A blank page. I’m staring at a blank page. (ok, not anymore). A few words have appeared. It’s not the dearth of things to write about, it’s the overabundance.
Archive for Adelaide Hall
Peter Posts Prodigious (Moving) Pictures….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "3 A.M. Lullaby", "Air On A G String", "Baby", "Cause And The Cure", "Charlotte and the Dirty Cowboys", "Hotel Mira", "Last Bullet", "Local H", "Marcy Playground", "Rose Tattoo", "Satisfy Me", "Sure", "The Black River", "The Jailbirds", "The Kerouacs", "The Luke Austin Band", "The Mirror", Adelaide Hall, Barrie, Bob Segarini, Bryan Fontez, California, Canadian Music Week, Charlie Kerr, Depression, Don't Believe a Word I Say, homophobia, Indie Week, J.S. Bach, Jeannie Reid, Kevin Pillar, Laguna Beach, Mississauga, monowhales, Myke Penney, Niagara Falls, North America, Ontario, Orillia, Pat Blythe, Peter Montreuil, Phil Spector, Secret Broadcast, sexism, SONY, Stuck On Planet Earth, Sweden, Tears For Fears, The Mod Club, The Phoenix Concert Theatre, The Reed Effect, The Wild!, Tokyo Taboo, Toronto, Vajra on June 14, 2018 by segarini
Last week’s column was the first of several on my olde office, for after all, when one works for nearly 20 years in the same place, it’s more like a marriage than a fling!
Pat Blythe – Monowhales, Secret Broadcast, 1000 Musicians, Anjulie……and Music!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Adelaide Hall, Adrian Gower, Al Virani, Anjulie, Anthem Records, Bob Segarini, Bombay Sapphire, CBC R-30 Countdown, Cherry Cola's, Day of 1000 Musicians, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gene Hardy, Globe Bistro, Jeannie Reid, luvthemusic, Mawbs, monowhales, Pat Blythe, Phoenix Concert Hall, Secret Broadcast, Sirius XM, Stuck On Planet Earth, The Verge on June 13, 2018 by segarini
The weather has been nothing but spectacular with balmy, breezy days and comfortably cool evenings. So far so good. Although spring was a relative flash-in-the-pan, with the bitter cold of this past winter still fresh in our memories, everyone has been thrilled to see summer arrive early. Tourist season is now in “full on” mode (please share the sidewalks everyone….standing smack in the middle is not the spot to have a conversation), patios are just buzzing, my backyard looks the best it’s ever been and the sunny days are predicted to continue right through the fall months. I’ll take it while I can but I still want snow for Christmas and New Year. Then we can go back to summer. The city is humming (literally) so, on your mark, get set…..GO!
Pat Blythe – Tom Longboat and New Releases…Jeff Jones, Monowhales, OITC & Secret Broadcast…and Music!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags a cappella, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Adelaide Hall, Bob Segarini, Cadence, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Google Doodles, Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones and Roar, monowhales, One In The Chamber, Pat Blythe, Retrocity, Secret Broadcast, Sing, The Hideout, Tom Longboat, Toronto Northern Lights on June 6, 2018 by segarini
Yesterday was Tom Longboat’s 131st birthday. How do I know. Google Doodle. Longboat’s Iroquois name….Cogwagee…..part of the Onondaga which means Keepers of The Fire. Longboat was born in 1887 and raised on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford. Enrolled (a legal obligation under the Indian Act) at the Mohawk Institutional Residential School at the age of 12 he eventually escaped to an uncle’s home who agreed to hide him from the authorities. A long-distance runner, Longboat is considered by many to be the greatest marathoner of all time.
Peter (Beer) Barrels through CMW 2018
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Anthems in Ashes", "Atomic Tomb", "Eklectik", "Gnarly Horse", "Hotel Mira", "Iggy Pop And The Stooges", "Kilmore", "Lyric Dubee", "Mount Farewell", "Mulligrub", "Nahga", "Revelations", "The Alpacas", "The Julian Taylor Band", "The Original Kid Rock", 94.9 The Rock, Adelaide Hall, BlackDog Ballroom, Brandon Gregory, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, Cleopatrick, Crown Lands, Darryl Hurs, David Bowie, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Elliott, Drop Top Alibi, dylan hennessey, Fortunate Losers, Indie Week, Ivory Hours, James Blonde, Junction City Music Hall, Metropass, Michael Stanfield, mudhoney, Mushy Callahan, Pat Blythe, Peter Montreuil, Return For Refund, Robert Segarini, Second Pass, Suzi Kory, the Bovine Sex Club, The Clash, The Crooked, The Hideout, The Record Company, The Reed Effect, The Who, Trampa on May 17, 2018 by segarini
Armed with my “media” credentials, my guidebook and my Metropass, I took on Canadian Music Week. (Note that all of the bands/artists that I mention in this column have Facebook pages, and are well worth further study, should you feel so inclined. It was a very busy week!)
Roxanne Tellier – Canadian Music Week 2017
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Adelaide Hall, Alzeimers Appreciation Orchestra and Chorus, Annette Shaffer, Bob Segarini, City Hall, CMW, CMW’s Sync Fest., Craig Riddock, Dana Beeler, DBAWIS, Digital Music, Donny Blais, Drew Winters, Film and Comedy Fests, Grassworks, Greg Simpson, Hap Roderman, Hello Delaware, Hudson's Bay, James Blonde, John Rowlands, Kid Carson, Maritimes., Music Nova Scotia, Music Summit, Pat Blythe, Peter Kashur, Pledge Music, Radio Summit, rancho relaxo, Roxanne Tellier, Sheraton Hotel, The Bobcast, tiki lounge, Tom Jackson, Tranzac, Xprime on April 30, 2017 by segarini
My CMW is always a little bit different than most other people’s. Some go for the conferences, some are all about the music. Still others go for the trade show and the mentoring. But me – I go to people watch.
Like, on the first day I hit the Sheraton, to pick up my pass and get the lay of the land. Some people were looking for their friends, or checking out those who tend to get their names in newspaper bold face … Me, I was in the lobby of the crowded Sheraton Hotel, watching a young male couple dress their teensy tiny pocket puppy in all new Hudson’s Bay swag.
Pat Blythe – It’s All About The Music
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Adelaide Hall, Al Joynes, Ben Heppner, Bob Segarini, Brenna MacQuarre, Crazy Horse, DBAWIS, Don Graham, Don Quan, Don Thompson, Glenn Gould Studio, Greg Simpson, Hill, Jack Nicholsen, Jain McMillian, Jan Harbury, Jay Sparrow, Laura Hubert, Leslie Spit Treeo, Lisa Hartt, Mathias Duplessy, Michael Williams, Mushy Callahan, Musideum, ONES, Pat Blythe, Pat Langer, Pindles, Q107, randy bachman, Reg Schwager, Sam Taylor, Taste of Columbia El Salon, The Fiscals, Tim Tamashiro, Xprime, YEAH YEAH YEAH Band on March 30, 2016 by segarini
Every week I sit down to write this column never knowing what the keyboard will produce. My fingers seem to have a mind of their own. I have a list that I don’t seem to follow. Bits and pieces of paper with notes scribbled on them scattered all over the house. Something exciting, new, interesting or completely distracting seems to pop up and my focus is once again altered and my direction changes (squirrel!). FB is providing some fuel to this fire. Here are a few items that caught my attention.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 