I am starting with a song and lyrics simply because I think everyone should listen to this. It’s evocative. It’s emotive. It’s powerful. It has me weeping uncontrollably. We’re going to be more than okay. We are all shooting stars.
Archive for Rival Sons
Pat Blythe – Out with the old…..the roof…..and music
Posted in COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, luvthemusic, Lydia Taylor Band, Murphy’s Law, Pat Blythe, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Penny La., Rival Sons, Shooter on May 27, 2020 by segariniPat Blythe – 2020 and beyond….HERE WE COME!!!!….and lots of music…..
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Altamont, Andy Kim, Bob Segarini, CBC, Choir Choir Choir, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Fabergé, Hot Lips, Indie Week, Jain McMillan, Jeremy Hector, Julian Taylor Band, Kelly Fraser, Killer Virgins, Little Magic Sam, LP, luvthemusic, monowhales, Nikki's Wives, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Pterodactyl Problems, Rival Sons, Secret Broadcast, Sesame Street, Suzi Kory, The Crooked, The Distillers, Tribe Royal, Woodstock on January 15, 2020 by segarini
A new decade! A new year! Purging, changing, modifying, exploring, new beginnings and some endings, recounting and remembering, wondering, searching, discovering, assessing…..all these and more as a new decade begins.
Pat Blythe – Pomp & Circumstance…..Rival Sons…..the end of summer……
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Anderson Creative, canadian national exhibition, CNE, Dave Beste, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Karl Anderson, luvthemusic, Pat Blythe, Pomp and Circumstance, Rival Sons, Scott Buchanan, Scott Holiday, The Beatles, Todd Ögren, wedding photography, weddings on September 11, 2019 by segarini
Four weeks!!! Four whole weeks….over in flash, just like summer!!! The column hiatus has now ended and WE’RE BACK! Yep it’s been a busy (and sweaty) summer with loads going on, on all fronts, both personal and professional. I must confess, Fall is my favourite season. The colours are outstanding and the cooler weather (with sunshine) actually makes me feel cozy.
Okay……so where to begin….I’ll work my way backwards…..one concert at time.
Pat Blythe – Remembering Frank Gutch Jr., Rival Sons, Conduit …and Music!
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Beyond The Cage, Bob Segarini, C0ndu1t, Cherry Cola's, Crown Lands, Danforth Music Hall, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., LMT Connection, luvthemusic, Mod Club, Orbit Room, Pat Blythe, Rival Sons on April 24, 2019 by segarini
I can barely see the computer screen through my tears. All the memories start flooding back and the remembering starts all over again. I weep for myself. Grief is a rather selfish thing since the one who no longer walks among us is gone. They do not grieve. We do. We weep for our loss, not theirs. We miss them…..they don’t miss us. They take a piece of us when they depart, leaving a gaping hole in our lives and in our hearts….one we can never completely fill. Time will soften the edges but it never completely heals the wound, but the wonderful memories remain.
Segarini – About the Grammys….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bruno Mars., Cherry Cola's, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, music, music videos, Naturally 7, radio, Records, Rival Sons, Rumer, Saint Paul and the Broken Bones, segarini, The Grammys, Toronto on January 31, 2018 by segarini
Everybody calm down.
The Grammys aren’t about MUSIC. The Grammys are about MONEY. PEOPLE who are about MUSIC listen to far more than what is put on parade here.
The Grammy audience was down 21%, this year, their lowest ratings ever. They don’t even know why they are tanking… but I may know a big part of the reason.
Pat Blythe – Appreciating Tom Waits, “The Bout” at The Hideout and More…
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bob Segarini, Braxton Hicks, Canada Rock Media, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, CMW, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, James Blonde, Jay Burr, Lowell Whitty, Marty Morin, Mike Daley, Pat Blythe, Rival Sons, See Rock Live, Smiling Buddha, The Hideout, Tom Waits, Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation, Velvet Underground, Vinyl Ambush on January 17, 2018 by segarini
Brrrrrrrr…..the cold weather has been keeping many folks inside, even with the brief break of a balmy five degrees! Inviting sun…..frostbitten tootsies. The live music scene, however, is not slowing down and is, in fact, just starting to heat up. Behind the curtains local clubs, bars, concert halls and music festivals are busy sprucing up, prepping, and booking music that will make your ears dance.
Peter and the Cherry Cola Rock N Rolla Cabaret and Lounge
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Arctic Monkeys, BlackDog Ballroom, Canadian Music Week, Care Failure, Cherry Cola's Rock 'n Rolla Cabaret and Lounge, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eagles of Death Metal, Handsome Distraction, Indie Week, Jack the Lads, James Blonde, Matt Groopie, Mod Night, Mushy Callahan, Opinion, Paint, Peter Montreuil, Rival Sons, Robert Segarini, Scott Holiday, Secret Broadcast, Silvergun & Spleen, The Ballroom Babies, The Bobcast, The Honeyrunners, The Reed Effect, Womb on October 12, 2017 by segarini
I have described it as “the one place on earth where I’m happy to pay retail price for beer”! It has been a portal to a complete change in my life, introducing me to good times, great music and even greater people. It’s a venue that fosters a strong sense of community among this area’s indie musicians. I am talking about Cherry Cola’s Rock N Rolla Cabaret and Lounge.
Pat Blythe – Extremes: Rival Sons, Eagles of Death Metal and…Robbie Lane
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Bataclan, Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, CMW, Danforth Music Hall, Danger Bees, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eagles of Death Metal, Hair, Hare Krishna, Hollow Bones, Kid Carson, Kodak, Lorraine Segato, Native American Red Road, Parachute Club, Pat Blythe, Rebel Club, Rival Sons, Robbie Lane and The Disciples, Sam Taylor, SING! Vocal Arts Festival, Sound Academy, Teatro Fiasco, The Docks, Timothy's Pub, Toronto, Toronto cabbies on May 24, 2017 by segarini
It’s been busy the past few weeks. What with fighting that ghastly, intrusive flu/cold (whatever the hell it was) while still cruising the concert halls and clubs, celebrating a special day with my sons and generally trying to keep in or out of trouble….. depending on your point of view. I’ve also been rooting around in the basement searching for more of Chris’s work and I discovered not only his collection of slides but a brand new, unopened box containing a Kodak (remember them) slide projector complete with three carousels and a carousel stack loader. Never used. I cracked it open, plugged it in and everything worked like a charm. Now, if I can just remember how to put the slides in…..I keep getting them backwards or upside down. So I continue to catalogue, digitize and view slides. My drum stool just got delivered (thank you Kid Carson) so now, instead of sliding across the floor every time I use the kick drum, I’ll stay put.
Segarini Rerun: Music or Nostalgia…Which is It? – Going Back to Find the Future. Sons, Bones, and Loops….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Cherry Cola's, Country, Courage My Love, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dustin Lynch, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Influences, Jordan John, july talk, Maddie and Tae, music, Music Radio, music videos, Nostalgia, Pop, Pop Fusion, radio, Records, Rival Sons, Rock, Saint Paul and the Broken Bones, samantha martin, Secret Broadcast, segarini, The Beatles, The Berklee College of Music, The Future of Music, Toronto, Xprime on January 23, 2017 by segarini
Editor’s Note – Originally posted on January 21st 2015, this column bears repeating. Proud to say our track record is pretty good for sniffing out greatness in a sea of popular, financially successful mediocrity, but the continued confusion regarding the differences in worthiness and rose-coloured glasses steeped in nostalgia, needs to be addressed. When it comes to Greatness, consider the majority of what you hear on terrestrial radio as nothing more than Alternative Fact.
Pat Blythe – 2016….Over and finally…..OUT!
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Alex Vincenzi, Barak Obama, Bill Dillon, BlackDog Ballroom, Bob Segarini, Bobby Curtola, Carmen Toth, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, CMW, Courage My Love, David Marsden, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Rock and Roll, Greg Godovitz, Grover Cleveland, Hugh's Room, James Blonde, Lawrie Ingles, luvthemusic, Maia Van Raes, Mark Murphy, Matt Groopie, Mike Pellarin, Nick Krewen, Pat Blythe, Peter Nunn, rancho relaxo, Richard Carson, Richard Flohil, Rival Sons, Sam Taylor, Sam Taylor and the East End Love, Secret Broadcast, Steve Kendry, The Anti Queens, The Crown, The Dick Clark Five, The Hard Rock Cafe, The Honeyrunners, The Keg, The King Beez, The Paddock, Tony Nolasco, Toronto Star, Torstar, Xprime on January 11, 2017 by segarini
Well…..here it is already…..2017! Blink and both Christmas and New Year’s Eve are over, a fait accompli. Phffft….gone! Tout fini! Finito! Done and dusted! ….and here we are…. Has much changed? No, not really. Resolutions? Nope. Heading to the gym? Not on your life!!! The dance floor suits me just fine. Focus? I’m working on it. Oh look, a shiny thing……
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 