N&G AoTM /// Vol. 66 - December 2024 /// The Tragically Hip – Up To Here

mgp said:
So, we're a Canadian band (Keanu / Michael Cera).
We're a 5 piece.
There was a 1972 jail break at Millhaven featured.
The Tragically Hip had a version of their song Courage on the (canadian) film The Sweet Hereafter.
It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken is on the Hip album Yer Favourites.
The Tragically Hip opened for Page Plant in 1995...

No idea what's up with Graham. Or Jumper?
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The actors in bands misdirect with Keanu and Cera was too damn good to pass up, but the Canadian bit was definitely the key.

The Chris Evert photo being from the same year as the Millhaven jailbreak is a deliciously unplanned coincidence. Very cool!

Having 2 tennis-related clues was also unplanned, and I didn't really realize it until after I'd posted the Kris Demeanor video as an "unofficial" clue
  • Kris breaks from the song partway through for an extended and wildly entertaining spoken improv before returning to the song - something Gord Downie was well renowned for.
  • Kris Demeanor and Gord Downie are both recognized and celebrated as poets as well as musicians (Kris is a former Poet Laureate of Calgary)
The Hip song "Ahead By A Century" was part of the soundtrack for Jumper.

The Joan Rivers and Kat Graham I knew would be the hardest to link (and I expected Chris Evert to be too!), which is why I wanted to start with them and then open it up a bit from there. I suspected It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken would be the one to blow things open.

Up To Here was released on September 5, 1989; these three things also happened:
  • The Joan Rivers Show premiered on US television.
  • Chris Evert played her final U.S. Open match (and lost to Zina Garrison)
  • Kat Graham was born

I'll get a more proper write-up on the album and why I chose it sometime over the next week or so. Meanwhile, I apologize for it not being as readily available at US retailers as I expected it to be. It is, however, readily available directly through their website:

thehip.com

Up To Here LP

Track Listing:Side One:Blow At High DoughI`ll Believe In You (Or I`ll Be Leaving You Tonight)New Orleans Is Sinking38 Years OldShe Didn`t KnowSide Two:Boots Or HeartsEverytime You GoWhen The Weight Comes DownTrickle DownAnother MidnightOpiated
thehip.com thehip.com

Don't let the numbers scare you TOO badly. Our dollar is weak. Last time I checked and did the conversion it was looking like it would come to just under $35 USD to order and ship -- still a little on the steeper side than I'd hoped... but also totally worth it.

I'd hoped to be able to direct people to @Ethos99 for purchasing, but they only have the recently released deluxe anniversary box set available (I'm hoping my copy arrives today, in fact!)


It was super fun to see the guesses that came through - thanks y'all!

More soon.
 
avecigrec said:
The actors in bands misdirect with Keanu and Cera was too damn good to pass up, but the Canadian bit was definitely the key.

The Chris Evert photo being from the same year as the Millhaven jailbreak is a deliciously unplanned coincidence. Very cool!

Having 2 tennis-related clues was also unplanned, and I didn't really realize it until after I'd posted the Kris Demeanor video as an "unofficial" clue
  • Kris breaks from the song partway through for an extended and wildly entertaining spoken improv before returning to the song - something Gord Downie was well renowned for.
  • Kris Demeanor and Gord Downie are both recognized and celebrated as poets as well as musicians (Kris is a former Poet Laureate of Calgary)
The Hip song "Ahead By A Century" was part of the soundtrack for Jumper.

The Joan Rivers and Kat Graham I knew would be the hardest to link (and I expected Chris Evert to be too!), which is why I wanted to start with them and then open it up a bit from there. I suspected It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken would be the one to blow things open.

Up To Here was released on September 5, 1989; these three things also happened:
  • The Joan Rivers Show premiered on US television.
  • Chris Evert played her final U.S. Open match (and lost to Zina Garrison)
  • Kat Graham was born

I'll get a more proper write-up on the album and why I chose it sometime over the next week or so. Meanwhile, I apologize for it not being as readily available at US retailers as I expected it to be. It is, however, readily available directly through their website:

thehip.com

Up To Here LP

Track Listing:Side One:Blow At High DoughI`ll Believe In You (Or I`ll Be Leaving You Tonight)New Orleans Is Sinking38 Years OldShe Didn`t KnowSide Two:Boots Or HeartsEverytime You GoWhen The Weight Comes DownTrickle DownAnother MidnightOpiated
thehip.com thehip.com

Don't let the numbers scare you TOO badly. Our dollar is weak. Last time I checked and did the conversion it was looking like it would come to just under $35 USD to order and ship -- still a little on the steeper side than I'd hoped... but also totally worth it.

I'd hoped to be able to direct people to @Ethos99 for purchasing, but they only have the recently released deluxe anniversary box set available (I'm hoping my copy arrives today, in fact!)


It was super fun to see the guesses that came through - thanks y'all!

More soon.
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I was gonna make a joke about it being $175 but you already have seen that. Note to us here in the US, it’s not there if you go to the US shop either and then cookies and what not make it hard to get back to the Canadialand site.

I now am waiting on the last three rotm to come to me (@Hemotep i had to order a tape of yours)
 
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