Bruce Springsteen’s refusal to play North Carolina because of new, drastic LGBT laws might have shocked some people, but it didn’t surprise me at all.
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Doug Thompson: ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE MISSES THE MARK…..AGAIN!
Posted in Opinion with tags Adam Lambert, Ahmet Ertegun, Al Green, Allen Toussaint, Aretha Franklin, Arianna Grande, ‘Shadow’ Morton, Barrett Strong, Barry Gibb, Barry Mann, Benny Andersson, Bernie Taupin, Bert Berns, Billy Joe Armstrong, Billy Joel, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bono, Boudeaux Bryant, Brian Eno, Brian Holland, Brian Wilson, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Buddy Holly, Burt Bacharach, Burton Cummings, Captain & Tennille, Carole King, Casey Kasem, Chips Moman, Chrissie Hynde, Chuck Berry, Country Music Hall of Fame, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Curtis Mayfield, Cynthia Weil, Dan Penn, Daniel Lanois, Dave Barthomolew, Dave Davies, David Bowie, David Foster, David Porter, DBAWIS, Def Leppard, Diana Krall, Diane Warren, Doc Pomus, Dolly Parton, Don Henley, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donald Fagen, Doug Thompson, Eddie Holland, Ellie Greenwich, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Eminem, fats domino, Felice Bryant, Frank Sinatra, George Clinton, George Harrison, Gerry Goffin, Glenn Frey, Gordon Lightfoot, Grateful Dead, Green Day, Hal David, Hank Williams, Harry Nilsson, Howie Greenfield, Huey Lewis & The News, Isaac Hayes, Jackson Browne, James Brown, James Taylor, Jay-Z, Jeannie C. Riley, Jeff Barry, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Leiber, Jerry Wexler, Jimmy Jones, Jimmy Webb, Joe Strummer, John Cage, John Fogerty, John Lennon, John Phillips, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Johnny Marr, Joni Mitchell, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Keith Richards, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds, Kenny Gamble, Kenny Rogers, Kris Kristofferson, Kurt Cobain, Lamont Dozier, Led Zeppelin, Leon Huff, Leonard Cohen, Little Willie John, Loretta Lynn, Lou Reed, Lucinda Williams, Madonna, marvin gaye, Max Martin, Merle Haggard, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Mick Jones, Mike Stoller, Morrissey, Mort Shuman, Nazareth, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, Neil Young, Nesuhi Ertegun, Nicholas Ashford, Nirvana, Norman Whitfield, Notorious B.I.G., Otis Blackwell, Patti Smith, Paul Anka, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Paul Westerberg, Peggy Lee, Pete Townshend, Phil Spector, Prince, R. Kelly, R.E.M., randy bachman, Randy Newman, Ray Davies, Robbie Robertson, Robert Hunter, Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange, Robert Johnson, Robin Gibb, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, Sam & Dave), Sam Cooke, segarini, Shania Twain, Sly Stone, Smokey Robinson, Steely Dan, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, The Backstreet Boys, The Bee Gees, The Box Tops, The Clash, The Edge, The Everly Brothers, The Glimmer Twins, The Smiths, Tom Jones, Tom Petty, Tom T. Hall, Tom Waits, Valerie Simpson, Van Morrison, Walter Becker, Whitney Houston, Willie Dixon, Willie Nelson, Woody Guthrie on August 17, 2015 by segarini
Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
Roxanne Tellier: My Toronto – Part Two
Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Ben Bergmann., Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bomb Records, Brutus, Burton Cummings, Carole Pope, CHUM FM, CITY TV, Coney Hatch, Crowbar, DBAWIS, Divine, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eaton Centre, El Mocambo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Foot in Cold Water, Frank Soda, Garwood Wallace, Gary Cormier, Gary Topp, geoff pevere, Goddo, Hap Roderman, Hard Rock Café, Harlequin, Hellfield, Hotel California, Jackson Hawke, JoAnn Brooks, Kenny Shields, Kevan Staples, Killing Joke, Larry's Hideaway, Lou Reed, Maple Leaf Gardens, Max Webster, Mike Myers, Moxy, Nickelodeon, Nico, Ozzy Osbourne, Performer, Piccadilly Tube, Prakash John, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Saga, Steve Ambrose, Streetheart, Sun Ra, Teenage Head, The Bobcast, the Chimney, The Cramps, The Edge, The Forge, The Garys Martha and the Muffins, The Gasworks, The Lincolns, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Viletones, Tim Curry, Tommy Ambrose, Toronto, True North, Twitch, Wayne/Jayne County, XTC on April 13, 2014 by segarini
Toronto was a different place in the late 1970’s and early eighties. Although it’s easy to look back with rose coloured glasses, it was, in fact, a watershed time for Toronto musicians. Everywhere you turned, you were surrounded by outstanding music, made by dedicated and very talented players, who enjoyed the freedom to create their art, and make a living at the same time.
Roxanne Tellier: Sad Day In Texas
Posted in Opinion with tags 11/22/63, Abraham Lincoln, Adlai Stevenson, Bedros Keuilian, Bill Maher, Camelot, Dallas, Dallas 1963, DBAWIS, Dion, Don't Believe a Word I Say, George, Human League, Jack Connally, Jack Ruby, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Lady Bird, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lou Reed, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Otis Span, Phil Ochs, Robert F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Roxanne Tellier, Stephen King, Steve Paikin, Texas, The Agenda, The Beach Boys, The Postal Service, Warren Commission on December 2, 2013 by segarini
Fifty years on, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy still sparks painful memories in the hearts and minds of North American Baby Boomers. Where were you on November 22, 1963, when the American “Camelot” ended?
Kennedy was an impossibly exotic vision to the families of the 60’s. He was the first Irish Catholic to be elected President, something that at that time seemed as impossible as there ever being an African American in the White House. (Or a woman, for that matter, but that will happen too.) He was young, a war hero, from a large and seemingly happy family, and he seemed so very much what we all wanted our families to look like.
JAIMIE VERNON – MY LIFE WAS SAVED BY ROCK AND ROLL
Posted in Opinion with tags alternative rock, Andy Warhol, Bob Segarini, Brian Eno, Canadian Music, College radio, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Iggy Pop, Jaimie Vernon, John Cale, Lou Bega, Lou Reed, Mo Tucker, Moving Targetz, Nico, Pickwick, Rolling Stone Magazine, Simon Bedford-James, Sterling Morrison, Tara Reid, U2, Velvet Underground, Walk On the Wildside on November 2, 2013 by segarini
This week legendary musical curmudgeon Lou Reed died at the age of 71 following complications related to a liver transplant this past May. Within minutes of the initial announcement by Rolling Stone magazine the InstaFaceTwitterverse was abuzz with condolences and skepticism that it might possibly be a hoax. But after a few hours of confirmation and critical mass the news became ever too real. The King of Kool, the Dean of Dark, the Earl of Emo, had indeed died.
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – I is for Iggy and Lou
Posted in Opinion with tags Cameron Carpenter, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Iggy, lester bangs, Lou Reed, Mark Gibson, Mick Rock photos, music, Records, Sparks, Templar Hotel Toronto, Tiki Bar, Toronto on October 31, 2013 by segarini
It was probably this 1972 Mick Rock photo (Pictured below) that first alerted me to Lou Reed. I would have been 13 at the time and I imagine it appeared in Rock Scene or Creem! magazine. It may have been my first real impression of Iggy Pop as well, just being in the company of David Bowie made them both cool in my eyes. At that point I didn’t know who the Velvet Underground was and I didn’t own a Stooges record. Like any great artist Bowie led me to many others.
Roxanne Tellier: A Victim of Fashion
Posted in Opinion with tags Axl Rose, Beyonce, Bjork, Carole Pope, Cher, David Lee Roth, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton John, Elvis, Fashion, Florence Welch, Iggy Pop, John Mayer, Juliette Lewis, Keith Moon, Kiss, Lady GaGa, Lou Reed, Madonna, Manolo Blahnik, Margaret Cho, Mark Knopfler, Miley Cyrus, Montreal, music, OK GO, Performer, Rihanna, Rolling Stones, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Sandra Bernhard, Ted Nugent, TIFF, Van Halen, ZZ Top on September 22, 2013 by segariniAfter writing about fall’s wonders two weeks ago, it was odd to wake up that Monday to the beginning of a week of Indian summer. Sunny and mild, the weather was perfect for the celebrities and guests swarming Toronto’s streets for TIFF. The beautiful people and their entourages swanned in and out of event venues in their little black dresses, smart cocktail gowns, and Manolo Blahnik shoes.
JAIMIE VERNON – A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
Posted in Opinion with tags Billy Joel, Bloomberg, Bob Dylan, Broadway., CBGB's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Sinatra, Hurricane Sandy, Jaimie Vernon, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, music, New York, Ramones, Records, XTC on November 3, 2012 by segarini
I can’t help thinking about New York right now. They were part of a long, sweeping plan by an angry Mother Nature to be stamped out by hurricane Sandy. They weren’t the only ones. The eastern US seaboard was targeted and subsequently attacked with a weather system unseen since, well, hurricane Katrina destroyed the Gulf coast not that long ago. That storm destroyed my favourite city in the world – New Orleans. Now Sandy has destroyed my second favourite city – New York. That’s not to take away from the devastation in New Jersey or those who lost their lives on the replica of the HMS Bounty that sank off the coast of the Carolinas. Those stories remain sobering as do the deaths of those people, mostly on Staten Island, killed in the wake of the ocean’s fury.
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock – L
Posted in Opinion with tags Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Lulu, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Long Ryders on December 8, 2011 by segarini
This week goes out to LL Cool J and his debut album “Radio”.
Lou Reed – Rock n Roll Animal
When this album was released in 1974 I was not much of a Lou Reed fan, and, with a few exceptions, not a fan of live records. Being at a concert was one thing but most live albums left me cold.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 