jD, Pete, and Tim are live from the stage at the Rec Room for Getting Hip to the Hip - An Evening for the Downie Wenjack Fund. Transcript: Introducing The Tragically Hit Experiment Track 1: [0:00] 16 episodes ago, I invited my pals on a little experiment. You see, they had never heard the music of The Tragically Hit before, and I wanted to take them on a journey for the world to hear. Pete and Tim didn't know what hit them. Now we're here at the end, and it's time to pack it in. I'm not sure what to expect, but I know it's gonna be fun. So, as we taxi down the runway, I'll be Captain JD and get you all landed safely. We want to thank you all for joining us here this evening and throughout this journey. Now buckle up, put your trays in the upright position and let's land this thing called getting hip to the hip. J.D. Introduces Himself and Sets the Stage Track 4: [1:14] Hey, it's J.D. Here, and, uh, this is it, folks. This is where we say adios to getting hip to the hip. Of course we couldn't do that without my two Brothers in hipdom, Pete and Tim from Portland, let's give it up, they're here! Settling in and appreciating the DIY pod rooms [1:54] You guys are here! We're here, we're definitely here. This is exactly what it looks like when we're, you know, at our own homes. In our small, tiny DIY pod rooms. Yeah, right? This chair is much better, actually, than my chair. It's nicer than my house. These are great chairs. There's no doubt about it. If we were to even consider a second season of the show, the chair budget would have to go up considerably. Considerably. So, how are you guys doing? How are your flights in? Talk to me about what's going on Tim Tim Tateka. I mean I got in Before the rest of the guys I got to go to a blue jays game. I got I got to witness hot dog night Wow, I Did the math that was a lot of hot dogs per person, but you know for a dollar And I did bring some amazing. I brought my own sauce to put on the hot dogs, which is over at the silent auction by the way and yeah it was it was awesome waiting for this Yahoo yeah my So I flew further than Tim. Flying and Meeting Dan from London [3:14] That's a fact. [3:17] Dan flew further than Tim as well, but I flew further than Dan. You just gave it away, man. Dan from London? Where's Dan from London? Where is Dan from London? Hey, we're here. There is Dan from London. Present. Dan from London. Proper and present. So anyway, I got in and no, you didn't get that warm maple syrup Canadian welcome Canadian, welcome, because I'm at the airport, activate the e-sim, hey, we're at the Arizona Bar andGrill, get the shuttle. We're at this hotel by the airport. Yeah, and I'm waiting to get picked up with a f*****g, you know, the bat blue in one hand, and you know, Tim Horton's in the other, and I get a text that says, we're at the Arizona Bar,come meet us, take the shuttle. I was like, so I got there late. No, I'm not bitter about it. No, no, no, no, the music there was a Good experience not at all. But then, you know, we proceeded to Does anybody and does everybody know in this room because I sure as hell didn't that marijuana is legal in the country of Canada So I smelled somemarijuana smoke outside the Arizona bar and then proceeded to trip balls and have to go back to the hotel. Is that correct JD? Sounds about right. That's how my trip was. I'm pretty sure you were escorted. [4:46] It was good. It's been a hell of a week. Memorable Trip to Kingston and the Bathhouse [4:50] Yeah then we we went out to Kingston yesterday. Yeah. Almost feels like a month ago because it was just so amazing and memorable. And guess where we went? Went to thebathhouse. Bathhouse, yes. We, it was, I mean, so I told the story to a couple of people. Does everybody know what the bathhouse is, first of all? Yeah. It's the, the HIP owns a home in Bath and it's where they recorded, where many bands have recorded, and you basicallycheck into this home, live upstairs and record downstairs, record upstairs too, they record all over the place and it was just there was a patina to the whole interior you know it was likemight need to change out some of these rugs I like but it was beautiful I thought it was nice but we all showed up and so we get When we get there, we get to the vat house. [5:47] And we're just creeping, there's nobody there. We roll up the driveway. We had no reservation. Yeah, and we're looking around, we're taking pictures. I'm playing f*****g horseshoe. There's a horseshoe pit. Yeah, it's a horseshoe field pitch. Pete starts playing horseshoes. Yeah, at the bathhouse. And then we're like, all right, guess time to go home. F**k it, nobody's here. Langlois didn't respond. Damn you, Langlois. And then a car comes up the driveway. And this guy walks out and his name's Niles and he's cool as shit. And he gets out with his coffee and we're all like, hey, how's it going? JD's like, I'm too shy right now, I'm too shy. And Dean says, well, get f*****g un-shy. Full Tour of the Bathhouse by Niles [6:37] And then Tim walks over, we're literally getting in the car Tim's like, hey, how's it going, man? Cool, yeah, we're just taking some pictures, and then, hey, we'll see you later, but youmind if we just take a peek inside? He's like, sure, come on in. And takes us for a full tour, because Tim Lydon has the Cajones. That's right. I mean, it was like going to Disneyland and being like, dude, it was so cool. They're sold out, son. You know, we had to go in. We had to go in. Absolutely. So, why don't we take a minute and look at a little package that was put together by Rainy Media, one of our sponsors. Yes. And it's our trip to Kingston. Take a look at the screens all around and enjoy. I guess I'll watch from back there. [7:35] Hey, it's J.D. here and let's do a roll call. We've got Spain, we've got Portland, we've got damn f****n' London in the house, bro. Let's go to Peakson! Do it. Idea proposed to city council for approval [8:45] My co-host thought up of the idea and then posed to the city council, thought it was a great idea as well. To say You're strong, you're the darkest one, You're the darkest one Come in, come in, come in Come in and we'll get ready It's warm and it's safe here and there. [9:58] I almost heard you Here in a time and place caught lost on our imagination You don't explain what you're still doing Peace out yo! The Journey Begins: Whirlwind and Tremendous Moments [11:57] It has been an absolute whirlwind going through what we've been through. But this last couple of days has been just tremendous. And I really want to thank Dean and David for putting everything together. Absolutely. Please, Randy. Give them a big round of applause. A lot of fun was had. But you know, a lot of fun has been had since we started recording, and I don't know if we've ever told this, but we started recording November 28th of 2022, and werecorded through April, and then we recorded bonus content on top of that. [12:52] But basically, we were were done when we launched on the May long weekend. And we didn't know whether this was a stone that we were gonna throw that was gonna just go kerplunk or it was gonna skip, skip, skip, skip, skip. [13:13] And you know what? It f*****g skip, skip, skip, skip, skip. And here we are. And that's pretty f*****g cool, right? It's amazing. Well said. So I want to throw it over to my buddy Tim right now to talk about his experiences with the hip and where he thinks he's landed at this point with this band and this crazy fan base that wehave. Experiencing Awe: The Hip's Impact in Portland, Oregon [13:48] I'll just say it's a massive sense of awe. You know, when you experience maybe someone else's baby or puppy, you're like, oh. Or you maybe have something bad happen, you're like, ah, shucks. No, I'm talking about the sense of awe where you experience nature or something beautiful or something amazing that happens where you're just kind of dumbstruck. You know, you're just speechless. And that's kind of what this process led me to. We were, my wife and I in Portland, Oregon, were recently at our neighborhood bar, and it was on my birthday, and there was nobody there, it was kind of perfect, and Monday night, andthere's this, of course, digital jukebox playing, which we never really paid much attention to, probably because on Thursdays, we play bingo there. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not 75,