This week marked two important memorial milestones in Rock and Roll History. It was 51 years ago on February 9th that the Beatles walked into the homes of America –and the world – via ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’. The other was the 56th anniversary of the Day the Music Died – with Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper perishing in a plane crash on February 3, 1959 [in a sad coincidence, Holly’s bassist in The Crickets, Joe B. Mauldin passed away on February 7th this year]. I’m of the generation that neither event was contemporaneous to me. I can only measure their importance by the impact crater they left on pop culture…and music specifically.
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JAIMIE VERNON – MEMORIES FADE
Posted in Opinion with tags 10cc, 1959, 1964, 78 RPM, Andrew Gold, Billboard Top 40, Bob Segarini, BOMP Records, Brian Williams, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Capitol Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Harrison, Greg Shaw, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Jackson, Joel Whitburn, John Lennon, lacquers, Lol & Creme, memories, misremembering, Paul McCartney, Peggy Sue, Pop Culture, Power Pop, Richie Valens, Ringo Starr, singles, That'll Be The Day, The Beatles, The Big Bopper, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Romantics, Twist and Shout on February 14, 2015 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Mad Anthony: Madder Than You Think, Requiem For Some Heavyweights, Collecting Vinyl, and one little measly note (but a note of distinction)…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Alive Records, Axe & Fiddle, BOMP Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., gary minkler, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jackpot Recording, Mad Anthony, Matt Zeltzer, Records, Research Turtles, Small Stone Records, The Fire Tapes, The Riptide Movement, Tricycle Records, WarHen Records, ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS on September 24, 2013 by segarini
I’m sitting at the computer this morning listening to Cincinnati’s Mad Anthony (on off-pink vinyl) because I am lucky enough to have people out there who have my interests at heart, this time DBAWIS‘s own Roxanne Tellier. A few weeks ago, the band’s name came up in conversation (on the computer, of course) and Roxanne put a bug in my ear. If they ever play in your area, she said, miss at your own risk, which is akin to a dare in my neck of the woods. Put Roxanne’s weight behind it and it becomes a double-dog dare.
Frank Gutch Jr: Vinyl!!! Grab Yours While You Can Because Quantities Are Always Limited!!! (A Precursor to Christmas Giving), A Pac Northwest Discovery and a Half, and Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Alive Natural Sound Records, BOMP Records, DBAWIS, Devon Sproule. Dan Miraldi, Disk Eyes, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dwight Henry Johnson, Four On the Floor, Frank Gutch Jr., Freddy Cannon, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jim Page, Jr. Cadillac. The Putters, Kidd Afrika, Leigh Stephens, Modern Peasant Records, music, Records, Red Rattles, Sarah White, Sons of Bill, Stone Darling, The Fire Tapes, The Gears, The Nerves, The New Tweedy Brothers, The Plimsouls, Tim Noah, WarHen Records, What Is It, Wondercap Records on July 30, 2013 by segarini
You can thank Chris Ashford at Wondercap Records for this preemptive strike on your Christmas lists. You do have a Christmas list, right? What?! You don’t! Well, maybe it’s time you did because that really cool gift you want to give your girl or guy or your best friend could very well be gone by the time time the turkey hits the table and the really mad rush begins (or, in the case of the States, continues). What could possibly be the cool gift item this year? A hybrid car? If you’re rich. A handmade macaroni-trimmed picture of you and the wife on the first date? (If you want to kiss that sorry marriage goodbye) A box of chocolates?
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 