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
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