To follow up on the cassette bootleg of Motörhead live in St. John’s in 1988, we tracked down a near-death Newfoundland anecdote from the pages of Lemmy Kilmister’s 2002 autobiography White Line Fever.
Sailor White Collection Pt. 1: Former WWE superstar Al Snow recalls the time lengendary Newfoundland wrestler Sailor White knocked out an entire roster of grapplers in Ontario with “a five foot shillelagh”.
Now free from the contractual servitude of corporate comedy, comedians of St. John’s are free to write their own next chapter.
Factory launches their new hip-hop event ALL CAPS this Friday, April 15th, with rappers; Moyst, G Smooth, Sir-Ill, Mak11, Lee Fitz, and DJ Spank on the 1’s and 2’s.
ProtoShed is a hackerspace in St. John’s, Newfoundland who’s running theme is ‘imagine – make – share.’ Listen in as ProtoShed Secretary Jordan Elliott gives us the low-down on what it takes to run a hackerspace from the tip of Atlantis.
“I started spending summers and Christmas in St. John’s around 1990 … There were fewer bands doing original music then, although even at that time there was a knot of hardcore punky bands and other bands doing original music at all ages shows, playing the Peace-A-Chord, etc.”
Rumblin Thunder (prod. AKOGOLD) is the track for Newfoundland based rapper Moyst’s latest video. The track is a percussive exercise in polished hip-hop lyricism, and is suited with a two-minute visual trip courtesy of videographer Mike Simms.
Gene Browne has advanced The Levee through his supportive mantra; his down-to-earth nature and genuine caring for every band and musician that passes through his doors have combined to help The Levee expand, resulting in the creation of its very own weekend-long celebration of local talent: Leveestock.
Secret East TV has teamed up with Spoken Word St. John’s to offer a capture of the poetry and performance of Riley Palanca in our first Spoken Word at the Log Cabin session. We’ve combined a video feature with three pieces of audio, and the accompaniment of a written profile, courtesy of contributor Russell Cochrane.