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Pat Blythe – Women of The “Traps” – Part Three with The Captain, a Play and Some Music….

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 9/11, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Andy Warhol, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Week, Captain Cannabis, CMW, Come From Away, David Hein, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, drums, Gander, George Koller, Gina Schock, Irene Sankoff, Lift Cannabis Expo, Michael Wrycraft, Moe Tucker, N'Awlins Jazz Bar & Dining, Newfoundland, Nico, Pat Blythe, percussion, Perfect Sound Forever, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Sandy Bolyki, Sheridan College, The Go Gos, The Velvet Underground, Trinity-St. Paul's, Verne Andru on February 28, 2018 by segarini

It’s been a rather entertaining week. Out with friends and seeing friends. Toronto is slowly waking up to spring and the sunny, warmer days are helping. Not to say Mother Nature won’t send us into another ice age as the grand finale but we are indeed edging ever closer to spring….then summer…and all those glorious music festivals. Canadian Music Week (CMW) starts us off every year, this time May 7-13 followed by Lift Cannabis Expo May 25-27. Two excellent reasons to get out, enjoy the music and inhale that spring ayre……deeply.

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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.

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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.