The station that began as a student radio club celebrates 40 years on the FM dial this February—with a party and a call-out for memories. What started as a radio club in 1964 began broadcasting five years later from what was then the brand-new Dalhousie Student Union Building, but that broadcast was just within the […]
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Suspended school board member in Halifax still advocating for French-language education on the peninsula
UPDATE Nov. 22: An English translation of the interview has been added to this story—the text is below, under the original French audio version. It may surprise you to learn that there is no French-language high school on the Halifax peninsula. Not one. Parents, care-givers and students who go to primary school in French inevitably […]
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New Music 2018: Hear the artists
Here are all your new faves in one listening booth! Frail Hands: Jody Upshaw: Kids Losing Sleep: Maura Whitman: Smear Frames: Worst Part: Bear Le Friends: Alexander and the Great Ones: Hosta: I. by Hosta Shay Pitts: Related Stories
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Matt Steele and The Corvette Sunset ‘s new Costello-inspired kiss-off
Halifax rock outfit Matt Steele and The Corvette Sunset will release its debut LP Half Girl Half Ghost on June 7, and today has offered up the lead single, “Handshake Deal,” for your streaming enjoyment. “I was dating somebody who was in a lot of trouble and also a lot of trouble,” says Steele of […]
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Listen: “Glitter and Gold” by Jody Upshaw
Jody Upshaw says she’s been singing “since I could talk, basically,” and she has done so on a professional level for about three years. Now 14, Upshaw has collaborated with the likes of Classified, J-Bru and Neon Dreams. Her latest release is a single titled “Glitter and Gold,” which she performs with Shay Pitts. “We’ve […]
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SNEAK PEEK: Cryptorips’ “Surya”
To celebrate tonight’s “Glenwood G.G./Hau Kea” 7” release (Thursday, January 12, 8pm at The Seahorse Tavern with Unreal Thought and Future Girls with DJ Loukas Stilldrunk, $7), Dartmouth’s own Cryptorips has given us an exclusive, never before heard track off its upcoming full length. “Surya” is a supremely heavy song about complete badass figure skater […]
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I fell for my FWB
Q I’m a 26-year-old single bi woman. Sometimes my roommate/best friend and I have drunken threesomes with men. We’ve had some great one-night stands (less scary with a friend!), but recently we slept with a man I’ve been (drunkenly) sleeping with over a period of months, my “friend with benefits.” I shared my FWB with […]
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Cheer up, sad mama
Q My son, who is almost 30 years old, was married four years ago. He just shared with us that for the last three years, he and his wife have been practicing polyamory. They are committed to their relationship but have each had relationships with both men and women. We are trying to get our […]
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Tie me up, leave me be
Q Is it legal for a man to procure the services of a Dominatrix? In the kind of session I have in mind, there’s no nudity or sexual activity or contact involved. There’s not even any whipping or flogging or caning or hardcore BDSM stuff. I just want to see what it would be like […]
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Boys, boys, all type of boys
Q I’m a woman in a straight relationship. I woke up this morning, and my BF wasn’t in bed with me. He felt ill in the middle of the night and went to sleep in the spare room—where he found a condom in its wrapper behind the nightstand. Now my BF thinks I’m cheating on […]
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High on love
Q Does a person who acts loving only when high on weed really love you? My live-in boyfriend of three years acts sweet, loving and caring when he’s high, but when the weed runs out, he’s mean, angry, hurtful and horrible to be around. I’ve asked him when he’s stoned to still act like a […]
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Girls and only girls
Q I have always wanted to have a girls-only sex party, but I’m not sure how I feel about actually organizing one. What’s the etiquette if I do organize one myself? Do I need to provide the dildos for people’s harnesses? Or just the condoms and lube? And how do I find people who want […]