I have to admit I don’t have any memories of Britnell’s, though I was living in Toronto in the late 1980s and early ’90s and I’m sure I must have stuck my head in the door a few times. The store itself had quite a history, first being opened in 1893 by Albert Britnell at a slightly different Yonge St. location. It had a run of over a century, closing doors in 1999 for what I assume were the usual reasons. It was taken over by a Starbucks, though the name Albert Britnell remained carved into the façade of the building, right above the Starbucks sign. The Starbucks (one of Toronto’s first) closed in 2020 and I’m not sure what’s there now. I think Britnell’s name is gone too. All we have now are the bookmarks, and I’ll bet there aren’t many of them left.
Book: Adrift: America in 100 Charts by Scott Galloway
Alex Good 
I like the quotes on it.
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I guess Louis was too busy ruling the world to bother much with books.
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You know, the way we talk, we lived in a golden age back in the 70’s and 80’s.
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The 80s were great.
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Little bookshops on every corner.
It was a Utopia….
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The weird part is, despite all the new conveniences we have now I remember life then as being so much better. Probably just an age thing.
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I don’t know if it is an age thing or not. I mean, it’s a known phenomena, but looking around, and considering what I’m reading, well, not much has changed for the better…..
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Music was definitely better. Books too.
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There’s a reason I’ve started seeking out older books. I’ve been looking at the year published for the stuff I’m reading. I’ve got a literal handful from this decade and that’s it.
I don’t listen to enough music to be able to tell.
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The only area where I think there’s been some improvement, not across the board but in places, is history writing. We’re always finding out more. But novels are much worse. It sometimes seems like even our best writers can barely write. As for music, I can still listen to 80s playlists, but have a hard time listening to anything new.
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