We’re in an interesting transitional period with music. Not the industry part that I’ve frequently beaten up and kicked to the curb time and time again. No, I’m talking about musical direction. I had hoped upon hope that post-9/11 the singer-songwriter would make a massive mainstream comeback to usher in the silver age of thinking man’s music. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. The simpletons in charge of what we listen to doubled down on the stupid with the vacant tap dancing and lip-syncing of nubile females, effeminate boy bands and reality stars-turned-prime-time-embarrassments. ‘American Idol’ was the new A & R department for the future of music.
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JAIMIE VERNON – CLEVER HAS A NAME: JAMES CLARK INSTITUTE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Badfinger, Beatles, Blair Packham, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fastball, Garry Flint, Jaimie Vernon, James Clark Institute, John Dinsmore, Moe Berg, Power Pop, Raspberries, Smithereens, Squeeze, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Odds, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Who, Todd Rundgren on October 23, 2016 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Brain Scatterlings
Posted in Opinion with tags Ace, Aimee Mann., Annette Shaffer, Apple Records, BBC, Ben Walker, Black Swan, Bob Segarini, Bruce Bickford, Buzzfeed, Chops Sawyer, coachella, DBAWIS, Delhi, Dokken, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duran Duran, Facebook, Frank Zappa, Grammy Awards, Harry Nilsson, Headly Westerfield, Hirut, India, India's Got Talent, Juluku, Mary Hopkin, Mike and the Mechanics, mondegreens, Nicola Vaughan, Pat Blythe, Paul Carrack, Paul McCartney, Ricky Syers, Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Skeleton Dance Crew, Squeeze, The Amazing Mr. Bickford, Three Dog Night, Toronto, Tranzac Club on April 12, 2015 by segarini
It’s been one of those weeks. It started out promisingly, with great plans for every day of the week. I was sure that by today, I’d have a clean house, an empty inbox, and even maybe lose ten pounds.
Jaimie Vernon: Life’s A Canadian Rock – Part 8
Posted in Opinion with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elysiam Moon, Jaimie Vernon, Larry's Hideaway, Nasty Habitz, Split Enz, Squeeze, Swindle on December 3, 2011 by segarini
SWINDLE COMES ALIVE
By the time I’d returned from summer school and my 2 ½ weeks of work in 1980 my band’s drummer, Jim Greeley, had purchased his new Westbury drum kit. With the riches from my Canadian National Exhibition job burning a hole in my pocket, I bought myself an amp. It was very small portable 7 watt Yamaha G-5 guitar amp that wasn’t excessively loud but it was mine and we soon dubbed it The Lunchbox of Sound.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 