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Now even record shows are going virtual

May 9, 2020May 8, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Downtown Record Show, Record Shows, The Record Guys

It’s tough being a record collector these days, especially if you’re the kind who loves to go crate-digging at used

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Attention Vinyl Freaks: The $5 Record Show is Coming

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Downtown Record Show, Record Collecting

If you’re in the Greater Toronto Area and you feel like doing some digging, the guys behind The Downtown Record

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Music News 

Geeks&Beats Episode 79: We’re Live! And We Have Show Notes!

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Dementia, Downtown Record Show, iPod, Joe Strummer, Leonard Nimoy, Napster, Taylor Swift, Thor, Trent Reznor

In what’s turning out to be an annual affair, this Geeks&Beats podcast recording was conducted at the Downtown Record Show

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Music News 

Is Vinyl the Best Format Ever? (And This Weekend’s Live Geeks&Beats Record Show Appearance)

October 31, 2014October 31, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Downtown Record Show, The Record Guys, Vinyl

This Sunday, Michael Hainsworth and I will take our Beats&Geeks podcast recording session to the Downtown Record Show, which is

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Podcast 

Geeks&Beats Episode 77: Show Notes–and Billy Idol Speaks!

October 22, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airline Food, Billy Idol, Downtown Record Show, Music Listening Habits, Thom Yorke, VinylHub

We’ve really been able to up the level of our guests. Sting still hasn’t made an appearance–we’re snubbing him–but so

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Podcast 

Geeks&Beats Podcast Episode 51: Show Notes from Our Live-on-Location Session

April 9, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Daft Punk, Downtown Record Show, KISS, Miley Cyrus, Strong Bad

In a first in the long and storied history of the G&B media empire, we took our show on the

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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