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  New Weezer/Hayden albums

Posted by: Lizard King
11-12-2007, 09:10 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Weezer Jan22.
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Hayden Jan15.
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I really hope weezer put their best foot forward for the release, their last album was sub-par, I was hoping for something more. Always liked Hayden, Im going to try and catch that London show on the 26th, I havent seen him live in a long time.

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  FLAC FILES

Posted by: thedoctor
11-12-2007, 05:28 PM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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So Im new to this. I downloaded the Rochester show. How in the hell do I make these files playable????????????? Gotta be an easier way to do this!

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  Hotels

Posted by: mojo_mattv
11-11-2007, 08:55 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Looking to head out to Niagra Falls or Montreal for a couple of days with the girlfriend in December, and I'm just curious whether anybody knows anything about the age limitations with regards to hotel bookings? We're both 18 and I'm not sure if there's going to be any major problems with regards to being able to check in to a hotel.

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  Tribute Bands.. is featuring the Hip right now on E!ON

Posted by: diehardhipfan
11-11-2007, 07:11 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Tribute Bands the show.. is featuring the Hip right now on E!ON.. i dunno who all gets that channel but i though id let yas know! 7-8pm

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  Hip Tracker Upload: 2006-07-11 - Amsterdam, NL DVD

Posted by: chris
11-11-2007, 07:07 PM
Forum: Hipfans.com Tracker
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The Tragically Hip
Paradiso
Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 11, 2006

DVD (2.35:1, NTSC, Widescreen, Anamorphic)

Video Sources:
Second Balcony: Sony DCR-SR100 (Chris Kirkpatrick)
Centre Balcony: HDR-HC1 (HD1080i) to HD Tape (Adrian Burden)
Centre Balcony: HDR-HC1 (HD1080i) to FireStore FS-4 hard drive (Mark Sloggett)
Left Balcony: Canon Elura 70 (Steve Stroud)
Left Stage: DCR-TRV22 (Dustin Starchuk)

HD converted using VisualHub

Audio source: Trevor Astrope
AT853RX > SD 722 > Transferred via FireWire > MacBookPro for sync with video
Recorded from first balcony, centre, clamped to railing, DIN

Edited: Chris Kirkpatrick
Final Cut Express

DVD & Assembly: Chris Kirkpatrick
iDVD

In January 2006 The Hip announced plans to tour Europe. On a whim it was suggested that we get a group together and follow them. Little did I know that this suggestion would turn into the trip of a lifetime with 7 fellow Hip fans from across this great nation!

After our whirlwind tour of 3 shows in 3 nights in 3 different countries, we arrived in Amsterdam for a bit of a respite.

We spent our day off touring the city and enjoying Amsterdams many attractions! By show time we were spent, but ready for a good show. We arrived at the venue early and chatted with fans as they arrived. I was quite surprised at how many fans showed up early… and got the feeling
that we were going to be in for a great show.

The venue is a former gothic church converted into an incredible live music venue. The vintage stained glass windows are still visible behind the stage, and every performance is provided with the best opportunity to become a religious experience for those in attendance.

The show was incredible, but you can see that for yourself. The room was incredibly packed with fans; a fact that does not translate well on video. I started out in the front row, right in front of Rob, but after stepping away for to grab another round there was no way to make it back. I ended up climbing to what felt like the attic before finding another place to stand where I could see the stage.

The crowd was very enthusiastic from the minute they walked in the door… but despite the huge volumes of beer being consumed, everyone seemed to be well behaved - and REALLY INTO THE HIP!

Enjoy the show!

-chris

Setlist
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01: Springtime In Vienna
02: New Orleans Is Sinking
03: The Lonely End Of The Rink
04: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
05: Ahead By A Century
06: Gift Shop
07: Lionized
08: Summer Is Killing Us
09: Bobcaygeon
10: Little Bones
11: You’re Not The Ocean
12: At The Hundredth Meridian
13: The Last Of The Unplucked Gems
14: Poets
15: Grace, Too
16: Fire In The Hole

Encore:
17: Heaven Is A Better Place Today
18: Pretend
19: Blow At High Dough
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Torrent

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  R.I.P. Norman Mailer

Posted by: NegPhil
11-11-2007, 04:18 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Norman Mailer, the combative, controversial and outspoken novelist who loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation, has died in New York. He was 84.

The cause of his death, early Saturday, was acute renal failure, his family said.



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  Blogspot.com- Tragically Hip / Burlington concert review

Posted by: NegPhil
11-11-2007, 03:10 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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The Tragically Hip - Concert review by Shane Christensen

Shane Christensen's Blog
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Burlington Vermont October 30, 2007

As someone who has been a serious music fan for 35 years, the number of concerts I’ve attended is surprisingly small, numbering about 30 or so. There are many reasons for this, but primarily it’s because I don’t enjoy large arena shows; watching the concert on the jumbo screen and listening to bad acoustics.

But getting into small venues can be very difficult, especially in Toronto where thousands of other people are also vying for the opportunity. Mind you, I have been lucky a few times and caught acts such as Tom Cochrane, the Tragically Hip, the Tea Party, and Cheap Trick playing small shows where I found the experience so much more enjoyable that I pass on a lot of concerts simply because of where they’re playing.

I have been a big Tragically Hip fan since hearing Road Apples in ’91, and they are one band that I’ll actually travel a fair distance to go and see, especially if it’s at a small venue. I was at the Syracuse, New York show at the Landmark Theatre in ’98 and I count that as the best concert I’ve ever attended in my entire life. So a month ago when I noticed on the Hip’s website that they were playing a small show in Burlington, Vermont on October 30, the wife and I decided we’d make a mini-holiday of it and easily purchased the tickets online.

I’m still surprised how easy it is to get tickets to their American shows, especially the ones that are a few hours from the border. I guess most Canadian fans are not as adventurous or perhaps they have cost concerns, but with the strong Canadian dollar, travelling in the U.S. is a real bargain right now. I also find ticket prices drastically cheaper down there as I paid half the price of the last show (Fort York) I attended in Toronto last summer.

And for some reason, I find I like the Hip shows better in the States than I do at home because they seem to play a bit differently; specifically Gord Downie and his vocal delivery and mannerisms. He’s still the same silly guy who bends and breaks mic stands in two to the delight of the slightly tipsy audience (newsflash - Hip fans like beer) and breaks into rants about stuff that you really have no idea what he’s talking about. But it’s the way he actually sings - truer to the original recordings - that I like, and he does this more down south than for the home crowd, maybe in part because of the intimate settings they play there.

The Tragically Hip are definitely a band effort, but Downie mesmerizes his audience with his frantic and sometimes comical behaviour, so that many times the rest of the band seems like they are back in the distance watching and enjoying the spectacle as much as the rest of us, while they meticulously and methodically play through an energetic and varied 20 song set.

They proved that they can still rock with the best of them on songs like Fully Completely and Fire in the Hole that feature Rob Baker at his hard rocking best, but then they can turn the energy level down considerably for the acoustic gems like Wheat Kings, Scared, and Bobcaygeon, and still keep the audience entranced. Even the four tunes off the new album World Container received an enthusiastic reception from a very diverse crowd that included a lot of college students, but also a lot of moms and dads.

But there’s no doubt that the songs they played from the albums Fully Completely, Trouble at the Henhouse, and Phantom Power were the crowd favourites, and they made up the bulk of the performance. For me personally, I was disappointed that there weren’t more tunes from Road Apples and In Violet Light since they’ve both been two of my favourites. Judging from other set lists, they really do mix it up from show to show and you can’t fit the entire catalogue into two hours.

And what a two hours it was. The Hip are by far my favourite live band because they put on a fantastic show that is very musically diverse, but never lacking in any way. Their set list weaves in and out between all out rockers like Fully Completely and Fire in the Hole, with campfire classics such as Bobcaygeon or Wheat Kings. And the beauty is that the intensity remains just as high for the acoustic numbers because they are THE ‘classics’ for a lot of Hip fans, just as Fifty Mission Cap or Little Bones are for others. In nearly twenty years, the band has amassed a catalogue that would be the envy of any band in history, and to me personally, only Led Zeppelin compares to them live for the ability to mix the hard and soft, and make it work perfectly.

At the beginning of Bobcaygeon, Gord Downie invited the audience to unveil the flag. To the overwhelming American crowd, I think the comment went over their heads. But as a Canadian who loves the band and is truly proud of everything they’ve done and accomplished through the years, I felt like I was standing a bit taller and my chest was sticking out a bit farther as I watched Gord perform his magic on a crowd that would be a fraction of any concert back home.

But for the Tragically Hip, size doesn’t matter. There can be 50 or 20,000 fans in front of them, and you are going to get the same show regardless because the Hip are a truly great band of professionals who love what they do, and they prove it every time I have the pleasure and privilege to enjoy one of their shows.

I can’t wait to see them again in a small venue in small town America, and hopefully our dollar will still be kicking it so the fringe benefits are there as well, although my back is still stiff from a full day of shopping with the wife in Burlington, the most beautiful and friendly city I’ve been to in the U.S.A. Vermont Rocks!

Set List for The Tragically Hip - Tuesday, October 30 - Burlington, Vermont

Yer Not The Ocean Fireworks

New Orleans Hundredth Meridian

Fully Completely Scared

Escape Is At Hand The Drop Off

Family Band Poets

Ahead By A Century Locked In The Trunk

Gift Shop Fire In The Hole

In View *The Lonely End Of The Rink

Courage *Bobcaygeon

Wheat Kings *Grace, Too

*Encore

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  More Rumours - Hip Kingston

Posted by: cochise
11-11-2007, 08:39 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Well I just heard on the Kingston radio station early this morning..............

February 23rd is the proposed date for The Hip at the new arena in Kingston. The Headstones are the rumoured opener.

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  For the more novice guitar players

Posted by: Tthip
11-10-2007, 04:05 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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I play and I am not very good (I know some chords and that is about it)
I always find it better being a beginner that it helps to actually see something rather than just trying to read some tabs.

I just ran across this on YouTube and thought it was prett cool.
It is not the lead guitar, but it is what Downie plays live in concert.


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  Attention all you LOTL fans...

Posted by: VioletlightHeron
11-10-2007, 10:29 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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They are playing December 8th at Club Infinity in Williamsville, NY!!

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