Boy, am I late!!! Soooo late starting this column. Tuesday is my “writing” day, but far too much seemed to get in the way and now it’s 6:15pm and I’m on my third sentence! Good news is I received congratulations from our friends in Ottawa for attaining “senior citizen” status. Not only that, how absolutely thrilled they are to be sending me a monthly stipend of what nobody could live on. I should be grateful I receive anything (and I am), but if that’s what today’s 65-and-up population have to survive on, it’s no wonder we’ve got so many elderly living far below the poverty line. What I am extremely grateful for is that I can still work (when we’re not in the middle of a shitstorm) and continue earning a reasonable living. For how long is anyone’s guess, but this body and brain just keep chugging along.
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Pat Blythe – Chris …and Music
Posted in Canadian Music, Family, life, music, Opinion, Review, Work with tags A Girl With A Camera The Picture Taker, Bob Segarini, Chris Blythe, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Cottingham Group of Companies, Cottingham Sound, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, El Mocambo, ElMo, Film House, Hellfield, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, luvthemusic, Maple Leaf Gardens, Mitchell Field, Pat Blythe, podcast, podcaster, Quinn Labs, The Gasworks, The Pandemic Interviews, Toronto on September 29, 2021 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – It Was 50 Years Ago Today
Posted in Opinion with tags Al Kooper, Alan Merrill, Andrew Gold, Beatles Tribute, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Casbah Coffee Club, DBAWIS, digital album, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Fab Four, Frank Levin, Gary Pig Gold, George Harrison, Goddo, Ian Anderson, It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Jones, John Lennon, Klaatu, Leo Sayer, Liverpool, Michael WHITE, music, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Kings, Tom Hooper, tribute album on November 9, 2013 by segariniI’ll be 50 years old on November 19th (send no cards, just cash, please). A half century of fun, frivolity and heart-ache. Fortunately, I’ve had a lot of the former
and less of the latter. Annually, I chase the notoriety of the JFK assassination by three days…and every f*cking thing The Beatles have ever done. My moments of personal glory will always be overshadowed by what they did on my birthday in various years: