I know, I know … it’s too early to be listening to Christmas and holiday music. But on Thursday I spent my birthday serenading senior citizens at their seasonal parties, and I haven’t stopped feeling a little festive ever since.
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Roxanne Tellier – But It’s Too EARLY!
Posted in Opinion with tags A Charlie Brown Christmas, Betty Garrett, Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Charles M. Schulz, Chris Rea, Christmas, David Bowie, DBAWIS, Doctor Who, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Esther Williams, Frank Pooler., Greg Lake, John C. Reilly, Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter, Mrs Claus, Paul McCartney, Peanuts, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Carpenter, Roxanne Tellier, Santa Claus, Slade, Top of the Pops, Vince Guaraldi, Will Ferrell, Wings, Wizzard on December 7, 2014 by segariniJustin Smallbridge: Radio, Records, and England
Posted in Opinion with tags BBC1, Bowie, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvis Costello, England, Frank Zappa, Justin Smallbridge, Leon Russell, music, Music Radio, Nick Lowe, radio, Radio Caroline, Records, Sparks, Top of the Pops, Wynonie Harris on May 13, 2013 by segarini
In 1975, my radio listening was shifting from CHLO and the AM stations. I was being influenced by the pronouncements 
of my peers. It never occurred to me at the time that they didn’t know anything more than I did. They seemed so sure . . . like a grammar school friend who, in 9th grade, dismissed David Bowie and everything he’d done because his older sisters had told him Bowie was gay. Because this friend of mine was to play the saxophone, and — as was a lot more common in southwestern Ontario and other places in 1975 — he was proudly homophobic, he was outraged that Bowie was depicted with a sax on the cover of Pin-Ups. I still liked Bowie. I just didn’t mention that to the guy who hated him.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 