In a previous incarnation my label, Bullseye, was focusing on 1960s and 1970s Canadian re-issues but in the time that has elapsed since I folded the label (2010) and now, the pop culture zeitgeist has shifted. Classic Rock radio was put into suspended animation in 2014 by the major radio players (at least in Canada) and 1980s radio has picked up the ball. Oh, the 1970s is still getting a fair amount of airplay, but it’s mostly been ghettoized into bite-sized “The 70s at 7 !!!” type radio programming.
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JAIMIE VERNON – BOOM GO THE ‘80s
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alta Moda, Bob Rock, Bob Segarini, Bruce Fairbairn, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Capitol Records, cassettes, CD, compact discs, Current Records, Darryl Kromm, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Arnott, Infidels, Jaimie Vernon, Julian, Love Becomes Electric, Molly Johnson, Norman Orenstein, randy bachman, re-issue, remastered, Strange Advance, The Distance Between, vinyl on March 19, 2016 by segariniPat Blythe – Women & Songs — Part Two
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Radio – Same Ol’ Same Ol’
I don’t listen to the radio much these days…okay….sometimes when I’m driving but that’s mostly for road and weather reports. Music….not so much. What music I do hear is the rotation of the same songs or the same tired formula over and over and over…. I will admit I tune into Q107 but that’s more for the DJ banter and the stories than the music. ….and the commercials, on any station, send me over the edge!
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 