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2002-05-05 22:14Michael RaphaelHey Folks, I am going to be heading to toronto for 5 days in less than a month and I was w

From:: Michael Raphael <didjilution@nyc.rr.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sun, 5 May 2002 18:14:09 -0400
Subject:: [idm] Toronto Bound

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. Thanks, Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2002-05-05 22:35Greg Smithon 5/5/02 3:14 PM, Michael Raphael at didjilution@nyc.rr.com scrawled: > Hey Folks, > > I

From:: Greg Smith <purgasmith@earthlink.net>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sun, 05 May 2002 15:35:54 -0700
Subject:: Re: [idm] Toronto blurb
Reply to:: [idm] Toronto Bound

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

2002-05-06 02:20Greg ClowAt 06:35 PM 05/05/02, Greg Smith wrote: >Record Peddler on Queen is a great store. Indie r

From:: Greg Clow <greg@stainedproductions.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sun, 05 May 2002 22:20:08 -0400
Subject:: Re: [idm] Toronto blurb
Reply to:: Re: [idm] Toronto blurb

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

2002-05-07 00:30Neilok places for records in the city of Toronto: penguin - 2 mccaul (probally the best spot r

From:: Neil <neil@web.net>
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Date:: Mon, 6 May 2002 20:30:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:: [idm] Re: Toronto blurb

ok places for records in the city of Toronto: penguin - 2 mccaul (probally the best spot right now for music and theyu have increased thier vinyl section well worth the trip even just for the cd selection and to chat with kim is always a pleasure, in fact terll him I say hi) rotate this - queen and bathurst - torontos answer to high fedelity.... great selection of any and all music that is no on a major label large vinyl and cd selection electron - the new kid on the block queen west of bathurst also lots of records new and used and a very knoelegable store owner whos also very supportive of local artists he has a section decicated to cd-r releases for locals only. neurotica - (just west of rotate this by a few stores) if you can deal with the pretention coming from behind the cash you have got the best second hand selection in the city lots of records and lots of cds. best place to pick up all the stuff you have been looking for but could never find especially on the experimental and jazz tip. notable mentions: metropolis- on spadina and queen they are ok and I mean just ok....over priced and not very up to date on thier stock not to mention they are over priced. kopps/vortex- is now gone so ignore gregs mention of them they are now an indie rock/punk focused record store. play de record - on younge north of dundas is ok selection is nothing to write home about and dealing with the hip hop assholes that shop there make it an unpleasent experience but I would still frop in just to see the experience as this store is an a typical dj store like something you would see in chicago or nyc. as for events going on that weekend the best resource would be: www.feedbackmonitor.com - greg has got it happening here... or techno.ca - thier events section is pretty good. between these two urls you should not go wrong as for general cultural shit happening check out www.eye.net its one of 2 left leaning weekly rags IMHO the better of the two lots of general fringe arts coverage. as for places to eat i second azul on bathurst... but since that place is so dam tendy these days I would stay away on sunday for brunch...and check out the senator on edward street traditional jewish deli styled brunchs but not so much on the deli s it is on the nice atmosphere and good food the best bagel lox and cream cheese in the city... if you not up for that check out the lakeview on dundas and ossinton for sunday brunch as for dinner time sort of deal the spadina/dundas china town (one of 2 china towns in the city) is the place my favorite place is lotus garden on dundas a great little vegan vietmanmese styled place they have the best mock roast duck Ive ever tasted! and the best hot and sour soup (greg this place rivals the place you took me 2 summers ago) any how check out eye.net for resturents also... other then that... if you have the time to check out the kensington market I would as well as little italy both great places to walk lazyly through on a sunny after noon... as for eye sores we have the cn tower, the sports dome, the harbour front, dundas square and a wide assortment of ugly run of the mill downtown office towers to gaze up into great material for album art work ;) oh and toronto islands is also nice... the designe exchange (as greg mentioned) as well as the power plant and 401 richmond... home to most of the cities best artist run centers... including the infamous Inter Access...

quoted 3 lines From: Greg Smith <purgasmith@earthlink.net>

> From: Greg Smith <purgasmith@earthlink.net> > check out http://www.techno.ca/clonk , http://www.wabi.org , and > http://www.stainedproductions.com/

gee thanks greg for mentioning us but I dont think we are doing any thing around that time... may 11th and june 21-23 (this is clonk, i dont know about wabi or stained)

quoted 2 lines http:

> http://www.toronto-underground.com which lists hundreds of independent > shops, restaurants and such in downtown Toronto.

this is a great resource I even use it often and Im from here. ;) neil... aka naw clonk artistic director --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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