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ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
ISSUE 594
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
I must speak to the minuscule number of
infidels who after all these years remain
Frankslamophobic.
To these few infidels, er, um, fellow
Nova Scotians I say we must move away
from the anxiety, the anger, and the venom
too often, and too incorrectly associated
with radical Frankslam.
We must appeal to our better angels, and
ask ourselves the fundamental question:
“Whaaad? Somethun’ wrong with radical
Frankslam occupyin’ the popular imagination?”
Of course not. There’s nothin’ wrong
with radical Frankslam dominatin’ the
popular imagination.
Yes, it’s true a number of Frank staffers
did dance in the street when the old
Halifax Herald Bldg. crumbled to the
ground. But that’s only because it gave us
a shortcut to the Economy Shoe Shop
Gonad-A-Go-Go.
And, yes, it’s true that Iman A. Frank
Grunt plans to erect a 13-storey likeness of
Lt.-Governor Mayann Francis’s brown
pussy on the site of the former Herald
Building. But that’s only because there’s
no better way to extend an olive branch
than by acknowledging Her Honour’s
beautiful cat. That’s why.
That said, I would also like to thank
Ms. Eleanor Liz Rigby for calling off her
planned national “Burn a Frank Magazine
Day,” and I trust Ms. Rigby will continue
to exercise the same spirit of tolerance
toward my goodself and my organ after
she finishes reading this current edition.
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RADIO PULLED OUT THE STOPS FOR EARL
CBC RADIO DID A VERY REASONABLE JOB
COVERING HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM
EARL, CONSIDERING HARDLY ANYBODY IS LEFT
IN THE RADIO NEWS BUSINESS ANYMORE.
They offered 11 hours of live coverage. The
first eight hours were hosted by Don Connolly
and Doug Barron, while Jean Laroche and
Stephanie Domet served up the final three
hours.
The coverage was augmented by reports
BY HARRY TAGE
ARMED WITH ONLY A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT, A
HOOLIGAN CAN CAUSE EVEN A CENTURIES-OLD
FACADE TO RESEMBLE THE MOST CONTEMPO-
RARY VISION OF URBAN DECAY.
This recently vandalized historic property lies
across the street from the Nova Scotia College
of Art & Design, although I am not suggesting
that this artless descretion of heritage
was the work of a budding bohemian art student.
No, whoever decided to use these old stone
walls, erected at the turn of Halifax history, as
a canvas for their own destructive power, could
not possibly be interested in art or architectural
throughout the region and extended hourly
newscasts.
On the television side, the coverage was handled
largely by the CBC News Network but
Tom Murphy was brought in at 5 p.m. on
regular CBC-TV to host a live 30-minute special
on the storm.
Localized programming was also set for the
St. John, N.B., region but when the storm
shifted east, so did the direction of CBC’s live
coverage.
A PARTICULARLY SAD TAG
beauty, and is nothing but a culturally insensitive
brute.
Eyesores like this are perpetrated by common
vandals and aesthetic bullies, and it is my
strong hope that they are punished for their
misdeeds.
After all, graffiti is a criminal offence, but somehow
the tagging just looks worse and more
obnoxious painted over a facade that developer
Big Ben McRae is going to be gracious
enough to retain, once he erects his soul-less,
modern office highrise over the historically significant
buildings he razed.
Does Frank Know?
atlanticfrank@eastlink.ca
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