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Frank Gutch Jr: Life at 45 RPM… My Life as a Vinyl Addict; Plus Copious Notes

Posted in Opinion with tags Alistair Hulett, bill jackson, Blue Sky Boys, Crash Vegas, cream, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Earthquake, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, Javier Escovedo, Jethro Tull, Jim Basnight, Kate Burke, Melissa Payne, mick abrahams, Moon Dial, music, Music Radio, music videos, Norrish Reaction, Paul Hood, Paul Revere & The Raiders, radio, Ransom & The Subset, Records, Ruth Hazleton, segarini, Seventh Fire Records, Spirit, Susannah Espie, The Meyce, The Moberlys, The OF, The Zeros, Tom Griswold on July 14, 2015 by segarini

I am a vinyl addict. The gateway drug was radio. When it was riding the crest of the wave before TV came along and kicked it to the curb that wasn’t there. Before TV which a lot of people thought would be the death of radio, a format already writhing in pain. You could only get so big and radio was gargantuan— a seething mass of gelatinous goo— an 800 pound gorilla. By the time I came along, everyone had a radio.

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Pat Blythe: Toronto Scrapbook – Chapter Two

Posted in Opinion with tags A Primitive Evolution, Annette Shaffer, Australia, Bad Medicine, bass, Beatles, Blue Rodeo, Bob Segarini, Bombay Sapphire, Brett Carruthers, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Music Week, Care Failure, Caroline Kawa, Counting Flowers, Country Roots n’ Rockabilly Music Tavern, Curtis Harding, Dakota Tavern, DBAWIS, Decca, Die Mannequin, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drake Underground CMW, drums, EMI, England, Ennismore, Epsom, Etta James, Filthy Souls, FINO + BLEED, Frank Gutch Jr., Frank Soda, G&T, Greg Keelor, guitar, Guns 'n' Roses, Hellfield, High and Dry, HMV, Hogtown, Honest Ed’s, Horseshoe Tavern, Hugh Oliver, Hugh Oliver and the Twists, I Feel It All, I’m Just A Girl, J.C. Sandoval, Keith Heppler, Kevvy Mental, Kim Carnes, Kurt Cobain, Lord of Reason, Marilyn Manson, Matt Lightstone, Melissa Payne, money, mosh pit, Muddy York, Nazareth, Neon Zero, New Zealand, Nirvana, OISE, Orbit Room, Oregon, Pat Blythe, Plateau, Punk, Reba McEntire, Rock, Rock and Roll, Roxanne Tellier, seattle, Secret Broadcast, Seventh Fire Records, Sheraton Centre, Stand by Me, Stephany Seki, Stu Dead, Sucker Punch, Sum 41, swaggering stomp, Talking Heads, Tdot, The ‘Shoe, The Big Smoke, The Foolish Things, The Picture Taker, The Police, The Ramones, The Stones, Toronto, Tranzac, Will Bennett, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, You Know You’re Right, YouTube on April 22, 2015 by segarini

Well…. This was supposed to be Part Five of The Women of Rock. However, I’m going to take a break and fill you in on some of the sights and sounds of this dynamic city I call home….Toronto…. Hogtown… Muddy York…. The Big Smoke…. Tdot…. where I’ve been going, who I’ve been seeing, what I’ve been drinking (G&T w/lemon if you must know. Bombay Sapphire is the chosen one.) AND update you about an exciting event that’s coming to Toronto. Yep….it’s another Toronto Scrapbook!

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Frank Gutch Jr: And the Smell of Incense: The Boundaries of Psych, Plus Notes

Posted in Opinion with tags Amon Duul II, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duggy Degs, Frank Gutch Jr., Grateful Dead, Green Pajamas, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jane Gowan, Jeff Kelly, Jefferson Airplane, KAK, Lisbee Stainton, Mighty Baby, music, music videos, Norrish Reaction, Popol Vuh, Procol Harum, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Seventh Fire Records, Shade, Soundcarriers, Southwest FOB, Spirit Alley, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Townes Van Zandt on August 12, 2014 by segarini

Ah, Psychedelia! A musical underground which fed on the springs of youth. God knows where it came from or how it evolved (there are many theories based upon preconceived notions which may or may not have anything to do with anything except ego), but it most likely was a media conception: Old people trying to write about things they didn’t understand, looking at the new world through cataracts and prejudice, and that view taking hold.

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Frank Gutch Jr: The Pac Northwest— Not Just The Raiders, Sonics, and Wailers; and Notes, Notes and More Notes

Posted in Opinion with tags Alistaire Cooke, Brady Earnhart, Clara-Nova, DBAWIS, dixie bee-liners, Dominique Meyer, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ed Daugherty, EJD Enterprises, Erin Lunsford & The Wildfire, Frank Gutch Jr., I Draw Slow, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jerry Dennon, jim colegrove, Joseph Darbonne, Laurie Biagini, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Live Five, Lost Leaders, Melissa Payne, Morning Reign, Moses Lake, Munro Melano, music, music videos, Omnibus, Paige Anderson & the Fearless Kin, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Records, segarini, Seventh Fire Records, Sydney Wayser, The Bards, The Critters, The Flamethrowers, The Heirs, The Moguls, The Sonics, The Viceroys, The Wailers, Wes Race on June 24, 2014 by segarini

One thing about history. Given enough time, it is a shadow of its former self. No matter what happens, importance of virtually everything is either magnified or diminished depending upon a number of factors. By the time it has been filtered over the years, it is not even remotely what it started out to be. The Twenties obviously weren’t all Gatsby and The Thirties weren’t all dust bowl and depression. There was so much more than the War (that would be of the Second World variety, sports fans) and recovery from to the Forties and if the US had lived the Fifties like Hollywood said, we would have fought like hell to stay there. Of course, by the time it got to us, it was Cliff’s Notes all over again.