Archive for The Rockpile
SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 9) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags Al Kooper, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duke Ellington, Hertz Car Rentals, Howard Shore, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Lighthouse, MGM Records, Mike Bloomfield, music, Paul Hoffert, Peter Csanky, Ralph Cole, RCA Records, Skip Prokop, Super Session, The Paupers, The Rockpile, Vinnie Fusco on May 25, 2020 by segarini
Peter Picks a Peck of Players
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Heavy Metal Baby", "Karma Police", "Know Your Place", "Misery", "More Than Friends", "Noise", "Ride Over Run", "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", "Traveling Son", "Turn Your Demons Into Diamonds", "Warpaint", Autism, Bob Segarini, Brad Cowan, Brandon Gregory, Brandon Scott, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, Crown Lands, David Finkelstein, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drop Top Alibi, Eklectic, Frank Gutch Jr., Helene Sculthess, Ivory Hours, James Blonde, Johann Sebastian Bach, Key Machine, London, Orillia, Pat Blythe, Phil Taylor, PostModern Jukebox, Radiohead, Red Zeppelin, Secret Broadcast, Social Strife, The Bobcast, The Drake Underground, The Rockpile, Toronto Cat Rescue on May 10, 2018 by segarini
One of the things that most impressed me about Frank Gutch Jr’s “nose for noise” is that he started finding this great music before the Internet, almost before electricity, in fact 😉. The Internet has made such a difference in our lives, connecting us mostly for good, but sometimes for bad, sadly. In any case, it has certainly eased our access to music of all kinds, genres and eras.
Peter Falls for Local Music
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Forgot My Name", "Glove", "The Shoebox Sessions", "The Unicron, "Undefeated", Ajax, Belle & Bliss Music Publicity, Bob Segarini, Canadian Beats, CMW, Crued the Notorious Motley Crue tribute, Dell Orso, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eklectic, Fortunate Losers, Hop City Brewing Company, Indie Week, Lee's Palace, My Favourite Filter, Net Neutrality, Of The Bear Bookings, Peter Montreuil, Sean Strife, Secret Broadcast, Social Strife, Stuck On Planet Earth, Sudbury, Sumo Cyco, The Burnout Kids, The Crooked, The Kids From Yesterday, The Monowhales, The Rockpile, Tom Cochrane, Toronto, Vaughan, Y 108 on April 19, 2018 by segarini
Friday night at Lee’s Palace, there was some outstanding musical talent on display. I was there for most of it. The show marked the public debut in Toronto of “My Favourite Filter”. I had seen “MFF” previously, at a small venue, and I am pleased to report that their performance translates well to a larger venue. Expect big things from them, my friends.
Pat Blythe: Keeping The Music Alive…Part Two
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", A Waking Dream of Mexico, AHI, Alice Black, Bob Segarini, Camp Oochegeas, Cirque du Soleil, David MacMichael, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dropkick Murphy's, Fathead, Fort York, Garrison Common, Jace Traz, Luzia, Matt Mays, Music Gallery, Pat Blythe, Risa Black, Robin Campell, Rockin' Winter Blues Series, Sam Roberts, Sam Taylor, Sean Patrick Armstrong, Shawn Killaly, Sonny Lister, The East End Love, The Hive, The Rockpile, The Stone Cottage, Tide and Boar, Tim O'Reilly, Todd Pentney, Toronto Urban Roots Festival, TURN, We Made It Through the Wreckage, Whitehorse on October 5, 2016 by segarini
Good morning!! It’s Tuesday which means this must be “writing day”. It’s catch-up time once again. A myriad of events and happenings over the past few weeks this column might be longer than usual just so I can bring you all up-to-date. …..and of course all those lovely pictures (she says tongue-in-cheek). I’ll just take a minute to figure out where I left off……
Pat Blythe: Keeping the music alive…one “note” at a time
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", AHI, Alex Fisher, Aporia Records, Ballroom Babies, Beethoven, BlackDog Ballroom, blues, Bob Segarini, Cherish Stevenson, Cherry Cola's, Chris Brown, Dave Langguth, DBAWIS, Desert Star, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dylan Lazon, Evolved, Frank Cosentino, Gene Pool, Gene Scarpelli, Gingerale and The Monowhales, Gino Scarpelli, Guenther Kapelle, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Vilardo, John Jamieson, Julian Taylor, Karl Anderson, Kew Gardens Toronto, Lee's Palace, Michael Williams, Mike Ford, Mozart, Mushy Callahan, Nate Baylor, Nefe, Nikki Whitehead, Nikki's Wives, Pat Blythe, Penny Oleksiak, Peter Kashur, Roxanne Tellier, Sam Taylor, Secret Broadcast, Simon and Garfunkel, Soundhouse Studio, The Downtown Love, The Rockpile, Toney Springer, We Made It Through the Wreckage, Wild T and The Spirit, Xprime on September 21, 2016 by segarini
It has indeed been a busy summer for everyone. 2016 has been a peculiar, curious and rather dramatic year. A year of extreme change, upheavals, death, excessive busyness, new connections, sheer stupidity, life transformations and adjustments — nothing has been minor. It’s all been “in our faces”, screaming and shouting at us, begging us to take notice, pleading with us to address whatever is coming at us. I think many will be glad to see the back end of 2016 and look forward with hope to 2017. No, this is not a ‘year-end’ column, just a bit of reflection on the summer that seemingly whizzed by and all that happened in just that short timeframe.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 