That’s it. That was the Halifax Pop Explosion 2005, the Tara Lee Wittchen edition. I’m exhausted (still…on Monday night), I’m hungry (who has time to buy groceries when there is rockin’ to do?), and I’m behind on my work (again), but man, I’d do it all again in a second. Welllll…(remembers how sore feet are)…maybe […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion Blog
HOLY FRIG!!! It’s just over an hour until the first band hits the stage at the Marquee/Hell’s Kitchen, and I’m so damn excited I think my head’s going to explode… I can’t believe it has been 10 years since I attended my first Halifax Pop Explosion. In late September 1995, I crawled into a smoky […]
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Day two, part one
You know that sinking feeling you get when you realize you’ve already missed your favourite song at a gig? Maybe the band started early or you arrived late–either way it sucks. At an event like the HPX, you run the risk of not only missing favourite songs, but possibly missing favourite acts altogether, just because […]
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What day is it anyway?
Um…so Christopher Rees is performing *tomorrow* night at Ginger’s. I don’t have to run between two bars after all. Until tomorrow. I walked downtown around 9pm, thinking I’d catch Special Noise at Stage Nine, and then, duh, realized the show wasn’t starting until after 10. I had time to catch Ted Leo at the Pavilion!!! […]
