‘Tis the season, mothersnackers. From now until whenever this thing is over, your Coast-style March Madness bracket is in full swing. This year’s iteration of March Madness—chips versus pop—may have been dreamed up during the 3pm peak office snacking hour, and it may prompt a whole lot of unplanned trips to Joe Thomeh’s, but one […]
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March Madness Day 15: Upworthy vs NYT.com and New York Times vs Coffee News
The penultimate showdown is upon us. It all comes down to this. Tomorrow the game changes, finally we’ll have New Media and Old Media going head-to-head. The last two weeks will seem like little spats compared to our final fight. Crank the 2 Unlimited and catch up on all the good times you missed here. […]
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March Madness Day 13: Upworthy vs The Daily Show and New York Times vs Information Morning
It’s the Final Four, and thank god for that because I’m losing my voice from all this cheering. I know a tournament like this—in which New Media and Old Media battle using exciting weapons like headlines, ledes, leaks and op-eds—welcomes a more polite, golf-clap involvement from fans like you but don’t hold back your passion […]
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March Madness Day 11: Reddit vs NYT.com and 60 Minutes vs Town Crier
Welcome back to early-April Madness, the Coast’s incredibly serious tournament in which Old Media and New Media (dead and alive) battle for the greatest prize of all, pride. If you’re just catching up now, you’ve missed a lot of action but you can get a refresher here. If you’ve been waving your thunder sticks with […]
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March Madness Day 9: Upworthy vs Buzzfeed and New York Times vs The Chronicle Herald
It’s Monday and we’re happily entering ROUND TWO of our March Madness bracket brouhaha, where the showdowns are even more cut-throat and the jokes are even lamer. Our March Madness is all about New Media and Old Media going head-to-head, battling to see who’s still relevant. Here’s a little background if you’re new to the […]
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March Madness Day 2: Buzzfeed vs allNS & The Herald vs. Maclean’s
I’m already as excited as a human can possibly be about an online bracket about news, and it’s only day two. If you are confused and irritable at the sight of this a) how did you get into my body? and b) maybe go here to read up and figure out what’s happening? And, behold! […]
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March Madness: New Media vs Old Media starts TODAY
Good morning sports fans, the blog post you’ve been waiting for all year has arrived. March Madness is back, but we won’t be reporting on college basketball here. In the spirit of the NCAA tourney, its brackets and fine folks at Jezebel we’re bringing back our whacked tournament for another year of shit-talking and poll-clicking. […]
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Day 1: Propeller IPA vs Faxe 10% and Sweet potato fries vs Celery sticks w/blue cheese dressing
If you have no idea what the heck is going on here, welcome to The Coast’s March Madness! Here’s a little background. We’ve picked two classic after work salves—beer and bar snacks—and pitted them against each other like a Tiger Mom would two competitive siblings. What will be your choice for the ultimate winner? Salty […]
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March Madness Beer vs Bar Snacks starts next week
To celebrate the arrival of March, we’re letting our innermost lions roar and encouraging you to unleash your competitive sides, too. Team Coast is getting into the NCAA basketball spirit and entering the wonderful world of brackets, pitting two of our favourite vices—beer and bar snacks— against each other in an incredibly serious March Madness-style […]
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Mad about Eyelevel Gallery
Hey, Macklemore! Can we go thrift shopping at the Sally-Eye Thrift Shop? For three weeks in March, Eyelevel Gallery (2159 Gottingen) will have a mega blowout sale at Halifax’s newest and hottest thrift store (opening March 2, 11am-6pm). They will have everything to suit your thrift shopping needs; from furniture, $5 bags of clothing, vinyl […]
