Okay, 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!
Archive for Lawrie Ingles
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 segariniPat Blythe – It’s April….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Annette Shaffer, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Week, CMW, Connor Walsh, Craig Riddock, Cree Nation Government, David Hodges, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drew Winters, Jeff Haynes, Kid Carson, Lawrie Ingles, London Life, Mikw Chiyam, N'we Jinan, Pat Blythe, Peter Kashur, Placebo Space, Robert O'Neill, Roxanne Tellier, The Alzheimer's Appreciation Orchestra and Chorus, Tim Romard on April 7, 2017 by segarini…..and my lovely purple crocuses are out….sprouting in places I don’t remember planting them. I think the squirrels and anything else that’s been rooting around in my gardens have taken the liberty to relocate some of my bulbs. The birds have also been disposing rose hips seeds out their back ends and I have tiny, wild rose bushes sprouting up everywhere. Yes, I realize we had a bit of snow and freezing rain last week but I for one sense that Old Man Winter is done with us….at least until the end of the year. I’ve set up new (for me) outdoor furniture on the deck with the hope I’ll be enjoying my morning coffee out there very soon. Some of the detritus has now been cleared out from under my deck so this weekend it’s time to start the yard cleanup. Fingers crossed Mother Nature goes along with the idea. So far, sun and decent temps are scheduled.
The Stories Behind the Songs – Part Two
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Alex Vincenzi, Alistair Taylor, Beethoven, Bell Canada, Billy Talent, Blue Monday, Bob Segarini, Brian Blade, Cameron House, Cardiff University, Carly Simon, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, Cleave Anderson, Cliff Arnall, Dave Murphy Band, David Celia, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop & Roll, ELP, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Esperanza Spalding, Indian Handcraft, Jace Traz, Jason Wilson and The Perennials, Lawrie Ingles, Let's Talk, Linsmore Tavern, Maharishi, Mark Murphy, Matt Groopie, Max Roach, My Psycho Ex, ONERUN, Orbit Room, Pat Blythe, Paul James, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Robbie Burns, Sam Taylor, Shoes.com, Sky Travel, Stop, System of Down, The Beatles, Tim Jackson, UG3, Zaynab Wilson on January 25, 2017 by segariniIt’s snowing!!!! Not those big, fat, fluffy flakes where one can almost cover your face. But it’s snowing…. Sigh. The grey, dull days of January with just a mere hint that the sun actually exists…..which begs the question, why doesn’t Bell Canada hold their “Let’s Talk” campaign on Blue Monday? That makes infinitely more sense than say, Robbie Burns Day. Why in heaven’s name would you pick the 25th of January for mental health awareness??? According to a number of sources, the term “Blue Monday” was coined by holiday company Sky Travel in a 2005 press release. Cliff Arnall, at the time a tutor at Cardiff University, had come up with a light-hearted formula to determine the most depressing day of the year which commonly falls on the third Monday in January. It’s now a worldwide phenomena. Everyone has jumped on the bandwagon and the term is used repeatedly by companies and organizations (there’s even a BlueMonday.org) and stories in all sorts of media abound. Newspapers recommend taking the day off, there are various sites that will calculate, on a yearly basis, which Monday is going to be “blue” so you can prepare…..the power of suggestion. Although the entire idea is considered pseudoscience by the scientific community, Blue Monday is not going away anytime soon. Did you know mosquitoes are attracted to the colour blue twice as much as any other colour?
Pat Blythe – Summertime Blues
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", AHI, Beach Village BIA, Beaches International Jazz Festival, Bob Segarini, Bold Step Dancers, Celtic Sun, Chris Birkett, Club 120, DBAWIS, Don Graham, Don't Believe a Word I Say, For The Love Of It School of Dance, Gary Richardson, Ivan Forrest Park, JK Vibrations Steel Band, Lawrie Ingles, Metis Fiddlers, Michael Williams, Move to the Music, Pat Blythe, Risa Black, Robin Campbell, Sam Taylor and the East End Love, Sari Santangelo, Taste of Colombia, The Boot Scooters Line Dancers, TJ Whitelaw, Toney Springer on July 27, 2016 by segariniWe’re back!!!! Tales from the city….clubs, parks and more birthday festivities. Speaking of birthdays, I swear everyone was born between June 1 and September 1. Growing up my birthday was always sort of tagging along at the end….a fall baby. All my friends celebrated anywhere from March through to August but it as especially busy during the summer months.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE FERGUS CONVERGENCE
Posted in Opinion with tags A Passing Fancy, Ault Sisters, Bob Bryden, Bob Segarini, Bobby Curtola, Bobby Darrin, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton, Canadian Music Hugh's Room, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Cleave Anderson, David Macmillan, Davide DiRenzo, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fergus Hambleton, George Koller, Gerry Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Graye, Hermina George, Ice On the Road, Jaimie Vernon, Jane Harbury, Jeff Jones, John Deehan, Lawrie Ingles, Linus Entertainment, Pete Otis, reggae, Rob Whalen, Rocky Raccoons, Sattalites, Snap Shots, Terry Brown, Terry Draper, The Basics, The Black Swan, Tim Bovaconti, Todd Miller, True North, Written On the Wind, yonge street on May 9, 2015 by segariniI first met Fergus Hambleton in person while I was performing with my trio, Graye featuring Todd Miller and Lawrie Ingles, at a small club on Yonge Street in Toronto called Rocky Raccoons. It was a mid-week jam night and we were going to do a few songs when I looked up and Fergus was sitting in the front row taking in what can only be described as a “loose” performance of one of my original songs.
JAIMIE VERNON – THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND
Posted in Opinion with tags Andrew Gold, best friends, Black Swan Tavern, Blair Packham, Bob Reid, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Dave Diamond, DBAWIS, Desmond Nathan, Don't Believe a Word I Say, friendship, Gary 17, Honouring Our Own, Jacke Tassé, Jaimie Vernon, James Ratch, Klaatu, Lawrie Ingles, Luke Jackson, Mr. Zero, Paul Royes, Pete Otis, Peter Kashur, Spare Parts, Swindled, Switchin' To Glide, Terry Draper, Thank You For Being A Friend, The Kings, Todd Miller, Wakin' Up Johnny, Why Can't We Be Friends on February 7, 2015 by segarini As much as it’s a sappy platitude from the late music legend Andrew Gold, there’s no other way of saying thanks to those who have stuck by me year after year. I have over 2800 ‘friends’ on my Facebook profile. This isn’t a boast. It’s a matter of fact and it’s not to point out the quantity. I’m the rare exception in social media who actually knows most of the people I’ve friended.
JAIMIE VERNON – GOT YOU COVERED
Posted in Opinion with tags Arlington Hotel, Black Swan, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Tyler, Canadian Music, Christina Bianco, cover tunes, Creighton Doane, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duanne welsh, Ennio Morricone, Gary Jules, Geoff Wilson, Harry Nilsson, Healey's Roadhouse, Jaimie Vernon, Jaymz Bee, Julie Nunes, Lawrie Ingles, Maureen Leeson, Maynooth, Miley Cyrus, Richard Cheese, Rick Miller, Sharon'SISTER, Spare Parts, The Beatles, tribute bands, Ukelele Orhestra, Van Der Kill on September 4, 2013 by segariniThis week I’ve been discussing a reunion of my old cover band Spare Parts with the original participants – Maureen Leeson (vocals), Duanne Welsh (drums) and Geoff Wilson (guitar). We were a ‘thing’ from 1993 through 1997. By thing I mean a true-blue working act at clubs across southern (and north-eastern) Ontario getting paid to make people drink beer, dance, grope inappropriately and puke in restrooms. Achieving all four in an evening was considered a success by bar owners and audience members alike. More times than not we could do all four or at least fashion a passable trifecta. Oh, and we were really fucking good at what we did which might be why we were employed every other weekend for four years straight.