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.
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Roxanne 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 segariniGARY PIG GOLD’s SUMMER Of ’67 TOP 67
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 1967, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, radio, Records, segarini, summer of love, Top 67 Records of the Summer of 1967 on July 24, 2017 by segarini
Whilst toiling away in the dead of last winter for Harvey Kubernik’s grand new
1967: A Complete Rock Music History of The Summer Of Love book – Page 175 should bring back memories to Toronto-area readers in particular – I made sure to keep the Pig Player fully loaded with this specially time-worthy setlist…