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How rare are green gargoyle baseball caps, hip at rear :jump

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In 2002, the Hip released the rather esoteric, challenging, and quite lovely In Violet Light album. Some live highlights from the 2002 tour are above. Feel free to add your own here, and long live The Hip!!!

With the album thread being popular I figured we could discuss some of everyone's favourite live transistions. I'd say the most famous transistion that the boys pull out is Bobcaygeon into Nautical Disaster.

My two immediate favourites that come to mind are World Container into Springtime in Vienna, and also Gift Shop into The Last Of The Unplucked Gems.

What are some other 'base favourites?

Gord Downie and The Sadies will be performing at the Harvest Picnic on September 1st, 2012.
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Feist,
Emmylou Harris,
Daniel Lanois with Brian Blade,
Gord Downie and the Sadies,
Sarah Harmer, Mix Master Mike, Jesse Cook,
Brady L. Blade, Sr. and the Hallelujah Train,

Thought you guys may get a kick out of some old PP tour posters I had on my wall, taking them down for the big move, time to take a picture...

I am a serious Hip collector and have a list of doubles to trade or sell. If you have any questions please email directly at <!-- e --><a href="mailto:who515@hotmail.com">who515@hotmail.com</a><!-- e -->. Here are some of the doubles from my collection:

Up To Here 12" LP Canadian Pressing
Day For Night 12 LP Canadian Pressing
Fully Completely 12 LP Dutch Pressing
Little Bones/38 Years Old/New Orleans Is Sinking (Live at the Roxy) 12" vinyl German pressing (Tough to find now especially this vinyl version)
Last American Exit/I'm A Werewolf Baby 7" vinyl Canadian pressing with picture sleeve
Small Town Bringdown/Last American Exit 7" vinyl UK pressing with picture sleeve
Twist My Arm/Highway Girl (Live at the Roxy) Promo CD Single (Tough to find now)
Courage US Promo CD single in awesome foldout cover
Locked in the Trunk of a Car/Locked in the Trunk of a Car (Live)/Fully Completely (Live) UK CD single in original long sleeve where you pull down and the Hip pop out of the car (Hard to find now)
The Roxy and Elsewhere Live CD (original CD and cover, not a copy)
Promo poster only given to record stores to promote the first album (I have only seen a couple of these ever)
Promo jean jacket advertising Fully Completely - the front has MCA in red stitching over the front, left pocket and on the back in large, red stitching it reads The Tragically Hip fully completely (XL) - this was only give to MCA executives

I am looking for the 12" pressings of Road Apples, Trouble at the Henhouse and Live Between Us. We know what some of these items are worth and how difficult they are to find. Only serious offers will be considered.

Thanks,
Pete

all apologies if this has been shared previously

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If you wanted to woo a lady with the Hip, which song would you pick?

So Johnny Fay reveals to Bookie that the album will have 11 tracks and will be called "Now For Plan A"

Due October 2, 2012

confirmation from Bookie's twitter:

https://twitter.com/#!/BookieAtNight/sta...9488556032

*Update: official email is now out and on thehip.com


consider this your official "Now For Plan A" thread :music

A Tragically Hip holiday

Story by Melinda Cheevers / Photography by Clemens Rikken

Canada Day weekend has always been a special time in Niagara-on-the-Lake. It's only fitting for a town with steeped in Canadian history to mark the birthday of its nation each year.
Like most events in Niagara-on the-Lake, the celebrations are extraordinarily unique. There's the day-long festivities that start in the heart of Old Town at Simcoe Park, hosted by the Friends of Fort George, before moving on to Parks Canada's national historic site, Fort George. Festivities include musket demonstrations, performances by the fife and drum corps, barbecues and, of course, the cake walk. An oversize cake, created by a local artisan cake designer, Catherine O'Donnell from Willow Cakes and Pastries, is paraded down Queen Street by local dignitaries riding in classic cars before coming to a stop at Simcoe Park where slices are divvied up for the gathered crowd. Each year the design is more elaborate than the previous, featuring images celebrating not only Canada's history, but Niagara-on-the-Lake's as well.
This year, marking the start of three years of War of 1812 Bicentennial commemorations, most people assumed the celebrations would be ramped up a bit due to the heightened traffic expected to flow into town. Then, word broke in February that a concert featuring a big Canadian act would be rolling into town on Canada Day weekend, playing at the historic Butler's Barracks on the Parks Canada Commons property in Old Town. The June 30 event is expected to draw upwards of 20,000 people to Niagara-on-the-Lake, a heritage town with a population of 15,400.
It's late on a Friday afternoon in March, and Paul Langlois is on the phone. The Tragically Hip guitarist has just left the recording studio where he and bassist Gord Sinclair were putting the finishing touches on the Kingston, Ont. band's forthcoming album. When it's released later this year, it will be the band's 13th studio release. Unlike the group's more recent outputs that were a bit grander in nature, Paul said this new album will be a return to the band's roots. Shuffling between their Bath, Ont. studio and one in Toronto, the band worked with producer Gavin Brown and recorded this album live off the floor — meaning the band plays all together during the recording process as opposed to the more modern of method of recording each member individually and combining the tracks in an editing suite. There are little things, he explains, that you catch when everyone is all playing together. All of the band members have to like something and if anyone is iffy about something, the enthusiasm drops. “I enjoy doing it this way,” Paul says. “It's really my favourite time; when we're all playing together.”
It's a testament to the band that after nearly 30 years of playing together, the members still relish spending time with one another. There's no secret formula to making it work, Paul says, just a desire to work on their friendship.
“We've had times where we weren't as happy but in general, as a group, we've managed to make it work. We may not have been on the same page as friends or as bandmates, but those times haven't lasted too long.”
Communication helps, he explains, and bringing things back to a simple element: make sure they're having fun.
“We have a very special, lucky situation on our hands, why complain?”
This no nonsense approach to the music has garnered them a large, dedicated following. While they easily fill large arena venues, the band has a knack of heading to smaller areas and putting on large shows.
“We've been together for so long, we like changing things up, that includes live shows,” Paul says. “We're always looking for new, unusual venues to play.”
The June 30 concert set at Butler's Barracks, located in The Commons, a Parks Canada National Historic Site, will be the first time a concert of this nature will be held there. It's not the first time the band has encountered such a situation - in 2010 they turned a field in Bobcaygeon into a concert venue with great results.
While the band has become known by some as the go-to band for Canada Day weekend, Paul says it's not always a given.
“For a few years when we first started, no one knew us. Then, Canada Day became a regular bill for us,” he says. “I wouldn't say we play every Canada Day but sometimes it hard to resist. For some, New Year's Eve is the big gig of the year, but that's Canada Day for us.”
Event organizers, the Canadian arm of AEG Live — the events management group behind large annual music festivals like California's Coachella Festival and Toronto's Edgefest — have been working closely with the town to ensure the logistics are in place to accommodate the June 30 event that will see Death Cab for Cutie, the New Pornographers and the Rural Alberta Advantage also taking the stage as support acts.
Organizers say that two thirds of the tickets for the concert, available through Ticketmaster, had already been sold within a month of them going on sale.
Hosting the event was an easy choice, says Jarred Picher, manager of Niagara National Historic Sites for Parks Canada. 2012 kicks off three years of celebrations, honouring the Bicentennial of the War of 1812.
“It's a great fit,” he says of bringing an iconic Canadian act like The Tragically Hip to town to celebrate Canada Day weekend and draw more attention to the bicentennial celebrations and Niagara.
Niagara-on-the-Lake has a knack for putting on great events, and hosting a rock concert will be no different. Instead of offering up the usual array of beer tents mixed with a small selection of concert foods the June 30 concert is set to be a culinary event. Suresh Doss from Food Truck Eats in Toronto has been brought into the mix to curate the food selection. Food trucks from Niagara and beyond will be on site, he says, providing a wide mix of food choices for concert-goers. There will also be restaurants from the town serving up food in tents on site.
“I am choosing the vendors very carefully,” he says. “There needs to be a good mix and a wide selection.”
If all goes according to plan, Suresh is hoping this event will be a glimpse into the future of music festivals where people attend not only to take in great live acts, but to eat delicious food as well.