Comments on: Introduce Your Record Shop #2: Rotate This

By: davy h

davy h — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:16:23 +0000

Toronto is lucky to have such emporia and I hope it appreciates them. Camden Town here in London was also once ‘a diverse and bohemian’ locale with any number of lovely independent record (and book) stores like this, but now it’s all Starbucks and Waterstones and carved Buddhas. There are still a couple of groovy collector stalls in the Lock bit, but I miss ‘Rhythm Records’ and ‘Rock On’. Even the names evoke splendour, do they not?

By: China

China — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:57:20 +0000

That new storefront is so depressingly clean compared to the old one, based on those photos! The picture of the old front reminds me of my favorite record stores in Tacoma, WA, small and with coated windows. There should be a lot of junk to look at in the window of a shop.

That truth about the rent increase forcing the store to move really is a sad bit, though.

By: jc

jc — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:57:39 +0000

The public gets what the public wants…..you know where to look…..

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:27:54 +0000

Reminds me of Gomez Adams when he tries to get help from the police when he loses his brother to Debbie the Black Widow.

*HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?!*

By: a tart

a tart — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:32:19 +0000

The mental image of JC standing on the street and calling out to nobody “Where’s my record store gone!??!!” is pure hilarity, so thank you! And yes, we hereby call for that post, or did I miss it? Great story, and how can we not love a guy who collects Billy Bragg songs he already has, simply for the Canadian label? xoxoxo