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Pat Blythe – Pomp & Circumstance…..Rival Sons…..the end of summer……

Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Anderson Creative, canadian national exhibition, CNE, Dave Beste, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Karl Anderson, luvthemusic, Pat Blythe, Pomp and Circumstance, Rival Sons, Scott Buchanan, Scott Holiday, The Beatles, Todd Ögren, wedding photography, weddings on September 11, 2019 by segarini

Four weeks!!! Four whole weeks….over in flash, just like summer!!! The column hiatus has now ended and WE’RE BACK! Yep it’s been a busy (and sweaty) summer with loads going on, on all fronts, both personal and professional. I must confess, Fall is my favourite season. The colours are outstanding and the cooler weather (with sunshine) actually makes me feel cozy.

Okay……so where to begin….I’ll work my way backwards…..one concert at time.

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Roxanne Tellier – The Sound Of Music

Posted in Opinion with tags ( Michael Pare, A Hard Day’s Night, Alan Parker, Antonio Salieri, Audrey Hepburn, Barbie, Barry Dennen, Beatlemania, Bob Segarini, carl anderson, Darling Lili, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donna Pescow, Ed Sullivan, Eddie and The Cruisers, Ellen Barkin, Elvis Presley, F. Murray Abraham, Help!, Jessica Harper, Jesus Christ Superstar, John Travolta, Josh Mostel, Julie Andrews, Karen Lynn Gorney, Ken, Mary Poppins, Morris Day, Nik Cohn, Norman Jewison, Paul Williams, Phantom of the Paradise, Prince, Purple Rain, Robert Arkins, Rod Serling, Roddy Doyle, Roxanne Tellier, Saturday Night Fever, Spinal Tap, Star, Superstar – The Karen Carpenter Story, Ted Neely, The Beatles, The Blues Brothers, The Commitments, The Corrs, The Marx Brothers, The Monkees, The Sound of Music, The Time, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Todd Haynes, Tom Hulce, Tommy Steele, Velvet Goldmine, Walt Disney, William Finley, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yvonne Elliman, Zero Mostel on November 30, 2014 by segarini

I grew up in the days when musicals were as or more popular than any other form of cinema, and the stars of musicals on stage and screen were huge draws on Sunday night’s Ed Sullivan.

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JAIMIE VERNON – WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOUNDTRACKS GONE

Posted in Opinion with tags American Graffiti, Bee Gees, Bob Segarini, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Canadian Music, Dazed & Confused, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Presley, Ennio, Grease, Haunter, Help!, Hunger Games, Jaimie Vernon, James Newton Howard, John Debney, John Williams, musicals, Purple Rain, Quentin Tarantino, Saturday Night Fever, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Soundtracks, Spinal Tap, Swedish Fish, The Beatles, The Big Chill, The Bodyguard, The Graduate, The Rutles, West Side Story on November 23, 2013 by segarini

By the time you read this, the latest Tween wallet milking franchise, The Hunger Games: Catching Syphillis, will have opened in Octoogleplexes the world over to record breaking box office glory for a second time. Not since someone glued a lightning bolt to Radcliffe’s forehead or sparkles to Pattinson’s nipples has there been such a nauseating ballyhoo from teenaged girls and creepy middle-aged women. Every aspect of the movie has been gleaned, dissected and analyzed by the fodder feeding media including the outrage by fans of the books that inspired the franchise who were shocked to find out that the black characters were portrayed on screen by…black actors!