Gary Topp | Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say

Archive for Gary Topp

Pat Blythe – Summertime Blues and Jazzin’ Around….

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Adrian Chamberlain, Annette Shaffer, Beach Metro News, Bob Segarini, Bombay Sapphire, Canadian Music Week, CMW, David Gogo, DBAWIS, Dinner and a Show, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Winters, Duggan's Brewery, Eartha Kitt, Edward Finstein, Gary Topp, Horseshoe, Maple Blues Awards, No Cover Events, Norman Provencher, Olde Stone Cottage, Ottawa Citizen, Pat Blythe, Peter Kashur, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Taylor, Sorted MagAZine, Stephanie Nilles, The Alzheimer's Appreciation Orchestra and Chorus, The Garys, The Last Pogo, The Viletones, The Wine Doctor, Tranzac, Victoria Times-Colonist on April 12, 2017 by segarini

I’ve started a “reminder” page and called it “column ideas”. Not sure what the point was since I never follow it. There’s always something else that catches my eye….or ear. Lately I’ve had the attention span of a gnat. In fact…..no, never mind. It’s been a busy seven days, just not sure what the hell I’ve accomplished short of pissing off CRA and a couple of telemarketers, oh, and changing passwords on damn near everything….one of my lesser brilliant moves. Now I can’t remember how to log into anything. So, jotting down reminders (and new passwords) on scraps of paper. High security, that’s me!

Continue reading →

Roxanne Tellier: My Toronto – Part Two

Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Ben Bergmann., Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bomb Records, Brutus, Burton Cummings, Carole Pope, CHUM FM, CITY TV, Coney Hatch, Crowbar, DBAWIS, Divine, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eaton Centre, El Mocambo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Foot in Cold Water, Frank Soda, Garwood Wallace, Gary Cormier, Gary Topp, geoff pevere, Goddo, Hap Roderman, Hard Rock Café, Harlequin, Hellfield, Hotel California, Jackson Hawke, JoAnn Brooks, Kenny Shields, Kevan Staples, Killing Joke, Larry's Hideaway, Lou Reed, Maple Leaf Gardens, Max Webster, Mike Myers, Moxy, Nickelodeon, Nico, Ozzy Osbourne, Performer, Piccadilly Tube, Prakash John, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Saga, Steve Ambrose, Streetheart, Sun Ra, Teenage Head, The Bobcast, the Chimney, The Cramps, The Edge, The Forge, The Garys Martha and the Muffins, The Gasworks, The Lincolns, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Viletones, Tim Curry, Tommy Ambrose, Toronto, True North, Twitch, Wayne/Jayne County, XTC on April 13, 2014 by segarini

Toronto was a different place in the late 1970’s and early eighties. Although it’s easy to look back with rose coloured glasses, it was, in fact, a watershed time for Toronto musicians. Everywhere you turned, you were surrounded by outstanding music, made by dedicated and very talented players, who enjoyed the freedom to create their art, and make a living at the same time.