As you read this the UK has decided to cut ties with their trading partners in the European Union and make a go of it on their own. The response in the financial markets was swift especially where currency power was concerned and the British Pound plummeted 8% overnight. On the upside it now allows the rest of us to buy more MacIntosh Toffee and import vinyl. It might also bode well for the UK travel industry in the short term.
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JAIMIE VERNON – RULE BRITANNIA
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bay City Rollers, BBC, Billy Fury, Bob Segarini, BongoBeat, Canadian Music Jeremy Morris, Cavern Pub, Dave Rave, Dave Slater, David Bash, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eleanor Rigby, Endbutt Lane, England, Focal Point, Forthlin Road, International Pop Overthrow Festival, IPO, Jacaranda, Jaimie Vernon, Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Lennon's Pub, Liverpool, Liz Hunney, Manchester, Merseyside, Paul Tennant, Ralph Alfonso, Spencer Leigh, Sultan's Palace., Susan Hedges, The Beatles, The Cavern Club, The Diodes on June 25, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – HEY, NINETEEN
Posted in Opinion with tags Anniversary., BMG Music, Bob Segarini, Bryan Adams, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Derek Longmuir, divorce, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Duke Street Diner, El Mocambo, Great White Noise Magazine, Honeymoon Suite, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Healey, Kings X, Kingswood, little black dress, Liverpool, Made In Canada, Maureen Leeson, Moving Targetz, P.A.M., Paul Anand, Paul White, record collection, rock and roll love letter, Sharon Vernon, Spare Parts, Spin Doctors, The Bay City Rollers, The Eagles, The Kings on March 14, 2015 by segarini
As you read this my wife Sharon Vernon and I have just celebrated our 19th anniversary. We went to Cleveland to see two of her favourite bands – the American act Red Wanting Blue and Canadian rock darling The Trews who I introduced her to (musically) in 2003 after seeing them in a club in Halifax during the ECMA’s. We’ve done a lot of that on our anniversaries – going to see live acts. That includes Lighthouse on our 17th and Ian Mitchell of the Bay City Rollers (see story below).
JAIMIE VERNON – 50 YEAR CONFLUENCE
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan Show, ELO, George Harrison, George Martin, I Want To Hold Your Hand, It Was 50 Years Ago Today, Jaimie Vernon, Jellyfish, John Lennon, Klaatu, Liverpool, Paul McCartney, Polyphonic Spree., Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Fab Four, The Wackers on February 8, 2014 by segarini
As the media has been very cognizant of pointing out all week, Sunday, February 9th marks the 50th Anniversary of the night the Beatles stepped on stage at the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan and destroyed America – one sobbing, hormone filled teenager at a time. It was a typical scenario that had become de rigueur to Rock and Roll dating back to the Elvis Presley hip swivel and even Frank Sinatra simmering blue-eyed allure before him. The media and parents alike were quick to write these four Liverpool lads off as yet another passing adolescent fad. But they were so wrong.
JAIMIE VERNON – It Was 50 Years Ago Today
Posted in Opinion with tags Al Kooper, Alan Merrill, Andrew Gold, Beatles Tribute, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Casbah Coffee Club, DBAWIS, digital album, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Sullivan, Fab Four, Frank Levin, Gary Pig Gold, George Harrison, Goddo, Ian Anderson, It Was 40 Years Ago Today, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Jones, John Lennon, Klaatu, Leo Sayer, Liverpool, Michael WHITE, music, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Kings, Tom Hooper, tribute album on November 9, 2013 by segarini
I’ll be 50 years old on November 19th (send no cards, just cash, please). A half century of fun, frivolity and heart-ache. Fortunately, I’ve had a lot of the former 
and less of the latter. Annually, I chase the notoriety of the JFK assassination by three days…and every f*cking thing The Beatles have ever done. My moments of personal glory will always be overshadowed by what they did on my birthday in various years:
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 