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on 5/5/02 3:14 PM, Michael Raphael at didjilution@nyc.rr.com scrawled:

quoted 9 lines Hey Folks,

> Hey Folks, > > I am going to be heading to toronto for 5 days in less than a month > and I was wondering if anyone can furnish me with some cool record > shops to visit. I'm definitely looking for some good used shops with > tons of vinyl as well as new stuff. An assortment would be > appreciated. And if anyone has any worthwhile things I should do, > please pass those along as well. >

Hey.. I'm a Toronto ex-pat. vinyl metropolis @ queen / spadina.. wide variety of stuff. Phonics seems to keep them pretty well stocked on the German minimal tip. Kind of diverse selection with lots of filler to wade through though. play de record on young. Toronto vinyl mecca. I don't like the store much and rarely shopped there. They do have a variety of material but everything seems to be "DJ's gigging out" geared and very little (at all) experimental stuff. If you want anything more obtuse than John Tejada records this store ain't for you.. Record Peddler on Queen is a great store. Indie rock was their primary forte but they got some in the know buyers onboard and what started out as a good place to score Chain Reactionesque material turned into one of Toronto's best leftfield record stores. Also worth noting is the uncanny resemblance between the attitudes of some members of this record stores staff and that of some of the characters in High Fidelity. Kopps Vortex and Penguin on Queen also have lots of good stuff. The staff at Penguin is the best in the city. Some places you may want to check out while you are in TO are the design exchange, Toronto's lifeless take on times square (for comic purposes), and the restaurants saving grace and azule. The worlds best whole in the wall bar is in TO - it's called souzdal and it's on college. As for events.. check out http://www.techno.ca/clonk , http://www.wabi.org , and http://www.stainedproductions.com/ cheers, ~g -- Greg Smith http://www.laiad.com "There is no such thing as a perfectly accurate clock. The nearest you can get is one that has stopped. Although you never know when, it is absolutely accurate twice a day." - JG Ballard/Chronopolis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

At 06:35 PM 05/05/02, Greg Smith wrote:

quoted 4 lines Record Peddler on Queen is a great store. Indie rock was their primary

>Record Peddler on Queen is a great store. Indie rock was their primary >forte but they got some in the know buyers onboard and what started out as a >good place to score Chain Reactionesque material turned into one of >Toronto's best leftfield record stores.

Record Peddler closed last year sometime - although your description sounds a bit more like Rotate This, which you didn't mention elsewhere. Is that the place you meant?

quoted 3 lines Also worth noting is the uncanny

>Also worth noting is the uncanny >resemblance between the attitudes of some members of this record stores >staff and that of some of the characters in High Fidelity.

I think every city has a record store with a staff like the one in High Fidelity. :)

quoted 3 lines As for events.. check out

>As for events.. check out http://www.techno.ca/clonk >, http://www.wabi.org , and >http://www.stainedproductions.com/

Thanks for the mention, Greg - Clonk & Wabi are great company to be included in. I also maintain a fairly up to date list of upcoming electronic/experimental/etc. events in Toronto at http://www.feedbackmonitor.com/live.htm and my wife runs the website http://www.toronto-underground.com which lists hundreds of independent shops, restaurants and such in downtown Toronto. Greg :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Greg Clow ::: greg@stainedproductions.com ::::::::: concert & event promotions ::: http://www.stainedproductions.com :::::: electronic music radio & reviews ::: http://www.feedbackmonitor.com ::: electronic/experimental record label ::: http://www.pieheadrecords.com ::::::::: 158 Close Ave. 2nd Floor ::: Toronto, Ontario M6K 2V5 ::: Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org