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Hey, I saw a posting from a few months ago in another thread, and yeah, I wanted to get my hands on a Hip belt buckle, but it was sold on eBay already. But, if we really wanted to, couldn't we get them made somewhere figure out how many, contact a manufacturer to strike a dea, then each person contacts them to pay, give shipping info, and such? Seems like a lot of work, but if there's interest...?

Cheers

After many years, countless miles, and endless hours (months probably) of music my iPod must be retired. Just in the last two weeks or so the ol' girls batteries aren't holding up like they used to . Anyways, does anybody know if there's anywhere out there to get a new iPod classic for less than what futureshop/best buy/apple store are charging (279.99 CAD)?

Anybody hear this on the radio yet?

Does anybody know what kind of telecaster Gord's been using lately? You know the one, the red one...

I've been thinking, It's almost been a year since the trio of Hamilton Place shows and I still haven't gotten ahold of a couple of those shows that I attended last year (Sept. 30th & Oct. 3rd). I don't have the grestest internet in the world to download stuff but I would like to do a B&P for these two shows.

Let me know!
Thanks

Long story short. A girl I went to St, Mary’s High School with – her brother is a Canadian soldier who got selected to drop the puck at Hockeyville tomorrow night in Dundas. She didn’t win a ticket. This girl recently lost a daughter to cancer, I’d love for someone to step up and help her get in to see her brother drop the puck. He’s sacrificed so much and she’s lost so much. He got shot in Afghanistan and is paralyzed from the waist down. I'd love to brighten her life by letting her see her brother drop the puck.

Here's his story:
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Anyone know anyone with pull in the NHL? Maybe someone who knows Gord can call him and have him call his buddy Don Cherry...Corporal Klodt is going to be interviewed on Coache's Corner.

Anyone know anyone who might be able to help?

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All greetings! I the first day at a forum. How are you?

GD & the Country of Miracles played a headlining set at the Rifflandia Festival in Victoria tonight. It completely exceeded my expectations and may be one of the best concerts I've seen this year. It was of course a shorter set because of the festival, but they still played fabulous extended versions of some songs and the entire band was in a fantastic mood.

Setlist:

1 Canada Geese
2 Dance and its Disappearance
3 Moon over Glenora (extremely rocking version)
4 Vancouver Divorce (this is when stuff got heavy. During the bridge of the song the power on stage went out, all amps / lights... everything. The band kept playing acoustically, and Gord got an impromptu chant going, with one half of the crowd singing "truth and faith" and the other half "fuck control". When the power finally came back on the band hammered through the second half of the song as if nothing happened, then into an extended jam which included some beach boys' "don't worry baby" singing à la Live Between Us' NOIS.
5 Yer Possessed
6 Trick Rider
7 Gone
8 Improv Jam (this could almost have been a full song, included a beautiful story about crossing the Rockies)
9 Drowning Machine
10 Yellow Days
11 Christmastime in Toronto
12 Figment
(encore break)
13 The East Wind

The band was off stage exactly one minute before curfew. Had I known how fun this band is I might have tried to see them the other night in Vancouver. Oh well, hope they decide to tour again before too long!

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Tried to take a setlist, but it got a little difficult. Alexander Keiths has a way of distracting me.

In all seriousness, it was a long, and immensely enjoyable show. Two sets and a short encore. Julie Doiron wore a cast on her leg and Gord took a few playful digs at her throughout the night. Something about falling in a hole after 12 beers. Gord seemed in great spirits (Besides Utrecht '06, has he ever not?) and the night turned into a bit of a comedy revue at times. It's amazing watching this band in action; they have so much freaking fun onstage, and they cull fans into that zone. The lame-ass wankers in the crowd sat for the first set, but everyone crowded the front at the beginning of the second set. The interaction between the band, and the band and the crowd was plentiful. Some shit for brains in the crowd shouted out during Gord's introduction of the band that "We're only here to see you, Gord!" which brought a steady chorus of boos from the crowd. Nice to see Vancouver finally showing some emotion and sticking up for the Country of Miracles. Hearing Gord go on about the Canada you "Feel" instead of the Canada you "Know" also brought the house down. Goddamned Gord, hitting up the patriot in all of us.

A varied set, with tunes from all three records. Chancellor, 11th Fret and Yellow Days all stood out. The night really exposed Gord as an artist. Lots of visuals, including a projector which Gord had a lot of fun with. Spontaneous drawing, creating an ocean, etc. Lots of movement too. Much like The Hip, it was tough to keep your eyes in one place.

Gord's got himself a nice beard too. They covered a Stones track, the kind of track that everyone's heard but forgets the title. Dang.

Musically, the band wasn't exactly on point all night, but the opening night of the tour will do that. But what fun. I'm still reeling today. It was as great a "Performance" as I've seen in a long time.

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Don’t tell me what this poet’s been doing
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Gordon Downie makes his way across Canada for his solo tour

As a performer, Gordon Downie is known for acting wild on stage, but that reputation may change with the release of his third solo album.

The Tragically Hip’s frontman has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career as a Canadian rock star, but his work away from the band has been more reserved, both on record and in front of crowds.

Before the release of Downie’s first solo album, Coke Machine Glow in 2001, the Tragically Hip had eight albums under their belts and 11 Juno Awards, including Group of the Year for 1995 and 1997, Canadian Entertainer of the Year in 1991 and 1993, and Best Rock Album for 1998’s Phantom Power.

Initially, when Coke Machine Glow first appeared, a book of Downie’s poetry under the same title was sold along with it. As a result, the book became one of the best-selling volumes of poetry by a Canadian writer. The album itself was a collection of spoken word pieces mixed in with minimalist rock and country influences.

After the Tragically Hip released In Violet Light, Downie came out with his second solo album Battle of the Nudes in 2003, which was more accessible than its predecessor and contained songs based in garage rock and folk-rock.

It wasn’t until after the Tragically Hip made three more albums – In Between Evolution (2004), World Container (2006) and We Are the Same (2009) – and compiled the career-spanning box set Hipeponymous, that Downie would put together his third studio album, The Grand Bounce, which was released this past June.

Chris Walla, the guitarist from Death Cab for Cutie, produced the record, which contains Downie’s usual mix of storytelling and abstract poetry over upbeat pop-rock with country undertones, courtesy of his regular backing band, the Country of Miracles.

Before he hits the Jack Singer Concert Hall on Oct. 4, The Calgary Journal caught up with Downie to discuss The Grand Bounce and his solo career.


Calgary Journal: How has tour gone so far?

Gordon Downie: It’s been sort of a country western tour this summer. It’s been festivals right done on the weekends, sort of here or there. Just done about 13 festivals and it’s been very disparate -- a folk fest here, a blues fest there, a rock fest. I finished one in Hamilton, at Gage Park, right downtown, there was like 30,000 people. It was really fantastic.


CJ: What do you get from playing festivals instead of a regular marquee show?


GD: Uncertainty…a thrill of the unknown. You go and go with these things…. It’s a “clustercuss,” to quote Fantastic Mr. Fox. But that’s what keeps you coming back…. I don’t water ski, but it’s kind of like starting out of the water as opposed to on the dock. A five-to-six-piece rock band [has to get] up onto its knees then onto its feet and then walking and then running. And at the festival you hope to get running by the first chorus or the first song. It’s a challenge…. The people are outside and music just tastes better outside.

We’re coming indoors in September. I think this will allow us to get in touch on more of our material. The other difference with festivals is that you kind of do songs that are more bombast or [have] bigger requirements. Going indoors, we’re going to be able to stretch things out and touch on songs that might not work on a festival stage. I look forward to something even more fluid, agile and nimble.

CJ: How are your solo shows different compared to the Tragically Hip shows?


GD: You’ll just have to come and see. It’s all about passion.... It’s all about playing music…. The simple answer is I play guitar most the night…that’s something I really enjoy is playing electric guitar. A five-year-old from Mars could say the same thing: playing electric guitar is thrilling; it’s like riding a jet…. The [Tragically Hip] is a different thing.

CJ: Why such a long time between The Grand Bounce and The Battle Of The Nudes?


GD: I did a couple of [Tragically Hip] records in that time…. It was kind of a concentrated, intense three or four years and I kind of knew it would be. [The Tragically Hip] made three records in that time. But it was a fast moving vection in time and when I came out of the first [Tragically Hip] record I met Chris Walla at the Pemberton Festival and started thinking about a solo record after that…just chatting with him about things and possibilities…. I didn’t go chasing it down.

CJ: Do you get a lot of your inspiration for your lyrics from books?


GD: Sure and from conversations…getting up too early in the morning and looking out over the lake. I mean, everything is just asking to be written about or being lyrics in a song…. In every way, shape and form, I love writing so much. Writing is like a dream.

CJ: Do you feel that you had to make this album and your other solo albums because you had to let something out that you couldn’t let out in the Tragically Hip?


GD: No. Not that simple. We’re here to create things; we’re not here to inspire pity. We’re here to create and make things. It’s what I do and what I love to do. Making the stuff is the thrill. Putting it out is a whole different story, and that’s a whole other machine required to release and distribute records, to market and promote them. But the impulse to make them is always true. It’s always a true one.

CJ: What’s keeping you with the Tragically Hip? Why not go on your own completely?

GD: Because I love them.