/” target=”_blank”>happyhoundsinhalifax.com for more detail.
Andrew Younger wins; Jim Smith, Debbie Hum, Steve Streatch lose
Four Halifax councillors ran for provincial office but only one—Andrew Younger—prevailed. Younger’s win was all the more remarkable because he bucked the trend and bested sitting NDPer Joan Massey. Expect Younger to go places in the Liberal Party. A byelection will be called to replace Younger on council; as yet, there’s no indication who will…
Dal architecture students build and destroy
Projects from previous Dal Architecture workshops. If you noticed something odd happening around Dalhousie Architecture & Planning building on Spring Garden, don’t worry—it won’t affect any sight lines. The school’s B3 Architecture class is working on an intensive Structures Workshop, where, according to a press release from the school, they will be “developing and fabricating…
Motorcycle Fucks
To all the tweeked-out exhaust hog riders in the HRM – SHUT UP and FUCK OFF! Your penis-extention came with a factory smoker-rumbler that did the job just fine, so why do you all insist upon adding the oversized pipes, moving your baffles and twiddling other noisy bullshit that infringes on my right to live…
Shine Love
On June 6th MSVU students took to the streets of Halifax equipped with Candy and T-shirts and made our way to various bars and restaurants in an attempt to raise money for our Shinerama campaign. Shinerama is a national fundraiser held by students across Canada in support of cystic fibrosis research. Thanks to the generosity…
Halifax the new Singapore? ha!
I love halifax, great city, great people,etc… but when someone said this city is going to be the new trading capital of the world like Singapore in S.E.Asia, it makes me laugh. I am from Singapore, and now long time Canadian and proud of it. But the politicians here are without vision. Singapore succeeds because…
Shifty Mechanics.
My friend who happens to be a girl took her car in to get safety inspected at a shop in Dartmouth that always has a funny quote on it’s sign. When she went to pick it up they said all her breaks need to be replaced. And it would cost 800 dollars! She said she…
Major Tom News
Manufactured in Argentina but easily enjoyed on your Canadian feet, Toms Shoes can now be found at KA| S (5475 Spring Garden, 444-7527). What makes ‘em special is Toms gives one pair away to children in need for each pair sold. For more information, look here: tomsshoes.com.
N-Glazzy MJ-bee goes live
Ryan Cook is coming for you, N-Glazzy. (photo Mat Dunlap) The 14th annual New Glasgow Music Jubilee kicks off July 31 with a stellar-as-usual roster of local heavy hitters, up-and-comers and come-from aways. The unstop-stop-stoppable Joel Plaskett headlines Friday night, Wintersleep anchors Saturday and country buzz-act Jason Blaine closes out the fest on Sunday. There’s…
Dutch Mason Blues Fest announces line-up
Garrett Mason returns to the Dutch Mason Blues Festival. The Dutch Mason Blues Festival has brought a consistently solid blues line-up to town (and Truro) for the past couple years, and the 2009 edition won’t disappoint. Headliners for the August 7 to 9 event in Bible Hill include Muddy Waters’ peep James Cotton, Colin James,…
HaliFUCK Culture Scene
What the fuck is up with the culture scene in HaliFUCKS??! Shit! I moved half way cross the country to this fucking city for school, and its deadd! Fuck, where I come from you could sit out front a building and whip out a puppet, and fucking marionettes would gang round from everywhere. Muthafuckers would…
Got Mercury? Put it in our landfills, says HRM.
So here I am, packing for a move from the Sambro loop to Bedford. Like many people, I have some old junk to get rid of, some of which is not the most environmentally friendly stuff either – which is probably why I haven’t succeeded in getting rid of it yet. Our garages use the…
Steven Bowers’ month-long Carleton residency
S+H fave Steven Bowers dropped us a line this week to let us know whatup with him for the summer. Last year he got married so he’s got a lot to live up to: “I’m going to be performing with my band (Keith Mullins, Jason Mingo, Kev Corbett) at the Carleton on Thursdays starting this…
Lonely Crusade
Just want to say ‘Thanks’ again to those kind folk on South Street recently, who complimented and thanked me whilst picking up litter as part of ‘The Great Nova Scotia Pick Me Up’ campaign. Just one more reason to Clean Nova Scotia. http://www.clean.ns.ca/default.asp?mn=1.377.389.434.436 —Billy No Mates
Tall Chapters Guy
To the tall guy who works in the Chapters by MicMac Mall who had the banter about the advantages of being tall vs the advantages of being short at closing time on the 9th. Thanks, that made my night. —The slightly less than average height girl.
Facebook Drama
Okay, let me put it straight out, I hate facebook drama between friends when I’m friends with both people. You two seriously need to stop posting your BS on FB. Not only do I have to see it on my feed, but I have heard from two separate friends (I didn’t meet them through you)…
Shame on the CBC
I listen to the CBC. Seriously, I listen (or at least listened) to the CBC all the time in the car, I am a strong supporter of funding for public radio, and I have always believed that the CBC mattered. Now, I am having doubts. They decided that Hockey mattered more than the Nova Scotia…
College
Dear admissions department of a certain community college that is affiliated with my provincial government: Fuck you. Fuck your condescending, know nothing, lazy ass. I looked at the open courses, I applied to get in and then I paid your 25.00 “processing” fee. After you took my money you couldn’t tell me if I was…
Cunard Express opens
In an office space just up a flight of stairs from Coast offices is the new Cunard Express (5571 Cunard, 789-2990) a breakfast and lunch depot offering all the power-up treats required to get through your day, including muffins, bagels, coffee, juice, sandwiches and salads. Owner Bobby Maskine plans to move into a larger street…
WHAT’S WRONG WITH SOME PEOPLE?!
Urban living is great. I love this city and the people and their pets that inhabit it. However, why would you walk your large 4-legged beast and allow it to trample on people’s front lawns and their small city lot gardens. I live in a house close to the sidewalk, and I know people will…
No Spoon from You!
Hey cutie, if someone orders some takeout lunch from you and it comes with a soup, put a fucking spoon in the bag! I can’t believe I gave you 15% for taking my pita from the cook and putting it in a paper bag and you couldn’t be bothered to drop a plastic spoon in…
Rap Music
I have a son that blasts this crap all day long. I dont want to infringe on his music listening and remeber my parents leaving me alone as I blasted my music, but this is making me insane. I really cant stand it. Eminem and Fifty Cent do not deserve to be famous. Why couldn’t…
Don’t Stare
So I’m just getting out of the hospital from my session of dialysis and somedays I get sick without any warning. Well I’m in the parking lot on the way to my car when suddenly I started vomiting heavily. My dad is trying to hold me up and a lady with her two young children…
Voting
I’m not a native here and I don’t think I’ll settle here but I decided to vote today because I recognize the significance of the democratic process. I moved in the last six months and didn’t receive my voter card and so I ended up going to 3 different polling stations before I was able…
Former Value Village building site for Harbourview Weekend Market
The former Value Village building in downtown Dartmouth is soon to be home to the Harbourview Weekend Market. “It’s part farmers’ market, part flea market, part antiques,” explains owner Gary Janes, who successfully ran a similar operation in London, Ontario, before moving back to his native Maritimes. Janes says there will be 200 booth spaces…
SoundMarket Opens Studios
Shoptalk reported the sad closing of Buckley’s Music (6208 Quinpool Road) a few weeks ago and now we’re pleased to tell you about The PlayGround @ SoundMarket. Musican/owner Terry Pulliam had been renting space from Buckley’s for his own musical project and now is prepared to make it his own operation, leasing the ground level…
Is that an Ann Pocket you’re wearing, or…
Last December at the NSCAD jewellery show in Seeds Gallery, I fell in love with Ann Pocket’s silver necklace, decked out with a moose, campfire and marshmallows, and a little silver match at the clasp. It comes in a wooden box, where you can prop up the pendant, light a tealight and a summer campfire…
Fucking Eh!
I got this huge fucking box today with a N.S tartan bow the size of a hippo’s head. The tag read: ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TTFN!’ – I just looked inside and there’s an NDP majority yipping and yapping, jumping up and down like a litter of fucking ugly puppies. Shit…a few of them were twitching and…
your self righteous cool shopper writer
to your self righteous writer who wrote that shopping with those cloth bags are sooo cool . you’re so lame like all your articles it’s pathetic. so if you think plastic bagger are pariah, i thought smoking dope makes you the bigger pariah. i guess you don’t drive or take the bus either as they…
Butt Out
Ok, smokers have a bit of a hard time, having to smoke outdoors whatever the weather for the most, but WTF do they have to flick cigarette ends all over the place? Smoking maybe classed as antisocial by some people but cigarette ends flicked everywhere (including where smoking is prohibited) is far worse in my…
Halifax Pride receives Hallmark status from city
We know you’ll click with The Cliks, July 25. You’ve come a long way, baby: It was only 21 years ago that 75 men and women—-some in face-concealing masks—-marched in the city’s first Pride parade. Last Tuesday, city council voted to give the Halifax Pride Festival hallmark status, which means that it considers the annual…
Where Are Our Voter Registration Cards?
So we moved from one HRM location to another in April. We did our tax returns that same month indicating our new address and checked YES we are Canadian citizens and YES we authorize the CRA to provide our information to Elections Canada. The returns were sent and fully processed before the 30-Apr deadline. Yet……
Coffee hijacker
Okay so I know I’m going to get slack for this…but it really pissed me off today. This guy I knew in my driving class, I’d met him about a week prior to today. He likes negging me. Which, I don’t particularly mind, cause he’s kind of a sweet kid. Still a little odd. But…
projectile vomitter
Dear Drunken guy in Spryfield, I appreciate you stumbling across the crosswalk, just far enough to be right in front of my car, and then deciding to throw up all the booze you had consumed the night before. It was a nice wake up at 11am…..also, you are a disgusting crusty fucker. —a very weak…
Hunter Hayes cancels Halifax dates
Christian-Cajun wünderkind Hunter Hayes has cancelled his two-night stand June 16 and 17 at Stayner’s. If you’ve already got tickets, they are fully refundable down at the bar.
Meat, Life, Dance
Keep it to yourself, vegan. —F. Mahoney
Looking forward to being kept awake!
It’s Monday night and you know what that means! It’s the night that my neighbours must send their kid to stay with someone else so they can have extremely noisy sex after midnight on a work night! Note: By extremely noisy I don’t mean I can sort of hear it, I mean it’s loud enough…
A cane for a cane
Due to a recent injury, I’ve been hobbling around with crutches and/or a cane. This injury has required me to sit down on the bus and people have been very accomodating and kind, offering their seats without a second glance. I was feeling all warm and fuzzy until last week, when no one on the…
To the lady in orange
Thanks for saving my milkshake from an untimely demise 🙂 —Forgetful girl in the blue car
Brotha! Lost actor Henry Ian Cusick in Halifax
On the weekend I received my first Henry Ian Cusick rumour sighting. Best known as button-pushing, hatch-living, Penny-seeking Lost character Desmond, Cusick is shooting the PBS/National Geographic movie, I, Darwin, about the evolutionary scientist. Most of the production is taking place at the NS Museum Prescott House.
Can the BANG-BANG dumbasses!
Dudes.. I am SO sorry that your flacid weenie doesn’t prop up your sense of manhood… but sweet mother of pop tarts… don’t buy one of those LOUD-ASS motorcycles to compensate! Please?!? Sure, they look shit-hot but they have to be THE most annoying thing on our streets. You wanna a cycle? Great… fill yer…
It shouldn’t be this hard to get to Antigonish!
I live in Nova Scotia, and I like to travel and be a tourist in my beautiful home province. But I don’t own a car. So when I travel to other communities in the province, I have to take a bus… And holy hell, I fucking HATE the bus!! —Saving for a motorcycle…
To my new son
I just wanted to let you know how glad we are both to finally meet you. You are everything we have hoped for and more. Youre so innocent and so good, and you inspire us to be such better people. We both love you for so many reasons, but especially for that. —Mom and Dad
Dear Cats
I fucking love you furry little guys. Thanks for making my day so often. —Humans
So sick,,,,,of me.
It’s been beautiful out. I haven’t left the house in five days. My laundry hamper only contains pyjamas. I wash my hair but can’t be bothered to comb it. The sun looks good, wish it felt good. I’m scared to go out and my tummy hurts. I wish I was a “shiny happy people smiling.”…
so generous
To the man who payed it forward today by anonymously paying for two different tables of four, (not to mention my co-workers overly generous tip) you put the biggest smile on my face. I wish i could be more generous with my money. —you’re awesome
bathroom boy
fuck, all i want to do is take my contacts out…. but you spend like 25 minutes in the bathroom doing god knows what im fucking tired- hurry up and pinch one off already… fuuucking christ. i can hear you dicking around with your deodorant…. ive literally edited this bitch 10 times over while youve…
Major Kernels News
On June 1, Kernels Popcorn opened its first local outlet at the Halifax Shopping Centre (7001 Mumford).
Biz Bounce Arrives
Started by publicist, fundraising dynamo and former Skatepark Coalition president Jacquie Thillaye, Biz Bounce is a monthly meeting for small business owners to bounce ideas around with other small business owners. The first meeting was in May and was a success, with about 20 people attending. “I wanted to get one under my belt before…
Romantic flowers
A guy sent in an order at the florist I work at. He ordered two dozen roses, with a note that said “My love for you will wilt with the last rose”, and in with the real roses was one fake one. Cheeeeesy but so great as well. —Lame-o Romantic.
SO I DONO WHAT TO DO HELP ME OUT
Okay well today my toilette plugged all up and I used one of those dollar store cleaning things the plastic with the brush like thing’s on it the bottom fell of and know the toilette is even more clogged i tryed to remove it but it did not work out also I do not have…
I’m going to LOSE IT!!
If I hear one more fucking parasite er politician exclaim that we should get out and vote because of the “sacrifice of our brave soldiers who gave their lives so we have the freedom to choose our leaders” I’m going to FUCKING LOSE IT!!! First off, it’s not since the Second World War that our…
Dear Gawking Haligonians
Do you really believe that it is appropriate to stare at my boyfriend and I while we are holding hands? Yes, we are both male, this shouldn’t be anything new, it IS the 21st century after all. Whatever happened to the idea that love has no boundaries? You should be staring at us because it’s…
thanx!
thank u to the guys at subway on quinpool,for phoning me to tell me they had my ID that i lost a year ago. a big you suck to the person who kept my purse they found,with my cell phone and ipod.what goes around comes around!! —grateful for some people
What a drag…
Why is it that mens clothes are so much better than womens? A store will carry the “same” shirt in mens and womens, but the mens is invariably thicker, of better quality, less prone to losing its shape and will last 10 times longer. What, because I’m a woman I obviously must love shopping, so…
More bands added to Virgin Fest
In-Flight Safety are pretty fly (for some white guys). photo Julé Malet-Veale Two more bands have been added to the Virgin Fest line-up: Montreal buzz dup (like there’s any other kind) Handsome Furs, and kicking off the whole damn day, our own In-Flight Safety. The acts round out the previously announced July 4 line-up of…
Dear Vin Diesel wannabes…
Particularily those of you who think that a POS Chevy Cavalier, Chrysler Neon, or even a Hyundai Avanti is worth ‘pimping'(-the equivalent of hanging Christmas lights on a garbage truck). When you arrive at a red light and you see a ‘MERGE’ sign telling you your lane is about to end, YOUR simple task is…
disgusted
whoever puked all over chebucto lane SUCKS. I got that on my shoe. —hypocrit
I didn’t ask you to donate a kidney!
This is to the girl who only went on one date with me. I met you through a mutual friend and I was attracted to you immediately. On a scale of 1-10 for good looks, I’d rate you about a 7 maybe even 8. I, on the other hand, might be a 5. But I…
Dear Slut
To the lulu wearing, too much makeup, idiotic sounding, latte drinking, fake tanning girls of Halifax: Fuck you. And your big sunglasses too. —Not from the GTA
LOST AND FOUND
I dropped my boyfriends BLACK SAMSUN FLIP PHONE WITH A BROKEN FRONT SCREEN friday night and I WILL PAY TO GET IT BACK WITH EVERYTHING ON IT. I know some one has it, hanging up on me then turning the phone back off is a dick move. THE ONLY WAY YOU’LL MAKE MONEY FROM A…
Mobile Insanity
Ok sheepeople it is time to wake up! While Canadian complacency can be charming – it is also dam costly. Recent studies show that Canadians pay more and get less for their cell phones and internet than other developed nations (www.michaelgeist.ca). The industry is plague by locked phone, overly complicated plans, loopholes, small print clauses,…
Driver
If all bus drivers were as nice as the guy who drives the 52 every night it make taking the bus a lot better! I don’t know his name but he has been driving me home from work for over a year and he even waits for me if I’m not at the stop right…
Theatre Review: Shakespeare on Trial
A play that brings Shakespeare to life–in more ways than one.
Sweet Drummer Boy
so you, the boy i see almost everyday from my blacony.i think your music i bomb —paix
Dear “friend”
You’re full of shit. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. You can go fuck yourself because I sure as hell won’t be. —Bite me
No, I don’t fucking believe.
To a certain TV station whose idea of a good slogan for the winter Olympic games is “Do you believe?” Fuck you. Every time I see one of those commcerials it makes me want to tear out my endocrine system and simultaneously beat the butt-beef out of every member on your board who ‘committee voted’…
Bus riding do-righter!!
To the person who found my wallet on the #7 bus Friday afternoon and turned it in to the driver, thank you so very much! It would have been horrible to have lost my bus pass so early in the month. —a happy bus-hopper
Expert: Halifax sewage plant decision violates freedom of information laws
[Editor’s note: Darce Fardy was Nova Scotia’s privacy review officer from 1995 to 2006, overseeing the provincial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy office. After retiring from that position, Fardy founded the Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia, an organization that advocates for greater access to government information.] I know of no bigger…
Walking down Jubilee
On the way home from a depressing day in the library (I’m a grad student at Dal) I came upon a Down Syndrome fellow looking at a poster on a pole who seemed to be oblivous to his friends calling him from across the street to get a move on so I walked with him…
Down With Orange
Down with parties making orange their official color. If you know your history, orange also represents a ruthless racist group that is worse than the KKK. —No NDP Until they change their team colors.
Pre Bitch
Now that all the pretty wild flowers are out and we stop to happily admire their beauty it would be nice if we could REFRAIN FROM PICKING THEM! Last year there were two or three Painted Trilliums at Nichols lake, before they were mindlessly picked. This year, only one :(. Leave it alone! —Trillium Lover
i love you, but you don’t respect me as a woman.
heh-hem. i think that tagging bitches is a dick move. particularly, tagging “the coast sucks” bitches and then having admin post a sarcastic response before the public decides which rotten vegetable to throw or if one should be hurled at all. i bring this up because i do not think the coast fucking sucks. negating…
2 times cops came and he still beats his gf
The law against spousal and women abuse is toothless. This week we celebrate VDay2009 against violence to women. In my apartment bldg someone called the cops twice when this guy beats up his gf. And he still doing it. The mystery is his gf did not press charges and still lives with him. What’s the…
Spontaneous singing on the ferry, Monday night
Sound Bytes is the festival that keeps on giving. Monday night at 7:30pm, there’s a live ferry performance orchestrated by Lucas Dambergs and Selwyn Sharples. Dambergs told me to expect some sort of band, and some repurposed Piggy songs that will be “more ferry-oriented.” Here’s the schedule: 7:30 meet at the Halifax Ferry Terminal (bring…
I love my Library because…
I love my library because… it’s the beat place to be. They listen, laugh, help, smile, and they all have a passion. —a patron of the library
Love my Fantastic Mentoring Boss
Thank you to my boss, who understands that sometimes the job title “Secretary” is not a fair description, and who understands that this position is a way to pay the bills while I look for something better. She is fair, provides feedback on my performance, and gives me opportunities to work on projects that will…
out of jail WHY???
How is it that someone breaks the law, ends up in custody, breaks the law AGAIN, kills someone, goes to jail, breaks the law there and does not make an ounce of effort to redeem himself or better his life, gets let out of jail EARLY and the Penal system thinks that “imposing special conditions”…
P.C. folk
I’m gonna make this one brief, since I’m not looking for a huge debate on it or anything, it’s just something that pisses me off. Politically correct youth of today. They surround me… everywhere I go. I can’t use the term boyfriend to refer to my BOYFRIEND. NO. it’s “partner.” Even if that person is…
thanks to judgemental granola girls
I’d like to personally thank the granola for mentioning that I looked like an assburger. I’d like to point out that most who people who do their shopping at that time are whacked becoz they got off work. Take your bag lady crap feminism somewhere else and leave us Weirdos in peace. Douches —dontknowme
Arrogant Motorcyclists
Hey jackass on the motorcycle Thursday morning on Portland street. Just because your motorcycle CAN fit between cars stopped at a red light doesn’t mean it SHOULD! Wait your turn in line just like every other motorized vehicle is. It’s people like you who get killed on the roads by driving like a jerk, then…
Not hot- Just hot headed-
Hey you! yeah hopefully you know I’m talking about you- you call yourself a man? you are a baby in a man’s flabby body- who sleeps more than a sloth hanging upside down in a tree! When we were first together- it was great- now you take advantage and think I will always be there-…
Another Driving Bitch
Today, at the end of the Circumferential Highway approaching pleasant street, traffic is backed up as hell and what are people doing? They are going off the fucking road, onto the shoulder driving on the fucking gravel passing all us patient folk, who need to get to our destination just as bad, and fucking cutting…
Black Jeep with Ontario Plates
To the ignorant fuckhead in the black jeep with the Ontario plates that almost ran over myself and my two little girls at the CROSSWALK across Novalea at Stanley Place June 4 at 6:30 pm: Don’t they teach you how to drive in Ontario? I even looked you in your eyes, at your little shrunken…
i just dont understand.
To all the andy samberg lovers out there, HE JUST ISN’T FUCKING FUNNY. Thank you. —old school comedian
Nothing like the Old Scotland
Canadian (read: Halifax) Food from an Antipodean Perspective Haligonians seem to have one thing on their minds/menus: Cheese. The mother of all mamary fluid by-products. Mm-mmm. Every sandwich, wrap, muffin sub, salad, donair is infested with the stuff. Philly Cheese Steak (don’t be fooled by the name, there is no “steak”)? Pizza? Fuhgeddaboudit. It’s covered…
Fart to the face
To the idiot that farted in my FACE during warmups today. We were doing lunge squats and it just so happened I went forward a tad too far, only to my surprise was I saying hello to an ass. Couldn’t the girl have judged there were actually people behind her and held it in a…
Matt Mays to play Seahorse gig June 19
Matt Mays, now minus El Torpedo, has been working on a new record here in town, and you’ll be able to hear his progress at The Seahorse on June 19. The $25 tickets are available at Ticketpro outlets and website. Consider Mays usually needs two nights at the Marquee, and the bars’ relative capacities, and…
Buy a print, help a young artist this Friday night
CWilsonHammondSingle2-1.pdf This Friday night there’s another charity art auction and show at Anna Leonowens Gallery that shouldn’t be missed, so I hope you’ve been saving pennies. Artist Charlotte Wilson-Hammond is auctioning a body of her own work called In/Finite, comprised of about 37 pieces. There’s something very peaceful and tranquil about this series—a few that…
front cover
when I saw the cover of the coast today… with dexter introducing him as the “next premier” a week before the election.. I thought you assholes at the coast…I was really pissed… you are big NDP’ers …you have lost any credibility you had as journalists.. more like urnalists… I am not against Darrell, in fact…
Ass To Mouth
Hey food vendor! I thought you gave this up?! I saw a guy pick his itchy ASS, then give you money for his lunch. Taking his money means his ASS is now on your hands. Don’t worry about washing your hands, I don’t mind. Prep some of my food why dont cha! Make it look…
Grad School My Ass!
after considerable time working on my thesis and just few weeks before submitting it, my supervisor said: “I am not sure the work is enough for the degree”. Don’t you think that you should have said something before? maybe when I submitted the earlier drafts? —sick of it all
to the drunk guy in Spryfield
Thank you for the morning entertainment, not only were you hammered out of your tree, but decided to throw up right in front of my car on the way to hockey….not to mention it was 10 30 in the morning….made for a good laugh —the guy who threw up in his car after seeing you…
better half??
My “better half” tells me to save money and goes on a fucking shopping spree that same day? what the fuck is that!? —lost soul
Horrible Neighbours
I have a few things to say about you. First, I am sick of cleaning up my yard after your huge dog. He is allowed to roam free and often gets into my garbage, even though there is no food waste in it. After the 7th or 8th time I really started to hate you.…
One of the Most Stupid Reasons to NOT Date Someone
To the guy who rejected me: Okay, you rejected me, I’ll get over it and find another (better) man. It’s your own loss. What I find hilarious and fucking ridiculous is the sole reason *why* you didn’t want me. I am smart, successful and fun to be with. I’m in very good shape with a…
WHAT MAKES WOODWARD ST SO SPECIAL?
Has anyone noticed the lack of thought put into road construction and repair in Halifax lately? I’m sure many of you have seen that Bayview drive in Clayton Park is being worked on, but so far they have only paved the middle part of that street, which is used as a main throughfair, esepecially at…
serious driving skills physcho
to the “mother of 2″ driving a sunfire turning off of Joe Howe onto mumford at 5:15ish on Wed June 3rd. Yeah, you saw me, crossing the crosswalk, but that didn’t seem to stop your dumb ass from trying to run me over?? then you scream out your door ” I SEE YOU !!!” yeah…
Up all about the journey
The old axiom of “best-laid plans” infuses the story of crusty, elderly widower Carl Fredicksen (Ed Asner), in Pixar’s Up. From the wrenching montage of Carl’s life with his beloved wife Ellie—where they missed out on becoming dashing explorers like their hero Carl Muntz (Christopher Plummer)—to Carl’s escape from his old neighbourhood with zealous Wilderness…
Who is premier Darrell Dexter?
Darrell Dexter has a complex family background, a complex educational and career history and—if, as expected, the NDP wins Tuesday’s provincial election—a perhaps impossibly complex governing task ahead. photos by Scott Munn
Bathing beauty: check out art at SeaDog’s
One of the exciting things about city living is that there are buildings you probably won’t venture inside until invited. For some, SeaDog’s on Gottingen Street is one of those curious places. Now’s your chance: The sauna and spa, which caters to the gay and bisexual community, is opening its doors next Wednesday night for…
Local brewers battle for best bitter
There were cheers and hugs all around when Halifax brew fanatic Brian Harvey won the city’s first-ever Ultimate Brew-Off, sponsored by Garrison Brewery and the Noble Grape last Thursday night. Harvey accepted the award for a beer he co-brewed with friends Justin Lockhart and Steve Trickett. “We never really expected to win the competition. We…
Wendy and Lucy
Wendy and Lucy takes place entirely in one dead-end Oregon town, and in it, we only see cash-strapped Wendy (Michelle Williams)’s car move twice: once, when Wendy and a security guard struggle to manually propel the vehicle, which has broken down, out of a parking lot where it’s not allowed to be; and again, when…
Money talks for indie filmmakers
Just as Michael Moore held church-bingo games to pay for Roger & Me, Halifax independent filmmakers find that creative financing and fundraising—the least exciting but most necessary of movie-making endeavours—is a rite of passage en route to completing their latest projects. North Sydney native and current Dartmouth actor and filmmaker Mike Ratchford is currently cobbling…
Reading Classified’s Self Explanatory
Luke Boyd feels like a regular guy, though some things in his life have changed. While his picture’s being taken for this article, a surly man in a black leather jacket watches. During the interview, the man sits in the room, silently reading a paper. Daniel Robichaud is Sony’s regional promotion manager for the Atlantic…
Ceti Alpha
Ceti Alpha is the project of Dartmouth-based Nick Bevan-Johns. He sings and writes all songs on Telemetry, his second album and follow-up to 2006’s The Street. He also produces, plays guitar, bass, mandolin, omnichord and more. But Bevan-Johns brings in others to play parts—key parts—and to co-arrange this pretty pop melancholia. “Darkside Hill,” for example,…
Patrick Watson
Two years ago Patrick Watson won the Polaris, beating heavily favoured Arcade Fire and Chad Van Gaalen with a solid collection of indie-folk songs, but it wasn’t the “instant classic” that the Polaris jury thought it to be. Wooden Arms is a completely different beast. Impressively daring, it takes risks and pushes boundaries—songs unfurl slowly…
Mastodon
Gorgeously combining multiple influences into a cohesive whole, Mastodon brings the layered vocals of Alice In Chains, a grandiose scope of Ozzy or Zeppelin and a modern, shifting time-signature attack that owes something to Tool or Monster Magnet (though maybe not quite as grim as the former nor as sleazy as the latter). Why the…
Eminem
Relapse marks Eminem’s return to the spotlight after a self-imposed, drug-fuelled exile. After hearing the pair of singles “Crack a Bottle” (with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent) and “We Made You,” there’s no apparent signs of rust on this Detroit MC. The trio of tracks “Déjà Vu,” “Medicine Ball” and the aptly titled “Same Song…
Malajube’s third
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Second World Naked Bike Ride one hard ass demo
Lady Godiva would be proud. But also maybe a little jealous. While the legendary Lady rode naked through the streets to make a point, she had to do it all by her lonesome. In this day and age, folks ride naked en masse, and on bikes. With slogans like “Less Gas, More Ass” and “Stop…
Say no to short-term engagements
Q: My boyfriend and I have been together over eight months. We really love each other, and I see us spending our lives together. At least I did, until something he said a few days ago. Long story short, for the last five months or so, he’s brought up marriage. Then a few days ago…
Plastic bag lobby wants to stay disposable
Elly May Clampett could really work a paper dress. Elly May was patriarch Jed Clampett’s daughter on The Beverly Hillbillies, a 1960s sitcom about a family of nouveau riche hicks who move to a mansion in Beverly Hills after finding oil on their land. The Beverly Hillbillies finished production before I emerged from the womb…
Drag Me to Hell a return to form
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