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JAIMIE VERNON – THE COMEBACK SPECIAL
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 90125, ABBA, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Bob Segarini, British blues, Canadian Music, Captain & Tennille, Chuck Berry, Cliff Richard, comeback, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa, Jaimie Vernon, Jesus Christ Superstar, Las Vegas, Moon Unit Zappa, MTV, Murray Head, Neil Sedaka, Neil Young, New Year, Paul McCartney, Ray Stevens, resolutions, Suspicious Minds, The Beatles, The HOLLIES, Tim Rice, Valley Girl, Yes, ZZ Top on January 9, 2016 by segariniGARY PIG GOLD’s ALL-TIME TOP TEN POWER POP PEOPLE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags ABBA, Bill Lloyd, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, DBAWIS, Del Shannon, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Justin Fielding, music, music videos, Paul Revere and the Raiders, radio, Raspberries, Records, segarini, the Dave Clark Five, The Power Pop Movie, The Ramones, The Who on December 7, 2015 by segarini
I very recently had the immense pleasure, and honor – as did my fellow DBAWISayers Jaimie Vernon and Our Leader Bob – to be interviewed by the esteemed Bosstown (or Boston, to you cats in Squaresville) director/producer Justin Fielding for his up-coming Power Pop Movie.
Which got me to thinking, as it quite often does:
Just what exactly is, or should I say who, IS “Power Pop” ??
Well, for a start: (in strictly Chronological Order, that is)….
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Pat Blythe – Friends, Frolic, Food and Fun
Posted in Opinion with tags ABBA, Alba Electronics, B.C, Beach Boys, Billy Joel, Bob Segarini, Bombay Sapphire, Bon Jovi, cognitive neuroscientist, Cyndi Lauper, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dr. Jacob Jolij, Frank Gutch, Gloria Gaynor, Greg Simpson, Jain McMillian, Katrina & The Waves, Michael Tomasek, Molly Guinness, Netherlands, Pat Blythe, Peter Kashur, Queen, Roxanne Tellier, spurtle, Survivor, The Golden Spurtle Award, The Monkees, Thom Blythe, University of Groningen on October 7, 2015 by segarini
Sunday, October 4 there was a gathering of 27 people in my backyard, on my back deck and in my kitchen (much to Peter Kashur’s chagrin). A belated birthday BBQ for Bob Segarini with some of his DBAWIS writers, and a sort of “welcome home/back” to friend, Greg Simpson, who really doesn’t get “back east” too often after returning to B.C. almost five years ago to live near his family. This gave him the opportunity to get together with people he doesn’t often get to spend time with.
DOUG THOMPSON: CONFESSIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL ROCK AND ROLL INTERVIEWER – BITS AND PIECES, ODDS AND SODS AND WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE WHILE YOU’RE AT IT
Posted in Opinion with tags ABBA, David Lee Roth, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Eddie Lawrence, Hits in foreign languages, Kyu Sakamoto, Lesley Gore, Linda Ronstadt, LORNE GREENE, marvin gaye, music, music videos, NENA, Records, THE ALARM, The Beatles, The HOLLIES, THE TEMPTATIONS on October 14, 2013 by segarini
OK, this is as good a place as any to admit this – I’m probably as close to being a ‘hoarder’ as you can get without actually being featured on the TV show. No, I don’t have piles of decades old newspapers and I can actually walk through my entire house without following a prescribed path through all the debris. My so called ‘hoarding’ is specifically related to materials from my 40+ years in the radio/advertising/interviewing/television industries.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 