This has been a hellish week. We are watching the unthinkable perpetrated upon the peaceful people of Ukraine by a Russian despot who has become a madman.
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Roxanne Tellier – The Music of War and Ukraine
Posted in COVID 19, life, music, Opinion, politics with tags Akçay Karaazmak, Calum Scott, Chernihiv, Chornobyl Nuclear Plant, Corey Hart, COVID-19, DBAWIS, Greg Critchley, Harpin Norm, Kremlin, NATO. the Hague, NCT, Okean Elzy, Paul Christopher Caldeira, Pink Floyd, Poland, Putin, Renaissance, Russia, Russian, segarini, Slava Vakarchuk, Soviet, Sting, Tellier, Ukraine, Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, Ukrainian. Kyiv on March 6, 2022 by segariniRoxanne Tellier – Mid August
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alpine Way, Alpino Lodge, Andre Perry, April Wine, Bob Segarini, bread and circuses, Burton Cummings, Cat Stevens, Charlottesville, Civil War Part Deux?, CNE, Confederacy, David Bowie, DBAWIS, fried chicken feet, GoFundMe, Gorilla Girl, Keith Richards, Le Studio, Lee Park, Louvre, Mid August, Morin Heights Montreal, Richard Baxter, Robert E. Lee Park, Roberta Flack, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, slavery, Sting, summer of love, The Bee Gees, The EX, The Monkees, The Police, The Ramones on August 21, 2017 by segarini
Mid August, and most days I feel like, this year, summer never really got started. Maybe it’s the weather, or the political climate, but something feels off-kilter. My potted veg and herbs are in shock; it’s been either torrential rain or temps in the 90s – sometimes in the same 24 hours – every day since they were planted. Sodden pots sit cheek by jowl with containers so arid they threaten to burst into flame. There won’t be much of a harvest this year.
Roxanne Tellier – Books, Music and Stuff!
Posted in Opinion with tags 1984., agoraphobic, Aldous Huxley, Bernie Taupin, bibliomaniac, Bob Segarini, book monster, Books, Brave New World, Craigslist, David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, e-books, Elton John, entertainment, freecycle, George Carlin, George Orwell, hoarder, internet, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leonard Cohen, library, Lolita, music, musician, Nabokov, organized, pack rats, Pagliacci, poet, Rammstein, Ray Bradbury, Roxanne Tellier, Smoky Robinson, Sophie’s Choice, Stephen King, Sting, stuff, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Ramones, The Smashing Pumpkins and deadmau5 have all written about soma, The Strokes, Toronto on February 1, 2015 by segarini
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
Since I’m effectively agoraphobic during winter, it seems like a good time to turn my attention to this mess around me that I’ve accumulated, and scan through the wee bits of paper on which I’ve written a germ of an idea, usually accompanied by an *asterisk* and several exclamation points!!! I just have to haul them out from under the weight of the newspaper clippings, flyers, magazines, library books and paper backs they’ve landed under, over and in between.
Roxanne Tellier: 20 Feet from Stardom
Posted in Opinion with tags 20 Feet From Stardom, Avatar? Growing Pains, Bad Girls, Berry Gordy, Betty Everett, Bob Segarini, Bobby Darin, Brown Sugar, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Chaka Khan, Claudia Lennear, Darlene Love, David Bowie, David Letterman, DBAWIS, Delaney and Bonnie, Dionne Warwick, Disney, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donna Summer, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, George Harrison, Gimme Shelter, Gregg Allman, Humble Pie, Ike and Tina Turner, Jo Lawry, Joe Cocker, Josh Groban, Judith Hill, Leon Russell, Lethal Weapon, Lisa Fischer, Lou Rawls, Luther Vandross, Lynyrd Skynrd, Madonna, Merry Clayton, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Motown, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Patti LaBelle, Pearl Bailey, Phil Ochs, Phil Spector, Ray Charles, Robbie Williams, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rod Stewart, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Cooke, Sonny and Cher, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Tata Vega, Taylor Hicks, The Beach Boys, The Blossoms, The Crystals, The Lion King, The Raelettes, The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, The Voice, Thriller, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Waters Family on August 17, 2014 by segarini
I’d been longing to see the Academy Award winning documentary film “20 Feet from Stardom” since it first came out in 2013, but it was only recently that I actually had the chance.
Roxanne Tellier – When Love Hurts
Posted in Opinion with tags 2009 Grammy Awards, 2012 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, Amy Winehouse, Bessie Smith, Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Carole King, Chris Brown, Courtney Love, DBAWIS, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, emotional abuse, feminism, gender equality, Gerry Goffin, He Hit Me (and It Felt Like A Kiss), Ike Turner, Jay-Z, John Lennon, Law and Order – Special Victims Unit., Little Eva, Louis Jordan, Phil Spector, psychological abuse, Rhianna, Roxanne Tellier, Sting, The Beatles, The Black Eyed Susans, The Crystals, The Dixie Chicks, The Motels, The Police, The Shriver Report, Tina Turner on July 27, 2014 by segarini
At a recent jam, a bunch of the players got to talking about songs that had surprised or shocked our sensibilities, either at first listen, or upon reflection. As vocalists or musicians, we had learned the actual lyrics, not just taken the overall gist. It’s different, when you have to memorize lyrics, rather than just bop along to a current song.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 