Oh Sam The Record Man, how I shopped in your store so many times. I was so sad the day you said that you were closing, so I photographed the hell out of your store. I did enjoy walking down Yonge Street in Toronto and seeing this sign, and now you are gone.
These big beautiful rusting records, how you twinkle and rotate at night. I did here that you will be able to see these again on top of a building in Yonge Dundas Square, thank you Ryerson University. I think that I bought most of my Electronica library here, OK so HMV was involved too, but you get my point.
Don't you just love these storefronts? I do, I'm so glad we still have them. It was like a way to pull you into their displays, which were always artsy. The tile work done on the floor tiles is amazing, I bet you some person, that may not even be alive anymore, put their heart and soul into this floor. The next time you see a store front like this, respect the work that went into it. I seen this one on Dundas Street West near Keele Street. I just realized you can see my reflection on the door, with flash. Hahahah, I must have taken this one in the early days of my photography ventures. As I don't use flash much anymore, you really don't need it in the day time and a tripod helps when photographing at night.
I still look for these, in fact they can still be found all over the city if you look close enough. I know that most of you have cell phones now, but sometimes you just never know when you need of of these broken, busted up Bell pay phones. I don't even know what they charge anymore to make a call. I haven't used one since it was still twenty five cents. I would say this one had it's day in the sun, literally, in fact I don't think that it is there anymore. I did take this photo somewhere around 2007.
This little guy is actually on the front of someones house on Bedford Avenue. I took a stroll one day up that street, and across my favourite street called Tranby Avenue. This little guy popped out of nowhere. Hey you look at me, take a picture of me. I doubt that many people know about this gargoyle. He's like a cute little house protector. One day if I could ever afford it, I would love to purchase a house on Tranby Avenue, they are all heritage homes. It would be cool to live in one of those. You never know what the future can bring. Always be positive about what could be right around the corner.
Now enjoy Insomniac Olympics by Blockhead, I know I will thanks to Youtube.com.
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