10-18-2006, 08:33 AM
I was at the Sports Media Canada award luncheon today, and talked briefly to Dave Hodge, an award recipient (I got an award too...sorry, I just won't again get to mention myself and a great broadcaster like Hodge in the same sentence again).
Since I heard him on the edge yesterday, I decided to ask him about the Hip album. "For me, they can do no wrong," he told me. He said he had only listened to the new album twice, and indicated he liked the older stuff better, but still enjoyed the new one. I confessed to having trouble with it, but was warming to it, but noted it was definitely different. "Well that's Bob Rock's influence," he said, with a glance that I'd look to interpret as "knowing." Anyway, he was super-friendly, and seems like a pretty genuine guy. We discussed which shows we were going to this week. He's going Sunday, I'm going Wednesday. He seemed excited, saying the way to see them is in a club, not an arena.
Anyway, thought I'd share that here. He seemed to have a genuine passion for our little band.
Since I heard him on the edge yesterday, I decided to ask him about the Hip album. "For me, they can do no wrong," he told me. He said he had only listened to the new album twice, and indicated he liked the older stuff better, but still enjoyed the new one. I confessed to having trouble with it, but was warming to it, but noted it was definitely different. "Well that's Bob Rock's influence," he said, with a glance that I'd look to interpret as "knowing." Anyway, he was super-friendly, and seems like a pretty genuine guy. We discussed which shows we were going to this week. He's going Sunday, I'm going Wednesday. He seemed excited, saying the way to see them is in a club, not an arena.
Anyway, thought I'd share that here. He seemed to have a genuine passion for our little band.