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Part 308: The Cottage in the Woods (VIDEO BLOG)
RECORD STORE TALES PART 308: The Cottage in the Woods As bad as the stress used to get, there was always one place I could return and truly recharge my batteries: the cottage. I’d pack a dozen or so...
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VIDEO: The Cottage in the Woods 2
If you missed the original story about the Cottage in the Woods, please check out Record Store Tales Part 308. Another long weekend in Canada has come and gone. This time we came with a side mission:...
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REVIEW: Helix – half-ALIVE (1998)
“Ain’t no rest for the Helix band!” – Brian Vollmer HELIX – half-ALIVE (1998 DeRock) The 90’s weren’t a kind decade to Helix. Longtime guitarist Paul Hackman was killed in a 1992 auto accident. Without...
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VIDEOS: The Cottage in the Woods 3
WARNING: These videos contain 0% Rock. However the water was nice and choppy this past weekend. In addition, I saw a cute family of ducks surfing near their nest! “SURFIN’ BIRD!” Enjoy the videos...
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#322: Highway to Hell (RSTs Mk II: Getting More Tale)
RECORD STORE TALES Mk II: Getting More Tale #322: Highway to Hell The big peave that I have today in my current work is my daily commute. It’s not far at all (I can do it in 10 minutes if there’s no...
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REVIEW: Paul MacLeod – Gauge (2011)
The fifth and latest review from Mike and Aaron Go to Toronto…Again! Aaron gave me this CD…thank you dude! This is also a SIMULTANEOUS REVIEW! Aaron has reviewed the same album today: take a look!...
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REVIEW: Jaymz Bee & the Royal Jelly Orchestra – ClintEastWoodyAllenAlda (1997)
JAYMZ BEE & the ROYAL JELLY ORCHESTRA – ClintEastWoodyAllenAlda (1997 BMG) Only one of the reasons that Jaymz Bee is totally awesome is that his name isn’t even really James B. He’s actually a...
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#483: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
GETTING MORE TALE #483: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, Of the big lake they call gichi-gumi. The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead, When the...
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#510: Kayys?
GETTING MORE TALE #510: Kayys? We only get to do it once a year, so you gotta make it count! Readers here have been treated to many tales from Sausagefest every year, the annual music countdown that...
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#526: Location, Location, Location
GETTING MORE TALE #526: Location, Location, Location I worked at many Record Store locations over the years, often temporarily for training and managing. Some of them I spent a few days at, others...
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#564: The Smell of Home
GETTING MORE TALE #564: The Smell of Home What does your home town smell like? I may complain a lot, but I do actually love this town. I was born in Kitchener. I don’t want to live anywhere else....
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#572: VIDEO – A Weekend at the Lake
GETTING MORE TALE #572: A Weekend at the Lake A new summer, and new tech! My beloved BlackBerry Z10, bought over four years ago in early 2013, has bitten the dust. That Blackberry was responsible for...
View ArticleREVIEW: Raw M.E.A.T 1 – Various Artists (1990)
Welcome to… …Hosted by Vinyl Connection RAW M.E.A.T 1 (1990 M.E.A.T Magazine) Drew Masters’ legendary metal magazine M.E.A.T took a lot of pride in promoting Canadian talent. The next logical step was...
View Article#649: Denizens of “The Mall”
GETTING MORE TALE #649: Denizens of “The Mall” Every mall has its questionable denizens. I’m not talking about mall rats or bargain hunters. I mean the people that are there every single day, not...
View Article#650: Frequent Buyer
GETTING MORE TALE #650: Frequent Buyer I heard through the grapevine* recently that my old store (“the Record Store”) are discontinuing their frequent buyer cards. These cards have a long, long...
View Article#670: Censor This Too! – The Star Chamber
GETTING MORE TALE #670: Censor This Too! – The Star Chamber This is the sequel to Getting More Tale #669: Censor This! In a footnote to that story, we discussed the evil, corrupt English department at...
View Article#683: I (Don’t) Wanna Be Elected
GETTING MORE TALE #683: I (Don’t) Wanna Be Elected It’s election season again! The climate today is nastier than ever, even here in Ontario, Canada. We don’t have Trump, but we do have something...
View Article#714: Born Again
GETTING MORE TALE #714: Born Again They probably thought I was going to hell the day I showed up on the first day of school in that Judas Priest T-shirt. Mrs. Powers was a devout Catholic, with a...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Candidates – Who’s Your Daddy Now? (1998 EP)
THE CANDIDATES – Who’s Your Daddy Now? (1998 EP) When the Candidates burst onto the local rock scene in the late 90s, I was on board from the get-go. The Candidates were one of the “Record Store...
View ArticleREVIEW: Psycho Circus – Psycho Circus (1992 cassette)
PSYCHO CIRCUS – Psycho Circus (1992 indi cassette EP) Psycho Circus put out their one and only album in 1993. They were a talented band who avoided grunge cliches and instead dove into funk-metal and...
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