Well….I have three anniversaries this month. As of this writing on February 15, thirty-six years ago today, I married my sweetie. First wedding (and reception) ever held in Sparkles. For those of you old enough to remember, Sparkles was THE de rigueur lounge, club and disco in Toronto at that time. I have no idea what possessed me to book the place for a wedding! Maybe availability, maybe because it was an “all-in-one” since there was a restaurant below that would cater….who knows? Cost of the wedding, including food and non-alcoholic beverages, $1,350 for 65 people. One thing I’ll never forget…..the best man wanting to begin a speech with, “today, Chris got married in a place higher than he is”.
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Pat Blythe – Celebrating Anniversaries……and music
Posted in Canadian Music, COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags anniversaries, Bob Segarini, CN Tower, Darrell Vickers, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Indie Music, Jaimie Vernon, John Jamieson, Peter Montreuil, podcast, Roxanne Tellier, Soundhouse Studio, Sparkles, The Pandemic Interviews on February 16, 2022 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Whatever Happened to the Artsy Fartsy BBS?
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 2400 baud modems, AOL, Artsy Fartsy BBS, BC, Billie Sue Mosiman, CN Tower, CompuServe, DBAWIS, Dennis Havens, eBay, f Laurie Campbell, Facebook, FidoNet Region 12, FidoNet Writing Echo, George Willard, Iain Grant, Jerry Springer, JJ Cale, Leisure Suit Larry, Mark Matthews, Pakki Chipps, Pamela Dean, PayPal, Prodigy, Rich Veraa, Rocky Frisco, Roxanne Online!, Roxanne Tellier, segarini, Sooke, sysop, We Compute, Writing Tavern, YouTube on July 14, 2019 by segariniIn the nineties, I ran the Artsy Fartsy Bulletin Board System out of my home for several years. Those were the days of 2400 baud modems and the scree scraw weeeeeeeeeekkkk!!! sound of the connection soon became a part of my every waking and sleeping moment.
JAIMIE VERNON – BOOT THE MAYOR, SAVE A CITY
Posted in Opinion with tags Alcohol, Bob Segarini, Brothers Grimm, bully, Canadian Music, City Hall, CMW, CN Tower, CNE, Councillor, crack cocaine, David Miller, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Ford, drunken stupor, Dundas Square, East York, Etobicoke, Ford Nation, Gardiner Expressway, high school, Jaimie Vernon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, John Tory, Johnny Rocket's, Mayor of Toronto, Mell Lastman, Michael Ford, North York, NXNE, Olivia Chow, Queen Street West, rehab, Ripley's Aquarium, Rob Ford, Scarborough, Spadina, tantrum, Taste of The Danforth, The Mirvish's, Toronto, TTC, tumor, Union Station, Ward 2, yonge street on September 13, 2014 by segariniI had another blog prepared and ready to roll today about my favourite topic, music, but in light of the last 72 hours of clown car antics from the family of my city’s mayor, Rob Ford, I couldn’t let it go without comment.
Roxanne Tellier: Slave to the Machine
Posted in Opinion with tags 9/11, Anthrax, Artsy Fartsy BBS, Atari, Bob Segarini, CN Tower, Computer Paper, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duke Nukem, eBay, Facebook, Google, Grand Theft Auto, Instagram, Leisure Suit Larry, OkCupid, Oracle, Pong, Roxanne Tellier, Toronto Computes, We Compute on May 18, 2014 by segariniMy name is Roxanne Tellier and I am addicted to computing. There, I said it, in front whatever cosmic element you call your deity, and everyone. I am hooked on electronic media and the Internet.
I likely wouldn’t have known the depth of my addiction if my main computer had not suddenly died on me a few days ago. Even those horrendous days off the grid during the Ice Storm hadn’t upset me as much as this week’s loss of contact with the world. Okay, it was just for a few hours until I got my little netbook up and running, but even those few hours were excruciating.