The Tragically Hip
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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
Moments ago, I received the following message via my contact form. hey...just browsing around...gotta love your a hip fan .we love all our fans.see ya at the show !the hip.Immediately, I referenced the IP addy. It came from an Ontario city (not Toronto) and belongs to
In part one, I learned there would be a Tragically Hip concert in Toronto on June 24, 2006. In part two, I shared my frustration at being unable to get tickets. We'll conclude this trilogy on a happy note. I wrote MapleMusic.com about my troubles this morning, and Josie
For the past 30 minutes I've been trying to secure "front of the line tickets" for The Tragically Hip show in Toronto on June 24, 2006. It's not going well. My destination is http://www.thehip.com/Store-Tickets.html but it's not liking my username and password. I've definitely registered,
The Tragically Hip are playing a show in Toronto at the beautiful downtown setting of Historic Fort York on Saturday June 24, 2006. Joining The Hip for the show will be The Weakerthans and The Sadies. I'll be trying to score tickets tomorrow morning to make it nine. For setlists,
The Tragically Hip wanted us to know they're currently in the process of recording a new studio album with producer Bob Rock. Once completed, they will be out on the road performing select shows in Canada, the USA and Europe this year. I've been itching for a Hip show, so
Hip Music - I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to beta test the new official Hip site which went live a few days ago. This link is to the new Hip Music Player which will stream a bunch of good Hip tracks for you so you can truly
Fans of The Hip should mark December 7th on their calendars. Global Television is airing a special entitled "That Night In Toronto" at 22:00 EST. To borrow a piece I just read in The National Post, "If you don't love the Tragically Hip, then you just don't love Canada.
A few weeks ago, Stephen Dame wrote me to ask if it was okay to link to this picture from his Tragically Hip site. It was that day that I first visited A Museum After Dark. It's a tremendous resource for Hip fans. I love the thoroughness of the extraordinary
There's a neat interview with Gord Downie in today's Globe & Mail. At the conclusion of the interview, Brad Wheeler notes the declining sales of Hip albums. Here are the sales statistics. The Tragically Hip (1987) 350,000Up To Here (1989) 1,250,000Road Apples (1991) 935,000Fully Completely (1992)
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Just thought I'd let you know. I heard The Hip's 'New Orleans is Sinking' (killerwhaletank version) on 97.7 on the drive home tonight. That's the first I've heard it since
The Buffalo News posted a review of Hipeponymous this morning. Hipeponymous is the box set released to celebrate twenty years of The Tragically Hip. In this review, the Hip are compared to opera. Here's an excerpt: Hip fans get it. Trying to explain just what "it" is to non-believers is
The Hip show I attended last November was filmed for the DVD "That Night in Toronto", which coincidentally was exactly what I named my review of that show. "That Night in Toronto" will be available soon by its lonesome or as part of Hipeponymous. Fellow Hip fans will definitely want
Iowa Stars goaltender Mike Smith's mask is emblazoned with The Tragically Hip. Here's a picture of his mask featuring The Hip in concert. Tres cool.
Hipeponymous is coming soon. Hipeponymous is a limited edition, 2 CD and 2 DVD box set from The Tragically Hip that hits stores on November 1 and the cover will look like this. I own their entire catalogue, so I won't fork over this kind of coin for the two
Ask one hundred random Canadian music fans to name their favourite song from The Tragically Hip and over 80 will tell you it's "New Orleans is Sinking". While we watch the flooding in New Orleans this week, many of us subconsciously hear this bluesy rocker from Up To Here in
Unbeknownst to me, The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie recorded a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for the movie "Saint Ralph". It sounds like Downie does the tune justice, adding to the incredible covers and almost-covers of this amazing song. I can't wait to hear Downie's version. As for the other
Back in April I wrote about the poll being conducted by The Tragically Hip in celebration of their twentieth anniversary. We were asked to list our ten favourite Hip tunes so I did. Here's what I wrote that day, in alphabetical order. Ahead By A CenturyAt The Hundredth MeridianBlow At
I heard Rob Baker and Craig Northey on Y108 last night. They were live in the studio playing some songs from their Stripper's Union collaboration. Baker, of course, is from The Tragically Hip and Northey was from The Odds. They sounded great, but that's not the purpose of this entry.
A reader of this site emailed me this link. The Tragically Hip are celebrating their twentieth anniversary and they're having a poll to decide what songs appear on their greatest hits. They're careful not to call it a "greatest hits" collection, instead preferring to refer to it as "an album
