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  Radio Show

Posted by: Ballgame
08-10-2007, 12:32 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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I love this song. No idea why it never made it.
I love the version on the Fully demos
I have never heard Robs tone like that before. Anybody willing to tab the solo or fills?

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  HuffingtonPost.Com- Who Wants To Be A Canadian, Eh?

Posted by: NegPhil
08-10-2007, 01:25 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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HuffingtonPost.com- Who Wants To Be A Canadian, Eh?
By David Bledin

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We Canadians are a patriotic bunch. Our love for our country goes beyond the usual boasts of hockey prowess and sweet, sweet maple syrup. It's in the details: ordering a double-double (double cream, double sugar = instant diabetic coma) coffee from Tim Hortons, the Canadian donut store that also happens to make Plato's perfect form of a chocolate glazed cruller, the chocolate glazed cruller that all other chocolate glazed crullers can only aspire to become; being so sloshed on pints of Molson that we can't remember our mothers' names, and yet are still able to recite the "I Am Canadian" rant off by heart; rolling our eyes when philistine foreigners assume we live in igloos and cruise around on dog sleds, even though we're all harboring fond memories of building rudimentary igloos in our backyards during the height of winter, patting down and hollowing out snow mounds until the ceilings eventually caved in.

More often than not, our cultural identity is defined by what we aren't, vis-à-vis the United States: Toronto is New York without the garbage and maniacal taxi drivers; Vancouver is Seattle with better skiing; Celine Dion is Whitney Houston without the crack problem and ghetto ex-husband (instead, she has her own sleazy manager-turned-husband with a gambling problem). In short, Canada is Canada because it's not the 51st American state.

It's a shame, then, that with such a bevy of natural resources -- lush forests and shimmering lakes and immaculate chocolate glazed crullers -- we are still a nation that validates ourselves by our accomplishments south of the border. Canuck artists have long been divided into two camps, those who have achieved a greater legitimacy by penetrating MTV (Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne) and those who haven't (Moist, The Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace). Never is this validation more pronounced than in the corporate world, especially high finance. A few years of toiling away on Wall Street guarantees the young upstart with a plum job at any Canadian bank upon returning to the frozen motherland. Canadian private equity firms like Onex rarely hire anyone who doesn't come with a degree from Harvard Business School.

Given these circumstances, it comes as no surprise that in my final year at McGill, in Montreal, every finance major was battling tooth and nail to secure analyst positions at the bulge bracket U.S. firms: JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs. Aside from the prestige and validation component, these banks offered the chance to live in Canada while earning a U.S.-denominated salary. In 2002, with an exchange rate of 65 U.S. cents to the Canadian dollar, it was an unbeatable package.

Now, for the first time in my lifetime, the Canadian dollar is poised to leapfrog the Greenback. While the close-to-parity exchange rate has been disastrous for Canadian export-heavy manufacturers, it has completely changed the incentives for talented Canadians contemplating offers to work in the States. There is no denying that bankers will always work on bigger, sexier deals on Wall Street than on Bay Street, in Toronto, but the plumpest dangling carrot -- the paycheck -- just isn't what it used to be. It's an even wilder notion to take this sentiment further, to imagine the Canadian dollar eventually surpassing the U.S. dollar, a very plausible reality given the recent momentum. Suddenly, there is an opportunity cost of the extra prestige from a Goldman Sachs job, since most finance positions north and south of the border have comparable absolute pay, and Canadian bankers might find themselves earning more than their U.S. counterparts. One can only imagine a "reverse brain drain," where Ivy League grads are vying for positions at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Of course, archaic notions of validation take a long time to wither away. It's one of the reasons why I'll be heading down to the States to start up an MBA next week. Though I'll miss my Tim Hortons chocolate glazed crullers, it still seems like too good of an opportunity to pass up.

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  14 Men broke loose in 72 (Full Story)

Posted by: laliber
08-09-2007, 03:51 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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After posting the first article the other day I started reading more about the escape and the eventual capture of all 14 men. I found it very interesting, so I thought I would put the other articles from the G&M onto Picasa. Since I could not cut-n-paste the PDF image as text I used PS to clip the stories together in a way that makes it easy to read from July 11th to November 18th 1972

The article titled Sandwiches, lemon pie, a quick shave and then surrender is :thumb:

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  HipTracker Upload: Hipfans Grab Bag Vol. IV

Posted by: srb
08-09-2007, 12:59 PM
Forum: Hipfans.com Tracker
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http://www.thehiptracker.com/torrents-de...php?id=445

Quote:The Tragically Hip
Hipfans Grab Bag 4

A very special thanks to Jeff (rocketsan22) from the Hipbase, who mailed me a total of 5 vhs tapes, to transfer
to dvd. With the exception of the Fully Completely Promo, all other videos presented here were taken from his
tapes. The Fully Completely Promo was transferred from an original MCA Video vhs promo tape.

From Jeff's tapes, 3 were compilation videos, 1 was a full concert, and the fifth had been a full concert at
one point, but had been taped over, leaving only the last 20 minutes available. I decided to include that
footage in this compilation, but if anyone has the full video for 2000-12-20 Buffalo, NY, I'm sure everybody
would love to see it shared Smile

These videos are what have not been circulated on the hipTracker via the other grab-bag dvds, and present a great
look back to the early 90s when the band was quickly rising in popularity.

Enjoy, and keep sharing!

Cheers!

srb
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Lineage: ?gen vhs > Canopus advc300 > iMovie HD > iDVD [same lineage for all clips]

01. Video Hits 1990

This CBC show is a mixture of live footage, and interviews.
Parts of the following songs appear live in the video:

Three Pistols
She Didn't Know
Blow At High Dough
When The Weight Comes Down
She's Got What Takes
Everytime You Go
Another Midnight
New Orleans Is Sinking
Last American Exit
Smalltown Bringdown
Trickle Down
Gloria
All Canadian Surf Club (End Credits)

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02. Fully Completely Promo Video

Mixture of Interview & Live material.

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03. 1993-xx-xx (Juno Awards, Live via Satellite, Australia)

Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
People's choice awards

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04. 1993-xx-xx (Rock'n Roll Summer)

Pro-shot Video from Another Roadside Attraction.

Courage (montage)
50 Mission Cap
Pigeon Camera
Fully Completely

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05. 2000-12-20 (Buffalo, NY)

Was only able to recover the last 20 minutes of the concert, which was a shame as it's an excellent video.
Should anybody happen to have the full show, please share!

Nautical Disaster (cut-in)
Fire In The Hole
Bobcaygeon
Little Bones

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Be sure to visit

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:: SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC ::

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  fourteen men broke loose in seventy-two

Posted by: laliber
08-08-2007, 10:50 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Found this looking for something else the other day…

The Globe and Mail July 11 1972

Fourteen prisoners – most of them classified as dangerous escaped from Millhaven Maximum Security Penitentiary during the recreation period last night after cutting holes in the fence around the complex and crawling under barbed wire.

Mel Willard, assistant director, said the holes were discovered after a bus carrying visiting baseball players had left

Among the escapers was Thomas McCauley, serving a lengthy term for robbery with violence, who made history at the penitentiary by escaping last fall using a similar method.

Mr. Willard said 20 to 30 prison officers had been sent into the bush northwest of the prison, 13 miles west of Kingston, to try to round up the inmates. They had been ably to find the cutting tool used to put the holes I the fence.

He identified the other inmates missing as Sereto Dezambas, Gaston Lambert, Gerald Laroque, Ronald Filion, Richard Smith, William Yardley, Edward Woods, Charles Bulmer, Rodolph Nuss, Donald Oag, Thomas Smith, John Taylor and Robert Clark.

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  Hockey is an American Game After All

Posted by: schaggs
08-08-2007, 01:22 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnist...9-sun.html

discuss.

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  Greatest TV Shows Ever, & Greatest Single Episodes

Posted by: opiated
08-07-2007, 07:34 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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For me, HBO has a lock on best shows of all time..Six Feet Under, Deadwood, Carnivale...
All In The Family for its groundbreaking storylines....
The Simpsons from seasons 3-8 were the best thing going...
As for single episodes..

The series finale of Six Feet Under was exactly how a series should end...in fact the last 3 episodes of the series were painfully brilliant...
The last (sadly) episode of Deadwood was perhaps the most tense-filled hour of TV i've ever witnessed, with the 2nd season finale of Carnivale a close 2nd..

thoughts???

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  nutv.ca Tragically Hip interview circa 1989

Posted by: NegPhil
08-07-2007, 05:32 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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An interview with the band who were on the U of C campus shooting their music video: New Orleans is sinking




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  Song of the Week

Posted by: Gortron
08-07-2007, 05:29 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Is it just me or should the "Song of the Day" on the hip's website be renamed "Song of the Week"?

Something is also telling me that the "Video of the Week" will become more likely "Video of the Two Weeks" or "Video of the Month".

Just saying, I check the song of the day, everyday, but i don't find a new song per day.

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  Darien Lake Parking?

Posted by: nhaste
08-07-2007, 04:56 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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I'm going to a concert soon at Darien Lake (I'm not going to say which one for fear of flaming!)...

I know from a past experience at Darien Lake that it can be a nightmare to get out of the parking lot after a concert. Does anyone who has been to any shows there have any suggestions as to where the best area to park in is? (ie. easiest/fastest to get out of after a show).

Thanks

Nick

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