The New Forms Festival in Vancouver has some music events going on at Open Studios in September: http://2007.newformsfestival.com/open-studios Sat Sep 8 dubstep - Youngsta (Tempa Records), Filastine Sat Sep 15 minimal techno - Mike Shannon, Frivolous, JPLS Also Jesse Rose at Lotus on Sat Sep 15 (not really my cup of tea but...)
For record stores, you probably know the usual suspects Scratch - http://cdn.scratchrecords.com Zulu - http://zulurecords.com Beatstreet - http://beatstreet.ca Remix - http://remixrecords.ca Vinyl Records - http://vinylrecords.ca None of which are that great for stuff that gets props on this list... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/
