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GWNtertainment #11 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Al Qahwa, April, Art Bergmann, Avry, Big Wreck, Bob Segarini, Brian Asha, Brian Blain, Canadian Music, Cowboy Junkies, Craig Cardiff, Dahmhnail Doyle, Dave Bowler, Dave Rave, Dayna Manning, DBAWIS, Death Of A Ladies Man, Domenic Troiano, Don't Believe A Word I Saw, Earth Day, Frank Troiano, GWNtertainment, Jaimie Vernon, Jake Tapper, Kat Goldman, Kurt Chaboyer, Leonard Cohen, Mark Doble, Molly Johnson, Nelson Sobral, New Yank Yorkies, Nic Dyson, Oakville Performing Arts Centre, Saga, Samantha Schultz, Samways, Sauga City Music Conference, Serena Ryder, Sonic Unyon Records, Startigrade, Supercrawl, Tara MacLean, The Second Responders, Whitehorse, Wild Rose County on March 29, 2021 by segarini
As Glenn Frey once said, “The Heat Is On.” We’re in fake spring right now and the dog turd landmines have begun to thaw while kiddies on bicycles and joggers are out in full force. I expect that some are listening to music while fitting their bits. Below is a whole new batch of Canadiana filling earbuds and smart speakers everywhere.
GWNtertainment #3 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags 6ft. Social Band, Bentwood Rocker, Bo Diddley, Bob Segarini, British Modbeats, Dale Harrison, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drunken Sailor, El Mocambo, Greig Foster, Harem Scarem, Headstones, Irish Rovers, J.R. Digs, Jaimie Vernon, Moscow Apartment, Moving Targetz, Neptoon Records, Only Human, Paul James, Rob Frith, Saga, Serafin LaRiviere, The Trews, Valyear, Wellerman on January 25, 2021 by segarini
Here we are with Issue #3 of GWNtertainment magazine. How do you like us so far? We’re catching and reporting all the Canadian music ephemera that may have evaded your gaze in the last week. Here’s the stuff that caught our attention on this, the 50th anniversary week of Canadian content on radio!
Jaimie Vernon – GWNtertainment
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Bill Smith, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records of Canada, Canadian Music, Canadiana, Danny Weiss, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, Gary Webb-Proctor, Gary17, Gowan, Great White Noise Magazine, GWNtertainment, Jaimie Vernon, Joanne Michener, Michael Fonfara, Moving Targetz, MT Head Express, Paul Anand, Rhinoceros, Saga, Sharon Vernon, Shawn Wludyka, The Lincolns, Todd Kerns, Toque on January 11, 2021 by segarini
A million years ago (okay, it was 32) I had an idea to start a music magazine to promote Canadian music. The idea didn’t come out of nowhere and there was a catalyst to light the fire. It started as a newsletter in 1989 to promote my rock band Moving Targetz. It was called the M.T. Head Express and was mailed to our fans monthly to let them know about gigs, recordings, and all our shenanigans as a rock band. My ex’s mother, Gail Benson (RIP), said to me one day, “You should expand your news letter to cover other Canadian bands, not just your own.” And, so I did. In early 1990, I launched a 24-page fanzine called Great White Noise Magazine. My ex and I bought a brand new PC with a dot matrix printer for $1320. I had to take out a loan at my credit union to do it. It would take me until 1993 to pay it off! Continue reading
2020 YEAR-END MUSIC ROUND-UP by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Alex Whorms, Alison Solo, Ardene Shapiro, Blackmore's Night, Bob Segarini, Brass Bikini, Craig Cardiff, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Glass Tiger, Gordon Lightfoot, Gowan, Jaimie Vernon, James Clark Institute, Jim Witter, Kim Mitchell, Len Mizzoni, Miles Goodwyn Trio, Natalie MacMaster, Prescilla Una, Rick Donmoyer, Roch Voisine, Saga, Steve Schijns, Terry Draper, The Road, The Trews, Tia Brazda, Valerie Shearman, Victoria Anthony on December 14, 2020 by segarini
We’re on the final lap of 2020 as we hold our collective breaths anticipating/dreading the upcoming year. Despite the inability to see live music as frequently as many of us would have wanted this year, musicians did what they could to keep cranking out great music to take our minds off of the crap going on in the world. Without further ado here’s the rest of the Christmas tracks and a smattering of new original tunes piling up in my in-box.
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JAIMIE VERNON – BULLSOGRAPHY: Sneak Peek #1
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Aqua Duck, B-Girls, Bakersfield, Bigger Than Bowling, Bob Segarini, Brian Gagnon, Canadian Music, Cynthia Ross, DBAWIS, Deadlier Than Darts, Doc Rock & The Wild Bunch, Don't Believe a Word I Say, El Mocambo, Front 54, Gilmore's, Goddo, Gulf War, Hamilton, Haywire, Jaimie Vernon, Killer Dwarfs, Lee Aaron, Lee's Palace, Lundy's Lane, M.T. Head Express, Mike Thorne, Mort Ross, Moving Targetz, Mysonics, Niagara Falls, Oshawa, Players' Studio, Purple Onion, Russell Graham, Saga, The Kings, Toronto, Tragically Hip, Trooper on September 24, 2016 by segarini
With my ‘True Tales From a Cemetery Cop’ being released October 3 I’ve finally returned to finish writing the book I promised a year ago – the history of Bullseye Records of Canada.
Roxanne Tellier – Grant Fullerton … King of the Road
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alec Fraser, Betty Richardson, Bob Segarini, Bobcast, Brad MacDonald, Canada, Carnegie Hall, Chicago, cream, Danny Marks, DBAWIS, Dee Long, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dough Pypher, Fillmore East and West, Fullerton Dam, Fullerton's, Gail Berry, Grant Fullerton, Halifax, in Tyme, John Dickie, Klaatu, Led Zeppelin, Lighthouse, Michael Fonfara, Mike McKenna, Miles Davis, Monterey and Newport Jazz Festivals, Mudflat and Friends, Nova Scotia, Omar Tunnoch, Paul Hoffert, PentiGlan, PinkyDauvin, Quinns, Rich Washbrook, Rick Morrison, Rockpile, Roxanne Tellier, Saga, Santana, Skip Prokop, Steve Kennedy, Steve Negus, Stouffville, Terry Draper, the Atlantic City Pop Festival, The Band, the Boston, The Doors, The Madcats, The Who, Toronto City Hall, Untouchables, Yorkville on May 29, 2016 by segarini
In 1967, the Song of the Year was “Canada” by The Young Canada Singers. I was a geeky, gawky Montreal teen with cats eye glasses and a bad perm. My season’s pass to Expo 67 made me feel like a citizen of the world.
But in Toronto, another kind of world was coming together; one of young, talented musicians who’d flocked to Yorkville to find fame, if not fortune.
Grant Fullerton was one of them.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE BOOK GOES ON
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Advent, Barry McVicker, Bob Segarini, Bolero Lava, Bullseye Records, Bullsography, Canadian Music, cassette, CD, Daughaus, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elyse Thorpe, Great White Noise Magazine, Jaimie Vernon, Life's A Canadian Punk, Montclair Studio, Moving Targetz, Mr. Science, Saga, Shawn Gardner, Simon Truth & The Last Band, Skip Prokop, Sunny Days, Swedish Fish, Swindled, Terry Draper, The Barking Boys, The Id, This "Blue Piano", Unsigned Sealed & Delivered, vinyl on February 13, 2016 by segarini
I’m desperately trying to finish writing my 6th book. It should have been released in December but things like re-launching my record label have had me in meetings for the better part of 4 months. The new book should actually be my seventh, but that book – ‘Sunny Days – The Skip Prokop Story’ – is taking a very long time to transcribe and edit though we do expect it to be completed in coming months.
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Pat Blythe – I’m Dancing on the Head of a Pin….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera, Bob Segarini, David Barrett Trio, DBAWIS, Don Graham, Dustbin Flowers, G.Lazarus, Lisa Hartt, Michael Williams, Pat Blythe, Saga, Sam Taylor, Sandy Graham, Suns of Stone, Tara Scott, Taste of Colombia, The East End Love, The Only Cafe on February 10, 2016 by segarini
You know those days when you feel like someone slipped a happy pill into your morning java. Today (Monday) is one of those days. Walking down University Ave. in Toronto with the sun trying desperately to penetrate the clouds…..and just about making it. I’m listening to tunes with my headphones on and fighting to keep my feet from breaking into a dance. “There goes a crazy lady!” So, walking to the beat will have to do. (Note to all drummers….if your meter is off, I’ll find it) First up was “When The Lights Are Out” by Slade, followed by “Dressed in the Dark” by Bob Segarini (there seems to be theme here)….then Sophie B. Hawkins “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover”. Jeez! Give a girl a break. Finally, on the streetcar “Tomorrow”, by the Research Turtles came on. It’s just a wonderful, poppy, toe-tapping, dancing, feel-good song and I had that one repeat several times.
Roxanne Tellier: My Toronto – Part Two
Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Ben Bergmann., Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bomb Records, Brutus, Burton Cummings, Carole Pope, CHUM FM, CITY TV, Coney Hatch, Crowbar, DBAWIS, Divine, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eaton Centre, El Mocambo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Foot in Cold Water, Frank Soda, Garwood Wallace, Gary Cormier, Gary Topp, geoff pevere, Goddo, Hap Roderman, Hard Rock Café, Harlequin, Hellfield, Hotel California, Jackson Hawke, JoAnn Brooks, Kenny Shields, Kevan Staples, Killing Joke, Larry's Hideaway, Lou Reed, Maple Leaf Gardens, Max Webster, Mike Myers, Moxy, Nickelodeon, Nico, Ozzy Osbourne, Performer, Piccadilly Tube, Prakash John, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Saga, Steve Ambrose, Streetheart, Sun Ra, Teenage Head, The Bobcast, the Chimney, The Cramps, The Edge, The Forge, The Garys Martha and the Muffins, The Gasworks, The Lincolns, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Viletones, Tim Curry, Tommy Ambrose, Toronto, True North, Twitch, Wayne/Jayne County, XTC on April 13, 2014 by segarini
Toronto was a different place in the late 1970’s and early eighties. Although it’s easy to look back with rose coloured glasses, it was, in fact, a watershed time for Toronto musicians. Everywhere you turned, you were surrounded by outstanding music, made by dedicated and very talented players, who enjoyed the freedom to create their art, and make a living at the same time.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 