Historic, and hysterically stereotypical, visions of Canada usually consist of Eskimos, dog sleds, igloos, Mounties, and clear tracts of land filled with snow-capped mountains and evergreen forests. Oh, and people going over Niagara Falls in barrels. Monty Python also made a huge deal out of our lumberjacks as well.
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GRAN’S CANADA HIGHWAY – EPISODE 2: THE FIR TREES AND BEYOND by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Family, life, Opinion, Review with tags Bob Segarini, Buffalo, Canada, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Farley Mowat, Jaimie Vernon, Lillian Gish, Louis B. Mayer, Mary Pickford, Mounties, Never Cry Wolf, New Brunswick, New York, Niagara Falls, Nipigon Trail, Quebec, Samuel de Champlain, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, Trans-Canada Highway, traveling, Vancouver, Victoria, Warren G. Harding on July 6, 2020 by segariniPeter 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 😉!
Roxanne Tellier – Our Flag is Red and White
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags #Resistance150, Anishinaabe, Bob Segarini, Canada Day, Confederation; Ontario, Cree, DBAWIS, democracy, electoral reform., First Nations, Footloose, healthcare, Indian Act, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Isaac Murdoch, Maria Campbell, Métis, Michif Christi Belcourt, Mike MacNeil, Nimkii Aazhibikong, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Potlatch, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec, Red and White, Roxanne Tellier, Sun Dance, Tanya Kappo, The Indian Act, Truth and Reconciliation on July 2, 2017 by segarini
Canadians … we love our country, but that’s never stopped us from having our beefs with how it’s run. Unlike many other countries, we feel free to speak up about what angers us. For all our reputation of being a polite and respectful people, we reserve the right to disagree with those who would impose their will upon the nation.
Roxanne Tellier – Panic, Packing, and Pagliaro
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "The Yukon Motel, Bob Segarini, Canadian, Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame, DBAWIS, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Junos, Michel Pagliaro, Montreal, Panic Packing and Pagliaro, Presidential Debate, Quebec, Roxanne Tellier, RPM Gold Leaf Award, SNL, SOCAN, The Phoenix, Tomi Swick on October 2, 2016 by segarini
So .. I’m five weeks out of leaving this house, and utterly, utterly frozen in a paralysis of what comes next. Where will I be living? Still trying to figure that out. What do I do with all of this STUFF .. so much on the go, it’s like living in the largest and untidiest stress bubble on the planet.
Roxanne Tellier : The Magic of Don Harron
Posted in Opinion with tags Anne of Green Gables, Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Canadian politics, Catherine McKinnon, Charlie Farquharson, Charlottetown Festival, DBAWIS, Don Harron, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Emily Carr, Gemini Award, Great Depression, Hee Haw, Morningside, Music Radio, Ontario, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, Peter Gzowski, Quebec, Roxanne Tellier, segarini, Spring Thaw, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The Bobcast, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, The Outer Limits, Toronto, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Yorkville on January 18, 2015 by segarini
Funny, the thoughts that go through your mind. You can be watching some mindless entertainment, giving your brain a free ride between weightier tasks like deciding whether to have a cigarette or cook dinner, when suddenly you think …Whatever happened to Charlie Farquharson?
Roxanne Tellier – A Canadian Summer
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Bobcageon, Canada Day, Canadian Tire, Caribana, Centreville, Chely Wright, Crystal Waters, DBAWIS, Deborah Cox, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hanlon's Point, Hercules and Love Affair, Hudson's Bay, k.d. lang, Kensington Market, Martha Wash, May Two-Four, Mayor Rob Ford, Melissa Etheridge, Mississauga, Muskoka, Nathan Phillips Square, Neon Hitch, Oshawa, Ottawa, Parliament Hill, Peterborough, Pride, Quebec, Ribfests, Roxanne Tellier, Sea-Doo., SkyDome, Staples, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, The Beer Store, The EX, The Rogers Centre, the Toronto Sun, Tim Hortons, Toronto Islands, Wal-Mart, Waterfront Trail, Windsor, WorldPride 2014 on June 8, 2014 by segarini
There is something so uniquely .. well, Canadian … about how we as a country approach the season of summer.
This year, the majority of us, bruised and battered by the wickedly fierce winter weather, are cautiously optimistic that the sun will again rise over 
the commonwealth. In fact, the big headline in the Toronto Sun on June 3rd was “Weather Network chief meteorologist Chris Scott said everyone can expect a “fairly pleasant summer.” Can’t get more cautious or Canadian than that, eh?
JAIMIE VERNON – CANADA DOESN’T LOOK A DAY OVER 145
Posted in Opinion with tags Aboriginal Day, Beaver, Bob Segarini, Bobby Gimby, British Empire, Bruce Cockburn, Canada Day, DBAWIS, Doggie style, Dominion Day, Don't Believe a Word I Say, fireworks, French, Jaimie Vernon, John A. MacDonald, Life's a Canadian Rock, Lightfoot, Moody Manitoba Morning, music, Provinces, Quebec, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, Records, Toronto, Tragically Hip on June 29, 2013 by segarini
July 1st is Canada’s 146th birthday. And unlike Amerka’s Independence Day, ours is a true birthday. It was on that day in 1867 that Prime Minister and Scottish whiskey guzzling champ Sir John A. MacDonald spread his legs and shat out a proclamation declaring the Province of 
Canada (Quebec and Ontario) plus New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to be, henceforth, bastard siblings. History would record any number of schools named in his honour.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 