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12 Music 18 Movies 25 Community Events 23 On Stage 21 Visual Arts and Museums 26 Classifieds

7 Feature 4 Storefront 6 Nooks & Crannies 17 Food Nerd 12 Music 22 Field Notes 19 On Screen 23 Music Reviews 24 100% Local Comics 24 Free Will Astrology 26 Savage Love 21 DIY

Mail: The Scope PO Box 1044, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5M3 Phone: 709-726-8466 Ad sales: 709-693-5028 Fax: 709-726-7682 Publisher/Listings Editor/Distro Manager: Bryhanna Greenough (publisher@thescope. ca) Editor: Elling Lien (editor@thescope.ca) Advertising Diva: Lesley Marie Reade (sales@thescope.ca) Distribution team: Barry Ross, Phil Coates, Rachel Jean Harding, Bryhanna Greenough and Elling Lien Bottom Line Editor: Adam Clarke (adam@thescope.ca) Contributors: Adam Clarke, David Keating, Patrick Canning, Rodney Wall, Angus Woodman, Shawn Hayward, Sydney Blackmore, Rachel Jean Harding, Bryhanna Greenough, Andreae Prozesky, Bryan Melanson, Andrew Power, Jennifer Barrett, Andrew Wickens, Ray Denty, Ricky King, and Tara Fleming.

Also contributing: Dan Savage and Rob Brezsny.

The Scope is St. John’s arts and entertainment newspaper, published by Scope Media Inc. 13,000 copies of The Scope are printed fortnightly and distributed throughout the metro area. The Scope seeks to publish a newspaper that will entertain, inform, and foster cultural development in the St. John’s metropolitan area. The Scope claims absolutely no responsibility for you forgetting to blame the November 1 time change when you are late for work on November 2. Free issues of The Scope are limited to one copy per reader. All rights reserved. © 2009 Proudly independent and locally owned. Founded in 2006.

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Somehow in a conversation about hot dogs on the October 14 edition of the Jay Leno Show, comedian Bill Cosby managed to squeeze in a reference to Newfoundland. We posted an audio snippet on our website and soon it was being passed around everywhere and received thousands of hits. Below are some comments.

Stephanie: Super! He even said it

right!

Bob Hallett: The fact that I have

seen this clip forwarded a thousand times in the last week makes me really sad. Is our self-esteem so low that an off-hand remark from a comic is treated as interesting? it should come as no surprise that Cosby would pronounce the name right; he spent a lot of time in Argentia during his time in the US military.

Mark: Who cares that its an offhand remark by a comedian?

People like it not because we have a low self-esteem, far from it, NLers are probably the most proud people on Earth, but because it’s just a chance for others who know little about us to at least hear the name and maybe do a bit of research on us... miggs: ...It is unusual that Bill Cosby would mention Newfoundland on Leno, and

actually pronounce the name right.

But Cosby has a connection to Newfoundland. Not just his service in Argentia, but he took in an interest in the Lanier Phillips story, the WWII vet who shipwrecked in Burin and was helped by people there. It’s a folk story about how outport people had no concept of racism, compared to Americans.

Cosby took an interest in it.

Elling: Bill Cosby is coming to town!

He’ll be performing at the Molson Theatre in Mile One Centre on December 4th.

Frank Lind: I hope he lectures us

about using foul language right after he tells a few jokes about beating your children.

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storefront local business news costumes

We’en it up Here’s a list of venues for scouting out this year’s Halloween costume or stocking up on discounted items for next year’s haunt.

FOR COSTUMES Garage 606 606 Water St, 726-2996 This weekend garage sale store has transformed into the Witch’s Closet where storekeeper Alison Sturge displays specialty costumes for kids and adults she herself has sewn. Orange and white ‘Cinderella’ pumpkins are available too, making this downtown’s most convenient pumpkin patch. Open Thursday to Sunday, 10am-4pm until October 31st.

Standout Items: Bayman, a Batmaninspired costume for men complete with cape, crab shell medallion and a mussel shell utility belt. “A pair of rubber boots is key,” says Sturge.

Model Citizens 183 Duckworth, 722-2777 The downtown vintage carrier has oneof-a-kind used costumes imported from NYC. If you’re looking for pieces that nobody else will be sporting, this is the place. The store will be hosting a special costume event on Monday, October 26, 7-10PM. Costume viewings for groups are also offered upon request, call the shop for details.

Standout Items: Period costumes.

FOR ACCESSORIES Halloween Distributors 56 Kenmount Road, 579-3107 The store for your pre-packaged costume and accessory needs. Find aisles filled with a variety of sequined and feathered masks, wings, wigs and fake body parts.

Standout Items: Sequined wang (‘penis envy?’), ginormous boob, Stephen Harper.

Value Village 161 Kenmount Road, 726-5200 If you don’t have a costume idea, try sifting through the used clothing racks, and hopefully the items themselves will inspire. I once dressed up as a lady of the night with a macramé vest, go-go boots and a froofy wig... and only one of these items was actually located in the Halloween section. That’s the magical randomness of the Double V. Standout Items: You never know.

This is the place where old toys become props, or a curtain can be altered into a cape, veil or dress. Huzzah!

FOR MAKE-UP Dollar stores sell make-up, glitter and fake hair for next to nothing. Fabric paints, craft items and other cheap tricks are also found here add a personalized touch to your costume.

Pharmacies, department & accessory stores are good spots for cheap stockings, nail polish and fake eyelashes that actually stay put all night.

FOR DECORATIONS Michael’s Arts & Crafts 36 Stavanger, 576-1400 This warehouse sized craft store is packed with all sorts of pre-made and DIY Halloween props. Creepiest fake birds ever!

—Sydney Blackmore

local products

Drumming up business Handcrafted Drums is a St. John’s-based company that manufactures hardwood drums and kits. Stephen Little is the drummer boy behind the brand who, under the tutelage of drum-making books and Internet blogs, decided to take a crack at drum building.

“I pieced together everything that I researched and started making some different.”

And different can be good. Instead of relying on the conventional ply method to build a drum, where a mold, sheets of wood, and glue form the drum’s circular frame, Stephen uses a coopering method. Coopering is a process dating back to the first barrels and wine casks, where woodworkers would create a liquid-tight curved surface without bending the wood. Here, wood pieces of all equal sizes, called staves, are fitted into a round, concentric shape.

Coopered drums can retain their circular shapes longer than drums made using alternate methods and less glue is used in their design, keeping the drum’s tone clean, says Stephen. “Glue is acoustically dead. Glue in the conventional drum traps the sound qualities of the wood in and doesn’t resonate.” He claims to use about 600 times less glue than in mass-produced drums.

Stephen joins the city’s small drum making population with the likes of local musician Brian Downtown, who also makes his own kits and drums for resale. (Info is available at Drum Garage NL Custom Drums & Repairs Facebook group.)

For more information on Stephen Little Handcrafted Drums, visit www. handcrafteddrums.com. —SB

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A flurry of bands from out west hit small venue stages this weekend. Kostaman Dub Squad, a four-piece dub reggae group from Whistler, and jam band The Release—also from Whistler—get things started tonight at The Levee.

A battle of the furry-faced for titles such as Sketchiest Beard, Best Chops, Best Pedophile Moustache, Most Mantastic Beard, plus a ladies’ division. It all happens at The Levee with Dodgeband, Sacrosanct, One Day In February & This is a War.

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Here’s something totally different: a local Halloween magic show featuring wacky-looking puppets and live music. See it the Basement Theatre at 7pm.

Admission is 15 bucks for adults and 10 for kids.

Chris Kirby sucks…blood!

He and his band The Marquee will be start up at the Bella Vista at 8pm.

Dig out your fangs and other ghoulish attire for the costume contest. This show will be recorded for CBC radio.

If Saw 6 isn’t your thing (I can’t imagine it would be) check out the paywhat-you-can midnight theatre performance of this spooky classic. Witness Rabbittown Theatre transform into the creepy Eel Marsh House!

The most serious costume event this side of Montreal. Why? First prize is $1,500, and apparently last year’s winner was Gorilla Elvis. Oh yes. Fifteen buck gets you a wristband and entry into all the bars on George Street. Nominations close at 9:30pm.

LMFAO Second Show

Somebody put Kanye West + MSTRKRFT + Weird Al in a blender! Tickets for the first LMFAO show apparently sold out in less than an hour, but here’s your second chance to see the LA electro party rockers at The Breezeway.

Monday Rock

You know there’s a lot going on in town when the weekend starts spilling over into Monday. A Boy Named Tragedy, Lizband and DowJonesNow play at CBTGs tonight.

Kingdom of Monsters

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Dave and Morley come to town. Turn off the radio and catch Mclean and the Vinyl Café Orchestra live at the Arts & Culture Centre.

Two shows at 2:30pm and 7:30pm.

So you want to be a writer, eh? If you’re curious about the creative writing diploma program at MUN, you can try it out in this no-cost, stress-free seminar. E-mail paragoncollection@gmail.com to register.

Exactly how big was that fish? The annual Storytelling Festival is back. Check out the Tall Tales Competition with host Stephen Lush at The Ship tonight at 9pm. Admission is five bucks.

Love the book? Love costumes? Love musicals?

Then this is for you. Theatre St John’s brings the tale of the March sisters to life with a sure fire cast featuring Broadway performer Tina Maddigan.

Showing at Holy Heart Theatre until November 8.

Stuart Mclean & The Vinyl Café

Creative Writing Fitting Room

Saturday Oct 24 At Ship’s End launch a new EP at The Rock House

Tall Tales Competition

Little Women

The Woman in Black

Mardi Gras

Saturday, october 24 The International Day for Climate Action. Groups around the world are counting down to December’s UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Be a part of the human hourglass at Nagles Hill in Pippy Park at 3pm, then dance away your carbon footprint at the Breezeway with The Mudflowers, The New Zazou and The Kremlin. Dancing starts at 8pm.

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Remember, remember the fifth of November

comedy sundays

(8pm. 2 bucks cover + great specials)

Gunpowder, treason, and plot There is no reason why gunpowder season Should ever be forgot With family fireworks from Wild Things 124 Water Street Your downtown fireworks source.

tuesdays

open jam (8pm)

wednesdays

Songwriters Showcase

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John Feltham (9pm. no Cover)

thursdays

Open Mic (3 for $5!)

friday to saturday:

The old grave on George Street Across from the stage

Celebrate Guy Fawkes night with fireworks

october 24 is Fender will

fender appreciation

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pay you cash!

Buy any Fender, Gretsch, or Squier Guitar or Amp and get 10% cash back!!

One day only! Saturday October 24. 10 - 5pm.

(Does not apply to Fender accessories.)

the best local acts the city has to offer.

For info and bookings call Gene at 746-4942

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hundred and forty years ago George Street was a place of tradesmen and warehouses, where a ship owner could restock his vessel. Or a family could go to pick up a gravestone.

Not all the relics of that time are buried beneath the bars and restaurants of George Street. At least one is above ground—unlike the people whose names it bears.

At the top of the concrete stairs beside the Rock House building you’ll find a stone with the names of at least four people etched on it.

Isabella Whiteford is written on the side facing Turkey Joes.

Apparently she died on April 4, 1865 at 75 years old, two years before her husband, Alex, whose epitaph is above hers on the gravestone.

Charles Pollock Reynolds and Mariam Whiteford Reynolds are written on the side facing the Majestic Theatre.

According to the Directory of 1864-65, Mariam worked at Reynolds & Co., a dry goods supplier located at what was then 293 Water Street. Isabella Whiteford also worked there.

The last two names, Olivia McNeilly Whiteford and James Alex Whiteford, are on the Rob Roys side of the stone.

James, who died in 1887, was a watchmaker, and lived in “Dunluce Cottage” on Portugal Cove Road.

After searching the names on the provincial archive registry, I discovered another headstone for the Whiteford’s at the Protestant cemetery on Waterfod Bridge Road. The inscription on that stone is almost identical to the George Street stone.

It’s impossible to say for sure why two gravestones for the family exist and why one of them is on George Street.

There were a few stone mason shops nearby back then, according to street maps of the late 19th century. Perhaps it was a practice stone the masons left behind.

Or perhaps there’s more to it than that.

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The answer, my friend...

We have oil. For the moment.

But what else do we have?

We have lots of wind.

In fact, Newfoundland and Labrador is the windiest province in Canada. But right now we have only three small wind energy projects operating here, and generating electricity from wind is still low on our list of priorities.

But are we overlooking what could become our biggest energy resource?

While European countries are setting to work building massive onshore and offshore wind farms just across the way, our provincial government is single-mindedly pursuing the development of the Lower Churchill for a hydroelectric project. Is wind energy for Newfoundland and Labrador getting lost in the shuffle?

With the following three articles, The Scope will take a look at what’s blowing in the wind...

Wind vs.

Hydro

By Justin Brake Standing before a crowd of about 1,500 in Los Angeles, California, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams seems in fine form.

He’s at the Governor’s Global Climate Summit 2, organized by none other than California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, where academics, NGO reps, energy industry executives, and government officials from around the world have gathered there to discuss their role in addressing climate change...

Newfoundland and Labrador has unparalleled potential for the development of a substantial renewable energy industry, Williams proclaims, saying a transition from oil-based energy to clean, renewable energy will play a significant role in the province’s strategy to address climate change.

But to end the province’s dependence on oil-based power, Williams is looking to the controversial Lower Churchill Project, which includes plans for two hydroelectric dams in the Churchill River - one at Gull Island and one downstream at Muskrat Falls. It’s claimed that the project will produce energy for 1.5 million homes with little environmental impact.

“There was a tremendous amount of interest in the Lower Churchill project, as it was recognized by many I spoke with as a phenomenal green energy project,” Williams writes in a press release issued on the last day of the summit. “This hydroelectricity project is a simple, tried, tested and true technology for delivery of clean, green energy for North America.”

So what in Joey’s name are we waiting for?

Dr. Piotr Trela, Climate Change and Energy Coordinator for the Sierra Club Canada’s Atlantic chapter and member of the Atlantic Canada Sustainable Energy Coalition St. John’s is not quite as enthusiastic about the Lower Churchill Project.

“I think there’s a danger in concentrating too much on this project, which has pretty serious

financial and environmental issues,” he says. “We may be neglecting a whole range of other projects which could produce as much energy, probably at a lower cost, and with more benefits actually going to the communities as opposed to the provincial government.”

Instead, Trela advocates a province-wide network of community-owned and operated energy generation projects, comprised primarily of wind farms but also of strategically-placed small hydro dams.

These options, he says, seem to have been overlooked.

According to Trela, the Lower Churchill Project falls pretty short of “green.” Forest clearing, methaneproducing pools of stagnant water and wildlife displacement are just a few of the problems the project will bring to the area, he says.

Small scale wind farms and hydro dams, on the other hand, can have pretty minimal ecological footprints, he says.

“Every form of energy production will have some consequences,” he explains. “But some of those consequences are different for different types of energy. It also depends on the scale and on the particular location. You can do a lot of damage if you put a wind farm in the wrong place if you have, say, bird migration, or if you put it next to houses and people complain about the noise.”

“Generally though,” he says, “wind power seems to have one of the least amounts of environmental problems associated with it.”

In terms of greenhouse gases,

Premier Williams is adamant the Lower Churchill will produce “clean” energy.

“We will, over the next 30 years, as we move into the repatriation of the Upper Churchill, go from a fossil fuel economy to a very much clean, green economy,” the Premier told The Muse upon returning from California. “Ninety-eight per cent of our electricity, for example, will be clean and green.”

The term “clean” typically implies a zero-carbon emission standard.

But, as Trela explains, this is not possible with large scale hydro projects.

“If water is stagnant, it produces methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas,” he says, referring to the reservoirs that would likely result from the necessary flooding of drylands. “So if you hear that [large hydroelectric dams] are a greenhouse gas-free source of energy, it’s not entirely true.”

Conversely, wind farms produce minimal carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, says Trela.

“The primary objective of the Lower Churchill is the export of energy,” says Trela. “And, I mean, that’s a part of the thinking. We take the oil, which has been mainly exported and is non-renewable, and use the profits to build a basis for the renewable system. My problem is that the alternative to the one big mega project was never given a chance to be heard.”

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Where are all the windmills?

By Sarah Smellie

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ayor Wayde Rowsell gets downright dreamy when he talks about it.

“From all different focal points here in St. Lawrence, you can see these majestic towers against the blue sky and the rugged terrain,” he says, pausing for a contented sigh. “It’s just beautiful.”

St. Lawrence—on the southern edge of the Burin peninsula—is the kind of town where, on a mellow Friday afternoon, the direct line from City Hall to Rowsell’s office is his home phone number. But it just so happens to be famous for energy innovation, being the site of the province’s very first wind farm; nine Vestas V90 wind turbines line the shore just within the town limits.

All together, the sleek, triplebladed rotor towers push a maximum of 27 megawatt hours of energy onto the island’s power grid.

“It’s brought a lot of wind change and a lot of political change,” chuckles Rowsell.

Initially, the construction of the

80 meter-high towers created over fifty jobs for the community. Now that they’re up and running, there are six full-time employees tending to them.

The project has also been a boon for St. Lawrence’s tax base.

“We signed off a twenty-year tax deal which will equate to a minimum of two million dollars over those 20 years,” Roswell explains. NeWind Inc., the company that owns the farm, has also committed to a donation of $30,000 over five years to the St. Lawrence Soccer Association—a fine way to make friends in a town that christened itself Canada’s Soccer Capital.

“I wouldn’t mind if we had three or four of these wind farms, it’s been such a positive thing here,” says Rowsell.

Over in Fermeuse—on the Avalon’s Southern Shore—they’re reaping similar benefits from their wind farm, which was completed in the spring. “I use the access road as a walking trail, and the sight of those windmills is something amazing,” says the freshly elected Mayor Perry Oates. “Last week, there were even three tourists with cameras.”

The Fermeuse project, owned

by SkyPower Inc., spreads up over the side of a hill a few kilometers outside of town. It’s identical to the St. Lawrence farm—nine Vestas V90s spinning away in the breeze.

Combined, the two farms generate a maximum of 54 megawatt hours for the province. That powers 14,000 homes without burning a drop of oil. In fact the power generated from the wind farms has cut down the Holyrood Power Station’s oil

consumption by 3330,000 barrels a and the hydrogen is stored in two year. tanks. It can then be used in an Oates says he’s never heard a internal combustion engine to negative thing about the farm. The produce electricity. Its off-the-grid project has brought jobs, people technology is promising for small and tax money. Like Rowsell, he scale operations, but for large, finds the structures to be quite island-wide power, it’s just not remarkable. “You stand under them feasible. We’re stuck on the grid. and look up and you think, ‘My “So the 54 megawatts from these Christ, how did we ever build such two projects are as close to the magnificent things?’ “ maximum that we could put on our Perhaps the grid right now,” real question he says. “That is, is: Why aren’t according to the we building “You stand under them theory.” more of these and look up and you The actuality magnificent be very think, ‘My Christ, how might things? different. “Studies According did we ever build such may show holes to Greg Jones, magnificent things?’” in the system Manager which could store of Business more energy,” he Development Perhaps the real says. If holes are at Nalcor revealed, they’ll question is: Why aren’t Energy, the looking to we building more of be limited wind wind power to fill power is due these magnificent them. “There are to the limited more monitoring things?

Newfoundland towers reading power grid. wind levels as we “Wind is speak.” predictable, we know how much Ultimately, he believes that a we’ll get per year, but we don’t know connection to the North American when and how fast it will come,” grid is going to be our ticket out of he explains. Neither the Fermeuse non-renewable energy dependence. nor the St. Lawrence wind farms “At times when we have surplus have mechanisms to store and wind generation, we’ll push it onto streamline the power they generate, the grid,” he says. “We’ll be able to so the wattage output varies with shut down [the power station at] the wind speed - high-velocity Holyrood.” winds throw maximum power “A renewable future for our onto the Newfoundland grid. In province is a very real thing,” he these situations, Jones says there’s adds. nowhere on our grid to push the Over in St. Lawrence, Mayor surplus of power from more wind Rowsell agrees that things are turbines. sounding pretty good. “You stand “I’m not sure why that last storm up by these gigantic wind towers we had didn’t get named,” he and if you’re very close, you can laughs. “But we had to shut down hear a swishing noise from the [the connection at] Fermeuse.” blades, and that’s it. That’s the only A new Wind-hydrogen Diesel noise you hear from them while project in Ramea, which Jones they’re doing all that work,” he says. describes as “strictly R&D,” is using “We’re striving for a more hydrogen technology to store environmentally friendly way to surplus wind energy and dodge power the rural communities and grid problems. Wind-generated this is it.” electricity converts fresh water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen Comment on this article online at is released into the atmosphere

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from the back yard

Imagine being free of annoying light bills and reducing carbon emissions at the same time.

That’s what having a wind turbine on your property provides.

While many say residential turbines are not the only answer to our energy problems, they are still considered a step in the right direction.

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With a combination of economic and environmental advantages, you’d think wind turbines would be everywhere. But according to one local businessman, setting things up can be an unnecessarily confusing and time-consuming process.

Shawn Hayward looks at the rules surrounding residential wind turbines.

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concerns and aesthetics. Portugal en years ago, Gerry Cove-St. Phillips is one community Skinner discovered that allows wind turbines, and St. the practical draw of John’s recently approved a wind renewable energy. After turbine in the Goulds. helping a friend install The capital city judges each a solar panel onto his cottage, a application individually based on neighbour said he wanted to save the location of the home, according on his electricity bill by getting one to a city official. A turbine close to for his cottage as well.

“It caught on, and we realized this other houses will create more noise complaints than one far from any could be a profitable and fulfilling neighbours. profession,” says Chris Skinner, Skinner says there is no reason Gerry’s son and co-owner of New for noise complaints against wind Found Energies, a company that turbines. “Ambient noise alone in installs wind turbines and solar an area can usually drown out a panels in residential buildings.

The more energy a turbine creates wind turbine,” he says.

The only the less people obstacles for have to buy from people in Newfoundland “It’s a hard sell municipalities Power. Wind that allow wind turbines pay because there’s no turbines are the themselves off incentive from the suitability of in seven to eight government or utility their property for years, according to Skinner, and to produce your own the structures.

Tall trees and have a life span of energy,” he says. “The buildings about 20 years. user is on his own to can decrease The turbines the energy can generate fund this.” produced, and all or part of a high wind speeds home’s power, can damage the depending on turbine. The direction of prevailing how far the homeowner wants to winds doesn’t matter because most go, but Skinner says it’s his goal that turbines turn automatically to face each installation is able to generate the wind. as much power as the household Green energy has been a muchbuys from the public provider. talked about issue over the past few Since opening in 2000, New years, but Skinner says none have Found Energies has installed his customers have benefited from over a hundred turbines across tax rebates to reward them for the Newfoundland, but Skinner says carbon dioxide they are taking out obstacles from both levels of of the atmosphere. government are slowing the growth “It’s a hard sell because there’s no of turbines across the suburban incentive from the government or landscape. utility to produce your own energy,” Nalcor, the provincial Crown he says. “The user is on his own to corporation which controls energy fund this.” resources, hasn’t made its policy on

household turbines clear, according to Skinner. People still don’t know Windiest province that wind turbines are an energy Newfoundland is the best location option. for wind energy in Canada, “They don’t encourage people to according to Dr. Mohammed do it,” says Skinner. “We’re always T. Iqbal, associate professor of trying to get something concrete for electrical engineering at Memorial the homeowner, so that someone University, who specializes in can go to the website and download renewable energy. The average what their regulations are on it.” wind speed must be higher than Municipalities such as six metres per second to make Stephenville on the west coast have a wind turbine viable, Dr. Iqbal banned wind turbines completely, says, and with the highest average citing noise complaints, safety wind speed in the country, most of

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Newfoundland and Labrador meets that requirement.

The price of oil affects the economics of wind generation, according to Dr. Iqbal. The higher the price of oil, the more public utilities like Newfoundland Power must charge their customers for energy, and the greater incentive people will have to provide their own electricity. Right now about 20 per cent of power on the island comes from burning fossil fuels.

While there is an oil and gas degree program at Memorial University, there’s no program for renewable energy here or anywhere else in Canada. Dr. Iqbal teaches a single course dedicated to renewable energy, the rest of his time devoted to general electrical engineering.

Dr. Iqbal says more engineers specializing in wind power generation would provide more manpower to build the structures and research more efficient ways of harnessing the wind.

“It would be very good if we had a degree program at MUN or any university in Canada and graduates were coming from the program to these new installations,” he says.

Wind energy in Canada now produces enough energy to power 560,000 homes. In September, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) announced a program that makes it easier and more profitable for people to set up renewable energy systems like wind turbines.

Homeowners can sell the excess power they generate to OPA after filing an application and signing a contract, and all relevant information is provided on a userfriendly website.

Household wind turbines are still a rare sight in this province, even with our famously strong breezes.

If utilities made the process less complicated, if municipalities didn’t deny applications, and the provincial or federal government offered incentives for household green energy production, there would be a lot more turbine blades in the air, and a lot less smoke.

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perating on just four hours of sleep after the first night of two for Regina band Rah Rah, Mightypop’s Jud Haynes still has the presence of mind to tape up show posters at Hava Java before sitting down to a glass of orange juice and a chat.

October marks one year for Haynes and his company Mightypop. Its mission?

To bring a unique brand of Canadian independent music to Newfoundland.

The anniversary month finds Haynes at his busiest yet, with five visiting bands to coordinate in a matter of a few short weeks.

Despite the energy and focus he brings to promoting both local and come-from-away groups, Haynes describes himself as a musical scatterbrain. He’s been involved with two different record labels, managed a handful of bands during his time in Halifax, performed and toured with the band Wintersleep, and all the while kept a steady day-job as the graphic designer, generating CD art and web sites for musicians like Joel Plaskett and Matt Mays.

“Obviously music has been on the brain, but I haven’t been able to maintain any other focus. Even my graphic design work,” he says.

“That was the thing I started right in high school. I think it was Grade 9 or Grade 10. At the time I didn’t know anything about design.

My family didn’t own a computer, nothing, but that’s what I wanted to do.”

“Oddly enough, that’s been the one constant.”

Since stepping in to help visiting bands with on-the-ground logistics and the important task of getting the word out for shows, Haynes has found himself absorbed more and more in the role of promoter.

With partner Krista Power, Mightypop is providing a channel for indie Canadian bands to make it to Newfoundland on tour. That void

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mightypop memories Local music promotion company Mightypop celebrates its 1st anniversary.

By David Keating

is not a hole most promoters are looking to fill, says Haynes.

“The way Krista and I approach this whole thing, I think, is very different than most promoters. It’s really a labour of love—we lose money more often than not, and so it’s not like a business. If this was a business it would be a pretty pathetic one.”

“We do inject a little bit of our own personal taste into that,” he says. “Of course we want to book

actually the coolest country in the world for that, and that’s really exciting.”

“Most of these bands I talk about tour all over the world and are popular all over the world,” he says.

“The real indie keeners—who are not just out there buying what the record labels package as indie— they’re finding all these amazing Canadian bands.”

Providing Newfoundland bands the opportunity to share the stage

learned a little about the tastes of local audiences.

“The rootsy, alt-country, upbeat kind of bands—The Burning Hell, United Steelworkers of Montreal, Tom Fun Orchestra, Cuff the Duke, Elliot Brood, NQ Arbuckle... All these kind of rootsy, mildly country party bands—they’re the ones people seem to really get behind here.”

“Every time we’ve done one of those kind of bands it’s been a

“When a few locals took out their instruments and started jamming at The Ship an hour or more after the Great Lake Swimmers had finished playing, the ‘Swimmers all ran to get their instruments to join in. One of the most magical hours of music of the year.” —Jud (Photo by Mark Bennett)

“Mount Eerie, Julie Doiron and Fred Squire perform their acclaimed album Lost Wisdom in its entirety for a St. John’s audience. An album they have only performed together a hand full of times globally.” —Jud (Photo by Mark Bennett)

Jud Haynes and Krista Power of Mightypop

bands we love and if our name is on it, we want the bands to be bands that are something we think are worthwhile... Basically bands we wish we were in.”

For Haynes, bands like Toronto’s Broken Social Scene and Montreal’s Arcade Fire are groups leading a movement which links recent Canadian independent music. It’s an explosion of talent that’s being recognized around the world.

“Indie rock has become a genre— but it’s a genre that doesn’t have a sound,” he says. “Even in this genre, Canada leads the charge globally, in that kind of arty indie rock. We’re

THURSDAY, OCT 22 Alex Cornick’s Mixed Stew, CBTGs Andrew Ledrew & Kalem Mahoney, Whalen’s Pub

Classic Rock Thursday: Terry Mack, Jace Hardcack, no cover, Loft 709

Kostaman Dub Squad (Whistler reggae), The Release (Whistler jam), Baytown Connection (rock), 10:30pm, The Levee Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Dave Panting, Erin’s Pub DJ Sina, Konfusion Fergus O’Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Fred Jorgenson & Arthur O’Brien, Kelly’s Pub

Jerry Stamp, Adam Baxter, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel

with up-and-coming groups from across the country is allowing for important contacts for local musicians.

Gramercy Riffs, favourites of the downtown St. John’s scene, are set to play their first mainland show in Toronto as the opening act for recent visitors Rah Rah. Hayes is upbeat about the possibilities for upcoming shows in the coming year, with hints of bigger visiting acts in the works and a full outdoor festival sometime in the near future.

Over the course of the year Haynes and Power have also MacLovin, Dusk Ultra Lounge Matthew Byrne (7pm), Middle Tickle (10:30pm), Shamrock City Pub

Navigators (Cd release) 10:30pm, Club One Sean Panting, The Ship Steve Edwards, Trapper John’s Pub Stixx & Stones, The Dock The Insiders (acoustic) 10:30pm, Martini Bar Tropical Thursdays: DJ Chamba, Turkey Joe’s

Twins, 9:30pm-1:30am, Lower Path Bar Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub What’s He Building In There? (MTL exp metal), NinjaSpy (Vancouver heavy ska), Distortion

FRIDAY, OCT 23 Adam Baxter, Grant Kingston, Sam Murphy, Rose & Thistle

All Request, Lottie’s

massive success, and every time we try to veer off into something different, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

“But,” he laughs. “If the band’s got a banjo in it, or somebody just stomping their feet, or somebody playing a mandolin or an accordion, it’s going to be a party.”

For a full list of upcoming Mightypop shows, visit mightypop. ca, or check our music listings.

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“Who knew a bunch of boys from Toronto would provide the biggest east coast style kitchen party? Almost everyone in attendance at Elliott Brood’s sold out show were making music in any way they could, from beating bottles off the walls to smashing cookie sheets with wooden spoons.” —Jud (Photo by Mark Bennett) Dave Reardon, 5pm-9pm, no cover, Station

Beardapalooza: Prizes for Thickest, Sketchi-

Lounge

est & Manliest Beard, Best Chops, Best Pedophile Mustache, plus Ladies’ categories. Music by Dodgeband, Sacrosanct, One Day In February, This is a War, 10pm, The Levee

Denielle Hann, Whalen’s Pub DJ Fabian, Zone 216 DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till

Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Rob Cook (10pm), Kelly’s Pub

Bob Macdonald, 6pm-10pm, The Republic Breast Cancer Benefit: Drag Queens performing music plus DJ Fabian, no cover, Zone 216

Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8:15pm); Dungarven (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Colin Harris, 9:30pm-12:30am, Lower Path Bar

D’arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm); Barry Kenny & Glen Harvey (8pm); Connemara (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Damian Follett (6:30pm), The Regulators (10:30pm), Green Sleeves Pub

Darrell Cooper (6:30pm-9:30pm), Denis Parker & Scott Goudie Band, Fat Cat Blues Bar

1:30am, Liquid Night Club

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge DJ Sina, Konfusion Filthy Fridays: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Flava Fridays: DJ Mayeham, Loft 709 Funktastic Friday w/ DJs Leo van Ulden & Rob Taylor, 12am-5am, $5 (no cover before 1am), Spin

Fuse, Trapper John’s Pub Hugh Scott & John Barela, Erin’s Pub Jade, Darnell’s Pub Mainline, Tol’s Time Out Lounge Mark Bragg & The Butchers (indie rock), Jenny Omnichord (Guelph pop), The Ship

Matt Byrne (7pm-10pm), Greely’s Reel (10:30pm), Bridie Molloy’s

Miss Conduct, Club One Molson Rock Off: Bands compete to open concert for tba headliner, Rock House

Music’s Many Moods (MUN Music) The

Building in There? (MTL exp metal), La Malediction (garage), One Day in February (punk), The Raycocks (punk), 10pm, $5, CBTGs

MUN Chamber Orchestra presents Kate BevanBaker, 8pm, $7/$12, DF Cook Recital Hall

Rob Cook, 10pm, Kelly’s Pub Said The Whale (Vancouver), Hannah Geor-

NinjaSpy (Vancouver heavy ska), Kostaman Dub Squad (Whistler reggae), The Black Mask Brigade (ska), The Release (Whistler jam), What’s He Building In There? (MTL exp metal), 10pm, $5, CBTGs

gas (Vancouver), The Mountains and The Trees (folk), 10pm, $10, The Ship

Rob Cook (solo acoustic) 6pm; The Moxxy, 10:30pm, Martini Bar Awards) Sharona Clarke, Chris Kirby, Ian Foster with host Krissy Holmes, 8pm, Masonic Temple

The New Zazou (ska), Texas Chainsaw (rockabilly), The Kremlin (bubblepop), 11pm, $6, Junctions

Deadline for submissions Tuesday, November 17th 2009 at 4:00pm

Seamless Saturday: DJ Mike The Tailor, 11pm-5am, $5 (no cover before 1am), Spin

Sexual Saturdays: DJ Jaycee, Turkey Joe’s Steve Green & Carolann Fowler, Trap-

Submissions can be dropped off at the Department of Economic Development, Tourism & Culture at 348 Water Street from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Terry Parsons, SS Meigle The Moxxy, 10:30pm, Martini Bar The Regulators, Green Sleeves Pub The Release (Whistler jam), The Living DayVJ Eric & DJ Slayer, 11pm, $5/$7 after

Giant (Moncton metal), What’s He Building in There? (MTL exp metal), Sheavy (rock), $10/$12, Distortion

White Cowbell Oklahoma (rock), Iron

SATURDAY, OCT 24 At Ship’s End (folk EP release) $5, Rock House Bob Taylor & Carl Peters (8pm); Connemara (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Dance League Saturday: Paddy Greene, Loft 709

Artists may submit up to three pieces of original artwork including: • Sculpture in any material or combination of materials whether in the round, bas-relief, mobile, fountain, kinetic or electronic.

• Painting, drawing, print, photograph, film or videotape.

• Crafts, in any material or combination of materials such as clay, fibre, textiles,wood, glass, metal, plastic

lights (rock), 10pm, $7, The Levee

White Cowbell Oklahoma (rock), Iron

1:30pm, Zone 216 Giant (Moncton metal), NinjaSpy (Vancouver heavy ska), Blood Shot Monk (prog), $10,$12, Distortion

Women’s Film Fest: Closing party with The Subtitles, Majestic Theatre

SUNDAY, OCT 25 Acoustic A Go Go, 10pm, no cover, Distortion

Dance Off Your Carbon Footprint (MUN Oxfam) The Mudflowers, The New Zazou, The Kremlin, 8pm-12am, $5/$8, The Breezeway

Denis Parker & Scott Goudie Band,

Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Fred Jorgenson

Submission forms must accompany all artwork and are available at 348 Water Street or on the City’s website in the Forms & Permits section.

(9:30pm), Kelly’s Pub

Chris Henessey (7pm); Con & Arthur O’Brien (10pm), Shamrock City Pub

Fat Cat Blues Bar

Irish Session: Graham Wells & Billy Sutton,

Des Gambin, Whalen’s Pub Dona Nobis Pacem: Ora Ensemble pres-

Mike Hanrahan (8:30pm), Bridie Molloy’s

Kostaman Dub Squad (Whistler reggae),

ents 20th-century classical music to inspire & enlighten, 8pm, $5/$10, St Teresa’s Parish-120 Mundy Pond Rd

For more information contact: Lynn Cooper 576-2384 lcooper@stjohns.ca or check the City’s website at www.stjohns.ca

The Release (Whistler jam), CBTGs

LMFAO (LA party rock), DJ Sina, DJ Mayehem, DJ

DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till 1:30am, Liquid Night Club

City of St. John’s Art Procurement Program

per John’s Pub

Showcase of Nominees (Music NL

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge Greely’s Reel, Bridie Molloy’s Hugh Scott & John Barela, Erin’s Pub Jeff Lewis, Lottie’s Place Mainline, Tol’s Time Out Lounge Miss Conduct, Club One NinjaSpy (Vancouver heavy ska), What’s he

Notice to St. John’s Artists

Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O’Byrne (8pm); Dungarven (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Paddy G, $30/$40, Two shows: 5pm-8pm & 9pm3am. The Breezeway

Mike Hanrahan & Ron Kelly (2pm), Dave White & Carl Peters (10:30pm), Green Sleeves Pub Music at the Temple: Richard Seypka, Steve Hoskins, Aaron Morgan, Paul Brace, Andrew Smith, Tony McNeil, $10, Masonic Temple

Retro Sunday: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Sing for Care (Murphy Cancer Care benefit) Les Ms, guest solist Melanie DeMore plus Holy Heart of Mary Alumnae Choir, Newfound Sound

2010 ARTS AND LETTERS AWARDS SENIOR DIVISION 19 years and older. Limited to one entry per section Literary Arts Section: 17 Awards of $1000 One award will be offered for Literary entries in the French language in any genre Musical Composition Section: 4 Awards of $1000 Visual Arts Section: 15 Awards of $1000 JUNIOR DIVISION 12 to 18 years old. Limited to one entry per section Literary Arts Section: 21 Awards of $250 One award will be offered for Literary entries in the French language in any genre Musical Composition Section: 4 Awards of $250 Visual Arts Section: 10 Awards of $250 THE PERCY JANES FIRST NOVEL AWARD For unpublished first novels One Award of $1500 DAVID C. SAXON HUMANITARIAN ESSAY COMPETITION The Promotion of World Peace and Harmony: DOES PEACE HAVE A PRICE TAG? One award in Senior Division of $1000 One Award in Junior Division of $250 CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 15, 2010 For complete rules, application forms and information:

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& Newman Sound, 7:30pm, $20, Cochrane Street United Church

Song Session: Allan Byrne (7pm), Best Kind

Pub

(10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

DJ Mark Power, no cover, Loft 709 Epic Wednesdays: Adam Baxter,

The Racket, George Street Beer Market What’s he Building in There? (MTL exp metal), NinjaSpy (Vancouver heavy ska), The Levee

MONDAY, OCT 26 A Boy Named Tragedy (alt), Lizband (rock), DowJonesNow, CBTGs

Anthony MacDonald & Ronnie Power, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Damian Follett, Green Sleeves Pub Dave White, 9:30pm, MexiCali Rosa’s DJ Diamond, no cover, Loft 709 Larry Foley & Patrick Moran, 9pm,

(10:30pm), Shamrock City Pub

Folk Night: Madhatter Night, 9pm, $5, The Ship

International Youtube Karaoke Night: Songs performed in German, Spanish, Arabic, Tamil, Hindi, Chinese, Romanian & English, 8pm-10pm, Bitters Pub

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O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Scott Goudie (acoustic Blues) Fat Cat Blues

Manic Mondays, Turkey Joe’s Tara Oram, Dave Gunning, 8pm, $30, Arts &

Songwriter Showcase: Hosted by John Feltham, 9pm, no cover, The Levee

Culture Centre

Tarahan, George Street Beer Market Wacky Wednesdays: Dave White, 10pm,

TUESDAY, OCT 27

Wednesday Night Flush: With host Derm

Andrew Ledrew (solo acoustic rock)

Kean, 11pm, $5, Rose & Thistle

Sherry Ryan, Ian Foster, Erin Best, Sandy Morris & host Colleen Power, 7:30pm, $10/$12, Masonic Temple

Carl Peters & Dave White, Turkey Joe’s Chris Hennessey (5pm); Open Mic with Gary

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Jamgrass: With Boobie Browne, CBTGs Jason Lacour, Trapper John’s Pub Kronik, Green Sleeves Pub Matt Byrne (7pm); The Bishops (10:30pm), Bar

9:30pm-1am, no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Stixx & Stones, The Dock The Insiders (acoustic)

10pm, $5, Distortion

O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

BlueBird North (Songwriters Assoc Canada)

Jesse Dee & Jacquie B, The Ship MacLovin, Dusk Ultra Lounge Matthew Byrne (7pm), Middle Tickle

Chris (10pm), Shamrock City Pub

Claymore (Calgary Celtic) No cover, Whalen’s

Turkey Joe’s

Wild Wednesdays: DJ Fox, Junctions You Say Party We Say Die (Toronto rock), The Subtitles (pop), 9pm, Rock House

THURSDAY, OCT 29 Alex Cornick’s Mixed Stew, CBTGs Battle of the Rock Bands: Play Rock

10:30pm, Martini Bar

Trevor Kelly, Whalen’s Pub Tropical Thursdays: DJ Chamba, Turkey Joe’s

Twins, 9:30, no cover, Lower Path Bar

Unlisted, Green Sleeves Pub Vampire’s Ball: Chris Kirby & the Marquee, Horns of Justice, costume encouraged, 8pm, $17, Bella Vista

FRIDAY, OCT 30 1/2 Way There, Darnell’s Pub 709, Club One All Request, Lottie’s Below Xero, 10pm, The Levee Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Rob Cook (10pm), Kelly’s Pub

Bob Macdonald, 6pm-10pm, The Republic Bump, Rock House Chris Hennessey (5pm); Bill Kelly (8:15pm); Acoustic Punters (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Clean Sheets, Trapper John’s Pub Colin Harris, 9:30pm-12:30am, Lower Path Bar

D’arcy Broderick & Ron Kelly (5pm);

Foley & Robert Moran(10pm); Rob Cook & Larry Foley (12am), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Band for real, 7pm-10pm, The Breezeway

Barry Kenny & Glen Harvey (8pm); Navigators (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Connemara, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Cuff the Duke (Toronto country), Christina

Classic Rock Thursday: Terry Mack, Jace

Damian Follett (6:30pm), Eyecandy

Hardcack, no cover, Loft 709

(10:30pm), Green Sleeves Pub

Martin (Toronto rock), 9pm, $12, Rock House

Claymore (Calgary Celtic CD release party)

Darrell Cooper (6:30pm-9:30pm) no cover,

Damian Follett & Gary Gambin, Green

10pm, $5, The Levee

Fat Cat Blues Bar

Sleeves Pub

Chris Ryan, Trapper John’s Pub Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat

Lounge

Danielle Tobin, Andrew Mast & Friends, CBTGs

Blues Bar

Des Gambin, Fat Cat Blues Bar Hip Hop Tuesday: Paddy Greene, no cover,

Dave Panting, Erin’s Pub DJ Sina, Konfusion Fergus O’Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters

Loft 709

Tuesdays with Whitty, 10pm, no cover,

(10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

The Levee

Fred Jorgenson & Arthur O’Brien,

WEDNESDAY, OCT 28 Blackie O’Leary (6:30pm); Arthur, Fred &

Kelly’s Pub

Jerry Stamp, Ian Foster, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel

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Dave Reardon, 5pm-9pm, no cover, Station Devils Night: Geinus, Monsterbator, The Drunks Rule This Place, CBTGs DJ Fabian, Zone 216 DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till

music venue

directory Anchorage Coffee House, 106 Water St, 726-0388 Arts & Culture Centre, Prince Philip Dr, 729-3900 The Attic, 2 George St, 579-9632 Bar None, 164 Water St, 579-2110 Bella Vista, 26 Torbay Rd, 753-2352 Big Ben’s, 55 Rowan St, 753-8212 Black Dog Pub, 318 Water St, 7266015 Bull & Barrel, Holdsworth Court, 579-7077 Bull & Finch, Torbay Rd, 738-7007 The Breezeway, MUN Campus, 737-4743 Bridie Molloy’s, 5 George St, 576-5990 Brownings Pub, Hotel Mount Pearl, 364-7725 CBTG’s, Holdsworth Court, 722-2284 Christine’s Place, 210 Lemarchant Rd, 722-6400 Club One, George St, 753-7822 Crow’s Nest (Officer’s Club), 88 Water St (by War Memorial), 753-6927 D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University 737-4700 Corner Stone Sports Bar, 16 Queen St, 754-4263 Darnell’s Pub, 1570 Topsail Rd 782-2440 Distortion, Holdsworth Court, 738-8833 The Dock, 17 George St, 726-0353 Dusk ULTRA LOUNGE, George St Erin’s Pub, 186 Water St, 722-1916 Fat Cat Blues Bar, George St 7395554 George Street Beer Market, George St, 753-7822 Georgetown Pub, 754-6151 Green sleeves PUB, 14 George St, 579-1070 The Grapevine, Water St, 754-8463 Grumpy Stump, Torbay Rd, 753-2337 Holy Heart Theatre, 55 Bonaventure Ave, 579-4424 Junctions, 208 Water St, 579-2557 Karaoke Kops Party Bar, 10 George St, 726-8202 Kelly’s Pub, 25 George St, 753-5300 Konfusion, George St, 753-4884 Kruger’s Bar, 986 Conception Bay Hwy, Kelligrews The Last Drop, 193 Water St, 726-3767 THE LEVEE, Holdsworth Court Liquid NIGHT CLUB, 186B Water St, 754-5455 Loft 709, 371 Duckworth St 351-2183 Lottie’s Place, 3 George St, 754-3020 Lower Path Grill & Bar, 312 Water St 579-1717 LSPU HAll, 3 Victoria St, 753-4531 Majestic Theatre, 390 Duckworth St Marg’s Place, Kelligrews Martini Bar (Above Peddler’s On George) 739-9180 Masonic Temple, 6 Cathedral St, 579-3023 Mickey Quinn’s, 120 New Gower St, 739-6404 Mile One Centre, 50 New Gower St, 576-7657 MUN MUSIC, 737-4455 Mrs Liddy’s, Torbay 437-6005 The Old Mill, 271 Brookfield Rd, 368-1334 O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, 15 George St, 722-3735 Peddler’s On George, George St, 739-9180 Peter Easton Pub, Cookstown Road Petro-Canada Hall, Memorial University Players Cue, 50 Commonwealth Ave-Mt Pearl 3682500 Republic, Duckworth St, 753-1012 Rob Roy Pub, George St, 739-6270 THE Rockhouse, George St, 579-6832 rose & Thistle, 208 Water St, 579-6662 Shamrock City Pub, 340 Water St, 758-5483 Ship Pub, 265 Duckworth St, 753-3870 Spin, 2 George St Sharky’s Pub, Manuels 834-5636 The Sprout, 364 Duckworth St, 579-5485 SS Meigle Lounge, Seal Cove 744-1212 Stanley’s Pub, 26 Torbay Rd, 754-0930 Station Lounge, 7 Hutchings St Steller Club, Henry St, 753-8222 Stetson Lounge, 260 Water St, 753-8138 Sundance, George St, 753-7822 Tol's Time-Out Lounge, 74 Old Placentia Rd 745-8657 Topsail Breeze Tavern, Topsail 781-0010 Trapper John’s PUB, 2 George St, 579-9630 Trinity Pub, George St, 579-5558 Trip in Lounge, Kelligrews 834-4002 victory tavern, 164 Water St, 738-2100 The Well, 14 George St - 2nd level Green Sleeves Whalen’s Pub, 32 George St 722-4900 Whiskey On George, 15 George St, 5799475 Zone 216, 216 Water St, 754-2492 Do you host live music or DJs? Joining our directory is free. E-mail: listings@thescope.ca

1:30am, Liquid Night Club

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge DJ Sina, Konfusion Filthy Fridays: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Flava Fridays: DJ Mayeham, Loft 709

(10:30pm), Bridie Molloy’s

Funktastic Friday w/ DJs Leo van Ulden & Rob Taylor, 12am-5am, $5 (no cover

Mardi Gras: Blue Eyed Blonde (8pm); Tribute

before 1am), Spin

Band (9:30pm); Costumes encouraged, $15 after 8pm, George Street

Jackie Sullivan (7pm-10pm), Siochana

Military Road, Erin’s Pub

Misconduct, Tol’s Time Out Lounge Musique Non-Stop: Indie Dance Night w/ DJ Yelow, BrainBomb & DJ Benjy, no cover, Distortion

Nightmare on George Street: Hallow-

(nominations close at 9:30pm), $15 after 8pm, George Street

TUESDAY, NOV 3

Military Road, Erin’s Pub Misconduct, Tol’s Time Out Lounge Nightmare on George Street: Hallow-

Andrew Ledrew (solo acoustic rock)

een party with Todd Scott, Whalen’s Pub

een party with Steve Green, Whalen’s Pub

Big Ticket Gala (NSO fundraiser) Featuring

Pathological Lovers (rock) The Ship Rob Cook (4:30pm); Fergus O’Byrne (8pm);

Snook as host, Broadway star, Tina Maddigan, soprano Cheryl Hickman, Beatles Tribute band Abbey Road, Ron Hynes, Hey Rosetta! performing with orchestra, 8pm, $100, Arts & Culture Centre

Acoustic Punters (11:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Rick Lambe Band, The Ship Rob Cook (solo acoustic) 6pm; Kelly-Ann Evans

11pm-5am, $5 (no cover before 1am), Spin

Band, 10:30pm, Martini Bar

That Time of the Month: With host Doris Anita Douche, Zone 216

Todd Scott, Whalen’s Pub Twins, 9:30, no cover, Lower Path Bar

SATURDAY, OCT 31

Rob Cook, 10pm, Kelly’s Pub Seamless Saturday: DJ Mike The Tailor, Sexual Saturdays: DJ Jaycee, Turkey Joe’s Siochana, Bridie Molloy’s The Sellouts (rock), Overlay (rock), The

9:30pm-1am, no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Carl Peters & Dave White, Turkey Joe’s Chris Hennessey (5pm); Open Mic with Gary Foley & Robert Moran(10pm); Rob Cook & Larry Foley (12am), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Connemara, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Danielle Tobin, Andrew Mast & Friends, CBTGs

Hip Hop Tuesday: Paddy Greene, no cover, Loft 709

Tuesdays with Whitty, 10pm, no cover, The Levee

Wolves, Exit Party (rock), CBTGs

WEDNESDAY, NOV 4

SUNDAY, NOV 1

Blackie O’Leary (6:30pm); Arthur, Fred &

Acoustic A Go Go, 10pm, no cover, Distor-

Chris Kirby (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat

tion

Chris (10pm), Shamrock City Pub Blues Bar

1/2 Way There, Darnell’s Pub 709, Club One AE Bridger (psych), Local Tough (rock), Ye-Yeti

Blackie O’Leary (5:30pm); Fred Jorgenson

(indie rock). Halloween costume show from the bowels of hell, 10pm, $8, The Levee

(10pm), Shamrock City Pub

Folk Night: Storytelling Festival, 9pm, $5,

Irish Session: Graham Wells & Billy Sutton,

The Ship

Bob Taylor & Carl Peters (8pm); Navigators (11pm), Shamrock City Pub

Bump, Rock House DJ Big Frank, Konfusion DJ Mikey B, DJ Steve Murray, DJ Electro, $5 till 1:30am, Liquid Night Club

DJ OTG, 1am, Dusk Ultralounge Eyecandy, Green Sleeves Pub Fireign (metal), Once Loved (punk), Surgeon (prog), Icebreaker (hardcore), Weak Link (hardcore), Junctions

Halloween Bash: Twins, 10:30pm, $10, Lower Path Bar

Halloween Dance Party: BrainBomb & DJ Benjy, 9pm, A1C Gallery

Halloween Night: Parade of Best Costumes & Best Drag, Zone 216

HatTrick, Trapper John’s Pub Hear No Evil 2, Loft 709 Jeff Lewis, Lottie’s Place Kelly-Ann Evans Band, 10:30pm, Martini Bar

(9:30pm), Kelly’s Pub

DJ Mark Power, no cover, Loft 709 Epic Wednesdays: Adam Baxter, 10pm, $5,

Chris Henessey (7pm); Con & Arthur O’Brien

Distortion

Wednesdays: Chris Ryan & Ronnie Power at Fergus O’Byrne (7pm); Acoustic Punters (10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Fred Jorgenson & Arthur O’Brien, Kelly’s Pub

Jerry Stamp, Chris Kirby, midnight, no cover, Bull & Barrel

MacLovin, Dusk Ultra Lounge Matthew Byrne (7pm), Middle Tickle (10:30pm), Shamrock City Pub

Music 4 Hope (Cancer awareness fundraiser) Featuring Sharona Clarke, Paddy Barry, Adam Baxter, Jerry Stamp, Dave Walsh, Sarah Stockley, Dan Rubin, Peter Halley, Matthew Esteves, Shaun Burton, $35/$56 (dinner & concert), Yellow Belly Brewery

Scott Goudie, Geoff Panting, The Ship Rockin’ Thursdays, The Levee Stixx & Stones, The Dock The Insiders (acoustic) 10:30pm, Martini Bar Trevor Kelly, Whalen’s Pub Tropical Thursdays: DJ Chamba, Turkey Joe’s

Matt Byrne (7pm); The Bishops (10:30pm),

Retro Sunday: DJ Lex, Turkey Joe’s Song Session: Allan Byrne (7pm), Best Kind

O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

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Songwriter Showcase: Hosted by John

Saturday Oct 24 at 2pm

The Racket, George Street Beer Market The Theatrical Voice (MUN Music) Soprano Caroline Schiller & pianist Kristina Szutor explore the dramatic side of vocal literature, 8pm, $7/$12, DF Cook Recital Hall

Feltham, 9pm, no cover, The Levee

Tarahan, George Street Beer Market The Drunks Rule this Place, CBTGs Wacky Wednesdays: Dave White, 10pm, Turkey Joe’s

Wednesday Night Flush: With host Derm Kean, 11pm, $5, Rose & Thistle

MONDAY, NOV 2

Wild Wednesdays: DJ Fox, Junctions

Anthony MacDonald & Ronnie Power, 10pm, Shamrock City Pub Dave White, 9:30pm, MexiCali Rosa’s DJ Diamond, no cover, Loft 709 Larry Foley & Patrick Moran, 9pm,

THURSDAY, NOV 5

O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Manic Mondays, Turkey Joe’s Michel Rivard (Quebec singer-songwriter) Arts & Culture Centre

Alex Cornick’s Mixed Stew, CBTGs Classic Rock Thursday: Terry Mack, Jace Hardcack, no cover, Loft 709

Cold Summer, Dig up the Dead (punk), Frontier, Distortion Craig Young (solo acoustic) no cover, Fat Cat Blues Bar

Dave Panting, Erin’s Pub DJ Sina, Konfusion

Mardi Gras: The Moxxy (8pm); Dana Parsons Project (9:30pm); Costume Contest Boo-Nanza

INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND CRAFT FAIR

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Come Celebrate Cultural Diversity in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Experience the Sights, the Sounds, and the Tastes of Cultures from Around the World.

Thursdays: Open Decks at Liquid Night Club; Rock House; Steven Green at Whiskey on George; The Levee; Vance Clarke at West Side Charlie’sKenmount Rd Saturdays: Old Country, Bluegrass, NF, Irish & Gospel at All Saints Parish Hall-CBS (2nd Saturday of month at 8pm) Sundays: Country Music Café at St Augustine’s Church Hall-Westerland Rd (8pm); Natalie Noseworthy at Hava Java (8pm); Shawn Beresford at Fat Cat Blues Bar; Young Musicians at Shamrock City Pub (2pm); Young Performers at O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (3pm)

karaoke Tuesdays: Grumpy Stump; Mike Keating at Station Lounge (9pm) Wednesdays: Grumpy Stump; Karoke Kops

Mike Hanrahan (8:30pm), Bridie Molloy’s

(10:30pm), O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Shamrock City Pub (9:30pm); Rose & Thistle; The Breezeway

Christian Victory (Alberta), A Life In Liberty (metalcore EP release), Dawn Awakening (metal), Villians In Power (power ska), Houston We Have A Problem (hardcore), Autumns End(metal), The Levee

Saturday Oct 31 at 2pm Halloween Show: The Embarrassments, King Sized Kids, Teenage Necros, Rocketrocketship, I was a Skywalker, $5 with costume/$7, Distortion

open mic/jam

Party Bar (10pm); Stanley’s Pub (10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (9pm)

Thursdays: Klaim to Fame at Karoke Kops Party Bar (10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (9pm); West Side Charlies-Torbay Rd Fridays: Brownings Pub-Hotel Mount Pearl at 9:30pm; Karoke Kops Party Bar (10pm); Stanley’s Pub (10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (7pm); West Side Charlies-Paradise Saturdays: Brownings Pub-Hotel Mount Pearl at 9:30pm; Murph at Darnell’s Pub (Oct 24); Karoke Kops Party Bar (10pm); Murph at Darnell’s Pub; Stanley’s Pub(10pm); Tol’s Time Out Lounge (6pm) Sundays: Grumpy Stump; Tol’s Time Out Lounge (6pm)

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Mondays: Grumpy Stump Tuesdays: Gary Foley & Rob Moran at O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (10pm); Tim Dodge at The Levee (9pm)

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10am - 6pm at the Holiday Inn (Grand Salon) St. John’s. Tickets $5, $2 raffle draw. Tickets available at the Multicultural Women’s Organization of NL office on 44 Torbay Road, 726-0321 • African Market Square, Torbay Road Mall 726-7666 Or Contact: Zainab at 722-8103, 699-6995, 726-7666 • Yamuna: 753-5964 • Melly: 754-0112. • Tickets also at the door.

IFCF will also be held in Corner Brook on November 14, 2009.

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"Bread and water can so easily be toast and tea." ~ Author Unknown

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Atlantica Portugal Cove, 895-1251

 Reviewed by Lauren

The view is phenomenal, and the food is excellent, especially the cheese. EnRoute magazine, you did not steer me wrong.

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 (based on 2 reviews) Celtic Hearth

298-300 Water Street, 576-2880

 Reviewed by AOK

I think everyone should try eating at the Celtic Hearth in the morning, afternoon or evening before 10pm before they bitch about the service any more. While I agree it’s not always excellent, neither is any other restaurant 100% of the time.

I find it ridiculous that everyone is expecting optimal service at these hours... The food is actually awesome—even when you’re not loaded—and before 10pm the atmosphere is quite nice. Give it a fair try, or stop bitching and hike ‘er two more minutes to Subway.

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Mega Wraps 585 Torbay Road, 754-8896

 Reviewed by lzg

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I don’t know why this place isn’t more popular. Every time I go I’m the only one in there. Their wraps are great, their goods are fresh, and the best part is they mix it in a bowl for you, so every bite has a bit of everything. If I lived closer to this place I would get it all the time. The employees also seem laid back but efficient—a good mix.

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 (based on 1 review) Portobello’s

115 Duckworth Street, 579-7050

 Reviewed by Byron Jones

Went on a Thursday evening. Decor was nicely balanced and the view was a perfect view of St. Johns Harbour... We had the Sirloin steak with potatoes and it was the most flavourable meal I have eated in a while. The service was reasonable, but not award-winning. We were seated beside the bar and that was a little noisy and distracting, but all in all it was a wonderful dinner. We will be back.

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One of the things people ask me about this Food Nerd gig is, “Don’t you ever run out of things to talk about?”

Well… yes. And so I ask for help.

Sometimes in person, sometimes over the phone, and, now, online. I was going to put out a call for reader questions, but I was afraid that nobody would ask me anything and I would look like a total knob. Hey, apparAndreae ently it happens Callanan to everyone.

My pals dreae@thescope.ca came through, and now I have a whole pile of questions to answer. I’ve decided to group them thematically, under headings like, “Folks who can’t Eat Anything, and the People who Love them,” “Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children?” and “Now, What am I Supposed to do With This?” But to start things rolling, here’s a bit of science because, really, it’s all about science, isn’t it?

Q

Why do recipes ask you to separate flour/dry ingredients from wet ones? Is it for the sake of the texture of muffins/cookies and the like, or for some other reason?

– Laura

A

It’s for a very good reason, I assure you. You’ll find this instruction mostly applies to muffins and “quick breads” like banana bread and zucchini loaf. The reason they’re called “quick” is this: their leavening (rising) action comes from baking soda or baking powder, and it’s pretty much instant. Baking soda starts to work when it comes in contact with some nice acidic liquid, like buttermilk or lemon juice. Baking powder has built-in acid (more on this later), which kicks in when you mix it with any wet ingredient. The reaction is the same as when you did the volcano experiment back in school: acid plus base makes gas. The flour and eggs and everything else in your batter trap the gas, and the muffins puff up nicely.

The whole thing happens fast.

Double-acting baking powder draws the process out by kicking in as soon as it gets wet and then oomphing up again once it is exposed to heat, but even with the double oomphing, if you let your batter get a little bit wet, and then add in some more dry ingredients, and fiddle back and forth, most of your leavening action will have burned itself out by the time you get your muffins into the oven, and you’ll end up with hockey pucks.

There’s a second reason, too.

Muffins are fairly delicate goodies, and will turn out tough if you stir them too much. I’m sure most of us have done this at some point. Stirring encourages the development of gluten, which is awesome when you want a big fluffy loaf of bread,

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but bad if you want a nice, crumbly muffin. If you have all your dry ingredients together, and then add all your liquid at once, you can stir your batter with just a few quick strokes and you’ll have delightful, airy muffins instead of dense, doughy ones.

Q A

Why doesn’t my whole wheat bread ever rise properly?

– Susan

Um… that depends on what you mean by “properly.” Whole wheat bread never rises the way white bread does, because white flour is lighter, finer, less oily, and, let’s be honest, full of nothingness. The bran, oils, and general wheat-ness of whole wheat flour weigh everything down and prevent gluten strands from forming with wild abandon; in white flour, gluten strands grow uninhibited, and that’s what allows the bread to fluff up so much. Floofy breads that claim to be 100% whole wheat generally have piles of junk in them to help them rise up in this most unnatural fashion (just check out the ingredients list).

If you’re using a recipe meant for white flour, you might have to increase the amount of liquid you use; whole grains are thirstier than refined ones, and bread without enough liquid will end up suitable only for construction or hand-tohand combat. Whole grain flours go rancid very easily if they’re not refrigerated, so make sure your flour is fresh, and keep it that way in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer. If neither of these things seems to be the trouble, try substituting warm soda water for the liquid in your recipe: the carbonation might give your bread that extra lift it needs.

Q A

What the heck is cream of tartar and can I just use baking powder instead?

– Gay

Don’t do it, Gay! They’re not remotely the same!

Put the baking powder down!

Actually, they’re not completely unrelated: in baking powder, cream of tartar (that’s potassium bitartrate, if you’re wondering) is combined with baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) so that there are both acidic and basic components: add any liquid at all and they’ll react with one another. But on its own, cream of tartar has no leavening power whatsoever.

What does it do, then? The main use is in making meringues and meringue-based cookies like snickerdoodles; the cream of tartar stabilizes the egg whites and keeps them from deflating too easily. It is also an important ingredient in some icings, like the relatively inedible sort you use on a gingerbread house. Baking powder would definitely not do in either of these recipes.

In case you’re put off by the cryptic name “cream of tartar” or by the laboratory-sounding “potassium bitartrate,” rest assured that the stuff is completely natural; it’s a byproduct of the winemaking industry. When grape juice ferments, white crystals precipitate out of it, and those white crystals, when refined, are what we know as cream of tartar. Nothing to be afraid of, and definitely useful to have around the house.

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movies SJIWFF = st. john’s international Women’s Film Fest Thursday Oct 22 at 7pm The Beaches of Agnes (MUN Cinema) Celebrated French cinematic auteur Agnes Varda has decided to tell all in a documentary about her life. Only not. She plays with the documentary format. It makes sense. Trust us. Directed by Agnes Varda (FRA 2008) Empire Theatres-Avalon Mall

Thurs Oct 22 & Fri Oct 23 at 7:30pm Nuns of Tibet: In the mountains of Tibet, 3,000 women living in hermitages and monasteries practice an ancient yogic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In 2005, a small group of Western women traveled by jeep and horseback into the mountains to meet them, $5, Lecture Theatre L201-Murphy Ctr

Thursday Oct 22 at 1pm SJIWFF: Docs at Yellowbelly: Thorns And Silk (PAL-UK/13min); Poto Mitan (HAIUSA/50min), YellowBelly Brewery

Thursday Oct 22 at 3pm SJIWFF: Docs at Yellowbelly: Motherland (USA/80min), YellowBelly Brewery

Thursday Oct 22 at 3pm SJIWFF: When in Spain: The Good News (SPA/108min), Majestic Theatre

Thursday Oct 22 at 10pm SJIWFF: The Dark Side: Fugue (USA/24min); Storstad (SWE/12min); Blue-Eyed Mary (USA/13min); After Tomorrow (UK/15min); Flights (SCO/15min); Grande Dame (CAN/13min); One Of Those Days (UK/15min). Filmmakers in attendance, Majestic Theatre

Thursday Oct 22 at 12am SJIWFF: Midnight Madness: Mother, Mine (UK/16min); Bandaged (GER/92min), Majestic Theatre

Friday Oct 23 at 11:30am SJIWFF: Docs at Majestic: Playing The Machines (NL/43min) Filmmaker in attendance, Majestic Theatre

Friday Oct 23 at 1pm SJIWFF: Docs at Majestic: Tiger Spirit (CAN/73min), Majestic Theatre

Friday Oct 23 at 3pm SJIWFF: Docs at Majestic: Robes Of War (CAN/5min); My Name Is Anita (USA/28min); Good Morning Kandahar (CAN/52min), Majestic Theatre

Friday Oct 23 at 7pm SJIWFF: Moving Pictures: Be My Brother (AUS/7min); Mum’s The Word (CAN/15min); Will You Be Home Tonight? (CAN/26min); Sweet Pickle (NL/9min); The Magnificent Molly McBride (NL/25min), Filmmakers in attendance, Majestic Theatre

Friday Oct 23 at 7pm SJIWFF: Doc at The Rooms: Still Alive (CAN/5min); Alone In The Abyss (CA/4min); The Last Explorer (CAN/48min), The Rooms

Friday Oct 23 at 9pm SJIWFF: Doc at The Rooms: Expansive Grounds (GER/66min), The Rooms

Friday Oct 23 at 7pm SJIWFF: Arthouse at The Rooms: Orange (CAN/2min); Piety (CAN/2min); Pearl (CAN/2min); Ha’aki (CAN); A Time And A Time (UK/3min); The Collection (USA/7min); Striae (CAN/5min); Cut (CAN/5min); Quick (HUN/1min); Soaring Roaring Diving (CAN-NZ/6mn); Sitka (CAN/5min); Thaumatrope (USA/4min); Little Sheep (USA/4min); Inside Every Moment Is Another Moment (USA/5min); The Last Dragon Kingdom (USA/7min), The Rooms

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Friday Oct 23 at 9:30pm SJIWFF: Grown Up Movie Star (NL/93min), Filmmakers in attendance, Majestic Theatre

Saturday Oct 24 at 10am SJIWFF: Docs Unlimited: Four Feet Up (CAN/46min), Inco Centre

Saturday Oct 24 at 11:30am SJIWFF: Docs Unlimited: Afghanimation (CAN/6min); Audition (CAN/55min), Inco Centre

Saturday Oct 24 at 1pm SJIWFF: Local Flavour: Films from FRAMED, 2D in 2Days and 24HR Film Challenge; The Hall (NL/min8); Fast Forward In Reverse (CAN/4min); Countdown (NL/8min); Ten Days (NL/18min), Filmmakers in attendance, Majestic Theatre

Saturday Oct 24 at 1:30pm SJIWFF: Docs Unlimited: 106 (CAN/6min); The Time Of Their Lives (UK/70min), Filmmakers in attendance, Inco Centre

Saturday Oct 24 at 3pm

SJIWFF: Czech Out This Tale: Who’s Afraid Of The Wolf (CZE/90min), Majestic Theatre Saturday Oct 24 at 3:30pm SJIWFF: Docs Unlimited: Rough Aunties (SA/90min), Inco Centre

Saturday Oct 24 at 4:30pm SJIWFF: Art at the Edge: Almost A Legend (UK/37min); Margaret Mellis: A Life In Colour (UK/65min), Eastern Edge Gallery

Saturday Oct 24 at 8pm SJIWFF: Closing night gala screening & reception: Crackie (NL/94min), Filmmakers in attendance, Arts & Culture Centre

Tuesday Oct 27 at 7pm SJIWFF (Global Cinema) A fantastic, multi-awardwinning film depicting a group of people who communicate through images rather than words.

Directed by Fernando Perez (CUB 2003) $8, Inco Innovation Center auditorium

Thursday Oct 29 at 7pm Goodbye Solo (MUN Cinema) Two men are in a cab. One nears the end of his life. The other is at his peak. Together, they take a ten-day drive to reach the top of a mountain. Directed

by Damin Bahrani (USA 2008) Empire TheatresAvalon Mall

Friday Oct 30 at 11:59pm Shaun of the Dead (Sci-fi on the Rock benefit) Before Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright collaborated for this hysterical zombie comedy. In this modern cult-classic, a slacker finds himself the unwitting hero in a zombiegeddon! $8, Empire Studios-Avalon Mall

Monday Nov 2 at 7pm Dr. Strangelove (Classic Movie Monday) “King” Kong, Jack D Ripper and “Bat” Guano are all folks who need to learn to stop worrying and love the bomb. Starring Peter Sellers and George C Scott, $5, Empire Theatres-Mt Pearl

Thursday Nov 5 at 7pm

The Cove (MUN Cinema) “Ecco The Dolphin” taught us that dolphins live care-free lives. That was a lie. In this film, activists discover shocking abuse administered to these creatures in Japan.

Directed by Louie Psihoyos (USA 2009) Empire Theatres-Avalon Mall

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ing the dream”. Hopefully, the film’s conclusion depicts the Bermuda triangle a la 2001: A Space Odyssey. (Avalon Mall)

Astro Boy: Brave, gentle and wise robohero now stars in his own film. Be sure to tell Geronimo the computer about any mistakes he makes during the film and compare your answers with friends. (Avalon Mall & Mt Pearl)

Bright Star: It’s 19th Century London and 23-year-old Romantic poet John Keats has fallen head over heels for the girl next door. (Mt Pearl) Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant: Based on the children’s book series, a teenager is drawn into the world of a fantastic circus and given new life as a vampire. Not a remake of Vampire Circus. (Avalon Mall) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs: The classic children’s book is adapted into a feature-length, 3-D cartoon. With the creators of Clone High writing and Bruce Campbell in a prominent role, what more do you need? (Avalon Mall) Couples Retreat: Therapy sessions aren’t optional at this tropical island resort. Beautiful couples abound. (Avalon Mall)

Invention of Lying: What would happen if we lived in a world where no one lied? The only man who can becomes a god. (Mt Pearl) Law Abiding Citizen: Gerard Butler stars in this latest cinematic exercise of Republican fantasy! An everyman “takes the system down” after a couple of murderers go free. Not even Charles Bronson could do that! (Avalon Mall & Mt Pearl) Michael Jackson: This Is It: Tired of being force-fed Michael Jackson coverage in the news?

No? Well, here’s some rehearsal footage of a man you had all but forgotten last year. That is it.

(Avalon Mall) Paranormal Activity: In this Hi-Def mockumentary in the Blair Witch mold, strange things begin happening to a young couple when they move into a new house. They’re a new generation of Lutzes! (Avalon Mall) Saw 6: Wanna play a game? Okay. Take a drink every time Jigsaw’s clues leave out a vital piece of info that leads to someone’s horrible death.

Alcohol poisoning guaranteed. (Avalon Mall) Stepfather: Because nothing is sacred, the cult classic Terry O’Quinn vehicle about a murderous, would-be Stepfather has now been remade.

Advantage? The original film is on DVD. (Avalon Mall) Surrogates: In the future, nobody goes outside anymore. They all live vicariously through synthetic “surrogates” who function as avatars while they lounge. Kinda like MMORPGers. No, it’s just like MMORPGERS. (Mt Pearl)

Toy Story (3-D): Pixar is re-releasing parts 1 & 2 of this classic in anticipation of Toy Story 3, due out next year. (Avalon Mall)

Where the Wild Things Are: Boy befriends wild, roaming, yet cuddly monsters.

If you’re looking for a family film without fart noises and people hit in the nuts, this is the one to see. (Avalon Mall) Whip It: Ellen Page says down with beauty pageants and football and instead gets in touch with her roller-derby alter ego Babe Ruthless.

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Zombieland: Mistrustful survivors of a zombie holocaust band together on a road trip to Bill Murray’s house. (Avalon Mall)

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Amelia: Time for Amelia Earhart to get the romanticized biopic treatment and be shown “liv-

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loathsome extra kidnaps a famous film director. From Hong Kong, Fruit Chan directs “Dumplings”, in which a vain actress keeps herself looking beautiful by eating the unborn. The last and best segment, the beautiful and terrifying “Box”, comes from the infamous Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi The Killer). AC

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Want something new to watch this Hallowe’en? There’s only so many times you can watch Fright Night or John Carpenter’s The Thing. Adam Clarke and Rodney Wall have heard your screams and moans for some fresh meat in the horror genre. These are the new cult classics, the fresh video nasties and, best of all, they’re all readily available on DVD. They are...

The Newly Released Deceased written by Iron Maiden? ...Well, by Bruce Dickinson anyway. Chemical Wedding, as this is known in Britain, is a delightful throwback to the kind stories that might have shown up on Hammer’s House Of Horror, or a particularly scary episode of Doctor Who. The convoluted plot is goofy, and watching Simon Callow who plays the title character is gobs of fun. Keep an eye out for Dickinson in a cameo. RW

The Host

Blood Car

(2007) Mike Brune plays Archie Andrews, a vegan kindergarten teacher who’s working on building a car engine that runs on wheat grass in this very funny horror comedy. Blood Car is set in the near future where gas costs nearly 40 dollars a gallon. The wheat grass engine never quite works— until the day Archie accidentally cuts his hand and bleeds into the fuel. Things take a predictably Little Shop Of Horrors turn as Archie gets a taste of the elevated social status that comes with car ownership.

Things are further complicated by two potential love interests (One being My Girl’s Anna Chlumsky), and a shadowy government agency.

While it lags a little in the middle, what makes this no budget movie work is the sly social commentary, an understanding of it’s own limitations, and the knowledge of when to take things way too far. RW

Crowley

(2008) What if I told you there was a fairly new horror movie out, about the high tech reincarnation of Alister Crowley, The Wickedest Man In The World? Would you be excited? What if I told you it was

pontypool

(2008) From the always-excellent Canadian director Bruce McDonald (Highway 61, Hard Core Logo), comes this inventive tale of a washed-up radio personality (Stephen McHattie) who breaks the story of an unusual disease that grips Pontypool, Ontario. The infected are transformed into hyper-violent maniacs who parrot the last words they hear. The cause of this pandemic? The English language itself. Pontypool is reminiscent of George A. Romero’s The Crazies and the famous BBC special, Ghostwatch. AC

Deadgirl

(2008) In this off-beat, grotesque story, Ricky (Shiloh Fernandez) and J.T. (Noah Segan) are two emotionally-stunted teenaged CHUDs who can’t talk to girls.

When they happen to find a nude, semi-conscious woman chained up in a condemned building, J.T. instantly wants to make her a sex slave, much to Ricky’s disgust.

Eventually, J.T. realizes the feral “deadgirl” is an immortal zombie, thus allowing his sordid indiscretions to go on forever. Things get complicated when news of J.T’s prisoner makes its way across the high school. Deadgirl, like the 2007 film Teeth, is a provocative, feminist take on horror. Deadgirl benefits from a thoughtful script. Equal parts sad, funny and gory, this is an astute film that will make you really uncomfortable. Given time, it will rightly earn its place as a celebrated film in the horror genre. AC

(2006) When a giant sea monster shows up to terrorize the people of Seoul, it’s up to the American military to save the day!

Oh, wait a minute, they have no idea what they’re doing or what they’re dealing with and have invaded a foreign territory solely on misinformation. What’re the chances? This Korean monster movie is the true successor to the original Gojira/ Godzilla crown. It tells a memorable, unpredictable story and offers up some audaciously funny political satire to boot. AC

(2008) Sometimes a bitten off penis is just a bitten off penis, but other times it grows into a powerful weapon!

Tokyo Gore Police is one of those times. Set in a dystopic future, where the Japanese police force has been privatized and dangerous mutants prowl the streets, Tokyo Gore Police (which more than lives up to its name) is somewhere between Evil Dead 2, Testsuo The Iron Man, and a Gwar concert. I guarantee you’ve never seen anything quite this gleefully gross—and it’s that gleeful quality that sets it apart from other gore-fests. Turn off your brain and enjoy the ride. RW

Session 9

(2001) Sanitation workers must contend with forces out to drive them mad as they remove asbestos from a condemned mental institution. Yes, it stars David Caruso and the presence of CSI Miami’s Horatio One-Liner is a little off-putting—especially since he appears alongside CSI’s Paul Guilfoyle.

That said, the acting is very low key and natural, which works very well with the eerie script and direction of Brad Anderson. Best of all, this is a modern horror film without a partying teen or ghostly child. That alone is a triumph. AC

Otto

or Up With Dead People (2008) Toronto porn artist provocateur Bruce Labruce turns the zombie genre on its head with his newest film. Follow the adventures of a gay zombie as he tries to figure out the meaning of death while starring in an underground zombie movie. Many of the usual Labruce themes arise, such as revolutionary chic, and dude-on-dude sex, but more attention is spent on building an actual story than in his past movies. Definitely less porn on display here, but by the end you might just feel touched. RW

Tokyo Gore Police

Three Extremes

(2004) This film, like the recent Grindhouse, is an anthology film that is very much a star director attraction. Korean director Park Chan-Wook (of Oldboy fame) directs “Cut”, in which a

Trick R Treat

(2008) Trick R’ Treat is a good old fashioned horror anthology that proudly wears it’s influences on its sleeve. It features five interlocking stories that take place on Halloween night in a small middle American town. All the stories involve people who break the traditions of Halloween and pay the ultimate price for their lack of holiday spirit. Find out what happens if you blow out your Jack O’Lantern before Halloween is over, and see how great non-CGi special effects can look. It’s a mix of genuine scares, and genuine laughs made by people having genuine fun. RW

For more horror movie reviews visit our website. Throughout the month of October, Rodney and Adam are reviewing 31 fantastic horror movies you’ve never seen. Only at thescope. ca/­blogoween

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write a novel in a month

By Angus Woodman Illustration by Tara Fleming

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y to-do list for November: rake leaves, mock American friends for their placement of Thanksgiving, write a novel.

Alright, so I may not have a yard or any American friends, but the last one is true. November is National Novel Writing Month -NaNoWriMo, if you like -- and each year people the world over join in on the fun and attempt to write their very own novel.

How novel.

Now, writing something like this isn’t as impossibly stupid or stupidly impossible as it may sound.

If you can read this sentence, you can write a novel. (If you can’t, go fudge a battleship cackle.) It doesn’t matter if you’ve always dreamed of being a novelist, or if you just want to impress the ladies (which, trust me, doesn’t work.) Anyone can do it.

So dust off the pen and paper, throw them away, and get out your laptop.

Before you attempt this, however, a warning. There are pitfalls everywhere. Success, then, hinges on a few important, time-tested strategies.

Free-time management

There aren’t many times in life when the following applies, but neglect is the key to success. Forget cooking.

Forget house chores. Forget washing your pants. If it’s not writing, throw it out the window (literally or figuratively.) Your friends can entertain themselves for a while.

Showers are optional, but shaving can be cut.

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A regular sleep pattern is good. Less sleep and some caffeine is better.

Sleepless caffeinated hallucinations are best.

Community

You are not an island. Or if you are, you are part of a large archipelago.

Over a hundred thousand people will be attempting NaNoWriMo this year. There are local events where you can meet and get support from fellow writers. Though should you actually live on an island by yourself, the website houses forums where you can discuss plot points, find a quirk for a minor character, or read horror stories about what happens when you don’t backup your work.

Back up your work

Seriously. If you don’t, someone will beat you with a hammer. (And that someone will likely be yourself.)

”It’s about your mom”

You will get asked over and over (and over and over) what your novel is about. Have a one-line answer prepared. “It’s about a vagrant who

get better. Eat more candy, drink finds a magical pot roast and uses more coffee, punch someone to vent it to fight crime,” or something. It your frustration if you have to, just doesn’t have to reflect your novel keep writing. in the least, If it all goes well, just have one

by December ready to whip 1st you’ll have a out. Also, if You are not an island. Or complete novel. the one-liner if you are, you are part Imagine. You’ll is weird enough it’ll of a large archipelago. also have a really dirty house, some also work as Over a hundred thousand relationships to an instant conversation people will be attempting mend and some rockin’ face and/ killer, thus NaNoWriMo this year. or leg hair. But freeing you you’ll have written to return to a book. writing.

And it won’t completely suck.

You’re glue and Parts of it will be awful because it’s also glue parts of every first draft are awful Lastly and most importantly, stick to but, mark my words, there will be it! You will want to quit. Don’t. You gold in ‘dem pages. You’ll read will think your story sucks and want it over and marvel at your own to start over when you’re part-way brilliance. You’ll see how frantic through. Don’t. Keep going. It will

writing forces your mind to vomit up all kinds of wonderful things you won’t remember having put in there.

But unlike when that happens with food, it’s a wonderful feeling.

Learn more about NaNoWriMo at www.nanowrimo.com Comment on this article online at thescope.ca

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on display galleries • museums

galleries OPENING A Quest for Mary: Paintings by Gerald Squires, Emma Butler Gallery-111 George St W 739-7111 (Opens Fri Oct 30)

bone, baleen & ivory, Wild Things-124 Water St

LAST CHANCE Alpines: Painting in the Garden group exhibit, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Ends Oct 25) My Sticker Candy Pussy Lover: Four short films by Allyson Mitchell (Toronto) Borne of the spirit of DIY riot grrrl activism and drawing on queer activist strategies, anti-oppression troublemaking and power of local collaboration, A1C Gallery-8 Clift’s-Baird’s Cove 237-0427 (Ends Oct 30) Penetralia: An exhibit of new works by Rhonda Pelley and Michael Pittman, Leyton Gallery-Clift’s-Baird’s Cove 722-7177 (Ends Nov 2)

Waterford, Ireland: Consultations and Observations: 25 photographs Michael Durrand, who spent a year travelling throughout the city and country of his birth, recording the length and bredth of the country, its people and places, free, St John’s City Hall (Ends Oct 22)

Exhibition & Sale: Original work by 10 local artists, Holiday Inn-Salon A (Sun Oct 25 from 10am-6pm)

Neal Greig: This Irish painter spent six weeks in Fogo creating impressions of the rocky shores.

He works from life and focuses on light, space and color, Peter Lewis Gallery-5 Church Hill 7226009 (Opens Oct 24)

Time After Timeline: Members exhibition celebrates 25 years of artist-run culture featuring a visual time-line of uncovered treasures, found ephemera, collected stories, and full administrative history, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882 (Opens Sat Oct 31)

ONGOING 400: Juried group exhibition of contemporary craft that reflects the 400th anniversary of Cupids, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749

Breaking Point: Chainmaille-inspired creations that investigate our social links by Jason Holley, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 Brigus: True As The Compass: Join us for an exhibition of local artwork celebrating beautiful Brigus, Heritage Art Gallery-309 Water St, 2nd Fl 739-7994

Cities: John Hartman: Known for large-scale expressionistic landscape paintings animated with the imagery of local historic events and personal narratives, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Downtown Charcoals by Peter

Lewis: City-scape charcoals capture the colourful spirit of St John’s in black & white, Peter Lewis Gallery-5 Church Hill 722-6009 [here]say: 26 signs on light poles, each featuring an audio story about that particular spot.

Stand on the sidewalk, use your cellphone to dial the number on the sign, and hear the voices, Water St Introducing Two Artists: Textile works

by Hilary Rice & landscapes by Lucy Bause, Red Ochre Gallery-96 Duckworth St 726-6422

Jean Claude Roy: New Paintings, Emma Butler Gallery-111 George St W 739-7111

Maurice Cullen and His Circle: Nearly forty oil paintings on loan from the National Gallery. Works by Maurice Cullen, alongside his contemporaries James Wilson Maurice and William Brymner as well as Robert Pilot and AY Jackson, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Migrations: Contemporary textiles by Kelly Jane Bruton, Diana Dabinett, Susan Furneaux, Heather Reeves & Rachel Ryan share stories about the impact of migration, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749 New Works: New mixed media paintings & original prints, Christine Koch Studio-177 Water Street, by appt 576-0841

Reigning Cats and Dogs: Fun-loving clay works by Vicky Northey & Pauline Stockwood inspired by the age-old antagonism between canines and felines, Craft Council-59 Duckworth St 753-2749

Resolved Component: An exhibition by the Class of 2009, Visual Arts Department, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, curated by Charlotte Morgan, First Space Gallery-QEII Library

The Labrador Gallery: Work by resident artisan Albert Biles in soapstone, antler, whale

museums A Tour de Fort: Interpretive panels tell the story of Fort Townsend, the 18th century symbol of England’s domination over the fishery, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Admiralty House Museum: 1915 navy wireless station now communications museum, 23 Old Placentia Rd-Mt Pearl 748-1124

Considering ...Selling your home?

Archival Mysteries: Where Is It? Featuring unidentified photos from the archives which remain a mystery in terms of their geographical location within NL, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

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Collecting the Arctic: Bob Bartlett’s World of North: As he explored the north, the captain collected plants, animals, geological specimens and everyday objects of the Inuit, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Jason Kearsey

Connections: This Place and Its Early Peoples: Polar bears on tundra, carnivorous plants in a bog, seabirds, sea mammals, sea life plus the people who made their lives here, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

690-7673

Discovering Bartlett: An Archival Exploration: Marking the 100th anniversary of the 1909 expedition to the North Pole, this exhibition of archival records relates to the life and career of Captain Bartlett, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000

Encountering Grenfell: A Life and Legacy: Providing medical care, education & skills in craft, agriculture & animal husbandry Wilfred Grenfell sought to improve conditions in NF, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Ice Age Mammals: See creatures that became extinct the last time the climate changed, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 Johnson Geo Centre & Park: See Signal Hill’s 550 million year old geology & specimens of NF rocks, minerals & botanical park, 175 Signal Hill Rd 737-7880 MUN Botanical Garden: Trails, gift shop & tearoom, 306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Free first Friday of month) Railway Coastal Museum: St. John’s Dockyard exhibit of model ship hulls, shipbuilding, dockyard history plus the story of Newfoundland’s railway boat service & 1940’s train diorama, 495 Water St W 724-5929 Signal Hill National Historic Site: Military & communications history, meet Signalman, watch film, interactive exhibits, Visitor Centre 772-5367

Slicing the Waves: Canoes, Kayaks and Small Wooden Boats: A look at how these small but important vessels were made and used, and how they are still a part of our lives today, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Ends Nov 5)

The Fluvarium: A panoramic water view under the surface of Nagle’s Hill Brook. Spot fish, insects & plants in natural habitat plus interactive exhibits, 5 Nagle’s Place 754-3474

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atlantis musi c prize}

thescope presents the

SERENA RYDER

Help us pick the best album released in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2009.

We’re on the lookout for volunteer jury members for this year’s Atlantis Music Prize. If you’re a resident of Newfoundland and Labrador, are passionate about local music, and have not released an album yourself or as a member of a band in the past year*, we’re looking for you. It’s a minimal time commitment, and all ages, musical preferences, genders, and musical backgrounds are welcome.

Interested? Send an e-mail to info@atlantismusicprize.ca with your name, e-mail address, phone number, plus a few words about yourself and why you’d like to be on the jury.

For more information visit www.atlantismusicprize.ca. * November 1, 2008 - ­October 31, 2009

From Eastern Edge’s Time After Timeline. Renovations underway at 22 Flavin Street in 1987. Pictured left to right, Heather Moore, Susan Wood, Sharon Puddister, Don Wherry, Marylin Koop, Di Dabinett.

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elling lien scans for local culture charity

Transition funds A new charity is collecting money to help local transgender youth with their transitions.

It’s started when a friend of Julian Parker, a 19-year-old female-to-male transgender person, decided that fundraising events would be a good way to get cash for his surgery. But it didn’t stop there.

“I took it a step forward and said, ‘there’s going to be a lot of people in your situation who need help, and I said, let’s start the Julian Parker Project,” said Jennifer Keough.

The goal of its first fundraiser, a dance and auction on Nov. 6 at 5:00 pm at the Shea Heights Community Centre, is $7,000 — enough to send Julian (or JP) to to Toronto for an assessment, followed by chest surgery three months later.

Parker and Keough say it has been difficult to get donations of prizes for the event, and it’s mostly individuals as opposed to businesses that want to help out. They feel as though it would be easier to get support if there was more awareness and understanding about transgender issues.

“A lot of people when you say the word ‘trans,’ they’re like ‘oh great, a dude in a dress or a butch lesbian,’” she says. “They don’t take the time

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to fully understand it.”

Parker says both his parents are really supportive of his transition, but it wasn’t always easy.

“It’s hard for anybody’s family to accept at first. They’re much, much, better now,” he says. “They’re never going to not support me.”

The Julian Parker project is not a registered charity yet but it is incorporated as a non-profit.

Eventually, Keough hopes the project can act as a resource to the city and province’s transgender individuals, which little dedicated resources exist for.

“We’re one of the provinces that doesn’t have any transgender committees or doctors. Surgeries aren’t covered,” JP says. “ And that’s what we’re trying to do here, trying to make improvement for...people in Newfoundland to be able to receive treatment in Newfoundland.”

For more information or to make a donation, e-mail thejulianparkerproject@hotmail. com or visit thejulianparkerproject. webs.com

photography

Where was this taken?

Darrell Edwards says he gaffed the concept of the Guess Where St. John’s/metro Flickr group from a

pool of New York photography he contributed to.

“It was awesome seeing how many people guess all of the shots in that group so easily,” he says. “In a city like that you’d think it would be a challenge.”

Members of photo sharing website Flickr can now post their pictures of St. John’s to a similar pool for visitors to try to tell where in the city they were taken.

“Our fair city is quite a bit smaller than NYC but there’s a lot of really cool nooks and crannies and architecture from 100 years ago that people just don’t pay attention to,” says Edwards, who works as creative director of a marketing company in St. John’s.

You can find the pool at flickr.com/groups/ guesswherestjohnsmetro/pool/

facial hair

Beard competition Dudes with beards are going head to head—beard to beard?—at the Levee on October 23.

Beardapalooza, a band show and beard competition, is being organized by Tim Dodge of Dodgeband, who got the idea from members of some of the bands that are playing at the show.

This is a War, Dodgeband, One Day in February, and Sacrosanct are performing. Dodge says participants are growing some sick beards as we speak.

Beardapalooza: One of last year’s big winners

“I’m after seeing some crazy ones. I’m surprised at how long people can grow their beards in such a short period of time.”

The categories for beard awards are still up in the air, but right now Dodge says there will be awards for the Best Pedophile Mustache, Thickest Beard, and more.

“We’re thinking about having a best Mr. T, just to see if anyone will do it.”

Although there will also be a ladies category (where fake beards will be permitted) according to Dodge the grand prize will go to the participant whose beard is the most ‘mantastic’.

“This is going to be the hairiest night ever,” Dodge says.

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musicreviews daniel, delights, party

Daniel Johnston Is and Always Was (Eternal Yip Eye Music)

Earthly Delights Lightning Bolt (Load)

You Say Party! We Say Die! XXXX (Paper Bag Records)

Some people will try to make you feel bad for enjoying Daniel Johnston. While it is true that a large part (if not most) of his fame comes from stories related to his mental illness, this attitude that by listening to him and buying his albums we are somehow taking advantage of his disorder and belittling him, or making fun of him somehow, is misguided to say the least. Yes, part of Daniel’s appeal through the years is in his unusual delivery and his bent ways of writing pop songs— which do show evidence that he is damaged in ways that most of us aren’t—but that’s only part of the equation. This new album is a lushlyproduced and arranged collection of pop gems that truly emphasizes Daniel’s gifts for satisfying melodies and raw, heartwarming sincerity, while providing the needed variety that has escaped most of his early home recordings. Is And Always Was is, in fact, the most accessible and lovely album of Daniel’s career.

— Patrick Canning

For the last few years there seems to have been a weird trend in hipster music to purposefully make music sound like shit. I’m not necessarily saying purposefully making shitty “music” but to make the music of highly regarded and popular acts, who should have access to decent recording gear, sound like it was recorded with the built in microphone from a 1989 Magnasonic boombox and mastered by a living compression pedal. No band more clearly defines this aesthetic then Rhode Island’s Lightning Bolt. On their latest album the drum and bass duo turn up the psychedelics, dumb down the riffs and turn the oppressive wall of relentless static way the hell up. The duo’s modus operandi has always been total sensory overload and although the album occasionally slows down to a druggy sludge, on the whole it is near a Merzbow level of audio carnage—clearly not meant for those of a milder disposition.

— PC

Most people seem to focus on the “Party” part of Vancouver indie/ disco/punk band You Say Party!

We Say Die! and not the “Die” part.

Through all the upbeat energetic club beats and sing-shouting, there is a pronounced dark and gloomy streak. Always catergorized as a band best appreciated live rather than on record, YSPWSD’s new album XXXX does a much better job of conveying them as more than just a pile of drunken scenesters. The songs have a deeper maturity than you would expect, and work best when mining the lonely nightclub atmospheres. I will say this though: Hipsters nowadays have got to get off the coke and stop trying to sound like Berlin or the Psychedlic Furs. The tacky vintage casio tones were a fun novelty four years ago but you can’t live in a Degrassi Junior High episode your entire life.

— PC

$50, Newman Wine Vaults-436 Water St 722-7287 (Fri Oct 30 at 8pm)

7pm; Sat Oct 31 at 2pm)

on stage theatre • dance & burlesque spoken & written • comedy

theatre 4Play6 Fundraiser (C2C Theatre Co) Artists go under the covers together for 24 hours as 4 plays are written, directed, designed, scored and rehearsed for the pleasure of an adventurous audience, $25/$30, Bella Vista 729-3900 (Oct 25 at 8pm)

Halloween Horror (Shakespeare by the Sea) Candlelit night of tales includes HP Lovecraft’s Rats in the Walls, The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens, and Edgar Allen Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, $10, no reservations, Newman Wine Vaults-436 Water St (Thu Oct 29 Sat Oct 31 at 8:30pm) Little Shop of Horrors, Presented by Holy Heart High School, $8/$15/$20, Holy Heart Theatre-55 Bonaventure Ave 579-4424 (Thu Oct 22 – Sat Oct 24) Little Women (Theatre St John’s) This musical staring Tina Maddigan follows the adventures of the beloved March sisters as they grow up in Civil War America. $15/$25, Holy Heart Theatre-55 Bonaventure Ave 579-4424 (Thu Nov 5 - Sun Nov 8 at 8pm / matinees on Fri Nov 6 & Sun Nov 8)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (NewBlood Productions) Celebrating the spirit of Halloween with witty skeletons, cackling witches and blood thirsty vampires. Kidnap a Santa and see what mischevious concoctions occur in the festive season, $13, Holy Heart Theatre (Wed Oct 28-Sat Oct 31 at 8pm)

The Woman in Black (Rabbittown Theatre Co) Eel Marsh House stands gaunt and isolated, surveying the endless flat saltmarshes. Here Mrs. Alice Drablow lived - and died - alone. Arthur Kipps is ordered to attend her funeral and then sort out all her papers, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie behind the house’s shuttered windows, $20, Rabbittown Theatre-106 Freshwater Rd 739-8220 (Wed Oct 28 - Sat Oct 31 at 8pm / PWYC Fri Oct 30 at midnight / Family friendly PWYC on Sat Oct 31 at 2pm)

performance &dance OhMaya Bellydance: Spooky variety show with burlesque, bellydance & magic. Open dance after show, $12, Remax Centre (Fri Oct 30 at 8pm)

Salsa, Tango & Latin Dance, $5, Bella Vista (Tuesdays at 7pm)

Skirt Full of Milonga: Free Argentine tango class at 7:30pm; Dance at 8pm, $10, beginners welcome, MUN University Centre-The Landing 753-6105 (Every 4th Saturday) Tango On The Edge: A social gathering to dance Argentine Tango, 8:30pm-10:30pm, $5, RCA Club-10 Bennett Ave (Thursdays)

Stucco In The 80’s (Spirit of Newfoundland)

The Cadaverous Cabaret (Burly Q Babies)

Big Hair, Big Shoulder Pads & Big Hits: A musical comedy review from the time when Madonna, Tina Turner & Dirty Dancing were all the rage.

Featuring Sheila Williams, Dana Parsons & Steve Power, $57.50+ (meal & show), Masonic Temple-6 Cathedral St 579-3023 (Fri Oct 23, Sat Oct 24, Fri Oct 30, Sat Oct 31-costume encouraged)

Ghoulishly gorgeous gals performing in a frighteningly fabulous evening of burlesque. Hosted

by Apollo Strange with appearances by KeiKei de Murre, Anvil Strong and bellydancer Heather Sara, $10, Martini Bar (Sat Oct 24 at 8pm)

The Finer Things (Vaults Fundraiser) An evening of classic theatre by candlelight, interspersed with a selection of exclusive port tastings, fine teas, and gourmet cheese samplings,

The Kingdom of Monsters (Abracadabra Magic Theatre) A mixture of myth & fable, with inspiration from the works of Jim Henson this show brings together the theatre of illusions with the arts of story telling, comedy, circus, music, and puppetry, $10/$15, Basement Theatre-Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Tue Oct 27-Fri Oct 30 at

spoken& written Book Launch: Catherine Snow by Nellie P Strowbridge, Chapters (Thu Oct 22 from 7pm9pm) Book Launch (Vagrant Press) Hero by Paul Butler, Bianca’s (Thu Oct 22 at 5pm) Book Signing: Morgane Chollet signs copies of debut novel Saint Gracious, Coles (Sat Oct 24 from 1pm-3pm at Avalon Mall & 3:30pm-5:30pm at Village Mall)

Literary Reading (WANL) Reading by visiting award-winning fiction-writer Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, author of Perfecting and The Nettle Spinner, free, Battery Hotel (Fri Oct 30 at 7pm) Storytelling Festival: Tall Tales Competition with host Stephen Lush $5, The Ship (Wed Nov 4 from 9pm-10:30pm)

Storytelling Festival: Young Voices: Storytelling by students from Holy Cross & Bishop Field, $2/$5, Gower St United Church Hall (Thu Nov 5 from 7pm-9pm)

Storytelling Festival: Late Night Tales by Kira Van Deusen & Elinor Benjamin, $5, Quidi Vidi Brewery (Thu Nov 5 at 9pm)

Stuart McClean & The Vinyl Cafe, $30/$49, Arts & Culture Centre 729-3900 (Sun Nov 1 at 2:30pm & 7:30pm)

comedy Coors Light New Talent Night, $5+/$7+/$11+, Yuk Yuk’s-193 Kenmount Rd 7269857 (Wednesdays at 8pm)

Stand Up Comedy: Tony Krolo, Paul Warford and Michelle Shaughnessy, Yuk Yuk’s-193 Kenmount Rd 726-9857 (Thu Oct 22 at 8pm $12+/$14+/$18+; Fri Oct 23 & Sat Oct 24 at 8pm & 10:30pm $18+/$20+/$24+ w/ dinner at 6pm $47.99-$53.99) Comedy Sundays, $2, The Levee-Holdsworth Crt (Sundays at 8pm)

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rob brezsny CHANNELS DENNIS THE MENACE

comic sans by Andrew Power

 Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) The astrological vibes suggest that you open yourself wide, try everything, and give freely.

I urge you to adapt as your motto an exhortation that once came out of the mouth of the seven-year-old cartoon character Dennis the Menace: “Hey! Wake up! Let’s go everywhere and do everything!” More than any other phase in many moons, Scorpio, this is your moment to make YES your battle cry. The world is asking you to be bigger than the old you, wilder than five blood oaths put together, and as strong as the full moon rising over a mountain. Happy birthday to Diana Daly, Helen Gregory, Gabriel Piller and Jerry Stamp.

 Sagittarius (Nov 22 – December 21) The average middle class person alive today has more goodies than the kings and queens of times past. In fact, even during this time of economic retrenchment, most of us have a higher standard of living than 99 percent of all the humans who’ve ever walked the planet.

In pointing this out, I don’t mean to discount the suffering of those who’ve lost their jobs and homes. But I think it’s helpful to keep our collective deprivations in perspective.

Similarly, I like to remember that no matter how much our personal trials may test us, they are more bearable than, say, the tribulations of the generation that lived through the Great Depression and World War II. Keep this in mind, Sagittarius. As you wander in the limbo between the end of one chapter of your life story and the beginning of the next chapter, it’ll really help to stay conscious of how blessed you are. Halloween costume suggestion: a saint tending to the needs of the dispossessed and underprivileged.

werebears and only children by Jennifer Barrett

 Capricorn (December 22 – January 19) It’s prime time for intense and momentous social events. Of the gatherings you may attend, I hope you’ll find at least one that fits the following descriptions: 1. a warm fluidic web of catalytic energy where you awaken to new possibilities about how to create close alliances; 2. a sweet, jangly uproar where you encounter a strange attractor -- a freaky influence that makes the hair on the back of your neck rise and lights up the fertile parts of your imagination; 3. a sacred party where you get a novel vision of how to connect with the divine realms more viscerally.

Halloween costume suggestion: something that incorporates a hub, wheel, or web.

Everybody cheer up by Bryan Melanson

 Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)

Pisces, because it reminds me of a certain situation in your life. I’m betting that a pushy or domineering influence that distorts your emotions will soon be susceptible to being spooked by a seemingly harmless little thing.

Maybe you could turn this into a permanent advantage. How skilled are you at purring?

 Aries (March 21 – April 19) “The clouds are the most fertile part of the sky,” writes Guy Murchie in his book The Seven Mysteries of Life. Microbes with short life cycles live there in abundance, “eating, breathing, excreting, floating, swimming, competing, reproducing.” Next time you look up at a puffy cumulus, see it as a large city that hosts a teeming host of living things. Speaking of invisible fecundity, let’s turn our attention to you. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are largely unaware of how much creative energy has been building up within you. Your homework is to tap into it and unleash it.

 Taurus (April 20 – May 20) My friend Alcea, the pagan priestess who

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 Gemini (May 21 – June 20) “He who loves 50 people has 50 woes,” said Buddha. “He who loves no one has no woes.”

Even if you agree with this sour observation, I urge you to override the warning it implies. Now, more than ever, you can and should attract rich benefits into your life by expanding the frontiers of your empathy -- even if it means you will feel the hurts of others more deeply. And what exactly are those rich benefits? Here’s one: Getting closeup views of the ways people suffer will help you avoid suffering like that yourself in the future.

 Cancer (June 21 – July 22) In the film Postcards from the Edge, the character played by Meryl Streep made a monumental declaration: “Instant gratification takes too long.” I know exactly what she meant. Sometimes I wish I could have what I want before I have to endure even a moment of frustrated longing. I bring this up, my fellow Cancerian, because in the coming week we may get our yearnings satisfied before we fully express them. Of course, there could be a downside to this situation: Since the magic will be materializing so quickly, you’d better be very sure you really want what you even start to wish for.

The members of the congregation at St. Peterat-Gowts Church in Lincoln, England had a minor crisis a few years ago. For years, they had prayed to a very old stone sculpture they assumed was a likeness of the Virgin Mary. Then  Leo (July 23 – August 22) a nosy archaeologist came poking around and Cement is the most common human-made informed them that the figure was actually material in the world. Combined Arimanius, the god of the unwith water to make concrete, it is derworld in the ancient Mithraic Homework a fundamental ingredient in many religion. I encourage you to make Your assignment is buildings and roads. And yet no sure you’re not under a comparato find, create, or one knew its precise structure until ble misimpression, Aquarius. This arrange to be in the is an excellent time, astrologipath of an experience recently. Then a group of scientists cally speaking, for you to seek that makes you cry for figured out that its strength comes not from its orderliness but rather the help of higher powers, but joy. Report results to it’s crucial that you direct your FreeWillAstrology.com from its messiness. At the atomic level, cement’s molecules display invocations to the right source. both regular geometric patterns and areas of random variation. It’s in these  Pisces (February 19 – March 20) chaotic areas that water molecules bind Some of history’s worst tyrants have been with the cement, creating a structure that’s terrified by kittens. Napoleon, Genghis Khan, both flexible and robust. This is the kind and Mussolini all had ailurophobia, a morof foundation I urge you to work on in the bid and irrational fear of domestic felines. coming weeks, Leo -- a configuration that will Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were endure exactly because it has a lot of give. also discombobulated by cats. I bring this up,

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leads group rituals, is a responsible sort who has humble respect for the power of the spirit realms. She thinks there can be value in seeking help from the beings who dwell on the other side of the veil, but you’ve got to be careful. They can be as clueless and misguided as the less evolved characters who live on the material plane. That’s why Alcea is especially impeccable around this time of year, when the veil between the worlds is thinner and our dimension is more accessible to the spirits. Having said all that as a caveat, Taurus, I want to let you know that this would be an excellent time for you to call on the help of your most intelligent, interesting, and loving ancestors.

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Gorgar speaks.

Play with him.

 Virgo (August 23 – September 22) In my dream last night, the High Priestess from the Tarot deck came to life and gave me the following message: “Tell Virgos that when their deep hunger starts to stir, they should not eat from the bowl of delicious seeds. That meager meal would not satisfy their deep hunger. Rather, they should plant those seeds and let them grow up. The resulting harvest will satisfy their deep hunger.”

 Libra (September 23 – October 22) It’s an excellent time to see if you can remove some of the neurotic twitches from your erotic itches. For example, you could use all your ingenuity to talk yourself out of the silly guilt you feel for having a certain idiosyncratic desire -- a desire that, if acted out, would hurt no one, and that is therefore, by definition, healthy. Here’s another possibility: You could invoke the full powers of your imagination as you free yourself from things that prevent you from experiencing maximum pleasure, like old wounds, simmering anger, rank egotism, and limiting beliefs.

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FYI, Angela’s a boy

Exercising is for chumps

On your car, there’s a hook

Fighting evil by moonlight

Dead people are friendly

Don’t open the basket

The Wayouts have consented to sing

It’s not cold outside

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Take the stairs!

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events community events • lectures & forums • daytime music • kids & teens • meetings & classes

community events Afternoon Tea & Sale: Hosted by The United Church Women, $1/$5, First United Church-221 Park Ave (Sat Oct 31 from 2pm-4pm) CLB Sunday Market: Flea market & craft fair, CLB Armoury-Harvey Rd (Sundays from 10am-4pm)

Fall Pet Photos (Beagle Paws fundraiser) Have your pet’s photo taken by Vatcher Photographic in an autumn setting, $20, Critters & Things-Mt Pearl 738-7297 (Sun Oct 25 from 10am-5pm) Fine Craft & Design Fair (Craft Council) Fine crafts from across the province, Arts & Culture Centre (Starts Thu Nov 4) Harbour Haunt VIII: Carnage on Kelsey Drive, $5/$8/$10, Next to Sobeys (7pm-late / weekend matinees 11am-4pm until Sat Oct 31)

Hobby Show 2009: Exhibition of RC vehicles, model railroading, war gaming & scale modeling.

Club displays, swap tables & scale model competitions for all skill levels & ages, free, Arts & Culture Centre 739-7249 (Sat Oct 24 & Sun Oct 25 from 10am-5pm)

Dawe-Explora; Cupids Touch, Free but must register jedediah.edwin.baker@mun.ca, Johnson GEO Centre (Thu Nov 5 from 1pm-4pm)

Rheumatoid Arthritis Forum (Arthritis Society) With Dr Sean Hamilton-Arthritis Specialist, free, Capital Hotel, Kenmount Rd (Thu Nov 5 at 7pm) Seabird Capitals: The Ecological Seabird Reserves of NL with Bill Montevecchi, free, Johnson Geo Centre-175 Signall Hill Rd 737-7880 (Tue Oct 27)

The Roman Villa at Silin, Libya (MUN Classics) Patrons & Pugilists in North Africa, MUN Arts & Admin-1049 (Thu Oct 22 from 3:30pm4:30pm) The Work of Community (Women’s Studies Speakers Series) The Women’s Heat in the Great Fogo Island Race presented by Bonnie McCay & Carol Penton, MUN Science-4087 (Fri Oct 23 at 3pm) Tradition in Art & Literature: John Ashton (Wolfson College) examines how we use and understand the concept of tradition, moving from Wallace Stevens through the history of visual art and its interaction with the history of literature, Inco Centre-2001 (Thu Oct 22 from 7pm-8:30pm)

daytime music Auntie Crae’s Band, free-no purchase necessary, Auntie Crae’s (Tuesdays at 12pm)

Human Hourglass Demonstration

Earthly Pleaures (Hot Earth Ensemble)

(NL Climate Action Coalition) St. John’s action on the world’s biggest issue to mark the International Day of Climate Action, Nagle’s Hill-by Fluvarium (Sat Oct 24 at 3pm)

Music by Bach, Geminiani, Couperin, Purcell and Handel celebrating food, drink, love and other earthly pleasures, $7/$15/$20, Petro-Canada Hall 753-4603 (Sun Oct 25 at 2pm)

International Bazaar: Marketplace of

Sing for Care (Murphy Cancer Care benefit) Les Ms, guest solist Melanie DeMore plus Holy Heart of Mary Alumnae Choir, Newfound Sound & Newman Sound, $20, Cochrane Street United Church (Sun Oct 25 at 2pm)

world music, tastes, sights & sounds, University Centre-The Landing (Thu Oct 29 from 12pm-3pm)

MUNdays Launch: A chock-a-block, five-day schedule of events kicks off at the launch of I Love MUNdays, University Centre-The Landing (Tue Oct 27 at 10:30am)

SPCA Fall Fair: Coffee, baked goods, books, antiques, $2, St Teresa`s Hall-Mundy Pond Rd 7260301 (Sat Oct 24 at 10am)

St John’s Farmers’ Market: Support our local economy & celebrate community spirit, Lion’s Chalet-Newtown Rd (Saturdays from 9am-2pm)

Ten Thousand Villages: Discover the sights and sounds of Fair Trade by supporting artisans from around the world, 98 Elizabeth Ave (Fri Oct 30 from 2pm-6:30pm & Sat Oct 31 from 9am-5pm)

Young Adult Cancer Climb: Dedicated to all of our buddies who are no longer with us. Climb begins at Aliant Fort William building, $15/$25 registration, Signal Hill www. youngadultcancer.ca/climb (Sat Oct 24 at 1pm)

The Great Casavant Organ: David Drinkell plays varied programs of sacred and secular works, free, Anglican Cathedral (Wednesdays at 1:15pm)

kids& teens Can You Picture the Ice Age? Ten thousand years ago giant hairy animals roamed an icy cold world, can you image it? Would you like to draw it?

Join artist Elayne Greeley, The Rooms-9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Sun Oct 25 from 2pm-4pm)

Halloween Howl: Arts & crafts, story time,

lectures& forums Catch Shares & Sharing the Catch (Henrietta Harvey) Considerations of Property and Community in Three Fisheries: Bonnie McCay (Rutgers) looks at how people in NL, Mexico’s Pacific, & US mid-Atlantic responded to changes in their fisheries linked to environmental shifts, free, MUN Arts & Admin-1046/Parking in lot 15 (Thu Oct 22 at 7pm)

Catherine Isabella McLean Fraser (The Blue Castle) Mother in Israel: Wife of the first Presbyterian minister in NL, Catherine was a helpmate, mother and, always, “fiery Kate,” The Ship (Mon Oct 26 at 8pm)

Darwin’s Dilemma: Dawkin’s God delusion vs A Day to be Remembered. Prof Veith on DVD looks at the existence of God, free, MUN Engineering 2006-Free parking Lot 16/16A (Thu Oct 22 at 7:15pm)

Darwin’s Dilemma: A Spade Unearths the Truth. Archaeological journey with Prof Veith on DVD, free, MUN Engineering 2006-Free parking Lot 16/16A (Thu Oct 29 at 7:15pm)

Effecting Change & Transformation Through Regionalization (Political Science Speakers’ Series) Theory versus Practice with Stephen Tomblin, MUN Science-2033 (Fri Oct 23 at 2:30pm)

Place, Narrative & New Media Symposium (Storytelling Festival) Featuring Chris Brookes-[Here] Say; Marlene Brooks-3D Virtual World Storytelling; Jedediah Baker-City of Memory; Marilyn

face painting & nature hike. Discover why bats, owls, crows and spiders aren’t that scary, Free admission for children in costume & MUN students, MUN ‘Boo-tanical’ Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 7378590 (Sat Oct 24 & Sun Oct 25 from 10am-3pm)

Storytime Program: Reading, rhymes, fingerplays and fun are waiting for your 3-5 year old every week, free but must register, Michael Donovan Library-Topsail Rd 737-2621 (Thursdays from 9:30am-10am)

The Backyardigans: Sea Deep in Adventure , 90-minute live theatrical for children, $30/$35, Holy Heart Theatre 576-7657 (Sun Oct 25 at 1pm & 4pm) The Legend of Lenny the Leaf: Program takes kids outside to examine the awesome changes happening all around us during the fall season, The Fluvarium-5 Nagle’s Pl 754-3474 (Sat Oct 24 & Sun Oct 25 at 1:30pm)

Young Musicians, Open mic at Shamrock City Pub (Sundays at 2pm) Young Performers: Open mic with Denielle Hann, O’Reilly’s Irish Pub (Sundays at 3pm) Youth Writing Workshops (Writers’ Alliance NL) Free for ages 17 & under, To register contact 739-5215 (Sun Nov 1)

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up in a casual atmosphere with coffee & contemporary music, free, Rabbittown Theatre-106 Freshwater Rd 576-6937 (Sundays at 10am)

Seniors Friendship Club, Seniors Resource Centre 737-2333 (Fridays at 2pm)

Bike Repair: Everyone welcome to use workshop, MUN Engineering 1015-E (Wednesdays from 5pm-9pm)

Meditation helps us appreciate ourselves, others, and our world, free, Billy Rahl Fieldhouse-rear Elizabeth Towers 576-4727 (Wednesdays 7:30pm-8:30pm & Sundays 10am-12pm)

Bike Workshop (Bikeshare) How to change your break pads, free & open to all, MUN Engineering 1015-E (Wed Oct 28 from 6pm-7pm) Bike Workshop (Bikeshare) One Day Intensive Bike Maintenance workshop for beginners, free & open to all, MUN Engineering 1015-E (Sat Oct 24 from 1pm-5pm)

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Caregiver Conversations: A Support Group for Unpaid Caregivers, Community Room, Sobeys-Merrymeeting Rd 726-2370 (Every third Monday)

Comic Jam: Get together with local comic artists to create, share, conspire & discuss. Bring your own drawing materials, 7pm, free, Hava Java (Last Monday of month)

Community Garden Gathering: (Community Garden Alliance) Get your hands dirty & help out at the Rabbittown Community Garden. Workshops too, 36 Graves St (Sundays 12:30pm-2pm)

Sketchy Doodlers: Drawing club in comfortable den with tea & beer available, free, A1C Gallery-8 Clift’s-Baird’s Cove 237-0427 (Thursdays at 7pm)

St John’s City Council Meeting: Refer to Council Agenda

at www.stjohns.ca (posted Friday afternoon), Public welcome, City Hall-Council Chambers, 4th fl (Mondays at 4:30pm)

Sunday Morning Nature Hike: Explore barrens, boreal forest, or bog as you hike one of our nature trails with education staff, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Sundays at 10am)

Super Trivia Night, 8pm-11pm, Bitter’s Pub (Thursdays)

The Pottle Centre: A social & recreation centre for consumers of mental health services.

New members welcome, 323 Hamilton Ave

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The Reach: Explore topics of faith through guest speakers & artists in relaxed setting. Short meditation on scriptures & singing, free/free will offering, St Thomas’ Church (Last Sunday of month at 7:30pm) The Rooms: Free admission, 9 Bonaventure Ave 757-8000 (Wednesdays 6pm-9pm) Trivia Night, Rose & Thistle (Tuesdays) Walk on Water: Get fit, meet people & learn the history of downtown, everyone welcome, free, Auntie Crae’s (Saturdays at 10am, rain or shine)

Women’s Accordion Circle: An informal environment for women of all ages to perform, experiment & share stories about making music, Arts & Culture Centre-2nd Fl, Old Gallery 746-2399 (Mondays at 7:30pm) Writers’ Alliance AGM: Open to the public, Battery Hotel-100 Signal Hill Rd 739-5215 (Sun Nov 1 at 9am)

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Creative Writing Fitting Room: If you’re curious in MUN’s Creative Writing program, you can try it on in a no-cost, stress-free seminar. E-mail paragoncollection@gmail.com to register (Tue Nov 3)

Critical Mass: Group bicycle ride to celebrate cycling & to assert cyclists’ right to the road. Meet at Colonial Building, Bannerman Park (Fri Oct 30 at 6pm)

Flower Garden Tour: Take a leisurely stroll through the flower gardens & see what’s in bloom this week, Suitable for families, MUN Botanical Garden-306 Mt Scio Rd 737-8590 (Sundays at 12pm)

Folk Arts Society AGM, Crow’s Nest (Sat Oct 31 at 2pm)

Free Business Seminar (NL Organization of Women Entrepreneurs) Effective Tax Structuring Of Your Business: Benefits of Incorporation, register at 1-888-656-9311 (Thu Oct 22 from 9am-10am)

Free Business Seminar (NL Organization of Women Entrepreneurs) The Top 10 Things Small Business Owners Don’t Have Time to Think About (But Should), register at 1-888-656-9311 (Fri Oct 23 from 9am-10am)

Free Business Seminar (NL Organization of Women Entrepreneurs) Building a Winning Employee Team, register at 1-888-656-9311 (Wed Oct 28 from 9am-10am)

Garden Tour (St John’s Safer Soil) See demonstration garden using simple techniques used in areas with elevated lead levels, free, call 738-7542 to view, The Gathering Place-Basilica Parking Lot North Grant-Writing Workshop: For professional artists in the Visual Arts. Topics include Travel Grants, Assistance & International Residencies Programs, Eastern Edge Gallery-72 Harbour Dr 739-1882 (Wed Nov 4 from 6pm-9pm) Green Drinks: An informal get together for those who work, volunteer or have an interest in environment & conservation related issues, 7pm-9pm, no cover, The Ship (Last Wednesday of month) Healthy Eating for Kids Workshop: With guest presenters, 11am, free, St John’s Farmer’s Market-Lion’s Chalet-Newtown Rd (Sat Oct 31 at 11 am)

Hurling: Training ongoing, Contact Cabot_Hill_Hurling_Club@yahoo.ca for details (Saturdays)

Justice for Omar Khadr Campaign: Amnesty International teams up with War Child Canada to defend the rights of Guantanamo detainee, Omar Khadr, 3rd Floor-MUNUniversity Centre (Thu Oct 22 from 11am-3pm)

Le Café Français Hebdo: Un lieu où les francophones et francophiles peuvent socialiser en français. L’anglais est interdit, Atlantic Place, près de Starbucks (tous les dimanche à 16h) Local Flavours Workshop: With local chefs Lori Butler & Shona Stacey, 11am, free, St John’s Farmer’s Market-Lion’s Chalet-Newtown Rd (Sat Oct 24 at 11 am) Mall Walkers Club, Avalon Mall, 737-2333 (Thursdays at 8:45am)

Men’s Darts, Darnell’s Pub 782-2440 (Thursdays)

Overeaters Anonymous: Weekly meetings in St John’s area, call 738-1742 for more info

Paper Trails Writing Group: Explore new perspectives of writing and story telling.

Open to all, free, Dynamis Health Centre-95 Torbay Rd (Tuesdays at 7:30pm)

Parenting Teenagers Course: DVD format with small group discussion. While based on Christian principles, is relevant and helpful for any parent, St Thomas’ Anglican Church Auditorium-8 Military Rd 753-3527 (Thursdays beginning Oct 29 at 6:30pm)

Seniors Bridging Cultures: Tea, guest speakers & conversation, Seniors Resource Centre 737-2333 (Thursdays at 2pm)

Avalon Wesleyan Church: Weekly meet

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to the status of vaginal sex among straight

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the dildo and old mags in the crawl space or

men, LIMP, in that it’s somehow become the

is that I live in a very religious household and

a drop ceiling or the rafters. If your folks find

defining sex act, despite the fact that roughly

my parents would disown me if they found a

it, they’ll think it belonged to some perverted

a quarter of all gay men don’t enjoy and don’t

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indulge in anal sex. Your boyfriend may be one

but-needs-anal-stimulation-to-climax son.

of those guys, but he’s too inhibited to tell you

with toilet paper and tissues. Then I take a

A word to my fellow parents: If you find a

how he feels because, hey, it’s buttfucking and

plastic bag and put it over the top. After that,

penetration toy hidden in your child’s room—

he’s gay and all gay men are buttfuckers and if

I wrap a rubber band around the bottom

why were you snooping?—do not freak the

he doesn’t enjoy buttfucking then he’s some

part of the bag so it can’t slide off, lube it up,

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sort of defective gay buttfucker.

and fuck away! I really like this: I can put the

discard the toy. Your child probably went to

suction part on the floor, sit on the handle

great lengths to obtain that toy—teenagers

doesn’t enjoy it and, for the time being at

part, and basically ride it while I use my hands

can’t just walk into sex shops—and he or

least, you’re taking anal off the menu—lifting

to stroke my dick/balls.

she probably didn’t decide to run the risks of

the pressure off his shoulders and dick. Focus

I know you’re thinking, “Gross! Do you

obtaining and concealing a sex toy until he or

on the stuff that works for him right now: oral

realize that thing’s been in the toilet?!” But I

she had a bad experience with an improvised

and JO. And remember, LIMP, if he’s coming in

sterilize the handle with Lysol, then put soap

sex toy, e.g., plunger-related rectal bleeding,

your mouth, he’s still coming inside you.

on it before wrapping it with toilet paper. I also

difficultly retrieving a cucumber from the

put disinfectant on the plastic bag, then wash

vaginal canal. If you make a scene and take the

it off with water. After I’m done, I put more

toy, your child may not acquire another—but

I take a toilet plunger and wrap the handle

your child’s experiments with insertion will continue. He or she will just go back to using

normal use don’t get my ass germs. I’ve been

produce (swiped from the fridge for use, then

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card—at a “Savage Love Live” event at UC

When it comes to oral, he doesn’t have

immediate, not the person doing the fucking.

putting my family at risk by getting my ass

trouble staying hard. Even more curious: The

Sorry about that, BONED. Here’s a useful

germs on the plunger?

guy is only 21! Can someone that young really

answer:

have “erectile dysfunction”? We’ve tried cock

rings, and they don’t help: He can keep his

worried about you—is he hurting you?—or

amount as a medium cut on your finger) for two or three days, but I didn’t feel it in my butt and only knew that I was bleeding when I took a shit.

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Santa Cruz. I was in a bad way that night—sick

after he penetrates me. He’s

with the flu—and somehow misunderstood

come in me only a handful

the question. I read it as the person being

of times—and I’m a bottom!

fucked went limp when penetration wasn’t

Ask the BF what the problem is. He may be

For the love of God, ANUS, get your hands

hard-on for a little longer (enough time to get

perhaps the pressure on his cock as he attempts

and ass on an actual sex toy—they make dildos

inside me without getting soft), but it doesn’t

to push it in is painful for him. I don’t think

with suction-cup bases—before you do some

take long for him to get soft again. Dan, what

it’s the same problem as LIMP’s boyfriend;

real damage to yourself. Your

do you think is going on? He’ll be super-

your letter seems to imply that there isn’t a

10-step

toilet-plunger-into-

hard when I’m sucking him off, then I’ll start

problem when the boyfriend bottoms for you,

anal-sex-toy plan is ingenious,

jerking him a bit, then he’ll get inside me, and

so it’s not about disliking anal sex. It could

I’ll admit, and your concern for

then a very short while later he’s soft. Is there

be, though, that your boyfriend is more of a

anything we can do? Does he have ED?

bottom, i.e., prefers the receptive role during

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the health of your family is touching.

Lover Is Missing Poundings

mail@savagelove.net But given a choice

anal intercourse. A lot of bottom guys can top, of course, but some need to quickly get

between explaining your masturbatory routine

Your boyfriend is hard during oral sex and

in there and start pumping away, because the

to your parents because they found a dildo in

when you jerk his cock, LIMP, and only loses his

sensations help them maintain their erections

your room or explaining it to them because

erection when he’s in your ass or about to go

even as they do this thing—fucking—that they

you wound up in an emergency room because

in. Hmm. That doesn’t sound like ED to me—

would really prefer to have done to them. A

your luck ran out and the bleeding didn’t stop,

there’s no such thing as “act-specific ED”—but

delay in the action, such as an inability to get it

ANUS, I hope you would opt for the former.

more like YBDLAS, or “your boyfriend doesn’t

in “right away,” could lead to the problem you

like anal sex.”

describe, BONED.

If you’re worried about the repercussions

of discovery—such as being disowned—then

hide the dildo someplace other than your

perform, LIMP, as being fucked is important

room. Got siblings? Hide your dildo in the

to you. (Please tell me that he’s coming

room of your least favorite. If you’re an only

inside a condom when he comes inside you.)

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the Downtown Development Commission’s

2010 Commemorative Calendar

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Purchase this beautiful calendar for $10.00 (tax included) and a portion of the proceeds will be forwarded to the Jimmy Pratt Memorial Soup Kitchen at George Street United Church.

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A 20th Anniversary project by the Downtown Development Commission (1989 - 2009)