Gord Downie, Tragically Hip singer, has terminal cancer
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Man you ARE obsessed!
Any Union regulations say that you have to vote NDP or Lib?
Your first degree?
Well don't leave us guessing....which was it?
TV/VCR repair? Legal Assistant? Catering and Gourmet Cooking?
Naw ... just laughing at you. You're too obvious....And that meant what?
You mad at me? or you just Mad?
I wonder if he paid street price or got his as executive privilege....
Pump that huge ego ... 'cus a psychic ya ain't.
...resorts to memes and says he's in MY head. What a maroon....
...resorts to memes and says he's in MY head. What a maroon....
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I am sure he bought the tickets with his own money too.
I am also wondering how many taxpayer dollars it cost to buy that t-shirt?
Well, that's just it, since Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams, Hank Locklin, Ray Price are all gone, there's not really any such thing as music anymore...................oooooops forgot to mention the Hag!
This is a bit personal, but a writer friend of mine's wife developed Pancreatic Cancer a few years back. PC is one of the worst types of cancers and has a very low survival rate. Anyway, my friend did some historical work for another author named Joseph Boyden and it just so happens that Boyden and Gord Downie are good friends. In the last year of her life, Boyden invited both my friend and his wife to a Gala event in Toronto. When they got there, Boyden and Downie took her around and treated her like she was the guest of honor. Both of these men, who have been blessed with talent and celebrity, treated this sweetheart lady who came from the Netherlands with so much kindness and respect.
When she passed, I met Joseph Boyden at the funeral service and we spent a few hours talking about her and my friend. In fact, Boyden offered to get me backstage with the Hip, but I couldn't due to scheduling issues.
A few months later Gord Downie came to my friend and was so kind and supportive about his loss. He was a class act, not a phony bone in his body. The same applies for Joseph Boyden.
Gord Downie is a great Canadian artist, a loving husband and father. To borrow a phrase from my friend, he's been dealt a sh!tty card, but he got to do what he loved and that in itself is a wonderful thing. I grew up on the THE HIP, grooved to New Orleans is Sinking, Blow at High Dough and 38 years old.
I wish him and his family the best through these trying times.
When she passed, I met Joseph Boyden at the funeral service and we spent a few hours talking about her and my friend. In fact, Boyden offered to get me backstage with the Hip, but I couldn't due to scheduling issues.
A few months later Gord Downie came to my friend and was so kind and supportive about his loss. He was a class act, not a phony bone in his body. The same applies for Joseph Boyden.
Gord Downie is a great Canadian artist, a loving husband and father. To borrow a phrase from my friend, he's been dealt a sh!tty card, but he got to do what he loved and that in itself is a wonderful thing. I grew up on the THE HIP, grooved to New Orleans is Sinking, Blow at High Dough and 38 years old.
I wish him and his family the best through these trying times.
Saying goodbye to the Tragically Hip has been an elitist spectacle
Whenever I rally against the monarchy — a pointless institution and a silly waste of tax dollars — some apologist invariably responds, “well, what about the crowds?” And they’re right: enormous crowds of Canadians do reliably turn out to see the Queen and her various family members. Many will doubtless do so next month when Prince William and his charming wife come to town. This is hardly a meaningful gauge of popularity, however. I’m sure if Ottawa organized an elaborate public tour for, say, Oprah, it would draw plenty of folks, too.
The Tragically Hip are fine. They’re fine. They’re a nice band who have some nice songs, some of which are very lyrically clever and interesting. It is sad that the lead singer has glioblastoma and will probably die soon, though I hope if I ever have terminal brain cancer people aren’t quite so ghoulish about it, calling everything I do “probably my last.” The Hip just finished a tour that, as the Canadian Press noted, “the band was careful not to definitively say … would be their last” (a CBC reporter went even further, characterizing their statements as “very adamant”) but that didn’t stop all the important people from loudly proclaiming otherwise.
In response to this not-quite-final final tour, Canadian officialdom decided we all must care about the Tragically Hip as a mandatory duty of citizenship. The CBC decreed that all Canadians must be able to watch the Hip’s “final” concert in Kingston, which I understand is a city in Ontario that’s relevant to the band in some way. The CBC aired the three-hour concert in its entirety last Saturday night, booting out the Rio track and field finals on what was, by the network’s own admission, “the single biggest day for handing out medals.” The concert broadcast featured no ads, which is estimated to have robbed the network of close to $5 million in lost revenue, but that’s no worry since Ottawa can cover the tab with more of your money.
mo
Saying goodbye to the Tragically Hip has been an elitist spectacle - Loonie Politics
Whenever I rally against the monarchy — a pointless institution and a silly waste of tax dollars — some apologist invariably responds, “well, what about the crowds?” And they’re right: enormous crowds of Canadians do reliably turn out to see the Queen and her various family members. Many will doubtless do so next month when Prince William and his charming wife come to town. This is hardly a meaningful gauge of popularity, however. I’m sure if Ottawa organized an elaborate public tour for, say, Oprah, it would draw plenty of folks, too.
The Tragically Hip are fine. They’re fine. They’re a nice band who have some nice songs, some of which are very lyrically clever and interesting. It is sad that the lead singer has glioblastoma and will probably die soon, though I hope if I ever have terminal brain cancer people aren’t quite so ghoulish about it, calling everything I do “probably my last.” The Hip just finished a tour that, as the Canadian Press noted, “the band was careful not to definitively say … would be their last” (a CBC reporter went even further, characterizing their statements as “very adamant”) but that didn’t stop all the important people from loudly proclaiming otherwise.
In response to this not-quite-final final tour, Canadian officialdom decided we all must care about the Tragically Hip as a mandatory duty of citizenship. The CBC decreed that all Canadians must be able to watch the Hip’s “final” concert in Kingston, which I understand is a city in Ontario that’s relevant to the band in some way. The CBC aired the three-hour concert in its entirety last Saturday night, booting out the Rio track and field finals on what was, by the network’s own admission, “the single biggest day for handing out medals.” The concert broadcast featured no ads, which is estimated to have robbed the network of close to $5 million in lost revenue, but that’s no worry since Ottawa can cover the tab with more of your money.
mo
Saying goodbye to the Tragically Hip has been an elitist spectacle - Loonie Politics
If it turns out not to be their final show .... boy the people who paid $25K/ticket will be pissed. They could rename the band to Cher.