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Last year during a chat I had with Ian Astbury of the Cult, we began to talk about movies. “So I was working on this Terrance Malick movie down in Texas and—“ “Wait,”

I’d forgotten that the Elmo has been around since 1850.  And no, that’s not a typo.  The bloody place is 162 years old.

Here’s the official press release about its most recent sale.

Sam Grosso, owner of the Cadillac Lounge in Toronto’s Parkdale area, has acquired the most legendary music venue in Toronto, the El Mocambo.

The downtown music venue at 464-466 Spadina Avenue just south of College Street — which was built in 1850  — had been owned by businessman Abbas Jahangiri, and in its heyday brought major music names to the city.

Mr. Jahangiri purchased the venue in 2001 and has since used the earnings to support a wide variety of charitable initiatives both in Toronto and internationally.

Sam Grosso and his partner Marco Petrucci  completed the agreement to acquire the property on Monday July 23, but they did not disclose a purchase price.

They did, however, announce plans to restore the venue to what they described as “its glorious past as one of Toronto’s best live music venues.”

The Indies are one of the big events of Canadian Music Week.  The date for the 12th annual awards is Saturday, March 24 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.  Here are your nominees:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Austra – Feel It Break (Paper Bag)
City and Colour – Little Hell (Dine Alone)
Feist – Metals (Arts & Crafts)
Fucked Up – David Comes To Life (Matador/Beggars Canada)
Mother Mother – Eureka (Last Gang)

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Alyssa Reid – Alone Again (Wax)
Crystal Castles – Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) (Last Gang)
Kristina Maria – Let’s Play (MapleMusic)
Raghav – Fire (Cordova Bay)
The Sheepdogs – I Don’t Know (Dine Alone)

The Brit Awards, the UK’s answer to the Grammys and the Junos, is set for tomorrow night.  Here’s a fast preview with some predictions and opinions.  (And props for MuchMusic for running the show on a same-day tape delay.)

Tough category, but I’ll go with Ed Sheeran.

British Female Solo Artist 

• Adele
• Florence & the Machine
• Jessie J
• Kate Bush
• Laura Marling

 Well, duh.  Adele.

The Brits are the equivalent of our Junos and America’s Grammys.  With the ceremonies coming up about ten days after the Grammys–February 21 at the O2 arena in London–we can now debate the merits of the nominees.

BRITISH MALE SOLO ARTIST

• Ed Sheeran (Watch this guy.  He might be on the verge of a worldwide breakthrough)
• James Blake
• James Morrison
• Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
• Professor Green

BRITISH FEMALE SOLO ARTIST

• Adele (She’ll win.  But I’d like to see Kate take it.)
• Florence & The Machine Island
• Jessie J
• Kate Bush (Wow.  Really?)
• Laura Marling

When they were still 100% independent, Sub Pop had a t-shirt that read “What Part of ‘We Don’t Have Any Money’ Don’t You Understand?”

Those were back in the days before Nirvana jumped to DCG (but not without compensation to Sub Pop) and scored with Nevermind and before Warner bought the company for $20 million.

And while they are part of one of the majors, Sub Pop seems to be existing just fine in its own little semi-autonomous bubble.  They’ve long since moved beyond grunge.

These are US sales figures, but they pretty much tell the story.  The total number of vinyl album sold in the US last year was 3.9 million. 1. The Beatles – Abbey Road