In recent weeks I’ve seen many artists on social media whining for the millionth time about how to sell their wares/songs/nubile posteriors up the music industry food chain in the guise of a record deal or publishing deal or both. It’s not unexpected given the recent wholesale destruction of the live music scene globally due to the pandemic. Artists are finally starting to look under the couch cushions or Mom’s purse for loose change as a means of survival.
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LEARN TO WEAR THE SUIT by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Arista, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Bowie, Bro Country, BTS, Colonel Tom Parker, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Demi Lovato, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis, Jackson 5, Jaimie Vernon, Lou Pearlman, Michael Buble, Osmonds, Paul Anka, Pink Adele, Rollermania, Selena Gomez, Shania, Tam Paton, The Bay City Rollers, The Guess Who, The Monkees, The Rubettes, The Shaggs, The Sweet, The Sylvers on October 26, 2020 by segariniPeter (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!)
Roxanne Tellier – Touring Murmuration Nation with Emily Saliers
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Amy Ray, Atlanta, Black Lives Matter, Bob Segarini, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don Saliers, Emily Saliers, Georgia, Hothouse Flowers, Indigo Girls, Jennifer Nettles. NRA, Jonatha Brooke, KT Tunstall, Living Colour, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Lyris Hung, Mod Club, murmuration, Murmuration Nation, Rachel Eckroth, Robert “Sput” Searight, Roxanne Tellier, Snarky Puppy, Standing Rock, Stephen King, Sugarland, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tim LeFebvre, Toronto, Tragically Hip, Tristin Chipman, Watershed, Will Calhoun, Women’s March on November 19, 2017 by segarini
If you came of age in the 90s, you’ll likely remember Amy Ray and Emily Saliers as the Indigo Girls. Their music was the background music of the indie lifestyle, and indeed, they seemed to be everywhere, racking up Gold and Platinum records, receiving a Grammy in 1990 for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and becoming part of our mass consciousness, referenced in such diverse environs as Stephen King‘s Rose Madder, and the television series, Will and Grace, South Park, and The Big Bang Theory.
Roxanne Tellier – Pet Sounds Revisited
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Annie Lennox, Barbette Kensington, Big Mama Thornton, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Dundas Euclid Animal Hospital, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Harry Nilsson, Henry Gross, Iggy Pop, Jane Siberry, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, KittyPants, Led Zeppelin, Lobo, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, Patti Page, Patty Griffin, Pink Floyd, Roxanne Tellier, Rufus Thomas, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Shaggs, The Stooges, Tom Waits on November 5, 2017 by segarini
“The Internet is a lot like ancient Egypt: people writing on walls and worshipping cats.”
Roxanne Tellier – Mid August
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alpine Way, Alpino Lodge, Andre Perry, April Wine, Bob Segarini, bread and circuses, Burton Cummings, Cat Stevens, Charlottesville, Civil War Part Deux?, CNE, Confederacy, David Bowie, DBAWIS, fried chicken feet, GoFundMe, Gorilla Girl, Keith Richards, Le Studio, Lee Park, Louvre, Mid August, Morin Heights Montreal, Richard Baxter, Robert E. Lee Park, Roberta Flack, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, slavery, Sting, summer of love, The Bee Gees, The EX, The Monkees, The Police, The Ramones on August 21, 2017 by segarini
Mid August, and most days I feel like, this year, summer never really got started. Maybe it’s the weather, or the political climate, but something feels off-kilter. My potted veg and herbs are in shock; it’s been either torrential rain or temps in the 90s – sometimes in the same 24 hours – every day since they were planted. Sodden pots sit cheek by jowl with containers so arid they threaten to burst into flame. There won’t be much of a harvest this year.
JAIMIE VERNON – Hey, Now, You’re A Rock Star
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Betty Moon, Bob Segarini, Britney Spears, Canadian Music, Clark Kent, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton John, Gods, Jaimie Vernon, Kurt Cobain, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madonna, meat suit, Number One record, Paul McCartney, Rick Astley, Rock Stars, Supermen on October 8, 2016 by segarini
Had an interesting conversation with a dear friend of mine this week who has had his fair share of fame and fortune and everything that goes with it. He continues to write and record in the seclusion of his home studio and is effectively retired from both live performing and trying to nail groupies.
Pat Blythe – Bowie, Beatles and Blowing Noses…..
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", BlackDog Ballroom, Bob Segarini, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jay Macedo, Lavender Orange, Matt Groopie, Mike Stanfield, Pat Blythe, Roxanne Tellier, Rubber Soul, Second Pass, Seven44 on March 2, 2016 by segarini
Today’s column is going to be….how you say….short and sweet. I am a little under the weather and so will ride this out in jammies, drinking hot toddy’s, tea and, if at all possible, catching a few zzzzzzz’s. Many of you frequently comment on my apparently abundant energy while also warning me about burning the proverbial candle at both ends. Energy I have in spades. I just go with it. Life is way too precious to be sitting in the background. It’s here to take pleasure in, however you get it.
JAIMIE VERNON – ALL THINGS MUST PASS
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Abe Vigoda, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Levine, Adele, Anne Murray, Beethoven, Black, Bob Segarini, Bruno Mars., Canadian Music, Christopher Columbus, Colin Vearncombe, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Frey, Grace Slick, Heroes, Jack White, Jaimie Vernon, Jesus, Jimmy Bain, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Lady GaGa, Leonardo da Vinci, Lindbergh Baby, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michelangelo, Mickey Thomas, Mozart, Olympus, Paramount Records, Paul Kantner, Paul McCartney, Prince, Queen, Rock Gods, Shoulders of Giants, Starship, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, The Masters, The Smithsonian on January 30, 2016 by segarini
I was hoping to go a full week without reporting another celebrity death. But we’ve had half-a-dozen since the passing of The Eagles’ Glenn Frey including actor Abe Vigoda (‘Barney Miller’, ‘The Godfather’) whose website has finally been changed to no longer read the whimsical “still alive” message.
Cameron Carpenter: Past and Present Tens – The Width of a Circle
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bowie covers, Cameron Carpenter, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, music, radio, Records, Rock Lobster, segarini, The Bovine, Tiki Bar on January 28, 2016 by segarini
Everyone has their influences. If you are a photographer it might be Robert Mapplethorpe or Yousuf Karsh. Writers might lean towards Kurt Vonnegut or Ernest Hemingway. Hockey players might liken their game to the style of Wayne Gretzky or perhaps Gordie Howe. Musicians tend to wear their influences on their sleeves, especially when they are at the beginning of their careers. Joe Perry and Steven Tyler mixed equal parts Jagger/Richards with Johansen/Thunders and created Aerosmith. After two or three albums they developed their own unique style and after five or six records they were influencing others. I would assume that Glenn Frey was a fan of Gram Parsons as you can hear so much Gram in the early Eagles records. Bowie mixed equal parts Velvet Underground with Bob Dylan and Anthony Newley and soon found his own voice.
JAIMIE VERNON – THAT PEACEFUL EASY FEELING
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Beach Boys, Bob Segarini, Boomers, Buffalo Springfield, Canadian Music, Carole King, Commodores, Crosby Stills & Nash, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Glenn Frey, Gordon Lightfoot, Guess Who, Hotel California, Jaimie Vernon, James Taylor, Jim Croce, John Lennon, love songs, Mamas & Papas, marvin gaye, Matthews Southern Comfort, music heroes, Music Therapy, Neil Young, Nostalgia, Paul McCartney, Simon & Garfunkel, Space Oddity, The Carpenters, The Eagles, vinyl on January 23, 2016 by segarini
Another week, another childhood music idol walks among the immortal choir. No sooner had we hosed off the glitter and put away our vinyl copies of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” we learned that Eagles founder Glenn Frey had passed from complications related to his dependence on medication to control severe rheumatoid arthritis and acute colitis.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 