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Oshawa GM Centre Jan. 31 - RevolutionMan - 01-16-2007

is anyone planning on recording or filming this show?
i may be filming this im just sketchy on getting gear taken away.
i know the hip let fans record or film, but does security at venues know that? especially in toronto at the ACC i bet the security will take recorders even though the band allows it.

- thehip11 - 01-16-2007

It'll be recorded by a few hardcore fans, namely Steve and Mark.

I wouldn't worry about your stuff being taken away. The hip do a good job of informing security of their policy and if you have a problem ask for the head of security and you'll be good to get in. Don't be rude if they ask questions about your stuff but you should be fine to get in with it.

- Hard Canadian - 01-17-2007

i wish i was going to that one instead of the hamilton show. enjoy the constantines.

- chris - 01-17-2007

Am I not considered hard core any more??? Sad

No matter what, they cannot take your gear away from you. They can tell you to take it outside, or ask you to check it, but they cannot take it from you.

Regardless of the venue, The Hip and their management do what they can to let the building security know their policy...

And if you are concerned, don't tape. Just sit back and enjoy the show. There are others who will be taping the shows you mentioned. You'll just have to wait to see/hear the recording - if the DBA decide to share it. :lol:

- BIGVDOGG - 01-17-2007

how much to join? everyone wants to be a dick !

- thehip11 - 01-18-2007

Sorry about that Chris. When I wrote that I didn't know you were going but yes, you are still considered HARDCORE!

- headstoner - 01-18-2007

are any of you hard cores planning on taping the constantines, cause that would be awesome of you.

j

- Hard Canadian - 01-18-2007

headstoner Wrote:are any of you hard cores planning on taping the constantines, cause that would be awesome of you.

j

yes.... yes it would :thumb:

- chris - 01-18-2007

If I'm there when they go on, I will tape them.

- Hard Canadian - 01-18-2007

chris Wrote:If I'm there when they go on, I will tape them.

thank you sir, you should check them out for yourself. the constantines are a great band. hope you enjoy their set.

- Bobkajun - 01-20-2007

Although I'm going to the Peterborough show and not this one I thought I would share it.


Canadian rawk celebrates the working class

Jan 19, 2007

It is appropriate that two of Canada's greatest "blue collar rock" bands are playing a factory town's hockey arena.

The working classes claimed the Tragically Hip as their own 20 years ago. On this leg of their World Container tour, Kingston's finest will have the proletarian rock of Guelph's Constantines opening on Jan. 31 at the GM Centre in Oshawa. It's gonna be some rock 'n roll show. Topped only if the kings of Hoser Rock BTO were on the bill.

But that's a curious description, blue collar. Music has no collar. The mythical rocker is running from the soul-sapping 9 to 5. The Rawk is lifestyle, it's not a chore. Work is what fans do. Right?

Not so in the Great Land of Cancon Rawk where we attempt to debunk the American myth. Work is as vital a component as style or talent. Although two Canadians have won the TV RockStar Search the concept is probably anathema to musicians here.

Singer/guitarist Steve Lambke of the Constantines and Baby Eagle says on the phone from Toronto that there is a humbleness and down-to-earth quality to his band, they are not trying to be rock stars.

The Rock N Roll mostly sings of the outsider, for any outsider, outside of anything. It's the prime residence of hipster who lives between the here and now. It's the ideal platform for the broken-hearted. It's where we look for the lost.

When the rock 'n roller does deal with labour it is usually to point a finger at the abuses, the dangers or to flip a finger at the boss man. Rush covered Summertime Blues, the rant of a kid who can't get time off. On Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy, "We are the navvies who work upon the railway/ Swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun/ Livin' on stew and drinkin' bad whiskey/ Bendin' our old backs til the long days are done."

The Cowboy Junkies lead off Trinity Sessions with Mining For Gold ... "Can't you feel the rock dust in your lungs/ It will cut down a miner while he is still young".

The drudgery of earning a wage is best captured on the Rheostatics's Whale Music. On their opener Self Serve Gas Station, Martin Tielli sings "... and I just pump gas every weekday night/ until the sun comes up like missiles... to my brain/ you never said this would be hell." Or again on Horses of Melville, a track about factory closure... "we threw our masks into a pile/ the trucks pulled away for good."

Compare that to the Constantines song Soon Enough from their third disc Tournament Of Hearts (curling reference not heard since Hamilton's Dik Van Dykes.) The chorus on the wonderful country-frilled track is "Soon enough work and love will make a man out of you." That is kith and kin to D.O.A. covering John Lennon's Working Class Hero as a tribute when the ex-Beatle was shot down. A working class hero is something to be celebrated.

The Rheos' Horses reflects a fear in every one-horse town, that is when the company moves away or changes ownership, what happens to identity then. Who are you if not what you do?

Tune in next Friday for more musings on The Hip and the Constantines.

William McGuirk is a freelance writer and longtime Oshawa resident. He can be contacted at <!-- e --><a href="mailto:wmacg@yahoo.com">wmacg@yahoo.com</a><!-- e -->.

- RevolutionMan - 01-21-2007

good to hear it will be taped. hopefully filmed as well. i need a new and smaller cam, hopefully i can get it before the show.

wicked the 31st! the hip whooooooooooo!