z.a.r.p.e.k. (O-Z) XII

Man With Hat wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: Man With Hat wrote: ^ Sorry to hear that! Can't imagine the difficulty of that transition. Best of luck finding a new job. Hopefully things are better in Canada than they are in the US on the job front. Thanks so much Phil i need it. No things aren't great here but better than the States apparently. Man i've being doing the same job, running that store since 1985.  I'll miss playing Prog in my work enviroment and people's comments on the music too.  A couple of stores that do the same thing just went bankrupt in the next city over so it's not something i'll probably be able to continue with someone else. We didn't go bankrupt but it was heading in that direction.     A change might be good  and i am optomistic so we'll see, i'll keep everyone updated.   Get a job in a lax office and blast the prog and you'll keep getting people's opinions about it. But seriously, that does suck. :( Sounds like you were living the dream! Glad you didn't go bankrupt though. Seems like tough times all around for the independent record stores. Fairly reflective of the general culture I fear. I'll be sure to hug mine a little harder next time. And at least your optimistic. You have a fair amount of business experience under your belt so hopefully that will help you. Keep that positive attitude! They say it makes the difference.

Yeah i met a few somewhat famous people over the years including two who were high up in the Conservative party back in the eighties. Both lawyers of course but both were nice guys. Most of these people had cottages in the area where i had the store. Mike Gartner who i think is in the NHL hall of fame now. He's from here though. Sue Johannsson the sex therapist who had a cottage up here. Funny lady who had her on TV and radio show. Ummm Glen Peart who is Neil Peart's dad. Great guy who basically lives here permanently but it used to be their cottage. A sportscastor on TSN Vic Rauter who lives here.

^That is neat, John, the people you have met. My own grandad, my father's father, was an important Conservative politician in the Spadina riding in Toronto, both a provincial and federal Member of Parliament. (but that was in the fifties, he died in 1965)
           Yeah, i remember Sue Johannson's radio show, "Sunday Night Sex With Sue"*
        And that's cool, meeting Neil Peart's Dad.

          *oops, i think i have the wrong lady, the one i'm referring to is named Sue LeGarvey.


Edited by presdoug - December 30 2012 at 12:28

^ Not even himself.

  Got it now.



Edited by sagichim - December 30 2012 at 13:26

presdoug wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: presdoug wrote: Thinking of you, John, and wishing you the best. Thanks Doug ! My youngest daughter is thinking of going to school in your fair city. Man that's like a five hour drive though for us to visit. Nothing is decided yet but it's probably going to happen. That sounds like exciting news if it comes to fruition. If you end up traveling to Ottawa, would it be possible to meet you?

For sure, in fact if i'm still unemployed i may have to move in with you. If that's okay.

presdoug wrote: ^ it's a bachelor apartment, so you have to sleep in a chair,or on the floor! And if you don't look for work, i'll throw you out into the cold winter!

Man i might as well stay at home, thanks a lot Doug !

Also,

Man With Hat wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: Man With Hat wrote: ^ Sorry to hear that! Can't imagine the difficulty of that transition. Best of luck finding a new job. Hopefully things are better in Canada than they are in the US on the job front. Thanks so much Phil i need it. No things aren't great here but better than the States apparently. Man i've being doing the same job, running that store since 1985.  I'll miss playing Prog in my work enviroment and people's comments on the music too.  A couple of stores that do the same thing just went bankrupt in the next city over so it's not something i'll probably be able to continue with someone else. We didn't go bankrupt but it was heading in that direction.     A change might be good  and i am optomistic so we'll see, i'll keep everyone updated.   Get a job in a lax office and blast the prog and you'll keep getting people's opinions about it. But seriously, that does suck. :( Sounds like you were living the dream! Glad you didn't go bankrupt though. Seems like tough times all around for the independent record stores. Fairly reflective of the general culture I fear. I'll be sure to hug mine a little harder next time. And at least your optimistic. You have a fair amount of business experience under your belt so hopefully that will help you. Keep that positive attitude! They say it makes the difference. Yeah i met a few somewhat famous people over the years including two who were high up in the Conservative party back in the eighties. Both lawyers of course but both were nice guys. Most of these people had cottages in the area where i had the store. Mike Gartner who i think is in the NHL hall of fame now. He's from here though. Sue Johannsson the sex therapist who had a cottage up here. Funny lady who had her on TV and radio show. Ummm Glen Peart who is Neil Peart's dad. Great guy who basically lives here permanently but it used to be their cottage. A sportscastor on TSN Vic Rauter who lives here. Lots of good memories but there are certain customers who i hope i never see again. Thanks for all the good vibes guys.   Damn! Thats pretty . You must live in a lovely area if it keeps attracting all these famous (or semi-famous ) people. And that second to last bit sounds like a good slice of life if I ever heard one.

Where i worked was about 35 miles north of where i live. I wouldn't want to live there but it is on a lake like most towns and cities around here. If you go even further north in the Muskoka's you'll find a lot of rich people's cottages on islands up there. Summer cottages only as most of these places can only be reached by boat. Nice area but very rocky. The black flies would drive you insane. Goldie Hawn, Eddie Van Halen and on and on all have or had places up there.

I only have four of the albums in this list: Prat's, Thibault's, UZ's and Pink Floyd', but love each of those dearly.  Jean-Paul Prat's was my favourite evaluation while on the Eclectic team, and I can think Assaf for bringing the album to my attention.  I think it's  wonderful album, and I probably played it a hundred times.  Thibault's is also superb -- been quite a a while since I last listened to that one.  Clivages is terrific, and was my favourite of its year.  I think it's one of UZ's best albums, and proves that 70s bands can still release truly great modern albums (UZ never released a poor album).  Clivages and 1313 are probably the UZ albums I've played the most over the last few years.  The Geesin/ Pink Floyd collaboration "Atom Heart Mother" suite is my favourite music that Pink Floyd has released.  Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.   Each of those albums has its own merits for me.  Throughout my life Atom Heart Mother has been the most important as I first heard it, and loved it, as a kid, and I still love it after all these years.   Still, I'm giving Masal a vote as i don't like to see it voteless and I do think that it is an excellent album (the CD is one of the best albums I've heard for its bonus tracks too).

By the way, when I saw Siddhartha I thought of the Krautrock band (not with a self-titled album), but I know you're speaking of the one in Psych/Space.

EDIT: John, all the best and apologies --- my eyes are very dry/ sore so I didn't read the posts before babbling else I would have remarked on your situation.

Edited by Logan - January 01 2013 at 15:59

Just to clarify guys, i didn't own a record store, i just used to play Prog all of the time in the store which was for vacuum repairs and sales along with a water store combined where i sold reverse osmosis water and related products. I would love to own a record store although yeah that's a tough way to make a living with these days as well. Thanks again everyone for your encouraging words !

Gotta vote for the Zero.  Great album.