“Heeeeere’s Fall”…..my favourite time of year! Yes, I’m an autumn baby (and so are my kids) so maybe a yearly “rebirth” is what I’m feeling. The season of autumn, to me, is the sensation of new beginnings. The air is lighter, fresher and crisper. We can sweat off a rather thick and muggy, “I can’t even think I’m so hot” summer. The lounge lizard days are behind us. We’re back to work. A new school year begins. The lush vegetation is offering us the fruit of its summer labours, ripe for the picking and ready for us to savour. The trees slowly paint a riot of colour against striking blue skies, something Tom Thompson captured so perfectly in so many paintings. Drives through the country are invigorating and somehow more liberating.
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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.
Pat Blythe – We’re engaged!….films….a cruise….and music
Posted in Family, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Arturo Tappin, Cards Against Humanity, Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie and Quincy Bullen Jazz Review, Eddie Bullen, FeFF, Female Eye Film Festival, Larnell Lewis, Leslie-Ann Coles, Liberty Silver, Melody Makers: You Shoulda’ Been There, National Canada Film Day, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, River Gambler, Shannon Maracle, The Grand Gerrard, TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 18, 2019 by segariniNEWS FLASH!!!! ….and I’m so excited. Elated…..ecstatic actually. I’ve been buzzing around flashing “the picture”. So many congratulations on FB. You know that little dance you do in one spot while laughing and squealing….the five-year-old in you busting out….well that’s what I’ve been doing. Yesiree…..I am welcoming another daughter into the family. Thom finally popped the question over the weekend while away with his lady love, in the middles of the St. Lawrence River (on an island) and #isaidoui is now trending. It took Chris six years to propose….it took Thom three. A slight improvement (grin).
The centrepiece of the ring is my birthstone, a blue sapphire and a gift from Chris for my 40th birthday. Its original setting was a ring made specially to “lock in” with my wedding band. Now it begins its journey as a family heirloom. I am a bit verklempt.
Pat Blythe – SING! Toronto, Jeff Jones Trio and …Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Ault Sisters, Beyond The Cage, Bob Segarini, Cherry Cola's, Countermeasure, Craig Riddock, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie and Quincy Bullen Jazz Review, Eddie Bullen, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Freeplay, Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Trio, JJ3, Little Magic Sam, luvthemusic, Melissa Ogden, Mzansi Acappella Ensemble, NASA, Nelson Mandela, Pat Blythe, Patricia Silver, Retrocity, Reuben Cherry, Sam Taylor, SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival, Sister Someone, Swagger, The Swingles, Young People’s Theatre on June 8, 2019 by segariniI am still in awe of what happens every time I step out the door whether it’s for a walk, head to a club, meet a friend for a meal, hop in the vehicle and drive….somewhere, photograph a festival, have a random conversation with someone you just met…..something totally unexpected invariably transpires, something I was totally unprepared for. Whether I’m learning it or experiencing it at least it’s consistent. Standing back and studying the broader picture I find there are a hundred million large and teeny tiny connections, that, as the universe unfolds and does its thing, links us all together. Whether it’s a person, a concert, a band, a type of music, an experience, a friend of a friend, we are all our own “six degrees of separation”. I find it all rather fascinating……and I’m still in awe.
Pat Blythe – Something Personal …CMW …A Few Shows …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Burton Cummings, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, CMW, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, Genesis, Horseshoe Tavern, Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Trio, Little Magic Sam, luvthemusic, Ocean, Paddock, Pat Blythe, Quincy Bullen, Quincy Jones, Sam Taylor, Sarah Thawer, The Carpet Frogs, The Musical Box, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Tre-Michael Bullen, Tuesday Nights at Cherry Cola’s on May 24, 2019 by segariniWriting one’s column on the day it’s supposed to post is not the best in planning but it will have to do for today (and last week and probably next week). Right now I’m listening to The Beach Boys song God Only Knows and I can’t stop thinking of all the people that have shared my life, not just in the past four years but going as far back as I can remember. So add the following video I found on FB and a late night conversation and yes, once again my column takes a different fork in the road.
Pat Blythe – CMW: Not Quite a Wrap …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Audra Santa, Believe!Digital, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Week, CMW, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, Horseshoe Tavern, Indie Week, Liberty Silver, LiveAtHeartFestival, MIDEM, monowhales, Moon Tan, Muscle Shoals, Nile Rodgers, Pat Blythe, Poo Bear, Sounds Interchange, Stackt Studio, The PepTides, The Sheraton Conference Centre, Tribe Royal on May 16, 2019 by segariniI am incredibly late in starting this column. Like…..super super late. It’s been so busy during the past three weeks there’s barely been time to think. There is so much I want to share but not all of today. Suffice to say this will be my CMW “not quite a wrap”. Arriving back in Toronto from London I dove right into the nightlife of Toronto…..and of course some cruising and schmoozing (and jujube nibbling) at CMW central, The Sheraton Centre. Daytime activities are easy to manoeuvre but co-ordinating your CMW nightlife…..that’s a whole different game.
Pat Blythe – Dueling Pianos, February, Upcoming Festivals …and Music!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, Aoelian Hall, Beaches International Jazz, Boots and Hearts, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dueling Pianos, Eddie Bullen, Female eye Film Festival (FeFF), Laugh-In, luvthemusic, Mariposa Folk Festival, Montreal Jazz, NXNE, Ottawa Bluesfest, Pat Blythe, Quincy Bullen, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, SOTC, Sound of Music, Summerfolk Arts and Crafts Festival, Sunfest, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Thunder Dome Sounds, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Tottenham Bluegrass Festival, Winterfolk XVII, Wolfe Island Music Festival on February 20, 2019 by segariniUgh!!! Computer and monitor challenges continue. The good news is I finally got my drums up for sale and I’ve managed to get everything off the troublesome laptop on to a honking big hard drive (although now I have to sort that out). I’m downsizing to a smaller kit….less real estate and I won’t feel so overwhelmed. One of these days…..and now, for your latest weather report…..
Pat Blythe – All Sorts of Stuff and of Course…Music!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", A.J. Croce, Brian Andreas, Buffy, Calan, CIMA, CMW, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Bullen, Eddie Bullen's Jazz Cruise, Fred Penner, Gilda's Club Greater Toronto, Good Mother, Holland Bloorview, Hootenanny on Hunter, Indie Week, Jack Richardson London Music Awards and festival, Jann Arden, London Bluesfest, luvthemusic, Man Crush, Mariposa, NXNE, ONES, Pat Blythe, Phantom Atlantic, Robbie Lane and The Disciples, Sam Taylor, Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar, Summerfolk, Suzie Vinnick, The Human Drive, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Valdy, Walk Off the Earth, Wild T & The Spirit, Women’s March, WOTE on January 16, 2019 by segariniI think this is what 2019 is going to be all about:
“There are things you do because they feel right & they make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other’s cooking & say it was good” — ©2000 Brian Andreas