We’re in an interesting transitional period with music. Not the industry part that I’ve frequently beaten up and kicked to the curb time and time again. No, I’m talking about musical direction. I had hoped upon hope that post-9/11 the singer-songwriter would make a massive mainstream comeback to usher in the silver age of thinking man’s music. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. The simpletons in charge of what we listen to doubled down on the stupid with the vacant tap dancing and lip-syncing of nubile females, effeminate boy bands and reality stars-turned-prime-time-embarrassments. ‘American Idol’ was the new A & R department for the future of music.
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JAIMIE VERNON – CLEVER HAS A NAME: JAMES CLARK INSTITUTE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Badfinger, Beatles, Blair Packham, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fastball, Garry Flint, Jaimie Vernon, James Clark Institute, John Dinsmore, Moe Berg, Power Pop, Raspberries, Smithereens, Squeeze, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Odds, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Who, Todd Rundgren on October 23, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – THE POWER OF POP
Posted in Opinion with tags American music, Amplifier Magazine, Badfinger, Beatles, Big Star, Big Takeover, Bob Segarini, British Invasion, Britpop, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, crooners, Dana Countryman, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, doo-wop, Elvis, Enuff Z'nuff, Fastball, Fountains of Wayne, International Pop Overthrow Festival, Jaimie Vernon, Jam Recordings, Jellyfish, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kool Kat Music, Little Richard, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, Monkees, Not Lame Recordings, paul revere, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Permanent Press Recordings, Pop music, Power Pop, Spongetones, Terry Melcher., The Association, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, The Byrds, The Jackson 5, The Knack, The Masticators, The Osmonds, The Raspberries, The Rolling Stones, The Shoes, The Turtles, The Ventures, The Who, Tommy Keene, Viet Nam War, Wackers, Weezer on October 11, 2014 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON: There Are No Words…But There Is Music
Posted in Opinion with tags 54.40, Alan Parsons, Bob Segarini, Boston, Boston Marathon, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fastball, Foreigner, Goddo, Greg Godovitz, Heart, Jaimie Vernon, love, Mike Previti., music, Orson, Paul McCartney, Records, Seal, soul, Style Council, therapy on April 20, 2013 by segariniI’ve been wracking my brain for the last 48 hours wondering how I was going to make a suitable contribution to this blog without looking frivolous or uncaring about the reality of what happened in Boston this week. There are no words for the massive shock, sadness and anger that has engrossed us all; The killing of 20 children in Newtown left me feeling just as helpless and lost…as did 9/11 so long before it.
I don’t know that humans have developed a coping mechanism that allows us to naturally process tragedies on an apocalyptic scale. How do you survive and process a Tsunami? Earthquakes? Tornados? The people of Pompeii were the lucky ones – they died instantly; the people of the Nazi death camps, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Chernobyl and other unimaginable atrocities, not so much. And as empathetic beings we feel most outraged when confronted with the savagery of human error or human-on-human carnage. We cannot process this kind of trauma.