2.20.2008

Toronto's Top 5 Indie Video Shops

City-TV has put together a series profiling the top 5 indie rental shops in T.O. The Film Buff made the cut! A link to each of the articles is below.
Part 1: Queen Video
Part 2: Suspect Video - note: as of this morning, the Queen and Bathurst location profiled here has been destroyed by fire. The original Markham St. location remains open.
Part 3: Marquee Video
Part 4: Black Dog Video
Part 5: The Film Buff

10 comments:

Dropkick said...

oh fucking jamon! why we gotta be last? is it cause we rock the casbah the hardest. i think it is

the coelacanth said...

i think so too. i also think they're still working out the colour balance on the red pants.....

Brian McKechnie said...

We saved the best for last ;)

It will be up shortly.

-Brian

the coelacanth said...

thanks brian!

the coelacanth said...

well done, stan! you managed to come off as intelligent, well-spoken, warm and clever - fooled them again, i guess. i especially loved your ability to slip some scatological double-speak into the mainstream media...(exactly how miniscule are your bowel movements?) good show! let's have a staff celebration, drinks are on you....

La Sporgenza said...

One thing that the City-TV people left out of the final cut of my blathering was a comment I made regarding the importance of having excellent and engaged employees. Worth pointing out. It doesn't work without you guys.

Brian McKechnie said...

Hey guys. We're looking for someone to do DVD reviews for a site we run called Criticize This! (criticizethis.net). This is a personal project that is unrelated to Citytv.

Would anyone be interested in submitting one or two a week in exchange for us promoting The Film Buff?

Contact me at brian@bamcat.com if you're interested.

Thanks.
-Brian

La Sporgenza said...

Actually... now that Brian has weighed in....I never really did mention any of you... but I meant to. Thanks for not mentioning that Brian. Joe writes real good btw.

the coelacanth said...

i assumed as much, but i thought i take the moral high ground and not mention the fact that i had a whisper 2000 in the store at the time of the interview and distinctly overheard you say, "i run everything in both stores by myself, simultaneously...to paraphrase the sixth must-see film, ghostbusters, 'there is no staff, only scott'...."

Brian McKechnie said...

Scott did say off-camera how great the staff was (which is obvious by reading this blog).

We just put all the videos from the series on YouTube. You can find the Film Buff one here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ceSs27uTLo4

-Brian