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 – KICKIN’ THE FEBRUARY BLAHS
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Anderson Council --, Art Snider, As Worlds Collide, Axe Records, B-Leaguers, Baked Beans And Sunshine, Black Flag, Blink 182, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Carlos Hevia, Chris Richard, Cuba, Current Records, DBAWIS, Death of A Western Heart, Delio Ferrer, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fergus Hambleton, Fireking, Futureman Records, George Seara, Havana, I Believe In Sunshine, If It Feels Good Do It, Jaimie Vernon, James Styring, Joe Cocker, Kool Kat Musik, Leonard Cohen, Madrigal. Greg Hambleton, Mumbo Jumbo, Paul Myers, Peter Boynton, Popdogs, Ron Chapman, Sloan, Sound Canada, Terry Brown, Well Wishers, Who the Fuck Is Arthur Fogel on February 20, 2016 by segarini
February is notoriously dark and depressing and really just an advertisement for staying in bed and waiting until the spring thaw. I used to suffer Seasonal Affective Disorder but shots of Vitamin D and going outside a lot more helped. It also helped by surrounding myself with The Happy. What makes me happy, aside from my family, is music. Thankfully, we’ve come out of a series of music star deaths to lots of new music. It’s a tonic for what ails us until we can get to a beach and really lay down the party. It’s a dog’s breakfast of new and old coming across my desk and there’s plenty of each this week.
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JAIMIE VERNON – THIS IS 1984
Posted in Opinion with tags 1984., Aretha Franklin, Beat It, Billie Jean, Black Stations/White Stations, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cooling The Medium, Current Records, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Diana Ross, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Echo Beach, Emulator, Ensoniq Mirage, Gerry Young, Jaimie Vernon, Jocelyne Lanois, Last Pogo, M + M, Mark Gane, Martha & The Muffins, Martha Johnson, Martha Ladly, Michael Jackson, MTV, Much Music, Mystery Walk, New Wave, Nick Kent, Off The Wall, Ontario College of Art, Peter Gabriel, Power Station, Queen Street, racism, synth-pop, Tears For Fears, This Is The Ice Age, Thriller, Toronto, Trance And Dance, Walter Yetnikoff, Yogi Horton on December 6, 2014 by segarini
George Orwell references aside, 1984 marked a substantial turning point for pop music in Canada. The most significant of those was the launch of our answer to MTV – which we lovingly, un-ironically, called Much Music.
JAIMIE VERNON – ADVENTURES IN NEW MUSIC
Posted in Opinion with tags Adele, BMV Books, Bob Segarini, Books, Canadian Brass, Canadian Music, CDs, Chatter Records, Chris and Gileah, Current Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dublin Corporation, Emilia, Fan Expo, Gerry Young, Guardians of the Galaxy, HALO, Jaimie Vernon, Kongos, Martha & The Muffins, Metal On Ice, Morse Code Transmission, MTCC, Parachute Club, Sean Kelly, sore feet, Tristan Thompson, TTC, vinyl, Xbox 360 on August 30, 2014 by segarini
I spent a bit of of time in downtown Toronto this week having avoided going anywhere near it since 2012 because, well, CONSTRUCTION. The annual FanExpo extravaganza began Thursday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and I took my son down on transit – not to see the actors and actresses hawking their photos and autographs (which we have enjoyed in years past), but to check out the new offerings in the video gaming world.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 