Tragically Hip Live in Edmonton July 28th 2016

On Thursday night the Tragically Hip played the first of two sold out shows at Rexall Place here in Edmonton. The Hip are on tour for their latest release Man Machine Poem but is also a farewell tour after lead singer Gord Downie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.

I already had tickets for the second show but was determined to see the first show as well as the band has been switching up the setlist every night, so I didn't want to miss their second last show here. Persistency finally paid off on the morning of the show scoring row 6 centre seats on the floor for this show, to say I was happy would be an understatement. This would be my sixteenth time seeing the Tragically Hip in concert.

I was going to do a review of the show but after waking up Friday and reading the review that Fish Griwkowsky of the Edmonton Sun / Edmonton Journal wrote there was no reason for me to write one as Fish nailed it in his review in every way. To read the review, which is the best concert review I have ever read click here. It is well worth the read.

Setlist for the first Edmonton show.

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The Tragically Hip at Rexall Place.

Rolling Papers

After all the gifts a person gets for Xmas, it's time to find a place for it all. Well, after doing some cleaning and throwing out of stuff. I stumbled upon some music memorabilia I forgot I even had. I will be featuring some of them over the following weeks. Today, I am gonna post some of the rolling papers I have collected over the years.

First off are some Tragically Hip papers. The first package are from a Hip show I saw in 2000.



Another package of Hip papers from a show in 2007.



Some Black Crowes papers from a show in 2006. A very cool cover for these papers.



Then of course some Slayer rolling papers that seemed to sell real good at the 2006 concert I bought them at. Yup, lots of weed smoked at that show.



Then a few packages of papers bought at the local head shop. Some Bob Marley papers, which only makes sense. Just surprised that the rolling papers are a normal size.



And my newest package of papers in which I just got for Xmas. Pink Floyd rolling papers, seems pretty appropriate to me.