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> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 21:15:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Darrell Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Suck my big fat CN Tower!
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> You know - this aversion everyone has for Toronto -s
> getting tiresome....really...I mean every week I see
> twenty to thirty advertisements for different clubs in
> diffeent cities - are you going to this rally - are
> you going to this cool groovy soul night - Las Vegas
> Grind this - and 6699 that - and everybody talks about
> everything everywhere - and that is as it should be -
> its the internationalistic facet of Mod that being
> jetset and in the know is all about - but for some
> reason - perhaps because its not in the UK or the US
> or somewhere chic and European - Toronto (sorry - I
> said the 'T' word) isn't a worthy topic of discussion
> for the 'Modlist'.
>
> Y'know, half the people on this list - regardless of
> the exact extent of their musical knowledge - or
> fashion tastes - are pretty fuckin cool - and seem to
> know 'where its at' - as for the rest of you... maybe
> you should just start a 'Down With Toronto' List and
> hang out with other people that don't go anywhere or
> do anything or search out new experiences and vibes
> and sensations and trancendental realities and....what
> am I talking about? I don't want those people to come
> here! Its better that they slag us - and never enter
> the country - they'd just bring everyone else down -
> and kill the groove...man.
>
> Don't ever talk about New York, L.A., London, San
> Fransisco, Chicago, Boston, Manchester, Liverpool, or
> anywhere else for that matter - coz we are only
> allowed to talk about clothes, music, scooters, and
> whether or not skinhead can be mods. Yeah...how the
> fuck do I get off this list...I've tried four times...
>
> D
>
I have nothing against the CITY of Toronto. I've never been there.All I can go by
are the people I've heard from on this list and my impression of them.
Dan
