[MAverick]

Call me crazy, but I've been on a hip surfing kick lately, so I'm goning to start posting some stuff that I find. Not sue if you've seen some of this stuff before or not. It's from all over the map, time, topic etc.



He's trying to "hipnotize" you
Our columnist tries to explain how happiness is one part tragic, one part Hip

http://www.herenb.com/saintjohn/issues/0550/hip.html
Yer Favorites Reviews:
http://www.herenb.com/saintjohn/issues/0...views.html

This kind of audio-cum-visual treatment is a stroke of genius, especially for a band that's built a core audience through electrifying live shows, as The Tragically Hip has done. "Hipeponymous" is a great introduction to a band most people in this country haven't even heard of.
http://www.tbo.com/entertainment/fridaye...P4MIE.html

02/06:
With all of the numerous CD and DVD releases that come out over the holidays, it's impossible to be aware of all of the ones truly worth their price tag. One of the wiser 2005 release investments that might have unfortunately gone overlooked by many here in the States is the first-ever career retrospective by Canada's biggest and best-loved band, The Tragically Hip.. . . . .

. . . . or both the long-time fan and the formerly uninitiated, Hipeponymous is undoubtedly the ultimate Tragically Hip collectors item; chronicling the rich history and accomplishments from one of rock music's most innovative and awe-inspiring bands. Buy it, become absorbed in it, worship it, and then thank the deity of your choice for its existence.

http://www.nighttimes.com/nt_main.asp?aID=808

In Between Evolution Review
http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?op=Print&sid=1368

Remember Car Stereo Review, well this is the same guy: Misuc @ Work
http://www.roadgearmag.com/article.asp?s...cle_id=236

..... Whether American audiences will be smart or sophisticated enough to appreciate The Tragically Hip remains to be seen. The band has made another killer album. If you don't hear any good hard rock this year, at least you can't blame Canada.
http://www.bitchinentertainment.com/traghip.html

Tragically Underated
http://hipbase.com/forum/posting.php?mode=newtopic&f=1

School Net Nets Student MAgazine:

http://www.snn-rdr.ca/snn/2003may/thehip.html

Quotes:

R.E.M. and the Rolling Stones were secretly commissioned by the Canadian government to donate their stem cells some twenty-odd years ago for the purposes of creating a world-conquering group—and thus the Tragically Hip was born. OK, so maybe that’s not quite the “true” origin story for Canada’s finest, but “the Hip” (as they’re affectionately known in Canada where they routinely sell out arenas) are a band of super-powered enough proportions that they deserve a comic book-styled back story.

http://www.pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1412

Johnny's symbols: Don't know if this is out of date:
John Fay from the band The Tragically Hip plays which Paiste cymbals?

This is what John Fay's playing:
http://www.paiste.com/faqs/default.php?f...1&faqid=66
15" 2002 Sound Edge Hi-Hat
8" Signature Splash
17" Signature Fast Crash
18" Signature Fast Crash
20" Signature Dark Crash Ride (custom)
21" Signature Dry Ride (custom)


An oldie, but rare interview with MArk Vreekan on . . Monitors. . . I think my favorite local crew shirt I received last year said 'THC' in big white letters, and underneath, The Hip Crew.

http://www.prosoundweb.com/editorial/chr...ehip.shtml

Canadian Gov't:

Ottawa, September 10, 2002 -- Where can you find information on Canada’s 15th prime minister or the Tragically Hip? Who was the first female aircraft designer? How do you write and publish a book? The answers to these and many other questions can be found on the National Library of Canada’s exciting Web sites designed to help students and teachers easily access information on Canadian literature, music and history.

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/whats-ne...339-e.html


Misc Reviews and such:
... Their frontman, Gordon Downie, is simply one of the best. His strong, unique voice grabs you and then holds your attention with some of the best storytelling lyrics of our time. His lyrics, whether about a depressed polar bear or a dead hockey player, are true poetry.
....

Gordon Sinclair (Bass, vocals) and Johnny Fay (Drums) were one of the most solid rhythm sections I have ever seen live. Rob Baker (Guitar) and Paul Langlois (rhythm Guitar, vocals) wove in licks that were sometimes edgy and other times delicate. Together they put on a show definitely worth going to see....
http://www.earvolution.com/2004/09/tragi...states.asp


on cbc.ca

Our Home and Native Band
Why we’re attached to the Tragically Hip
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Interview with Johnny:

http://austin.citysearch.com/feature/19280/

I'll add some more tomorrow. Feel free to add your own.

MAv.

[beanmedic]

The first one was written by a member on here (Problem Bear). Here is the thread discussing it

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[trevor]

:lol: :lol:

Should I even ask how you got that WONDERFUL picture of Chris as your Avatar?

*EDIT* Nevermind - I wandered over to the non-hip discussion and found the answer.

[j-monster]

Hey MAv, those are some great links. Thanks for sharing.

I'll PM you a couple links... don't know if they were on your list for later, but I think they are good additions to what you have so far.

[chris]

School Net Nets Student MAgazine:

http://www.snn-rdr.ca/snn/2003may/thehip.html

MAv.

A great line from an enlightened Grade 11 student caps this article:
"Sitting on a porch, working on a bike, tipping back a cold drink, just listening to The Hip makes any day a good day."

MAv, unless you object, I'm going to post your list on the blog at hipfans.com...

[MAverick]

School Net Nets Student MAgazine:

http://www.snn-rdr.ca/snn/2003may/thehip.html

MAv.

A great line from an enlightened Grade 11 student caps this article:
"Sitting on a porch, working on a bike, tipping back a cold drink, just listening to The Hip makes any day a good day."

MAv, unless you object, I'm going to post your list on the blog at hipfans.com...

Oh, I have way more. I'll organize them first then. . . those were some I came across yesterday.

MAv.

Chris Chris, you have a good eye. . . that line is fantastic

[MAverick]

I'll add some more tomorrow. Feel free to add your own.

MAv.

This is a newish article from Stylus Magazine:

It’d Be Better For Us If You Don’t Understand: A Meditation on The Tragically Hip 2006-02-20

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=2192

[skippy the wonder dog]

From that article: "The entire structure that The Tragically Hip are situated upon is an intriguing one."

Holy Jesus -- who writes a sentence like that? What does that even mean, if anything? Is the band situated upon some structure, say, for example, a stage, that is particularly intriguing? Uh, no ... this appears to be an attempt to say "The Hip are an intriguing band."

Drag that writer out into the street and shoot him. Shoot his editor, too.

[Sam]

There's the content as well.

Look, I love Gord Downie with the same blind adoration of any self-respecting Hip fan. But the Hip is a band and they all contribute to making it great. This article is just that old chestnut: "the Hip is a bar band that lucked out with a great lead singer" on speed.

[TLB]

Before the most recent overhaul & revival of The Hip's homepage, Feldman-Macklam Mgt. asked for my opinion on what a fan might want to see (however big or small a role I thought that might offer). I included the following links with my response. Some of these may be old hat to some of you, but nonetheless they provide a glimpse into how TheHip.com came to be.


ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION (1995)

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TROUBLE AT THE HENHOUSE (1996)

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19990224073718/http://www.thehip.com/henhouse/trouble.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/199902240737 ... rouble.htm</a><!-- m -->


TALES FROM THE HIP (1996)

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LIVE BETWEEN US (1997)

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19981206021240/www.thehip.com/lbu/livehome.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/199812060212 ... vehome.htm</a><!-- m -->


ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION (1997)

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PHANTOM POWER (12/11/1998)

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PHANTOM POWER (02/23/1999)

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19990224234539/www.thehip.com/index.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/199902242345 ... /index.htm</a><!-- m -->


HIP FANS @ WORK (2000)

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[Tthip]

This one has always been my favorite:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19990220034644/www.thehip.com/thehip.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/199902200346 ... thehip.htm</a><!-- m -->

And does anyone else remember always calling the 1-800 Hip number to get the latest touring info?

[MAverick]

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Entertainment/493779.html

From The Chronicle Herald (Halifax)

A Hip DVD
Tragically Hip’s music DVD Hipeponymous one of top contenders for a Juno

By STEPHEN COOKE Entertainment Reporter

The digital video disc format has certainly given musicians new and refreshing ways to present their work, to the point where a DVD project can be just as important or career-advancing as an act’s regular releases.

Rather than a hodgepodge of old promo videos or a slickly shot live show, the interactivity of DVDs can broaden the listener/viewer’s appreciation of what their favourite performers do, and how they do it.

Last year’s best DVD Juno Award winner is a fine case in point; Blue Rodeo’s Stereovision, assembled by noted Canadian documentarian Ron Mann. The retrospective of the beloved roots rockers included a reunion of the band’s original lineup, rare TV appearances, an appreciation by Canadian writer/musician Paul Quarrington and a ViewMaster reel featuring photos of the band in 3D.

Hard to argue with that as a winner in the category.

This year a strong contender comes from another Canadian band whose standing in the national scene is as entrenched as the Canadian Shield: The Tragically Hip. Last year, the Hip released its career retrospective Hipeponymous, a lovingly crafted box set with two CDs of favourites selected by fans and two DVDs; the That Night in Toronto concert program (also released separately) and a box-only Bonus Features disc including all of the band’s promo clips (Video Kills), the specially designed videos which were back-projected during the Hip’s last national tour (collected under the title The Right Whale), and Macroscopic, an impressionistic hour-long look at The Tragically Hip on the road.

The videos are an instructive journey through nearly two decades in the life of the Kingston quintet, from the early Small Town Bringdown (remember singer Gordon Downie with long hair?) to the hilarious (and unexpurgated) The Darkest One, featuring Trailer Park Boys and fried chicken delivery man Don Cherry, one of the most memorable Canadian rock clips ever made.

Macroscopic might not engender as many repeat viewings, but there are some amusing and enlightening moments, and prime Downie-isms, like the way he sometimes listens to running shoes tumbling in the dryer for musical inspiration: ""You hear all kinds of crazy rhythms.""

Pierre and Francois Lamoureux’s concert video That Night in Toronto captures the band at its snarling, idiosyncratic best at Air Canada Centre, in hi-def, widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1. It’s almost like being there, with the added bonus of being able to make out Downie’s more intense facial expressions.

The Tragically Hip also put in an appearance on another Juno-nominated disc, the Toronto edition of the Live 8 concert series. On July 2, 2005, a gargantuan effort took place around the world, with massive concerts in nine cities to raise awareness of ongoing world poverty and to persuade the leaders of the G8 nations to take action to end this global problem during their meeting at Gleneagles in Scotland.

The Toronto edition (well, Barrie, really) showed the Canadian music scene out in full force, with stalwarts like Blue Rodeo and Gordon Lightfoot sharing the stage with Montreal rocker Sam Roberts and African-born rapper K’naan. The East Coast was represented by Great Big Sea (and, if you like, two-fifths of Blue Rodeo. . . . Sarah McLachlan was flying the flag at the Philadelphia instalment of Live 8), while Canadian rock legend Neil Young led the all-star finale.

While Canada is barely represented on the four-disc box set that was also released — only Young, Bryan Adams and Australian guests Jet are present — the single disc version of the Toronto show serves as an apt souvenir, and a suitable reminder of an impressive and necessary undertaking.

Toronto rapper k-os struck a chord with his second CD Joyful Rebellion, and the breakaway hit Crabbuckit, and got to further prove his skills as a performer on the DVD release Publicity Stunt?, which includes both live songs and promo clips, some never before seen. It’s a fun package, from its worn notebook cover to some cleverly assembled extras, including 14:59 of Funk, a montage of breakdancing clips assembled from video clip outtakes and home video footage of k-os and his pals adopting their best b-boy stances.

The most straightforward of the four out of five nominees available for review — Quebec songstress Ariane Moffatt’s A la Station C couldn’t be located — is Diana Krall’s Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival. This is hardly surprising. her key audience is likely uninterested in funky menus and searching for hidden Easter eggs, although there is a video clip for Narrow Daylight, a photo gallery and a discography just so you can’t call it a bare-bones release.

But the main attraction is an hour-and-a-half of Krall and her backup trio deftly performing a mix of standards and originals from her Girl in the Other Room CD, with the extra charge of playing live adding some extra spark to the BC pianist/singer’s delivery. The 14-camera shoot with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is a top-notch production, plus the closeups let you see Krall really go to town on the keyboard, which you never quite grasp as she plays bigger and bigger venues.

If you ever felt like turning your den into an intimate jazz club, this would be the way to go.

[Sam]

Macroscopic might not engender as many repeat viewings, but there are some amusing and enlightening moments, and prime Downie-isms, like the way he sometimes listens to running shoes tumbling in the dryer for musical inspiration: ""You hear all kinds of crazy rhythms.""

Wasn't that Rob who liked to listen to shoes in the dryer?

[TLB]

Remember Car Stereo Review, well this is the same guy: Misuc @ Work
http://www.roadgearmag.com/article.asp?s...cle_id=236
MAv.

Here's the original review by this guy
Phantom Power