Hamilton Record Store - going out of business sale

[hamilton]

Screaming Mimi's is going out of business. I don't know what the closing date is, but they are currently offering 50% off of all used products and 25% off of all new products.

It's really sad to se them going. It's a pretty funky little place, and every city needs more independent CD stores.

[SteveThe Owl]

Bummer.

Ottawa lost the legendary Record Runner a couple months ago, and Organized Sound is due to shut down soon, if it hasn't already.

There used to be a coffee house in Ottawa called Screamiong Mimi's. My wife loved it. It's gone too.

[Alexis]

is screaming mimi's the one that's right by reigning sound?

that sucks that they're closing.

[AD]

Organised Sound closed their doors for the last time last Sunday.

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[hamilton]

is screaming mimi's the one that's right by reigning sound?

that sucks that they're closing.

I'm not sure - is Reigning Sound the one on Hess just south of King, the one that specializes in punk stuff?

Screaming Mimi's is on the north side of King between Caroline and Hess, right across the street from Tim Horton's. It's in one half of what used to be the old La Luna.

[payce-ley]

thats definately too bad... hate seeing small businesses close... hopefully not a trend... Hamilton's seen more than enough small businesses shut their doors and too many big box emporiums set up shop

[payce-ley]

is Reigning Sound the one on Hess just south of King, the one that specializes in punk stuff?

punk stuff on original vinyl, no less

[kookycanooky]

does this place carry a large selection of vinyl?

[payce-ley]

yeah, but almost exclusively punk/garage/etc... Reigning Sound is practically a museum for that sort of thing, worth wasting an afternoon browsing and picking up a few things... like walking into an independent record store back in 1980-85, though they're up to date with modern alternative stuff too... they open and close late (whenever they feel like it, it seems... have wandered in at midnight) so worth peeking in if you're around there in the evening

Jimmy Vapid's place... of The Vapids

there's a link to the store in the above website

they have in-store shows there sometimes can be pretty fun

Edited May 8, 2006 by Guest
clarification

[Alexis]

yeah i feel bad for a small independant music store closing, but that particular market i would say might be over saturated. dr disc, cheapies, reigning sound and screaming mimi's all within a 2 km radius of one another. but then where are you going to put a business like that in hamilton BUT the downtown core and keep it viable? and boo to another downtown business shuttin er down. that suuucks.

[Sarahbelle]

reaally? that is sucky.I liked going in there a lot.. The lady that runs it was really cool.

[Paan]

What is the closing date? This may finally get me off my ass and pick up a turn table, and add to my vinyl collection.

[\/\/illy]

Dammit. I love that place.

[hamilton]

What is the closing date? This may finally get me off my ass and pick up a turn table, and add to my vinyl collection.

The girl behind the counter said she didn't know what the precise closing date would be, only that they were going to be shutting down.

As for the vinyl comment, don't confuse the two different stores in the thread. Jhamie is talking about Reigning Sound - and that's a photo of it above - but Screaming Mimi's has a much smaller vinyl section... maybe just a few square feet. Still, it's worth it to go in there and take advantage of the going-out-of-business sale.

[\/\/illy]

She told me today that it's the end of May. She said she has to actually vacate the building by the last day of May so it will likely close a few days before that. I was very sad about it so I bought 2 CDs and 12 LPs for $60.