SPam..
So I just signed up here so I could write a bitch.. and all of a sudden I have 17 spam in my yahoo mailbox. I didn’t sign up for that spammed out
Swimming in Halifax Harbour?
Mayor Peter Kelly made a splash last week when he told the Chamber of Commerce that thanks to the Harbour Solutions project, people will soon be swimming in the now-clean waters of Halifax Harbour.The good folks at CBC doubted Kelly, and so had water from three locations—The Dingle on the Northwest Arm, Black Rock Beach…
The Future Is Tea & Tarot
Tea & Tarot Supernatural Café might not have found a store front location just yet, but owners Nina Harries and Catherine McLeod will gladly come to your door. With a keen interest in the tarot, both business partners set up in the comfort of your home to teach folks how to read their own cards…
Here it goes
My bitch about a lot of things: I understand your gay (I have no problem with it) but do you have to ask so friggin gay? I’m female and I don’t act like that. You are not a gangster. You live in the martimes. Pull up your pants, stop talking like than, walk/talk/type correctly and…
Sick & Tired of Stupid Pet Owners
I have been a dog owner for a long time, and have prided myself on being an anal-retentive poo picker upper. But I must say, that nothing drives me more insane than stupid dog owners who do not pick up after their dog. It ruins it for everyone else. The one time I forgot my…
Halifax sucks
The rant begins with an HRM employed jackhammer hammering away on my street at 7 am. I think that perhaps I should complain. Then I have to ask myself which of the multitude of representatives at the most absurd, inept and ineffectual city hall in Canada should I address this complaint? Then I recall seeing…
Horror/Comedy?
Ok. So I went to see The Strangers on Saturday at Bayers Lake and holy shit, I know the movie was only rated 14 (which almost stopped me from going) but the maturity level of most the the people there was maybe 3. I know, I know, that guy looking through the window was very…
Turnstile Pottery’s Annual Spring Sale
This weekend benchmarks Turnstile Pottery Co-operative’s annual Spring sale. The fully equipped pottery studio is an artist-run operation available to clay artists with a monthly membership fee and to the public through classes. All of the work for sale on Saturday June 7 and Sunday June 8 has been crafted in the studio by the…
Plant thief in black
So I’m having a smoke on my deck Monday night and I saw you in my driveway. I said hey, how’s it goin? cuz I figured you were a bottler, but you quickly got up and mumbled something about plants and took off down my driveway with a big pot. You left a big mess…
Hunter Valentine time
Toronto’s Hunter Valentine are a trio of sassy lasses who rock like rock owed them money. They have a new slick and hilarious video being played on Much Music for their song “Break This” (directed by Colin Minihan) and they are touring the East Coast to give us all a little taste of their last…
Gelseat
To the jackass who stole the gelseat off my bike: I don’t really mind. I was getting ready to buy a new one anyway. That one was getting a little flat, and plus it’s full of three years worth of ass sweat. Hope you enjoy it. sweaty
Dark Angels and Heroes
If you like your theatre dark—failed marriages, school shootings and injured children–don’t miss Angels and Heroes’ Fewer Emergencies, three separate but connected pieces by British playwright Martin Crimp. “We’re delving into the nightmares of some people’s worlds,” says A&H cofounder and director Richie Wilcox. Wilcox, a big fan of British theatre, came across Crimp and…
Painting the town: Sara Caracristi
Last year I fell in love with Sara Caracristi’s aerial-view paintings of city dwellers wandering through glossy, candy-heart-coloured or muted-grey backgrounds. For her new show, Southern Exposure, at Argyle Fine Art (1869 Upper Water), Caracristi’s people go on vacation. “They’re still urban people but in a different setting,” says the artist. “It’s not as important…
Pop and the City
Sometimes it feels like the closest that arts comes to being an election issue are reruns of the movie Election. (Why can’t Tracy Flick run for mayor?) So, culture lovers, keep this in mind on October 18: Halifax Pop Explosion was denied city funding even though on page 13, policy four, of HRM’s Civic Events…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, When Canada wins gold at the Olympics, we watch proudly as the Maple Leaf flag is raised high. There would be uproar if Ottawa had Britain’s Union Jack hoisted at the medal ceremony, instead. Yet federal rules require the UK flag be flown to mark our holiday on Monday. But Victoria Day does…
Letters to the Editor
Congratulations to Tim Bousquet for a thoughtful assessment of HRM councillors’ merits/demerits. The next step, though. should be assigning Lezlie Lowe to investigate the possible separation at birth of twins Bill Karsten and Tim Outhit. Do they really look that similar or was there a mix-up in the photos? By jazzhonk
Alexa McDonough
I don’t know that I have anything more to say about Alexa McDonough’s forthcoming retirement that hasn’t already been said: she’s a remarkable person who, against all odds, rebuilt the NDP here in Nova Scotia and then across the nation. The media attention has rightly been focused on McDonough’s many accomplishments, but the press release…
Tall tales
To the local celeb who thinks its ok to string along a girl for a few months and then break up with her for no reason at all. If all you wanted was some ass then why take her to meet your parents and then meet her parents. She wasn’t expecting a relationship until you…
Wanted some wings
To the useless/crack-whore looking waitress at the Dartmouth Hooters. My co-workers and I were there for supper one Saturday night. We sat down at 7pm. It took you at lest 10 minutes to get to our table, 20 more minutes to come back and tell me they didnt have any cold white wine. And another…
Bloc Party update!
Because they are so well-loved, Bloc Party have added another Halifax date to their upcoming tour. Monday, September 15 is your second chance to revel in the pop. Apostle of Hustle are now opening both nights.
To all landlords/building owners in HRM
I hate how Haligonians like to think that this is a dog friendly city. I used to think that too, until I got a dog. Sure we have some great dog stores, like Bark and Fitz, Willows, and the Naughty Dog. Yes, we have some great off leash parks (hi to everyone at Seaview!), and…
Recycling Fodder
Transcontinental Media – Stop DUMPING your real estate rag (Transaction) on my front porch every week. It goes straight into the recycling bin and is such a fuckin’ waste of paper and ink. Fodder Bother
No Guts.
“the police around here don’t do nothing. “I ain’t sayin who did it” whose not doing what? Grow some god damn balls. I sat infront of a court and pointed out a man to his dirty face once, it felt great. Meanwhile his wife says, he didn’t mean to kick me in the face repeatedly…
Goodbye, Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley died today of heart failure. He was 79. Goodbye to one of the most influential and unique founding fathers of rock and roll.
Unfriendly C.S.R’s
To all of those C.S.R’s who look at me blankly/stupidly when I say hello to you when I walk up to your counter….the correct response back is hello, how may I assist you or something similar. I am sure you were taught this during new employee training. If not, there you go some training free…
It’s no walk in the park…
I understand how fortunate I am, as a Haligonian, to have the Public Gardens. They are a great feature of the city and I frequent them as much as I am able. I even understand many of the rules they have instated over the years, due to the high volume of traffic through every day.…
Moved
Despite what you may think, I worked very hard to buy a house in your neighbourhood. And I love my new home and my new neighbourhood. But, I have no love for you. If you need a door mat, a garbage can, a plant…go buy your own!Perhaps with some hard work, you will appreciate the…
STOP
>Stop emailing and calling me. You know who you are. You decided to look me up on facebook and write my friends to tell tall tales. Because of you, I have deleted my account, got an unlisted number and bought curtains. Yes, there are women stalkers and I am tired of it. You broke off…
Sub-par supervisor
You became my supervisor 5 years ago (during oddly the week of hurricane Jaun). When I was first introduced to you, your first words to me were “happy to be part of the team”….I thought…oh, oh….here we go. Ever since you became my supevisor I have had to put up with being questioned on a…
Judas Panty Waste
So, someone who see’s conspiracy around them all the time can’t be reached. Like seriously, how more patient can a person fucking be?? So grow your sorry ass up, and stop coming after a guy who stuck up for you when other people kept saying they wanted you gone. Get the fuck over yourself, and…
Stupid School
Well, I just died a little bit inside. My favourite band’s cd comes out on the first effing day of school. what the hell man? so much for getting it when the store opens. how unfair is that? whatever happened to school opening on the 5th? Soon to be highschool drop-out
Halifax Crafters Craft Fair
It’s a proven fact that crafting reduces stress – don’t believe it? Ask the Halifax Crafters. With the success of the tail end of April’s Halifax Crafters Craft Fair, featuring Tall & Short’s handsewn patches, Woodbullets silk screened t-shirt diary collection, Jennifer Bennet’s beautiful jewellery designs, Philip Doucette’s glass jewellery, plates and bowls, the crafty…
To Market, To Market
For those folks who can’t make it downtown to the Halifax Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings (work, hangovers, etc.), there’s going to be a variation of the weekend ritual on Sunday at the North Street Church (5657 North Street). The Sunday variation of the Farmer’s Market begins on June 15.
Spew one-oh-bore and Hellefem
Why the fuck do DJs feel the need to talk over the beginning of a song until the vocalist begins? Shut the fuck up already!!! I’m listening to the radio for the music not for your grade school toilet humour. Do you think you’re cool that you talk right up until the vocalist begins? You’re…
bitch
Places like this are great to vent anger, but really shouldn’t there be a Yin to this Yang? why not have a Praise column were you can pay thanks to that stranger or small business for helping you out. Talk about something good. I’d really like to see that. I have more then bitching to…
Garden Trash
First things first, I’m not bitching at smokers for smoking. Do what you want outside, whatever. So if you smoke, don’t bitch back at me for being anti-smoking because you’ll look like an idiot. Anyway, I was sitting in the Public Gardens today on one of the many park benches and noticed that around most…
Have you heard of the GARBAGE CAN?
To the three girls in the black honda civic driving down the Bedford Highway Friday, May 30th at 8:30pm throwing garbage out your window. I couldn’t believe my eyes. That is so uncool. Shocked Citizen
screw all you landlords.
to all the landlords, in halifax charging outrageous prices for shitty hole in the wall apartments and wont accept good paying tenants who have dogs, Fuck you and your no pet policy. All I want is to live in a good apartment with my 13yr old dog, who’s been my best friend and who deserves…
all of it…
I’m tired of all of it. 9 to 5 through the city, I hate most of all. I hate everyones face. I hate idling, i hate my car I hate my job and I hate myself. I hate dead ends. My gf always gets lost, but always finds dead ends, god bess her. I hate…
Why MotherFucker! WHY!?!?!
Fuck you Cancer….. FUCK YOU!!! Tired of Death
Bad Condom dealers
Did you know: If you buy a new box of condoms….and use one….you can’t return the rest for a refund….even if you cannot use the rest due to a fluke allergic reaction?!?! I bought a new condom brand, and it turns out my girlfriend is SUPER allergic to whatever lubricant is on the condom….we were…
GIVE BACK MY PUPPETS
On Sunday the 18th of May at the Scratch Bastid show,two of my marionnette puppets were taken from the back room of the Marqee. I built these puppets myself over eight years ago. They have been with me on many adventures and have put smiles on a lot of faces. If you have them or…
Moron Drivers in Spryfield
Who the hell gave you drivers licences? We have cross walks there for a reason, not for you heavy footed assholes to fly thru the crosswalks and ignoring the person thats walking thru them! Pissed off pedestrian in Spryfield
“Grown-ups” who segregate children
I recently read a bitch on here that I feel sadly reflects a great deal of Haligonian’s opinions, in general. I think that a lot of people once they reach the age of majority and beyond forget that they themselves were once children and they also frequently appear to forget how they themselves, probably behaved.…
I will give you 10 points if you can tell me which Backstreet Boy is missing from this picture
… 20 points if you can differentiate them at all. You can get a good solid look of them this summer, August 2 at the Metro Centre (with guests Girlicious, tickets—on sale this Saturday, May 31 at 9am—are a ludicrous $72 each). Give me a “C!” Give me an “ash Grab!” You know who will…
Stop Bitching about Hobo Bitchers
Why are there so many people bitching to Bitchers who want to complain about hobos? So fucking what if homeless people won’t read their bitch because it’s online, they’re still allowed to vent. This is called “Love the Way We Bitch”, not “Write A Bitch Intended to be Read By The Person Bitched About.” Tired…
The Cab Company that Rhymes with Fellow
YOU FUKING SUCK and for that matter MOST of the cab companies in this city SUCK SHIT….I waited yesterday for a taxi for 45 mins outside the establishment that I called the cab to, I am very understanding of rush hour etc, so I patiently waited….after 30 mins I called to see how much longer…
Buzz on Busby
Always on the move, artist Cathy Busby is once again giving Halifax international presence. On June 12, she leaves for a group show at Aberdeen’s Peacock Visual Arts (cureated by the lovely Milena Placentile), where she’ll install a next-generation version of 24/7 at Work, a show she did at Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery…
Dumbass Bots On Kijijiji
Why is it when i post a legit add under “Casual Encounters” on Kijiji there either deleated OR i get bullshit spam in my inbox from a dating service! Stop with the bullshit allready !! I want to hear from a real lady not some dumbass BOT filling up my in box with SPAM!!! Annoyed…
Cold hearted Murderer
To the cold hearted fucks that thinks they got away with it. Turn your asses in allready so the little girl you murdered can RIP !!! Justice for Karissa !
KIDS
i wish new parents would realize that most people don’t care that you made a baby( something dogs and rats can do). Also most people would like to take their partner out for a nice meal that doesn’t involve your screaming 2 year old who is being ignored and allowed to scream its head off…
Why does this always happen to me?!?!!
To the roommate who can’t seem to keep from getting in to financial obligations which are above his means. You love to skate so much and yet you just HAD to get that thing. It’s your business what you do with your money, that said, since that time I’ve started noticing a pattern of recklessness…
The Source Security?
So why is there a security guard on Spring Garden Road being friends with the homeless people there instead of doing their jobs; getting rid of them. I have many friends who live in the area and more who work there, and the situation is getting worse. People who work in the area are being…
Dr. Hook. You heard me.
That’s right, legendary country rock outfit Dr. Hook (featuring Ray Sawyer. He’s the one with the eye patch) are coming to Montes in Dartmouth on June 22. Bring the giant foam finger.
red car bitch
fred are you the type that pulls around a stopped car you only know that the person was backing up how in the hell would you ever know that there wasnt someone hit on the street in front of the stopped car wait now i know because you as well as the lady that went…
speed limit
i am a commuter who is sick of having to do less than the speed limit on the highway. there is always some a-hole driver (male, female, old, young- i’ve seen it all) who is in the passing lane going less than the limit or just, to pass someone going 1km more an hour… why…
Bad Girlfriend
I work my ass off. All you do is lay around the house. When you do go out it’s to drink with other people. I caught you. You can’t be at one persons house, then anothers and have the same home number. You have some nerve. Fuck you, I don’t need you. I’m finding a…
Dio Mio Gelato x2
In hopes to add more local and delicious flavour to the ever-developing Dartmouth Crossing Dio Mio Gelato opened their second location on May 23. “The new location offers shoppers their first opportunity to get Fair Trade Organic coffee, a full café style menu,” says owner Jed Roche. “And of course Metro’s best ice cream. We…
Designated Drinking
Next time you’re pondering accepting another round when the waitress returns to take a second drink order think about calling Designated Drive-yers. Instead of leaving your vehicle downtown and hailing a cab, or trying to drive home after drinking, give this student run business a call – you’ll be met at your convenience by a…
use-less-ness-oganza ’08,The Blog VS The Bum
Why are people bitching about panhandlers and bums on the coast website? do you think that bum has wireless in his grocery cart??? Even if your amazing critic of these social fuck ups makes it into print, I dont see many of them reading. We all dislike panhandlers asking us for money, and even more…
IMACS
Bitch Please. My computer couldn’t pick up a wireless signal if the signal was drunk and passed out in the room, all lights flash Go!. @$@#
Not sexy in the city
First, let me state that I am more then a little overweight myself so this isnt slamming anyone who is. So it just grosses me out to see women and men walking around the city with exposed belly flab hanging over their pant waist and under their shirts. Yuck!! Cover the F$^*# Up Please! Really,…
Merge, People, Merge!
To anyone who crosses the Mackay Bridge during morning rush hour headed to Halifax…people need to learn how to merge. Every morning I see cars clinging to the bumper in front of them, determined not to let anyone merge in front of them. What…you think you’re going to make things THAT much faster for yourself…
Kyle Shaw fails
Dear Kyle, I think you should temper your uncritical enthusiasm for HRM By Design in your column (“Landing the plan,” April 24) and answer questions it poses. Start with HRM’s unbridled population growth estimates. You’ll find the commercial-space future-needs estimates are based on not much more than what developers tell them. Then seek out…
To the BITCH meter maid that wrote me a ticket
You saw me walking back to my car by the Cohn at around 2:30pm — Hell, I was RIGHT THERE. Previous to that however, you saw me put money in the meter as you sat on your fat ass doing nothing. I watched, as I approached my car, you get up off of your fat,…
The Drunk The Horny and The Ugly
Well that sums it up. Go ahead Take my cab, your clearly only looking at her ass getting in that cab because the rest screams painful urination. I usually go home when “they” come out. The Dome The Palace my roommate always goes, shes dumb as bricks too. Oh by the way, I’m sure you’ll…
F’N SEARCH!!
MOVE THE F’N SEARCH BUTTON FROM THE SECTION WHERE YOU REPLY TO BITCHES GRRRRR!!
Breaking news– CJCH changes
I’m on vacation, down in the states, so forgive me if this is already all over the news in Halifax— but I don’t see it on any of the media web sites. I just got off the phone with Rick Howe, the talk show host for CJCH, 92 AM. Howe says that tomorrow (Friday) will…
there’s no need
if you see something gross there’s no reason to tell other people about it. you’re worse than the nose picker.he was just being gross if front of a bus load of people but you had to go and be gross then bother an entire city. soeme who reads the coast when they eat
15 years: Film, con’t.
Andrea Dorfman moved from Toronto in 1993 to attend NSCAD. Her 2000 feature debut Parsley Days screened at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Atlantic Film Festival, where Love That Boy (2003) and the documentary Sluts (2005) had their premieres. Dartmouth native Jason Eisener: co-wrote and directed the fake trailer for Hobo…
15 years: City styles
Kim Munson’s line of repurposed and redesigned fashion, Orphanage Clothing, is a mix of classic t-shirts married with vintage button-downs and dresses cut from trenchcoats. Orphanage has been selling out of Halifax for five years and is now available across Canada. Anne Pickard, AKA Handy Girl, is in her seventh year in the NSCAD fashion…
15 years: Hip-hop, con’t.
Any discussion of hip-hop in Halifax has to begin and end with Jorun Bombay. A legendary Halifax hip-hop figure, he’s worked as a DJ, MC and producer on 60-plus albums in the past 15 years. Haltown Projex was a group of MCs and DJs that existed in Halifax from 1992 until 1998. Spearheaded by Jorun…
15 years: Music business, con’t.
Like most things in Halifax, the local music business has seen a lot of changes in the past 15 years. Mike Campbell, former MuchMusic VJ (Mike & Mike’s Excellent X-Canada Adventures) and Joel Plasketts current manager, and David Ewenson, musician and co-founder of Just Friends Records, went down to city mainstay Taz Records to give…
Work in progress
Long a local favourite, Toronto-based artist Kelly Mark is given a retrospective of 12 years of work in Stupid Heaven. Mark, who studied at NSCAD, had her first curated exhibit at MSVU Gallery in 1995, and she has since had her work widely exhibited nationally and internationally, as well as in many local exhibits. Mark’s…
Gnocchi star
I strive for minimalism in the kitchen. My cupboards have just what I need. My fridge is small, which keeps excess at bay. Knives hang on a magnet on the wall. It’s all smooth, except my tool drawer. Oh, the tool drawer. I can barely open it. But all 50 items are essential in my…
Savage Love
Q: I’m a straight male and I love my fiancee. She’s perfect. But while I am physically attracted to her, I find myself masturbating rather than having sex with her. She knows, but we don’t talk about it—we can’t—and recently she walked in on me, and it was very awkward. I put it away and…
Bike! The Movies life cycle
As a kid she made up dance routines on bikes. Now, on a sunny Sunday behind Citadel High, shes calling out names of configurations: peanut-butter cup, tootsie roll, zipper, spaghetti. Last winter, before the first snowfall, Rebecca Singer got a group of eight friends together to form a synchronized bike team. She called it the…
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Fan anticipation for the new Indiana Jones film is mocked in the first shot of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I cant claim immunity: The series and character factored so greatly into my childhood fascination with movies that I could barely sleep on the night before this ones release. When the…
Lies my label told me
Stephen Harper’s been to an apple orchard. And he’s got a set of new food labelling guidelines to prove it. Big blooming deal. Our Tory blue-sweatered PM went to the orchard in Beamsville, Ontario, last week to announce the introduction of new laws on food labels. Harper was at the orchard with a big old…
Heart songs
Dichotomy, duality, twofold—there is something about the power of two. Christina Martin has tapped into this division on her sophomore album, Two Hearts. She celebrates the release on May 30 at FRED. The title track Two Hearts is specifically about having faith on a confusing journey to find that type of love that makes you…
Doing time on crime
Donald Clairmont was visibly enjoying himself as hepresented his massive report on crime, violence and public safety to city council last Friday. The gregarious 69-year-old retired sociology professor said he spent about 1,600 hours over the last year-and-a-half on research and writing. “I could have been drinking beer and watching Captain Kangaroo,” he joked, “but…
15 years: Comedy
Newfoundland native Cathy Jones moved to Halifax in 1993 to star in the CBC political satire This Hour Has 22 Minutes with Mary Walsh, Rick Mercer and Greg Thomey. A founder of the seminal troupe CODCO, she is the current 22 Minutes’ only original cast member. Evany Rosen moved from Toronto to attend King’s College…
Potato Gnocchi
Serves 6 as a main course. Boiled gnocchi can be chilled for 3-4 days before serving with sauce of your choice. Ingredients 1 kg peeled, baked potato 3 egg yolks 300g all purpose flour salt to taste olive oil for drizzling Fid chef/proprietor Dennis Johnson starts with high starch potatoes like Netted gems or russets…
15 years: Arts and activism
Andrew David Terris is an artist, consultant and activist who remembers when there was only one good restaurant in Halifax. He’s lived in the city since 1982. Sonia Edworthy and Sarah Evans are the driving force behind Anchor Archive Zine Library and Arts Centre. They’ve both lived in Halifax since the late ’90s. They sat…
15 years: Arts and activism, con’t.
Andrew David Terris is an artist, consultant and activist who remembers when there was only one good restaurant in Halifax. He’s lived in the city since 1982. Sonia Edworthy and Sarah Evans are the driving force behind the Anchor Archive Zine Library and Arts Centre. They’ve both lived in Halifax since the late ’90s. They sat amidst…
15 years: Music business
Like most things in Halifax, the local music business has seen a lot of changes in the past 15 years. Mike Campbell, former MuchMusic VJ and Joel Plaskett’s current manager, and David Ewenson, musician and co-founder of Just Friends Records, went down to city mainstay Taz Records to give us the skinny. So what was…
15 years: Comedy, con’t.
Newfoundland native Cathy Jones moved to Halifax in 1993 to star in the CBC political satire This Hour Has 22 Minutes with Mary Walsh, Rick Mercer and Greg Thomey. A founder of the seminal troupe CODCO, she is the current 22 Minutes’ only original cast member. Evany Rosen moved from Toronto to attend King’s College…
15 years: Hip-hop
Any discussion of hip-hop in Halifax has to begin and end with Jorun Bombay. A legendary Halifax hip-hop figure, he’s worked as a DJ, MC and producer on 60-plus albums in the past 15 years. Haltown Projex was a group of MCs and DJs that existed in Halifax from 1992 until 1998. Spearheaded by Jorun…
More fashion
Orphanage Clothing is Kim Munson’s line of repurposed and redesigned clothing. A mix of classic t-shirts married with vintage button-downs, dresses cut from trenchcoats and other surprises, Munson, a fashion school and SMU grad, has been selling out of Halifax for five years, and Orphanage is now available across Canada. Anne Pickard, AKA Handy Girl,…
15 years: Film
Andrea Dorfman moved from Toronto in 1993 to attend NSCAD. Her 2000 feature debut Parsley Days screened at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Atlantic Film Festival, where Love That Boy (2003) and the documentary Sluts(2005) had their premieres. Dartmouth native Jason Eisener co-wrote and directed the fake trailer for Hobo with…
