Podcast: Hear an all-music mix – Pop Candy – USATODAY.com
hipbaser “gentoo” reported this find:
There’s a blog on USAToday.com called Pop Candy, and the person who writes it also does a weekly podcast. This weeks show is all music and included is Luv (Sic), along with a bit about the release of World Container in the U.S. next week. The Hip bit is about 13 minutes into it.
MAv has posted a cool video for “Lonely End Of The Rink” from the show in Barrie on January 25 to thehip.com.
This tour has seen the boys bust out a different cover tune each night. Here’s what we’re seen so far:
2007-01-07 – Victoria: “Queen Bitch” by David Bowie
2007-01-08 – Victoria: “C’Mon Everybody†by Eddie Cochran
2007-01-10 – Kamloops: “On A Night Like This” by Bob Dylan
2007-01-12 – Prince George: “It Makes No Difference” by The Band
2007-01-13 – Grande Prairie: “I Can Only Give You Everything†by Them
2007-01-14 – Edmonton: “Summer Side Of Life” by Gordon Lightfoot
2007-01-16 – Red Deer: “Somethin’ Else†by Eddie Cochran
2007-01-17 – Lethbridge: “Four Stong Winds” by Ian & Sylvia
2007-01-19 – Regina: “Powderfinger” by Neil Young
2007-01-20 – Winnipeg: “2000 Light Years From Home†by The Rolling Stones
2007-01-22 – Thunder Bay: “Going, Going, Gone” by Bob Dylan
2007-01-23 – Sault. Ste. Marie: “Six Days On The Road” by Dave Dudley
2007-01-25 – Barrie: “Train In Vain (AKA Stand By Me)” by The Clash
2007-01-26 – Barrie: “The Weight” by The Band
2007-01-27 – Sudbury: “Sudbury Saturday Night” by Stompin’ Tom Connors
2007-01-29 – Peterborough: “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell
2007-01-31 – Oshawa: “Hang On To Yourself†by David Bowie
2007-02-02 – Ottawa: “Like A Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan
2007-02-05 – London: “Lust For Life†by Iggy Pop
2007-02-06 – Hamilton: “Picture My Face” by Teenage Head
2007-02-08 – Toronto: “Diamond Dogs†by David Bowie
Tickets are available for this show through the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom website.
From canoe.ca
Air Canada Centre, Toronto – February 8, 2007
By SHERRI WOOD – Sun Media
TORONTO – Last night on SUN TV’s Canoe Live I said I was surprised Torontonians are still into The Tragically Hip.
After last night’s Hip show at the Air Canada Centre, I’m decidedly eating my words.
Seems the good ol’ Canadian boys are still solid live performers after 20 years of bandhood — even indoors at the cavernous ACC in the middle of February.
There was never any doubt Gord Downie et al could impress at any outdoor, grassy-knoll, Canada Day affair. But it was questionable whether their brand of patriotic, homegrown beer rock could translate well in an urban arena.
Yet, they pulled it off.
The Kingston-born quintet (fronted by Downie and rounded out by guitarists Paul Langlois and Rob Baker, bassist Gord Sinclair and drummer Johnny Fay) gave the approximately 20,000 loyal fans a heady mix of old favourites and newbie material from their latest effort, World Container (which was produced by Canadian rock vet Bob Rock, and for which they received four Juno nominations this week).
Highlights included Bobcaygeon (which Downie dedicated to “the lovers” in the crowd), In View (the new album’s lead single), the ever-cheeky Poets, Courage, World Container and a long, jammy version of At The Hundredth Meridian, which included a brief jaunt into The Police’s Walking On The Moon.
A performance artist in his own right, it was Downie, mostly, who kept the machine afloat.
He said very little, but dressed all in black, the 43-year-old herked and jerked and writhed and wiggled around the stage with a mic stand in one hand and a white handkerchief in the other.
His enthusiasm was always met with matching enthusiasm from the crowd, who sang along faithfully to familiar material, even when Downie strayed from familiar lyrical rhythms (most noticeably during Ahead By A Century).
Ballads, including Long Time Running and Fiddler’s Green, got a classic lighters-in-the-air tribute — a welcome reprieve from the waving sea of dull, blue-glowing cellphones that usually takes over at concerts these days.
The Tragically Hip prove time and time again that they can please a crowd — especially a Canadian crowd.
Really, they’re the comfort food of rock, firmly rooted in our national identity, and it’s hard not to get into their bluesy brand of mashed potatoes.
Watch for their performance at this year’s Juno Awards, taking place in Saskatoon on April 1.
I’m done.
I knew that the day was coming, but I thought that I still had another year or two.
Twenty minutes in to last nights sold out show at The Air Canada Centre I knew I was done. Done with my undying support of The Hip; done with my addiction to hipbase, done with spending ridiculous amounts of money following them around, done with the countless hours I spend capturing, converting, and editing live recordings of their shows. Done.
Why am I done? Because I am. I’ve seen a lot of shows – some good, some great, and some really great. I’ve travelled with a bunch of like-minded fans to see shows in far-off locations – 5 countries, 2 continents; I’ve met the band, their management, support staff, etc; I’ve got pics, videos, memorabilia, everything a fan could want.
I count myself as very lucky for all of these things, but there comes a time when priorities change. And that time is now.
Leading up to the show I had joked with some friends that I was going to try and give it up, but they all laughed it off. But last night at the show, something happened that was just the push I needed. There we were standing three rows from the stage, surrounded by fans enjoying a concert by their (our) rock heroes and all I kept thinking about was how much I just wanted to be at home doing something else. I kept checking my watch, almost wanting time to speed up.
I think that it is because going to shows is no longer about just having a good time; it’s work. Bringing my recording gear, watching the show through a 3″ LCD screen, contemplating how a shot will look on the big screen, and how I can use it in editing sucks the energy from me like nothing else.
So there it is. If you got this far, thanks for reading. Feel free to post your thoughts in the comments. Although this may be a bit self-indulgent, it’s my site, and this message was approved by me. 🙂
01. Lonely End of the Rink
02. New Orleans is Sinking
03. Fully Completely
04. Bobcaygeon
05. The Drop Off
06. Ahead by a Century
07. In View
08. Poets
09. Fiddler’s Green
10. World Container
11. Springtime in Vienna
12. At the Hundredth Meridian/Walking on the Moon
13. Long Time Running
14. The Kids Don’t Get It
15. Courage
16. Wheat Kings
17. Yer Not the Ocean
18. Fifty Mission Cap
19. Blow at High Dough
Encore
20. COVER: “Diamond Dogs” by David Bowie
21. Family Band
22. Fire in the Hole
23. Little Bones
According to SXSW.com The Hip will be performing this year at some point during Music Week March 14-18… As they have already confirmed shows for the following dates, it looks like they’ll be playing a St. Patrick’s Day party! (Thanks mark…)
03/13/07: Atlanta: Roxy Theatre
03/15/07: Houston: Scout Bar
03/16/07: Dallas: Palladium Ballroom
03/19/07: Denver: Gothic Theatre
03/21/07: Las Vegas: House Of Blues
Live in Toronto, Ontario at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on October 22, 2006
This is a clip from the fan produced DVD available now through The Hip Tracker.
And here‘s an iPod ready MP4.
TorontoSun.com – Music – It’s three for five
It’s three for five
Nelly Furtado, K-OS and Billy Talent top the nominee list for the Juno Awards
By JANE STEVENSON, SUN MEDIA
It’s a busy time for Nelly Furtado. The Victoria, B.C., native received five Juno nominations. (AP FILE PHOTO)
Nelly Furtado has been invited back to the Juno ball.
The Victoria, B.C. songbird, whose last big Juno haul was in 2001 when she won four trophies, picked up a leading five 2007 Juno nominations yesterday, tying with Toronto’s pop-punk act Billy Talent and hip-hop innovator K-OS.
Furtado will vie for album and pop album of the year for her third disc, Loose, single of the year for Promiscuous, artist of the year and the Juno Fan Choice Award.
It caps what already has been a big year for Furtado: she’ll also host the 2007 Junos on April 1 in Saskatoon, will vie for a single Grammy on Sunday in L.A. where she is also a presenter, will make her acting debut on a CSI: New York episode tonight and launches a major concert tour in March.
Otherwise, Billy Talent, who just played their first sold-out show at the Air Canada Centre last Friday, and K-OS have kept their recent Juno momentum going.
Both were big winners at the 2005 Junos with K-OS a triple winner including single of the year, and Billy Talent was a double winner including album of the year.
Yesterday, Billy Talent’s sophomore album, Billy Talent II got the nod for album and rock album of the year, their song, Devil In A Midnight Mass, was nominated for single and video of the year, and they’ll compete for the group-of-the-year honours.
K-OS’ disc, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco, was left out of the 2007 best album race but will compete for pop album, while his song, Sunday Morning is up for single of the year. He also has been nominated for songwriter and producer of the year and best video for Electrik Heat: The Seekwill.
Legendary rock producer Bob Rock (Metallica, Motley Crue, Bryan Adams, Metallica, The Tragically Hip) was announced yesterday as this year’s inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Rock is also a nominee for producer of the year for his work on The Hip’s latest disc, World Container.
Overall, it was a slightly improved nomination list over last year’s which was criticized for favouring the mainstream over indie acts and the presence of two Canadian Idol participants in the best album category.
Still, some Idol alumni made their way into the 2007 Juno race, most prominently faux-pop-punk act Hedley — lead by 2004 Idol loser Jacob Hoggard — who came away with three nods including alb um of the year for Hedley, group of the year and music DVD of the year for Try This At Home.
The remainder of the album of year nominees aren’t much better — classically trained Montreal singer Gregory Charles’ I Think Of You (Charles is another triple nominee) — and mainstream rockers Three Days Grace’ ONE-X.
Thankfully, other triple Juno 2007 nominees such as Dallas Green (both of City And Colour and Alexisonfire) angel-voiced singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer and respected Quebecois act Malajube, go some way towards giving a more accurate picture of Canada’s music talent.
Still, Green was robbed in the single of the year race for the exclusion of his City And Colour song, Save Your Scissors, when tunes such as Chantal Kreviazuk’s All I Can Do, and Jim Cuddy’s Pull Me Through inexplicably made the cut.
It was also announced yesterday that double nominees The Tragically Hip will perform during the Juno ceremony.
Here’s the “Most Nominated at the 2007 Junos” list:
With 5: Nelly Furtado, Billy Talent, K-OS
With 3: Dallas Green, Sarah Harmer, Hedley, Gregory Charles, Malajube