Last week the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame did a virtual induction of its 2020 nominees that included Whitney Houston, The Doobie Brothers, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., and T. Rex. Typical of past years during the induction process, the public and media got their panties into a bunch over how their favourite artist has been snubbed.
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WHEATFIELD EMPIRE by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, Buffalo Springfield, Burton Cummings, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Depeche Mode, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Guess Who, Jaimie Vernon, Jann Wenner, John Einarson, Nazareth, Notorious B.I.G., randy bachman, Razma-Naz!, Ringo Starr and The All-Starr Band, Robert Lawson, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rush, Steppenwolf, Still Competition, T-Rex, The Band, The Doobie Brothers, The Guess Who, Wheatfield Empire, Whitney Houston on November 16, 2020 by segariniGARY PIG GOLD – FOR PETE’S SAKE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Jann Wenner, Michael Nesmith, Monkees, music, Music Radio, Peter Tork, radio, Records, Rolling Stone, RRHOF, segarini on March 18, 2019 by segarini
Can it really be true that Rolling Stone publisher/magnate Jann S. Wenner has personally conducted a decades-long campaign to bar The Monkees from induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Peter Tork certainly thought so.
“He doesn’t care what the rules are and just operates how he sees fit,” Peter told the New York Post in 2007. “It is an abuse of power. I don’t know whether The Monkees belong in the Hall of Fame, but it’s pretty clear that we’re not in there because of a personal whim.”
Roxanne Tellier: MonkeeMania! Part Deux
Posted in Opinion with tags 16 Magazine, Bobby Hart, Davy Jones, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Harry Nilsson, Head, Jack Nicholson, Jann Wenner, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Nimoy, Mark Lindsay, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, music, Peter Noone, Peter Tork, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone, Roxanne Tellier, Samantha Juste, The Bobcast, The Monkees, TIGER beat, Tommy Boyce, Toronto on February 9, 2014 by segarini
Critics called them “The Pre-Fab Four,” but a generation of little girls understood. Those of us coming into puberty, who had been just a little too young to have had fantasies about The Beatles, now had our very own super group. The Monkees were cute! They were funny! And really – could this quartet be more non-threatening? The worse that could happen would be that Davy might not get the girl … but he always did.
My best friends and I would loll around for hours, listening to their latest record, buying every copy of 16 Magazine and TIGER beat with a picture of one of the boys on the cover, and of course, watching the show every Sunday night. We’d squeal on the phone about their rumoured escapades, and dream of some day meeting a real live Monkee.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 