The best weekend of my life
Many friends, acquaintances and even strangers got together to help bring this crazy vision to life. Everyone involved worked extremely hard and brought their own special touch to the project. I will never be able to truly express how thankful I am to all of you. Halifax is full of artistic, talented, amazing people that…
Shhhh
I first set eyes on you at an event I wasn’t planning to attend, but changed my mind in the eleventh hour. The event ended. We didn’t speak. We walked away and went our separate ways. For whatever reason, we both ended up at another location and we talked about everything during a night that…
Fighting crime, one speeder at a time
Went away for the weekend—came home to find out that yet ANOTHER person has been shot in Halifax. Back to work today and saw one, two, THREE sets of cops sitting on their asses in their cars in the south end, lurking to pick up speeders. Meanwhile, the guy who shot up the Eaton Centre…
Leave my child alone!
You pushy little fuckers, it seems like as soon as we’re done crying over one, another little douchebag comes along causing grief for our whole household! My child doesn’t deserve this. Yes it’s a normal part of growing up but it’s not like these little pricks are going to stick around. Yeah they’re cute at…
STFU and drive the bus
You’re damn right people have upped their complaints to a certain public transit system. The way your greed ruined some people and set others back a couple of years at least, you can all go fuck yourselves. Do I expect near perfection from this transit system…you’re fucking right I do. You fucked me over with…
Drunken mistakes
You and I have known each other for a couple of years and I told a mutual friend that I “liked you” a few months back. You took the news as a green light to begin flirting with me when you saw me, and soon after, we slept together after a night of drinking. Shortly…
Slow down and think about others for once
To the woman in the black dress that yelled at me whilst crossing the Quinpool and Robie intersection this evening. I was walking ahead of everyone while crossing the street at the light. Halfway through, I noticed a car waiting for us to complete the walk. I waved him through with a smile. You then…
Holding
I sometimes don’t do Sundays or Mondays well. As the weekend’s end approaches, I get a little anxious about leaving you because I adore your company. I love lying next to you and laughing with you. I can’t wait until we are together through the week, too. I love you, my Fargo man. —Babycakes
Hipster coffee sucks
You serve coffee and pastries. Big friggin’ deal. Why does everyone fawn over you because you are hipsters? Your service blows; you gave my coffee to someone else then told me off for not requesting my coffee to go. I did. And now I have to sit here and listen to your ‘ironic’ Fleetwood Mac…
Duck a le Blue
A big salute and a wide grin goes out to the HRPD officer I saw at 7:45 this morning safely shepherding a batch of ducklings across Wright Avenue. As H.I. McDunnough said in Raising Arizona, “Sometimes it’s a hard world for small things.” Thanks for making this burg suck a little bit less on a…
Fax spammers suck
Why do companies spamming my office’s fax machine expect us to do all the leg work to cancel their shitty spam advertisements? I just had to get my assistant to make fourteen, yes FOURTEEN calls to get us removed from spam lists and I keep getting more from other companies. This latest one demands you…
Breaking news: Cobham Tracking lays off 17 more local employees
Dartmouth-based Cobham Tracking and Locating laid off 17 employees last week. Three separate sources told The Coast of the layoffs; the dismissed workers include the vice-president of engineering and the director of product development, the project manager, assemblers, techs, “right down to the janitor and the kids who ran the machine shop,” says one of…
This is a library, not a social club…
To all the people in the library… you do not have to speak as loud as you possibly can or yell to your friends who are sitting two feet away from you! You’re in a library first off, have some respect for the people studying around you! There’s a perfectly good bar across the quad…
Wild surprise as proposed park doubles in size
City staff have startled supporters of the proposed Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park by suggesting a park boundary that almost doubles the size of the original concept for the park. Last Thursday, Peter Bigelow, who is the city’s manager of real property, hosted a public consultation session at a Clayton Park church, where he…
OUTeast and at ‘em
A cool theatre has long been the solution to a sticky summer day, and this June 14-17 at the Neptune Studio Theatre, you can indulge in the first annual OUTeast Queer Film Festival, to learn, laugh, cry, then heat things up again with the post-film parties. The festival came together through the dedication of organizers…
To my H2B
You complete me. You have made my world so wonderful. You have made me who I am. You are gorgeous, driven, brilliant. Everything about you makes me smile. In 7 years, the butterflies have never gone away. The passion, the chemistry and the spark gets hotter everyday. In 26 days we say “I do,” I…
Immigration wedding
Congratulations! You finally found someone so desperate to stay in the country that he’s willing to marry the most desperate woman in Halifax. —KTR
Who fucking raised you?
I was at the Bayers Lake theatre on Friday night with my daughter to see The Hunger Games. You were sitting behind my daughter and I assume he was your son, sitting behind me. During the pre-show ads your son’s feet seemed to have the need to kick the back of my seat. I let…
Hoping for a change of heart
This one goes out to the one I love. You have changed me in all the best ways. We may have been changing for the worse lately but there will always be happy memories between us. I think about you all the time and I am happy for all of the wonderful things you do…
This world
Oh lordy where to begin? Is anyone else feeling the crumbling of humanity, falling down around us? The news lately is the most horrific, depressing god-awful events. People going ape-shit and killing other people…I know, I know, this isn’t anything new, it just seems to be escalating at a rapid pace. Why can’t we all…
Mi novio digital
My boyfriend is sweet, often a bit foolish, if not a little naive. This is well to a point. So now he affiliates to my second pair of my favourite articles of footwear which are stored in the ice the whole day—figuratively saying, of course! —Hablar un Poco Enamorado
Garbage balcony
I only just moved to the city and into this wonderful place where the landlord takes wonderful care of the backyard and there is a beautiful garden. I walk out onto my balcony each morning and look to my right, beautiful backyards, people sipping coffee on their own balconies, I look to my left and…
Crappy coffee
The lady ahead of me had to correct your mistake three times. I had to lean over the counter to hear you half-ass explain what the Iced Carmella was like. You didn’t make eye contact with me once and you awkwardly gazed at the floor and ceiling in-between customers. If someone at your establishment knew…
Cutie McCuterson
It’s been six years since I first was smitten by your blue eyes checking me out through your scuba mask. Now our baby girl has those same eyes and we’re embarking on a whole new kind of adventure. Happy first Father’s Day and happy dateiversary this month, babers. —Your Girls
Nice grass
To the workers who have been creating havoc on the evening commute to Cole Harbour as of late: Nice work on the sidewalk and landscaping! Even though you have gummed up the right lane for the last three weeks or so, you have done a phenomenal job and I forgive you. —Inconvenienced But Content
Danger dog
Perhaps now that your dog has attacked your friend’s animal, in your own yard, maybe now that you witnessed it for yourself (although I would be surprised to hear that you hadn’t seen your animals true dangerous nature) maybe now you will admit you are in over your head. Your dog takes other animals down…
White Sails Bakery & Deli retooling
I don’t get to Tantallon much, but next time I’m there I’ll hunt out White Sails Bakery & Deli (12930 Peggy’s Cove Road, 826-1966), which judging by its menu serves up some fine looking Montreal smoked meat and other deli staples. Owner Carolyn Clarke writes to say that the menu is expanding, and that she’ll…
I want to touch your blonde hair…
You have the best mouth and jaw! And eyes that melt me. It’s wrong to feel like this but my animal instincts take over sometimes. I’m a bad girl to feel this way. —Cougar
Turnstile Pottery Co-op’s Spring Show & Sale
“Come look at the work and soak up some food for your soul,” says director Bethany Butterworth of Turnstile Pottery Co-op (2733 Agricola Street, 431-2529). She’s talking about their Annual Spring Show & Sale, next weekend, June 9t and 10, 11am to 5pm both days. Butterwworth and the other seven artists of the co-op will…
Summer love
Until recently I didn’t know we were such kindred spirits, had such similar thought patterns and desires. Now I know and I have to tell you, you rock my world. You are my fun, my confidant, my escape and my release. You drive me crazy and I hope we can share some awesome adventures this…
Little Burgundy Shoes comes to town
Halifax shoe lovers rejoice! Little Burgundy Shoes is opening its first shop in Atlantic Canada at the Halifax Shopping Centre this summer. The store carries over 70 brand names, from Miss Sixty to Vans. That’s all we know; but here’s the website.
Asshole screaming at his dog
I was just getting ready for sleep, when through my open bedroom window, I hear profanities being hatefully screamed outside. I look outside to see a guy walking a German Shepherd. He was screaming, “Get the fuck over here! You fuckin’ know better! Get out of the fuckin’ street!” This was a DOG he was…
Tails to Trails
“Nothing gives me the kind of joy I feel watching my girl run freely out on the trails.” writes Heather Sinclair. Her “girl” is Ella Mae, a rescued dog of indeterminate breed, and the trails are in dog-friendly parks like Point Pleasant and Shubie, and more remote woodland areas in places like Long Lake and…
Sorry biker
I just want to say sorry to the driver who pointed out that I was breaking all the biking laws on my way to work this morning. I ran a red light, was on the wrong side of the road and cut through a herd of crossing pedestrians. You were just trying to be nice…
Ace Burger Company to open
The burger’s out of the take-out bag: Ace Burger Company will be opening right behind Gus’ Pub (2605 Agricola Street) on July 7. Leo and George Christakos, owners of Brooklyn Warehouse (2795 Windsor Street), have been planning for something like this since 2009, so they took the chance to test their dream burger joint at…
What the hell is wrong with everyone?
Five times…FIVE TIMES we tried to buy a property in Nova Scotia and each time, the seller turns out to be insane. Not just difficult, or hard to work with but clearly insane. Most recently we offered someone FULL ASKING PRICE on a property…and thats unheard of…and the seller STILL killed the deal…nothing was unrealistic,…
Dear mother
I am your daughter, not your competition. I am your daughter, not your crisis manager. I am your daughter, not your venting board. I am your daughter, not your patsy. You should know that I have a relationship with my siblings with whom I speak regularly and I am aware of all your negative comments…
Karma does exist!
To the shitty cousin who wouldn’t hire me four months ago when I was looking for work and in a tough financial spot. You told me I was one of the most qualified candidates for the position yet you decided to hire some stranger instead. Why, I don’t know. We always got along. I don’t…
Says who?!
Oh yeah, says who? People should be using this line much more often I think. So many times I have friends who inflict massive amounts of stress upon themselves in the pursuit of conformity. -You need a diamond and expensive white dress to get married. -Your apartment needs a TV, and you need a car.…
Are you going to pay for that?
Do you plan on paying for that extra seat you think your bag needs on the public transit system we use? Oh no? Well then don’t give me a dirty look or mumble under your breath when I: A) Sit on your shit or B) Ask you to move it. If you want to deposit…
First love
I wanted to know what love was…thank you for showing me. —25 and In Love for the First Time
Yo Anthony
When 11,000 concert goers get spilled out onto the street at the same time, maybe just maybe, it would be a good idea to have some pizza slices ready for the masses. —Where’d The Cheese Go?
Noticed your gentle ways
I saw you—a drunk woman just trying to get through your day. Fumbling as you climbed in your cab. I’ve been sending you love ever since I saw you, hoping you find your way…hoping you find hope and safety. You’re having hard times and in the midst of it all your gentle ways do not…
Whats going on?
I’m a young gay dude, and I live on Gottingen Street. I have lived here for almost two years, and regardless of the reputation of this neighbourhood…I have rep’d the area as safe and totally FUCKING awesome since I have lived here because I have never personally had a problem or felt unsafe. But now…
Ginger beard
I love spending my weekends with you, laying lazily in your futon like and cuddling like kitty cats in the sun. Maybe instead of mass producing burritos we can mass produce kisses. I love you, you crazy, singing fool. —Duchess Gummeh Buns
Nice pants
To the homophobe who tried to punch the gay out of me yesterday, just let me say you can’t punch the gay out of me anymore than I can punch the bigot out of you. I may be a lesbian and I may have looked at your outfit as I walked by that does not…
Save it
So the perv priest got stripped of his duties. Cool. Why does he get double credit for time served? Who is running this so called justice system anyway? Then the bishop has the nerve to say this in his statement: “This decision reminds all of us of the serious harms that come from all forms…
Yup, I got your number
To the dumb bitch in the new silver Honda who felt she was too important to stop at the crosswalk on Barrington outside Scotia Square this morning WHILE PEOPLE WERE ALREADY IN IT: I got your plate number and have reported the incident. See you in traffic court! —Pretty Kitty
A sincere thank you
Victoria Day weekend will be one we will never forget. My son had a motorcycle accident while biking with me and his dad on highway #14 between Chester & Windsor. I do not know the names of the people in the neighbourhood, but I wish to extend a sincere “thank you” fom this biking family.…
Vets, can you sleep at night?
The moment you step into the vet’s office, a secret clock tick, tick, ticks…delving into your pockets for blood. “It’s $100, no $1000, pardon me. Pay up.” I brought my dog to the vet’s office. Apparently, his cough might be related to his colon; his bad breath might be related to his feet, maybe gout.…
Learn to speak English yourself, bitch!
To the woman at the sub place who gave the immigrant worker a hard time because she made a simple mistake: SHE SPEAKS BETTER ENGLISH THAN YOU, you trailer trash! Not only did you flip out at her in front of some kids, you continued to say, “People like her shouldn’t be here if they…
Dear PAB
Some part of me will always miss you. I moved away, and you abandoned me when my dog died. But I will always love you. It’s sad, I know. But something about you won’t let me go. —KJJ
Redwood tree
Oh my lad, where to start!? You really are the best boyfriend I could ever imagine! We’re so much alike. You’re not clingy and don’t freak out when I don’t text you back right away. I love being with you and always have fun, even if I’m watching a sport I know nothing about. Well,…
Another one bites the dust…
It’s no wonder that every friend you’ve ever had is now gone. I’ve never met someone who is more self-involved, egotistical, and self-righteous. You’ve driven everyone away but never seem to realize that it’s YOUR fault. You like to blame others. You say, “They’re not cool enough,” or “They’re boring,” and “I’m too good for…
We need a riot!
I am fucking embarrassed to live in a country that considers weed illegal and yet considers salvia and bath salts legal. It’s fucking asinine! Let’s not even approach the topic of alcohol and how much worse that is for you, and all of the hardship that causes people. I love having to feel like a…
Boyfriend
Lets have sex all weekend. —Girlfriend
Poor us or poor seats?
A naked bike ride? Great, so my kids get to see naked people on the street. Hey kids, let’s go out for a bite to eat, just watch out for the hanging tits, balls and cock. At least the pubic hair could be handy for flossing after. —I Think the Seats Still Have it Worse
Broken down
To the girl who left her house to see if I needed help when my car broke down in the middle of the intersection, thank you! I can’t express how much I appreciate that you were willing to do anything you could to help. I just wanted you to know how happy I was to…
Dirty, disgusting tenants
I couldn’t give two shits if you smoke, just stop throwing your still lit cigarette butts off of your balcony and onto mine. One of them landed in my cup of tea last week and another almost burned my leg. The building owners have been contacted. They sent around notices to all tenants and even…
The aunt from hell
Let me get this straight. You’ve relied on help from my mother since you stupidly popped out a kid you couldn’t care for when you were fifteen years old. She’s given you money, helped raise your oldest child, helped you find a job and even let you live with her when you were going through…
Crowd mentality
OBEY Convention takes over your whole life this weekend, your shopping bag is no exception. Expect it to soon be filled with goodies from the Crowd Control Sound & Art Fair (Saturday, June 2 in the Khyber Ballroom, 12-4pm) presented by OBEY and the Anchor Archive. Zines, records, art, crafts, everything DIY, an Invisible Publishing…
To my asshole ex-boyfriend
You know, just because you have an opinion about something doesn’t mean you’re right and I’m automatically an asshole for thinking differently. If you took your head out of your own ass for five minutes and paid attention to the world around you, you might realize that you’re a close-minded, immature, selfish mama’s boy who…
Bedford Electrolysis is moving
Chandrae Bailey, owner of Bedford Electrolysis writes to say that she is moving her business, today, from the Bedford Place Mall to just down the road, at 1350 Bedford Highway, just above the Golden Bakery. She’ll have the same phone number, 835-5386. “The business has been in the Bedford Place Mall for over 30 years…
Caribbean Twist opening second location in Discovery Centre
The much-loved Caribbean Twist is opening up a new location out of the Discovery Center on Barrington Street. Taking over the now-closed Discover Jane’s space, Caribbean Twist will be bringing its tasty, traditional Jamaican grub to Halifax’s downtown. “I’ve been looking for a place closer to the university students and the opportunity came up,” says…
On the defensive
I enjoy reading LTWWB. It’s a great outlet for people to let off some steam but it’s also an interesting forum to learn about varying sides of issues and debates. Hell, sometimes I change my view on things based on the thought-provoking posts and comments I read on here. That being said, it really irks…
Halifax Jazz Festival full lineup announced
At this morning’s media launch, the Halifax Jazz Festival announced their whopping summer 2012 lineup. We are still super stoked about Charles Bradley, the “Screaming Eagle of Soul”, at the festival tent. He’ll take you on an emotional trip back to old school funk and soul, and he’ll be performing with Nova Scotia’s very own…
Red Fox gets a makeover
Since its opening in 1971, the Red Fox Tavern (7071 Bayers Road, 455-0604) has served as a traditional tavern in the west end of Halifax. But with new management in place, the iconic bar is changing face. New owner Mark Macneill says he’s hoping to “breathe new life” into the pub-like establishment. Adding more lunch…
$360,000 flushed
It seems that the elected nitwits, councillors, have given up in ever getting the $360,000 back from whoever scarpered with it. I watched the council meeting that supposedly dealt with this, Kelly wasn’t there this time, unlike when he chaired the previous meetings when the defecation hit the ceiling fan. It appears that WTCC, the…
Broken?
Don’t you hate it, when you buy a new phone, and it’s broken three months later? I swear these stupid cell phone companies make shitty phones on purpose, so that if you drop it ONCE, it automatically never works again, and then you have to get a new one. I’m so sick of paying extreme…
Airport bus, bags and the lessons we should be learning, but likely won’t
Metro Transit’s airport bus started today, which is welcome news. I doubt that many air travellers will use the bus—besides cash-strapped students travelling for the holidays, I think most people who can afford to fly (and all business travellers, who travel on someone else’s dime) can afford the convenience of door-to-door transport that cabs provide.…
So long
I am rather weary of life in Nova Scotia, and I suppose North America in general. It’s taken me a long time to come to terms with the fact I have to leave forever, to take off from the cold, lonely shores, inhospitable to the weak of mind such as myself. I never saw it…
Parking
I need to know why you must park in front of my house. You have a perfectly lovely home next door with TONS of your own yard to park in front of, not to mention a driveway that can more than accommodate your car. Over the last year this has really eaten away at me.…
The Fringe abides
After a near-year off, a dramatic last-minute rescue and subsequent roaring success, the 2012 Atlantic Fringe Festival is open for plays! The fest runs August 30 to September 9. Get your business in by July 7 via this application.
Take a trip with Gary War
Gary War is bringing some high potency truth to his first Halifax show. The experimental psychedelic rock outfit from Brooklyn, New York takes no influence outside of personal interpretation and experience. Cassette tapes and various forms of releases over the last decade have culminated in the kaleidoscope sound wave that is Jared’s Lot, his third…
Chef central
This weekend chefs from across Canada will convene at the 2012 Canadian Culinary Convention to focus on sustainable food systems. “It’s a really hot topic,” says Don “Busch” Dubay, the 2012 National Convention Chairman and President of the Nova Scotia Association of Chefs and Cooks. Nova Scotia, he feels, couldn’t be a better venue for…
Heather Rappard’s Chromatic Visions
Heather Rappard’s video pieces are like looking through psychedelic goggles, they swirl and glide, take dark turns and make you want to adjust your visual tracking. This love of video carries over to her OBEY Convention offering—under the name Chromatic Visions, Rappard curated a visual mixtape, full of analog warmth, sleek digital, local artists and…
Dream boys
It’s not surprising that the eerie, instrumental title track kicking off PS I Love You’s Death Dreams comes from a real dream, dreamt by Paul Saulnier last year while on tour with Diamond Rings. A night off in New Orleans during Mardi Gras set the stage for a spooky slumber. “In my dream, there was…
The Soupcans heat it up
Along with the bevy of psychy avant-garde experimental performers slowly trickling into town this week, Toronto trashrock villains The Soupcans are on their way, toting a garbage bag full of their own particular brand of frenetic energy. Picture G.G. (RIP) covering Arab on Radar without the matching outfits and you’ll get a loose idea of…
The complete lockpick pornography
The best parts of Toronto-based writer Joey Comeau’s stories in The Complete Lockpick Pornography are his surprising yet compassionate endings. The first story in the volume is a “genderqueer adventure story” that follows four friends as they challenge heteronormative beliefs of the Halifax community with a schoolbook scandal, Sesame Street, sizzling sex and more. After…
Bill Orcutt’s musical gestures
At the age of 10, Arkansas blues musician CeDell Davis began suffering from polio. The disease struck him so severely it rendered his hands all but useless. He loved making music so in order to keep playing he flipped his guitar, restrung it and began fingering notes on the neck with a butter knife. The…
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
One of the lead actors in this TV series once punched me in the face during a biology class. (I won’t say which one, but you know who you are!) That being said, Space’s Todd and the Book of Pure Evil is a pretty hilarious horror-comedy that mixes Kevin Smith-inspired dialogue (hey, Jason Mewes is…
You’ll Never Get to Heaven start praying
Enter the dreamy soundscape of You’ll Never Get To Heaven and you’ll experience an ambience that you’ll want to believe in. Studying in London, Ontario for the last few years, the electric pop project of Halifax’s Chuck Blazevik (Dreamsploitation) and Alice Hansen is a high voltage of creative harmonies. You’ll Never Get to Heaven plays…
Eversion
Eversion is described by the developer as “a cute platformer with a dark secret,” which I would call an understatement. This is the sort of game your friend sends you a link for, and you immediately know that it’s a trap of some sort. It starts out like a very Mario-esque platform game, the only…
The Walking Dead
Like a virus, The Walking Dead’s popularity has spread like crazy. Now the zombie madness has made the leap to video games and it’s actually a great experience, despite the stumbles. Focusing on story and emotion, The Walking Dead grabs you right away. You control Lee Everett, a new character in the series, during the…
Sara Hartland-Rowe watches people
If you’ve been on a bus, appeared on television or even casually passed Sara Hartland-Rowe in the streets, it’s possible your image is glossed over a canvas in her upcoming installation. The self-proclaimed people-watcher—who has an “abiding curiosity about people doing anything”—has put together two installations displaying three series of work at the Mount Saint…
Regina Spektor
On her fourth album, Spektor ditches the producer superteam of Far for Mike Elizondo solo, and together they’ve created a bittersweet sampling of her special brand of cerebral pop. With her piano at the core, Spektor—who NPR aptly called an “oddball sentimentalist”—sings of loves lost and treasured, lives wasted and resurrected and it’s mostly beautiful…
Domestic Train Wreck sets the table
What do you get when you combine a dysfunctional family, a bad family dinner, daytime TV and a cooking show in one? No, it’s not the Kardashians—it’s Domestic Train Wreck. This original piece written by and starring Melanie Bennet celebrates and critiques the role of the housewife by examining three generations of women through excerpts…
Ketamines
On first listen, the fuzz-drenched, echo-y, tambourine friendly tunes on the Alberta darlings’ Spaced Out sound deceptively simple. But Ketamines run deep. One criticism of the early 2000s garage trash bumper crop is that under the standard heavy blanket of reverb, bands have a tendency to blend together. This is not the case with Ketamines.…
Live Music Thursdays goes off
Finding a venue smaller than the Metro Centre yet bigger than a restaurant can be a shitty endeavour for Halifax bands. Luckily for hip-hop artists, a one-of-a-kind event is rolling into Winston’s Pub this week called Live Music Thursdays. Taking place weekly—and possibly decreasing to one Thursday a month—will be a night for hip-hop artists…
Beach House
Much as the blues were embraced by white boys 50 years ago, ponderous lyrics over ethereal keyboard sounds are no longer the province solely of British depressives with peculiar hair. On its fourth album, this Baltimore duo is nearly indistinguishable from Cocteau Twins and the like. Their achievement is to inject new life into what had…
Gus-Con Sci-Fi-Con
“I’ve been calling it a ‘love letter to Comic-Con,'” says the Museum of Natural History’s Jeffrey Gray. “It’s things you would usually find in a museum but squeezed into one weekend of fun.” Running in conjunction with the Out of This World costume exhibit, seen all over your Facebook feed—“There has never been this kind…
Best Coast
Best Coast is hitting its sophomore slump in a big way with The Only Place, a collection of barely there pop tunes that lack way too much creativity or imagination for a band that was being heralded as the next Giant Drag a few years ago. Lead songwriter Bethany Cosentino delivers paint by numbers lyrics…
Men in Black 3
A decade after the second installment of Men in Black and fifteen years after the original, it’s fair to say MIB III is a money grab—a chance to cash in on characters we already know long after we’ve stopped thinking about them. But for mindless entertainment, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Agents J (Will…
Sexual ambitions
Q I’m a straight male from southern California and I really want to be a straight male escort. The problem is the industry is shrouded with deceptive “agencies” that take advantage of the situation. Also, it’s not like there’s a Male Escort 101 course that I can take to learn how to avoid these traps.…
The Samaritan
Samuel L. Jackson trades yelling at superheroes in The Avengers for wandering the streets of Toronto in this ruffled, hungover film noir. A doughy, frayed ex-con artist, Jackson begins The Samaritan exiting a 25-year prison sentence for murdering his partner, and soon finds life has been waiting all this time to collect. Plot really only…
Funny Bone
Christian Murray’s Bone Boy shakes up the tragic, the comic and the afterlife. by Matthew Ritchie After years starring on the stage and screen, Christian Murray returns to the director’s chair this month with Bone Boy, a self-described “sci-fi, tragi-comedy” in which Murray reflects on the meaning of life and the future of humanity. But…
Repairing Halifax
In spring 2010 residents at Black Street and Northwood Terrace were jolted by the sound of breaking glass. Not the Nick Lowe tune. Two vehicles colliding, steel crunching, windows shattering and, before they could asses the damage, sirens blaring. “Lots of drama,” recalls Kim Thompson, who lives on Northwood. “This raised discussion of speed bumps…
Piranha 3DD? More like Piranha 3Zzzz
Caligula-esque nudity and exaggerated carnage bookend an otherwise floundering comedy-horror film in Piranha 3DD. This sequel to the suspiciously fun Piranha 3D finds slimy businessman David Koechner (Anchorman) opening a topless, adult-only section of his water park. Doing so not only upsets his marine biologist stepdaughter, but also a subterranean lake filled with killer prehistoric…
Funny Bone
Christian Murray’s Bone Boy shakes up the tragic, the comic and the afterlife. by Matthew Ritchie After years starring on the stage and screen, Christian Murray returns to the director’s chair this month with Bone Boy, a self-described “sci-fi, tragi-comedy” in which Murray reflects on the meaning of life and the future of humanity. But…
Roll the dice with Copeland
If the OBEY Convention is all about showcasing “damaged music and art” from around North America, then no better example is Eric Copeland, a 16-year veteran of the American experimental landscape. Originally from Brunswick, Maine, he currently makes his home in New York City—along with his band, seminal noise-punk art rockers Black Dice. Copeland is…
Sonos subwoofer
SONOS, a wireless HiFi sound system, has just announced the release of a new subwoofer. With a sleek design and an easy one-button setup, SONOS also promises a “soul-shaking sound” with its new SUB. It’ll be available starting June 19 for $749 at Glubes Sound Studio (100 Main Street, Dartmouth, 434-5511), you can rock out…
Free Will Astrology
Happy Birthday! GEMINI (May 21-June 20) The pain you will feel in the coming week will be in direct proportion to the love you suppress and withhold. So if you let your love flow as freely as a mountain spring in a rainstorm, you may not have to deal with any pain at all. What’s…
Bloodshot Bill’s crackle and hiss
With a custom-made Richtone amp, one-man-rockabilly-band Bloodshot Bill is a pastiche of smoky dance halls, grain-mash bourbon and monochrome broadcasts. Touring the world for about 15 years, the prolific Montrealer keeps taking us back to the era of American music that mixed southern railway songs with the pomade pompadours of post-war sexual and social rebellion.…
Snow White and The Huntsman
It’s an intriguing concept to re-work an old story into a new, CGI rich action movie. Ravenna (Charlize Theron), a new take on the evil queen, conquers villages, sapping the life and beauty out of everything to stay young. Since Snow White (Kristen Stewart) would serve as the ultimate antidote to age, she sends the…
Hey Mother Death live
Life is all about timing, and chance. Cliched sure, but it’s true. It’s how Hey Mother Death—the experimental art-goth project of Halifax expat Denma Peisinger and Parisian actress Laurence Strelka—came to be. A serendipitous encounter on a subway platform outside of Paris led to the two meeting, who eventually began dating and later, recording music…
Halifax council pays $359,550 concert bill
Halifax council Tuesday agreed to pay the outstanding $359,550 left over from city hall’s concert scandal. Readers will recall that mayor Peter Kelly, former chief bureaucrat Wayne Anstey and Trade Centre Limited president Scott Ferguson had conspired to secretly funnel $5.6 million in loans through the Metro Centre to promoter Harold MacKay to put on…
Cole Harbour Place workers in second week of strike
In rain and shine, maintenance workers at the Cole Harbour Place are up early in the morning to make it to their workplace by 8 am. Except instead of working until 4pm, the 25 workers are striking with the support of local residents, Canadian Auto Workers, bus and taxi drivers, and other workers from the…
