Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
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JAIMIE VERNON – THE WAGONS ARE CIRCLING…THE DRAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags 19 Entertainment, 1972, Adam Lambert, American Idol, ASCAP, BMI, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Carrie Underwood, class action lawsuit, DBAWIS, desert island, Don Henley, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fantasia, Flo & Eddie, Happy Together, I Won't Back Down, independent artist, Irving Azoff, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Lynne, Kelly Clarkson, lawyers, Musicians, performing rights, Phillip Phillips, Sam Smith, Simon Cowell, Sirius XM, SOCAN, songwriters, Stay With Me, The Eagles, The Turtles, Tom Petty on January 31, 2015 by segarini
WARNING: This blog features the oral history of wallpaper drying and pertains to music that’s less than a decade old. Reading it might very well put you in a coma and cause your family to call emergency services.
It’s been a very interesting week in the music business as the wintery cobwebs get dusted away and we start seeing the industry awaken from its post-2014 slumber. There’s something amiss in Muzoid Land and it appears to be the long tail of sins of the past coming back to eat itself.
Roxanne Tellier: To Russia With Love
Posted in Opinion with tags Adam Lambert, Anna Gutmanis, Bronski Beat, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton Motello, Frank Ocean, Gay Anthems, Gay Ban, Ivri Lider, Matt Alber, Melissa Ethridge, music, music videos, Putin, Records, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rufus Wainwright, Russian Olympics, Soft Cell, Tom Robinson, Toronto, Tracy Ullman on August 18, 2013 by segarini
“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything” – Alexander Hamilton.
I stand for human rights. Apparently, Russia does not.
On June 30 this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill banning the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations to minors.” A certain segment of Russians decided that this bill allowed them to lure, torture, beat and otherwise harm other humans.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 