A great start to Tuesday morning! Mail call, and among all the real estate flyers, I spy the dreaded federal government envelope. My spine stiffens. Now what?? My brain spirals. Normally I would ignore it for as long as I reasonably could, barely avoiding jail time or another envelope with a nasty reprimand. The only thing worse than the first notice…..is the second. Coffee in hand and perched on the edge of my seat (literally), with great trepidation I open the envelope.
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Pat Blythe – Comparing “notes”…..and music
Posted in life, music, Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Canada Jam, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, comparing, Cottingham Sound, Dave Mason, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Leon Festinger, Mosport, Pat Blythe, Psychology Today, Savoy Brown, Steely Dan, The Crickets, Wha Koo on September 30, 2020 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – MUSIC BUCKET CHALLENGE
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 10cc, 54.40, 999, Andrew Wyeth, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chalk Circle, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis, Forgotten Rebels, Godley & Creme, hipster, Hybrid Kids, Jaimie Vernon, Men Without Hats, microdot, Morgan Fisher, Mott the Hoople, Music Bucket Challenge, Orson, Rational Youth, THE ALARM, The Clash, The Crickets, The Enemy, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Tonio K., tribal, Vital Sines on February 27, 2016 by segarini
There’s a new Facebook challenge going around that asks people to choose the 12 albums that have “stayed with you” over the years. I’m not sure what they mean by that exactly. “Stayed with you” like your dog does when you’ve got a half-eaten bean burrito sitting unattended on your plate while you remote control your way through 177 channels on your TV set looking for a Season 9 marathon of the ‘Simpsons’? Or “Stayed with you” like a bad one-night stand that turned into a three-year commitment, a shared bank account and pink throw pillows on the bed you’ve had since Middle School?
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