Ok, I just now got back from the Hip in Halifax, I can't here a thing and I have no voice left but I really don't care because It was worth it. Gord put on a pretty good show. If you could take all the hash smoke drifting around the Metro Center than you had a phenomenal time. I gotta go to bed now so
God bless the Hip.

What a fucking amazing show.  They beat the hell out of the last time I saw them, on the Another Roadside Attraction tour - I guess they really are an indoors band.  Gordon was in fine form; his opening line was: "What I want to know, is what kind of initiation DOESN'T require that you eat your own vomit?"  That's Gord - always on the ball.  He didn't really do a monologue during NOIS, instead they put in some song (not one of theirs) which I didn't know.  Anyone?  He did speak for a bit during 100'th Meridian, but I couldn't make out what he was saying.  Anyway, here's the set list, drawn from my inebriated scribblings, which will likely set the tone for the rest of the tour.  Oh, and if you're going to see them, I hope you like the new album...

Grace Too (DFN)
Fully Completely (FC)
Inevitability of Death (DFN)
Courage (For Hugh Maclennan) (FC)
Greasy Jungle (DFN)
Unplucked Gems (RA)
Thugs (DFN)
New Orleans is Sinking (UTH)
So Hard Done By (DFN)
Scared (DFN)
Opiated (UTH)
Nautical Disaster (DFN)
Fifty Mission Cap (FC) - "This is not a song about hockey..."
Yawning or Snarling ? (I think; they played it at some point) (DFN)
At the 100'th Meridian (FC)
Locked in the Trunk of a Car (FC)
Fire in the Hole (DFN)
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Encore:
        We'll Go Too (FC)
        TITANIC Terrarium ? (DFN)
        Little Bones (RA)
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So all told, there were no songs from the first self-titled release, 2 from Road Apples, 2 from Up To Here, 6 from Fully Completely, and the other 10 (!) were from Day For Night; out of 14 on the whole album. But truthfully, seeing them do it live made me appreciate the new stuff even more than I had...You're in for a good time.

PS It was a pretty trippy light show too...
Ryan