Travelogues can be a matter of personal taste, and I expect that this one is no exception. However, I’d like to think that setting my family’s road trips against the backdrop of Canada’s geographically challenging countryside, and history, will not only entertain but maybe, hopefully, inspire others to do the same. [once we’re free to travel again, of course].
Archive for 1975
GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 1 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags 1975, A Motor Tour of Canada, All-Red Route., Banff, Canada, Diefenbaker, Ektakrome, Fernweh, Halifax, Henry Ford, Highway 17, Hudson's Bay Company, Jack Haney, Jasper, Kenora, Kodachrome, Kodak, Lake Superior, Newfoundland, Olds REO, Rogers Pass, Scenic Lookout, Thomas Wilby, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway, Victoria on June 22, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – K-TEL’S SHINING STARS
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1974, 1975, 22 Explosive Hits, 8-tracks, Bay City Rollers, Billy Paul, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Malvern, cassettes, CFTR, Chi-Lites, CHUM, Commodores, DBAWIS, Delfonics, Disco, Disco Rock, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dorothy Moore, Earth Wind & Fire, Isaac Hayes, Jaimie Vernon, James Brown, Jim Croce, John Denver, K-Tel, Kiss, Lou Rawls, LPs, Main Ingredient, Maurice White, O'Jays, Pursuaders, Scarborough, Shining Star, Sly & The Family Stone, Soul Train, Spinners, Stylistics, Temptations, The Apollo Theatre, The Carpenters, The Dells, The Dramatics, Three Degrees, Top 40, Toronto on February 6, 2016 by segarini
I’ve run out of epitaphs. The battlefield of pop continues to accumulate bodies. During this past week we were reminded of the passing of Karen Carpenter (33 years ago) and the officially recognized Day the Music Died (really? Then what have we been listening to in the intervening 57 years?).
Roxanne Tellier It Was What It Was – But More
Posted in Opinion with tags 1975, Adele, Art Garfunkel, Ashlee Simpson, Beastie Boys, Bill Graham, Billy Preston, Blues Brothers, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, Bruno Mars., Cabaret, Canada, Charles Grodin, Christopher Guest, Church Lady, Civil Rights Movement, Dan Ackroyd, Dana Carvey, DBAWIS, Dick Ebersol, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donnie Walsh, Eddie Murphy, Elvis Costello, Elwood Blues, G.E. Smith, George Carlin, George Harrison, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer, Jake Blues, James Brown, Janis Ian, Jim Belushi, Joe Cocker, John Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Mariah Carey, Michael McKean, Mick Jagger, more cowbell, NBC’s Saturday Night, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pope John Paul II, Richard “Hock” Walsh, Roxanne Tellier, Saturday Night Live, Sinead O'Connor, SNL, Spinal Tap, St. Paul and The Bones, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Ting Tings, Toonces, Vintage Trouble on February 22, 2015 by segarini
Yeah, yeah, it’s been a week since the Saturday Night Live (SNL) special, and Bob’s given his views on the pros and cons. But I’m still thinking about what the show meant to me, in its heyday, and occasionally, since.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 