Boy, am I late!!! Soooo late starting this column. Tuesday is my “writing” day, but far too much seemed to get in the way and now it’s 6:15pm and I’m on my third sentence! Good news is I received congratulations from our friends in Ottawa for attaining “senior citizen” status. Not only that, how absolutely thrilled they are to be sending me a monthly stipend of what nobody could live on. I should be grateful I receive anything (and I am), but if that’s what today’s 65-and-up population have to survive on, it’s no wonder we’ve got so many elderly living far below the poverty line. What I am extremely grateful for is that I can still work (when we’re not in the middle of a shitstorm) and continue earning a reasonable living. For how long is anyone’s guess, but this body and brain just keep chugging along.
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Pat Blythe – Chris …and Music
Posted in Canadian Music, Family, life, music, Opinion, Review, Work with tags A Girl With A Camera The Picture Taker, Bob Segarini, Chris Blythe, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Cottingham Group of Companies, Cottingham Sound, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, El Mocambo, ElMo, Film House, Hellfield, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, luvthemusic, Maple Leaf Gardens, Mitchell Field, Pat Blythe, podcast, podcaster, Quinn Labs, The Gasworks, The Pandemic Interviews, Toronto on September 29, 2021 by segariniPat Blythe – Mind F*ck Monday…..loneliness and loss…..and music
Posted in COVID 19, music, Opinion, Review with tags Bayb, Bob Segarini, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Countermeasure, DBAWIS, Dirty White Boys, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Bayhnam, Eddie Van Halen, Frank Zirone, Hannah Arendt, Julian Taylor, Kim Hunt, luvthemusic, Mark Manson, Mind Fuck Monday, ONES Show, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pat Silver, Paul DeLong, Peter Mifsud, Pretzel Logic, Robert S. Weiss, SING! Toronto, Stumblin' Blind, The Origins of Totalitarianism, URGENT, Yeah Yeah Yeah on October 7, 2020 by segariniThis is supposed to be a music column. I should be regaling you with all the Indie bands I’ve seen, the venues and clubs I’ve sashayed through, the festival stages I’ve covered, the photographs I’ve taken and cities I’ve traveled to (not to mention the food). The unfortunate thing is, for the past seven months I’ve done none of that (except for the food) and it’s starting to get damn frustrating!
Pat Blythe – Comparing “notes”…..and music
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Canada Jam, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, comparing, Cottingham Sound, Dave Mason, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Leon Festinger, Mosport, Pat Blythe, Psychology Today, Savoy Brown, Steely Dan, The Crickets, Wha Koo on September 30, 2020 by segariniA great start to Tuesday morning! Mail call, and among all the real estate flyers, I spy the dreaded federal government envelope. My spine stiffens. Now what?? My brain spirals. Normally I would ignore it for as long as I reasonably could, barely avoiding jail time or another envelope with a nasty reprimand. The only thing worse than the first notice…..is the second. Coffee in hand and perched on the edge of my seat (literally), with great trepidation I open the envelope.
Pat Blythe – This is not about COVID……and music
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags AIDS, Brian May, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Covid, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Winters, Drop Top Alibi, Frank Gutch Jr., Freddie Mercury, Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, HIV, Jimi Bertucci, John Deacon, Jonathan Holowell, Julian Taylor, Kelsi Mayne, King Chino, Len Mizzoni, Leon Harrison, Lily Frost, Live Is All You Need, Maple Leaf Gardens, Mariposa, Mariposa Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Foundation, Nicole Rayy, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Queen, Ricardo Walker, Rob Christian, Roger Taylor, Sarah Smith, Shawn Brady, Suzi Kory, The Hideout Toronto, The Shore Leave on April 22, 2020 by segariniThis column is usually about the clubs, the music, the bands, the nightlife and the denizens of Toronto who haunt those places. The clubs are shuttered, the live music has stopped, bands are silent and the nightlife…..well there isn’t any. Yes musicians (solo or otherwise) are busy streaming on any platform possible. Artists from the around the world record themselves in isolation and then join together via video to perform, Brady Bunch style. All around the world people are trying to keep everyone’s spirits up as we sit, isolated in our homes, many alone, having had no physical human contact in almost three months.
Pat Blythe – A little BoRap, More Indie Week …and Music!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Bohemian Rhapsody, Cherry Cola's, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Cineplex Odeon, Darryl Hurs, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dona Cislene, Double Experience, dylan hennessey, Dylan Weller, ETNO, Eugene Ripper, Georgi Kay, Ghost Caravan, Greezy Deckz, Hop City, Indie Week Toronto, Jack Daniels, Kelsi Mayne, Maple Leaf Gardens, MCN Open Mic, Mod Club, Mod Club Theatre, ONES, Pat Blythe, Pretzel Logic, Queen, Revival, See Rock Live Magazine, Seneca College, Stark Naked and The Fleshtones, Suzi Kory, The Cameron House, The Hideout Toronto, Towers and Trees, Triss, Twin Flames, Yorkdale Shopping Mall on November 14, 2018 by segariniWell this is going to take a while. A full six days of Indie Week including a fabulous launch party and a very private event at a very secret location, three days on the road with ONES, Horseshoe and Hideout gigs, an MCN Open Mic farewell and move, Pretzel Logic at the Orbit Room….and I’m sure I’m forgetting something in there….. I know I won’t get this all in one fell swoop but needless to say it’s been a non-stop roller coaster ride. Going back to front, let’s start with…. Oh but first…….