Before you dig into this week’s column, I just want you to know that I appreciate everyone who has stood by me since my recent loss and have expressed their concerns. My heartfelt thanks to those of you who sent your condolences and well wishes.
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Peter’s Potpourri
Posted in life, music, Opinion with tags Brian Shul, Crown Lands, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Indie Week, Peter Montreuil, Robert Segarini, The Hideout, Twin Flame on October 24, 2019 by segariniPat Blythe – Remembering Frank Gutch Jr., Rival Sons, Conduit …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Beyond The Cage, Bob Segarini, C0ndu1t, Cherry Cola's, Crown Lands, Danforth Music Hall, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., LMT Connection, luvthemusic, Mod Club, Orbit Room, Pat Blythe, Rival Sons on April 24, 2019 by segarini
I can barely see the computer screen through my tears. All the memories start flooding back and the remembering starts all over again. I weep for myself. Grief is a rather selfish thing since the one who no longer walks among us is gone. They do not grieve. We do. We weep for our loss, not theirs. We miss them…..they don’t miss us. They take a piece of us when they depart, leaving a gaping hole in our lives and in our hearts….one we can never completely fill. Time will soften the edges but it never completely heals the wound, but the wonderful memories remain.
Pat Blythe – Sisters, More Indie Week, a Finale……and Music!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Bubaseta, Buzzsaw, Cherry Cola's, Crown Lands, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dot Legacy, Downchild, ETNO, Frank Russell, Gretsch, Harpdog Brown, Horseshoe Tavern, Hot Lips, Indie Week, James Blonde, Jordan Allen, Kelsi Mayne, Kid Carson, Moxy, Music City North, ONES, Pat Blythe, Paul DeLong, Phil Taylor, Reuben Cherry, Revival, Sam Taylor, Single By Sunday, Sugarman, Suzy Kori, The Cameron House, The Crooked, The Hideout, The Joint, The Last Bullet, The Mod Club, The Muddy York Blues Machine, The Paddock Tavern, The Red Hill Valleys, The Reed Effect, The Wolfe, Tokyo Taboo, Twin Flames on November 21, 2018 by segarini
Question: How many sisters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Answer: Apparently two…..and that took over an hour!
Allow me to elaborate. I have a faux fireplace that, when switched on, displays (you guessed it) a faux fire, tricking my brain into thinking it’s warm and toasty on the main floor when in fact it can be, on some days, a tad on the coolish side. So, after a rather late night clubbing followed by a slow rising morning, my sister Chrissie (who is visiting for a couple of days) and I lounge around upstairs until we decide it’s coffee time. Off we trundle into a rather chilly downstairs. Chrissie decides to “light the fire”. She flicks the switch to ‘on’. Nothing. Tries the other switch, then the dial. Nothing. So after much switching back and forth and checking the plug, we determine a light bulb replacement is necessary. How difficult can that be? We were about to find out!
Peter (Beer) Barrels through CMW 2018
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Anthems in Ashes", "Atomic Tomb", "Eklectik", "Gnarly Horse", "Hotel Mira", "Iggy Pop And The Stooges", "Kilmore", "Lyric Dubee", "Mount Farewell", "Mulligrub", "Nahga", "Revelations", "The Alpacas", "The Julian Taylor Band", "The Original Kid Rock", 94.9 The Rock, Adelaide Hall, BlackDog Ballroom, Brandon Gregory, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, Cleopatrick, Crown Lands, Darryl Hurs, David Bowie, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Elliott, Drop Top Alibi, dylan hennessey, Fortunate Losers, Indie Week, Ivory Hours, James Blonde, Junction City Music Hall, Metropass, Michael Stanfield, mudhoney, Mushy Callahan, Pat Blythe, Peter Montreuil, Return For Refund, Robert Segarini, Second Pass, Suzi Kory, the Bovine Sex Club, The Clash, The Crooked, The Hideout, The Record Company, The Reed Effect, The Who, Trampa on May 17, 2018 by segarini
Armed with my “media” credentials, my guidebook and my Metropass, I took on Canadian Music Week. (Note that all of the bands/artists that I mention in this column have Facebook pages, and are well worth further study, should you feel so inclined. It was a very busy week!)
Peter Picks a Peck of Players
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Heavy Metal Baby", "Karma Police", "Know Your Place", "Misery", "More Than Friends", "Noise", "Ride Over Run", "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", "Traveling Son", "Turn Your Demons Into Diamonds", "Warpaint", Autism, Bob Segarini, Brad Cowan, Brandon Gregory, Brandon Scott, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, Crown Lands, David Finkelstein, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Eklectic, Frank Gutch Jr., Helene Sculthess, Ivory Hours, James Blonde, Johann Sebastian Bach, Key Machine, London, Orillia, Pat Blythe, Phil Taylor, PostModern Jukebox, Radiohead, Red Zeppelin, Secret Broadcast, Social Strife, The Bobcast, The Drake Underground, The Rockpile, Toronto Cat Rescue on May 10, 2018 by segarini
One of the things that most impressed me about Frank Gutch Jr’s “nose for noise” is that he started finding this great music before the Internet, almost before electricity, in fact 😉. The Internet has made such a difference in our lives, connecting us mostly for good, but sometimes for bad, sadly. In any case, it has certainly eased our access to music of all kinds, genres and eras.
Pat Blythe – #MeToo/#NotMeToo and Rockin’ the Night Away…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Last Bullet", #MeToo, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Beautiful Scars, Bob Segarini, Christie Blatchford, Crown Lands, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Olliver, Horseshoe Tavern, Hot Lips, Jacqui Childs, JUNO Awards, London Ontario, National Post, Pat Blythe, Ready The Prince, Secret Broadcase, See Rock Live Magazine, SEEROCKLIVE, TheDukeLive, Tom Wilson, Velvet Underground on January 31, 2018 by segarini
Let me start by stating I am not a “political” person. I follow what’s going on the world to keep myself current but I don’t read nor do I decipher every minutiae that is written about “he who shall not be shamed” or anyone else for that matter. However, the latest in a very long string of accusations of sexual misconduct/harassment, particularly here in Ontario, well…..I’ve about had enough. I posted this in Facebook a few days ago and, generally, the respondents agree with me. What follows in a slightly edited version.
“For the first time in years, eons even, I sat down to read something other a computer screen (except for Tom Wilson’s book Beautiful Scars). This time it was the newspaper. The National Post actually. For some mysterious reason it keeps appearing on my front porch at least six out of seven days a week. But I digress…… Continue reading
Pat Blythe – Rights, Nights, and Music
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Last Bullet", A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Beatrice Keeler, Bob Segarini, Cherry Cola's, Countermeasure, Crown Lands, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Horseshoe Tavern, Hot Lips, Jace Traz, Jacqui Childs, James Blonde, Kensington Market, Langston Francis, Lawrie Ingles, Lisa MacIntosh, Maia Van Raes, Nathan Phillips Square, Pat Blythe, Rivoli, Robbie Lane, Rose Theatre, Sam Taylor, Sam Taylor and the East End Love, SEEROCKLIVE, SING! Toronto, The Crooked, The Linsmore, Toronto Women's March, Zoomer Radio on January 24, 2018 by segarini
Okay, we’ll kick this off with the weather…..freezing cold, snowing, raining, freezing rain, sunny, cloudy, pluses and minuses all over the map, exploding pipes, sinkholes, warming trends, arctic air masses, blankets on, blankets off…..we’re screwed! Somebody make up their mind!!!! This keeps up I’m whipping out the 3″ summer sandals…..winter be damned!
