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Category Archives: Halifax
TV Party
A night of found footage deconstructed by Mark Black and Stephan MacLeod
With special guests Andrew Bush and Stephen Cooke.
13-May-09
9PM @ Gus’ Pub
Halifax Locals thread
The Crown Diner Review
This originally appeared on The Coast’s site but when the restaurant closed, the entry ended up being buried on my user page.
I wanted to like the Crown Diner. It has a great location, interesting view, the idea of forgoing processed foods is admirable and the modern diner environment appeals to me. The name seemed kind [...]
A Couple Halifax Events
15-OCT-08: Third Wed – Halifax Social and New Media Meet Up
25-JAN-09: Halifax Podcamp
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Beefed-up Party Tracks
Stairway to Hamilton was recorded in Halifax—where he lived for a spell before returning to Hamilton two years ago—with Dave Ewenson at Echo Chamber. Noticeable on this album is the beefed-up sound on his party tracks, which benefit from the musical input of Windom Earle’s Stephan MacLeod.
From The Coast.
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Dick Stacey’s Country Jamboree
A Forest of Guitars | MetaFilter
Also posted in Around the World, Great White North, Music, Post, Tee Vee 2 Comments
Experienced Compact & Digital Versatile Disc Sale
For More information:
Facebook • Halifax Locals • The Coast • Infomonkey • KiJiJi • Craigslist
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A Halifax-born version of the Turkish doner kebab, a dish made from meat sliced off of a vertical spit
“Essentially, we really wanted to identify what the risks were with the product and put in place strategies to deal with those risks,” said Mike Horwich, Nova Scotia’s director of food preparation and a member of the federal committee.
Safety group wraps up study of donairs | CBC
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The Cat Didn’t Come Back (Yet)
Halifax Locals – Halicats Locals – The Coast – Craigslist – Kijiji
UPDATE: The cat did come back after 5 days of adventure…she seems to be healthy and fine!
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HELP HPX FIGHT HALIFAX CITY HALL
HPX NEEDS YOU HELP
Please take a minute to read this and write an email to help us get support for our funding application.
BACKGROUND
Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) has never had enough funding for any festivals and events.
Halifax Pop Explosion has not received funding in several years, because we stopped applying because the city would only come [...]
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The Horrors of Gambling
Man pushes luck, falls off casino’s parking garage | Chronicle Herald
A man was injured after falling from the third level of the Casino Nova Scotia parkade just before midnight Saturday.
Witnesses told Halifax Regional Police the 23-year-old and another man were “fooling around,” running through the Upper Water Street parking garage.
The man jumped onto a car, [...]
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Black Toast Intolerance
Here is an excerpt from the latest edition of The Coast’s Scene & Heard column:
Windom Earle also have some special holiday plans. “We’re going to attempt a video set,” says Stephan MacLeod. “And I thought I would spruce it up with some Christmas videos. If that plan fails, I’ll just tape cotton balls to Nathan [...]
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The Worst vs The Best
Halifax Pop Explosion | The CBC’s Hour Blog
Witnessed by Jenn Good & Jess Watt
Windom Earle, or as I like to call it, possibly the worst band I’ve ever heard. A never ending interlude of repeated chords that never found a hook, or a chorus and never really ended until a much appreciated break for some [...]
Also posted in Critique, Music, Windom Earle 2 Comments
Death From Baltimore
Note:
Official Windom Earle Facebook Profile Page
Official, Unofficial Windom Earle Fan Club Group
Mini-tour w/ The Death Set from Baltimore:
Wednesday in Halifax
Thursday in Sackville
Friday in Charlottetown
Saturday in Sydney
POP INTO HPX
Here are two changes to catch Windom Earle in Halifax this Friday, October 19th, 2007:
POP In Sessions ($6)
Common Ground Studios, 2315 Hunter Street
Check out a live studio performance of Windom Earle and the Zoobombs that is being taped for a future broadcast. Reserve tickets (limited) by sending your name to popinsessionsrsvp@yahoo.com and specify that you [...]
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@PFTompkins -> YHZ