Talking with 50 Mission

The Tragically Hip Top Forty Countdown

Join jD, Pete, and Tim as they welcome 50 Mission to the podcast. 50 Mission will be playing at the finale event and you can learn more about them by visiting their website https://www.50missionband.com/

Transcript

TrTrack 2:

[0:00] So have you guys met each other here?

Track 1:

[0:03] Yeah, this is Steve. I'm Steve.

Track 3:

[0:06] I'm Ron.

Track 1:

[0:07] Ike. Ike plays bass.

Alirio, I'm the nice drummer. The nice looking drummer.

Yeah, he's got a weird accent. So you may have to ask what you're saying.

Yeah, there's a couple accents there. Latino accent. I might switch to Spanish.

Track 2:

[0:26] Yeah.

Track 1:

[0:28] In Spain, I already speak Spanish.

Track 3:

[0:30] Where are you from?

Track 1:

[0:32] Originally from Venezuela. Venezuela.

Track 3:

[0:37] And I heard another accent there, too.

Track 1:

[0:43] No, just one. The invi... Oh, different Canadian, oh, maybe, maybe, uh...

Maybe like Newfie accent. Newfie accent, yeah, yeah. Canadian, but... I don't think so.

Introduction and Location Discussion

Track 3:

[0:55] Where do they live? Where do you guys live at?

Track 1:

[0:58] We're in the Brantford area, pretty much all of us. Yeah, it's like 100 kilometers west of Toronto.

So we're about that area, yeah.

Yeah, pretty much from where Jamie's from. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just north of Waterford.

We're actually just north of Boston, Jamie.

Track 2:

[1:18] Oh, okay.

Track 1:

[1:20] East of Boston, sorry, yeah. Where are you from, Jamie?

Track 2:

[1:24] I grew up in Waterford.

Track 1:

[1:25] Oh, there you go. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we played the old town hall there a couple times.

Track 2:

[1:32] Yeah, it's a cool venue, right?

Track 1:

[1:34] Oh, it's a great venue. The stage is beautiful. It's just a really nice place.

I mean, I would love to go see a band there, right?

Track 2:

[1:41] Yeah, I saw Huxley Workman there.

Track 1:

[1:42] Nice. Yeah. Yeah, and I saw the Sheepdogs there three years ago.

Yeah. Oh, wow. It was great, yeah. It was packed with the Sheepdogs.

Track 3:

[1:51] How'd you guys all meet? I was gonna say- Oh, go ahead, JD.

Track 2:

[1:54] No, no, man. No, no, no. Have you met Tim and Pete?

Track 1:

[1:59] Yes.

Track 2:

[1:59] Yeah. Okay, so I was late.

Track 1:

[2:02] So see, that's, you know, it's all I know is, all I know is I have where to stay in Spain and Oregon.

Track 4:

[2:08] Si, si, si.

Track 3:

[2:12] Trust me, there's a lot of nice, there's a lot nicer places in Spain to stay than my house.

Track 4:

[2:19] Venga aqui, si. Bienvenidos.

Track 1:

[2:23] Yeah, as far as how we met, it varies. Ron and I played in a band previously.

It's the first time I've been a singer in the band. I've always been a drummer.

I sang songs from the drums, but came up front. So Ron and I were in a band previously.

Steve is a friend of Ron's. Yeah, I've known Ron probably close to 20 years now. I joined a band and he was the other guitar player he joined it to, and we hit it off pretty good.

And then we ended up quitting that band. Turned out we were also living quite close.

We were practically neighbors and didn't realize it. Oh yeah.

How Band Members Met and Their History

[3:01] Okay. And as far as Ike, Ike's brother of Trisha used to be a singer in another band I was in, so.

Ike and I have known each other for, 10 years at least. Not longer, yeah.

And Illyrio was in a band with some buddies of mine as the drummer, so that's how Leroy and I know each other.

And we actually played soccer together like 15 years ago. Yeah.

We've played soccer together for a long time, too, so.

Track 3:

[3:38] Did we lose, did you guys lose me or did I lose you?

Track 1:

[3:42] I lost you for a minute there, Pete, but you're back.

Track 3:

[3:45] Okay, well, at least the question got answered about Ike and his brother.

Hopefully it was cool. Sorry. Can I ask one more question? Oh, Tim, go ahead.

Track 4:

[3:57] I just got. I was just gonna ask who out of the five of you has seen The Hip play the most times, had seen them play the most times?

Track 1:

[4:06] I've actually never seen them play.

Track 4:

[4:10] Oh, okay, you're part of our club.

Track 1:

[4:14] Me neither, fun fact, my daughter, she actually saw them in 2017 in a school event, And I've never got to see them.

Track 4:

[4:22] Oh, wow.

Track 1:

[4:26] Okay. that. It's probably me then. I've probably seen them 12, 15 times over the years.

Yeah, I saw them on the last tour, neat little stories, the guy went to high school, when I had, the first time I saw them was a roadside attraction in Kiyoka at the Speedway, yeah samething, yeah, JD was probably, I think Oliver Waterford was there because it was so close.

But a buddy of mine, well, JD, you know, Bill Ella, right?

Track 2:

[5:03] Yeah, yeah.

Track 1:

[5:03] So Bill and Bill and I went to our first hip concert together.

And then when my fiance and I got tickets for the last tour, we got four tickets and I called him up said, Hey, man, we got to see the last one together too. So he jumped right on it. So himand his wife joined us. It was great.

Track 2:

[5:21] It's pretty special. What venue do you go to?

Track 1:

[5:24] We saw them at ACC.

Track 2:

[5:27] Oh wow, nice. Yeah, in Toronto. Yeah. Oh, man.

Track 1:

[5:31] Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it wasn't a dry eye in the place. It was pretty special, man. Yeah.

Track 3:

[5:41] Do you guys, and I ask this strictly, this is not like, you know, any remotely thing, judgmental, it's just a curious thing as far as musicians, but because I have a friend that wasplaying, he played a while in a tribute band for Floyd and then also one for Oasis, and he likes Floyd a lot, but he was like not an Oasis fan, but he played in it because, you know, Gigs agig. It's fun and it's cool.

But like do you I would imagine that all of you guys genuinely like the tragic We have at least to some degree.

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[6:16] Oh, yeah, or if not dig the shit out of them Yeah, and it's a riot to play it is so much fun to play the music it's lots of energy and I have an absolute riot playing it It looks like it fromthe videos i've seen I didn't know that many songs until I joined this band.

I only knew a couple, like New Orleans is Sinking or probably Little Bones, but then these guys got me into them.

Now that's all I hear. Oh, wow. So I love them so much and that's all I hear. it now.

And I used to play like a really like you name it from from Metallica down to Bird Jam to Foo Fighters and now my favorite is Tragically Here.

So yeah it's uh it's interesting when we play a show that uh, the fun part for me is not only playing the show and the people are into it like everybody you know that everybody's coming tosee the show knows the songs see they're going going to be singing.

But after the show, the number of people that come up and want to tell you about the time they saw the hip or they have a story about when they met one of the members of the hip.

So people just reconnect at our shows, which is a fun part for me.

Track 4:

[7:37] Sure, that's amazing.

Track 2:

[7:38] Yeah, it's like a community, right?

Track 1:

[7:40] Oh, absolutely, yeah.

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[7:43] Yeah, and I mean, I gotta say, I've seen, obviously, not anything hip related, but like, for example, I remember seeing a Zeppelin tribute band that was really good, that I just kind oflike, I mean, I'm a diehard Zeppelin fan, like, you know, all eight studio records just flow through my veins and seeing that show was like, you know, I was like, OK, it's cool. And then Iwas just so wildly impressed.

Like, I'm not the guy because I play, you know, you play, you play a gig, kind of like put your guitar, put your instruments away, go to the bar, have a beer, check out for the night,especially if it's a long show and you're tired.

But like I was like, I got to go tell these people how fucking great they sounded and And how during this tune, the communication breakdown, he hit the solo perfect.

That's so cool that you have people that... Because it's a testament to you guys being fucking really good at your craft and knowing how to play to the crowd. I can't wait to see you guys.

Track 1:

[8:56] Thank you, Lola. Yeah, we have a blast.

The Complexity of Learning Songs on Instruments

[9:00] Yeah, so these guys always mention, you know, when we're learning a song, they've got a a lot harder than I do, but a lot of folks who either don't play instruments or folks whoaren't hip fans that are playing instruments say, oh yeah, those songs are easy.

But I'm sure these guys can tell you that they're not easy. There's all kinds of stuff going on. No way.

Yeah, you've gotta really hit it to get the nuance of the song and the notes, but I don't know if you guys have examples, but. Two guitar parts are so very complementary to each other.

There's really no rhythm or lead. There's just two guitars.

And without one, the other just doesn't sound right. You have to have those two parts like the record, and then it gives you that sound.

Yeah. So we're very picky about the sound. We use the right instruments.

We try and use the right equipment wherever we can and re-crease that sound, like the record, as close as we can, right?

Track 3:

[10:05] Yep. The general rule with music, too, is if it sounds really hard, chances are it's not, and if it sounds really easy, chances are it's not, right?

Track 1:

[10:16] Isn't that the case? That is right. As I was saying, I used to play what I thought they were the hardest song to play, like the Foo Fighters, to name a few.

But then I thought, okay, this doesn't sound difficult. man, I was wrong.

It is difficult, it is, because it's just, we need to connect, like, you know, we need to be in sync to actually make it sound right, which is very interesting, and I love doing that. And theseguys are awesome.

Yeah for that band, that's it Yeah, we're very lucky that everybody has the same ambition to make it sound like that.

You know when everybody's in the groove it the music becomes a Uh part of the vocals everything.

Yeah, it's one. It's a rare commodity Yeah, yes And we're lucky to look it lucky to have a guy that's on ligar like it's just It's just amazing.

The Importance of Syncing and Connecting as a Band

[11:07] Sometimes it's just man. It's just something great.

It's I mean musically we are there and we have a good rhythm and we you know, we understand each other But what make a sound right is this guy here, right? This is something greatHopefully you'd like it, too I'm sure we will.

[11:26] We won't even talk about bass because Based on some of the bass runs and and stuff is pretty crazy to me. Yeah, it's tough.

[11:37] I think he was a guitar player actually, so he actually learned to play the bass as we came along.

Yeah, I didn't even know the bass, so these guys called me, so I went to the music store and bought a bass and showed up and then started.

It's been pretty good. Lots to learn. It's been a lot of fun, but I think it's just having five individuals, like being in a band like this is amazing because it's tough.

I've played with lots of different musicians, but to have people that connect very tight like this, that is very, very hard to find.

And playing bass in this band has probably been the best band I've ever been in. I've always played guitar, but playing the bass and getting that part and playing with these guys is actuallyamazing.

So it's been pretty good, pretty good run so far.

[12:33] That's cool, man. And a second instrument is always awesome anyway.

You can't go wrong learning. I learned, oh, maybe 20 years ago, I picked up the fiddle and started playing fiddle.

Oh, I became a fiddle player for about eight years.

And then I got back into guitar and then that stopped. And then maybe about four years ago, I bought a banjo and oh my goodness, I was two years of banjo, banjo, banjo.

And you learn, you pick up something from everything I've learned.

I've picked up something that adds to the guitar tons. Totally, totally, totally.

Appreciating the Skill of Great Musicians

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[13:10] When we listen to, well, cause we interviewed Gord Sinclair, it was about a month and a half ago, something like that, maybe two months ago.

And I had done this before, but I did it more so after we interviewed him.

If you watch like a video that they're, a live video that they're playing, right?

And watch it five times. Watch it five times. And each five times, once you focus on Johnny Fay, another time you focus on Gord Downie, another time you focus on Rob Baker, youknow, and so on and so forth.

And you can just, if you just focus on them and their instrument, you realize how fucking, excuse my language, I'm dropping a lot of F-bombs, but how well they are at playing theirinstruments.

Instruments, what good musicians they are. And to sound even remotely remotely close to them is not an easy task. It's not even close.

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[14:09] Yeah, and as they've, you know, grown over the years, they've just gotten better, right? You just get better at your craft. So when you go and learn the newer albums or songs offthose it's even tougher.

Track 3:

[14:22] Yeah, I bet.

Track 1:

[14:23] But it's even more rewarding when we get together and sometimes, you know, we play the tune for the very first time and go, okay, we're going to learn this tune, we go away anddo our parts, we come back and we play it and we're all kind of blown away at how good it sounds sometimes the first time.

You learn that part and they melt together so beautifully for that finished product that it's really rewarding.

Mind-Blowing Live Transitions in Music

Track 4:

[14:53] Yeah, we were just listening. Yeah, we were just the guys and I were just listening to a live version of New Orleans is sinking where they transition in and out of nautical disasterand back into New Orleans is sinking.

Have you guys tried anything like that as a band together? Because that that I mean, that just blew our minds, you know?

Track 1:

[15:12] Yeah, that's an interesting combination, isn't it? Yeah, we, uh, we do have a killer whale tank version on the, on the schedule eventually to, uh, to learn, uh, but, uh, yeah, we haven'tgot around to it. Uh, that's a big one. Shit.

But yeah, yeah, I guess our focus has been so far just to try to, you know, owner what they recorded, so keep it as close as, as you know, the original And that's how I've been a focus sofar, you know.

[15:46] It may migrate to, you know, do experiments, something like that.

But so far, we're trying to actually, you know, honor that original record, original sound.

And, you know, but sort of in a live version. So, yeah, as Ron was saying, it's so rewarding when you, you know, work hard on getting that song together and it, you know, it soundedactually very close, in our opinion, anyway.

Yeah, we really try to bring the music and the live show to the stage, but not be the Tragical yet.

We don't want to look like them or copy them. We want to bring their music to people. So all of the music. That's good.

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[16:26] I like that. Yeah, I like that.

Track 1:

[16:28] Yeah, we don't want to do exactly. We don't want to just look like them.

We want to keep our original, you know, style of playing our instruments, but sounding like them. So, right.

Track 2:

[16:39] Right.

Track 1:

[16:40] I think it's a good combination. up in any other so far band that I've seen doing tributes to The Hips.

They want to look like them. They sound decent.

Track 4:

[16:52] That happens, that happens.

Track 3:

[16:53] I could dress up like Paul McCartney, too.

Do you guys find it... I was going to...

This is like being something that's puzzling because I haven't seen, obviously I haven't seen you guys play live, but I'm wondering, you know, what your catalog covers and stuff but justlooking at how big the catalog of the hip is like I think you know if you took a band like like I used to Pink Floyd as an example before you know not many you know if you're in a coverband or a tribute band you're gonna you're gonna cover you know the wall you're gonna cover maybe a few things off like Wish You Were Here and Dark Sudden Moon You're not goingto do, yeah, I'm a goma.

Track 2:

[17:39] Yeah, no, probably not.

Track 3:

[17:40] No offense to Syd Barrett, but I think with a band like the hip or like Zeppelin, for example, the sound changes so much.

Like like like little bones to fucking Tiger. The lion is like, yeah, it's like it's like the distance from Earth to Pluto instead of like Earth to Mars. It's like...

How do you do that on stage? How do you like Go, okay. We're We're going into now for plan a or whatever.

Track 1:

[18:16] I personally You know I'm singing. I'm just trying to bring that same sound And each song I just look at it differently each songs its own person, right?

So I don't in my mind. I don't put them together on albums each one has its own personality.

So that's kind of how I think about it. Like we go from Highway Girl, which is probably our simplest instrumentally.

And again, it's the first album, right? So like, I mean, the hip of the hip, but they weren't accomplished musicians like they were now for Plan A, right?

So a little easier to play, but Gord was a little more wild with his voice, not as controlled.

So you got to kind of bring that out as well.

So that's kind of how I view those.

Track 3:

[19:06] It's a good approach. Yeah. That makes sense. It makes sense.

Listening to the records like we have from start to finish, which I don't know if you guys listen to the podcast. I hope not. Yeah.

Track 1:

[19:16] Of course. Of course we do. Nice.

Track 4:

[19:19] That's great.

Track 1:

[19:21] Why don't you...

Track 2:

[19:23] What do you say you give us a little taste of what you guys do and perform a couple songs?

Track 1:

[19:28] That'd be awesome.

Influences: Foo Fighters, Metallica, Outlaws, Guns N' Roses

Track 4:

[28:01] What other influences have you guys had? I know you know one of you mentioned like Foo Fighters and Metallica and stuff. What else are you guys into?

What were you into maybe when you know the hip was just going nuts in the 90s?

What else were you guys listening to?

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[28:18] I was a big Outlaws fan. I played a lot of the Outlaws.

Just kind of like ladder skaters and stuff. Cool. I was a Guns N' Roses guy.

Track 4:

[28:28] All right, right on.

Track 1:

[28:31] I didn't know that. It's interesting. Sweet child of mine was the first song I ever heard. Rush, I liked playing Rush stuff too.

Track 4:

[28:41] Excellent.

Track 1:

[28:45] I like all types of music but I like real heavy and better.

Pantera, like loud, just as a favorite. Sure.

Track 4:

[28:53] Nice.

Track 1:

[28:55] Yeah, I was the weird of my generation because, you know, back in Venezuela, whoever plays or like rocks, he wasn't in the, you know, he was not usual.

So, but I like, you know, I started playing Sepultura, Pantera, Metallica.

That's how I started playing. It wasn't sounding good, but that's, you know, but then with the years, when I learned a bit I actually got, you know, Peter from Spain, my favorite band ever,although they're tragically here is Eros del Silencio.

That's my favorite band from Spain and that's my biggest influence in rock music.

What's the name of it? Eros del Silencio is like Heroes of Silence.

Track 3:

[29:36] Oh yeah, yeah, totally, yeah. You know what's funny? I can hear a bit.

I was told about that band a a number of times.

Yeah, I've been I've seen like those fun at those a couple times and I mean they're big in spain There I would call them the closest thing to tragically hip In spain, especially later in theircareer, too but um Yeah, I mean I'm I'm, i'm name dropping now, but I went to the same high school as james james headfield um so metallica ran, quite deep in my Family and hometown.

Yeah, sure Yeah, I mean back of it back of the day with the hip was plugging along You weren't you didn't you didn't own appetite for destruction.

Track 1:

[30:29] Oh Yeah You weren't I learned every song on the record. That was that was me go home sit in my bedroom To learn every tune.

Track 3:

[30:37] Yeah, you were the guy who thought like you were the guy to like me We also thought like G&R Lies was a great album where everybody was like, yeah, I like Patience, buteverything else fucking take it or leave it, man.

Track 1:

[30:49] No, it was everything. I learned most of that album as well.

Track 3:

[30:52] Yeah, it was a great album.

Track 1:

[30:56] As for me, I grew up listening to a lot of different stuff.

Influences: Johnny Horton, Jimmy Reeves, The Stones

[31:02] Anything from like Johnny Horton and Jimmy Reeves right up to The Stones, right?

So a lot of influence, The Stones, probably my second favorite band.

I've seen them nine times. Oh, wow. Yeah. Every time they come to Toronto, I think I've seen them since I was able to get in, so.

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[31:18] Cool. I saw The Stones once and I almost didn't see them.

My cousin Rocky, God rest his soul, was 24 years old, died of brain cancer.

Horrible tragedy. just the day of his funeral, I had tickets to see The Stones at Angel Stadium and I'm like I'm not gonna go. Screw that. I mean, I just like just came back from Rocky'sfuneral. My mom's like.

How disappointed would your cousin be to know that you missed the fucking Rolling Stones because of his ass? And I was like, good point.

Went and never regretted it.

Such a good show.

When you guys played Poets, I wrote something down to ask, do you get Gimme Shelter vibes from that song?

Like, I would imagine playing that song on guitar. There's a refrain towards the end when it just slows down and just dips into the rhythm where it sounds like the end of Keith Richardssolo I just now that you mentioned it I can see that for sure yeah yeah yeah maybe think of it when you guys are playing it but never I've never heard before when I've heard the song bythe hip then we're going to end up playing that.

We're going to transition into the stones.

The Band's Ability to Handle Challenges

[32:43] And If anybody can, if any band can handle it, it sounds like, you guys can.

Track 1:

[32:55] I can. backup singing.

Track 3:

[32:58] She was pregnant. She was pregnant. We should have saying that.

Track 2:

[33:04] She get out of here. Really?

Track 3:

[33:05] Yep.

Track 1:

[33:06] She came down to the studio with like four in the morning in her house coat and curlers.

Track 2:

[33:11] Jesus Christ. Wow. Come on down.

Track 1:

[33:12] Yeah. Yeah, cool story.

Track 2:

[33:20] Well, you guys sounded terrific. I'll tell you that. So I can't I can't wait to hear you, you know, when you're unleashed, fully unleashed and we're not listening to you over video.

Track 1:

[33:32] Yeah. We're working on a surprise for you, so keep doing it.

Oh, wow. Yeah. And don't expect any dance moves like Gord for me, because drummers can't dance, so I just, what happens, happens up there.

I can do salsa with my merengue. Oh, salsa. There you go. Be for yourself.

It's all about closing your eyes and listening to the music.

Yeah. We don't look like it. He's trying to sound like it. Just look at the light show. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Tim's Exciting Donation for Silent Auction

Track 3:

[34:17] Yeah, so I know you guys don't don't dress dress up, you know, dress as such for the hip, but Tim was was keen enough to procure an item for the silent auction that we're having.

That is a Tim should I I'm stealing your thunder here, but I'm so I think it's literally the coolest thing.

Tim got contacted the woman who made Gord's hats for the final tour.

Track 1:

[34:46] Sweet.

Track 3:

[34:47] She is donated a hat for the highest bidder that that, you know, once they win it at the auction, she's going to have them fitted for it and she's going to make a fucking gourd hat.Nice.

Track 1:

[35:02] It's so cool.

Track 3:

[35:07] What's that?

Track 4:

[35:09] Yeah, her company is is Lily put hats.

She makes amazing stuff. And I mean, I think these these hats she made for Gord and the likeness of one for the silent auction, it's kind of a it's kind of a priceless item. So we're excited tosee what it does.

Track 1:

[35:29] That's what I saw. I saw that she had sponsored the show. So I was like, oh, that's interesting. I wonder what she could be sponsoring me. That's awesome.

That's yeah.

Track 4:

[35:42] Yeah, she makes great stuff.

Track 3:

[35:43] I'm so stoked to see you guys at the show. I mean, it's going to be the, I mean, granted, it's going to be cool to see Tim and JD because we only talk via Skype, but you guys aregoing to be a highlight, man. Let me tell you. All right. Bye.

Exciting International Guests Joining the Show

Track 4:

[35:58] We even have our guests, one of our guests on the show, Dan from London.

He's even coming. So we got we got US, Spain and UK coming in.

Track 3:

[36:08] Canada, yeah.

Track 1:

[36:08] Last question. Real quick.

Track 3:

[36:16] Sorry, JD. Is that cool?

Track 2:

[36:17] No. Oh, yeah. Go ahead.

Track 3:

[36:19] Just to slip it in. Trailer Park fan? Trailer Park Boy fans?

Track 1:

[36:27] Oh, yeah.

Track 2:

[36:28] I'm the anomaly. I'm the anomaly.

Track 1:

[36:32] I've never seen it.

Track 2:

[36:36] I've seen it a little.

Track 1:

[36:37] I live with a... I'm on antenna. I get like 4 or 5 Canadian channels and that's what I watch.

CBC - A Nickname for someone

Track 3:

[36:49] CBC, CBC, that's his nickname.

Track 1:

[36:53] That's great.

Track 3:

[36:53] CBC.

Track 4:

[36:54] That's like, that's like people asking me if I watch Portlandia.

I mean, that's literally the first season. The first season was filmed down the street from my house. Literally. Oh my God.

So it's, so, yeah. It's really Park Boy, so that's different. I've watched most of it.

Track 1:

[37:11] I, I, I'm known for my Bubbles impressions. So I'll do it privately for you.

Oh, nice. I'm not going to do it. You don't want to do that online?

Mysterious Plans for Halloween in Toronto

Track 3:

[37:23] I know who it is.

Track 4:

[37:25] Maybe just on Halloween.

Track 3:

[37:26] Let's hope when we're in town in Toronto at the live event, the same squashes that show up.

Track 1:

[37:32] Same squashes. I'll bring some sandwiches, too.

Track 3:

[37:39] Don't don't wind me up cuz I I, you know, I'm telling you, don't wind me up.

We'll, we'll, we'll save it for the live event.

Track 4:

[37:49] Oh, no.

Preview of the Live Podcast Finale and Event Details

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[37:56] Well, guys, it's been fantastic having you on and getting to listen to a taste of your wares.

We're really thrilled that you'll be joining us on Friday, September 1st at the Rec Room.

If you're listening to this and you like what you heard and you want to hear more, tickets are available at gettinghiptothehip.com.

Just click on the ticket button. It'll take you right where you need to go and you can join us that night for the live podcast finale, a couple sets from 50 Mission, and a great silent auctionwith some items that are really starting to pile up now.

I'm excited. I'm very excited. So thank you guys so much.

Track 1:

[38:37] Thank you for having us. Yeah, thanks for having us. Thanks, guys. And 50missionband.com. Yes. Little plug there.

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Track 1:

[38:46] We're excited for the show. Can't wait to see you guys. We're excited for the show.

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[38:50] Can't wait to see you guys.

Track 1:

[38:53] Cheers, guys. All right.

Track 2:

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[0:00] So have you guys met each other here?

Track 1:

[0:03] Yeah, this is Steve. I'm Steve.

Track 3:

[0:06] I'm Ron.

Track 1:

[0:07] Ike. Ike plays bass.

Alirio, I'm the nice drummer. The nice looking drummer.

Yeah, he's got a weird accent. So you may have to ask what you're saying.

Yeah, there's a couple accents there. Latino accent. I might switch to Spanish.

Track 2:

[0:26] Yeah.

Track 1:

[0:28] In Spain, I already speak Spanish.

Track 3:

[0:30] Where are you from?

Track 1:

[0:32] Originally from Venezuela. Venezuela.

Track 3:

[0:37] And I heard another accent there, too.

Track 1:

[0:43] No, just one. The invi... Oh, different Canadian, oh, maybe, maybe, uh...

Maybe like Newfie accent. Newfie accent, yeah, yeah. Canadian, but... I don't think so.

Introduction and Location Discussion

Track 3:

[0:55] Where do they live? Where do you guys live at?

Track 1:

[0:58] We're in the Brantford area, pretty much all of us. Yeah, it's like 100 kilometers west of Toronto.

So we're about that area, yeah.

Yeah, pretty much from where Jamie's from. Yeah. Yeah, I'm just north of Waterford.

We're actually just north of Boston, Jamie.

Track 2:

[1:18] Oh, okay.

Track 1:

[1:20] East of Boston, sorry, yeah. Where are you from, Jamie?

Track 2:

[1:24] I grew up in Waterford.

Track 1:

[1:25] Oh, there you go. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we played the old town hall there a couple times.

Track 2:

[1:32] Yeah, it's a cool venue, right?

Track 1:

[1:34] Oh, it's a great venue. The stage is beautiful. It's just a really nice place.

I mean, I would love to go see a band there, right?

Track 2:

[1:41] Yeah, I saw Huxley Workman there.

Track 1:

[1:42] Nice. Yeah. Yeah, and I saw the Sheepdogs there three years ago.

Yeah. Oh, wow. It was great, yeah. It was packed with the Sheepdogs.

Track 3:

[1:51] How'd you guys all meet? I was gonna say- Oh, go ahead, JD.

Track 2:

[1:54] No, no, man. No, no, no. Have you met Tim and Pete?

Track 1:

[1:59] Yes.

Track 2:

[1:59] Yeah. Okay, so I was late.

Track 1:

[2:02] So see, that's, you know, it's all I know is, all I know is I have where to stay in Spain and Oregon.

Track 4:

[2:08] Si, si, si.

Track 3:

[2:12] Trust me, there's a lot of nice, there's a lot nicer places in Spain to stay than my house.

Track 4:

[2:19] Venga aqui, si. Bienvenidos.

Track 1:

[2:23] Yeah, as far as how we met, it varies. Ron and I played in a band previously.

It's the first time I've been a singer in the band. I've always been a drummer.

I sang songs from the drums, but came up front. So Ron and I were in a band previously.

Steve is a friend of Ron's. Yeah, I've known Ron probably close to 20 years now. I joined a band and he was the other guitar player he joined it to, and we hit it off pretty good.

And then we ended up quitting that band. Turned out we were also living quite close.

We were practically neighbors and didn't realize it. Oh yeah.

How Band Members Met and Their History

[3:01] Okay. And as far as Ike, Ike's brother of Trisha used to be a singer in another band I was in, so.

Ike and I have known each other for, 10 years at least. Not longer, yeah.

And Illyrio was in a band with some buddies of mine as the drummer, so that's how Leroy and I know each other.

And we actually played soccer together like 15 years ago. Yeah.

We've played soccer together for a long time, too, so.

Track 3:

[3:38] Did we lose, did you guys lose me or did I lose you?

Track 1:

[3:42] I lost you for a minute there, Pete, but you're back.

Track 3:

[3:45] Okay, well, at least the question got answered about Ike and his brother.

Hopefully it was cool. Sorry. Can I ask one more question? Oh, Tim, go ahead.

Track 4:

[3:57] I just got. I was just gonna ask who out of the five of you has seen The Hip play the most times, had seen them play the most times?

Track 1:

[4:06] I've actually never seen them play.

Track 4:

[4:10] Oh, okay, you're part of our club.

Track 1:

[4:14] Me neither, fun fact, my daughter, she actually saw them in 2017 in a school event, And I've never got to see them.

Track 4:

[4:22] Oh, wow.

Track 1:

[4:26] Okay. that. It's probably me then. I've probably seen them 12, 15 times over the years.

Yeah, I saw them on the last tour, neat little stories, the guy went to high school, when I had, the first time I saw them was a roadside attraction in Kiyoka at the Speedway, yeah samething, yeah, JD was probably, I think Oliver Waterford was there because it was so close.

But a buddy of mine, well, JD, you know, Bill Ella, right?

Track 2:

[5:03] Yeah, yeah.

Track 1:

[5:03] So Bill and Bill and I went to our first hip concert together.

And then when my fiance and I got tickets for the last tour, we got four tickets and I called him up said, Hey, man, we got to see the last one together too. So he jumped right on it. So himand his wife joined us. It was great.

Track 2:

[5:21] It's pretty special. What venue do you go to?

Track 1:

[5:24] We saw them at ACC.

Track 2:

[5:27] Oh wow, nice. Yeah, in Toronto. Yeah. Oh, man.

Track 1:

[5:31] Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it wasn't a dry eye in the place. It was pretty special, man. Yeah.

Track 3:

[5:41] Do you guys, and I ask this strictly, this is not like, you know, any remotely thing, judgmental, it's just a curious thing as far as musicians, but because I have a friend that wasplaying, he played a while in a tribute band for Floyd and then also one for Oasis, and he likes Floyd a lot, but he was like not an Oasis fan, but he played in it because, you know, Gigs agig. It's fun and it's cool.

But like do you I would imagine that all of you guys genuinely like the tragic We have at least to some degree.

Track 1:

[6:16] Oh, yeah, or if not dig the shit out of them Yeah, and it's a riot to play it is so much fun to play the music it's lots of energy and I have an absolute riot playing it It looks like it fromthe videos i've seen I didn't know that many songs until I joined this band.

I only knew a couple, like New Orleans is Sinking or probably Little Bones, but then these guys got me into them.

Now that's all I hear. Oh, wow. So I love them so much and that's all I hear. it now.

And I used to play like a really like you name it from from Metallica down to Bird Jam to Foo Fighters and now my favorite is Tragically Here.

So yeah it's uh it's interesting when we play a show that uh, the fun part for me is not only playing the show and the people are into it like everybody you know that everybody's coming tosee the show knows the songs see they're going going to be singing.

But after the show, the number of people that come up and want to tell you about the time they saw the hip or they have a story about when they met one of the members of the hip.

So people just reconnect at our shows, which is a fun part for me.

Track 4:

[7:37] Sure, that's amazing.

Track 2:

[7:38] Yeah, it's like a community, right?

Track 1:

[7:40] Oh, absolutely, yeah.

Track 3:

[7:43] Yeah, and I mean, I gotta say, I've seen, obviously, not anything hip related, but like, for example, I remember seeing a Zeppelin tribute band that was really good, that I just kind oflike, I mean, I'm a diehard Zeppelin fan, like, you know, all eight studio records just flow through my veins and seeing that show was like, you know, I was like, OK, it's cool. And then Iwas just so wildly impressed.

Like, I'm not the guy because I play, you know, you play, you play a gig, kind of like put your guitar, put your instruments away, go to the bar, have a beer, check out for the night,especially if it's a long show and you're tired.

But like I was like, I got to go tell these people how fucking great they sounded and And how during this tune, the communication breakdown, he hit the solo perfect.

That's so cool that you have people that... Because it's a testament to you guys being fucking really good at your craft and knowing how to play to the crowd. I can't wait to see you guys.

Track 1:

[8:56] Thank you, Lola. Yeah, we have a blast.

The Complexity of Learning Songs on Instruments

[9:00] Yeah, so these guys always mention, you know, when we're learning a song, they've got a a lot harder than I do, but a lot of folks who either don't play instruments or folks whoaren't hip fans that are playing instruments say, oh yeah, those songs are easy.

But I'm sure these guys can tell you that they're not easy. There's all kinds of stuff going on. No way.

Yeah, you've gotta really hit it to get the nuance of the song and the notes, but I don't know if you guys have examples, but. Two guitar parts are so very complementary to each other.

There's really no rhythm or lead. There's just two guitars.

And without one, the other just doesn't sound right. You have to have those two parts like the record, and then it gives you that sound.

Yeah. So we're very picky about the sound. We use the right instruments.

We try and use the right equipment wherever we can and re-crease that sound, like the record, as close as we can, right?

Track 3:

[10:05] Yep. The general rule with music, too, is if it sounds really hard, chances are it's not, and if it sounds really easy, chances are it's not, right?

Track 1:

[10:16] Isn't that the case? That is right. As I was saying, I used to play what I thought they were the hardest song to play, like the Foo Fighters, to name a few.

But then I thought, okay, this doesn't sound difficult. man, I was wrong.

It is difficult, it is, because it's just, we need to connect, like, you know, we need to be in sync to actually make it sound right, which is very interesting, and I love doing that. And theseguys are awesome.

Yeah for that band, that's it Yeah, we're very lucky that everybody has the same ambition to make it sound like that.

You know when everybody's in the groove it the music becomes a Uh part of the vocals everything.

Yeah, it's one. It's a rare commodity Yeah, yes And we're lucky to look it lucky to have a guy that's on ligar like it's just It's just amazing.

The Importance of Syncing and Connecting as a Band

[11:07] Sometimes it's just man. It's just something great.

It's I mean musically we are there and we have a good rhythm and we you know, we understand each other But what make a sound right is this guy here, right? This is something greatHopefully you'd like it, too I'm sure we will.

[11:26] We won't even talk about bass because Based on some of the bass runs and and stuff is pretty crazy to me. Yeah, it's tough.

[11:37] I think he was a guitar player actually, so he actually learned to play the bass as we came along.

Yeah, I didn't even know the bass, so these guys called me, so I went to the music store and bought a bass and showed up and then started.

It's been pretty good. Lots to learn. It's been a lot of fun, but I think it's just having five individuals, like being in a band like this is amazing because it's tough.

I've played with lots of different musicians, but to have people that connect very tight like this, that is very, very hard to find.

And playing bass in this band has probably been the best band I've ever been in. I've always played guitar, but playing the bass and getting that part and playing with these guys is actuallyamazing.

So it's been pretty good, pretty good run so far.

[12:33] That's cool, man. And a second instrument is always awesome anyway.

You can't go wrong learning. I learned, oh, maybe 20 years ago, I picked up the fiddle and started playing fiddle.

Oh, I became a fiddle player for about eight years.

And then I got back into guitar and then that stopped. And then maybe about four years ago, I bought a banjo and oh my goodness, I was two years of banjo, banjo, banjo.

And you learn, you pick up something from everything I've learned.

I've picked up something that adds to the guitar tons. Totally, totally, totally.

Appreciating the Skill of Great Musicians

Track 3:

[13:10] When we listen to, well, cause we interviewed Gord Sinclair, it was about a month and a half ago, something like that, maybe two months ago.

And I had done this before, but I did it more so after we interviewed him.

If you watch like a video that they're, a live video that they're playing, right?

And watch it five times. Watch it five times. And each five times, once you focus on Johnny Fay, another time you focus on Gord Downie, another time you focus on Rob Baker, youknow, and so on and so forth.

And you can just, if you just focus on them and their instrument, you realize how fucking, excuse my language, I'm dropping a lot of F-bombs, but how well they are at playing theirinstruments.

Instruments, what good musicians they are. And to sound even remotely remotely close to them is not an easy task. It's not even close.

Track 1:

[14:09] Yeah, and as they've, you know, grown over the years, they've just gotten better, right? You just get better at your craft. So when you go and learn the newer albums or songs offthose it's even tougher.

Track 3:

[14:22] Yeah, I bet.

Track 1:

[14:23] But it's even more rewarding when we get together and sometimes, you know, we play the tune for the very first time and go, okay, we're going to learn this tune, we go away anddo our parts, we come back and we play it and we're all kind of blown away at how good it sounds sometimes the first time.

You learn that part and they melt together so beautifully for that finished product that it's really rewarding.

Mind-Blowing Live Transitions in Music

Track 4:

[14:53] Yeah, we were just listening. Yeah, we were just the guys and I were just listening to a live version of New Orleans is sinking where they transition in and out of nautical disasterand back into New Orleans is sinking.

Have you guys tried anything like that as a band together? Because that that I mean, that just blew our minds, you know?

Track 1:

[15:12] Yeah, that's an interesting combination, isn't it? Yeah, we, uh, we do have a killer whale tank version on the, on the schedule eventually to, uh, to learn, uh, but, uh, yeah, we haven'tgot around to it. Uh, that's a big one. Shit.

But yeah, yeah, I guess our focus has been so far just to try to, you know, owner what they recorded, so keep it as close as, as you know, the original And that's how I've been a focus sofar, you know.

[15:46] It may migrate to, you know, do experiments, something like that.

But so far, we're trying to actually, you know, honor that original record, original sound.

And, you know, but sort of in a live version. So, yeah, as Ron was saying, it's so rewarding when you, you know, work hard on getting that song together and it, you know, it soundedactually very close, in our opinion, anyway.

Yeah, we really try to bring the music and the live show to the stage, but not be the Tragical yet.

We don't want to look like them or copy them. We want to bring their music to people. So all of the music. That's good.

Track 2:

[16:26] I like that. Yeah, I like that.

Track 1:

[16:28] Yeah, we don't want to do exactly. We don't want to just look like them.

We want to keep our original, you know, style of playing our instruments, but sounding like them. So, right.

Track 2:

[16:39] Right.

Track 1:

[16:40] I think it's a good combination. up in any other so far band that I've seen doing tributes to The Hips.

They want to look like them. They sound decent.

Track 4:

[16:52] That happens, that happens.

Track 3:

[16:53] I could dress up like Paul McCartney, too.

Do you guys find it... I was going to...

This is like being something that's puzzling because I haven't seen, obviously I haven't seen you guys play live, but I'm wondering, you know, what your catalog covers and stuff but justlooking at how big the catalog of the hip is like I think you know if you took a band like like I used to Pink Floyd as an example before you know not many you know if you're in a coverband or a tribute band you're gonna you're gonna cover you know the wall you're gonna cover maybe a few things off like Wish You Were Here and Dark Sudden Moon You're not goingto do, yeah, I'm a goma.

Track 2:

[17:39] Yeah, no, probably not.

Track 3:

[17:40] No offense to Syd Barrett, but I think with a band like the hip or like Zeppelin, for example, the sound changes so much.

Like like like little bones to fucking Tiger. The lion is like, yeah, it's like it's like the distance from Earth to Pluto instead of like Earth to Mars. It's like...

How do you do that on stage? How do you like Go, okay. We're We're going into now for plan a or whatever.

Track 1:

[18:16] I personally You know I'm singing. I'm just trying to bring that same sound And each song I just look at it differently each songs its own person, right?

So I don't in my mind. I don't put them together on albums each one has its own personality.

So that's kind of how I think about it. Like we go from Highway Girl, which is probably our simplest instrumentally.

And again, it's the first album, right? So like, I mean, the hip of the hip, but they weren't accomplished musicians like they were now for Plan A, right?

So a little easier to play, but Gord was a little more wild with his voice, not as controlled.

So you got to kind of bring that out as well.

So that's kind of how I view those.

Track 3:

[19:06] It's a good approach. Yeah. That makes sense. It makes sense.

Listening to the records like we have from start to finish, which I don't know if you guys listen to the podcast. I hope not. Yeah.

Track 1:

[19:16] Of course. Of course we do. Nice.

Track 4:

[19:19] That's great.

Track 1:

[19:21] Why don't you...

Track 2:

[19:23] What do you say you give us a little taste of what you guys do and perform a couple songs?

Track 1:

[19:28] That'd be awesome.

Influences: Foo Fighters, Metallica, Outlaws, Guns N' Roses

Track 4:

[28:01] What other influences have you guys had? I know you know one of you mentioned like Foo Fighters and Metallica and stuff. What else are you guys into?

What were you into maybe when you know the hip was just going nuts in the 90s?

What else were you guys listening to?

Track 1:

[28:18] I was a big Outlaws fan. I played a lot of the Outlaws.

Just kind of like ladder skaters and stuff. Cool. I was a Guns N' Roses guy.

Track 4:

[28:28] All right, right on.

Track 1:

[28:31] I didn't know that. It's interesting. Sweet child of mine was the first song I ever heard. Rush, I liked playing Rush stuff too.

Track 4:

[28:41] Excellent.

Track 1:

[28:45] I like all types of music but I like real heavy and better.

Pantera, like loud, just as a favorite. Sure.

Track 4:

[28:53] Nice.

Track 1:

[28:55] Yeah, I was the weird of my generation because, you know, back in Venezuela, whoever plays or like rocks, he wasn't in the, you know, he was not usual.

So, but I like, you know, I started playing Sepultura, Pantera, Metallica.

That's how I started playing. It wasn't sounding good, but that's, you know, but then with the years, when I learned a bit I actually got, you know, Peter from Spain, my favorite band ever,although they're tragically here is Eros del Silencio.

That's my favorite band from Spain and that's my biggest influence in rock music.

What's the name of it? Eros del Silencio is like Heroes of Silence.

Track 3:

[29:36] Oh yeah, yeah, totally, yeah. You know what's funny? I can hear a bit.

I was told about that band a a number of times.

Yeah, I've been I've seen like those fun at those a couple times and I mean they're big in spain There I would call them the closest thing to tragically hip In spain, especially later in theircareer, too but um Yeah, I mean I'm I'm, i'm name dropping now, but I went to the same high school as james james headfield um so metallica ran, quite deep in my Family and hometown.

Yeah, sure Yeah, I mean back of it back of the day with the hip was plugging along You weren't you didn't you didn't own appetite for destruction.

Track 1:

[30:29] Oh Yeah You weren't I learned every song on the record. That was that was me go home sit in my bedroom To learn every tune.

Track 3:

[30:37] Yeah, you were the guy who thought like you were the guy to like me We also thought like G&R Lies was a great album where everybody was like, yeah, I like Patience, buteverything else fucking take it or leave it, man.

Track 1:

[30:49] No, it was everything. I learned most of that album as well.

Track 3:

[30:52] Yeah, it was a great album.

Track 1:

[30:56] As for me, I grew up listening to a lot of different stuff.

Influences: Johnny Horton, Jimmy Reeves, The Stones

[31:02] Anything from like Johnny Horton and Jimmy Reeves right up to The Stones, right?

So a lot of influence, The Stones, probably my second favorite band.

I've seen them nine times. Oh, wow. Yeah. Every time they come to Toronto, I think I've seen them since I was able to get in, so.

Track 3:

[31:18] Cool. I saw The Stones once and I almost didn't see them.

My cousin Rocky, God rest his soul, was 24 years old, died of brain cancer.

Horrible tragedy. just the day of his funeral, I had tickets to see The Stones at Angel Stadium and I'm like I'm not gonna go. Screw that. I mean, I just like just came back from Rocky'sfuneral. My mom's like.

How disappointed would your cousin be to know that you missed the fucking Rolling Stones because of his ass? And I was like, good point.

Went and never regretted it.

Such a good show.

When you guys played Poets, I wrote something down to ask, do you get Gimme Shelter vibes from that song?

Like, I would imagine playing that song on guitar. There's a refrain towards the end when it just slows down and just dips into the rhythm where it sounds like the end of Keith Richardssolo I just now that you mentioned it I can see that for sure yeah yeah yeah maybe think of it when you guys are playing it but never I've never heard before when I've heard the song bythe hip then we're going to end up playing that.

We're going to transition into the stones.

The Band's Ability to Handle Challenges

[32:43] And If anybody can, if any band can handle it, it sounds like, you guys can.

Track 1:

[32:55] I can. backup singing.

Track 3:

[32:58] She was pregnant. She was pregnant. We should have saying that.

Track 2:

[33:04] She get out of here. Really?

Track 3:

[33:05] Yep.

Track 1:

[33:06] She came down to the studio with like four in the morning in her house coat and curlers.

Track 2:

[33:11] Jesus Christ. Wow. Come on down.

Track 1:

[33:12] Yeah. Yeah, cool story.

Track 2:

[33:20] Well, you guys sounded terrific. I'll tell you that. So I can't I can't wait to hear you, you know, when you're unleashed, fully unleashed and we're not listening to you over video.

Track 1:

[33:32] Yeah. We're working on a surprise for you, so keep doing it.

Oh, wow. Yeah. And don't expect any dance moves like Gord for me, because drummers can't dance, so I just, what happens, happens up there.

I can do salsa with my merengue. Oh, salsa. There you go. Be for yourself.

It's all about closing your eyes and listening to the music.

Yeah. We don't look like it. He's trying to sound like it. Just look at the light show. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Tim's Exciting Donation for Silent Auction

Track 3:

[34:17] Yeah, so I know you guys don't don't dress dress up, you know, dress as such for the hip, but Tim was was keen enough to procure an item for the silent auction that we're having.

That is a Tim should I I'm stealing your thunder here, but I'm so I think it's literally the coolest thing.

Tim got contacted the woman who made Gord's hats for the final tour.

Track 1:

[34:46] Sweet.

Track 3:

[34:47] She is donated a hat for the highest bidder that that, you know, once they win it at the auction, she's going to have them fitted for it and she's going to make a fucking gourd hat.Nice.

Track 1:

[35:02] It's so cool.

Track 3:

[35:07] What's that?

Track 4:

[35:09] Yeah, her company is is Lily put hats.

She makes amazing stuff. And I mean, I think these these hats she made for Gord and the likeness of one for the silent auction, it's kind of a it's kind of a priceless item. So we're excited tosee what it does.

Track 1:

[35:29] That's what I saw. I saw that she had sponsored the show. So I was like, oh, that's interesting. I wonder what she could be sponsoring me. That's awesome.

That's yeah.

Track 4:

[35:42] Yeah, she makes great stuff.

Track 3:

[35:43] I'm so stoked to see you guys at the show. I mean, it's going to be the, I mean, granted, it's going to be cool to see Tim and JD because we only talk via Skype, but you guys aregoing to be a highlight, man. Let me tell you. All right. Bye.

Exciting International Guests Joining the Show

Track 4:

[35:58] We even have our guests, one of our guests on the show, Dan from London.

He's even coming. So we got we got US, Spain and UK coming in.

Track 3:

[36:08] Canada, yeah.

Track 1:

[36:08] Last question. Real quick.

Track 3:

[36:16] Sorry, JD. Is that cool?

Track 2:

[36:17] No. Oh, yeah. Go ahead.

Track 3:

[36:19] Just to slip it in. Trailer Park fan? Trailer Park Boy fans?

Track 1:

[36:27] Oh, yeah.

Track 2:

[36:28] I'm the anomaly. I'm the anomaly.

Track 1:

[36:32] I've never seen it.

Track 2:

[36:36] I've seen it a little.

Track 1:

[36:37] I live with a... I'm on antenna. I get like 4 or 5 Canadian channels and that's what I watch.

CBC - A Nickname for someone

Track 3:

[36:49] CBC, CBC, that's his nickname.

Track 1:

[36:53] That's great.

Track 3:

[36:53] CBC.

Track 4:

[36:54] That's like, that's like people asking me if I watch Portlandia.

I mean, that's literally the first season. The first season was filmed down the street from my house. Literally. Oh my God.

So it's, so, yeah. It's really Park Boy, so that's different. I've watched most of it.

Track 1:

[37:11] I, I, I'm known for my Bubbles impressions. So I'll do it privately for you.

Oh, nice. I'm not going to do it. You don't want to do that online?

Mysterious Plans for Halloween in Toronto

Track 3:

[37:23] I know who it is.

Track 4:

[37:25] Maybe just on Halloween.

Track 3:

[37:26] Let's hope when we're in town in Toronto at the live event, the same squashes that show up.

Track 1:

[37:32] Same squashes. I'll bring some sandwiches, too.

Track 3:

[37:39] Don't don't wind me up cuz I I, you know, I'm telling you, don't wind me up.

We'll, we'll, we'll save it for the live event.

Track 4:

[37:49] Oh, no.

Preview of the Live Podcast Finale and Event Details

Track 2:

[37:56] Well, guys, it's been fantastic having you on and getting to listen to a taste of your wares.

We're really thrilled that you'll be joining us on Friday, September 1st at the Rec Room.

If you're listening to this and you like what you heard and you want to hear more, tickets are available at gettinghiptothehip.com.

Just click on the ticket button. It'll take you right where you need to go and you can join us that night for the live podcast finale, a couple sets from 50 Mission, and a great silent auctionwith some items that are really starting to pile up now.

I'm excited. I'm very excited. So thank you guys so much.

Track 1:

[38:37] Thank you for having us. Yeah, thanks for having us. Thanks, guys. And 50missionband.com. Yes. Little plug there.

Track 3:

[38:45] Yes, 50missionband.com.

Track 1:

[38:46] We're excited for the show. Can't wait to see you guys. We're excited for the show.

Track 3:

[38:50] Can't wait to see you guys.

Track 1:

[38:53] Cheers, guys. All right.

Track 2:

[38:54] Thanks so much. Pick up your shit.

Track 7:

[38:58] Thanks for listening to Getting Hip to the Hip.

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