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Normally it’s me who’s all about the jock jams, but Sarah also did her part when she created a list of hockey rock songs for Huffington Post Music Canada to celebrate the start of the NHL playoffs.
In said list you’ll find iconic songs from the likes of The Tragically Hip and Stompin’ Tom Connors.
Read the list here.
Sarah did, however, forget to include this gem from our close personal friend Darrin Pfeiffer.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
The Tragically Hip at Kensington Market
UPDATE: Because Spinner is RIP, Sarah’s full interview with The Hip can be found here.
To celebrate the release of The Tragically Hip‘s newest album Now For Plan A the band recently took over Toronto’s boho Kensington Market neighbourhood for multiple days worth of free mini concerts, interviews and autograph sessions.
Sarah went down to experience the unique event and also interview the band. The resulting interview was, well, “weird,” devolving into a lengthy discussion on how the mess on old Russian hockey nets makes for more exciting goal scoring than with the antiseptic nets used these days. Yeah. Blame Gord Downie.
To read the story head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Also, for added Hip-ness, I did a dangle piece for Gord Downie‘s appearance on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight over at Huffington Post Music Canada. That’s worth tracking down too because Gord says some heavy stuff.
Filed under Concerts, Music, Shameless Promotion, Television
Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie
UPDATE: Because Spinner is RIP we’ve unearthed this story at this link.
The Tragically Hip‘s big Canada Day show this year took place at Burl’s Creek in Oro, Ontario.
The giant campsite played host to the Hip, Death Cab For Cutie, The New Pornographers and the Rural Alberta Advantage.
The one thing Sarah and I couldn’t get over when we were watching Gord Downie and the rest of the Hip perform was how effortlessly Downie has helped be sort of like a guiding hand for the less art intuitive.
What he represents is a gateway drug pusher for Canadian art, like that uncle who gives you a joint for graduating high school.
As such, Sarah wrote about it, and I took pictures of it, for Spinner.
You can read the whole related article by clicking here.
Filed under Concerts, Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion
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