A Message from Bob – Thanks to my computer’s ongoing Carnival of Ever Changing Problems, this article has become a three parter instead of two. The pictures for this and the conclusion of the Sgt Pepper and Beatles Dissertation (no longer ‘Short’) will run as soon as possible next week, when this damn machine stays stable…wish me luck.
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Segarini – Part Two: A Short Dissertation on the Cult of Sgt. Pepper and Why I am Totally Sick of The Beatles
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, music, Portland OR, radio, Records, segarini, Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles, The Crystal Ballroom, The Family Tree, Toronto on June 10, 2017 by segariniAnother Message from Bob….and more Sgt. Pepper
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1967, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Hendrix, KMPX, Monkees, music, radio, Records, segarini, Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles, Toronto on June 5, 2017 by segarini
Once again, Life has conspired to delay a column, this one being Part Two of the Sgt. Pepper/Beatles thread. It will be posted this coming Friday.
In the meantime, here are some related items from past columns, a little more back story for the uninitiated, and some amusing pictures that prove Sgt. Pepper has always been an obsession with some people…especially musicians.
Segarini – Part One: A Short Dissertation on the Cult of Sgt. Pepper and Why I am Totally Sick of The Beatles
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, music, Portland OR, radio, Records, segarini, Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles, The Crystal Ballroom, The Family Tree, Toronto on May 29, 2017 by segarini
The Family Tree had just played a one night stand at Portland, Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom, a beautiful recently cleaned up and renovated dance hall on the 3rd or 4th floor of a landmark bldg, complete with floor to ceiling windows and a ball-bearing sprung dance floor that moved and undulated under the dancer’s feet.
It was the end of the night, and time to head to Hung Far Low for Chinese food, or back to the motel to get high or crash, just as soon as the Fugs (the headliners of the show) cleared their gear off the stage so we could tear down our PA and pack up.
It was just after 1:00am on the 31st of May, 1967
That’s when David Crosby walked into the ballroom with a 10 inch reel of tape under his arm….
JAIMIE VERNON – THE STRANGE ANIMAL RETURNETH
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1977, Belleville, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chris Brockway, comic book, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elysium Moon, FM, Genesis, Gerry Mosby, Jaimie Vernon, King Crimson, Kiss, Klaatu, Larry, Lawrence Gowan, Moon, Prog Rock, Punk, Rhinegold, Rush, Scarborough Town Centre, Sgt. Pepper, Supertramp, Wizard of Oz on April 23, 2016 by segarini
Through a generous offering by not one, but two friends (thanks Stacey and Danielle!), my wife and I got to see the solo return of Canadian singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Lawrence “But You Can Call Me Larry” Gowan this past week at the Empire Theatre in Belleville to a sold out crowd.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 