John Lennon said it best in one of my all time favourite songs of his: “So this is Christmas and what have you done. Another year over, a new one just begun.” I do so wish that Lennon was still here to continue with his amazing talent. But some self-centered asshole with a hand gun and a diseased brain (or a mind-controlled one, for all of you conspiracy buffs) silenced that legendary voice forever 33 years ago.
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Doug Thompson: WHAT, IS IT NEW YEARS ALREADY?
Posted in Opinion with tags Angelo Bruno, Best of 2013, Bob Segarini, Bones Howe, Brian Epstein, Carol Kaye, Carpenters, Catherine O’Hara, Cher, CHUM Radio, Dave Hull, David Wayne, DBAWIS, Dean Martin, Denny Tedesco, Dick Clark, Don Randi, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Frank Sinatra, Freda Kelly, Gerald Posner, Glen Campbell, Grammy Awards, Hal Blaine, Henry Rushkin, Herb Alpert, Jerry Blavat, John Candy, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, Johnny Carson, Joni Mitchell, Kanye West, Ken Levine, KHJ, Kim Kardashian, KRLA, Larry Knectel, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leon Russell, Lou Adler, Mark Lewisohn, music, Nancy Sinatra, Nino Tempo, Petula Clark, radio, Records, Richard Belzer, Rolling Stone, Sammy Davis Jr., Stan Cornyn, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Fugs, The Grateful Dead, The Monkees, The Real Don Steele, Tommy Tedesco, Vincent Bugliosi, X Prime on January 15, 2014 by segariniJustin Smallbridge: Radio Redux
Posted in Opinion with tags CFTR, CHUM, Dan Ingram, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Justin Smallbridge, KHJ, Legends of Radio, Mad Men, Music Radio, P.A.M.S, radio, Rewound Radio, Rick Allen, WABC on April 15, 2013 by segarini
Mad Men is back, which is great. In addition to the multilayered work of Matthew Weiner and his cohorts on the series, the accompanying history and popular culture are concomitant joys of that show; it’s fun to work out when a particular episode is set and run down the attendant details. Season 6’s opener, “The Doorway,” happens at the end of December, 1967. “Hey,” some folks said, “What about the Summer Of Love”? Having Season 5 end before it started and Season 6 starting after it was over was a deliberate choice Matthew Weiner made, and it’s not tough to see why. The Summer Of Love happened in San Francisco — miles away, both geographically and psychically, from Manhattan, Rye NY and Madison Avenue specifically. Weiner said his specific reasoning for that choice was that the come-down and “hangover” offered a richer range of dramatic possibilities than the groovalicious summer months of 1967.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 