Have you ever had one of those days when you get an album stuck in your head just out of the blue. It makes you start thinking about all the things in life that occurred during the timeframe that that particular record was in high rotation on your home stereo or whatnot. Well it happened to me today during our load in at the arena in Buffalo New York. For some reason or another the Tragically Hip "Fully Completely" album became quite prominent in my mind and i started to think about the track listing of the album and what was going on during that time of my life. Pretty sure it was grade 10 for me, growing up in Ontario where The Hip were kings. Shit i remember camping out a few years later just to get tickets to their Day for Night tour. Its funny thinking about camping out to get tickets from ticket master now that i work in the concert industry. I guess it was all training and research for my future career. Anyways back to the FUlly Completly album. Honestly it may just be my favorite album of theirs as far as start to finish goes. Cuts like Pigeon Camera, Lionized, Looking for a place to Happen, and Wheat Kings are all pretty serious quintessential Canadian classics. Thanks to Gord and the gang for being ours and for releasing records like this one.
As far as my subject title of this blog is concerned, it is not a type O. Growing up Canadian i can honestly say this is the first time i ihave been in a snowstorm that comes complete with serious lightning strikes and cracks of thunder. Strange i say...only about 468 miles to go before we reach Grand Rapids and my first day off in the past 8....
till next time...
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