Watch: “Shootin’ The Gift” by Hip Club Groove
Recognize one of these rappers? Before being simply known as Cory on the Trailer Park Boys, Cory Bowles was dropping bars as Cheklove Shakil of Truro, Nova Scotia’s Hip Club Groove.
Tag Archives: Found Footage
“Best Kind, How Ya Doin’?’: St. John’s Reacts to Rush in 1987
That guy in the weed shirt is somebody’s uncle and we wanna know who.
That Time a Resident of Dildo Petitioned to Change the Town’s Name in 1990
In 1990, a local electrician petitioned to have the Newfoundland town of Dildo change its name because it embarrassed his children.
Found Footage: Stomp Along with 30 Songs of Stompin’ Tom Live in 1973
Across This Land is a 1973 concert film featuring Stompin’ Tom Connors, and it will hit you in your nostalgic Canadian feels like a warm glob of maple syrup.
That Time The White Stripes Played a Single Note on George Street
Relive The White Stripes’ 50 second show in St. John’s that once held the Guinness World Record for shortest concert of all time.
Can St. John’s Feel Less Bad About Throwing Shoes at Queens of the Stone Age?
Since Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age has made headlines for kicking a photographer in the head, cutting himself with a knife, and berating a California audience, perhaps St. John’s can feel less bad about that time they pelted him with shoes in 2008.
The Moldy Tapes Pt. 1: Schizoid’s 1989 Reunion in St. John’s
Within the last few weeks, a bedraggled VHS tape surfaced containing some vital footage of Newfoundland’s punk rock history. Though recovering the previously unseen video was anything but a clean process, our pal Alex Rumboldt got his hands dirty for the greater good of archiving this fundamental tape.
Newfoundland’s Sailor White Wrestles 30 Minutes with Austrian Strongman Otto Wanz (1981)
As a Secret East salute to the recent passing of the Austrian strongman and wrestling icon Otto Wanz, we dug up some footage of him going belly-to-belly with Newfoundland wrestling legend Sailor White in 1981.
That Time Fugazi Played Halifax in 1998
Remember that time Fugazi played Halifax in 1998? Check out an hour and a half of footage from their performance, or buy the live audio recording straight from Dischord Records.