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  Possibly The Worst Career Move Ever...

Posted by: Gunn
11-15-2006, 09:28 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Do you think his lawyers approved of this?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/o_j__simpson



This guy certainly knows how to destroy an already terrible reputation.[/url]

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  24 hour African watering hole cam..

Posted by: AndGraceToo
11-15-2006, 06:34 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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There's a Rhino on right now!!!

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  Arena Tour - Vancouver??

Posted by: tfoe
11-15-2006, 05:38 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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I know that the guys just finished 4 nights in Vancouver and I was lucky enough to attend 1 of them but I'm still wondering why there was no show scheduled for the Tour in the New Year.

Any thoughts? Anybody heard rumours of them adding a show at GM Place/Pacific Coliseum?

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  Hip on Late Night Talk Shows

Posted by: Valente
11-15-2006, 03:32 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Does anyone ever think about the possibility that when the record breaks out in the U.S., The Hip could make a musical appearance on one of the Late Night talk shows - Conan, Letterman, Leno, Craig. Whatever it is.

It would be really special to see them on Letterman for me personally since I'm a fan of Dave. Also, Paul Shaffer is a real Canadian music lover himself. Maybe there's leeway there? I don't know. It's kind of a dream I guess but it's worth getting your thoughts on.

Maybe we can start a petition!

Hmm,

Mike.

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  The Most Confusing Ad on Television

Posted by: Jenna_Bird
11-15-2006, 03:10 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Esthete and I have commented on this ad numerous times, but it is nice to see that the fine folks at Slate recognize its total incoherience as well.

-Jenna

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Text from the article:

The Spot: A cartoon man and woman are players in some sort of futuristic football game. They wear spacesuits and helmets. Their opponents are large, menacing robots. One of the robots shoots snow out of his chest, coating the field in big white drifts. The cartoon woman—who has pink hair—runs with the football, scores a touchdown, and then topples one of the robots. As all this is happening, the man and the woman are having an ongoing conversation about … something. I never quite catch what it is.

After seeing this ad roughly 37,000 times, I finally said to myself (and this happened only because I write a column about advertising), "Wow, I've seen this ad 37,000 times, and not once have I paid any attention to it. I still don't remember what they're trying to sell me."

The next time I saw the ad (and again, only because I write about advertising), I made an effort to note what it was for. It's for Esurance, an online car-insurance company. But I remained convinced that the spot would wash over the average viewer, leaving no impression. The problem: That surreal, out-of-nowhere storyline is just way too distracting.

Look at the clip we've posted—and imagine that you're sitting on your couch, idly waiting for SportsCenter to come back on, rather than hunched attentively over your computer screen. Personally, I'm lost from the moment the ad begins. Who are these animated characters? What's their relationship? Why are they playing football, against robots, in outer space? And—just like that—I've lost interest. I'm sipping my beer, gazing out the window until the next commercial comes on, and hey, it's the Geico caveman! He sells online car insurance! I love that guy!

The other ads in the Esurance campaign also feature bizarre plotlines that in no way relate to car insurance. (And before you shout that the caveman also has nothing to do with car insurance, remember that Geico runs a wide variety of spots on TV—some of which are straightforward, conventional pitches. Esurance runs only these weirdo cartoons, with no simple, down-to-earth spots to back them up.) Each Esurance ad features the pink-haired Erin Esurance. Though we never hear her name in the ads, we are made to understand she is a superspy of some sort. On the Esurance Web site, you can watch an ad that shows Erin battling robots in a Wild West shoot'em-up; another where she clashes with ninjas who are breaking into an art museum; and still others that I just don't get at all. Yes, in each spot the dialogue makes salient points about the benefits of Esurance. But those confusing, busy plotlines drown out the message. While we're hearing this: "At Esurance, if we can't give you the best deal we'll show you where you can—and help you buy the policy right away," we're seeing this: a robot, in a cowboy hat and duster, firing a machine gun at a woman with pink hair. Wha?

Animation can work brilliantly in advertising. In this animated Charles Schwab campaign, the drawings are so simple and static that they force our attention to the words being spoken. But the Esurance campaign's animation does just the opposite.

I called Esurance to get their side of the story and learned that these ads were made in-house, without any help from an advertising agency. (No surprise there. What decent agency would commit the Advertising 101 mistake of letting the message get lost in the clutter?) The woman I spoke with was Kristen Brewe—who created this campaign from scratch, continues to write all the ads, and is very proud of the whole concept. Brewe considers the ads a "labor of love" and excitedly told me about upcoming plotlines in which Erin Esurance will battle clones and global warming. Which made me feel bad about the fact that I hate her campaign.

Still, Brewe offered two good defenses of these ads:

1) She says Esurance's business is way up this year, and that the "needle moves" in every market when they debut the ads. I believe her. But it's also true that business is better for all car insurance providers (apparently, people are getting in fewer accidents these days, so the margins are better—which explains why you're seeing so many car insurance ads on TV). And I'm not surprised the ads are having some effect when they hit a new market. If you buy as much airtime as Esurance does, you're bound to win over at least a few people—no matter how bad your campaign is.

2) Brewe says men are a big target of this campaign. She's bought airtime on ESPN, SciFi, Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, and other guy-heavy outlets. Why? Brewe discovered that Erin Esurance has become a bit of a sex symbol for a certain kind of dude. Indeed, a quick Web search soon found graphic, nude drawings of Erin Esurance performing sexual acts. Scary. But possibly very good news for Esurance.

Grade: C+. If Esurance wanted to, it could devise a more effective ad campaign than this one tomorrow. But I admit that, even as I write, a select group of you is no doubt waking (or is it wanking?) to the charms of Erin Esurance. You're eager to see what sort of mess she'll get into next. And you're hoping that, whatever she gets into, she also gets into a satin negligee. Or maybe a nurse's outfit. I suppose if there are enough of you comic book perverts out there treating these ads like anime porn, visiting the Esurance web site to learn more about Erin, well … I'll be forced to raise my grade.

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  Edmonton Jan 14

Posted by: jcshades
11-14-2006, 04:33 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Hello All,

Just wanted to see if I could get some buzz going about the upcoming show in Edmonton.

I've got a 15-18 hour drive to get to Rexall Place. Coming down from Fort Smith, NWT. Anybody out there coming from further away?

Another thing is, I'm taking the whole crew, wife and four kids, any of you see kids at Hip concerts much? I think my parents think I'm nuts, but the kids know the music and like getting up for hockey listening to it in the van on the way to the rink.

Wondering about the show its self. Is ok to stand up and enjoy yourself or are we gonna get told to sit down? We're up in the 200 level.

How about requests for certain songs? If we hold up a 50 Mission Cap sign will they play it? I realize the sign might have to be pretty big if we want Gord to see it up in the 200's.

Hope I didn't scare anybody off with all the questions. Just say hey if you'd rather.

Anyway, we're all looking forward to it and can't wait to meet up with you guys in Edmonton. Cheers.

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  TTH2006-06-24 Fort York, Toronto

Posted by: dreyfuss
11-14-2006, 11:21 AM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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Get while its hot kiddies

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Microphones: Sound Professionals Deluxe Audio Technica Cardiods (AT831's)->Sound Professionals Otter
Box (pre-amp)
Recording Device: Gmini 402 @ 44.1khz
Source: Gmini 402->(USB)PC->Audacity(track seperation)->FLAC
Recorded/Transfered By: Steve Stroud (dreyfuss/silentbob)

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Details: The Hip at Historic Fort York in Toronto, June 24th 2006. This show was fantastic, a
bunch of gems thrown in the setlist including the return of 38 Years Old, almost 12
years to the day since it's last preformance. The best intro to Courage I've ever heard
as well.

Disc 1:

01 - Don't Wake Daddy
02 - Courage
03 - Ocean
04 - Summer Is Killing Us
05 - Good Life
06 - Chagrin Falls
07 - Nautical Disaster
08 - Nashville
09 - 38 Years Old
10 - Puttin Down
11 - 100th Meridian
12 - Sherpa

Disc 2:

01 - Springtime In Vienna
02 - No Threat
03 - Blow At High Dough
04 - Something On
05 - The Wherewithal
06 - Crowd
Encore
07 - Drop Off
08 - Greasy Jungle
09 - We'll Go Too

Enjoy!




1st torrented: Nov 14, 2006

*******DO NOT SELL!!! Convert these files to MP3 if you must for your own listening
needs but please don't distribute them in a lossy format without asking.********

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  TTH2006-10-23 Dreyfuss source

Posted by: dreyfuss
11-14-2006, 11:19 AM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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Hey folks, I've just posted my source for the 2nd night at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, go get it

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Recording Device: Edirol R4 @ 48khz/24bit
MICS Used: AKG 481's
Source: R4->Computer->track/downsample (44.1khz/16bit)->Flac->You
Recorded By: Steve Stroud (dreyfuss)

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Details: The Tragically Hip, live at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto Oct 23rd - 2006, 2nd
Night of 4. Recorded FOB (front of soundboard) pretty much centre, mics flying about
9ft in the air. I've been busy and havn't had a chance to download the other source but
this probably isn't much different, our mics are almost identical. Recording units are
quite different though. More to come! Great show, aren't they all?

Disc 1
01 - Family Band
02 - Courage
03 - In View
04 - It's A Good Life
05 - Drop Off
06 - Gus
07 - Poets
08 - Pigeon Camera
09 - World Container
10 - Luv(sic)
11 - Music @ Work
12 - Pertend
13 - 100th Meridian

Disc 2
01 - Titanic Terrarium
02 - Fly
03 - Kids Don't Get It
04 - Scared
05 - Ocean
06 - NOIS
07 - Rink
08 - Crowd
encore
09 - Last Night
10 - Fire in the Hole


Enjoy!

1st Torrented on: Nov 14th, 2006

*******DO NOT SELL!!! Convert these files to MP3 if you must for your own listening
needs but please don't distribute them in a lossy format **************************

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  Chicago for NYE 2006

Posted by: fingernailsonhull
11-14-2006, 08:27 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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This is up on Ticketmaster:

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The Hip at HOB for NYE 2006. It looks like tickets are $145. Great, The Hip are playing Chicago when I'm back in Canada for Christmas. Hopefully they'll swing through again in the spring.

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  Scientific Proof Nickelback Sucks

Posted by: longseason
11-14-2006, 01:40 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Click HERE for the irrefutable proof:

Via Digg:

Quote:Same beat, same breaks, same awful band.

Click here for Digg's comment stream on this story. Pretty funny.

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