At the end of the Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King Jr famously paraphrased the words of Theodore Parker, American transcendentalist and pastor, when he stated, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
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Bob Revisits Indie Week for 2019
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Darryl Hurs, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Indie Week, segarini on November 13, 2019 by segarini
In today’s climate, even in this era of (seemingly) instant fame via a television show, or releasing an album recorded in your mother’s kitchen before you have ever played a gig, even when your self-penned ditty gets a million hits on You Tube without so much as buying a real instrument, let alone learning how to play it, there is hope for kids who still feel the urge to roll the rock, write tunes, and spend days on end in a van that smells of wet socks and KFC.. There are still dreamers. There are still Road Warriors, still people who want to rehearse and write, and play and play, and drive all night and eat KFC out of the bucket, solely because they believe in the life, believe in the music, and believe in themselves and the dream. These kids are out of their minds just like we were.
Which brings me to Indie Week.
Tickets and Schedule HERE
Roxanne Tellier – Impeachy Keen Full Speed Ahead
Posted in Opinion, politics with tags AG Barr, Bill Clinton, bipartisan. democracy, Controlled Demolition, DBAWIS, Ernest Lee, Ernest Lee Band, Grim Reaper, Impeachy Keen. impeachment inquiry. Nancy Pelosi., Jim Bish, John Fletcher, learned helplessness, Mari Nicholson ., Marion Drexler, Mark Hundevad. Jim Heineman, Mike Pompeo. Rudy Giuliani. Steve Bannon, Mueller Report . Moscow Mitch McConnell, National Security Council, Robert Winter, Roxanne Tellier, Royal Canadian Legion, Sam Heineman, segarini, Steve Fever. Russell Noseworthy, Tammy Duckworth, The Resistance on November 10, 2019 by segarini
Another week, another round of hysteria emanating from the beleaguered White House resident. With the impeachment inquiry picking up speed, despite the constant obstruction and spurning of Congressional subpoenas, the inquiry is still on track to finish as early as Christmas.
Roxanne Tellier – The Past is Prologue
Posted in Opinion, politics with tags Atomic Bomb, climate change, Cuban Missile Crisis, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, frustrated boomers, Global Warming., Joseph McCarthy, Kim Jong Un, Mueller Report, Nagasaki, North Korea, Past is Prologue, Roxanne Tellier, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, segarini, Susan Sontag, William Barr, zombie apocalypse on November 3, 2019 by segariniPat Blythe – Suzi Kory….Indie Week….and music
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Cashbox Canada, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Horseshoe Tavern, Indie Week, luvthemusic, Mariposa, Momondays, Niki’s Wives, Pat Blythe A Girl With A Camera, Penny Arcade, Secret Broadcast, segarini, Seneca College, Suitcase Sam, Suzi Kory, The Crooked, The Hideout Toronto, The Redhill Valleys on October 30, 2019 by segarini
It seems I am perpetually running late these days. I write for Fiverr and never imagined it would get as busy as it has. I’ve been writing brochures, website verbiage, package inserts, “how to” columns, etc. I’ve had to research products and learn how to “do things” and then write about them. So far, so good. It’s all on a timer….you have so many days to deliver your finished product and if you’ve agreed to revisions, they have to be done within the agreed upon time. When you receive multiple “gig” orders all due at the approximately the same time it’s a bit of a panic. So…….here I am…….late again. (sigh) Super, super short but…..this, DBAWS, is one writing “gig” I never want to give up.
Bob’s Annual Halloween Column and Mandatory Accordion Lesson Rides Again
Posted in Movies, music, Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Halloween, Movies, music, radio, segarini, The Iceman Halloween Spooktacular on October 29, 2019 by segarini
This was originally published in 2011. It has been updated with additions and is presented here with the full support and co-operation of the “So You Want to Be A Diabetic” foundation and proud manufacturer’s of Atomic SugarBalls, sweet jumbo compressed Sugar Globes made from 100% Cane Sugar and covered in a thick candy shell made of 200% reclaimed sugar from the bottom of millions of boxes of Sugar Frosted Flakes…They’re GREAT! . Recommended by Dentists, Doctors, and the American Council on Obesity, Diabetes, and Acne.
Segarini – Bob Yodels Up the Canyon Part One
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Family Tree, Hollywood, L.A, Laurel Canyon, music, Roxy, segarini, Stockton California, The Home Tour, Toronto on October 18, 2019 by segarini
PRELUDE
Portions of the following have been previously published in DBAWIS
Prior to 1967, I had been spending as much time as I could in L.A. (Hollywood County, to be specific), first with The Us, playing Cinnamon Cinders clubs in SoCal, and places like The London Fog on Sunset, then in search of the almighty record deal for my next band, The Family Tree …acquiring 2 (Mira, then RCA) while spending the better part of 1965 and ’66 sleeping on friends couches and floors, and even had a room at Suzie Hocum’s place for a time, down the hall from her other house guest, Gram Parsons. Great times then, with the music scene exploding on Sunset, and Laurel Canyon becoming the Centre of the Universe.
It was all in the service of my band at the time, The Family Tree, who had been the house band at the Whisky …but that was all about to change ….
