![]() And then we come in and pick the good titles. They can’t sell them as new anymore, so they sell them to huge wholesalers. “Then, the publisher sits on these books, and they don’t really know what to do with them. “A lot of books that get shipped out to bookstores never sell, and those retailers can return them for full credit to the publisher,” he says. ![]() We’re not saving lives – it’s a used bookstore – but it shows it means something to people.”īMV owner Patrick Hempelmann explains it to me in the back office of the Bloor store. Walking the aisles was part of their routine and something they’d look forward to. “They’d talk about how browsing here is good for their mental health. “When we were closed during the pandemic, some regular customers would shoot us emails,” says Mike Murray, the manager of BMV’s Bloor Street location in the Annex (the others are on Edward Street downtown and at Yonge and Eglinton). Unlike the prevailing minimalist philosophy of curation that drives so many beloved indie shops, at BMV more is more. With books, clothes, groceries, takeout and just about everything else available to your door at the press of a few buttons on your phone, it’s never been easier to get what you need without leaving your house.īut with the holiday shopping season upon us, it’s comforting to know that BMV is still there – three stores filled with the items it’s named for: books, magazines and videos – as well as collectibles, vinyl LPs, CDs, comic books, games and art. That’s becoming a lost art, especially in the years since the pandemic hit. ![]() ![]() The rest, and perhaps the most fun, is browsing. What you walk out with is only part of the experience. It’s never really mattered.īMV and its ilk – shops like Sonic Boom and the late great Soundscapes, Vortex Records and Queen Video – were never purely about buying. Walking among shelves and shelves of books, CDs, DVDs, comics, even vintage nudie magazines, I’ve lost whole afternoons and evenings, with bags full of merchandise to show for it. Croga, Tide Full In - a recent CD from a young high energy Celtic band, vocals and tunes.How many hours of my life have been spent at BMV? It’d be impossible to count.Bada Bing Bada Banjo - a CD of 22 solo clawhammer banjo tunes, old time, Celtic, more.Great Bay Stomp - a cassette of 18 old time solo clawhammer banjo tunes.Great Bay Stomp - a CD of 19 old time clawhammer banjo tunes played solo.Crawdad Wranglers Chicken Gumbo - a second CD of cajun and zydeco dance music.Crawdad Wranglers Chili! - a CD of cajun and zydeco dance music.Five Miles to Town - a cassette of old time dance style fiddling with string band.New Hampshire Hornpipe - a CD of 12 all original celtic fiddle tunes.Newmarket Duets - a CD with duets between 10 different instruments, 23 tunes!.Ryan Thomson, Tune Collector - fiddle, accordion, banjo, flute, whistle, piano.Wild Boys of Newmarket - 32 fiddle and guitar duets by Ryan and Brennish Thomson.Squeezebox Stompers - acoustic roots band, blues, cajun, zydeco, and Celtic.Really Smokin - Smoke and Mirrors Contra Dance band.Fiddling Thomsons - hot twin fiddling, world music, 11 instruments played by duo.How to Make and Play the Wash Tub Bass - build it, playing tips, includes string.Celtic Wooden Flute DVD, beginner's instruction - lively Irish tunes taught.Piano Accompaniment to Fiddlers, First Lesson DVD - instruction for backup piano.Accordion, Jam Session Style, First Lesson DVD - instruction for beginners.Pennywhistle, First Lesson DVD - tin whistle instruction for beginners.Complete Clawhammer Banjo Kit, the 2 DVDs above, plus CD and tab book.Banjo, Clawhammer Style, Second Lesson DVD - learn 19 tunes, 6 banjo tunings.Banjo, Clawhammer Style, First Lesson - DVD instruction for beginners.Old Time Fiddle, First Lesson DVD - Teaches four American Hoedown Tunes.Irish Fiddle, First Lesson DVD - Teaches a jig, reel, hornpipe, slide, and polka.Fiddling for Beginners - Book and DVD.Foreign shipping costs extra - click here to find out more. Shipping is free within the USA for all items. You may also mail in payment - click here to find out how. Click on links below for descriptions, prices, and to order online with credit cards via Paypal.
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