CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy is in Kingston, Ontario for the 40th National Community and Campus Radio Conference.
The Tragically Hip – “Grace, Too”
They’ve built a pier on the waterfront past downtown Kingston, looking out towards Wolfe Island and its rows of windmills, kitty-corner from Queens University’s residences, and where Gord Downie grew up. It’s called Gord Downie Pier, and it’s about five years old. I really like this recent development.
Ye – “Runaway”
Writing this, in front of a red tower just East of said pier, an acoustic guitar player croons the words to this epic self-torching take that queues The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, and I can’t help but imagine all the d-bags and a-holes that we recognize as builders of a nation.
The Tragically Hip – “38 Years Old”
At 38 years old, Gord tells us, he’d never kissed a girl. The tortured stories of Guy-Paul Morin and David Milgaard, wrongfully convicted Canadians ultimately set free after decades of incarceration for murder, became secondary school poetry studies through this historically relevant prose. This is the result of Canadian content funding.
Hey Rosetta – “Ahead By A Century”
May have been shuffled before, but this live cover version of possibly the number one most popular and recognizable Tragically Hip song (thanks, Crappy Tire), is as emotional and energetic as it is orchestral and lush with its strings and group contribution. Watch, cry, sing, dance, reminisce, learn, and love this.
