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Old 11-16-2007, 05:11 PM
Gildwulf Gildwulf is offline
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Default Re: McGill/Canada inferiority complex brag

addendum:

This may sound like heresy but Toronto also has a MUCH better music scene, particularly jazz. Montreal is known for its jazz scene because a) they get a lot of big draws at the Montreal Jazz fest every year and b) they were THE scene in the 60s in Canada. Basically the industry has dried up and Toronto is a much more vibrant and lively jazz music scene (this is verified by most of my professional music friends).

There are jazz clubs in Toronto that have a different jazz band play at brunch, afternoon and night 7 days a week (21 different bands a week!). In Montreal you basically have two choices for major jazz bars: Upstairs and Biddles (now called something retarded), the former of which is really overpriced and small and the latter is really tacky and pretty traditional. You basically have to know sketchy jam session areas in the West Island or NDG to get any decent jazz in MTL anymore.
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