It’s been one of those weeks. It started out promisingly, with great plans for every day of the week. I was sure that by today, I’d have a clean house, an empty inbox, and even maybe lose ten pounds.
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Roxanne Tellier – Brain Scatterlings
Posted in Opinion with tags Ace, Aimee Mann., Annette Shaffer, Apple Records, BBC, Ben Walker, Black Swan, Bob Segarini, Bruce Bickford, Buzzfeed, Chops Sawyer, coachella, DBAWIS, Delhi, Dokken, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duran Duran, Facebook, Frank Zappa, Grammy Awards, Harry Nilsson, Headly Westerfield, Hirut, India, India's Got Talent, Juluku, Mary Hopkin, Mike and the Mechanics, mondegreens, Nicola Vaughan, Pat Blythe, Paul Carrack, Paul McCartney, Ricky Syers, Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Skeleton Dance Crew, Squeeze, The Amazing Mr. Bickford, Three Dog Night, Toronto, Tranzac Club on April 12, 2015 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – IT’s YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
Posted in Opinion with tags 2014, 50th anniversary, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Classic Rock, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, George Harrison, Goddo, Grammy Awards, Jaimie Vernon, John Lennon, Justin Bieber, Led Zeppelin, Monster Truck, Moxy, New Year, Paul McCartney, Q107, Ringo Starr, Rival Sons, The Trews, Vintage Trouble on January 18, 2014 by segarini
Well, we survived 2013. Most of us anyway. The entertainment industry lost nearly an entire generation of scenemakers from Jackie Lomax to Ray Manzarek to Slim Whitman to James Gandolfini to Annette Funicello to Peter O’Toole. The people making some of the greatest art of the last century have left it up to us to carry on without them. And we’re failing to do so at an alarming rate. Can you imagine anyone mourning the 
loss of a Jonas Brother or Paris Hilton in 50 or 60 years time other than their families? The global glue that connects us through the arts has been replaced by the transient flypaper brought to us by Snatch Chat and Twatter. No wonder we hold onto our pop icons from the past for so long. Once they’re gone, we might very well lose the soul of music, film, stage, etc., forever. And that’s not just me spewing my usual dramatic hyperbole. I usually say let sleeping dogs lie while the new generation wages their own rebellion. Except the new rebellion wears designer logos, auto-tunes and sues the estates of dead soul singers pre-emptively in case the estate sues them first for stealing said dead soul singer’s music [Yeah, I’m talking about you Robin TheDicke].
Doug Thompson: WHAT, IS IT NEW YEARS ALREADY?
Posted in Opinion with tags Angelo Bruno, Best of 2013, Bob Segarini, Bones Howe, Brian Epstein, Carol Kaye, Carpenters, Catherine O’Hara, Cher, CHUM Radio, Dave Hull, David Wayne, DBAWIS, Dean Martin, Denny Tedesco, Dick Clark, Don Randi, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Frank Sinatra, Freda Kelly, Gerald Posner, Glen Campbell, Grammy Awards, Hal Blaine, Henry Rushkin, Herb Alpert, Jerry Blavat, John Candy, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Johnny Carson, Joni Mitchell, Kanye West, Ken Levine, KHJ, Kim Kardashian, KRLA, Larry Knectel, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leon Russell, Lou Adler, Mark Lewisohn, music, Nancy Sinatra, Nino Tempo, Petula Clark, radio, Records, Richard Belzer, Rolling Stone, Sammy Davis Jr., Stan Cornyn, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Fugs, The Grateful Dead, The Monkees, The Real Don Steele, Tommy Tedesco, Vincent Bugliosi, X Prime on January 15, 2014 by segarini
John Lennon said it best in one of my all time favourite songs of his: “So this is Christmas and what have you done. Another year over, a new one just begun.” I do so wish that Lennon was still here to continue with his amazing talent. But some self-centered asshole with a hand gun and a diseased brain (or a mind-controlled one, for all of you conspiracy buffs) silenced that legendary voice forever 33 years ago.
Darrell Vickers: A Tux on Both Their Houses
Posted in Opinion with tags Abigail Washburn, Avett Brothers, Black Prairie, Danny Kaye, Darrell Vickers, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gillian Welch, Gotya, Grammy Awards, Indie Music, Kinky Boots, Matilda the Musical, Milk Carton Kids, Neil Patrick Harris, NPR, People’s Choice Awards, radio, Radiovickers, Taylor Swift, Television, Tiny Desk, Tony Awards, White Christmas on June 17, 2013 by segarini
Danny Kaye once musically opined (in the movie White Christmas), “The theater. The Theater. What’s happened to the Theater?” Now, he was expressing disappointment in his beloved Broadway’s movement towards artsy-fartsy choreography and away from “Chaps who did taps.” But, if he were around today and got a glimpse of what the current Great White Way had to offer, he’d be on 24-hour-a-day suicide watch.
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DOUG THOMPSON: CONFESSIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL ROCK AND ROLL INTERVIEWER – ONE NIGHT WITH DAVID FOSTER MADE MY DAY.
Posted in Opinion with tags Al Jarreau, Bill Champlin, Celine Dion, Chicago, Dave Thomas, David Foster, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Earth Wind & Fire, Fee Waybill, George Harrison, Grammy Awards, Hollywood, Hollywood Bowl, Jay Graydon, John Candy, Linda Thomas Jenner Foster, music, Quincy Jones, Records, Rick Moranis, SCTV, The Tubes, Vince Welnick, Warren Cosford, Yolanda Hadid on April 8, 2013 by segarini
Over the past 40 years, I’ve been fortunate to interview well over a thousand rock stars, pop stars, musicians, songwriters, session players, engineers and producers. The stars usually have a pat answer (although not always), but I’ve always enjoyed interviewing behind-the-scenes people as they have the best stories and usually don’t get to tell them that often.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 