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.
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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 segariniAhhhh….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 segariniMy 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.
JAIMIE VERNON – TRUE NORTH GLUTEN FREE
Posted in Opinion with tags Aboriginal Day, assassination, Beer, Bob Segarini, Bobby Gimby, Bruce Cockburn, Canada Day, Canadian Music, CBC, Celine Dion, DBAWIS, Dieppe, Doggie style, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fete du Canada, FLQ, Fox News, Geraldo Rivera, Gordon Lightfoot, Hockey, Jaimie Vernon, Justin Bieber, Lockerbie, military, Nickelback, Ottawa, Parliament Hill, Peter Mansbridge, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, sex, Shania Twain, Sir John A. MacDonald, Snow, The Bells, The Five Bells, The Guess Who, The Trews, Tragically Hip, Vimy Ridge on October 25, 2014 by segariniIn the early morning aftermath of two tragic military assassinations in Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario this week America tuned in and saw a different kind of Canada.