Apollo Lemmon – play, politics & peculiarities

Pokémon World Tour is a fun podcast that explores the locations featured in the Pokémon games. They've covered Kanto and Sinnoh, and are now going

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Star Soldier

Star Soldier for the NES was one of the first space shooters I played when I was a kid. I remember it being a flea

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Run 2019.04.16

Halifax is a fairly hilly city, and I've tended to run along the flatter, straighter portions of it when running in the winter. Now I'm

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Some Murals From Dartmouth

After my run on Saturday I snapped some photos of some of the weird and delightful murals along the Dartmouth waterfront.

Run 2019.04.14

Today was a busy day, but I fit in a run around a shopping errand. I imagine the next few months will require a lot

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Run 2019.04.13

This morning I ran the first training mission for the next Zombies, Run! virtual race, Train to Oban. I have a strong appreciation of trains,

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Tobu Tobu Girl

Tobu Tobu Girl is a tough and charming Game Boy game released in 2017 and the team behind it is now kickstarting Tobu Tobu Girl

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Silversun Pickups – It Doesn’t Matter Why

The new Silversun Pickups single has the band in fine form and the video for the song has wonderfully weird choreography and movement.

Ruby Ibarra and the Balikbayans at Rappler

Back in March, Ruby Ibarra and the Balikbayans performed at Rappler. The 31 minute video includes songs and interviews. The performances are great and the

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Lunumbra’s Pokémon TCG Art Alters

For the past month I've been getting back into the Pokémon TCG casually, playing mostly on the TCGO. The art on the cards is a

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Run 2019.04.08

Today I was running ahead of a snowfall that would start just as I arrived home. It might technically be Spring, but Winter is clinging

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Sucré – Retribution

Sucré released a video for their new single, "Retribution", Friday and it's a gem.

Run – 2019.04.07

I wanted to end my run today at the mall because I needed to check on a stroller and car seat combo we'd been hoping

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Run – 2019.04.06

Today I ran through a light dusting of snow along the waterfront. As it slowly starts to shift into Spring, I'm looking forward to revisiting

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Radicalized

The third novella from Cory Doctorow's Radicalized collection is the title story and it's a standout. The story is built around people facing the terrible

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Aurelio Voltaire – She’s Glowing

A year after Aurelio Voltaire's What Are the Oddz? album was released, he has released a video for the wonderfully New Wave track "She's Glowing".

“All That Is Solid”

This week's episode of StarShipSofa features a reading of Chris Barnham's "All That Is Solid". It's a touching, compelling story centered around a benevolent A.I.

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Run – 2019.04.02

Today I ran down a street light-clogged route as I worked to rebuild my running habits. I usually try to avoid lights as much as

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Cults – Right Words, Natural State

Cults' video for the tracks "Right Words" and "Natural State" from their album Offering is a weird visual treat. "Right Words" is a persistent earworm

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North End Murals

Along the route I take when running through the North End of Halifax there are some wonderful murals.

Run – 2019.03.30

This afternoon I enjoyed my first run in a while. The weather here is slowing getting to be more like Spring, so I'm hoping to

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Collide – Mind Games

In the early 'oughts, during my gothest times, Collide was a band I listened to constantly. They've retained their distinctive sound and their most recent

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Tabletop Audio

I've been having Dungeons & Dragons withdrawal for most of the past few months, and I miss tabletop gaming in general. When I do have

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Jack Kirby’s The Prisoner

I grew up with The Prisoner being a formative TV show and I loved comics, and I love revisiting it in other media. When I

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Lissie – Dreams

Lissie just released a video for her incredible cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams". She had previously covered "Go Your Own Way" and has a voice

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Legato Vipers – Spy vs. Spy

I first saw Legato Vipers at a house show in Halifax years back and I was completely won over by their superb surf riffs and

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Pokémon Ruby

Since last November I've been playing through each of the Pokémon regions again. I'm now about half way through Pokémon Ruby, a game I missed

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Down To Luck

Down To Luck is a new D&D actual play podcast from folks here in Nova Scotia. It's great fun and it won't take long to

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Strand of Oaks – Weird Ways

Strand of Oaks' Eraserland album was released today and it's remarkable. I wasn't familiar with Timothy Showalter or the project before, but I've been won

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The Very Best

Shannon Manor's The Very Best is everything I could have hoped for from a Pokémon story. Shannon took the core story from Pokémon Red and

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Model Minority

Cory Doctorow's Model Minority is a novella that explores police brutality and corruption, and social justice by taking the Superman story and refreshing it. Cory

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Brass Against – Parabol/Parabola

Brass Against have released a stunning cover of Tool's "Parabol" and "Parabola" that has faithful vocals by Samuel Hope and an arrangement that elevates the

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