It’s Tuesday. It’s sunny. It’s summer…..with a vengeance! It must be “writing day” since it’s not raining and miserable. As I sit and stare out the front window my mind is a complete blank, overwhelmed with the proverbial “to do” list, my brain is at the point where it’s decided to wipe itself clean. The human hard drive. No back up. Just select “reformat” and be done with it. A blank page which is basically what I’m looking at. As my mind drifts into nothingness, you know that stare you get when you’re looking but not really “seeing”. Yep, that’s it. I could close my eyes and…..God forbid!!!!……nap!!!!
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Pat Blythe – A Date, a Concert, a Show……and Music……
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Alfie, Berry Gordy, Bob Segarini, Captain Cannabis, CMW, CSARN, DBAWIS, Diana Ross, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Grand Theatre, Greg Simpson, Indie88, JUNO Awards, LIFT & Co., London Ontario, luvthemusic, Martha Henry, Motown The Musical, Nawlins, Niagara-on-The-Lake, Pat Blythe, Said The Whale, Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs, Shaw Festival, Teenage Head, The Festival Theatre, The Phoenix Concert Theatre, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Stratford Festival, The Tempest, Tom McCamus, Verne Andru on May 30, 2018 by segariniPat Blythe – #MeToo/#NotMeToo and Rockin’ the Night Away…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Last Bullet", #MeToo, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Beautiful Scars, Bob Segarini, Christie Blatchford, Crown Lands, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George Olliver, Horseshoe Tavern, Hot Lips, Jacqui Childs, JUNO Awards, London Ontario, National Post, Pat Blythe, Ready The Prince, Secret Broadcase, See Rock Live Magazine, SEEROCKLIVE, TheDukeLive, Tom Wilson, Velvet Underground on January 31, 2018 by segariniLet me start by stating I am not a “political” person. I follow what’s going on the world to keep myself current but I don’t read nor do I decipher every minutiae that is written about “he who shall not be shamed” or anyone else for that matter. However, the latest in a very long string of accusations of sexual misconduct/harassment, particularly here in Ontario, well…..I’ve about had enough. I posted this in Facebook a few days ago and, generally, the respondents agree with me. What follows in a slightly edited version.
“For the first time in years, eons even, I sat down to read something other a computer screen (except for Tom Wilson’s book Beautiful Scars). This time it was the newspaper. The National Post actually. For some mysterious reason it keeps appearing on my front porch at least six out of seven days a week. But I digress…… Continue reading
JAIMIE VERNON – AND THE AWARD GOES TO
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Boy George, Canadian Music, CFNY, Dallas Smith, DBAWIS, Default, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jaimie Vernon, JAIMOs, Jane Bunnett, JUNO Awards, Junos, Kanye West, Kirk MacDonald, Leonard Cohen, Magic!, Michael Buble, Sam Smith, The Arkells, The Canadian Country Music Awards, The Canadian Music Awards, The CASBYs, The Weeknd, U-Know Awards, Your Favourite Enemies on March 28, 2015 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON: DO THE FAN DANGLE-O
Posted in Opinion with tags Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, David Bradley, David Macmillan, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, EMI Music, fans, Goddo, Harem Scarem, Jaimie Vernon, JUNO Awards, Justin Bieber, Klaatu, Lady GaGa, Madonna, music, Pop Detective Records, Stompin' Tom Connors, The Bay City Rollers, The Beatles on March 9, 2013 by segariniOn Wednesday March 6th Canadian music legend Stompin’ Tom Connors passed away peacefully at the age of 77 from natural causes. Tom was a folk & country fixture around Canada for nearly six decades. He might very well be the last of the Canadian troubadours following in the footsteps of Wilf Carter (aka Montana Slim), Hank Snow, and the Canadian Sweethearts: Bob Regan and Lucille Starr. Connors walked amongst the rarified air of Canadian country Gods. He was a fixture at the legendary Horseshoe
Tavern during its inception where his rousing songs and foot stomping put a hole in the stage – which the venue wanted him to pay for. On subsequent visits he resorted to stomping on a piece of wood to save the stage further injury – and Tom Connors became Stompin’ Tom Connors.
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