2016 has been a difficult pill to swallow. Aside from the escalation of hate-filled death and carnage on the world stage we’ve seen an unprecedented number of celebrity deaths in the first half of the year. People are struggling to wring the nuances out of our loss. I see it as the final chapter of the 20th Century. I expect that shortly before the total devastation of World War 1, the trend watchers noted the passing of elders and statesmen and people of importance who single-handedly built the 19th century particularly in ushering in the Industrial Revolution and licking the wounds from global conflict not the least of which was the American Civil War. It was an era with its own particular set of upheavals.
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JAIMIE VERNON – LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Billy Preston, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Carlin, Hate, Jaimie Vernon, John Lennon, love, Love Is All You Need, Nothing From Nothing on July 23, 2016 by segariniCameron Carpenter – 10 CC – Vinyl Season One
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags alice cooper, Andrew Dice Clay, Big Star, Billy Preston, Blues Image, Bobby Cannavale, Bowie, Cameron Carpenter, Conway Twitty, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Focus, Grandmaster Flash, Hurricane Smith, Kool Herc, Mott the Hoople, music, music videos, Nigel Grainge, Patti Smith, Peter Grant, Ray Romano, Records, Robert Goulet, Robert Plant, Rock Lobster, segarini, Television, The Bovine, The Edgar Winter Group, The Good Rats, The Nasty Bits, The Troggs, Tiki Bar, Toronto, vinyl, Zeppelin on June 23, 2016 by segarini
Well I had to wait for the DVD to be released but I have finally seen Season One of Vinyl. I first heard about the HBO series a couple of years ago as Nigel Grainge and I grabbed lunch at the Imperial Pub after his keynote address at Indie Week. We were catching up on each other’s careers as we had not seen each other or worked together for years. At MCA I was the Marketing Manager for Nigel’s label Ensign and looked after everyone from The Waterboys and World Party to Sinead O’Connor, The Blue Aeroplanes and Stump. I immediately liked Nigel on first meeting and he taught me a lot about marketing and the music industry (as well as Arsenal). Before he started Ensign Records he worked at Phonogram in London and signed Thin Lizzy, 10 CC and The Boomtown Rats. He is a true music man.
Roxanne Tellier It Was What It Was – But More
Posted in Opinion with tags 1975, Adele, Art Garfunkel, Ashlee Simpson, Beastie Boys, Bill Graham, Billy Preston, Blues Brothers, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, Bruno Mars., Cabaret, Canada, Charles Grodin, Christopher Guest, Church Lady, Civil Rights Movement, Dan Ackroyd, Dana Carvey, DBAWIS, Dick Ebersol, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donnie Walsh, Eddie Murphy, Elvis Costello, Elwood Blues, G.E. Smith, George Carlin, George Harrison, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer, Jake Blues, James Brown, Janis Ian, Jim Belushi, Joe Cocker, John Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Mariah Carey, Michael McKean, Mick Jagger, more cowbell, NBC’s Saturday Night, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pope John Paul II, Richard “Hock” Walsh, Roxanne Tellier, Saturday Night Live, Sinead O'Connor, SNL, Spinal Tap, St. Paul and The Bones, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Ting Tings, Toonces, Vintage Trouble on February 22, 2015 by segarini
Yeah, yeah, it’s been a week since the Saturday Night Live (SNL) special, and Bob’s given his views on the pros and cons. But I’m still thinking about what the show meant to me, in its heyday, and occasionally, since.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 