What big city will you not wait outside to get into a hip club? This trend
ain't exclusive to Montreal by any stretch of the imagination. Slipping the
bouncer a ten will do wonders for you.
Clubs- Adam's comment about there being nothing to do is totally off base;
there's tons of great clubs with great DJ's. I can name you a bunch of
clubs, but it would be useless unless I knew what grooves rock your boat.
I can tell you that Thievery Corporation will be playing Club Soda on
Saturday, November 18th at 10 PM (I'll be there), but other than that, it's
pretty wide open.
Your best bet would be to pick up a copy of the MIRROR or HOUR; they're
the local english cultural newspapers, and they both have very thorough
club, concert and cultural listings, although the MIRROR is a better rag in
general. You can find them free beginning every Thursday afternoon, and
there's plenty to go around so don't sweat it, they won't run out (it ain't
NYC).
Record stores- The record stores that Adam mentions are all very good, but
there's tons more. Again, it depends on what you're looking for. If you
walk along either St. Denis or St. Laurent, you'll find a buncha shops that
specialize in stuff that gets discussed here regularly, as well as funk,
jazz and rare groove. Also, if used record stores are your thing, there's
at least a dozen of em lined up, one after another, on Mont Royal street,
just east of St. Denis. Once again, the operative word here is second hand
shops, so this is an ideal area more for old vinyl junkies than it is for
those seeking fresh vibes. I can name you many more stores, depending on
what you're looking for, but they tend to be a little off the beaten track,
but you can email me if you wish and I'll be glad to oblige.
Stimp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Cohen" <a d a m EMAIL souljazz@souljazz.com>
To: "Acid Jazz Mailing List" <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: eh? montreal?
> on 11/11/00 18:47, |||paul||| at paul.jackson4@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > what up.
> >
> > This is the regular travel request to you'all about what's going down in
> > Montreal.
> >
> > I'll be there on the weekend of the 17 of Nov.
> >
> > I know about sona but that's about it...
> > Any regular parties or new bars?
>
> I'd stay away from Sona, unless the idea of waiting outside in the cold,
> while bouncers let in only locals and hot girls is appealing to you. Oh
> yeah, and a $25 cover once you get in.. I don't think the music is
anything
> special either - from what I heard it was mostly trance. When I went to
> Montreal earlier this summer for the July long weekend, I was pretty
> disappointed at the lack of parties going on. Or at least no one seemed
to
> know of any. I did, however, happen upon a small lounge type bar called
"A
> Go Go's" or something like that, after I heard someone playing Bob James -
> Take Me To Mardi Gras, while I was passing on the street. Sadly, that was
> the only place I found playing good music, and as I said it was more of a
> lounge, so there was no where to get your boogie on.. But that's not to
say
> that there aren't any good clubs in Montreal, it's just that I didn't find
> any while I was there (and believe me, I asked _everyone_ - this mailing
> list, local DJ's, people at the record stores, etc).
>
> > oh, and record shops.
>
> While I found the parties a disappointment, there were more than a few
good
> record stores:
>
> Primitive
> 3828 St. Denis
> 514-845-6017
>
> Disques BeatNick Records
> 3770 Rue St. Denis
> 514-842-0664
>
> Le Pick Up
> 4383 St. Denis
> 514-287-9484
>
> Disquivel
> 1587 St-Laurent blvd. (Near Maisonneuve)
> 514-842-1607
>
>
> Primitive and Beatnick had the largest and best selections I found.. But
> check them all out, I'm sure you'll find a few goodies to be had. Good
> luck, and hopefully you can find some good parties going on.
>
> Adam
>
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