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  GD: 10/7/10 Winnipeg, MB

Posted by: Shane Kroeker
10-07-2010, 11:41 AM
Forum: Hip Solo Discussion
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Who will be in attendance tonight? Anyone Recording the performance?

I was fortunate to win a pair of tickets to this show through a National Post/waterkeeper's contest:
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Free Downie at an intimate venue with General Admission seating? Yes, Please!

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  Vegas Strip

Posted by: sean.bonner
10-06-2010, 02:33 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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from 'A Museum After Dark':

Vegas Strip: Phantom Power session outtake: "In the darkest deep/Germany/Looked like the Vegas Strip". Also includes a line shared with Save the Planet ("Murmurs in the mist") to rhyme with the '97 ARA slogan: "Let the enemy not exist". Some of the lyrics ended up as the basis for the poem of the same name in Coke Machine Glow, and some of the music was reworked into "The Dark Canuck".

Lyrics:

You got more attention
Than Cleopatra's lips
Sucking on a swizzle stick
Black dogs (?) clothing pavilions
On those pleasure trips

As far as illumination goes
In the darkest deep, Germany, looked like Vegas strip

You had more to measure than Ebakenezor
Your greatest wish was to let the enemy not exist
Night sounds, the pound of sleep snores
Through restless downpours
Through murmurs in the mist
Ah, damn

As far as illumination is
May the darkest roots whither you
Looked like Vegas strip
Narcotic roots, whither you, lit up like the Vegas strip

When you turn it on, turn it on, turn it on
You could really turn it on

We were supported by the sound of violins
And held in their diaphones grips
Black dogs, sense the pounding, start surrounding
You're in their lips

It's like the darkest deep (?) up like the Vegas strip
Through your dark intent, time is spent
Black dogs on the Vegas strip
You're like the enterprise that led the pride
Black dogs on the Vegas strip

Turn it on as far as illumination goes
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One of my favourites.

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  GD: 2010-10-02 Red Deer, AB - Red Deer

Posted by: Tthip
10-05-2010, 09:54 PM
Forum: Hip Solo Discussion
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Must be a Gord Downie concert
Text By Lana Michelin - Red Deer Advocate

A rock concert that’s book-ended by poetry readings and shot through with swirls of food colouring that are projected onto a background screen, like some kind of trippy, lava-light performance art show . . .

Hmmm, must be a Gord Downie concert.

When The Tragically Hip frontman with the unmistakable voice performed his solo material before 325 die-hard fans with The Country of Miracles band at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre on Saturday night, there was no shortage of precious moments.

The most interesting involved Downie creating spontaneous art by placing a glass plate on top of an overhead projector, then adding water and food colouring. The red, yellow and blue-green swirls were light-projected onto a backdrop behind the band and the effect was pretty cool. It resembled everything from turbulent skies to abstract finger painting, enhancing the mood of his compositions.

Less cool was the slight fit of pique Downie showed when one of his guitars wasn’t perfectly tuned for the song The East Wind. Despite fan shouts of “good enough,” he delayed playing the popular song until the end of the concert — although he did later offer his guitar tuner an unofficial apology, calling him “the best in the business.”

The singer-songwriter, who published a book of poetry, is a famously eccentric personality who tends toward grand pronouncements.

On Saturday, there was his “patriotism is the root of oppression” comment at the end of his Hard Canadian song. And, after the audience’s muted response, his observation: “If you agree with me, don’t say anything at all — that’s The Canadian Way.”

At one point, Downie told a fan named Brendan to quit the whistling that was slicing through his head like a knife.

Although he later encouraged the young fan to express himself, he also jokingly warned, “Brendan, you’re my guy, but whistle again and I’m going to put my boot through your teeth . . .

“Freedom of expression. It’s a beautiful thing,” Downie added, amid peals of audience laughter.

The concert began with a couple of hard-driving tunes: The Drowning Machine, and Moon Over Glenora, a duet with the band’s bassist (a talented songwriter in her own right), Julie Doiron.

These two songs, like much of Downie’s solo material including Yellow Days, Canada Geese, and Night is For Getting, feature a fairly atonal wall-of-sound approach. Since Downie is perfectly capable of writing ear-hookish melodies when he wants to, it’s hard to know why he chooses to bury so many of his thoughtful, poetic lyrics in a barrage of driving sound.

But few of his fans seemed to care, judging by their enthusiastic reaction to his every offerring. A few sang along to every lyric.

Among Downie’s more melodic efforts were Broadcast, the exuberant You’re Possessed, which ended with musicians following an oompa-tuba parade through the audience, and the gorgeous The East Wind, which fully displays Downie’s musical genius.

Not only is the song loaded with beautiful imagery, but Downie got to show off his amazing playing, sounding like at least two guitarists in one.

Whatever a person is to make of Downie, by the time the cerebral singer got around to his last poem, intoning, “Insomniacs of the world unite,” as the overhead projector showed an image of a full moon and stars — some kind of spell had been cast.

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  Saskatoon oct 5/10

Posted by: sun
10-05-2010, 08:06 PM
Forum: Hip Solo Discussion
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Anyone else going? We're heading out to the show soon!

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  Calgary, 10/04/10

Posted by: direwolf74
10-05-2010, 06:54 PM
Forum: Hip Solo Discussion
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Excellent show last night at MacEwan Ballroom. The band was terrific and Mr. Downie was in classic form. Lots of great rants, stories, and jokes all through the show. After a girl up front asked Gord if he'd like to move to Calgary, the entire band turned her question into an improvised song about the city itself, with lyrics from Gord about getting high, going to the Stampede, and swimming in the Bow River. Great stuff. Best moment of the night was a rocking cover of the Stones' "Ventilator Blues", not to mention a beautifully haunting version of "Steeplechase". Julie Doiron is adorable, especially after she's had a few glasses of wine.

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  Trippy

Posted by: Tthip
10-03-2010, 08:09 AM
Forum: FAQ / Getting Started / Forum News
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  chromium 6 effects

Posted by: sean.bonner
10-02-2010, 01:29 PM
Forum: FAQ / Getting Started / Forum News
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I don't have the means to delete any of these spam topics in the 2008 show reviews section for some reason. can some other mod please try? thank ya!

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  2011 Vegas Odds

Posted by: Marcus1970
10-01-2010, 05:32 PM
Forum: [Hip 64] - The Great Match Up
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Here are the unofficial Vegas odds for the upcoming 2011 Hip 64 Tournament. Lines are based on the results from the last 4 tournaments.

Emperor Penguin - 2:1 DETACHED
Three Pistols - 3:1 PADDLED
Ahead By A Century -4:1 SMOKED
At The Hundredth Meridian - 4:1 DEBUNKED
The Depression Suite - 5:1 DISAPPEARED
Scared - 6:1 DEFANGED
Fully Completely -6:1 SHACKLED
Pigeon Camera -6:1 CONTAINED
New Orleans Is Sinking - 7:1 HEY MAN THANKS!
Thugs - 7:1 ROLLED
Lake Fever - 7:1 WHISPERED
Cordelia - 8:1 ELIMINATED
Fiddler's Green - 9:1 GORGED
Long Time Running - 9:1 BURIED
Poets - 10:1 SPLINTERED
Sherpa - 10:1 OBLITERATED
Last Of The Unplucked Gems - 12:1 CARIBOUED
Looking For A Place To Happen - 12:1 JACQUED
Dire Wolf - 15:1 BANKHEADED
Bobcaygeon - 15:1 FLOORED
Don't Wake Daddy - 20:1 REINCARNATED
Gift Shop - 20:1 LULLED
Inevitability Of Death - 25:1 GAPPED
Yawning Or Snarling - 25:1 ELPASOED
38 Years Old - 30:1 KILLED
Blow At High Dough - 30:1 KINGED
Vapour Trails -35:1 EVAPORATED
Chagrin Falls - 35:1 FRECKLED
The Last Recluse - 35:1 GOOSED
Opiated - 40:1 SNAKED
Wheat Kings - 45:1 BURIED
Goodnight Josephine - 45:1 FLICKERED
50 Mission Cap - 50:1 DISAPPEARED
IAGLIYDW - 50:1 WEAKENED
Courage - 60:1 PISSED
So Hard Done By - 60:1 STRIPPED
The Darkest One - 70:1 WINDED
The Dark Canuck - 70:1 RELINQUISHED
Daredevil - 80:1 PLUNGED
Flamenco - 80:1 DIMINISHED
Family Band -80:1 EXTERMINATED
Eldorado - 80:1 TICKETED
Little Bones - 90:1 HI-BALLED
Morning Moon - 90:1 DOWNED
Vaccination Scar- 90:1 ASSIMILATED
Greasy Jungle - 90:1 TANGLED
Thompson Girl -90:1 STRANDED
Something On - 90:1 ALIENATED
Twist My Arm - 90:1 TWISTED
Boots Or Hearts - 90:1 BOOTED
Springtime In Vienna - 90:1 UPHOLSTERED
Titanic Terrarium - 90:1 SUBMARINED
Put It Off - 90:1 DEGENERATED
The Bear - 90:1 HIBERNATED
Tiger The Lion - 100:1 CAGED
Mean Streak- 100:1 BROKEN
The Kids Don't Get It - 100:1 APED
Freak Turbulence - 100:1 GROOMED
The Drop Off - 100:1 F#*KED
On The Verge - 100:1 OFFED
Fire In The Hole - 100:1 EXTINQUISHED
The Luxury - 100:1 FIRED
Train Overnight - 100:1 FRAYED
Silver Jet - 100:1 SPEARED





All new entries are considered 100:1

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  Bedouin Soundclash Towne Ballroom NOV. 5th. Buffalo New York

Posted by: Smokey
10-01-2010, 08:12 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Folks, a good show coming to BUF for onlt $18. Well worth it.

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  Hipbase Fantasy Hockey 2010

Posted by: Drez7
09-30-2010, 04:08 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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It's that time of year again. I know we've always had great participation and usually have a couple leagues going. I've got the ball rolling for those that want to take a shot at board bragging rights!

There are room for 12 teams. If it fills fast we can create a second league. Top 8 make playoffs!

Here is the info (yahoo Fantasy Hockey):

http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/le...basehockey
League ID#: 72084
League Name: Hipbase Fantasy Hockey
Password: thehip

Create a team...it's free. Pre-rank your players, set your draft status to ready and you're set to go.

The draft is on autopick to make it fair. It seemed to be easiest to accommodate the majority this way. If people want to do a live draft we can set a date/time before the season. Post thoughts here.

Last Year's Results: Hipbase02
1st: The Shmeliks
2nd: nautical disaster
3rd: trevorconnell.com

Last Year's Results: Hipbase09
1st: The Bill Barilkos
2nd: tragicallyred
3rd: Tthip

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