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Pat Blythe – 2020 and beyond….HERE WE COME!!!!….and lots of music…..
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Altamont, Andy Kim, Bob Segarini, CBC, Choir Choir Choir, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Fabergé, Hot Lips, Indie Week, Jain McMillan, Jeremy Hector, Julian Taylor Band, Kelly Fraser, Killer Virgins, Little Magic Sam, LP, luvthemusic, monowhales, Nikki's Wives, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pterodactyl Problems, Rival Sons, Secret Broadcast, Sesame Street, Suzi Kory, The Crooked, The Distillers, Tribe Royal, Woodstock on January 15, 2020 by segariniPat Blythe – Musings, Beyond The Cage, Nikki’s Wives Listening Party …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bar Stray, Beyond The Cage, Bob Segarini, Bovine, Candy Hangover, Cherry Cola's, Cloak and Dagger, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Killer Virgins, luvthemusic, Nikki's Wives, Pat Blythe, Rockpile, Second Pass, SOTC, The Elwins, The Hideout Toronto, The Jay Dee Band, The Paddock, Tim Bovaconti. Lee's Palace on April 10, 2019 by segarini
What the hell is happening on this dirtball we call home? So much shit swirling around the world these days and apparently Canada isn’t immune. Whether it’s true, partially true, full of hyperbole or “fake news”, reading and watching about all the issues, challenges, scandals, and non-scandals, indignities, rumours, who’s doing what to whom and for how long….it’s a mass of doom and gloom, a world fraught with shadow, despair, darkness, crappy weather and a shitload of lawsuits. (depressed now?) Personally, I’d like to see a little sunshine…..just a little sprinkle of happiness, pleasantness, kindness, thoughtfulness…..some fucking good news for a change. Even the cute kitties, puppies and wounded animals on FB are getting to be overdone…FB is saturated with them. So here’s Little Miss Sunshine to say hello and put a smile on your face. Happy Wednesday!
Peter Hears A Hoot
Posted in Opinion with tags Don't Believe a Word I Say, Lemonade, Nikki's Wives, Peter Montreuil, Robert Segarini on February 28, 2019 by segarini
Actual stuff that folks said (and wrote!) either to me or within eyeshot/earshot of me at work
Or ” Divers oral and written communications which Mrs Montreuil’s little boy became privy to in the course of his appointed duties”
People say the damndest things. Here’s a collection of some of the more notable examples I encountered at work which you may enjoy, loyal reader. When dealing with the public, it is essential to be able to “think on your feet”. This necessary skill was sometimes lacking on the other side of the desk. These are in no temporal order, but “speak” for themselves.
Peter Brings The Latest Buzz Bands
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "All Of This Life" Doug Elliott, "Brown Eyed Lover", "Just The Way You Are", "Life To Fix", "Light Of The Day", "No One Likes A Nihilist", "Normalize", "Old Place", "Shakedown", "Tarot Cards", "The Hazytones", "The Shoebox Sessions" Toronto, Allen Stone, Billy Joel, Boston, breaking up, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Franz Von Suppe, Hall and Oates, Ivory Hours, Joan Smith and the Jane Does, Junction City Music Hall, Kevin Foster, Lois Forbes, London, Mexico, Michael Musashi Marucci, New York Mets, Nick Waterhouse, Nikki's Wives, Ontario, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Quebec, Robert Segarini, Shea Stadium, Teresa Scott Coulter, The Crooked, The Most Serene Republic, The Record Company, The Stoned Meadow Doom Festival, Toronto Blue Jays on August 2, 2018 by segarini
I hope that no one thinks that I was angry when I wrote my last column. If anything, I was just disappointed, especially with the Hall and Oates concert which we attended last year. I had paid a fair bit of money, (and don’t get me going on the ticket reseller scam, or I WILL get angry!), for some ostensibly choice seats, only to be confronted by a writhing geriatric “mosh pit” poised between the stage and ourselves. Anyone who reads this and who wishes to assail me with accusations of “ageism”, I am 63 years old, so take your best shot, although the ice beneath your feet will be very thin indeed 😉!
Peter Forgives Hall and Oates and Billy Joel
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "All Of This Life" Doug Elliott, "Brown Eyed Lover", "Just The Way You Are", "Life To Fix", "Light Of The Day", "No One Likes A Nihilist", "Normalize", "Old Place", "Shakedown", "Tarot Cards", "The Hazytones", "The Shoebox Sessions" Toronto, Allen Stone, Billy Joel, Boston, breaking up, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Franz Von Suppe, Hall and Oates, Ivory Hours, Joan Smith and the Jane Does, Junction City Music Hall, Kevin Foster, Lois Forbes, London, Mexico, Michael Musashi Marucci, New York Mets, Nick Waterhouse, Nikki's Wives, Ontario, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Quebec, Robert Segarini, Shea Stadium, Teresa Scott Coulter, The Crooked, The Most Serene Republic, The Record Company, The Stoned Meadow Doom Festival, Toronto Blue Jays on June 28, 2018 by segarini
I hope that no one thinks that I was angry when I wrote my last column. If anything, I was just disappointed, especially with the Hall and Oates concert which we attended last year. I had paid a fair bit of money, (and don’t get me going on the ticket reseller scam, or I WILL get angry!), for some ostensibly choice seats, only to be confronted by a writhing geriatric “mosh pit” poised between the stage and ourselves. Anyone who reads this and who wishes to assail me with accusations of “ageism”, I am 63 years old, so take your best shot, although the ice beneath your feet will be very thin indeed 😉!
Pat Blythe: Keeping the music alive…one “note” at a time
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", AHI, Alex Fisher, Aporia Records, Ballroom Babies, Beethoven, BlackDog Ballroom, blues, Bob Segarini, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, Chris Brown, Dave Langguth, DBAWIS, Desert Star, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dylan Lazon, Evolved, Frank Cosentino, Gene Pool, Gene Scarpelli, Gingerale and The Monowhales, Gino Scarpelli, Guenther Kapelle, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Vilardo, John Jamieson, Julian Taylor, Karl Anderson, Kew Gardens Toronto, Lee's Palace, Michael Williams, Mike Ford, Mozart, Mushy Callahan, Nate Baylor, Nefe, Nikki Whitehead, Nikki's Wives, Pat Blythe, Penny Oleksiak, Peter Kashur, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Taylor, Secret Broadcast, Simon and Garfunkel, Soundhouse Studio, The Downtown Love, The Rockpile, Toney Springer, We Made It Through the Wreckage, Wild T and The Spirit, Xprime on September 21, 2016 by segarini
It has indeed been a busy summer for everyone. 2016 has been a peculiar, curious and rather dramatic year. A year of extreme change, upheavals, death, excessive busyness, new connections, sheer stupidity, life transformations and adjustments — nothing has been minor. It’s all been “in our faces”, screaming and shouting at us, begging us to take notice, pleading with us to address whatever is coming at us. I think many will be glad to see the back end of 2016 and look forward with hope to 2017. No, this is not a ‘year-end’ column, just a bit of reflection on the summer that seemingly whizzed by and all that happened in just that short timeframe.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 