The world of Boomer pop culture continues to die off in epidemic proportions. It’s now officially becoming depressing. Aside from the shocking – and still reverberating – passing of Prince we’ve lost Canadian actor/singer Don Francks, actor James Carroll, beloved ‘The Flying Nun’ matriarch Madelaine Sherwood (also Canadian) and now the master of the original infomercial Philip Kives – the King of K-Tel – at the age of 87.
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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 segariniBack 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.