This has been a hellish week. We are watching the unthinkable perpetrated upon the peaceful people of Ukraine by a Russian despot who has become a madman.
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Roxanne Tellier – The Music of War and Ukraine
Posted in COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, politics with tags Akçay Karaazmak, Calum Scott, Chernihiv, Chornobyl Nuclear Plant, Corey Hart, COVID-19, DBAWIS, Greg Critchley, Harpin Norm, Kremlin, NATO. the Hague, NCT, Okean Elzy, Paul Christopher Caldeira, Pink Floyd, Poland, Putin, Renaissance, Russia, Russian, segarini, Slava Vakarchuk, Soviet, Sting, Tellier, Ukraine, Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, Ukrainian. Kyiv on March 6, 2022 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Pet Sounds Revisited
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Annie Lennox, Barbette Kensington, Big Mama Thornton, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Dundas Euclid Animal Hospital, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Harry Nilsson, Henry Gross, Iggy Pop, Jane Siberry, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, KittyPants, Led Zeppelin, Lobo, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones, Patti Page, Patty Griffin, Pink Floyd, Roxanne Tellier, Rufus Thomas, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Shaggs, The Stooges, Tom Waits on November 5, 2017 by segarini
“The Internet is a lot like ancient Egypt: people writing on walls and worshipping cats.”
JAIMIE VERNON – EVERYTHING OLD IS STU AGAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags 1973, audiology, Bernie Taupin, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chris DeBurgh, crowdfunding, Dark Side of the Moon, DBAWIS, DEJA S2, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elton John, Elyse Weinberg, Evolution Records, folk music, gas crisis, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Nilsson, hearing loss, Ian Thomas, Jaimie Vernon, James Leroy, Jim Croce, John Denver, Kickstarter, Led Zeppelin, Moonhead, moonwalk, Nixon, Nucleus, Odd Sox, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Queen, Randy Newman, Sally From Syracuse, Stu Nunnery, The Beatles, therapy, Tranquility Base, Viet Nam, Warren Zevon on August 1, 2015 by segarini
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There’s a Renaissance of sorts happening in the music business right now by which music we’ve lost track of, or have ignored outright, due to the current ubiquity of pop music is crawling out from the primordial ooze and is being reborn as something new. New masters, new packaging and/or new formats are moving in to replace the gaping hole left by marginilized MP3 files and the impending death of CDs.
Roxanne Tellier: No Biz Like Show Biz
Posted in Opinion with tags AC/DC, Aerosmith, Albert Hall, Allen Toussaint, Beware of Mr Baker, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Chainsaw, Charles Manson, Charlie Watts, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, David Furnish, DBAWIS, Dot Records, e Bonnaroo, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Ginger Baker, James Brown, Jet Black, Jimmy Buffett, KeithRichards, Leonard Cohen, Monsanto, Neil Young, Oscar Peterson, OzzyOsbourne, Paul McCartney, Piano Man, Pink Floyd, Robert Johnson, Roger Waters, Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Roxanne Tellier, Sonny Rollins, Soul Café, Steven Tyler, Tennessee, The Stranglers, True Detective on July 26, 2015 by segarini
My bones are aching like they’ve been played by a mad vibraphonist. Ah, the perils of live performance. The agony of the feet.But ah, the joys as well!
JAIMIE VERNON – THE PUNKS ARE (STILL) ALRIGHT
Posted in Opinion with tags 1979, American Idiot, Bob Segarini, Calypso, Canadian Music, CBS Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Hector, Gates of the West, Green Day, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Strummer, Jointpop, London Calling, London's Burning, lucha libre, Mayaro, Mick Jones, Mil Mascaras, Paul Kimble, Phil Hill, Pink Floyd, Punk, Quicksand, reggae, Sex Pistols, Simply Beautiful, ska, Smashing Pumpkins, The Clash, The Wall, Train In Vain, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad's Burning, WWE on May 30, 2015 by segarini
Smashing Pumpkins leader William “Don’t Call Me Billy” Corgan bleated something about loss of innocence at the end of the 1970s with the band’s only true Pop song called “1979” in the apex of the 1990s version of a counter-culture movement (c/f Grunge, Cobain, Seattle, et al).
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 – HOW SOON IS NOW?
Posted in Opinion with tags Anger Brothers, Bob Menzies, Bob Segarini, Brad Lovett, Canadian Music, Citizens of Nashville, Country Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, folk music, Goddo, Greg Godovitz, indentured servitude, Jaimie Vernon, Kings of the Stoned Age, Larry Beird, Mississippi, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Prince, prolific, songwriting, Stu Nunnery, The Beatles, The Endless River, Warner Music on November 22, 2014 by segarini
On November 10, 2014 Pink Floyd released its latest , and presumed last, studio album ‘The Endless River‘. It broke existing records on iTunes for pre-sales [a redundant idea if you consider that they can generate an infinite number of MP3s at will]. It also turns out that it’s not a bad album.
Doug Thompson: COVERING UP! VINYL RECORD COVERS CLASSICS!
Posted in Opinion with tags 10cc, AC/DC, Al Stewart, Alan Rickman, Alex Steinweiss, alice cooper, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibowitz, Aretha Franklin, Asia, Aubrey Powell, Ben Colder, Big Audio Dynamite, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Blind Faith, Blues Travellers, Bob Freeman, Bob Seidemann, Bob Whitaker, Bon Jovi, Booker T and The MG’s, Bruce Springsteen, Captain & Tennille, Celine Dion, Columbia Records, Crosby, David Crosby, David Frye, DBAWIS, Dean Torrance, Debbie Harry, Def Leppard, Delores Erickson, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Dimo Safari, Don Imus, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Eden & John’s East River String Band, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Genesis, George Benson, Google Street View., Graham Nash, Harry Nilsson, Henry Diltz, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Hipgnosis, Homer & Jethro, Hugh Syme, Iain Macmillan, Jack Davis, Janis Joplin, Jerry Reed, Jill Haworth, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, John Lennon, Johnny Otis, k.d. lang, Kim Mitchell, Kirk Weddle, Klaatu, Larry Gowan, Led Zeppelin, Lighthouse, MAD Magazine, Michael Cooper, Mick Jagger, Modern Folk Quartet, Monkeys of Syion, Nirvana, Pat Cooper, Paul Anka, Paul McCartney & Wings, Peter Blake, Peter Christopherson, Phil Ochs, Pink Floyd, Queensryche, R. Crumb, Ray Manzarek, Records, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Eldon, Robbie Kreiger, Rod Stewart, Roger Dean, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rough Trade, Rush, Russ Gibb, Sailcat, Scorpions, Sheb Wooley, Sigourney Weaver, Sir Joseph Lockwood, Soul Asylum, Spencer Eldon, Spike Jones, Stephen Stills, Stills & Nash, Storm Thorgerson, Styx, Supertramp, Sweet Cream, T-Rex, The Alan Parsons Project, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Clash, The Dells, The Doors, The Fall, The Guess Who, The Jeff Healey Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Phantom Surfers, The Rolling Stones, The Smithereens, The Turtles, The Velvet Underground, Tim Allen, Time Magazine, Tom Waits, Tony Shaloub, Toronto, TV Guide, Uriah Heap, Yes on May 5, 2014 by segarini
I love album covers! Not the shrunken down versions they use on CDs, I mean those gloriously creative (mostly) 12” vinyl record album covers. I was looking through my vinyl record collection the other day and marvelled at some of the amazing designs of some of the covers. Now, before we start delving into some classic album covers as well as a few personal favourites, a little history is in order, but don’t panic – there will not be a quiz later.
Frank Gutch Jr: Fish Don’t Know They’re Underwater… Music and Psychedelia 101
Posted in Opinion with tags Byrds, cream, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fire Tapes, Green Pajamas, Grip Weeds, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jefferson Airplane, John Wayne's Bitches, Kathrin Shorr, Keith Morris & The Crooked Numbers, Kink Ador, Laurie Biagini, Moby Grape, music, Pink Floyd, Quicksilver, Sandrider, Simon & Garfunkel, Soft Machine, Soundcarriers, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Syd Barrett, The Comfortable Chair, The Misunderstood, The Paupers, Ticktockman, We the People, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Winterpills Lindsay Clark on November 19, 2013 by segarini
So you think you know something about music, huh? I thought I did too until I started writing this column and getting schooled by people not only more aware of psych than myself but more knowledgeable. Why, some of my past columns spawned related columns (not mine) at least as long, disputing my claims. Okay, not quite. But almost. Let us just say that, like many of us, the more I know, the less I know.
Frank Gutch Jr: From Africa With Love: Dirtmusic, Tamikrest and Gary Heffern; Pandora vs. Pink Floyd: The Digital Distribution Debate Continues; Music History 101; and Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Arborea, Berkeley House Concerts, Big Star, Buck Curran, Chris Brokaw, chris eckman, DBAWIS, dirtmusic, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., gary heffern, George Bunnell, Hugo Race, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jeff Zentner, Michelle Malone, music, Pandora, Pink Floyd, Records, Tamikrest on July 10, 2013 by segarini
I’m going back to school. I’ve been going to school since I graduated, in fact, because if there is one truth in the world it is that as much as we know, we know too little. About people. About science. About truth. And about music, among a few thousand other subjects. We are a defective lot which is to say in vinyl terms that we are warped or scratched or that we skip. Us humans are, in effect, not the top but the bottom of the food chain as far as I can tell because we are the only species who think we know it all.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 