Tuesdays are “writing day”…..supposedly. Then all hell breaks loose. Why can’t it be on Monday, or even Wednesday AFTER I’ve filed my column? Deep breath…..inhale. It’s the exhale I sometimes forget. Okay, crank up the music. Ah, there’s nothing a little two-step around the kitchen floor that won’t cure whatever ails ya. ….and breathe….. Way behind on photo reviews and albums, so much to do, so little time. …and now for the column, something a little different.
Archive for Joan Jett
Pat Blythe: For The Love Of The Guitar
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Adolph Rickenbacker, Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, chartar, chitarra, classical guitar, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fanny, George Beauchamp, guitarra battente, Heart, Jeff Jones, Joan Jett, Julian Taylor, June Millington, Lee-La Baum, Leo Fender, Les Paul, Liona Boyd, Loretta Lynn, Matt Lazy, Memphis Minnie, Michael Zweig, Nancy Wilson, O.W. Appleton, Orville Gibson, Paul Bigsby, Paul James, quitarra, Rob Robbins, Sam Taylor, sanskrit, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, solid-body, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Suzi Quatro, The Lazys on July 20, 2016 by segariniRoxanne Tellier: Indie Week 2015
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Aaron Pollock Music, ACTRA, AlannaMatty, Amberwood, BlackDog Ballroom; Andy Griffiths; Diane Foy; Cam Carpenter, BlakDenim, Bob Segarini, Bobcast, Bond Place Hotel, Cherie Currie, Cherry Cola's Rock 'n Rolla, Crash Karma, DBAWIS, Dustypop, Eric Alper, Gold Complex, Indie 101 Focus Wales, Indie Week, Ivy James, Jack Daniels, Joan Jett, Johnny Brower, Joni Fuller, Kate Lexington, Katia Montesano, Kendal Thompson, Kinetik, Long & McQuade, Lucky Wildmore, Manchester, Mike Joyce of The Smiths, Mike Turner, Mill Street, Mod Club, Nadia Elkharadly, Our Lady Peace, Paddock, Pat Blythe, Record Artists Collecting Society (RACS) Lee-Anne Wielonda, Richard Flohil; Lisa MacIntosh, Roxanne Tellier, Talking Out Loud, The Bovine, The Burroughes, The Killing Floor, The Luka State, The Mike, The Reklaws, The Who, Tiny Danza, Tiny Rhymes, Uniter, Victoria + Jean on October 18, 2015 by segariniThe big Indie Week finale is tonight at 6 p.m. at the Mod Club, where one of the acts that won their nights at the various venues will become “The Best of the Fest,”and earn the grand prize of a trip to headline the nextIndie Week Canada. Good luck to all the finalists; Ivy James, Uniter,Kendal Thompson,Gold Complex, The Reklaws,BlakDenim,Aaron Pollock Music, The Killing Floor,&Amberwood!
Roxanne Tellier: Bad Boys/Bad Girls
Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Amy Winehouse, Bill Withers, Billy Paul, Carly Simon, Dalbello, David Lee Roth, DBAWIS, Donna Summer, George Clinton, George Thorogood, Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Joan Jett, Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Jackson, Prince, Ricky Martin, Robert Goulet, Roxanne Tellier, SOS Band, Suzi Quatro, Taylor Swift, The Shangri-Las, Vanity Six, Whitney Houston on March 2, 2014 by segariniLord Farlsworth, that magnificent cougar-faced beast, has been waking me up at ever earlier hours (4:15 a.m. today … a new record!) with yowls that pierce through a sleep-sodden brain. If ignored, Lord F pounces on little Jay, my delicate flower of a girl cat. Since he outweighs her by 10
pounds, and she can’t stand him, a classic cat fight, complete with Siamese screams, ensues, and I’m getting up, damnit, like it or not.
But the crazy thing about the Jay/Lord F battles is that, once physically separated, the tiny Jay will then search the house to find him. It’s a classic “good girl” love/hate relationship with a “bad boy.”
Nadia Elkharadly: Bands I wish I could see live
Posted in Opinion with tags Alice in Chains, Bands, Concerts, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jerry Cantrell, Joan Jett, Layne Staley, Live, Mike Starr, music, Nadia Elkharadly, Nirvana, Sandy West, the Headstones, The Runaways, Toronto on July 11, 2013 by segariniI definitely go to more concerts than the average person. Some are small scale, like 25 people in a tiny bar. Others are huge, like selling out huge sports arena huge. Sometimes it starts to wear a little thin, the constant going out to different venues night after night, seeing band after band. Don’t get me wrong, I still, and will always, love live music. But as I mentioned in my last column, the excitement waxes and wanes when it comes to all the shows I go to. But sometimes a special show comes along that really rekindles my passion for live music. One of those such shows happened just the other day.
JAIMIE VERNON: THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTER
Posted in Opinion with tags 125th Street Station, 222's, 39 STEPS, Apollo Theater, Chris Berry, DBAWIS, Die Hard 3, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Grand Central Station, Harlem, Jaimie Vernon, Joan Jett, Kenny Laguna, Manhattan, Moving Targetz, music, New Music Seminar, New York City, Steven Shipp, The Ghost & Mr. Chicken, The Left Banke, Travel on February 23, 2013 by segariniI’ve been posting a steady stream of travel pictures on Facebook both for posterity and to entertain the millions of ‘friends’ I have online who might be tired of my abrasive and often hostile status updates. From these postings came comments from people who dream of traveling or visiting such exotic places as Flin Flon, Manitoba or South Bend, Indiana.
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock And Roll – Hall Of Fame
Posted in Opinion with tags Albert King, Cameron Carpenter, Chic, DBAWIS, Deep Purple, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donna Summer, Heart, Joan Jett, Kraftwerk, music, N.W.A., Paul Butterfield, Procol Harum, Public Enemy, R&R Hall of Fame, Randy Newman, Rush, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Marvelettes, The Meters on October 11, 2012 by segariniIt’s that time of year again; let the debates begin as the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ready their class of 2013. There is no pleasing everyone and the HOF is no different. Now even calling it the “Rock And Roll” Hall of Fame is a bit of a stretch. My definition of rock is pretty narrow and would not include 90% of hip-hop, 99% of disco (I will give a pass to “I Was Made For Loving You” by Kiss), very little funk and almost no folk. Their definition seems to be constantly fluid and I can only agree or disagree with their choices by means of my own internal rock’n’roll barometer.
Nadia Elkharadly: The Feminine Mystique
Posted in Opinion with tags Care Failure, Courage My Love, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Joan Jett, Katie Lynn Campbell, Katie McConnell, Mercedes Arn Horn, Nadia Elkharadly, Phoenix Arn Horn, Shirley Manson, Talor Momsen on November 22, 2011 by segariniFeminism can be a rather abstract concept. There’s a huge spectrum, from the convenient feminist, who embraces the notion when it suits her, to the militant angry feminist who spells woman “womyn” and eschews the masculine in everything except, apparently her appearance. But something that everyone should be able to agree on is that feminism, at its core, is about equality for women. A woman can and should be able to do everything that a man can do.