We’re seeing the world slowly come alive again as lockdowns are lifted and the weather moving toward an inevitable spring. There are even artists planning to tour later in the year if all goes according to plan. There is optimism in the air and we all need a lot of that right now. The food and drink and music are flowing. Here is a whole bunch of the latter…
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GWNtertainment #3 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags 6ft. Social Band, Bentwood Rocker, Bo Diddley, Bob Segarini, British Modbeats, Dale Harrison, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drunken Sailor, El Mocambo, Greig Foster, Harem Scarem, Headstones, Irish Rovers, J.R. Digs, Jaimie Vernon, Moscow Apartment, Moving Targetz, Neptoon Records, Only Human, Paul James, Rob Frith, Saga, Serafin LaRiviere, The Trews, Valyear, Wellerman on January 25, 2021 by segarini
Here we are with Issue #3 of GWNtertainment magazine. How do you like us so far? We’re catching and reporting all the Canadian music ephemera that may have evaded your gaze in the last week. Here’s the stuff that caught our attention on this, the 50th anniversary week of Canadian content on radio!
2020 YEAR-END MUSIC ROUND-UP by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Review with tags Alex Whorms, Alison Solo, Ardene Shapiro, Blackmore's Night, Bob Segarini, Brass Bikini, Craig Cardiff, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Glass Tiger, Gordon Lightfoot, Gowan, Jaimie Vernon, James Clark Institute, Jim Witter, Kim Mitchell, Len Mizzoni, Miles Goodwyn Trio, Natalie MacMaster, Prescilla Una, Rick Donmoyer, Roch Voisine, Saga, Steve Schijns, Terry Draper, The Road, The Trews, Tia Brazda, Valerie Shearman, Victoria Anthony on December 14, 2020 by segarini
We’re on the final lap of 2020 as we hold our collective breaths anticipating/dreading the upcoming year. Despite the inability to see live music as frequently as many of us would have wanted this year, musicians did what they could to keep cranking out great music to take our minds off of the crap going on in the world. Without further ado here’s the rest of the Christmas tracks and a smattering of new original tunes piling up in my in-box.
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MUSIC IS DYING…AND IT’S YOUR FAULT by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in COVID 19, music, Opinion, Review with tags Carmen Toth, COVID 19, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Greg Wyard, Jaimie Vernon, Lee Aaron, Lee Sklar, life performances, Mr Mouray, pandemic, Records, Red Wanting Blue, Social Media, Spotify, streaming, The Rivoli, The Trews, This Ain't Hollywood, Venues, YouTube, Zoom on September 21, 2020 by segarini
Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about music in the time of COVID, shall we?
In the Before Times (March 2020 or sooner) the music industry was teetering on the brink of obsolescence as concert tickets had skyrocketed to the price of, well, a moon-landing, and venues were closing down at a rate equal to Nortel distributors. The music itself had been co-opted by the tech industry through streaming platforms, leaving artists wondering how they got robbed so badly (here’s a hint: you’re the cow, the music’s the milk…insert cliché about not buying the former if you can get the latter for free). On a scale of economics, you’re either a starving creator or a billionaire exploiter. There is no middle class in music. And given that most weasels in the music industry aren’t clever enough to become billionaires, they turn to low hanging fruit and pick the pockets of performers and songwriters for pennies on the dollar.
NEW ROCKERS OF THE PEERLESS AGE by JAIMIE VERNON
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Bleeker, Canadian Music, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, Canadian rock, David Baxter, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Green Street Underground, Greg Godovitz, Jaimie Vernon, Kobra & The Lotus, Little Foot Long Foot, segarini, The Trews, Toronto on February 10, 2020 by segarini
I’m updating the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia once again. This time it has a global purpose and will soon be available to music researchers via a data base known as Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale worldwide to Colleges, Universities, and libraries. It is literally my life’s work and is expected to remain available in perpetuity. To that end I’ve been tasked with updating annually until, well, I’m dead. I can just see me now in a senior’s home skipping Bingo and sing-a-long nights while I sit by the glow of the Google engine looking for the elusive catalog number of Whaleman’s 1991 “Sings!” album and gumming a soft-bun and apple sauce for 4.30 dinner.
Peter Presents a Review
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", "The Cult", "You're the Inspiration", "Zanzibar", Air Canada Centre, Badfinger, Billy Joel, Boz Scaggs, Canadian Music Week, Chicago, Danforth Hall, Don't Believe a Word I Say, El Mocambo, Fortunate Losers, Gordon Lightfoot, Hall and Oates, Jack Astor's, Massey Hall, Mrs Montreuil's little boy, Peter Montreuil, Robert Segarini, Sharon Vernon, Tears For Fears, The Trews, Zeppelin II on June 21, 2018 by segarini
While my main interest in music is “indie music”, I also like some mainstream music (even I had a copy of “Zeppelin II”), and have attended various concerts which apparently qualify me to say that. I do not pretend to be in the “Sharon Vernon triple figure concert attendance superfan category”, although the most recent “Trews” show she went to eerily included “Fortunate Losers” on the bill, a band which has been mentioned in my column before.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE DAVE RAVE CONSPIRACY
Posted in Opinion with tags Billy Ficca, Bob Segarini, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music, Carl Keesee, Claude DesRoches, Coyote Shivers, Dave Rave DesRoches, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Everyday Magic, Gary Pig Gold, Great White Noise Magazine, Hamilton, Jaimie Vernon, Jason Avery, Kathleen Edwards, La Luna, Lauren Agnelli, Lisa Millar, Melodiya, Mermaid Lounge, Mohawk College, New York City, Queen Street, Ralph Alfonso, Rick Andrew, Shane Faubert, T'Mlou, Teenage Head, The Florida Razors, The Grand Song Caravan, The Shakers, The Trews, Tim Gibbons, Tom Wilson, Toronto, Ultrasound Showbar, USSR, Valentino's Pirates, Weight of the World, West Town, When Patti Rocked, Yvonne Matsell on July 11, 2015 by segarini
Excerpted from the upcoming Bullseye Records 30th Anniversary book “Bullsography”
I was plugging away on an old Underwood electric typewriter out of a one-bedroom apartment in Pickering Village in the late 1980s putting out a fanzine called Great White Noise magazine when I received correspondence from legendary Pig Paper fanzine guru Gary Pig Gold….
Cameron Carpenter: Rock’n’Roll Rewind – Conventional Beliefs (Part 2)
Posted in Opinion with tags AB, Audio Blood, Bellwoods, Betty's, BMG, Boots N Bourbon, Cameron Carpenter, Canadian Music Week 2015, Cherry Cola's, CMW The Sheraton Centre, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Taylor, Greg Simpson, Jim Campbell, Kensington Lodge, Mike Campbell, music, Music Nova Scotia, Records, Scenic Route to Alaska, The Bovine, The Horseshoe, The Lazys, The Trews, Tiki Bar, tiki lounge, Toronto on May 21, 2015 by segarini
We left you last week at the lobby bar of the Sheraton with Bobby Curtola, Jay Sparrow and Greg Godovitz. As with most conventions the premium site for socializing is the lobby bar (and, in more recent years, the outdoor smoking area).
Pat Blythe: CMW 2015 Over and Out – Part One
Posted in Opinion with tags Adam Langley, Ann James Joles, Audio Blood, Bumstead Productions, Canadian Music Week, Cherry Cola's, Chole Stelmanis, Cloak and Dagger, CMW, Danforth Music Hall, Dave Traina, David Bakula, David Beste, Davie Masse, DBAWIS, Don Lawson, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Electric Man, Famehouse and Bandzoogle, Finger Eleven, Gibson Artists Showroom, GigSalad, Glenn Williams, Greg Simpson, Horseshoe Tavern, I Mother Earth, Jason McCoy, Jay Braslin, Jay Buchanan, Jully Black, Kickstarter, Kim Mitchell, Larry Wanagas, Lee-La Baum, Leon Harrison, Liam Shearer, Main Music News, Matt Morris, Mike Miley, Monster, Music Glue, Music Watch, Neil Dixon, Open My Eyes, Pat Blythe, Peter Grutta, Q107, Ralph James, randy bachman, Rival Sons, Roxanne Tellier, Russ Crupnick, Sam Weber, Sasha Miller, Scott Holiday, segarini, The Agency, The Damn Truth, The Guardian, The Lazys, The Neilson Company, The Trews, Tom Shemer, Tom Wilson, Tomi Swick, Unison Benevolent Fund, Vevo, Walk Off the Earth, Xprime on May 13, 2015 by segarini
Ahhhh….CMW….ten days that will be permanently etched in my mind, my feet, my body, my bones. What a veritable whirlwind of dinners, dancing, concerts, clubs, conferences, more dancing…. Thank you Sasha Miller and Chole Stelmanis at Audio Blood (Newly christened AB) for providing the DBAWIS team our requisite passes and wristbands to the best music conference….ever.
Roxanne Tellier – Remembrance Day
Posted in Opinion with tags Agent Orange, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Big Sugar, Bob Segarini, Bruce Cassidy, Canada, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, Cuban Missile Crisis, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Downton Abbey, Eric Bogle, Gordie Johnson, Harry Leslie Smith, Helen Dreyer, ISIS, Isla St. Clair, James Sloan, Kieron Donovan, Korea, National War Memorial, No Glory In War, November 11, Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Remembrance Day, Roxanne Tellier, Royal 22nd Regiment, Ryan Kelly, The Trews, Tom Waits, Tomb of the Unknown Solider, Van Doos, Vietnam War on November 9, 2014 by segarini
My dad was a Korean vet. He met my mum through her brother, with whom he served in the famous Van Doos (the Royal 22nd Regiment.) He was from Alberta, and she from Quebec. It’s unlikely they would have ever met if it hadn’t been for the war. They married a few weeks after attending my Uncle Leo’s wedding, and I was born nine months later.
