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Martin Connelly (martinconnelly.com) is a freelance journalist and multimedia producer currently based in St. John's, Newfoundland. He's worked in print, tv, radio, and video, including a brief stint copy editing for China Central Television. When not working, he spends his time walking Finlay (the dog) and cooking dinner for Emily (the girl).
Great Expectations
Nova Scotia hopes Deep Panuke natural gas will fuel future petroleum development.
Junos With a Capital “B”
Yesterday, having experienced the Junos mostly as just another guy I decided I would find the back room — the one where some careers are made and others broken — the back room where I imagined everyone in pinstripe suits, smoking big cigars and swilling bourbon like it was, well, 1955.
In pursuit of business with[.....]
Now That’s More Like It
They say that Mussolini made the trains run on time, and while I’m not sure the Juno organizers will appreciate the comparison, I have to say I appreciate what they’ve done to live music in St. John’s — for this weekend, anyway.
In the normal course of events, opening bands rarely start playing till 11 —[.....]
They Should Have Come For The Ruckus
The Juno Stage was unveiled at the Mile One Center today, and the theme of this year is Icebergs. The set is made out of canvas stretched over aluminum frames, and the patterns are projected — which means that these ‘bergs will be changing colors, displaying media, and all kinds of things.
As far as themes[.....]
None of that old time Rock and Roll
“Rock Night Blast Off” was the title of tonight’s little shindig at the Delta Ballroom, and while there was nary a space shuttle in sight, there was a good deal of rock and roll. On the bill were The Idlers, The Novaks, and Hey Rosetta!
Official Observations for the evening:
Telling people to dance rarely has the[.....]
Ruckus Schmuckus
We’re just under half way through Juno week, and we’re three for four with the Ruckus On The Edge. Ruckus on the Edge was supposed to take what is usually just a weekend event, and fill it out to take up a whole week.
Apart from that, the ruckus was designed to showcase artists from Newfoundland[.....]
Juno Week — Day 1
Juno Week is upon us, and today was just the beginning. Ruckus on the Edge kicked off with a ceremony at the Confederation Building, and “Random Acts of Music” across the city. I didn’t get out to see any, but if you did, comment away in the comments.
Today was also the day that that production[.....]
Junos are T-1 week, Are you Ready?
We’re now a week away from Juno Madness. I’ve been hearing different numbers , but it sounds like anywhere from 2000 – 5000 will be descending on St. John’s with music on their minds. But that’s actually not that many more than a summer cruise ship would bring, which might help to put everything in[.....]
There’s going to be a Ruckus
If you’ve been hearing about the Junos, you might be a bit confused about what the Ruckus on the Edge has to do with Juno Fest has to do with the Junos. And I don’t think anyone would blame you. I’ve written about it here and there, but before we get into the meat of[.....]
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