Not the political future, which has turned out bad enough, but the music future which is floundering. I saw it going awry in 1992 when I left the retail record business as it morphed to a “music industry” I never recognized. I tried to make sense of it then, wondering why the decisions being made by not just major labels but by what then was becoming an entertainment conglomerate were so unerringly ridiculous. I need to watch the documentary on Tower Records, All Things Must Pass, in detail. I need to revisit the individual instances which brought down radio, records and everything else entertainment around our ears. I need to understand who was in power, if indeed anyone was, and who made the monumental mistakes which gave us the chaos we now have.
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Frank Gutch Jr: I Have Seen the Future and It Wasn’t This…..
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Aby Wolf, Bridget Kearney, Cargoe, Chrystalship, DBAWIS, Delicate Steve, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., House of Records, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jim of Seattle, Kate Grom, licorice pizza, Malvina Reynolds, music, music videos, Nick Holmes, Peaches Records, Pete Seeger, Ratchell, Scratching the Records, segarini, Stephanie Lambring, Sweet Home Oregon, The Bankesters, The Lonely Wild, Tower Records, Wishbone Ash on January 31, 2017 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: Skyboys Redux— Live at The Fabulous Rainbow! Mark Lindsay Redux! Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Arc, Chris Middaugh, Dan Miraldi, Dan Pehlps, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dudley Hill, Frank Gutch Jr., Gaye Winsor, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jim Keltner, Jim Manolides, Ken Parypa, Leon Waldbauer, Mark Lindsay, music, Pat Bohle, radio, Records, Scott Smith, Screaming Trees, segarini, Skyboys, The Lonely Wild, tom kell on May 10, 2016 by segariniBut first, some incredibly sad news. Jim Manolides no longer wanders among us. Jim had been a longtime stalwart of Pac Northwest music, having played with James Henry & The Olympics, Dave Lewis, The Frantics, and Jr. Cadillac, among others. In addition to having played music in the Northwest for decades, he was also looked upon as a music historian of repute. I mean, he had been around since almost the beginning.
Frank Gutch Jr: Terry Manning, A Look Back (with Pseu Braun, Bill Phillips and Max Wisley)… Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Ambers Dragon, Anais Mitchell, Benedict Benjamin, Bob Hillman, Burns &Kristy, Capsula, Claire Courchene, Daddy Cool, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jessy Greene, music, Music Radio, music videos, radio, Records, Ross Hannaford, segarini, The Lonely Wild, The Minnows, The Unknowns, The Westies on March 15, 2016 by segariniI’m not going to blow smoke up your skirts about what a legend is Terry Manning. Manning is just a man like other men but one who has been at the right places at the right times often enough to have had legend grow around him. He is a musician, recording engineer, music producer and label owner all-in-one, and now adds photographer to the list, though that might have been there and I just missed it. He has worked with unknowns and superstars and businessmen of various character. What he has had and done is a simple matter of longevity. That’s not to say he isn’t a genius, of sorts (after all, he produced and played on one of my all-time favorite albums, Cargoe), but that he has lived long enough to make his past history in a real historical sense.
Frank Gutch Jr: David Bullock: The Price of Obscurity and the Struggle For Balance; Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags American West, bill jackson, Circumstantial Evidence, David Bullock, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Frank Secich, Hardin Burns, In the Waking World, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jeff Ellis, jim colegrove, Keith Morris, Laura Oden, Little Whisper & The Rumors, Matthew Zeltzer, Merrell Fankhauser, Michael Harrison, music, music videos, Nobby Clegg, OK GO, radio, Research Turtles, Ric Todd, Space Opera, Stephen Bruton, susan james, The Big Motif, The Bluebonnets, The Crooked Numbers, The Lonely Wild on November 10, 2015 by segariniThe first thing David Bullock said to me when I asked about his new EP, In the Waking World, was, and this is paraphrased, “How do I write my bio without emphasizing Space Opera?” I wanted to say hell if I know but the more I thought about it the easier it seemed. Only because I probably know more about that band than maybe a dozen people out there (beyond the crazies who go out of their ways to find out what a musician has for breakfast).
Frank Gutch Jr: Who’s Who In Rock Music, Maxi Dunn & The Lost Art of Arranging, Bryce Larsen Steals Jane (Again!), and The Lonely Wild…..
Posted in Opinion with tags Bryce Larsen, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Cyndi Dawson, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dwight Howard Johnson, edmund & leo, Frank Gutch Jr., here's to you, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jaimie Vernon, Kim Grant, Maxi Dunn, No Small Children, nocona, randy burns, Records, Sons of Bill, stealing jane, The Cynz, The Lonely Wild, who's who in rock music, william york on March 27, 2013 by segariniI sit at the desk a partial human being once again, the throat still coated with viscous fluids and the chronic hacking reduced to a wheezing irritation of the I-think-I-can variety (irritating but not life-threatening). I am drinking Royal Crown Cola (as opposed to the preferred Crown Royal) to reduce viscosity, the mind is somewhat sharp though I could easily use another eighteen hours sleep before writing this (I have been waking at 3 A.M. these past few nights) and wonder how far I will go before losing energy and direction.
Frank Gutch Jr: Up-and-Comers for 2013, Why All the Covers, Mental Tracks, and Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags carl anderson, city zu, copper & glass, cross & ross, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, edmund & leo, elks in paris, era for a moment, Eric Lichter, fauntella crow, fotheringay, Frank Gutch Jr., funnel cloud, hem, hymn for her, Ian Hunter, Indie Artists, Indie Music, jim henman, Jon Gomm, Ken Stringfellow, Kim Grant, Laurie Biagini, Lisa Parade, little steven, Maxine Dunn, michael fennelly, music, nadas, No Small Children, peace in the end, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, randy hansen, Records, rich mcculley, sally ellyson, seafair bolo records, the curtis mayflower, The Lonely Wild, the young men, when I'm president on February 20, 2013 by segariniRemember when I said 2012 was the best year ever in music? 2013 is even at this early date biting 2012 on the ass. Artists are lining up with what I am sure is going to be a run and a half of outstanding and, in some cases, mindblowing offerings. Rather than wait and write about them pretty much after the fact, let us dig in now in a sort of anticipatory way, shall we?
Frank Gutch Jr: My Love Affair With the 45, Susan James (A Lady You Really Need To Hear), and Notes (The Door To the Music and Music News You May Be Missing)…..
Posted in Opinion with tags 45 rpm records, bomp magazine, crack the sky, cream, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, fats domino, five americans, Frank Gutch Jr., gallatin canyon, house of records eugene, Indie Artists, Indie Music, innocent man, joey molland, licorice pizza, mark s. tucker, Moby Grape, music, radio, Rhino Records, say chance, singles, susan james, The Lonely Wild, The Trews, Tom House, white elephant on January 23, 2013 by segariniI look back on my life and understand why music has taken up most of my life, though few others do. I am an anomaly to them– an outcast in a world of careers and families and politics and so many other things so more important and I can see that like Red Green and all of the excellent male role models on The Red Green Show, they accept me like I am, even if it’s not what they usually accept, and only if they have to. They have had to, I suppose, for I am who I am and that is not said as pure statement but with the realization that over the years I have tried to change.
Frank Gutch Jr: Vinyl Coming Back? May-beeee, There Is Just Not Enough Time, Karl Fredrick Anderson Chimes In On Spotify Etc., and Notes…..
Posted in Opinion with tags DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fire Tapes, Frank Gutch Jr., Freedom Hawk, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jon Gomm, Karl Fredrick Anderson, Kate Isenberg, Kink Ador, Pandora, Pop Culture Press, Quadrophonic, Records, Red Rattles, Sandrider, Sarah White, Spotify, Sydney Wayser, The Delta Saints, The Lonely Wild, The Stray Birds, Ticktockman, vinyl, War Hen Records, Xenat-Ra on January 9, 2013 by segariniThere are a large number of reasons I love writing for DBAWIS. For one thing, I get to write amongst some of the best writers out there. I have had it in my mind to put together a list of must-read columns with thumbnail reviews and easy links so others could read what I have read, though I am sure with different eyes. You see, I found DBAWIS very early in its existence, when Bob Segarini was writing what was then his column for FYI Music in Canada. At first, I was just following Segarini, a musician I much admired after having interviewed him for Pop Culture Press for their “Summer of Love” issue.