I saw Monotonix last night. I don’t really have many words to describe what happened, but I did take a video. It’s a bit dark but you get the general jist of what’s going on, I think: It’s all shaky at the end because I fell off the stage. More photos & blather comin’ atcha […]
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Rock my world!
Laura BarrettYukon ho!, by Veda HilleAn amazing song: her lyrics conjure a whole world, and she creates full-bodied moods from a relatively minimal instrumental setup. I hope that I can approach her talent someday! J-BruCan We Do It Again, by Timbaland and MagooThat song was the first time I heard an MC speak truth. I […]
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HPX Playlist!
And now, a mid-afternoon musical interlude brought to you by the same people who made my lunch. Actually, this is the fine work of our web editor, Andy Murdoch, who assembled this poppin’ playlist. HPX 2008 HPX 2008
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Jenn, Josh, Fred and Mike
Gather around children, and let me tell you about the days back when granny was little and MuchMusic actually played music! And VJs were walking encyclopedias of musical knowledge and not vapid timefillers between Girlicious and Ice T’s Rap School (back then the only schooling Ice T was involved in had a body count). In […]
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Crazy lady
Some crazy lady keeps calling and leaving messages on my phone, complaining that I have repeatedly referred to the election taking place on October 18, and not on the “real date” of October 14. “He should know better,” she said in the most recent message. Sigh. For the record: the federal election is October 14. […]
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Picnicface on prairies and poop
Regina has never been known as intentionally hilarious, but all that changed last weekend when the prairie city hosted the Canadian Comedy Awards. Perpetuating stereotypes that everyone who lives on the east coast are so gosh-darn funny, Nikki Payne won for best female stand-up and Halifax homeskillet Ellen Page nabbed best female performance in a […]
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Elton John at the Metro Centre review
I don’t know where my memory of Elton John begins, but it’s around the time I stuck my finger in my parents’ Tom Collins mix, thinking it was a Lick ’em stick, and when Nina, the kid down the block, peed on the front lawn. In other words, he’s been around forever. Other than a […]
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CKDU funding drive on now
The CKDU Funding Drive officially began yesterday, and we thought you might like some highlights from the action-packed week ahead: TONIGHT CKDU News Collective Dance Party: News for the People10pm at Gus’s Pub (2605 Agricola), $5-$20w/Flags of Convenience, Intelligent Mother Fuckers as well as Raising the Rates (a 30 minute-long OCAP film) and DJs Anderoc […]
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Long and short of it
I thought that Atom Egoyan-Kevin Smith would be the weirdest double-feature I’d see at the festival, but coming in at a close second was Man on Wire and Wendy and Lucy, two movies I adored for opposite reasons: Wire is shot like a caper film and although you know Petit survives walking a tightrope between […]
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Capital cartooning
This weekend, our nation’s capital is going be animated with something other than politicians’ promises. The Ottawa International Animation Festival is the largest in North America, with over 2,000 animated films submitted from 70 countries. Halifax filmmaker Heather Harkins, who won the Linda Joy Media Arts Society’s Helen Hill Animated Award last December, was chosen […]
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This shit is Bananaz
I’m feeling less than animated after two films tonight, but that’s to be expected after an animated double-header. First, Bill Plympton’s good vs evil Idiots and Angels, about an evil man who kills a butterfly and then wakes up with angel wings that force him to feel empathy and do good deeds. There is no […]
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Rodney’s idols
So our premier couldn’t make it to the opening gala of the Atlantic FIlm Festival last night, but he did find time to give a shout-out to Canadian Idol runner up, Mitch MacDonald. “Even though Mitch placed second in last night’s contest, the cheers coming from Port Hood could probably be heard in Toronto for […]
