Retro Toronto Thread for Nostalgia Purposes.
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Saw Rush at Larry's Hideaway. After they had done a U S tour. Must have owed somebody a favor.Watched them at the Gasworks before they made their first record. Used to see A foot in Cold Water at the Colonial Tavern. Saw Max Webster's first performance together at the Knob Hill.
Went to Starvin Marvin's
Used to poon at the Warwick House,On Gerrard. $30.00 fs. $10.00 for a room at Larry's Hideaway.
Watched the antenna being lowered onto the CN tower. Sitting in my car. Hungover on Sunday morning. They used a Sikorsky heavy lift helicopter.
Bars, booze and rock and roll. My wasted youth. Went on a double decker bus ride a couple of years ago, and listened to the tour guide talk about the universities, colleges, sports facilities, libraries, cultural and educational feast for those so inclined. I missed that part.
Achingly nostalgic film for me is "going down the road" by Don Shebib. I moved to Toronto shortly after the movie came out and my experiences were uncomfortably similar. It really captures the mood of Toronto in the early 70's.
Paul Bradley became an example of art imitating life.Used to see him drinking all the time in the Yonge Street Tavern. Happy hour 5 beers for $1.00. I walked over to his table and shook his hand and complimented him on the movie. He said words to the effect "God bless you for remembering. I needed a compliment after the kind of day it's been."
I seem too recall an episode of Degrassi Junior High that was partially filmed at that Lick's. Which reminds me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErnMPWBlrvc
That's before my time, but I remember getting soaked in the Eglinton bus bays and the lovely smell of Cinnabon in the concourse, which I think is still there.
Never was a Jays fan except for the 2 times they went to the World Series. Time flies ma
The Cinnabon booth. And the news paper and magazine booth. I would sneak quick looks at the Playboy centrefolds until the dragon who ran the stand glared at me.
The host of Brave New Waves was Brent Banbury. They took over after Rainer Schwartz's Night Music went off the air in 1981. He's still working for the CBC Radio 2 today.
I have many memories of The Gasworks and Larry's Hideaway as well. I was there as a roadie for Sebastian Bach's first band Cardinal Sin when Tommy Lee tried to start a barroom brawl. He was nuts, the bouncers were all Iroquois. He was not touched, they didn't want him to come back with Motley Crue's roadies. Larry's Hideaway was a complete dive but the joint gave two bands a measure of fame: Venom and Husker Du.
I also remember JD Roberts getting totally shitfaced at the Iron Maiden concert at Kingswood/Canada's Wonderland.
Hooker Harvey's. When my buddies and I first got our license, we used to drive down there to check them out. A car would pull up and holy crap, like 10 of them would rush the car...lol.
