As you read this the UK has decided to cut ties with their trading partners in the European Union and make a go of it on their own. The response in the financial markets was swift especially where currency power was concerned and the British Pound plummeted 8% overnight. On the upside it now allows the rest of us to buy more MacIntosh Toffee and import vinyl. It might also bode well for the UK travel industry in the short term.
Archive for The Diodes
JAIMIE VERNON – RULE BRITANNIA
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bay City Rollers, BBC, Billy Fury, Bob Segarini, BongoBeat, Canadian Music Jeremy Morris, Cavern Pub, Dave Rave, Dave Slater, David Bash, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eleanor Rigby, Endbutt Lane, England, Focal Point, Forthlin Road, International Pop Overthrow Festival, IPO, Jacaranda, Jaimie Vernon, Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Lennon's Pub, Liverpool, Liz Hunney, Manchester, Merseyside, Paul Tennant, Ralph Alfonso, Spencer Leigh, Sultan's Palace., Susan Hedges, The Beatles, The Cavern Club, The Diodes on June 25, 2016 by segariniCameron Carpenter – 10 CC – Junos
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Art Bergmann, Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Headstones, music, music videos, Records, Rock Lobster, segarini, Sons of Freedom, Teenage Head, The Age of Electric, The Bovine, The Diodes, The Junos, The Lowest of the Low, The Pursuit of Happiness, Tiki Bar, Toronto on March 31, 2016 by segarini
This Sunday evening the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will hand out the Juno Awards for the 45th time. The Saddledome in Calgary will be packed Sunday night as the awards go live to air at 7 PM Eastern on the CTV network. Making sandwiches for the luncheon honouring Canadian music would now be a year-long job for Stan Klees’ mom (a few old timers will understand).
Roxanne Tellier – Perspective
Posted in Opinion with tags Beyonce, Bob Segarini, Chumbawumba, David Lee Roth, DBAWIS, human frailty, illness, Jaimie Vernon, MTV, NFB, Nick Lowe, perseverance, Rachel Platten, Roxanne Tellier, survival, Survivor, The Diodes, Walking, Yacht Rock on September 13, 2015 by segarini
Is there anything more glorious than feeling better after being ill? We often take our human bodies for granted, and whimper when they’re damaged. But wondrously, for most of us, the majority of our ailments can be repaired by modern medicine.
Roxanne Tellier – Popping the Top off Covers
Posted in Opinion with tags 2 Live Crew, Al Green, Big Mama Thornton, Bob Marley, Bob Segarini, Brill Building, Bryan Ferry, Canadian, Carly Simon, Carole King, Charles Bradley, David Byrne, DBAWIS, Dirty Loops, Dolly Parton, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Foghat, Gerry Goffin, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Howlin’ Wolf, Jake Holmes, Jason Mraz, Jay and the Americans, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Jose Feliciano, Justin Bieber, Kate Davis, Latin, Led Zeppelin, Levon Helm, Mambo Jimi, Meghan Trainor, Menahan Street Band, Mick Hucknall, Monkees, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, New Wave, Nine Inch Nails, NME, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, PostModern Jukebox, Punk, Radiohead, reggae, Robert Johnson, Roxanne Tellier Muddy Waters, Roxy Music, Roy Orbison's, Simply Red, ska, Smashing Pumpkins, Taj Mahal, Taylor Swift, Teddy Pendergrass, The Beatles, The Cars, The Corrs, The Cyrkle, The Diodes, The Doors, The Monkees, The Talking Heads, Thom York, UB40, Urge Overkill, Whitney Houston, Ziggy Marley on January 25, 2015 by segarini
Music’s a funny thing; sometimes a song will hide in the grooves of an album, unloved and unwanted, until someone uncovers the gem and makes it their own. A struggling songwriter may dream of the day that a megastar covers their work; in the right hands, a number one hit can make the writer a fortune in publishing.
JAIMIE VERNON – DISHING WITH STEVEN DAVEY
Posted in Opinion with tags Amy Mech, Beverly Tavern, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Colin Brunton, Crash 'n' Burn, DBAWIS, Don Pyle, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donny Lypchuk, Drink To Me, drummer, Fashion Plates, food critic, General Idea, Hot Property, Jaimie Vernon, John Catto, Keith Whittaker, Kitschenette, Martha & The Muffins, Music scene, Now Magazine, Ontario College of Art, Queen Street, Ralph Alfonso, Ready Records, Rough Trade, Steven Davey, The Cads, The Demics, The Diodes, The Dishes, The Everglades, The Last Pogo, The Viletones, Tom Treumuth, Toronto, TV Ontario, TVO on June 14, 2014 by segarini
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock – I Was A Punk Before You Were A Punk
Posted in Opinion with tags Cameron Carpenter, Clinton Heylin, D.O.A., DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, John Lydon, Jon Savage, Legs McNeil, Liz, Marc Spitz/Brendan Mullen, Marcus Gray, music, NXNE Film, Patti Smith, Punk, Records, Sam Sutherland, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Clash, The Damned, The Dead Boys, The Diodes, The Jam, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, The Viletones, Toronto on May 9, 2013 by segarini
“I was a punk before you were a punk
You don’t believe me? Just step outside and see me baby
I was a punk before you were a punk
You want some action? I’ll put your ass in traction baby
I was a punk before you were
I was a punk before you
I was a punk before you were
I was a punk before you”
The Tubes (Spooner/Evans/Waybill)
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock’n’Roll – Lists
Posted in Opinion with tags Billy Talent, Book of Lists, Book of Rock Lists, Cameron Carpenter, Dave Marsh, DBAWIS, Death From Above 1979, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Goddo, Lowest of the Low, Max Webster, Michael Hollett, music, Nash the Slash, Now Magazine, Now Magazine's 50 Best Toronto Albums, Records, Rough Trade, Rush, segarini, Shanghai Cowgirl, The Diodes, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Viletones, Toronto on January 10, 2013 by segariniI love lists, especially when they pertain to music. I had a great chat with Now Weekly Editor/Publisher Michael Hollett last month as he was putting together the “50 Best Toronto Albums Ever” (which was Now’s cover story last week). More on that later. My love of lists began in 1977 with the publication of “The Book Of Lists” written by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace. As a teenager it quickly replaced the “Guinness Book Of World Records” as the time wasting no-brainer book that you could pick up anytime, turn to any page, and by mesmerized by the amount of fascinating trivia.
Cameron Carpenter: The ABC’s Of Rock – I
Posted in Opinion with tags Amos the Transparent, Cameron Carpenter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ian Hunter, Joey Ramone, Joey Shithead, Mick Ronson, Shanghai Cowgirl, Six Shooter Records, The Diodes on November 17, 2011 by segarini
“I, I, I, I”
(Pretend you are listening to “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne.
“I, Shithead – A Life In Punk
Joey “Shithead” Keithley is a Canadian punk rock legend, social activist, poet, political animal, hockey player, Dad and all-around good guy. In this 2003 book Joey recalls his roots and the still ongoing history of DOA. Formed in the late seventies the band defined the west coast punk rock scene and are the source of the term “hardcore”. If it wasn’t for them constantly travelling to California in the late seventies, that whole scene would not have developed the way that it did.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 