Let’s kick this weeks column off with a brand new video by guitarist Jon Gomm. This dude has worked his ass off to get where he is and deserves all the publicity he gets, which is a damn lot. Brand new and hot off the presses. If nothing else, Gomm is famous for spitting in Simon Cowell’s eye.
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Frank Gutch Jr: My Morbid But Sanguine World, Part Deux; Plus Notes…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alice Texas, Allies, Brandos, Dave Bidini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Fred Cole, Indie Artists, Indie Music, James Blonde, Jon Gomm, Ken Stringfellow, Lisbee Stainton, Mickey Rooney, Mimi Schell, music, music videos, Oscar Blues, Phoebe Bridgers, radio, Records, Rheostatics, Royal Wood, Sage Run, Sean Kelly & The Samples, segarini, Singing 12-Pack, Steve Riihikoski, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Sweet Home Oregon, Tarney Spencer Band, The Collectors, The Wailin' Jennys, Thomas Hunter, Tim Vesely, Tom House, Violet Archers, Winterpills on November 28, 2017 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – And a Happy New Year!
Posted in Opinion with tags 1989, Alicia Keyes, alt-J, Andrew, Arbys, Ariana Grande, “The Interview, ” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Bill Cosby, Bob Segarini, Bruno Mars., Casey Kasem, Colbert Report, Craig Ferguson, Daft Punk, Darrell Vickers, David Brenner, DBAWIS, Demi Lovato, Disney, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Ford, eBay, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Frozen, Gone Girl, Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy, Harold Ramis, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Ida, Idina Menzel, Iggy Azalea, James Brown, Jan Hooks, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessie J, Jian Ghomeshi, Joan Rivers, John Crawford, John Pinette, John Tory, Jon Stewart, Kate Upton, Kim Kardashian, Lauren Bacall, Lee's Palace, Lorde, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Maddie and Tae, Maddie Ziegler, Madonna, Mark Ronson, Maya Angelou, Meghan Trainor, Michael Brown, Mickey Rooney, Nelly, Nicki Minaj., Night at the Museum; The Secret of the Tomb, Nightcrawler, Nile Rodgers, North Korea, Peaches Geldof, Pete Seeger, Pharrell Williams, Phil Everly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Prince, R5, Rascal Flatts, Rhianna, Richard Attenborough, Robin Williams, Rosewater, Roxanne Tellier, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, Shirley Temple, Sia, Sid Caesar, Snowpiercer, Spotify, St. Paul and The Bones, Stephen Colbert, Tamir Rice, Taylor Swift, The Late Late Show, Tommy the last Ramone, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, Victoria’s Secret, Vintage Trouble, Woody Allen on December 21, 2014 by segariniThis year it falls to me to be the last voice of DBAWIS 2014. Still decked out in my new holiday outfit, and digesting our early family Christmas dinner,
Darrel Vickers:The Long and the Short of It
Posted in Opinion with tags Alan Thicke, Black Stallion, Darrell Vickers, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donald O’Connor, Hollywood, Johnny Carson, Mickey Rooney, Movies, Oshawa, segarini, Sugar Babies, Television on May 12, 2014 by segariniAndrew and I have had the honor of working for three legendary geniuses during our higgledy-piggledy writing career. One was Johnny Carson. The second was George Carlin. This is the story of the third.
The Beginning….
Once upon a time, two young and impoverished Canadian writers were sitting in a cramped, cockroach infested apartment in Van Nuys (The Oshawa of L.A.) with no prospects and virtually no hope. They had bravely ventured down to this mystical land of tinsel and broken dreams a scant six months earlier and were now facing the ominous fate of having to go back to Oshawa (the Oshawa of Oshawa)…and it was all their own fault!