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Most of us in the office flicked past the Grammys on Sunday. I watched the whole thing because Dixie Chicks, though their speeches got worse as the night went on — designate a speaker, girls! — and my once-beloved “Not Ready to Make Nice” feels like a commercial for bullying or something, after hearing the […]

If you thought that this month’s cover of Geist look familiar, it might be because you’ve seen the photos before. They’re from local photographer Michael McLeod’s cross-country road trip, part of the exhibition Geography is Killing Me–a great show at ViewPoint Gallery last year. For more of Michael’s work, go to www.michaelmcleod.ca

Incomparable Halifax drag performer Lulu LaRude, AKA Chuck Gillis, died yesterday. Go here to leave your condolences.

If you’ve seen Dave Chapelle’s Block Party, you probably remember the eccentric couple, Arthur and Cindy Wood, that lived in the crazy fun house/art museum, Broken Angel. Well, apparently there was a fire back in October and the city of Brooklyn wanted to demolish this monument to creativity. The now-homeless couple and their son were […]

I understand the principles of fan fiction–in fact, I know someone around here (who shall remain nameless) who used to partake in a little X Files fantasy. No biggie. But I just read about mpreg fiction. Mpreg is short for male pregnancy. Eew. So far, I’ve found water-breaking stories on Harry Potter, Orlando Bloom, Lord […]

One thing that I find frustrating is that there isn’t enough newsprint (or time) to write about people whose work that I like and respect. I just hope that others will notice too. In this case, Gilbert A. Bouchard from the Edmonton Journal wrote this great review of Halifax painter Stephen Fisher’s show. Read and […]

Don’t get me wrong–there’s plenty I like about CBC programming. If you love something, criticize it–isn’t that how the saying goes? Anyway, I was cautiously excited about their movie-o-the-week The Robber Bride, an adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel. It starred Mary-Louise Parker. What could go wrong? Apparently, plenty. The biggest issue being that an […]

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Something we noticed in the wake of the coverage of Jared Taylor, who was shouted down while trying to give a speech at the Lord Nelson on Tuesday night. In the past, Taylor has authored documents that outline the merits of racial segregation in the US, and beyond. Anyway…. In his words, Taylor describes himself […]

I’m very confused by your programming changes. You’ve given up completely on the younger crowd (Oh right, you put Brave New Waves on Sirrius, we ALL have satellite radio)–“radio management is rebranding Radio Two…as an adult-oriented music service, targeting an audience over age 35. More than half of the current Radio Two audience is over […]

Last year I made a decision to ban movies at Bayers’ Lake for both personal and political reasons. It’s a one-person (well, two, because I made my husband do it too) protest against Empire’s shitty programming–why do you keep putting “downtown” films out there?–and against the BLIP’s non-existent walkways, ditch-digging bus stops and over-indulgent commercialism. […]