We’re into March and the weather continues to be as unpredictable as NHL hockey. Live music is still down the road and hopefully will see some growth when the weather gets better. Until then we have to satisfy ourselves with live streaming and new music releases from Canada’s greatest undiscovered and perpetual talents.
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GWNtertainment #8 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Aaron Allen, Bob Segarini, Brown Eyed Susans, Canadian Music, Cayuga, Chantal Kreviazuk, Chuck Jackson, Dan MacLean Jr., DBAWIS, Doghouse Rose, Don't Believe a Word I Say, F-105, Irish Real Life Festival, Jaimie Vernon, Jannelle Martin, Jesse Thomas Brown, John Sketch, july talk, Katelyn Biehn, Kevin Roy Kratsch, Kim Mitchell, Leahy, Lense, Long Range Hustle, Lucette, Luscious, Marc LaFrance, Mister K, Mr. C & The C-Notes, Paul Shaffer, People Of The Sun, Punk, Queen Street, Ralph Alfonso, Shian Grace, Sigrun Stella, Speedway, Spoon, Stew Hooey, Taming Sari, Ted Carrick, The Pursuit Of Happines, Toronto, TPOH, Universal Honey, Vancouver Symphony on March 1, 2021 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – RULE BRITANNIA
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bay City Rollers, BBC, Billy Fury, Bob Segarini, BongoBeat, Canadian Music Jeremy Morris, Cavern Pub, Dave Rave, Dave Slater, David Bash, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eleanor Rigby, Endbutt Lane, England, Focal Point, Forthlin Road, International Pop Overthrow Festival, IPO, Jacaranda, Jaimie Vernon, Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Lennon's Pub, Liverpool, Liz Hunney, Manchester, Merseyside, Paul Tennant, Ralph Alfonso, Spencer Leigh, Sultan's Palace., Susan Hedges, The Beatles, The Cavern Club, The Diodes on June 25, 2016 by segarini
As you read this the UK has decided to cut ties with their trading partners in the European Union and make a go of it on their own. The response in the financial markets was swift especially where currency power was concerned and the British Pound plummeted 8% overnight. On the upside it now allows the rest of us to buy more MacIntosh Toffee and import vinyl. It might also bode well for the UK travel industry in the short term.
JAIMIE VERNON – TO THE BOOKMOBILE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A-Channel, Abbeyfield, Al Joynes, Anger Brothers, Bill Belfontaine, Blues on Bellair, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, CHOM FM, CITI-FM, Cori Ferguson, Darryl Sterdan, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fludd, Fort Garry, Gary MacLean, Globe And Mail, Goddo, Graeme Bishop, Greg Godovitz, Howard Mandsheim, Hushion House, Intuitive Design, Jaimie Vernon, Jane Hawtin, Jerry Doucette, John Cody, Michael Lansberg, Montreal, Neptoon Records, Paul Dean, Paul Rodgers, Q107, Ragna Stam'mler, Ralph Alfonso, Richard Branson, Tom Lavin, Tommy James, Toronto, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Travels With My Amp, Vancouver, Winnipeg on April 2, 2016 by segarini
Last week I wrote about working on Skip Prokop’s upcoming biography project and how we’re attempting to raise funds to get the thing written and published. https://kapipal.com/projects/skip-prokop-biography-project/
JAIMIE VERNON – THE GRAND SONG CARAVAN
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Lanois, Bob Segarini, Bongo Beat, Bullseye Records, Burnside Distribution, Canadian Music Dave Rave, Copetown, DBAWIS, Dodge Grand Caravan, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dunnville, Fusion III Distribution, Garth Hudson, Grand Song Caravan, Hamilton, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Mannix, Kate Schrock, Kathleen Edwards, Late Night With David Letterman, Lisa Millar, Manchester, Oshawa, Paul Hyde, Payola$, Ralph Alfonso, Readers, road hound, Staircase Theatre, The Band, Tom Wilson, Waterford Ontario on July 18, 2015 by segarini
Excerpted from the upcoming Bullseye Records 30th Anniversary book “Bullsography”
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JAIMIE 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 – DISHING WITH STEVEN DAVEY
Posted in Opinion with tags Amy Mech, Beverly Tavern, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Colin Brunton, Crash 'n' Burn, DBAWIS, Don Pyle, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Lypchuk, Drink To Me, drummer, Fashion Plates, food critic, General Idea, Hot Property, Jaimie Vernon, John Catto, Keith Whittaker, Kitschenette, Martha & The Muffins, Music scene, Now Magazine, Ontario College of Art, Queen Street, Ralph Alfonso, Ready Records, Rough Trade, Steven Davey, The Cads, The Demics, The Diodes, The Dishes, The Everglades, The Last Pogo, The Viletones, Tom Treumuth, Toronto, TV Ontario, TVO on June 14, 2014 by segarini
JAIMIE VERNON – DEMICS & DIODES & DISHES, OH MY!
Posted in Opinion with tags Battered Wives, Bob Segarini, Bomb Records, Bongo Beat Records, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Cleave Anderson, David Quinton, DBAWIS, Diodes, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Garwood Wallace, Jaimie Vernon, Keith Whittaker, Ralph Alfonso, Records, Steven Davey, The Demics, The Dishes, Toronto, Toronto Punk, Twitch, Wolfgang Spegg on May 11, 2013 by segarini
At the beginning of May I released my fourth book – ‘Life’s A Canadian (Punk) Rock – Who Wants Guns?: The Swindled Story (1973-1983)’ Check it out here.
In it I discuss my formative musical years and how an innocuous friendship with a high school punk took me on a two year roller coaster ride through the 2nd Wave of the Toronto punk scene as alleged guitarist in hardcore act Swindled. I had previously run the chapters as blog entries in Don’t Believe A Word I Say back in 2010. The band reunited in 2011 with the ever professional Cleave Anderson on drums, we recorded our long awaited debut album (only 30 years in the making) and everyone lived happily ever after. That chapter is the epilogue in the book.
