Author: Joey deVilla

A scene from the movie Coyote Ugly.

Coyote Ugly Saloon — the New York City bar that inspired the movie, which in turn inspired a number of franchise bars bearing the same name — is about to open a branch in Accordion City’s “Clubland” area.

The National Post reports that Don Rodbard, president of the King-Spadina Residents Association has these particular concerns about Coyote Ugly that suggest that he’s as clueless about life in the big city as the pro-nightclub people suggest:

“Of course we have concerns, Coyote Ugly, yeah,” Mr. Rodbard said. “They don’t have a good image. The impression the world has is that this place is where you go to get drunk and pick up chicks if you’re a guy and pick up guys if you’re a chick.”

How does this differ from any other singles bar? Or many house parties, school dances, debutante cotillions and even church socials?

Links

• National Post: Toronto about to get a little ugly — Coyote Ugly
• NOW Magazine: Shaking Down Clubland: Should Cops and Condo Owners be Calling the Shots in Party District?
• The Accidental Go-Go Dancer: My own direct involvement in the club scene, and the job I held for the shortest period of time.

One thing I will not miss about working at Tucows is the Dufferin 29 bus in the morning — inconsistently scheduled, often overcrowded, and this morning (like many others), poorly planned. About a hundred of us were crammed onto the sidewalk waiting for a bus that wasn’t “short turned”. The Dufferin bus is the biggest reason I tend to bike to work. It’s the KFC Famous Bowls of public transit: a failure pile in a sadness bowl [warning: some swearing].

There are days that I wonder how the TTC has any fans at all.