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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JAIMIE 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 segariniPat Blythe: Women of Rock – Part Two
Posted in Opinion with tags Akron, album, alice cooper, America, Arlene Quatro, Austin, Australia, Bass Guitar, BBC, Billboard, Billboard 200, Bob Segar, Brain Confusion, Brass in Pocket, Bravo Otta Award, Bruce Springsteen, Buzzsaw, Calfornia, Can the Can, Chain Gang, Cherry Bomb, Chris Norman, Chrissie Hynde, Christopher Blythe, Cleveland, contralto, Cradle, Dave Hill, David Wild, DBAWIS, Detroit, Diane Baker, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Don't Get Me Wrong, Drastic Fantastic, drumming, drums, Elvis Presley, England, English Disco, Esquire, Europe, Extended Play, Farndon, Fender Precision Bass, Frank Sinatra, Frank Soda and the Imps, Gas Street, Gena Rowlands, German, Glorious Results of a Misspent YOuth, Goddo, Godmother of Punk, Grace Slick, Grammy, GTA, Happy Days, Hellfield, Honeyman-Scott, I Hate Myself for Loving You, I Love Rock 'n Roll, If Luck Be A Lady, Janis Joplin, Japan, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, John McEnroe, jukebox, K.T. Tunstall, Karen Carpenter, Keith Richards, Kent State University, keyboards, Kim Fowley, Leather Tuscadero, Light of Day, London, Marc Bolan, Mary Lou Ball, massacre, MEOW, Mickie Most, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheelers, music videos, Musicians for Equal Opportunities for Women, Nancy Ball, National Guard, Neil Young, New Musical Express, Nirvana, Ohio, Original Riot Grrrl, Pat Blythe, Patti Quatro, Patti Smith, percussionist, pineapple upside down cake, Plateau, punk rock, Queen of British Pop, radio, RAK Records, Real Records, Records, rock 'n roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rodney Bingenheimer, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone Magazine, Sam Cooke, segarini, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smokie, Stockholm, Stumblin 'in, Suzi Quatro, T-Rex, Talking Heads, Ted Nugent, Television, Texas, The Barbusters, The Beatles, The Clash, The Damned, The Fonz, The Great Pretender, The Picture Taker, The Pleasure Seekers, The Pretenders, The Runaways, The Sex Pistols, This Is Your LIfe, Tina Weymouth, TMI, Tom Petty, U.K., Unvarnished, Unzipped, West End, Woman of Valor Award, You Or No One on April 1, 2015 by segarini
Ch-ch-ch-cha-changes
I have been slowly getting to know my fellow writers, conversing with them through Facebook, email and over the phone. A what! Yep, a real live telephone. You know, those devices that allow you to actually hear what the other person sounds like while enjoying honest-to-goodness dialogue. Fingers seem to do more walking and mouths less talking these days. We are no longer an oral society. The world of banter, tete-a-tetes and nattering have gone the way of such foods as pineapple upside down cake. (remember those) Mmmmmm……
Roxanne Tellier It Was What It Was – But More
Posted in Opinion with tags 1975, Adele, Art Garfunkel, Ashlee Simpson, Beastie Boys, Bill Graham, Billy Preston, Blues Brothers, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, Bruno Mars., Cabaret, Canada, Charles Grodin, Christopher Guest, Church Lady, Civil Rights Movement, Dan Ackroyd, Dana Carvey, DBAWIS, Dick Ebersol, Dirty Loops, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Donnie Walsh, Eddie Murphy, Elvis Costello, Elwood Blues, G.E. Smith, George Carlin, George Harrison, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer, Jake Blues, James Brown, Janis Ian, Jim Belushi, Joe Cocker, John Belushi, Lorne Michaels, Mariah Carey, Michael McKean, Mick Jagger, more cowbell, NBC’s Saturday Night, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pope John Paul II, Richard “Hock” Walsh, Roxanne Tellier, Saturday Night Live, Sinead O'Connor, SNL, Spinal Tap, St. Paul and The Bones, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Ting Tings, Toonces, Vintage Trouble on February 22, 2015 by segarini
Yeah, yeah, it’s been a week since the Saturday Night Live (SNL) special, and Bob’s given his views on the pros and cons. But I’m still thinking about what the show meant to me, in its heyday, and occasionally, since.
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)
