[AndGraceToo]

YES! Thanks so much, Great info! Answers many questions.
I have the Bills Bar version! I would LOVE the Wetlands if anyone has it..
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[j-monster]

Lofty Pines: "It's too hot to sleep / Let's gather round the fan / We can't do nothing about the heat / Let's just do what we can" sings Gord in this jam which was played often during the summer of 1998, and occasionally since then. It was played on its own only once, at the Wetlands Preserve in New York, when Gord Downie, Paul, and Johnny played it while technical problems were being fixed. "If we only had nothing to say / If only we'd done nothing that day" seems to be a reference to the limousine which crashed while bringing several Detroit Red Wings home from a Stanley Cup party in 1997. Released on Coke Machine Glow with Paul's backing. Langlois also appears on CMG's "Yer Possessed."

A very famous version of the Lofty Pines rant occurred at Boston's Bill's Bar in '98 during "At The Hundredth Meridian." It included Gord mentioning how the "if only" line was something Steve Yzerman might say, and concluding with "My name's Lofty; Lofty pines/And that makes ya'll friends of mine/I've taken up way too much of your time/With my tale of the Lofty Pines"

The Lofty Pines Motel, which is referenced in both the jam and the Downie solo release, is a real motel in Ontario's cottage country: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.muskoka-tourism.on.ca/loftypines/">http://www.muskoka-tourism.on.ca/loftypines/</a><!-- m -->

Thanks Stephen. My posting that picture was more in regards to the thread as a whole (because it has been edging towards the bizarre at some points), but nevertheless your response to me was very informative, and I thank you again for that.

[chris]

Save these linked files to hear what tracks I think this conversation is about:
1998-07-21 - New York, NY - 100th Meridian
1998-07-23 - New York, NY - Lofty Pines
1998-07-24 - New York, NY - 100th Meridian

[Stephen Dame]

Thanks Stephen. My posting that picture was more in regards to the thread as a whole (because it has been edging towards the bizarre at some points), but nevertheless your response to me was very informative, and I thank you again for that.

No problem. I figured you guys knew the score, but some posters seemed legit lost, so I figured I'd toos it in. Your post was just the invitation I needed to cut and paste from the site.

[chris]

I just learned that it's not a pancake; it's a traditional Japanese pastry known as dorayaki....

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[j-monster]

I just learned that it's not a pancake; it's a traditional Japanese pastry known as dorayaki....

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Make sure you include "(rabbit)" in the link.

Ha... how about that? Well, I guess it's true when they say that you learn something new every day!

Thanks Chris! :thumb:

[AndGraceToo]

Did that guy in NYC say something about NASCAR???? :lol: