Jason Johnson sits in his studio surrounded by dangling mannequin parts, suits of armour, a bizarre assortment of masks and animal fur. Strange plastic dolls, dressed in leather and endowed with robotic arms, gas masks, skeleton limbs and anatomically correct genitalia stare menacingly at their creator as he works. Hobo with a Shotgun‘s costume designer […]
Halloween
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Life must be pretty Boring…
Why does it bother you if others enjoy/dress-up/go out for Halloween? Ya, I’m talkin to you, you snobby little 20something year old on the #20 who felt the need to huff and puff at everyone who got on the bus dressed up on Friday. You even went so far as to make comments loud enough […]
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What not to wear: a big Halloween don’t…
is that a cigar in your hand… This two-buck hobo costume from the local dollar store makes our list for “most deserving of those gross black-and-orange Halloween kisses.” And what’s with that claw hand? Last week on Mad Men, little Bobby Draper went as a hobo (and psycho-sister Sally went as a gypsy), and we […]
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Halloween mixers: Bobbing for cocktails
Elephant & Castle The underground bar at Elephant & Castle is going all out with a long list of Halloween-inspired drinks, including Voodoo Child, Bitchy Witch, Ghoul Drool, Eyeball Highball and Dagger Bomb. Head over Saturday to find out what makes the magical potions. 5171 George Street, 405-8875 Celtic Corner Public House The Irish pub […]
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Scare tactics: 3 concerts, 3 costumes
GWARw/Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy</p> Thursday, October 29 at 8pm, Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road, $45 adv/$50 door, ticketpro.ca, sonicconcerts.com, 888-311-9090 “Some people see the glass as half-empty, some people see the glass as half-full, I see the glass as broken and being rammed up someone’s butt.” Such is the philosophy of GWAR’s […]
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City dress codes: local costume inspiration
JIMMY MELVIN JR. Hat, sweater, sweatpants and shoes from Source for Sports (5657 Spring Garden). Previously owned necklace. Fake “there is no rats in the Melvin family” rodent, $0.49 from the Salvation Army Thrift Store (5280 Green, also available at Glow Parties, 3600 Strawberry Hill). Start working now on your “five o’clock shadow.” MAYOR PETER […]
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Shearing Pinx cut it up
Far from its jam space in the Mouldy Village, a grungy building on Vancouver’s downtown east side, Shearing Pinx is regrouping. Its guitarist Erin Ward moved to Montreal a few months ago, so other members Jeremy Van Wick and Nic Hughes have been playing under different names as a two-piece at home, and touring through […]
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Product of the week: Bloody Mary fangs
Oh Sookie…Looking for more realistic set of vampire teeth, you fang-banger? Fashionably Dead (5239 Blowers Street, 406-7050) carries the year-round favourite fangs by Bloody Mary. Instead of those old-school plastic ones that would rip up your gums and make you drool, these babies affix themselves directly onto your teeth with putty. And they come in […]
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Halloween: Everyone in costume!
Alice wondered what good was a book without pictures or conversations, and we wonder what good is Halloween without a costume. As it happens, Alice and a few of her Wonderland denizens will be out galavanting on October 31, if our highly unscientific poll results pan out. Andrea Bogle, supervisor at Glow Parties Costume & Party Superstore (3600 Strawberry Hill, 443-4569) reports that there’ll be a few Mad Hatters on the streets of Halifax this weekend, but most popular costumes for sale or rent in her store are characters from Star Trek. “The Spock ears are going fast,” she says.
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Spew’s heavy metal Halloween album release sprinkles you with punk dust
Spew Gird your loins in a cool costume for a heavy metal Halloween party at Gus’ Pub with Spew, Abyssed, Black Moor and Terratomb (October 31, 10pm, $8/$5 with a costume). The Halloween show is an album release party for locals Spew, who describe themselves as “fast, drunk, headbanging thrash. With a sprinkle of punk […]
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Not Appreciated
This bitch is to the old couple that lives two houses down from me: I do not appreciate being called “meatball”, “beach ball” or any other name when I walk to catch my bus in the morning. It really ruins my day. I understand that I have weight issues, but that is no reason to […]
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Under cover
Ian Gosbee explains how his band, 1 Lady Driver, morphed into a Kiss tribute band last Halloween. “We did one classic-rock set,” he says, “and for the second set we came out as Kiss.” The response to the Kiss set was great: “People were freaking out.” The band has continued to get a great response […]