Episode Details

In this special episode of the podcast jD, Pete, and Tim sit down with Gord Sinclair for a broad conversation about touring with the Hip, the future of Rock music, and his new record In Continental Divide. 

Stay tuned for the big announcement following this episode. If you know you know. 

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Transcript

0:00:00 - Speaker 1

Well, we're really, really thrilled that you could take some time with us today. This is a pretty exciting And this is my pleasure. 

0:00:07 - Speaker 2

I appreciate it I. 

0:00:09 - Speaker 1

Don't know if you know what the premise of our podcast is, but I want to give you a. Snip it so you get a. You get an understanding of who these two gentlemen that you're, that you're with, are sure. 

0:00:21 - Speaker 3

Maybe you should tell them at the end JD, let's get the Way. 

0:00:28 - Speaker 1

No way, no way, i'm sorry out. So I did a podcast called meeting Malcolm s and it was about pavement and I met these two guys in Europe last year Going to see pavement a bunch of times and we got talking about music And I really love the way they talk about music, the thoughtfulness and the way they understand it and so, naturally me being a very big, tragically hip fan your, your name came up and Them being from Southern California, one by way of Malaga, spain, and one by way of Portland, portland, oregon. Now They hadn't, they hadn't had much experience with you. So I thought, dreamt up this idea of the podcast taking them through your discography, one record at a time, so that The listeners can experience, can experience what it's like to hear your music for the first time. Again, cool. 

0:01:27 - Speaker 3

It's been. It's been a journey man, it's been really. 

0:01:31 - Speaker 2

What do you guys up to now like record-wise? is it still work in progress or we have just released up to here. 

0:01:39 - Speaker 1

So Okay. Here's a fun fact for you. Did you know that if you take your entire catalog and Release them, starting on May 2 4 weekend, and release one a week for the summer, it ends on Labor Day? 

0:01:58 - Speaker 2

Oh, no, I didn't know that you're your catalog. 

0:02:01 - Speaker 1

Your catalog is perfect for the summer man. 

0:02:03 - Speaker 2

Okay, great, well, that's, that is kind of appropriate. For sure We're, you know, sir It. We're unlike Southern California. We kind of lived for the for the three or four months where You can actually sit outside and play guitar with it, your fingers falling off, you know. 

0:02:21 - Speaker 4

That's, that's definitely me. in Portland, oregon, we had the the soggy a spring I could remember in my 22 years here. 

0:02:28 - Speaker 2

Yeah, yeah, that's a great town. We we played Portland a bunch, the Aladdin theater, remember that place. 

0:02:36 - Speaker 4

Yeah, it's an awesome theater. 

0:02:37 - Speaker 2

Yeah, it's great Yeah. 

0:02:39 - Speaker 4

Yeah, it was. It was a cool room. It was fun to play that. We'd love to have you back there with your your current gig. So it would be yeah well, it would be great. 

0:02:48 - Speaker 2

It would be great. Things have changed for the live music business. Unfortunately, Do it for the most true. 

0:02:56 - Speaker 1