I’m updating the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia once again. This time it has a global purpose and will soon be available to music researchers via a data base known as Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale worldwide to Colleges, Universities, and libraries. It is literally my life’s work and is expected to remain available in perpetuity. To that end I’ve been tasked with updating annually until, well, I’m dead. I can just see me now in a senior’s home skipping Bingo and sing-a-long nights while I sit by the glow of the Google engine looking for the elusive catalog number of Whaleman’s 1991 “Sings!” album and gumming a soft-bun and apple sauce for 4.30 dinner.
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NEW ROCKERS OF THE PEERLESS AGE by JAIMIE VERNON
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bleeker, Canadian Music, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Canadian rock, David Baxter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Green Street Underground, Greg Godovitz, Jaimie Vernon, Kobra & The Lotus, Little Foot Long Foot, segarini, The Trews, Toronto on February 10, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – THE RETURN OF THE REVENGE OF VERNON
Posted in life, music, Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records Canada, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Cemetery Cop 1 and 2, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jaimie Vernon, Mr Mouray, music, Skip Prokop, Skip Prokop Sunny Days, Toronto on February 3, 2020 by segariniLong, long ago in a social media black hole that time forgot I wrote spiffing weekly diatribes for his Bobness. Then life got in the way and drove a spike through my frontal lobe preventing me from rational thought and interesting story arcs. It was 2016 and Donald Trump had yet to destroy the United States of America. Maybe I should have stuck around and fought the good fight on the political frontier. But that’s not really what “Don’t Believe A Word I Say” is all about. What it’s actually about is filtering pop culture through the collective experiences of its writers. By 2016 my pop culture experience was all pooped out. I was burnt out and wallowing in my old-man-ness. No one was more tired of the “get off my lawn” screeds than I was. One needs to know when to stop wandering into to traffic with no pants on. I decided to focus on my newly minted granddaughter and getting a real day job.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE FERGUS CONVERGENCE
Posted in Opinion with tags A Passing Fancy, Ault Sisters, Bob Bryden, Bob Segarini, Bobby Curtola, Bobby Darrin, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton, Canadian Music Hugh's Room, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Cleave Anderson, David Macmillan, Davide DiRenzo, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fergus Hambleton, George Koller, Gerry Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Graye, Hermina George, Ice On the Road, Jaimie Vernon, Jane Harbury, Jeff Jones, John Deehan, Lawrie Ingles, Linus Entertainment, Pete Otis, reggae, Rob Whalen, Rocky Raccoons, Sattalites, Snap Shots, Terry Brown, Terry Draper, The Basics, The Black Swan, Tim Bovaconti, Todd Miller, True North, Written On the Wind, yonge street on May 9, 2015 by segariniI first met Fergus Hambleton in person while I was performing with my trio, Graye featuring Todd Miller and Lawrie Ingles, at a small club on Yonge Street in Toronto called Rocky Raccoons. It was a mid-week jam night and we were going to do a few songs when I looked up and Fergus was sitting in the front row taking in what can only be described as a “loose” performance of one of my original songs.
JAIMIE VERNON – TAKIN’ CARE OF BACHMAN (PART 2)
Posted in Opinion with tags Bachman Turner Overdrive, Bill Wallace, Bob Segarini, Brave Belt, BTO, Bullseye Records of Canada, Burton Cummings, Canadian music Randy Bachman, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donnie McDougall, Epiphone, Gary Peterson, Grapes of Wrath, Guess Who, Hummer, Jaimie Vernon, Jim Kale, Killer Dwarfs, Lee Garden, Les Paul, Maureen Leeson, Paul Whitteker, Sharon'SISTER, Sheraton Centre Hotel, Spadina, Spare Parts, Susan Abramovitch, Suzanne Little, The Docks, Tom Hooper on April 18, 2015 by segariniexcerpted from the forthcoming book ‘Bullsography: The Bullseye Records Story 1985-2010’
JAIMIE VERNON – TAKIN’ CARE OF BACHMAN (PART 1)
Posted in Opinion with tags Bachman Turner Overdrive, Bill Wallace, Bob Segarini, Brave Belt, Brutus, BTO, Bullseye Records of Canada, Burton Cummings, Canadian music Randy Bachman, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, CANOE.ca, Chad Allan, DBAWIS, Dee Long, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donnie McDougall, Gary Peterson, Jaimie Vernon, Jim Kale, John Sakamoto, Klaatu, Lou Bova, Moxy, Paul Whitteker, sam the record man, Shakin' All Over, Susan Abramovitch, Suzanne Little, Terry Draper, The Fast, the Toronto Sun, This Time Long Ago on April 11, 2015 by segariniExcerpted from the forthcoming book “Bullsography: The Bullseye Records Story 1985-2010”
JAIMIE VERNON – THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL THINGS
Posted in Opinion with tags Blues on Belair, Bob Segarini, Buffalo Springfield, Bullseye Records, Canadian Classic Rock, Canadian Music, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Chet Powers, Danny Taylor, David Fitzpatrick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duncan Faure, Fitz, Fitz & Them, Great White Noise Magazine, Greg Fitzpatrick, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hughie Leggat, Ian Mitchell, Jaimie Vernon, Klaatu, Liberty DeVitto, Lords of London, Newfoundland, Queen, Rabbitt (the band), Richie Furay, Sebastian Agnello, Shang-A-Lang, South Africa, The Bay City Rollers, Toronto Music Scene, Trevor Rabin on July 19, 2014 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – The Best 2013 I’ve Ever Had
Posted in Opinion with tags Best of 2013, Bieber, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Chris Hadfield, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, excited, jaded, Jaimie Vernon, Kardashian, Life's A Canadian Blog, Michael Kundu, Miley Cyrus, Nelson Mandela, Nik Wallenda, Paul Walker, Pop Culture, Red Square, Spare Parts, Tired, trends on December 15, 2013 by segariniOur editor-in-chief, Bob Segarini, mandated a year end 2013 ‘Best and Worst’ list from the Don’t Believe A Word I Say scribes for this week. For me lists like this are an eternal yawn. I mean do you really, truly care what someone else thinks about stuff – particularly when we’ve all lived through the same year as everyone else?
Frank Gutch Jr: Who’s Who In Rock Music, Maxi Dunn & The Lost Art of Arranging, Bryce Larsen Steals Jane (Again!), and The Lonely Wild…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Bryce Larsen, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Cyndi Dawson, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dwight Howard Johnson, edmund & leo, Frank Gutch Jr., here's to you, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jaimie Vernon, Kim Grant, Maxi Dunn, No Small Children, nocona, randy burns, Records, Sons of Bill, stealing jane, The Cynz, The Lonely Wild, who's who in rock music, william york on March 27, 2013 by segariniI sit at the desk a partial human being once again, the throat still coated with viscous fluids and the chronic hacking reduced to a wheezing irritation of the I-think-I-can variety (irritating but not life-threatening). I am drinking Royal Crown Cola (as opposed to the preferred Crown Royal) to reduce viscosity, the mind is somewhat sharp though I could easily use another eighteen hours sleep before writing this (I have been waking at 3 A.M. these past few nights) and wonder how far I will go before losing energy and direction.