As you read this the UK has decided to cut ties with their trading partners in the European Union and make a go of it on their own. The response in the financial markets was swift especially where currency power was concerned and the British Pound plummeted 8% overnight. On the upside it now allows the rest of us to buy more MacIntosh Toffee and import vinyl. It might also bode well for the UK travel industry in the short term.
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JAIMIE VERNON – RULE BRITANNIA
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bay City Rollers, BBC, Billy Fury, Bob Segarini, BongoBeat, Canadian Music Jeremy Morris, Cavern Pub, Dave Rave, Dave Slater, David Bash, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eleanor Rigby, Endbutt Lane, England, Focal Point, Forthlin Road, International Pop Overthrow Festival, IPO, Jacaranda, Jaimie Vernon, Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Lennon's Pub, Liverpool, Liz Hunney, Manchester, Merseyside, Paul Tennant, Ralph Alfonso, Spencer Leigh, Sultan's Palace., Susan Hedges, The Beatles, The Cavern Club, The Diodes on June 25, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – WHERE HAVE ALL THE ARTISTS GONE?
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 10000 hours, 100000 hours, Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Facebook, Gallagher Brothers, Instagram, Jaimie Vernon, Japanese reality show, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Keith Moon, Miley Cyrus, musician, robin thicke, Running Man, Spice Girls, Taylor Swift on June 18, 2016 by segarini
I’ve been deep into music since shortly after my 14th birthday. Three quarters of my life has been spent doing something I love. A lot. The side benefit has been that I’ve been able to create music as well. As much as any computer whiz with software can create “music” these days, I came about my (cough cough) talent honestly.
JAIMIE VERNON – 40 SUMMERS AGO
Posted in Opinion with tags Bay City Rollers, Berner Trail, Bob Segarini, Camping, Canadian Music 1976, CHUM, cousin, DBAWIS, Deja Vu, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dorothy Moore, girl next door, high school, Jaimie Vernon, RPM Magazine, school, Stampeders, Summer Holiday on June 11, 2016 by segariniThe end of the school year is fast approaching. As I take my son back and forth on what will be his final year in high school, I find myself drifting back in time to when we looked forward to summer break. My childhood was filled with great ones. In 1975 I took a two week trip west across Canada with my grandmother in her 1972 Skylark which changed my life, and my world view, for the better. That was almost completely undone when my parents attempted to take my sister and I on a similar trip to Canada’s East Coast in 1977. It was a study in stark contrasts on how not to travel with one’s family.
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JAIMIE 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?).
JAIMIE VERNON – AMERICAN SINGERS, AMERICAN LEGENDS (BOP BOP BOP)
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags American music, American Proust, Bay City Rollers, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Brady Earnhart, Buck Lake, Bundock, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Dirty Gospel, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Marzano, Gary Pig Gold, Gerry Mosby, Jack Daniels, Jaimie Vernon, Keith Morris & The Crooked Numbers, Klaatu, Last Time I Promise, Love My Music, Masticators, Men In Plaid, Nawlins, Star Spangled Pop, The Muppets, Tom Petty, Tom Waits on November 7, 2015 by segarini
Those who’ve known me a long time – including the pre-curmudgeon me in the days before the intertoobs – can attest to my unapologetic, jingoistic rah-rah All Canadian mantra. I love my country. I love my music. But despite my seemingly anti-‘Merika crusade dating back to Ronnie’s Rocket Regalias in the early 1980s, I do love my American pop music.
JAIMIE VERNON – SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
Posted in Opinion with tags Alan Parsons, Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Brutus, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cheaper Than Therapy, crowdfunding, Dave Rave, David Quinton, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Encore Records, folk label, independent artists, Jaimie Vernon, Klaatu, Lisa Millar, Luke & The Apostles, Mainline, Mark Logan, Maureen Leeson, Moving Targetz, Moxy, Rush, Skip Prokop, Soap Opera, Swedish Fish, Swindled, The Beatles, The First Time, The Guess Who, The Kings, Twitch, Unsigned Sealed & Delivered on September 19, 2015 by segarini
24 hours ago a crowdfunding campaign to bring my old record label, Bullseye, back from the dead ended successfully with over $20,000 in donations from people who passionately believe in not only me and the label but music in general. I’m overwhelmed by the generosity and well wishes. I am truly humbled.
JAIMIE VERNON – SO MUCH MUSIC, SO LITTLE TIME
Posted in Opinion with tags Apple, Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Canadian content, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Presley, fanclubs, Feist, Garage Band, Hillside Singers, iPad, ipod, iPod Nano, Jaimie Vernon, Jet, Lee's Palace, music fans, music format, music listeners, music lovers, New Seekers, Red Wanting Blue, sam the record man, The Beatles, The Trews, U2, Vintage Trouble on October 4, 2014 by segarini
Back at the turn of the Millennium (which was 14 years ago!) I worked at Sam The Record Man’s flagship store at 347 Yonge Street on the third floor. I was the content editor of their fledgling on-line shopping store. It was my job to review the newest releases coming in from the record labels – most specifically Canadian content. I had been hired to deal with CanCon due to my online presence with the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia. It was usually kept to a few dozen albums. It was a dream job.
JAIMIE VERNON – 29 WITH A BULLET
Posted in Opinion with tags Anger Brothers, Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Brave Belt, Brutus, Bullseye Records, Canada Music Week, Canadian Music, Cats & Dogs, CMW, Creighton Doane, Dave Rave, David Quinton, DBAWIS, Dee Long, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eight Seconds, Figures at Dawn, Geoff Gibbons, Glen Foster, Goddo, Greg Godovitz, Guess Who, Harem Scarem, Honeymoon Suite, International Pop Overthrow Festival, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Healey, Jeff Jones, John Boswell, Killer Dwarfs, Klaatu, Maureen Leeson, Michael White & The White, Moxy, Santers, Silverlode, Soap Opera, Terry Draper, That Canadian Guy, The Beatles, The Brunswick House, The Dishes, The First Time, The Florida Razors, The Kings, The Shakers, The Sweet, Tom Hooper, Tom Wilson, Wild T & The Spirit on May 10, 2014 by segarini
A major anniversary passed surreptitiously on April 20th. It was the 29th anniversary of my long-suffering record label Bullseye Records. Normally I’d have shouted from the rooftops and run some kind of anniversary commemoration on Facebook or with musicians I know or privately, silently weeping, into my morning orange juice. But, I actually forgot about it.
So far removed am I from the music world now, and my own legacy, and exhausted from the grind that is my paycheck shackles that it slipped under my radar.
JAIMIE VERNON – I Like the Beatles And My Baby Loves The Rolling Stones
Posted in Opinion with tags 18 with a bullet, Anniversary., Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Great White Noise Magazine, I Like The Beatles and My Baby Loves The Rolling Stones, Jaimie Vernon, Klaatu, Made In Canada, MCA, Sharon Vernon, The Beatles, The Duke Street Diner, The Rolling Stones, The Trews on March 15, 2014 by segarini
Bob Segarini’s song is an apt musical metaphor for “Men are from Mars, Women are from Anywhere They Damn Well Please”. But in my case, the title means exactly what it says. I’m a Beatles fan. My wife, Sharon Vernon, is a Rolling Stones fan (or at least she was…apparently she’s bored of them now). In our household that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s a well balanced diet of charm, wit and brilliant pop sensibilities vs. machismo, grit and bad boy sexuality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yITEJnuXd3U
JAIMIE VERNON: ARE YOU THE NEW JOHNNY BRAVO?
Posted in Opinion with tags Barenaked Ladies, Bay City Rollers, Bob Segarini, Brady Bunch, Canadian Music, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, entitled, Jackson 5, Jaimie Vernon, Johnny Bravo, Justin Bieber, making it, Michael Buble, Monkees, One Direction, publishing deal., record deal, Selena Gomez, Spice Girls, teen idol, The Beatles, The Guess Who, whiners on March 1, 2014 by segarini
In recent weeks I’ve been contacted by various music artists through various social medias (funny how the telephone is no longer one of them) to pick my brain for the millionth time on how to sell their wares/songs/nubile posteriors up the music industry food chain in the guise of a record deal or publishing deal or both.
It’s always in the form of sickly whining and the fetid scent of desperation wafts across the social media chasm with every single key stroke. “Why won’t anyone notice me?”
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 