The end of the school year is fast approaching. As I take my son back and forth on what will be his final year in high school, I find myself drifting back in time to when we looked forward to summer break. My childhood was filled with great ones. In 1975 I took a two week trip west across Canada with my grandmother in her 1972 Skylark which changed my life, and my world view, for the better. That was almost completely undone when my parents attempted to take my sister and I on a similar trip to Canada’s East Coast in 1977. It was a study in stark contrasts on how not to travel with one’s family.
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Pat Blythe – Music Mania….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Al Joynes, Alex Fisher, Beaches International Jazz, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music Week, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, CMW, Crowbar, Danny Marks, Dayna Blythe, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Electric Island, EMG, Entertainment Media Group, Fort York, Garrison Common, George Oliver, Greg Godovitz, Hard Rock Café, Hot Docs, Indie Week, Jon Eddington, Kelly Jay, Luke and the Apostles, Massey Hall, North By Northeast, NXNE, Pat Blythe, Pat Kelly, Refinery House, Robin Hawkins, Sal Piamonte, Sam Taylor, SING! Toronto Vocal Arts, St Lawrence Market, Stampeders, Steve Reich, Streetfest, TD Jazz Festival, The Carpet Frogs, The East End Love, Toronto Urban Roots Festival, TURF, Wayhome on April 20, 2016 by segarini
Deadlines. I don’t think I’d get anything done if it weren’t for deadlines….artificial or otherwise. I’m one of those that have a tendency to back one’s self into a corner which forces said person to address shit and just DO IT! Tuesday afternoon and already my head is swimming with so much information, events and “stuff”….past, present and future.
JAIMIE VERNON – SUMMERTIME MUSE, Part 1
Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Bugs Bunny, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dorothy Moore, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Herman's Hermits, hot asphalt, Hot Rods, Jaimie Vernon, KC & The Sunshine Band, Lords of London, Mashmakhan, parking cars, parking lot, Stampeders, stereo, summer, Summertime, symphony, Tammy Faye Bakker., The Beatles, The Cyrkle, The Rascals, Three Dog Night on July 5, 2014 by segarini
This week I felt the true effects of summer’s immutable power. My eyelids got sunburnt.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 