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  10kLF Jim Pollock Print available

Posted by: tragicallyphish
07-26-2007, 11:41 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Click on the poster section

They will go pretty quick i think. There were 420 printed.
Jim Pollock is a very popular poster artist especially for his work he has done with Phish. Some of his prints are worth over 4 grand!!!

Not saying that this one will be worth a ton, but pretty cool poster.

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  Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals.

Posted by: Hard Canadian
07-26-2007, 08:59 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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On tour starting September and in Toronto September 28 & 29.
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  The Calgary Sun- Hungry Hungry Hip

Posted by: NegPhil
07-26-2007, 12:25 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Sun, July 15, 2007
Hungry Hungry Hip
UPDATED: 2007-07-15 01:38:58 MST

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Still driven after nearly 25 years

By TARA MERRIN, SUN MEDIA

The Tragically Hip have been together for almost 25 years, yet very little about them has changed.

Yes, they've added big screens at their arena shows and their catalogue of music has grown a great deal, but the boys from Kingston, Ont., are otherwise the same.

Their most recent CD, World Container, is doing well in Canada, yet they still haven't experienced the same success south of the border.

By all indications, there's no breakup on the horizon. They are just the same old Tragically Hip, and guitarist Paul Langlois says they couldn't be happier about that.

"It's a good thing for this band that we still feel like we have something to prove.

"That hunger to achieve more and create more is still there and I think that's why we are still together. And it probably helps that there has been some focus on our perceived lack of success in America, even though we do feel quite successful down there on our own terms. It's a very slow build, but the word is spreading," he says.

"We have always felt as a group that we could step on any stage and make it happen -- that's why we keep going. ."

The Hip have sold more than six-million albums worldwide, won a dozen Junos and were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

Tonight, they return to the Saddledome for their first local show since a handful of small concerts at MacEwan Hall last October.

When asked why a band that could fill an arena would play to such small crowds, Langlois says it's simply to ward off boredom.

"It was just a matter of changing it up, keeping it different all the time and maybe to keep people guessing. We like the big shows and we like the small shows. What we don't like is monotony."

That's why The Hip, unlike most successful bands, do not script their live shows. Every night the set list is switched and the in-between song banter is off-the-cuff.

"It's something we are proud of, but that's not why we do it -- it's just to keep us on our toes. The set list, Gordie (Downie) and Gord (Sinclair) write it up usually a couple hours before we go on -- it's pretty rare there would be any heated debates on these creative things.

"We definitely like to play the new material, but we play a long enough set list that we can throw in nine or 10 older ones."

Fans at the show can also expect a stripped down gig -- no pyrotechnics and no lasers, just the boys on stage running through their favourites.

"We have always been very careful not take away from what's going on on stage," says Langlois. "It feels like, by doing that, we have been successful in pleasing everybody, including ourselves."

The Tragically Hip, with openers The Sadies, hit the stage at the Saddledome at 7:30 p.m. tonight. Tickets for the show are on sale at

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  Tragically Hip At Bessborough Gardens, Saskatoon, SK, July 1

Posted by: NegPhil
07-26-2007, 12:19 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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BloggerCritic. org
Concert Review: Tragically Hip At Bessborough Gardens, Saskatoon, SK, July 18, 2007
Written by JC Mosquito
Published July 21, 2007

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Canada's own Tragically Hip played a sold out outdoor show at the stately Bessborough Gardens in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on July 18 to an appreciative crowd of about 3500 people. I believe it was the last performance of the Canadian leg of their current tour before playing a couple of summer festivals, and then going Stateside in the middle of August to continue the tour in support of their current album World Container.

And that's the way it will go down in the record books in plain ol' black & white. What it actually was is something else entirely. There's a very good chance that on that night, the Hip could lay claim to the title of best Rock and Roll Band that ever came out of Canada.

Not that I'm saying that they are (the best Rock and Roll Band to ever come out of Canada, that is), or that they would even say so themselves. But they're right up there with the elder Canadian rock gods that are often named as worthy of the throne — The Guess Who, Rush, Brian Adams — and about a half dozen others that you probably only know if you're a Canuck yourself.

But the Hip's show last Wednesday was one of a kind, with beautiful outdoor weather, a nice venue, and a band ready to cut loose before a well earned break.

Opening act the Sadies warmed up the crowd with their indie cowpunk sound — played tight and twangy. As the sun went lower in the sky, and the somewhat uncomfortable heat came down to a manageable level, the Hip wandered in from the side of the Gardens. They opened their set with the big single from their current album World Container, "Yer Not the Ocean." A nice, bouncy, uptempo rocker, I thought — good idea, played well, and with enthusiasm.

Singer Gord Downie greeted his audience: "Saskatoon, Bessbourough Gardens - you're not the ocean...yet!"

Ironically, Bess Gardens used to be a swimming pool — go fig. Decent enough I thought, but with the second song, "Grace, Too," something turned right there and the lighthearted start got real intense. The whole band got that look on their faces that you only get when you're deep in the zone, if you take my meaning.

Downie didn't bother singing the first verse, it was more shouted — like no version of "Grace, Too" I've ever heard. I've even seen the YouTube footage of "Grace, Too" from GM Place last week. Sorry, Vancouver, we got the REAL thing.

Then he went through his "the sound of war" schtick, and shrieked like a banshee. What can I say? Downie spent the rest of the night dancing, prancing, and carrying on like no one I can remember in recent memory. Downie was part clown; part rock star; part put on; part poet, artist, and mime(?); part spastic, nutcase and political commentator.

What a show. And the rest of the band laid down the groove on top of that tight rhythm section.

What also struck me was how even the material I never liked before sounded just darn fine, thank you. Like the Guess Who or Rush, the Hip now have such a deep catalog they can play a whole night and miss what I thought were essential songs - but like those other bands, they just have so many to choose from, that they have to leave some out unless they're planning on a five hour long set.

Yeah, they were good. But good enough to be the best rock and roll band in Canada right now? Good enough to be the best band ever in Canada? I'm not saying. These things should never be stated in absolute terms for fear of breaking the charm.

But they were good enough to push aside the memory of the recent White Stripes concert I saw a few weeks back. And good enough to offer an olive branch to Mr. Rose here at BC, for the good-natured hassle I gave him about his dislike of the Stripes.

After seeing a classy act like the Hip, I think I can see a sliver of light into his way of thinking (but I still like Jack and Meg's little band and appreciate their back to the basics approach - they're pretty hip themselves!). But I was thinking about all the BC critics and whether they would've liked the Hip. Maybe, or maybe not. But at this show, I think it would've been hard for anyone to ignore the musicianship, depth, passion, and showmanship.

It was a watershed gig in many ways. Remember how Gord Downie said, "You're not the ocean - yet?"

By the end of the gig, I'll bet he saw an ocean full of happy faces (complete with the occasional body surfers), and I'm sure a whole bunch of non-believers got baptized that night into the sea to sea fandom of the Tragically Hip — who are true Canadian icons.

Catch their show if they ever come anywhere near your town. It'll be worth it.
JC Mosquito spends most of his day keeping the wolves from the door. When he's not occupied with this pasttime, he's interested in all things rock and roll, which may or may not have died back in the late '50's, the late '70's, or the early '90's depending on who you believe.
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  San Francisco show?

Posted by: esummers
07-25-2007, 04:53 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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What happened to the San Francisco show in October? It shows up on the listing of new shows, but not the overall concert listing? It doesn't show the data of the show either.

Hope these cats plan on playing this show?


E

"When the appearance of conflict, meets the appearance of the force"

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  Jason Isbell- Sirens of the Ditch (ex-Drive-By Truckers)

Posted by: direwolf74
07-25-2007, 12:26 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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All you DBT fans might wanna check this album out, cause it's an absolutely killer disc. Isbell was 1/3 of the Drive-By Truckers songwriting team for three albums before his departure from the band earlier this summer. This is his first solo album and it's one hell of a strong debut. "Chicago Promenade" might be my favorite song of the year so far.

Thumbs up!

:thumb:

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  Statetris

Posted by: laliber
07-25-2007, 10:27 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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not easy...

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  With all the bad things happening in sports right now....

Posted by: farmerdan
07-25-2007, 10:16 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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It's nice to see that some good things can make the news as well

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Kudos to both those players :thumb:

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  Come on down!!

Posted by: Lizard King
07-24-2007, 06:33 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Anyone here watch this show, wadda ya think, good choice, bad choice? Who cares anymore??

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  Weakerthans tour dates!

Posted by: direwolf74
07-24-2007, 02:29 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Saw this in my inbox today:


The Weakerthans Communications Bureau: Notice of Action
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Hi Folks,

We are happy to announce more shows to our Fall tour, including the
full US schedule. The Last Town Chorus will be joining us for the entire
run. Presale tickets for all the US shows starts Tuesday July 24th by
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Sept 25 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
Sept 26 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck
Sept 27 Denver, CO The Marquis Theatre
Sept 28 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
Sept 29 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse Music Venue
Sept 30 San Diego, CA Casbah
Oct 2 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
Oct 3 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
Oct 4 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
Oct 5 Seattle, WA Neumos
Oct 6 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom
Oct 7 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
Oct 9 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
Oct 10 Edmonton, AB Myer Horowitz Theatre
Oct 24 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Oct 25 Chicago, IL Metro
Oct 26 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Oct 27 Pittsburgh, PA Mr Smalls Theatre
Oct 28 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Oct 29 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
Oct 30 New York, NY Webster Hall
Nov 1 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

There will be more Canadian dates to announce soon and the European
Fall Tour.

Stay tuned and be sure to visit theweakerthans.org for updates.
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