I could continue with the “cymbal saga”, but I think I’ll take a different tact this week….it’s all about the music. Summer is in full swing and coming alive with concerts, both public and private, on both sides of the border. In person or in car, people are attending in droves, almost desperate to see and hear their favourite bands and artists….live and alive. The camaraderie, the faces (both on and off stage), the laughter, the joy, the amps, the earplugs, the dancing, the oxytocin from the many hugs, all those endorphins coming alive, even mic or guitar feedback sounds good these days…..it’s literally impossible to replace any of this over the internet. We all need each other and the “in person” interaction and touch it provides.
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Pat Blythe – Women of Rock Redux – The First Five – Part One…..and music
Posted in Opinion with tags Bib Mama Thornton, Big Brother and Holding Company, Bob Segarini, Brandon Gregory, Chrissie Hynde, Coxon’s Army, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, luvthemusic, Monterey Pop Festival, Nirvana, Pat Benatar, Pat Blythe, podcast, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Pandemic Conversations, The Pretenders, The Runaways, Women in Rock, Woodstock on April 28, 2021 by segariniAnother piece from 2015. I loved writing these series and my research quests have only increased over time. I’ve also rearranged things a bit but kept the same general format the original column was in. Six years later there are more names to add. Originally a five-part series, I may just add one or two more “parts” to it down the road. So in all its 2015 glory, I present to you some of the women who rock.
Continue readingPat Blythe – This is not about COVID……and music
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags AIDS, Brian May, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Covid, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Winters, Drop Top Alibi, Frank Gutch Jr., Freddie Mercury, Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, HIV, Jimi Bertucci, John Deacon, Jonathan Holowell, Julian Taylor, Kelsi Mayne, King Chino, Len Mizzoni, Leon Harrison, Lily Frost, Live Is All You Need, Maple Leaf Gardens, Mariposa, Mariposa Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Foundation, Nicole Rayy, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Queen, Ricardo Walker, Rob Christian, Roger Taylor, Sarah Smith, Shawn Brady, Suzi Kory, The Hideout Toronto, The Shore Leave on April 22, 2020 by segariniThis column is usually about the clubs, the music, the bands, the nightlife and the denizens of Toronto who haunt those places. The clubs are shuttered, the live music has stopped, bands are silent and the nightlife…..well there isn’t any. Yes musicians (solo or otherwise) are busy streaming on any platform possible. Artists from the around the world record themselves in isolation and then join together via video to perform, Brady Bunch style. All around the world people are trying to keep everyone’s spirits up as we sit, isolated in our homes, many alone, having had no physical human contact in almost three months.
Pat Blythe – 2020 and beyond….HERE WE COME!!!!….and lots of music…..
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Altamont, Andy Kim, Bob Segarini, CBC, Choir Choir Choir, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Fabergé, Hot Lips, Indie Week, Jain McMillan, Jeremy Hector, Julian Taylor Band, Kelly Fraser, Killer Virgins, Little Magic Sam, LP, luvthemusic, monowhales, Nikki's Wives, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pterodactyl Problems, Rival Sons, Secret Broadcast, Sesame Street, Suzi Kory, The Crooked, The Distillers, Tribe Royal, Woodstock on January 15, 2020 by segariniA new decade! A new year! Purging, changing, modifying, exploring, new beginnings and some endings, recounting and remembering, wondering, searching, discovering, assessing…..all these and more as a new decade begins.
Pat Blythe – Words….Monowhales, Drop Top Alibi, The Crooked….and music….
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Cherry Cola's, Dan Slater, DBAWIS, Dearly Beloved, Die Mannequin, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Ginger Ale and The Monowales, Lee's Palace, monowhales, Nuite Blanch, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Phil Kluba, Reading’s School of Biological Science, Rolling Pictures, Savannah, Secret Broadcast, The Crooked, Toronto Hideout on October 9, 2019 by segariniPeter Thanks You
Posted in life, Opinion with tags "Cold War Aircraft Modeller", Bridge Over Troubled Water", CPP Death Benefit, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Fran's Restaurant, J.C. Sandoval, Lee's Palace, Massey Hall, McDonnell Douglas Phantom II, Ontario, Pat Blythe, Peter Montreuil, Reg the Cat, Robert Segarini, Spencer Pollard, The Crooked, Toronto, Wheels and Wings Hobbies on October 3, 2019 by segariniThe annual Reg the Cat birthday column is hereby postponed until next week. In its place, I present the following.
I have been in an abyss of grief since my Dear Lois passed last month. I would never have believed that such pain as I am feeling was even possible. But in darkness there is Light, in the midst of despair there is Hope.
The overwhelming rush of good wishes and condolences has been, well, overwhelming. Let me just mention some examples.
Pat Blythe – Memories…..celebrations…..three concerts….and music
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Abbey Road, Anderson Creative, April, Bob Segarini, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Drop Top Alibi, Eddie Bullen, Greg Wyard, Hugh's Room Live, Jeff Jone, Jeff Jones Trio, Karl Anderson, Lee's Palace, Pat Blythe, Paul DeLong, The Beatles, The Crooked, The Musical Box: A Genesis Extravaganza Volume 2, We The Crooked on October 2, 2019 by segariniIt’s 9 o’clock on a……no, no, no, wrong song. Betcha ya got an earworm now….before you even listen to the song.
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 segariniArmed 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!)