This week we rewind to January 1979 and my third and final lifestyle story for The New Music Magazine. This one is about downhill skiing and reading it now it is painfully apparent how much the sport has changed.
Archive for 1978
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – Goin’ Downhill
Posted in Opinion with tags 1978, Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, New Music Magazine, segarini, Skiing, Toronto on July 16, 2015 by segariniCameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – Big Buns
Posted in Opinion with tags 1978, Burgers and Fries, Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, music, segarini, The Dictators, The New Nusic Magazine, Toronto on July 9, 2015 by segarini
Well judging by the reaction on Facebook a lot of you were nostalgic for Toronto bars from the seventies. Let’s see how you feel about hamburgers and fries.
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – Pope On A Rope and NXNE 2015
Posted in Opinion with tags 1978, Amy Winehouse, Balmy Beach, Bellwoods, Cameron Carpenter, Carole Pope, Cobra Ramone, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Greg Godovitz, july talk, Leah Fay, Mark Slaughter, NXNE, radio, Records, Rock Lobster, Rough Trade, segarini, Slaughter, The Bovine, The New Music Magazine, Tiki Bar, Toronto on June 25, 2015 by segarini
If this seems a little bit dated it is because it went missing in cyberspace last week sometime on Tuesday.
I can tell you now that Cobra Ramone rocked, Bellwoods played a great show at The Rivoli and 54.40 did a fine job in The Beach last Saturday night.
(Editor’s Note – This column was originally meant to run last week. It somehow ended up in my SPAM folder and was hidden from sight until Cam sent it to me again with the update above. Here’s the column that was originally slated to be published a week ago today.)
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – Roxy Rollers
Posted in Opinion with tags 1978, Bob Segarini, Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Costello, Nick Gilder, Nick Lowe, radio, Records, Rock Lobster, segarini, The Bovine, The New Music Magazine, Tiki Bar, Toronto on June 11, 2015 by segarini
This week we rewind to December 1978 and March of 1979 and two stories I wrote about pop music in The New Music Magazine. The first is about our main man Bob Segarini and the second deals with Nick Gilder.
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – The Thin White Duke Looks Sharp!
Posted in Opinion with tags 1978, Annual Tiki Party, Bellwoods, Cameron Carpenter, Canadian Music Week, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Joe Jackson, music, Paul Harbron, radio, Records, Rivoli, Rock Lobster, segarini, The Bovine, The Kensington Lodge, The New Music Magazine, The Sheraton Centre, Tiki Bar, Toronto on April 30, 2015 by segarini
Before we rewind to a couple of record reviews in the New Music Magazine circa 1978/9, something a little more modern. By this time next week many of us will be knee-deep in the 33rd annual Canadian Music Week. From its start as the David Farrell run “Record Conference” the Neill Dixon show is a massive multi-format event which touches all aspects of the industry, but, more importantly, is a huge social gathering of old friends from around the world.
