Lindsey Buckingham got kicked out of Fleetwood Mac (again), The Monkees made their first-ever Christmas album (!), and I am still waiting for that big Turtles Battle of the Bands Commemorative Special Anniversary Collectors Edition. In the meantime though, I remained happily pigging along beneath headphones to (in strictly Alphabetical order)…
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GARY PIG GOLD with TEN YOU MAY HAVE MISSED In 2018
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Andy Reed, Andy Warhol, Beau Brummels, Big Star, Brandon Schott, Cait Brennan, Chris Richards, Colina Phillips, Craig Dorfman, Davenports, David Grahame, DBAWIS, Dick Cavett, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Kramer, Edgar Breau, Flamin’ Groovies, Fred Astaire, Gary Pig Gold, Generation X, George Harrison, Glen Matlock, Irwin Chusid, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, Jimi Hendrix, Jingyu Yao, John Lennon, Kim Deschamps, Lane Steinberg, Miles Davis, music, NRBQ, Paul Williams, Phil Spector, R. Stevie Moore, Records, Rich Kids, segarini, Sex Clark Five, Sex Pistols, Simply Saucer, Sitcom Neighbor, Subtractions, Todd and Jingyu, Todd Lerner, Tot Taylor, X Ray Spex, XNYMFO, Yoko Ono on January 28, 2019 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Making Your Own Merry Little Christmas
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bill Payne, Bill Wood, Bill Wood and The Woodies, Bing Crosby, Bob Segarini, Cavalcade of Lights, Chris Bennett, Christmas, Christmas spirit, DBAWIS, Dino Naccarato, Distillery Historic District, Dollarama, Donna O'Connor, Elf on the Shelf, Eye Eye, Fred Astaire, George Whitty, Gordon Lightfoot, Gordon Sheard, Graffiti's, Holiday Fair, Joel Rosenblatt, John Findlay, Keither Carlock, Manitoba Band Association, Marjorie Reynolds, Mark Shannon, Mary Wood, Nathan Phillips Square, Ric Fierabracci, Robi Botos, Ron Sexsmith, Roxanne Tellier, Sean O'Connor, the heymacs, Toronto Christmas Market, Tuba Fest, Walk Off the Earth, Will Lee, Winnipeg on December 10, 2017 by segarini
Calendar time between my birthday on December 4th, and Christmas Day, on December 25th, is just three weeks .. 21 days .. The calendar doesn’t lie – it’s 21 days, but somehow, it always flies by like it’s a lost long weekend, and into that time, we have to pack in all the xmas frippery and chaos we can handle.
Those three weeks fly by. The holidays just aren’t the same since my mum and gram died in 1992. Gram, who had hoped, but didn’t quite get the chance to celebrate her hundredth birthday, always had the gravitas and the gravy, roast beef, and Yorkshire pudding to guarantee that our scattered family would be gathering around her for the holidays.
Roxanne Tellier: Ghosts of Christmas’ Past
Posted in Opinion with tags Aaron Neville, Beatlemania, Beatles, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas, Clarence Carter, DBAWIS, Diana Krall, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Hathaway, Eartha Kitt, Flash Mobs, Fred Astaire, George Michaels, Greg Lake, Hallelujah, Holiday Inn, Joni Mitchell, music, Paul McCartney, Records, Roxanne Tellier, Slade, The Grinch, Toronto, Wham, Wings, Wizzard on December 16, 2013 by segarini
Ah, Christmas! Here you come again, you saucy temptress. We know each other well, you and I. We’ve spent so many years together, both good and bad, happy and sad, flush with cash, or miserably penniless. I know you in all of your beauty, but I also know your dark side.
December babies, like myself, are all too aware of the deviousness of parents who tell you that your birthday is very important, but just so very near to Christmas. They’ll catch you on the flip side, they say, and presents will rain down upon you like … rain. They lie.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 