Happy Canada Day!
Contributor and visual artist Chris Tompkins has made a sweet, sultry poster advertising today’s events at the Foggy Goggle down on Argyle Street in Halifax. Starting at 4pm you can see hours of live music while swilling your favourite brew. Have a wonderful day and try to take in some music, it makes [...]
a poem by Mike Romard
Hey, Hindenbergs,
deflate or
speed up or
get out of the way.
Come on,
this is a quadruple-wide sidewalk,
we can work this out.
Straight lines are tough,
I can’t draw them any better
than you walk them,
except on graph paper.
Just pick your lines,
follow them,
I’ll keep my mouth shut
on the way by.
This poem is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share [...]
the photography of Sharon Thompson
New Brunswick photographer Sharon Thompson is an artist who finds inspiration all around her. With a talented eye and a camera always close by, she works hard to acknowledge and capture the beauty that happens just outside her door. This entire series of nature at its finest was shot solely in her back yard.
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by Jamie Clarke
part 1
Chapter Two
The ride downtown to work was uneventful enough with all of the regular bumps and poor traffic decisions of every other ride. My sitting buddy choices left something to be desired however. I ended up sitting beside a man who had a very unique odour to him. Now he didn’t [...]
“Craigness!” is back and he gets up close and personal with Halifax fashion blogger Perry Paris. Craig has no concept of personal space and it gets him into trouble as he tries to hang with Perry.
The new episode of Craigness has been picked up by Haligonia.ca and word is it’s the #1 video on their [...]
Photos by Tom Henheffer
Words by Jason Wilson
Just wanted to preface the pics with some questions for you (I also wanted to clarify that the photographer, Tom did not write these). Why does the marijuana march exist? To what end purpose does it serve? This is not a slight against pot smokers and it isn’t an [...]
a podcast by Tom Henheffer, Billy Fong and Colin Davis
Tom, Billy and Colin have all submitted to the site in various fashions and we are happy to introduce to you, our beloved audience, the three of them in glorious audio. That’s right, Unfiltered Smoke’s first podcast where three guys talk, curse and might [...]
a photo series by Nick Lamont
Nick has been on fire lately with submitting photo series’. He tells us this next set was taken several years back when he was in college in Fredericton, New Brunswick and he only found them now. He’s been rooting through old negatives and scanning them to his computer and he [...]
Hey everyone, Jason here.
I’d be posting our first Unfiltered Smoke podcast right now, however, I am having a difficult time figuring out how to get it on the site. I know how it’s supposed to work but we’ve been having troubles with our media uploading tool. This is why the pictures are all linked to [...]
posters by Chris Tompkins
Partnering with Sailor City Promotions, Toronto-based graphic artist Christ Tompkins is designing the art for rock shows at the Foggy Goggle. Last week we posted his design for Carey Beck’s rockabilly show. This week brings two more. The first presents Tommy Green Jr. (of Halifax’s Telfer) and Mike Bochoff with opening guest [...]
by Joan Reid
As we said on Friday, Joan had recently submitted two sets of her photoshopped portraits. We ran the first set on Friday and here after a few days of waiting is the thrilling conclusion…well to this set, Joan will be submitting more down the road for sure. Fellow Unfiltered Smoke contributor Chris Tompkins [...]
photoshop portraits by Joan Reid
Joan Reid, who contributed photoshop portraits near the beginning of Unfiltered Smoke is back with two sets. The first one (below) shows her use of watercolour style and other elements. The second set will be up either this weekend or on Monday. She’s a great talent and has a wonderful eye [...]
a poem and a painting by Jody Coughlin
I took a pill. It was a zinger.
But, I don’t care… I’m Marla Singer.
I’ll flick my ciggy in your face
And sell your clothes––to your disgrace.
I’ll screw your boyfriend until he’s dead.
I’ll drink poison and chew on lead.
I’ll wake at night to the sound of rain.
I’ll pretend my TB [...]
