There’s been much written about the vibrancy of Yonge Street, particularly beginning in the late 50s to its eventual winding down during the mid to late 80s. Clubs like the Brown Derby, The Colonial Tavern, Club Blue Note, Town Tavern, Le Coq d’Or, Steeles Tavern, Friars Tavern, Hawk’s Nest, The Zanzibar, Silver Rail…..graduating to The Gasworks, Piccadilly Tube, Nickelodeon, Hard Rock Cafe and many others. All gone, except the memories. The jazz and blues, the beginning of the Toronto Sound, rock, disco and punk invasions, the Yonge St. Mall…..
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Pat Blythe – Sounds Like Toronto…..and music
Posted in Interview, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Archie Alleyne, Bob Segarini, Canada Council of the Arts, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Jazz, Kensington Market, Kollage, luvthemusic, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, podcast, The Beatles, The Colonial Tavern, The Pandemic Interviews, The Underground Railroad Soul Food Restaurant, Toronto, Toronto Heritage, Toronto Jazz Festival, Town Tavern, yonge street, Yorkville on February 10, 2021 by segariniPat Blythe – Mariposa 2019 …Day Two …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", A Leverage for Mountains, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gordon Lightfoot, Julian Taylor Band, Kensington Market, Long and McQuade, luvthemusic, Magpie Beads, Mariposa Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Foundation, Martin Sexton, Pat Blythe, Pow Wow Cafe, Red Rider, Shakura S'Aida, Stars, Terra Lightfoot, Tom Cochrane, Tudhope Park on July 17, 2019 by segariniI’m burnt. A brilliantly sunny day spent covering 10 stages and finding shade. I forgot my hat and to tell the truth, it’s really challenging trying to take photographs while chasing an airborne hat or evening lifting the brim to see what the hell you’re focusing on.
Pat Blythe – Survivors Ball, Taxi Chain, Jeff G and The Four Heads, Photos …and Music!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Archy Jay, bagpipes, Bob Segarini, C'est What, Cameron House, Canadian Musician, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Grier Cobbins, Grossman's Tavern, Jeff G and The Four Heads, Jeff Graydon, Kensington Market, Lisa MacIntosh, luvthemusic, Mezz, Pat Blythe, Rare Air, Supermarket, Survivors Ball, Taxi Chain, The Snake Charmer, Urban Highlander on January 30, 2019 by segariniI’m so deep in the rabbit hole with the reorganization of photos I lose all track of time. I come up for air when the need for coffee arises or when my stomach thinks my throat’s been cut and I haven’t eaten since my morning banana. Then there’s those moments when you know you’re forgetting something….but what? It’ll come to me…. It’s slowly dawning on me just how many photos I’ve taken or moments I’ve captured and the sheer number of bands and artists I’ve seen and heard!! I look at the collection trying to figure out how I could possibly have packed so much living and incredible music into such a short period of time. It’s been a dramatically life-altering and exhilarating four years.
Pat Blythe – Rights, Nights, and Music
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Last Bullet", A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Beatrice Keeler, Bob Segarini, Cherry Cola's, Countermeasure, Crown Lands, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Horseshoe Tavern, Hot Lips, Jace Traz, Jacqui Childs, James Blonde, Kensington Market, Langston Francis, Lawrie Ingles, Lisa MacIntosh, Maia Van Raes, Nathan Phillips Square, Pat Blythe, Rivoli, Robbie Lane, Rose Theatre, Sam Taylor, Sam Taylor and the East End Love, SEEROCKLIVE, SING! Toronto, The Crooked, The Linsmore, Toronto Women's March, Zoomer Radio on January 24, 2018 by segariniOkay, we’ll kick this off with the weather…..freezing cold, snowing, raining, freezing rain, sunny, cloudy, pluses and minuses all over the map, exploding pipes, sinkholes, warming trends, arctic air masses, blankets on, blankets off…..we’re screwed! Somebody make up their mind!!!! This keeps up I’m whipping out the 3″ summer sandals…..winter be damned!
Pat Blythe – Festivals, Photos and Fun…..
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Birchmount Tavern, Bob Segarini, Brick By Brick, Cherry Cola's, Chris Murray, Chris Murray Combo, Craig Riddock, Dave Bailey, DBAWIS, Female Eye Film Festival, Frank Soda, Gene Pool, Kensington Market, Lorraine Segato, Mercedes, Pat Blythe, Peter Crolly, Peter Kashur, Rockpile, ska, Soundhouse Studio, The Carpet Frogs, Toronto City Hall, Toronto Music Advisory Council, Unison Benevolent Fund, Waves That Stray on June 14, 2017 by segariniWith so many projects on the go and unplanned opportunities popping up rather unexpectedly sometimes simply disappearing for a while, just evaporating into thin air, seems wonderfully appealing and rather peaceful. Inventing a new life is not easy but one plows on, dealing with the twists, turns, distractions and challenges life offers us. The people and music make it all worthwhile. I am truly thankful for the life I’ve had and for the life I’m living now.
Roxanne Tellier – Don’t Get Around Much Any More
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alannah Myles, Alison Young, Beverlie Robertson The Chanteclaires, Bob Cohen, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bohemian Embassy, by Rosemary Solway, Chick Roberts, David Woodhead, DBAWIS, Dede Higgins, Don Cullen, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, Eric Alper, Gordon Lightfoot, Harbourfront, Joanne Crabtree, John Robert Columbo, Judith Orban, Keith McKie, Kensington Market, Kensington Market Jazz Festival, Klaas von Graft, Linda Goldman, Lois and Bram, Lorne Michaels, Margaret Atwood, Milton Acorn and Al Purdy, Molly Johnson, Nancy Simmonds, Nancy White, Owen McBride, Perth County Conspiracy, Richard Underhill, Riverboat, Robert Priest, Roxanne Tellier, Sharon, Sharon Hampson, Sylvia Tyson, Terry Jones, The Boat, The Dirty Shames, The Shuffle Demons, The Sinners, Wayne and Shuster, Yorkville on September 26, 2016 by segariniAch and oy vey! This house move is cramping my style, big time. Haven’t been able to get out to a lot of events, because time’s a ticking, and there’s only so many hours in a day. I’d like to say I’ve become more selective in my outing choices. But the truth is, moving and packing is a bitch. There just isn’t any time to gallivant around.
But let me tell you about two recent events I did manage to squeeze in. Both were wonders in their own ways.
Roxanne Tellier – Music City, My Ass
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags . Nuit Blanche, .Liberty Entertainment, bathhouse raids, Black Hawk Motor Inn, BlueNote, Bob Segarini, BuskerFest, Caribana, CHIN International Picnic. The Big Bop, Chris Sheppard, Club Domino, Colonial Tavern, DBAWIS, Designated Driver, Dufferin Grove, Evergreen Centre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Gasworks, Jamaica, Kensington Market, King West, Knob Hill, MADD, Mayor John Tory, Music Canada, Music City, OCA, Parkdale, Pride Week, Queen West, R&B and soul, Richmond Hill, Riverdale, Roxanne Tellier, Scarborough, ScotiaBank, the Edison, the Junction, The Morrissey, The Toronto Music Moment., Toronto, Toronto Sound, Velvet Underground, Voodoo Club, WaveLength, yonge street, Yorkville on February 21, 2016 by segariniEvery time I see an article lauding Mayor John Tory’s ‘inspired’ idea of turning Toronto into a ‘Music City,’ I get queasy. You see, I came to Toronto in 1976, when it really WAS one, and have watched succeeding local governments and well-heeled blue noses, waving the banners of political correctness and money over art, stomp the culture to death.
Roxanne Tellier – A Canadian Summer
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Bobcageon, Canada Day, Canadian Tire, Caribana, Centreville, Chely Wright, Crystal Waters, DBAWIS, Deborah Cox, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hanlon's Point, Hercules and Love Affair, Hudson's Bay, k.d. lang, Kensington Market, Martha Wash, May Two-Four, Mayor Rob Ford, Melissa Etheridge, Mississauga, Muskoka, Nathan Phillips Square, Neon Hitch, Oshawa, Ottawa, Parliament Hill, Peterborough, Pride, Quebec, Ribfests, Roxanne Tellier, Sea-Doo., SkyDome, Staples, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, The Beer Store, The EX, The Rogers Centre, the Toronto Sun, Tim Hortons, Toronto Islands, Wal-Mart, Waterfront Trail, Windsor, WorldPride 2014 on June 8, 2014 by segariniThere is something so uniquely .. well, Canadian … about how we as a country approach the season of summer.
This year, the majority of us, bruised and battered by the wickedly fierce winter weather, are cautiously optimistic that the sun will again rise over the commonwealth. In fact, the big headline in the Toronto Sun on June 3rd was “Weather Network chief meteorologist Chris Scott said everyone can expect a “fairly pleasant summer.” Can’t get more cautious or Canadian than that, eh?
JAIMIE VERNON – Life’s A Canadian Rock: Book 2 (cont’d)
Posted in Opinion with tags 1980s, Bob Segarini, Branko's, Bullseye Records, Bunchofuckingoofs, Cabana Room, Canadian Music, Crazy Steve, DBAWIS, DMZ, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fort Goof, Godzilla, Jaimie Vernon, Kensington Market, Moving Targetz, post-punk, Queen Street Circuit, Rick Winkle, Tales From the Crypt, Toronto, Vital Sines on May 25, 2013 by segariniRead Chapter One here
CHAPTER 2 – The Wonderful World of Moving Targetz
After struggling for two entire years to get the band Moving Targetz up and running full-time, myself (lead guitar) and Simon Bedford-James (bass) had finally found a permanent rhythm guitarist in Saverio Schembri and drummer Dave Tedd in the Fall of 1984.