Every time I see an article lauding Mayor John Tory’s ‘inspired’ idea of turning Toronto into a ‘Music City,’ I get queasy. You see, I came to Toronto in 1976, when it really WAS one, and have watched succeeding local governments and well-heeled blue noses, waving the banners of political correctness and money over art, stomp the culture to death.
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Roxanne Tellier – Music City, My Ass
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags . Nuit Blanche, .Liberty Entertainment, bathhouse raids, Black Hawk Motor Inn, BlueNote, Bob Segarini, BuskerFest, Caribana, CHIN International Picnic. The Big Bop, Chris Sheppard, Club Domino, Colonial Tavern, DBAWIS, Designated Driver, Dufferin Grove, Evergreen Centre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Gasworks, Jamaica, Kensington Market, King West, Knob Hill, MADD, Mayor John Tory, Music Canada, Music City, OCA, Parkdale, Pride Week, Queen West, R&B and soul, Richmond Hill, Riverdale, Roxanne Tellier, Scarborough, ScotiaBank, the Edison, the Junction, The Morrissey, The Toronto Music Moment., Toronto, Toronto Sound, Velvet Underground, Voodoo Club, WaveLength, yonge street, Yorkville on February 21, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – K-TEL’S SHINING STARS
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1974, 1975, 22 Explosive Hits, 8-tracks, Bay City Rollers, Billy Paul, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music Malvern, cassettes, CFTR, Chi-Lites, CHUM, Commodores, DBAWIS, Delfonics, Disco, Disco Rock, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dorothy Moore, Earth Wind & Fire, Isaac Hayes, Jaimie Vernon, James Brown, Jim Croce, John Denver, K-Tel, Kiss, Lou Rawls, LPs, Main Ingredient, Maurice White, O'Jays, Pursuaders, Scarborough, Shining Star, Sly & The Family Stone, Soul Train, Spinners, Stylistics, Temptations, The Apollo Theatre, The Carpenters, The Dells, The Dramatics, Three Degrees, Top 40, Toronto on February 6, 2016 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – BOOT THE MAYOR, SAVE A CITY
Posted in Opinion with tags Alcohol, Bob Segarini, Brothers Grimm, bully, Canadian Music, City Hall, CMW, CN Tower, CNE, Councillor, crack cocaine, David Miller, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Ford, drunken stupor, Dundas Square, East York, Etobicoke, Ford Nation, Gardiner Expressway, high school, Jaimie Vernon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, John Tory, Johnny Rocket's, Mayor of Toronto, Mell Lastman, Michael Ford, North York, NXNE, Olivia Chow, Queen Street West, rehab, Ripley's Aquarium, Rob Ford, Scarborough, Spadina, tantrum, Taste of The Danforth, The Mirvish's, Toronto, TTC, tumor, Union Station, Ward 2, yonge street on September 13, 2014 by segariniI had another blog prepared and ready to roll today about my favourite topic, music, but in light of the last 72 hours of clown car antics from the family of my city’s mayor, Rob Ford, I couldn’t let it go without comment.
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 segariniI 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.