In a previous incarnation my label, Bullseye, was focusing on 1960s and 1970s Canadian re-issues but in the time that has elapsed since I folded the label (2010) and now, the pop culture zeitgeist has shifted. Classic Rock radio was put into suspended animation in 2014 by the major radio players (at least in Canada) and 1980s radio has picked up the ball. Oh, the 1970s is still getting a fair amount of airplay, but it’s mostly been ghettoized into bite-sized “The 70s at 7 !!!” type radio programming.
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JAIMIE VERNON – BOOM GO THE ‘80s
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alta Moda, Bob Rock, Bob Segarini, Bruce Fairbairn, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Capitol Records, cassettes, CD, compact discs, Current Records, Darryl Kromm, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Arnott, Infidels, Jaimie Vernon, Julian, Love Becomes Electric, Molly Johnson, Norman Orenstein, randy bachman, re-issue, remastered, Strange Advance, The Distance Between, vinyl on March 19, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alta Moda, baking, Bob Segarini, Brimley Landslide, Bullseye Records, Calling Occupants, Canadian Music, CBS Radio, CD, Central Records, City Hall, City of Scarborough, City of Toronto, Current Records, Dave Rave, David Bradley, DBAWIS, Dee Long, digitzing, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elizabeth Bain, Figures at Dawn, Geographic Information Systems, George Brown College, Glenn Belcher, Google Maps, hipsters, Jaimie Vernon, John Woloschuk, Killer Dwarfs, KIRO Radio, Klaatu, Lake Placid, re-issues, Records Management, remastering, Robert Baltovich, sam the record man, shedding, Silverlode, Strange Advance, Terry Draper, vinyl, Works Department on March 5, 2016 by segarini Long before I considered myself a profession record label weasel I worked in a government bunker as a data librarian. My job title was Records Management Assistant and my duties included archiving government documents, maps, tax records and all matter of ephemera – including name tags from VIPs who visited City Hall and ribbon cutting scissors from shopping mall openings attended by our politicians.
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JAIMIE VERNON – THE BOOK GOES ON
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Advent, Barry McVicker, Bob Segarini, Bolero Lava, Bullseye Records, Bullsography, Canadian Music, cassette, CD, Daughaus, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elyse Thorpe, Great White Noise Magazine, Jaimie Vernon, Life's A Canadian Punk, Montclair Studio, Moving Targetz, Mr. Science, Saga, Shawn Gardner, Simon Truth & The Last Band, Skip Prokop, Sunny Days, Swedish Fish, Swindled, Terry Draper, The Barking Boys, The Id, This "Blue Piano", Unsigned Sealed & Delivered, vinyl on February 13, 2016 by segarini
I’m desperately trying to finish writing my 6th book. It should have been released in December but things like re-launching my record label have had me in meetings for the better part of 4 months. The new book should actually be my seventh, but that book – ‘Sunny Days – The Skip Prokop Story’ – is taking a very long time to transcribe and edit though we do expect it to be completed in coming months.
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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.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 