The Tragically Hip
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Yesterday I wrote about songs that reference Canada. I promised I'd share my ten favourite musical references to my home and native land. Here are my top ten with apologies to Stompin' Tom Connors. "Bobcaygeon" by The Tragically Hip - I'm starting this list with Bobcaygeon because it's a village
Back in June I wrote about Sophie's response to my Hallelujah hunt. I finally had an MP3 of this elusive Gord Downie cover of Leonard Cohen's classic that was heard during the sweet Canadian flick "Saint Ralph". I had the MP3 and I wanted to share it with other Hallelujah
I still think about that June 24 Tragically Hip show at Fort York. Here's the review I wrote the next morning. Besides being a fantastic show with great audio and a perfect venue there was "38 Years Old". My 13 for 38 entry sheds some light on why this was
All morning I've been fielding emails from Hip fans wanting to know the password for this morning's presale. This happens every time The Tragically Hip announce a new tour. If you Google tragically hip presale password, I'm #1 with a bullet, making me a prime target for such queries. When
"The Hour", George Stroumboulopoulos' show on CBC Newsworld and CBC, is dedicating tonight's episode to a performance by The Tragically Hip. It airs on Newsword at 8pm and CBC proper at 11pm.
World Container World Album Premiere - Since today is national Hip day, I thought this was a cool link to share with fellow fans of Canada's band. This is Gord and the boys discussing the new album while they play each song. There's great insight and another opportunity to hear
Last Saturday, Hockey Night in Canada opened with "The Lonely End of the Rink" playing over top some great footage. It was a match made in heaven and many have been looking to revisit this opening montage. YouTube has it, but it's much clearer in this clip from iFilm. If
When I first watched the video for The Tragically Hip's "In View", I was taken aback by a snippet of a song that interrupts "In View" at about the 32 second mark. We're bouncing around to "In View" when suddenly Gord is looking solemnly into the mirror as about 15
World Container streamed - If you're patient and let this thing load, you can listen to World Container, the new album from The Tragically Hip. If you just want to check out the first four songs, "Yer Not The Ocean", "The Lonely End of the Rink", "In View" and "Fly"
I like the video for The Tragically Hip's "In View". I recently made a controversial statement about this tune. Here's the vid.
Fellow Hip fans should be aware that tomorrow night's Hockey Night In Canada telecast will open with The Tragically Hip's "Lonely End Of The Rink". "Lonely End Of The Rink" is a new song from the upcoming World Container disc that I first heard at Fort York on June 24th.
"In View", the latest single from The Tragically Hip from their upcoming release World Container, has been available for a month now. I've heard it dozens of times and I've had discussions about it with other Hip fans. We've reached a consensus. It's good! It's damn catchy and bounces around
This morning, at 10am sharp, tickets went on sale for a series of club shows featuring The Tragically Hip. The shows are at The Phoenix, my old stomping grounds. As a Hip club member, I was given the head's up but things don't always unravel according to plan. I simply
I saw the Stereophonics at Edgefest back in 2003 when we were supposedly saying goodbye to Molson Park. In that entry I noted that The Stereophonics used to be called Tragic Love Company, partly because of their fondness for our very own Tragically Hip, one of their favourite bands. The
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Gordon Downie - Hallelujah This is the famous Gord
The Tragically Hip's "In View" from World Container - I was tipped off that the new Hip song "In View" was being previewed on the official Hip site. Here it is.
The title of The Tragically Hip's eleventh studio release (not including the live disc and Yer Favourites) has been unveiled. They're calling it World Container and it will be available October 17. I'm itching for some new Hip, so this is welcome news. The first single is "In View". As
I stumbled upon this news article about the launch of a new radio station on the Cayman Islands. Cayrock 96.5 FM began broadcasting yesterday but what gets me is the list of bands they're promising to play. Here's a direct quote. Cayrock promises old classics to the most popular
A couple of days removed from heaven at Fort York, it's time for a little perspective. Up To Here was, without a doubt, The Tragically Hip's breakout in this country. It got plenty of airplay, sold plenty of copies (1,250,000 at last count) and blew me away. Along
Having now seen The Tragically Hip live nine times, I can vouch for their consistency. They're nine for nine in terms of putting on an energetic, fulfilling, quality rock show. Because they never have an off day, ranking the nine shows relies on other factors, mainly ambience, venue, playlist and
Fort York, located just North of the Gardiner Expressway between Bathurst and Strachan, is probably our most famous fort. I remember first learning about Fort York in primary school during lessons about The War of 1812. Those damn Yankees overran the place during The Battle of York in 1813 but
Even before I saw "Saint Ralph" I was hunting for an MP3 of Gord Downie's cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Last month I linked to a site that was sharing several covers of this Cohen classic. I left a comment on that site telling everyone about my search for Downie's
On May 2-4, The Tragically Hip will be honoured royally. The Royal Conservatory of Music, that big building on Bloor Street near St. George, is honouring the band at a Royal Occasion gala. "We’re proud to recognize the achievements of The Tragically Hip, a quintessentially Canadian band whose music
Saint Ralph: 8 out of 10. Last night, I finally watched "Saint Ralph". I first wrote about this movie last August when I learned The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie recorded a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for the movie. Jeff Buckley's cover of Cohen's "Hallelujah" is one of my ten
That's how PBS is billing "That Night In Toronto", airing Friday night at midnight. "That Night in Toronto", of course, was captured live at the November 2004 Air Canada Centre concert in Toronto by filmmakes Pierre and Francois Lamoureux, and I was there. It was a great show and if
