We live in a very unique time. Pop culture is such a big part of our everyday existence that we are able to watch a rare breed of genius rise and zenith in real time. It’s hard to imagine being there when Bach or Beethoven performed their most celebrated Sonatas and Symphonies for the first. It is so long ago that their stories and their music seem like stuff of myth – we don’t even have recordings just modern interpretations from the sheet music they left behind.
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JAIMIE VERNON – THE BEATLE GOES ON
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Anthology, Apple Records, Bach, Beatles, Beethoven, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Candlestick Park, DBAWIS, Documentary, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eight Days a Week, George Harrison, George Martin, guru, Jaimie Vernon, John Lennon, Live At The Hollywood Bowl, martyr, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ron Howard, Shea Stadium, Studio Years, The Touring Years on October 1, 2016 by segariniThe Bob World Report and Shopping Snew
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 2016 SDCC, Beatles, Canada, Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Flying Dildos, Hillary, Mark Bronson and Bruno Mars, Mormons, Pokemon Go, politics, Riverdale, segarini, Shopping, The American Dream, The Presidential Race, Toronto on July 29, 2016 by segarini
This is not NEWS. I collect my information in order from the South North, East, and West, not the traditional North, East West, and South. If you want the NEWS, look elsewhere, If you want the SNEW, keep reading.
Gary Pig Gold – The Night Don and Phil Walked Right Back
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Beatles, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Everly Brothers, Gary Pig Gold, music, radio, Records, segarini on February 1, 2016 by segarini
It’s already been a shade over two years since Phil Everly left us; meanwhile, big brother Don just hit 79 on February One. Yet, all numbers aside, not even the most peripheral rock ‘n’ roller should need any explanation whatsoever how those two Kentuckians placed an indelible stamp upon, most obviously, nearly every Lennon and McCartney vocal duet from “Love Me Do” onward – not to mention those most blatant protégés by the names of Simon and Garfunkel.
JAIMIE VERNON – POLY VINYL CHLORIDE, SLIGHT RETURN
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Albums, Annihilator, Beatles, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Vinyl, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedias, CD, Craigslist, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, eBay, Gemm, hipsters, ipod, Jaimie Vernon, Kijiji, Lake Ontario Vinyl Collectors Community, Led Zeppelin, LPs, Millennials, Moon Records, Musicstack, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Rate Your Music, record collector shows, Records, Rush, saltines, Spotify on December 5, 2015 by segarini
I’ve recently been reunited with my vinyl collection. Over 3000 LPs of CanCon-only vintage that I’ve been collecting since around 1980; prior to that I was your average music lover with anything and everything that fell under the guise of popular music – no matter the country.
Gary Pig Gold Meets The Beatles…only Somewhere Else
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Beatles, DBAWIS, Documentary, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, music, music videos, radio, Records, Rock and Roll, segarini on November 2, 2015 by segarini
Being a most wide-eared eight years old in the suburban Toronto of 1963, I was at the perfect age – and in the perfect place – to, yes, Meet the Beatles. Because by the time “those four youngsters from Liverpool” hit The Ed Sullivan Show on 2/9/64, my friends and I had already spent the past several months familiarizing ourselves with John, Paul, George and Ringo’s initial A-sides via mighty 1050 CHUM-AM.
JAIMIE VERNON – MUSICAL VALUE VILLAGE
Posted in Opinion with tags advances, artistic freedom, Beatles, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, CDs, DBAWIS, Decca, Dick Rowe, Don't Believe a Word I Say, entertainment, fart apps, independent music, Indie Artists, iTunes, Jaimie Vernon, Major Labels, Movies, napster, radio, Rape the Music Fan, Rolling Stones, Sports, TV, unrecouped, Vince Gill, vinyl on October 10, 2015 by segarini
I’ve been slowly re-imbedding myself into the Dante’s Inferno that is the current music industry with a focus on promoting good, new music [see some of my previous blogs for my recommendations] cause, let’s face it, talking about the mistakes the labels made over the last decade is like discussing that guy at Decca Records that passed on The Beatles [his name was Dick Rowe and he made up for the faux pas by later signing the Rolling Stones].
Roxanne Tellier – Put On Your Dancing Shoes, Toronto!
Posted in Opinion with tags Ariana Gillis, Beatles, Bob Segarini, Bruce Nasmith, Burke Carrol, Cleave Anderson, CMW, dance, David Celia. Double Mind, DBAWIS, Don Maclean, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Russel, Frank Zirone, Great Hall, Jay Swinnerton, Jennie, Kevin Rolston, Kingston, London.Rube Goldberg, Pat Blythe, Peterborough, PM, Rally, Rivoli, Roxanne Tellier, Sarnia, Tim Jackson, Windsor, Xprime, Yeah YeahYeah on June 7, 2015 by segarini
Jennie is a party. Jennie will brook no voyeurs on the voyage. You must be involved, you must eat, you must drink,you must dance! You must participate, because “Fun doesn’t just happen! You have to make it happen!“Jennie turns the world on with her smile.
Pat Blythe: Toronto Scrapbook – Chapter Two
Posted in Opinion with tags A Primitive Evolution, Annette Shaffer, Australia, Bad Medicine, bass, Beatles, Blue Rodeo, Bob Segarini, Bombay Sapphire, Brett Carruthers, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Music Week, Care Failure, Caroline Kawa, Counting Flowers, Country Roots n’ Rockabilly Music Tavern, Curtis Harding, Dakota Tavern, DBAWIS, Decca, Die Mannequin, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drake Underground CMW, drums, EMI, England, Ennismore, Epsom, Etta James, Filthy Souls, FINO + BLEED, Frank Gutch Jr., Frank Soda, G&T, Greg Keelor, guitar, Guns 'n' Roses, Hellfield, High and Dry, HMV, Hogtown, Honest Ed’s, Horseshoe Tavern, Hugh Oliver, Hugh Oliver and the Twists, I Feel It All, I’m Just A Girl, J.C. Sandoval, Keith Heppler, Kevvy Mental, Kim Carnes, Kurt Cobain, Lord of Reason, Marilyn Manson, Matt Lightstone, Melissa Payne, money, mosh pit, Muddy York, Nazareth, Neon Zero, New Zealand, Nirvana, OISE, Orbit Room, Oregon, Pat Blythe, Plateau, Punk, Reba McEntire, Rock, Rock and Roll, Roxanne Tellier, seattle, Secret Broadcast, Seventh Fire Records, Sheraton Centre, Stand by Me, Stephany Seki, Stu Dead, Sucker Punch, Sum 41, swaggering stomp, Talking Heads, Tdot, The ‘Shoe, The Big Smoke, The Foolish Things, The Picture Taker, The Police, The Ramones, The Stones, Toronto, Tranzac, Will Bennett, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, You Know You’re Right, YouTube on April 22, 2015 by segarini
Well…. This was supposed to be Part Five of The Women of Rock. However, I’m going to take a break and fill you in on some of the sights and sounds of this dynamic city I call home….Toronto…. Hogtown… Muddy York…. The Big Smoke…. Tdot…. where I’ve been going, who I’ve been seeing, what I’ve been drinking (G&T w/lemon if you must know. Bombay Sapphire is the chosen one.) AND update you about an exciting event that’s coming to Toronto. Yep….it’s another Toronto Scrapbook!
Segarini: The BobChart Vol. 2 Episode 3 – The Anti-Valentine’sDayChart
Posted in Opinion with tags Beatles, Bobby and Sylvia, Bobby Womack, Bunkhouse Bob and the Rhythm and Blues Buckaroos, Cats and Dogs, Cherry Cola's, Chi-Lites, DBAWIS, Dee Dee Warwick, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Harry Nilsson, music, music videos, Records, Roxy, segarini, The Everly Brothers, Toronto, Valentine's Day 2015, Wilson Pickett on February 13, 2015 by segarini
“For some, Love is in the air, and hopefully, so are her legs.” – Bartlett Salazar
For the rest of you, the BobChart is here to make you feel better. Maybe single life is not all that bad. Maybe you are better off having dinner for one at the Lonely Table. Maybe these songs will bring a smile to your lips.
The BobChart reaches out to All the Lonely People…the ones who dread this Hallmark Holiday because the only love in their lives is either a dog or a cat or a half gallon of Häagen-Dazs Atomic Chocolate Ice Cream…not that there’s anything wrong with that.
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THINK IT OVER with GARY PIG GOLD
Posted in Opinion with tags Beatles, Buddy Holly, Crickets, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dylan, Elvis, Gary Pig Gold, music, Records, Rolling Stones, segarini on February 9, 2015 by segarini
Not only did we just pass the fifty-sixth (!) anniversary of what is still too often lazily – not to mention absolutely incorrectly – referred to as The Day The Music Died, but now comes word of a second Cricket’s passing.
While good ol’ Joe B.’s transition was, most thankfully, much more tranquil than that of his former mentor’s, I think it high time indeed to once again take pause, take stock, and reflect upon, tragic events notwithstanding,
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 