Throughout the past two years we’ve all tried to predict, guess, envisage, calculate, even hope what the future of music will be, once we are no longer struggling and fighting this global pandemic. We have been living in a world that seems surreal…..like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from, just by rubbing your eyes. That anything like this could happen in the 21st century seems rather absurd and unbelievable. Thing is…..it did. We are not impervious, but we are arrogant in thinking that we are. Lately, events have proven that we still have a long way to go. There remains, in all parts of the world, a whole level of uneducated obtuseness that exists even after we’ve heard from Archimedes, Aristotle, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Einstein, Stephen Hawking and their ilk. Baby…..we have a looooong way to go.
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Pat Blythe – Where do we go from here? ……and music
Posted in Canadian Music, COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, Carnac the Magnificent, DBAWIS, Dine Alone, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Doug Varty, Forest City London Music Hall of Fame, Gold Child Records, Indie Artists, Indie Labels, Jack Richardson Music Awards, Johnny Carson, luvthemusic, New Damage, Paper Bag Records, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pleasence Records, Podbean, podcast, Sea Dog, Six Shooter, The Pandemic Interviews – Conversations in a changing time, Vinyl Recordings on February 9, 2022 by segariniPat Blythe – That’s A Wrap…..CMW, JRLMA and a very special concert…….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Week, CMW, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Varty, Garth Richardson, Gordie Tapp, Graham Lear, Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab Hospital, Jack Richardson London Music Awards, JRLMA, London Music Hall, Mario Circelli, monowhales, Nick Panaseiko, Pat Blythe, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Richard Wagamese, Saul Holiff, Tara Scott, The Jacks, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider on May 16, 2018 by segariniIndulge me for just a moment. I’d like to begin this week’s column with a very poignant piece my “daughter” sent me. Colleen is actually my former daughter-in-law and a young woman I continue to consider my daughter. Over the years our friendship has grown and deepened with much love and mutual respect. When she decides to return to Canada from what has now become her home base of Thailand, she bunks in at my place for sometimes as long as a month. I enjoy her companionship and miss terribly her when she is gone. Artistically creative, Colleen is a wonderful copy writer and blogger. The two of us can sit in the same room tapping away on our respective keyboards in a companionable silence that is rare. Intelligent, beautiful inside and out, open-minded, a musician (she has a beautiful voice and plays guitar), Colleen is simply a joy to spend time with. As for our lengthy discussions, nothing is off the table. Refreshing!