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Roxanne Tellier – Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags AfrikaBambaataa, age discrimination, Arthur Baker, Australia, B.J.Nelson, Big Youth, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bob Segarini, Bobby Womack, Bonnie Raitt, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, bully, Charles Barkley, Clarence Clemons, Danny Schechter, Darlene Love, Daryl Hannah, Dave Marsh, David Ruffin, DBAWIS, Eddie Kendricks, France, George Clinton, Gil Scott Heron, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Greensboro Coliseum, Guerrilla Girls, Hall & Oates, Herbie Hancock, Illinois, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Cliff, Kansas, Keith Richards, Kool DJ Herc, Kurtis Blow, Lakshminarayana Shankar and Joey Ramone, Lotti Golden, Lou Reed, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michael Monroe, Middle East. Artists Against Apartheid, Miles Davis, Mississippi, Missouri, National Basketball Association, National Center for Transgender Equality, Nona Hendryx, North Carolina, Pat Benatar, PayPal, Peter Gabriel, Peter Garrett, Peter Wolf, Ray Barretto, Ringo Starr and his son Zak Starkey, Ron Carter, Ronnie Wood, Roxanne Tellier, Ruben Blades, Run–D.M.C., South Africa. Artists United Against Apartheid., Steve Van Zandt, StivBators, Sun City, Tennessee, the Boss, the E Street Band, The Fat Boys, Tina B., Trojan horse, U2, Wisconsin, Workers’ Rights Project on April 10, 2016 by segarini

Bruce Springsteen’s refusal to play North Carolina because of new, drastic LGBT laws might have shocked some people, but it didn’t surprise me at all.

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Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – Lists

Posted in Opinion with tags Billy Talent, Book of Lists, Book of Rock Lists, Cameron Carpenter, Dave Marsh, DBAWIS, Death From Above 1979, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Goddo, Lowest of the Low, Max Webster, Michael Hollett, music, Nash the Slash, Now Magazine, Now Magazine's 50 Best Toronto Albums, Records, Rough Trade, Rush, segarini, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Diodes, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Viletones, Toronto on January 10, 2013 by segarini

I love lists, especially when they pertain to music. I had a great chat with Now Weekly Editor/Publisher Michael Hollett last month as he was putting together the “50 Best Toronto Albums Ever” (which was Now’s cover story last week). More on that later. My love of lists began in 1977 with the publication of “The Book Of Lists” written by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace. As a teenager it quickly replaced the “Guinness Book Of World Records” as the time wasting no-brainer book that you could pick up anytime, turn to any page, and by mesmerized by the amount of fascinating trivia.