Lindsey Buckingham got kicked out of Fleetwood Mac (again), The Monkees made their first-ever Christmas album (!), and I am still waiting for that big Turtles Battle of the Bands Commemorative Special Anniversary Collectors Edition. In the meantime though, I remained happily pigging along beneath headphones to (in strictly Alphabetical order)…
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GARY PIG GOLD with TEN YOU MAY HAVE MISSED In 2018
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Andy Reed, Andy Warhol, Beau Brummels, Big Star, Brandon Schott, Cait Brennan, Chris Richards, Colina Phillips, Craig Dorfman, Davenports, David Grahame, DBAWIS, Dick Cavett, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eddie Kramer, Edgar Breau, Flamin’ Groovies, Fred Astaire, Gary Pig Gold, Generation X, George Harrison, Glen Matlock, Irwin Chusid, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, Jimi Hendrix, Jingyu Yao, John Lennon, Kim Deschamps, Lane Steinberg, Miles Davis, music, NRBQ, Paul Williams, Phil Spector, R. Stevie Moore, Records, Rich Kids, segarini, Sex Clark Five, Sex Pistols, Simply Saucer, Sitcom Neighbor, Subtractions, Todd and Jingyu, Todd Lerner, Tot Taylor, X Ray Spex, XNYMFO, Yoko Ono on January 28, 2019 by segariniThe Prodigious Pig Sees NO FUTURE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, music, Never Mind the Bollocks, Punk, radio, Records, segarini, Sex Pistols on December 2, 2017 by segarini
So! Guess which unbelievably cool little record just turned 40 (!!) Years Old the other day? Nevertheless, via the true Spirit of ’77, allow me to celebrate by minding my own Bollocks with…
JAIMIE VERNON – THE PUNKS ARE (STILL) ALRIGHT
Posted in Opinion with tags 1979, American Idiot, Bob Segarini, Calypso, Canadian Music, CBS Records, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Hector, Gates of the West, Green Day, Jaimie Vernon, Joe Strummer, Jointpop, London Calling, London's Burning, lucha libre, Mayaro, Mick Jones, Mil Mascaras, Paul Kimble, Phil Hill, Pink Floyd, Punk, Quicksand, reggae, Sex Pistols, Simply Beautiful, ska, Smashing Pumpkins, The Clash, The Wall, Train In Vain, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad's Burning, WWE on May 30, 2015 by segarini
Smashing Pumpkins leader William “Don’t Call Me Billy” Corgan bleated something about loss of innocence at the end of the 1970s with the band’s only true Pop song called “1979” in the apex of the 1990s version of a counter-culture movement (c/f Grunge, Cobain, Seattle, et al).
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – Rating The Records
Posted in Opinion with tags Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Diodes, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Generation X, music, music videos, Records, Rock Lobster, segarini, Sex Pistols, Shades Magazine, The Adverts, The Bovine, The Dishes, The Kensington Lodge, The Ramones, The Vibrators, Tiki Bar, Toronto, Ultravox!, Viletones, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs on March 19, 2015 by segarini
This week we rewind to 1977 and the first issue of Shades Magazine. My feature was a re-cap of all the new punk records that had been released.
“I realize a lot of the material I’m going to cover is somewhat dated, but this being the first edition, I thought I’d quickly go over some of the best new music to come out over the past few months. Next month’s reviews will be much longer and in-depth.”
JAIMIE VERNON – GODS OF THE HAMMER
Posted in Opinion with tags Attic Records, Billy Ficca, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chairmen of the Board, Conway Twitty, Coyote Shivers, Crowbar, Daniel Lanois, Dave Rave DesRoches, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Florida Razors, Frankie Venom, Frantic City, Gary Pig Gold, geoff pevere, Gods of the Hammer, Gord Lewis, Harrison Kennedy, Jack Richardson, Jacob Moon, Jaimie Vernon, Junkhouse, Kelly Jay, King Biscuit Boy, Lauren Agnelli, Lazarus, Lee Harvey Osmond, Let's Shake, Lighthouse, Melodiya, Paul McCartney, punk rock, Ramones, Ronnie Hawkins, Russia, Sex Pistols, Skip Prokop, Something On My Mind, Sonny Del Rio, Teenage Head, Television, TG & The Swampbusters, The Band, The Dave Rave Conspiracy, The Hawks, The Shakers, The Trews, Tim Gibbons, Tom Wilson, Tommy Gunn, Trouble In the Jungle, USSR, Viletones, Warpt Records, Washington Squares on September 6, 2014 by segarini
JAIMIE VERNON – GOOD PUBLICITY GONE BAD
Posted in Opinion with tags Amanda Bynes, Bigger Than Jesus, Bill Grundy, Bob Segarini, Britney Spears, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Debbie Walker, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hannah Montana, Jaimie Vernon, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, Lisa Millar, Madonna, media, Miley Cyrus, MTV, music, newspapers, On The Grine TV, publicity, robin thicke, Sex Pistols, stunting, Twerk on September 14, 2013 by segarini
Last weekend I made the rounds doing promotion for my book – The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia – to radio station CFRB and the cable TV show ‘On Da Grine TV’ during what was a particularly heavy media week in Toronto. The Toronto International Film Festival was in full swing promoting upcoming Hollywood fair and its glitterati. Had I been able to afford a publicist I’m sure they would have dissuaded me from trying to promote a music book during a movie festival. But I don’t have a publicist so I sallied forth and guess what? The festival had no effect on getting me media coverage.
JAIMIE VERNON – The Top125 Most Influential Top100 albums – Part 2
Posted in Opinion with tags 999, Dave Rave, David Quinton, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Zappa, Gary O'Connor, Jaimie Vernon, music, Nazareth, Orson, Payolas, Pink Floyd, Platinum Blonde, Rational Youth, Records, Seal, Sex Pistols, Spoons, Styx, Supertramp, Tears For Fears, The Odds, The Specials, Tonio K., Vital Sines on February 9, 2013 by segarini
For those that missed my blog last week entitled “ The Top125 Most Influential Top100 albums – Part 1” containing the most influential artists/albums for me in my 35 years as a musician you can find it here. This week I wrap up the list with the remainder of the alphabet. Enjoy…or get annoyed. Your mileage may vary.
Cameron Carpenter: Listing The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – A is For Album Covers
Posted in Opinion with tags Album Covers, be bop deluxe, Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, music, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Records, Sex Pistols, The Modern Lovers, The Ramones, The Tubes, Ultravox! on January 17, 2013 by segarini
Kids today will never know the joy of endlessly browsing in a record store with no set agenda. The hours that were happily wasted on Saturday afternoons at Sam The Record Man, Records On Wheels, A&A’s or The Record Peddler are immeasurable. It was time well spent. CD shopping is just not the same and digital shopping/hunting is an aural and not visual experience. The album cover was a great size, 12” X 12” (versus the miniscule 5” X 5” of a CD). An album cover could capture your attention, demand you to pick it up and read the back for the vital information which would or would not persuade you to shell out your six or seven dollars.
Jaimie Vernon: Life’s A Canadian Rock – Part 6
Posted in Opinion with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ivan Judd, Jaimie Vernon, Punk, Sex Pistols, Swindle, Tim James on November 19, 2011 by segarini
GOD SAVE MY SPLEEN
As the scholastic year invariably dragged on in Bullet Time TM, my best friend Gord and I continued writing songs with an eye to starting a new band by way of an interesting carrier pigeon solution. Because we only had homeroom and art class together, the only time we could actually work on melody was after school or on weekends with instruments in hand. But the lyrics were another pursuit altogether.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 