One thing the nine months of The Eternal COVID Darkness has given us is a short reprieve from the rampaging assault of shopping mall music. Without the frequent stops at the McMall a few times a week to lose hours of one’s life jockeying for parking, hitting the food courts, and indulging in one’s fetish for window shopping at stores no one can afford, we have been spared music dialed in from Satan’s radio station itself.
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CHRISTMUSE RISING by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in COVID 19, music, Opinion, Review with tags 20/20, Bob Segarini, Christmas Music, Dahoo Dores, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dr. Seuss, Gwen Stefani, Home Free, Jaimie Vernon, Lee Aaron, Lockdown Christmas, Mariah Carey, McMall, Molly Johnson, Moving Targetz, Mr Mouray, Peter Foldy, Robbie Williams, Whoville, Wonderful Christmastime on November 30, 2020 by segariniRoxanne Tellier: It’s The War on Christmas, Carol
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Bob Segarini, Britain, British, Christmas number ones, Coldplay, DBAWIS, East 17, Elton John, Gary Jules, George Michaels, Jim Lea, Joe McElderry, John Lennon, Justin Bieber, KirstyMacColl, Kylie Minogue, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, Mariah Carey, Midge Ure, Mr Blobby, Pet Shop Boys, Pop Idol, Rage Against the Machine, Roxanne Tellier, Shane MacGowan, Simon and Garfunkel, Slade, Spice Girls, Tears For Fears, the Darkness, ThePogues, UFC, Wham, Wizzard, X Factor on December 20, 2015 by segarini
As hard as it might be to imagine holiday songs battling it out, the plain fact is … Christmas songs mean big bucks. Over and over and over again. A Number One Christmas song can mean early retirement for the writer, with a nice pension income supplemented every year in December.
Roxanne Tellier It Was What It Was – But More
Posted in Opinion with tags 1975, Adele, Art Garfunkel, Ashlee Simpson, Beastie Boys, Bill Graham, Billy Preston, Blues Brothers, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, Bruno Mars., Cabaret, Canada, Charles Grodin, Christopher Guest, Church Lady, Civil Rights Movement, Dan Ackroyd, Dana Carvey, DBAWIS, Dick Ebersol, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donnie Walsh, Eddie Murphy, Elvis Costello, Elwood Blues, G.E. Smith, George Carlin, George Harrison, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer, Jake Blues, James Brown, Janis Ian, Jim Belushi, Joe Cocker, John Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Mariah Carey, Michael McKean, Mick Jagger, more cowbell, NBC’s Saturday Night, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pope John Paul II, Richard “Hock” Walsh, Roxanne Tellier, Saturday Night Live, Sinead O'Connor, SNL, Spinal Tap, St. Paul and The Bones, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Ting Tings, Toonces, Vintage Trouble on February 22, 2015 by segarini
Yeah, yeah, it’s been a week since the Saturday Night Live (SNL) special, and Bob’s given his views on the pros and cons. But I’m still thinking about what the show meant to me, in its heyday, and occasionally, since.
Doug Thompson – “MONEY, IT’S A GAS”
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morrisette, Andre Romelle Young, Beats Electronics, Bernie Taupin, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Billboard Magazine, Blue Ivy, Bob Segarini, Bono, Bruce Jenner, Buddy Holly, Casey Kasem, Celine Dion, Dark Side of the Moon, David Furnish, DBAWIS, Dire Straits, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dr Dre, Drake, Elton John, Heather Mills, Howard Stern, Interscope Geffen A&M, Jay-Z, Jimmy Iovine, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Linda Woodrow, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, money, Nancy Shevell, Nick Cannon, P. Diddy, Paul David Hewson, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Puff Daddy, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Renate Blauel, Rod Stewart, Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, Shawn Carter, Sir Elton Hercules John, Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, U2, Warren Buffet on December 10, 2014 by segarini
Anyone familiar with that Pink Floyd tune? (c’mon, who isn’t? It’s from “Dark Side of The Moon” for crying out loud). The album, released on March 1, 1973, made # 1 for only one week, but in total, spent 741 weeks on Billboard magazine’s album chart. Let’s put that into years shall we? “Dark Side of the Moon” remained on the charts from 1973 until 1988. If you know the song, then you’ll know that the next lyrics to the title at the top of the page are: “Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash. New car, caviar, four star daydream, think I’ll buy me a football team.”
JAIMIE VERNON – THE FEMININE MUSIQUE
Posted in Opinion with tags Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keyes, Ann Wilson, Anna Gutmanis, Betty Moon, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Jamie Dart, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Grace Slick, Heart, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Jully Black, Kris + Dee, Led Zeppelin, Mariah Carey, Marta Pacek, Maureen Vernon, pink, Robert Plant, Sarah McLachlan, Sarah Smith, Sharon Vernon, The Trews, Vintage Trouble, Whitney Houston on April 12, 2014 by segarini
Roxanne Tellier: Love Stinks
Posted in Opinion with tags Adele, Alanis Morissette, Boyz 2 Men, Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars., Butch Walker, Cee Lo, Corey Hart, Dave Coulier, DBAWIS, Faith Hill, Flight of the Conchords, George Jones, Harry Nilsson, J Geils Band, Journey, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Rogers, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Mariah Carey, Michael McDonald, Patsy Cline, pink, Prince, Rehan Dalal, Righteous Brothers, Roxanne Tellier, Skeeter Davis, Tammy Wynette, The Police, Tim McGraw, Toni Braxton, Tyler Farr, Weird Al on February 17, 2014 by segarini
February is the perfect month in which to have a Valentine’s Day, isn’t it? The dark days of winter mirror the endless darkness of your so called life and press on your last nerve, and the cold sneaks through the windows and under the doors like icy fingers, seeking out your most tender bits. What better time to join in a mass celebration of tawdry lingerie and heart 
shaped chocolates? Snuggle up to your honey, maybe even take off the socks that you’ve been wearing to bed for two months, and get your cuddles on.
Or at least, that’s what we’re told to expect.
Jaimie Vernon: K-TEL HELL: MUSICAL TEAM-UPS WE’D LIKE TO SEE
Posted in Opinion with tags Annie Lennox, Arcade Fire, Beverly Hillbillies, Billy Ray Cyrus, Black Eyed Peas, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bobby Boris Pickett, Canadian Music, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gwar, Jaimie Vernon, Kanye West, Kids In The Hall, Killer Dwarfs, Led Zeppelin, Mariah Carey, mash-up, music, New Kids On The Block, Paul McCartney, Pee Wee Herman, Quiet Riot, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush, Sepultura, Snow White, The Beatles, The Who, Tony Orlando, Traveling Wilburys, Ultravox!, Wilson Pickett, Wilson-Phillips on August 17, 2013 by segarini
With the advent of celebrity musical team-ups to help sell more downloads in this unpredictable business we now find ourselves in, I thought maybe we could do this for all lapsed and flagging music artists past and present. Here, for your bemusement, is a wish list of team-ups for the musically twisted compiled by yours truly and partner in crime Terry Lusk. Enjoy
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