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Peter Prepares for Indie Week
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags BlackDog Ballroom, Czehowski's, Dancing Queen, Darryl Hurs, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Indie Week, Indie Week 2018, Manchester, Mushy Callahan, Opinion, Peter Montreuil, Robert Segarini, Underground Garage, Xprime on November 2, 2017 by segariniJAIMIE 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 segarini
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.
Roxanne Tellier: Indie Week 2015
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Aaron Pollock Music, ACTRA, AlannaMatty, Amberwood, BlackDog Ballroom; Andy Griffiths; Diane Foy; Cam Carpenter, BlakDenim, Bob Segarini, Bobcast, Bond Place Hotel, Cherie Currie, Cherry Cola's Rock 'n Rolla, Crash Karma, DBAWIS, Dustypop, Eric Alper, Gold Complex, Indie 101 Focus Wales, Indie Week, Ivy James, Jack Daniels, Joan Jett, Johnny Brower, Joni Fuller, Kate Lexington, Katia Montesano, Kendal Thompson, Kinetik, Long & McQuade, Lucky Wildmore, Manchester, Mike Joyce of The Smiths, Mike Turner, Mill Street, Mod Club, Nadia Elkharadly, Our Lady Peace, Paddock, Pat Blythe, Record Artists Collecting Society (RACS) Lee-Anne Wielonda, Richard Flohil; Lisa MacIntosh, Roxanne Tellier, Talking Out Loud, The Bovine, The Burroughes, The Killing Floor, The Luka State, The Mike, The Reklaws, The Who, Tiny Danza, Tiny Rhymes, Uniter, Victoria + Jean on October 18, 2015 by segarini
The big Indie Week finale is tonight at 6 p.m. at the Mod Club, where one of the acts that won their nights at the various venues will become “The Best of the Fest,”and earn the grand prize of a trip to headline the nextIndie Week Canada. Good luck to all the finalists; Ivy James, Uniter,Kendal Thompson,Gold Complex, The Reklaws,BlakDenim,Aaron Pollock Music, The Killing Floor,&Amberwood!
JAIMIE VERNON – THE GRAND SONG CARAVAN
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Lanois, Bob Segarini, Bongo Beat, Bullseye Records, Burnside Distribution, Canadian Music Dave Rave, Copetown, DBAWIS, Dodge Grand Caravan, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dunnville, Fusion III Distribution, Garth Hudson, Grand Song Caravan, Hamilton, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Mannix, Kate Schrock, Kathleen Edwards, Late Night With David Letterman, Lisa Millar, Manchester, Oshawa, Paul Hyde, Payola$, Ralph Alfonso, Readers, road hound, Staircase Theatre, The Band, Tom Wilson, Waterford Ontario on July 18, 2015 by segarini
Excerpted from the upcoming Bullseye Records 30th Anniversary book “Bullsography”
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