Carol Schram: Vancouver Canucks Host 2 Tragically Hip's Shows at Rogers Arena on Sun/Tues The hockey arena gets a dose of a different kind of Canadiana as the Tragically Hip rolls into town for its last two shows at Rogers Arena on Sunday and Tuesday.

Cheers Carol

i love fireworks.

'you said you didn't give a fcuk about hockey, i'd never heard someone say that before'

I never got to see them play and was never a huge fan (besides a few select tunes), but I have always respected Downie as a poet and songwriter.

Massive props.

Ahead by a Century is another fave of mine.

- Nucker101

stay thirsty my friends

Top trade ideas:

Nucker to Philly

Top trade ideas:

Nucker to Philly
- rmiethaner

Go sixers Go

Top trade ideas:

Nucker to Philly
- rmiethaner

we'll add a 5th to sweeten the pot.

we'll add a 5th to sweeten the pot.
- dbot

Pretty sure everyone in the nucks thread wants to sleep with him

Oh god, this thread is (frank)ed.

Oh god, this thread is (frank)ed.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Please, share your Hip thoughts, memories—trade rumours. The thread is all yours!

Please, share your Hip thoughts, memories—trade rumours. The thread is all yours!
- Carol Schram

Please, share your Hip thoughts, memories—trade rumours. The thread is all yours!
- Carol Schram

Oh god, this thread is (frank)ed.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Everybody hurts

Hey carol.

I saw them last night in victoria. Amazing. Gord was emotional at the end and it was really sad but he was unreal. Gave 150 percent out there and crowd was behind him the whole time

Everybody hurts
- VANTEL

Hey carol.


- Codes1087

I don't follow REM either

I don't follow REM either
- VANTEL

Hey carol.

I saw them last night in victoria. Amazing. Gord was emotional at the end and it was really sad but he was unreal. Gave 150 percent out there and crowd was behind him the whole time
- Codes1087

Thanks. That's very similar to how those Spirit of the West shows felt in March. Glad you got to experience the moment!

I still can't believe Gord's wearing pink sequins after all these years...

- watsonnostaw

- Nucker101

Pull up a stool, stay awhile...

I was never a big hip fan myself, but I have an uncle who is an old school music guy. He's always going on about when rock and roll mattered, he even has a t-shirt that says "I may not understand Facebook, but I've seen all the best bands live" and he always talks about the hip with the same reverence as Floyd or the Doors or the Stones.

Some things are just meant for a specific time and place and I think that describes the hip in Canada. I hope they get to go full rock star with the time they have left. They never got a lot of rotation on my iPod, but that's my bad taste, not theirs.

F*cking awesome blog, Carol!!! F*cking awesome!!
The soundtrack to my life and most every other Canadian over the past 30 years.

Please, share your Hip thoughts, memories—trade rumours. The thread is all yours!
- Carol Schram

F*cking awesome blog, Carol!!! F*cking awesome!!
The soundtrack to my life and most every other Canadian over the past 30 years.

- Marwood

Thank you!

In the same way that I feel privileged to have seen Pavel Bure do his thing in his prime, I'm so appreciative of all the live music moments I've had the opportunity to experience. As you say, The Hip is a big part of that fabric in this country and that little show in Kamloops turned out to be one of those "I saw them when..." moments...