Issue 108: July 2010
Like the print edition, but webbier.
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- Sign this petition or they will take your cycling lanes away.
- Map: Best places to swim outdoors in and around St. John’s
- Street art fight
- Interview with a throat singer: Tanya Tagaq on the whisky and bacon …
- Graffiti knitting is keeping your parking meter warm.
No laptops attached
We speak with Brian Borcherdt of the live electronic band Holy Fuck.
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Map: Best places to swim outdoors in and around St. John’s
Water, water everywhere, but where the heck are the good swimming holes?
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Waterford Valley Mall
On patrol with Martin Connelly at the Waterford Valley Mall at 657 Topsail Road.
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Please accept this application to your evil organization of villainy
Forget Lex Luthor, the best villains from fiction are responsible for the elaborate, harebrained conspiracies that surround us.
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Graffiti knitting is keeping your parking meter warm.
This illegal form of street art was spotted downtown recently. Is it the product of a new, ruthless, watermelon-eating gang of obsessive knitters?
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Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Fest Blog: Day 6 – Blues!
Wreckhouse Jazz and Blues fest blogger Morgan Davis goes on a fieldtrip through the history of the blues.
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Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Fest Blog: Day 5 – H’Sao and Morgan Davis
A few notes and a few photos from two of the best Wreckhouse shows from this past Saturday night.
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Fatboy, Slim Laughs
Run, Fatboy, Run wasn’t a complete was of five bucks, says Adam Clarke.
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Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Fest Blog: Day 4 – Killer!
Blogger Morgan Murray was killed by the Griffith Hiltz Trio at the Wreckhouse Jazz Fest
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Blood drive a key part of this year’s Pride Week
Pride week runs from Thursday, July 15 to Sunday, July 25th.
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Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Fest Blog: Day 2 – Tanya Tagaq
Bryhanna Greenough struggles for words to describe a performance by throat singer Tanya Tagaq.
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Saturday is nuts. We’ve got your day planned.
Have you made your Saturday plans yet? No? Is that maybe because this is the craziest, most jam-packed Saturday EVER and you just can’t decide? Yeah, thought so. Here, let us help.
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Who loves Rick Mercer?
Pretty much everyone. We talk with Rick Mercer about the LSPU Hall, the Mercer Report, Sun TV, and the Canadian Glenn Beck.
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Wreckhouse International Jazz & Blues Fest Blog: Day 3 – Oooh! Shiny
From Semitone to Tritone: Blogger Morgan Murray compares the Sound Symposium to the Wreckhouse Jazz Fest
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Funky Dory are playing on George Street right now…
Here’s Adam Foran gettin’ down on the keys. They’re playing as part of the Wreckhouse Jazz Fest.
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Interview with a throat singer: Tanya Tagaq on the whisky and bacon cleanse.
Tanya Tagaq has been called the Jimi Hendrix of Inuit throat singing… She has toured and collaborated with Bjork… She makes music that is weird and passionate and affecting… What else do you need from me? C’mon!
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Sign this petition or they will take your cycling lanes away.
Without more public enthusiasm the City of St. John’s Bike Plan could be in jeopardy. If you do support the plan, now’s a great time to show it.
News | 24 comments | Read more »
St. John’s city council live blog
Keeping you up to date on municipal affairs one tweet at a time since 2009.
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