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Maybe it’s me, maybe because of my rapidly advancing years, but I’m finding it hard to be excited about the new band from Montreal or Winnipeg or Moncton or New York. Is this what happens? First it gets too loud, then the shows get too late, and that’s it, you’re old. It’s not that I’m […]

In a stunning upset, Halifax now has bragging rights as National Spoken Word Champions. The team of poets representing Halifax at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word rhymed their way past two Toronto teams, and team Vancouver (the reigning champs) in the slam finals tonight in front of a packed house at Coconut Grove. The […]

Halifax has pretty miserable winters– cold, rainy and windy. But, no matter: City planners are looking to widen the sidewalks on Argyle Street so that the temporary structures that jut out onto the street wouldn’t have to go in and come down every year. Add that to proposed bylaw changes and the downtown patios may […]

It’s Alexander Keith’s birthday, a celebration literally born in Halifax even though annoying beer drinkers across the country are threatening to turn it into a national event. From a Winnipeg news site called winnipegFIRST.ca: Born in Halkirk, Scotland, Keith was already an established brew master by the time he came overseas and settled in Nova […]

PHIL SPECTOR SHOT A WOMAN IN HER FACE. Then she died. What’s there to be hung up on? AMERICA, GOD.

Ah… my first posting to The Coast editorial on-line presence, Bloghorn. If you know me from my prior freelance contributions, you know me as largely a movie guy. Reveling in that status, here’s a fresh screed about being an audience member in this town: 3:10 to Yuma In The Valley of Elah The Hunting Party […]

Don’t call it a comeback, as my friend LL Cool J says, I’ve been here for years. I just haven’t been posting Burning Ears for a while, because it’s been crazy busy around The Coast office. However, news that Iranians are scared of a Halifax disease ship made me realize this town needs the Ears, […]

David Foster announced this afternoon that in March of 2008 he will produce Crescendo, a charity concert taking place at the Metro Centre. The event aims to raise $1 million for his foundation, which assists the famlilies of kids who need major organ transplants. The line-up is still TBC; the only for-true guest is Sinbad […]

I have been cordially invited to a press conference tomorrow for an event called Crescendo, “an event that will electrify Halifax, transforming the city into a glittering world stage of entertainment.” Making the announcement? Superproducer and reality show star David Foster. How very odd. Check back Friday afternoon for the deets.

“…which I predict will become quickly beloved when it opens at Christmastime, and win a best actress nomination for its 20-year-old star, Ellen Page.”

Q. When is “green” not green? A. When you’re driving a car instead of taking a bus, no matter how fuel efficient that car is. Which brings us to Rodney MacDonald’s announcement yesterday that the province will implement a “green fleet” policy. The announcement was made as part of the opening remarks at the provincially […]

When Norma Lee MacLeod, who was nominated for a Gemini last year as “Best News Anchor” for her work on Nova Scotia’s six o’clock news, goes on the air tonight, it will be her last Monday in the anchor chair. The veteran Jim Nunn is taking over “CBC News at Six” next Monday, Sept 24. […]