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Pat Blythe – The Distillers, Starcrawler, a Crazy Road Trip …and Music!

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Aaron Sperske, Andy Granelli, Arrow de Wilde, Austin Smith, Autumn de Wilde, Bob Segarini, Brody Dalle, Brody Homme, Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Henri Cash, Leeds Festival, Pat Blythe, Phoenix Concert Theatre, punk rock, Reading Festival, Ryan Adams, Ryan Sinn, Shirley Manson, Spinnerette, Starcrawler, Sunset Sound, The Distillers, Tim Franco, Tony (Bradley) Bevilacqua on May 30, 2019 by segarini

I have a confession to make. I attended my first ever….and I mean first ever…..punk rock concert on Sunday night. How crazy is that?! While punk rock was exploding both here and across the pond, I was busy raising my son and wasn’t deep into the scene. By the time I moved to Toronto it was beginning to fade although Chris was still photographing The Battered Wives and Teenage Head. I was busy hitting the clubs and listening to Rhinegold, Cinema Face, The Imps, The Kings, The Lincolns, etc. Larger concerts were Queen, Sparks, Santana, The Cars, Long John Baldry, Savoy Brown, Spirit…..you get my drift. The punk scene, for me, was book-ended by life….as a very young mom and Chris. Pretty good bookends actually.

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Pat Blythe: Women of Rock – Part Two

Posted in Opinion with tags Akron, album, alice cooper, America, Arlene Quatro, Austin, Australia, Bass Guitar, BBC, Billboard, Billboard 200, Bob Segar, Brain Confusion, Brass in Pocket, Bravo Otta Award, Bruce Springsteen, Buzzsaw, Calfornia, Can the Can, Chain Gang, Cherry Bomb, Chris Norman, Chrissie Hynde, Christopher Blythe, Cleveland, contralto, Cradle, Dave Hill, David Wild, DBAWIS, Detroit, Diane Baker, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don't Get Me Wrong, Drastic Fantastic, drumming, drums, Elvis Presley, England, English Disco, Esquire, Europe, Extended Play, Farndon, Fender Precision Bass, Frank Sinatra, Frank Soda and the Imps, Gas Street, Gena Rowlands, German, Glorious Results of a Misspent YOuth, Goddo, Godmother of Punk, Grace Slick, Grammy, GTA, Happy Days, Hellfield, Honeyman-Scott, I Hate Myself for Loving You, I Love Rock 'n Roll, If Luck Be A Lady, Janis Joplin, Japan, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, John McEnroe, jukebox, K.T. Tunstall, Karen Carpenter, Keith Richards, Kent State University, keyboards, Kim Fowley, Leather Tuscadero, Light of Day, London, Marc Bolan, Mary Lou Ball, massacre, MEOW, Mickie Most, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheelers, music videos, Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women, Nancy Ball, National Guard, Neil Young, New Musical Express, Nirvana, Ohio, Original Riot Grrrl, Pat Blythe, Patti Quatro, Patti Smith, percussionist, pineapple upside down cake, Plateau, punk rock, Queen of British Pop, radio, RAK Records, Real Records, Records, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rodney Bingenheimer, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone Magazine, Sam Cooke, segarini, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smokie, Stockholm, Stumblin 'in, Suzi Quatro, T-Rex, Talking Heads, Ted Nugent, Television, Texas, The Barbusters, The Beatles, The Clash, The Damned, The Fonz, The Great Pretender, The Picture Taker, The Pleasure Seekers, The Pretenders, The Runaways, The Sex Pistols, This Is Your LIfe, Tina Weymouth, TMI, Tom Petty, U.K., Unvarnished, Unzipped, West End, Woman of Valor Award, You Or No One on April 1, 2015 by segarini

Ch-ch-ch-cha-changes

I have been slowly getting to know my fellow writers, conversing with them through Facebook, email and over the phone. A what! Yep, a real live telephone. You know, those devices that allow you to actually hear what the other person sounds like while enjoying honest-to-goodness dialogue. Fingers seem to do more walking and mouths less talking these days. We are no longer an oral society. The world of banter, tete-a-tetes and nattering have gone the way of such foods as pineapple upside down cake. (remember those) Mmmmmm……

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