[kelman66]

which one is the muskie?

I agree with the convention ideas.

Too bad we couldnt get a good block of kickass seats all to ourselves at a good gig.
Just so we can all yell "Bring out yer dead!" together just once. (or some other such thing.)

[akoso]

Hey that's the one that got away from me!!!!!

I think they're all the ones that got away from me.

[chicagoblackhawks77]

I hear the Ramada in Bobcaygeon is very nice.

Awesome!!! :mrgreen: This is a great idea; especially since there is no major tour anytime soon. I'm there. Tell me when / where.

[TLB]

There's really only one place that would be
appropriate for a large-scale Hip conference...

If anyone cares, here's what's inscribed on the sign above (punctuality mistakes and all):

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA - GREAT SEAL

YOU ARE NOW ON THE 100 MERIDIAN

Historically that meridian is significant. For two generations the Insurance Companies and other world-wide lending agenices would not, as a matter of agreed policy, lend a shiny dime west of this line. Their reason was that some geographer had labeled it the EAST EDGE of the Great American Desert. Neither the geographer nor the Insurance Companies had been west of 100. Today, more than a quarter of America's new animal wealth alone, is produced from that misnamed desert. This unrealistic, geographically limited loan policy, forced South Dakota into the farm loan business. Our Rural Credit business cost us plenty and was a splendid illustration of why a State should not be in the loaning business. But South Dakota has paid all its debts in full. The 100th Meridian is just another bad memory. Historically however the 100 Meridian was a most important one in Western economy.

(Wikipedia states the Hip's song is about 100th Meridian West)