If you’re reading this it probably means you’re broke and can’t afford a weekend off or you have no idea that this is Victoria Day weekend. It’s a celebration of our formerly longest reigning Monarch of the British Vampire, er, Empire (June 20, 1837 until her death January 22, 1901). Queen Elizabeth recently usurped that record by tiptoeing past Victoria which opens the door for us to one day celebrate Lizzy’s Day instead. Currently the weekend celebrates Vicky’s birth on May 24, 1819.
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JAIMIE VERNON – VICTORIA’S SECRET
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1819, 1867, 1901, Bob Segarini, British Empire, Canada, Canadian Music Leonard Cohen, Canadian Royal Heritage Trust, Commonwealth, Confederation, Crown Victoria, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Edward VIII, Fête de la Reine, Germanic, Germany, Jaimie Vernon, May 24th, May Two-Four, Nazi sympathizers, Prince Albert, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Street, Queen Victoria, Rebellion of 1837, Regina, Saxe-Coburg, Teutonic, twenty-fourth of May, Victoria, Victoria Day, William Lyon MacKenzie, Windsor on May 21, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – THE DAVE RAVE CONSPIRACY
Posted in Opinion with tags Billy Ficca, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Carl Keesee, Claude DesRoches, Coyote Shivers, Dave Rave DesRoches, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Everyday Magic, Gary Pig Gold, Great White Noise Magazine, Hamilton, Jaimie Vernon, Jason Avery, Kathleen Edwards, La Luna, Lauren Agnelli, Lisa Millar, Melodiya, Mermaid Lounge, Mohawk College, New York City, Queen Street, Ralph Alfonso, Rick Andrew, Shane Faubert, T'Mlou, Teenage Head, The Florida Razors, The Grand Song Caravan, The Shakers, The Trews, Tim Gibbons, Tom Wilson, Toronto, Ultrasound Showbar, USSR, Valentino's Pirates, Weight of the World, West Town, When Patti Rocked, Yvonne Matsell on July 11, 2015 by segarini
Excerpted from the upcoming Bullseye Records 30th Anniversary book “Bullsography”
I was plugging away on an old Underwood electric typewriter out of a one-bedroom apartment in Pickering Village in the late 1980s putting out a fanzine called Great White Noise magazine when I received correspondence from legendary Pig Paper fanzine guru Gary Pig Gold….
JAIMIE VERNON – THIS IS 1984
Posted in Opinion with tags 1984., Aretha Franklin, Beat It, Billie Jean, Black Stations/White Stations, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cooling The Medium, Current Records, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Diana Ross, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Echo Beach, Emulator, Ensoniq Mirage, Gerry Young, Jaimie Vernon, Jocelyne Lanois, Last Pogo, M + M, Mark Gane, Martha & The Muffins, Martha Johnson, Martha Ladly, Michael Jackson, MTV, Much Music, Mystery Walk, New Wave, Nick Kent, Off The Wall, Ontario College of Art, Peter Gabriel, Power Station, Queen Street, racism, synth-pop, Tears For Fears, This Is The Ice Age, Thriller, Toronto, Trance And Dance, Walter Yetnikoff, Yogi Horton on December 6, 2014 by segarini
George Orwell references aside, 1984 marked a substantial turning point for pop music in Canada. The most significant of those was the launch of our answer to MTV – which we lovingly, un-ironically, called Much Music.
Roxanne Tellier: Big City Love
Posted in Opinion with tags Bloor, Bob Segarini, Church Street, City Rat, College, Country Mouse, Crescent Street, Danforth, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Downtown, Facebook, First World Problems, Montreal, Mount Royal, Olympic Village, Petula Clark, Queen Street, Roxanne Tellier, Scarborough, Sue Peters, The Black Dog Pub, Toronto, TTC, Waterfront Trail, Yonge, Yorkville on July 6, 2014 by segarini
I have lived on a beautiful, quiet, residential street in Scarborough for 15 years this month. Up the street, just a stagger away, is a busy local pub called the Black Dog, where I’ve seen many a friend play, and drank many a cold pint.
