A week ago Bell Media Megolithic Oligarchy Inc. gutted many of their TV channel networks including CTV, E!, Space, and the formerly music oriented MTV Canada, MuchMoreMusic and MuchMusic by laying off 91 people.
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JAIMIE VERNON – YOUTUBE KILLED THE VIDEO STAR
Posted in Opinion with tags Amanda Palmer, Bell Media, Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Christopher Ward, CTV, DBAWIS, Die Antwoord, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Osmond, Dream Warriors, Duran Duran, Eric Ehm, eTalk, Hip Hop, J.D. Roberts, Jacksoul, Jaimie Vernon, Jay-Z, Julia Nunes, k-os, Lana Del Ray, Leah Miller, Madonna, Maestro Fresh Wes, Michael Jackson, Michael Williams, MTV, MTV Canada, Much More Music, Much Music, napster, Rammstein, Rap, Space, Television, Urban Music, VCR, VH1, VHS, video, Vimeo, Weird Al Yankovic, White & Nerdy, YouTube on July 26, 2014 by segariniRoxanne 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 segarini
After 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 – GOOD PUBLICITY GONE BAD
Posted in Opinion with tags Amanda Bynes, Bigger Than Jesus, Bill Grundy, Bob Segarini, Britney Spears, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Debbie Walker, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hannah Montana, Jaimie Vernon, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, Lisa Millar, Madonna, media, Miley Cyrus, MTV, music, newspapers, On The Grine TV, publicity, robin thicke, Sex Pistols, stunting, Twerk on September 14, 2013 by segarini
Last weekend I made the rounds doing promotion for my book – The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia – to radio station CFRB and the cable TV show ‘On Da Grine TV’ during what was a particularly heavy media week in Toronto. The Toronto International Film Festival was in full swing promoting upcoming Hollywood fair and its glitterati. Had I been able to afford a publicist I’m sure they would have dissuaded me from trying to promote a music book during a movie festival. But I don’t have a publicist so I sallied forth and guess what? The festival had no effect on getting me media coverage.
JAIMIE VERNON: DO THE FAN DANGLE-O
Posted in Opinion with tags Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, David Bradley, David Macmillan, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, EMI Music, fans, Goddo, Harem Scarem, Jaimie Vernon, JUNO Awards, Justin Bieber, Klaatu, Lady GaGa, Madonna, music, Pop Detective Records, Stompin' Tom Connors, The Bay City Rollers, The Beatles on March 9, 2013 by segarini
On Wednesday March 6th Canadian music legend Stompin’ Tom Connors passed away peacefully at the age of 77 from natural causes. Tom was a folk & country fixture around Canada for nearly six decades. He might very well be the last of the Canadian troubadours following in the footsteps of Wilf Carter (aka Montana Slim), Hank Snow, and the Canadian Sweethearts: Bob Regan and Lucille Starr. Connors walked amongst the rarified air of Canadian country Gods. He was a fixture at the legendary Horseshoe 
Tavern during its inception where his rousing songs and foot stomping put a hole in the stage – which the venue wanted him to pay for. On subsequent visits he resorted to stomping on a piece of wood to save the stage further injury – and Tom Connors became Stompin’ Tom Connors.
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Nadia Elkharadly: My 80s top 6
Posted in Opinion with tags Bon Jovi, Crowded House, Genesis, INXS, Madonna, Michael Jackson, MuchMusic, music, Nadia Elkharadly, Television on September 4, 2012 by segarini
That’s right, I’m jumping on the Bandwagon. Bob and Cam’s lists of their songs from the 80s had me nostalgic for my childhood. Frankly, I’m jealous of their more mature perspectives. They actually understood the music, what it was about and even got to see some of these acts live. I’ve always said I was born at the wrong time, and I never feel it more when I look at when the music I love was made. If I had been old enough to at least grasp what music was in the 80s, I would have been old enough to be seeing and feeling it live and in person in the 90s. I was born in 1980, so for the most part the music of the 80s is a fuzzy background to other memories that I have growing up. I was just a kid when this music was around, but for as long as I can remember, music was a part of my childhood.
