# Gord Downie
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Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. He is revered by many as an inspiring and influential artist in Canada's music history.
A Conversation with Mark Mattson: Gord Downie’s Legacy, Defending the Great Lakes & the Next Chapter
"Do the Work, the Magic Will Take Care of Itself"
This week on the show, I am deeply honoured to be joined by environmental lawyer, advocate, and co-founder of Swim Drink Fish, Mark Mattson.
In this moving and reflective conversation, Mark opens up about his decades of environmental defense work a…
Episode Three - The Craft
May 3rd, Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton. Mary Francis Moore walks jD right up to the wings and stops, because of a rule he didn't know about.
Mary Francis directs "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken," and the tour so far has been the design studio, the stage management office, and the green room wh…
The pressure of making The Tragically Hip musical
How do you take the songs of one of Canada’s most beloved bands and weave them into a story about exile, identity and starting over? Creators and performers Ahmed Moneka and Jesse LaVercombe join Tom Power to talk about their new musical, It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, inspired by the iconic…
Episode Four - The Music
A percussionist who couldn't swing, a chart that changes time signature every bar, and basic tracks cut at the Bathouse in Bath, Ontario.
You know what these songs are supposed to feel like. jD has been carrying 'Courage' around since the fall of 1992, and he walked into this one bracing for jazz h…
GEDFest 2026 with Keith Dyck and Sara J. (School of Hip Replay)
I am excited to share a replay of my chat appearance on The School of Hip Podcast!
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For the Season Two kickoff episode of School of Hip (check out the cool new logo!) Chaz n’ Heath talk GEDFest, an annual concert event dedicated to the memory of the late, iconic Tragically Hip frontman …
GEDFest 2026 with Keith Dyck and Sara J. (School of Hip Replay)
I am excited to share a replay of my chat appearance on The School of Hip Podcast!
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For the Season Two kickoff episode of School of Hip (check out the cool new logo!) Chaz n’ Heath talk GEDFest, an annual concert event dedicated to the memory of the late, iconic Tragically Hip frontman …
The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: World Container
October 15th, 2006, was the first night 'World Container' was played live. By The Hip Handbook's count, it was never once an opener.
It's the last song on "World Container," the record Bob Rock produced (per Jeff on the stream), and it didn't crack the top forty of the TTHTop40 Countdown. By that s…
Album Review: The Tragically Hip - Day For Night
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The Tragically Hip – Day for Night Review (The Sonic Collective)Hosts Alain DuPuis, Scott Coates, Scott Gregory, and Darren Scott return to The Sonic Collective to review The Tragically Hip’s 1994 album Day for Night, prompted by a prior opening-tracks episode featuring “Grace, Too…
The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: Thugs
A Hip Head named Andrew sent jD a tip: an old dinosaur movie where a character starts reciting 'Thugs' and doesn't stop.
The movie is "The People That Time Forgot," and the line lands thirty-five and a half minutes in. Greg LeGros (co-host of Fully & Completely) has seen it, because of course he ha…
Outlook 2026-08-24 - Remembering Gord Downie
"This is the best of us, and it's also our history that we have to grapple with,” said Gord, before he died.
This week on Outlook, it’s ten years on from The Tragically Hip's final show in Kingston on 20 August 2016, the CBC re-aired it on Saturday night, and we three watched it together on CBC Ge…
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