Ransack the Universe Blog!

You are excused from visiting Ransack the Universe today, and only today, if you are out and about fighting The Man.

R U like totes sick of books? Maybe you just need some different books. We are having another Earth Day Book Swap. We tried it once before in 2010 (before the Lorax was trending!) and it was so successful that the earth has persevered until now, largely thanks to us, and to you, our beloved blog readers. How exactly does a Book Swap help save the Earth, you ask? Let’s enlist the help of TV’s Dr. David Suzuki to tell us more.

How will Ransack’s swap work? In a spirit of anti-fascism, we will not count how many items you bring or take. Let us all be guided by the motto: From each according to their library, to each according to their read. Or something like that. Compact discs, DVDs, magazines, etc. seem appropriate as well if you like. Advance donations are gladly accepted anytime this week.

It will run regular store hours Fri. April 20th – Sun. April 22nd. To help get the word out, you can indicate you are attending on the Facebook event page. Tell a pal — the more, the merrier, and the bigger selection for everyone.

Aaaiieeee!!! In the sky!! A really, really, really big tongue! Run!

Since we’re having trouble keeping up with the ol’ blog everything, in the meantime please enjoy this pretty picture of a benefit concert for Alderaan we attended recently. Don’t worry, we brought back to Earth tons of records & turntables, vintage housewares, groovy bar stuff, jewelry, handmade cute stuff, and a selection of exquisite doo-dahs.

If you’re anything like us, you probably find that you’re always working during Ransack’s normal open hours. Wait, what? Well, here’s your chance to visit us and get your tchotchke on, at night. This Tuesday, March 13th, Ransack and the gang at the 69Collective building will be open til ’round midnight as part of a vintage shop crawl. There might even be special deals and snacks to be had. Vintage Night Out is the kind of thing they do in cool places, like London, which is in England. In conclusion, if Toronto wants to be cool, you need to visit us or some of the other participating shops. Many thanks to Plaid Magazine for organizing this great event at multiple locations and for including little us way up on the Northern fringes of civilization. Facebook event pages here and here.

You are getting sleepy. You love Ransack the Universe. You will visit Ransack the Universe. You will tell your friends about Ransack the Universe. You will find Ransack the Universe on Twitter or Facebook. You will awake in 3, 2, 1 *snap*.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Tear in your trousers? Knick in your knickers? Skirt length venturing into grandma territory? Or just a simple missing button. Whatever is keeping you from your wearing your favourite outfit, we’ve got the fix. Every Friday Hana will be hosting an Alteration Studio at Ransack. Fittings will be held all day from 12-7pm. All alteration and mending jobs welcome. Any outfit found in the building can be made to measure.

The Earth has completed yet another revolution around the Sun, just as the Mayans arranged to happen, and many of us are still here in early A.D. 2012. The quaint, sleepy village of Bloordale has once again become a glistening, crystalline, winter wonderland, populated by weasels. Even in these times of hibernation, make sure to poke your head out of your burrow now and then to score some Vitamin D and fill your lungs with air, if only so that we at Ransack can live vicariously through you, Dear Reader. As we embark on our third year, we thank you for your custom, it is appreciated, and we offer thanks to everyone who helped make 2011 our most recent year ever.

Effective immediately, any meager proceeds Ransack makes will be remitted directly to the heirs of the Walmart fortune. We regret only that the amount could not be more.

Here’s a sneak peek at the new Ransack staff look. Have a nice day!

What would Jimi do? Give records as presents, obvsly. ‘Nuff said.