SETLIST: 2008-06-22 – Calgary, AB (Virgin Fest)

At Fort Calgary as headliner at Virgin Fest

01: Yer Not the Ocean
02: My Music at Work
03: Grace, Too
04: The Drop Off
05: It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken
06: Ahead by a Century
07: In View
08: Gift Shop
09: Courage (For Hugh Maclennan)
10: World Container
11: Long Time Running
12: Poets
13: Springtime In Vienna
14: Bobcaygeon
15: Nautical Disaster
16: Fully Completely
17: Family Band
18: New Orleans Is Sinking

Encore
19: The Lonely End Of The Rink
20: Wheat Kings
21: At The Hundredth Meridian

SETLIST: 2008-06-21 – Belleville, ON (Zwick’s Park)

At Zwick’s Park as part of The Big Music Fest

01: Yer Not The Ocean
02: My Music At Work
03: Grace, Too
04: The Drop Off
05: It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken
06: Ahead By A Century
07: In View
08: Gift Shop
09: Courage
10: World Container
11: Long Time Running
12: Poets
13: Springtime In Vienna
14: Bobcaygeon
15: Nautical Disaster
16: Fully Completely
17: Family Band
18: New Orleans Is Sinking

Encore
19: The Lonely End Of The Rink
20: Wheat Kings
21: Blow At High Dough

A Tragically Hip Motorhome

North Shore Times | Thursday, 12 June 2008

LIKE NEW: The old North Shore Bedford restored.

Jane Warren is still using the same bus that took her to school in the 1960s.

But these days it’s being used as a motorhome by Ms Warren and partner Steve Greaves.

The couple, who live on the Coromandel, have revamped the Bedford bus that was owned by the North Shore Transport Company until 1985.

It took Ms Warren from Devonport to Takapuna Grammar in the late 1960s and early 70s.

Mr Greaves’ cousin bought the bus from Murphy Buses in the late 1990s.

He changed the petrol engine to diesel, stripped the interior and fitted it with wood panels from the Toyota car factory.

It was then reluctantly sold to Mr Greaves.

The ownership papers revealed it was Ms Warren’s old school bus.

Mr Greaves says it had been totally restored inside but the exterior was a bit neglected and still had the original blue paint from its time in Devonport.

The earlier red and grey was visible underneath the peeling paint.

A panelbeater and car painter, Mr Greaves has spent the past year sanding back the old paint, masking, and painting the bus.

It now has a charcoal grey base, red up to the windows, silver on the upper sides and a grey roof – and power steering.

Ms Warren and Mr Greaves named the bus Tragically Hip after a Canadian rock group. Mr Greaves lived in Canada for 18 years.

A Hip IQ Test (From marcus1970 at hipbase.com)

Happy Victoria Day everyone!

For those who might be just a little bored today, I thought I’d create a fun quiz to test your knowledge of Hip songs. There are 18 questions for a total of 45 points. I can post the answers and scroing breakdown later. For now, just have fun. Good Luck.

The Tragically Hip IQ Test

1. At only 2:03, The Last of the Unplucked Gems is The Hip’s shortest studio recorded song. Which is the next shortest? (1 point)

a. The New Maybe
b. One Night In Copenhagen
c. Are You Ready
d. As I Wind Down The Pines
e. Evelyn

2. At 6:24, The Dark Canuck is The Hip’s longest studio recorded song. Which is the next longest? (1 point)

a. Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin’ Man
b. Grace Too
c. Tiger The Lion
d. Fight
e. Sherpa

3. List the following songs in chronological order based on the year mentioned in the song? (4 points)

a. 38 Years Old
b. Another Midnight
c. Fifty Mission Cap
d. Fireworks

4. Due to coarse language, which songs would NOT need to be edited for radio play? (2 points)

a. The Wherewithal
b. The Drop Off
c. Fire In The Hole
d. Titanic Terrarium
e. The Heart Of The Melt
f. No Threat
g. All Tore Up

5. Which songs listed do NOT mention the word “Canada” in the lyrics? (2 point)

a. Dire Wolf
b. Summer Is Killing Us
c. Wheat Kings
d. Last Night I Dreamed You Didn’t Love Me
e. Train Overnight
f. Fireworks

6. Simple Problem Solve: (1point)
Lies =?
Time

7. Simple Addition: (1point)
Conviction + Tone =?

8. Simple Subtraction: (3 points)
(# of men thrashing madly) – (# of days to cross the ocean) = ?

9. Simple Multiplication: (3 points)
(# of gallons in a steady stream) x (# of kids for free) = ?

10. Simple Division: (3 points)
(# of men who died in the water) / (# of miles before the crash) = ?

11. How much Hip money is required to complete the following shopping list? (4 points)

2 – Hi Balls
4 – Beers
3 – Years
2 – Ears
1 – Eyeball
2 – Decades
Get the tank topped off

12. Match the song with the animal. (4 points)

Song
a. On The Verge
b. Coconut Cream
c. Trickle Down
d. Are We Family

Animal
1. Cat
2. Goat
3. Chimpanzee
4. Lion

13. Match the song with the body of water. (4 points)

Song
a. Another Midnight
b. Scared
c. Fly
d. The Rules

Water
1. Ocean
2. Bay
3. Sea
4. River

14. Which songs do NOT mention “Springtime” in the lyrics? (2 points)

a. Membership
b. An Inch An Hour
c. Thompson Girl
d. Twist My Arm
e. Springtime In Vienna

15. Which of the following do NOT contain the song title in their lyrics? (2 points)

1. Throwing Off Glass
2. Daredevil
3. The Bear
4. Thugs
5. All Tore Up

16. Which album listed has the most songs on Yer Favourites? (1 point)

a. Up To Here
b. Road Apples
c. Trouble At The Henhouse
d. Day For Night
e. Phantom Power

17. Which song does NOT mention the colour “green” in the lyrics? (1 point)

a. Goodnight Josephine
b. New Orleans Is Sinking
c. The Drop Off
d. Daredevil
e. Inevitability Of Death
f. Opiated
g. Silver Jet

18. List as many Hip songs you can think of with “coffee” in the lyrics? (6 points)

1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4. ____________
5. ____________
6. ____________

Click here for the answers.

Hip To Perform At Governor General’s Gala

From The Ottawa Citizen

OTTAWA – Tragically Hip fans may think their next opportunity to see the band play live in Ottawa is at Bluesfest in July. Wrong.

Though fans can see the Hip play their annual Bluesfest date in July, the Citizen has learned that the Kingston band’s next public performance in the city will be next Saturday night, May 3, in Southam Hall of the National Arts Centre. The Hip are among the recipients at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards – the annual gala to honour some of the nation’s great artists – and sources say the legendary Canadian band will perform during the show.

This is uncommon. Most musical recipients at the awards do not perform. Typically, another musician will perform one of the recipient’s songs. For example, k. d. lang was a recipient in 2005 and did not perform, but one of her songs was performed by a rising young Canadian singer named Leslie Feist. One act that did perform was the Guess Who, honoured in 2002.

Recipients at this year’s gala include Eugene Levy, Anton Kuerti, Michel Pagliaro and others. Tickets for the gala are available through ticketmaster.ca, or at the NAC box office.

Hip Tracker Upload: tth2004-09-23 – Syracuse, NY

Name: TTH: 2004-09-23 – Syracuse, NY
Size: 555.55 MB
Category: SHN/FLAC: Concerts
Uploaded by: chrisk

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The Tragically Hip

09/23/2004
Landmark Theater – Syracuse NY

Source: Sony ECM-DS70P Stereo Electret Condenser Mic on a Cap… -> Sony Net MD MZ-NF810 LP2
Conversion: Sony Net MD MZ-NF810 Line Out -> Audigy 2 Line In -> Vegas 4.0 WAV 16bits 44.1 kHz -> FLAC
Taped by Slacker17

Disc 1:
01. Vaccination Scar (3:04)
02. Grace Too (6:19)
03. Fireworks (4:10)
04. It’s a Good Life if you Don’t Weaken (5:04)
05. Summer’s Killing Us (4:08)
06. Courage (4:49)
07. As Makeshift As We Are (3:35)
08. Giftshop (5:15)
09. One night in Copenhagen (2:38)
10. It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night (3:18) Remember that Syracuse…
11. 100th Meridian (5:06) Because that was the deal…
12. If New Orleans is Beat (3:41)
13. Poets (5:20)
14. Meanstreak (3:57)
15. Fully Completely (3:59)
16. Nautical Disaster (4:42)
17. Heaven is a Better Place Today (3:09)

Disc 2:
18. Music @ Work (4:16)
19. New Orleans is Sinking (5:45) Encores
20. Gus (The Polar Bear from Central Park) (4:00)
21. Blow at High Dough (6:04)
22. Ahead by a Century (5:58)

Review: Man do I miss the good old days when 100th Meridian lasted for 20 minutes… Anyway, good show all in all. I was feeling weird all day, maybe it’s the US… We’ll see in Burlington!

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You can use the URL below to download the torrent (you may have to login).

http://www.thehiptracker.com/details.php?id=126&hit=1

CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT: Big Music Fest in Belleville

On Saturday June 21st The Hip will be performing at Big Music Fest in Belleville, Ontario. Joining them will be Sam Roberts Band, Sarah Harmer and Attack In Black. The show is at Zwick’s Park. Presale for Registered Users of thehip.com starts this Wednesday April 2nd at 10:00am. Public onsale starts Friday April 4th at 10:00am. Tickets are $49.50.

Visit www.thehip.com for all the details on the presale and public onsale.