Hip Directory

Hip Head Wyman Laliberte did some amazing work with Google Earth, using the index from this site to create a file of geographic locations based on places mentioned in Hip lyrics: Google Earth

Algonquin Park, Ontario
"The Bear" Music@Work (2000)

Algonquin Park, Ontario
"Lake Fever" Music@Work (2000)

Antarctica
"Emperor Penguin" Phantom Power (1998)

Appian Way, Italy
"Putting Down" Music@Work (2000)

Athabaska River, Alberta
"The Depression Suite" We Are The Same (2009)

Attawapiskat, Ontario
"Goodnight Attawapiskat" Now For Plan A (2012)

Berlin, Germany
"Eldorado" Fully Completely (1992)

Berlin, Germany
"Sharks" Music@Work (2000)

Boardwalk, Atlantic City
"Putting Down" Music@Work (2000)

Bobcaygeon, Ontario
"Bobcaygeon" Phantom Power (1998)

Buffalo, New York
"At The Hundredth Meridian" Fully Completely (1992)

Calgary, Alberta
"Take Forever" Now For Plan A (2012)

Canada
"Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me" World Container (2006)

Canada
"Summer's Killing Us" In Between Evolution (2004)

Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Labrador
"Silver Jet" In Violet Light (2002)

Cemetery Sideroad
"Cemetery Sideroad" The Tragically Hip (1987)

Central Park Zoo
"Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park" In Between Evolution (2004)

Chagrin Falls, Ohio
"Chagrin Falls" Phantom Power (1998)

Chicago, Illinois
"The Depression Suite" We Are The Same (2009)

Churchill, Manitoba
"Thompson Girl" Phantom Power (1998)

Clayquot Sound, British Columbia
"Silver Jet" In Violet Light (2002)

Cleveland, Ohio
"World Container" World Container (2006)

Copenhagen, Denmark
"One Night In Copenhagen" In Between Evolution (2004)

El Dorado
"Eldorado" Fully Completely (1992)

El Paso, Texas
"Yawning or Snarling" Day For Night (1994)

Etobicoke, Ontario
"Ultra Mundane" IVL Bonus Track (2002)

Fiddlers Green
"Fiddlers Green" Road Apples (1991)

France
"Nautical Disaster" Day For Night (1994)

Gambier Islands
"The Dire Wolf" In Violet Light (2002)

Ganges River
"My Music At Work" Music@Work (2000)

Golden Rim Motor Inn
"The Luxury" Road Apples (1991)

Grand Canyon
"Giftshop" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Hazeldean Road, Ottawa, Ontario
"Greasy Jungle" Day For Night (1994)

Hengelo, Netherlands
"At The Hundredth Meridian" Fully Completely (1992)

Highway #401
"Titanic Terrarium" Day For Night (1994)

Himalayas
"Poets" Phantom Power (1998)

Horseshoe Tavern
"Bobcaygeon" Phantom Power (1998)

Hundredth Meridian
"At The Hundredth Meridian" Fully Completely (1992)

Isle Aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador
"The Dire Wolf" In Violet Light (2002)

Kremlin
"Fireworks" Phantom Power (1998)

Lake Memphremagog
"Problem Bears" In Violet Light (2002)

Live Between Us Wall, Kingston, Ontario
"Live Between Us" Live Between Us (1997)

Lombard Street, San Francisco
"Mean Streak" In Between Evolution (2004)

Lombard Street, San Francisco
"Are We Family" In Between Evolution (2004)

Los Angeles, California
"Now For Plan A" Now For Plan A (2012)

Mariana Trench
"Sharks" Music@Work (2000)

Millhaven Maximum Security
"38 Years Old" Up To Here (1989)

Minnesota
"New Orleans Is Beat" In Between Evolution (2004)

Mississippi River
"New Orleans Is Beat" In Between Evolution (2004)

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and Labrador
"Fly" (2006)

Montreal, Quebec
"Montreal" Unreleased

Moonbeam, Ontario
"Fly" (2006)

Moroto, Uganda
"Fighter Fighter" Unreleased

Mount Vesuvius
"Toronto #4" Music@Work (2000)

Nashville, Tennessee
"It Can't be Nashville Every Night" In Between Evolution (2004)

New Caledonia (British Columbia)
"Are We Family" In Between Evolution (2004)

New Orleans, Louisiana
"Little Bones" Road Apples (1991)

New Orleans, Louisiana
"New Orleans Is Sinking" Up To Here (1989)

New Orleans, Louisiana
"New Orleans Is Beat" In Between Evolution (2004)

New Orleans, Louisiana
"The Depression Suite" We Are The Same (2009)

New York, New York
"Flamenco" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Niagara Falls, Ontario
"Daredevil" Day For Night (1994)

Nine Mile Nuclear Facility, Oswego, New York
"Morning Moon" We Are The Same (2009)

Paris of the Prairies
"Wheat Kings" Fully Completely (1992)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"The Bastard" Music@Work (2000)

Regent Theatre
"All Canadian Surf Club" The Tragically Hip (1987)

Reno, Nevada
"Small Town Bringdown" The Tragically Hip (1987)

Rio Grande River
"Yawning or Snarling" Day For Night (1994)

Russia
"Scared" Day For Night (1994)

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
"Born In The Water" Road Apples (1991)

Serengeti, Africa
"Don't Wake Daddy" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Sleepy Hallow, Tarrytown, New York
"Don't Wake Daddy" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Speed River, Guelph, Ontario
"Speed River" We Are The Same (2009)

Springside Park, Napanee, Ontario
"An Inch An Hour" Day For Night (1994)

Tacoma Narrows Bridge
"Vaccination Scar" In Between Evolution (2004)

Thompson, Manitoba
"Thompson Girl" Phantom Power (1998)

Toronto, Ontario
"Bobcaygeon" Phantom Power (1998)

Toronto, Ontario
"Queen of the Furrows" We Are The Same (2009)

Vienna, Austria
"Springtime In Vienna" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Things and Events

1970
"Another Midnight" Up To Here (1989)

1972 Summit on Ice
"Fireworks" Phantom Power (1998)

"A Whale For The Killing" by Farley Mowat
"Scared" Day For Night (1994)

Avocet
"Man Machine Poem" Now For Plan A (2012)

Battleship Bismarck
"Nautical Disaster" Day For Night (1994)

The Bell
"Daredevil" Day For Night (1994)

Big Ben, operation and clock
"Silver Jet" In Violet Light (2002)

Biosphere
"Titanic Terrarium" Day For Night (1994)

Blue Angels stunt flying team
"Coconut Cream" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Boots on fire, Canada Day 1990
"Pigeon Camera" Fully Completely (1992)

Brevity Code
"Tiger The Lion" Music@Work (2000)

Britney Invisible
"Yer Not The Ocean" World Container (2006)

Canada Goose
"The Last Recluse" We Are The Same (2009)

Cadillac
"Another Midnight" Up To Here (1989)

Cadillac
"All Canadian Surf Club" The Tragically Hip (1987)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
"Wheat Kings" Fully Completely (1992)

Cannonball Tree
"Sherpa" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Chameleons
"World Container" World Container (2006)

Chevrolet Caprice
"Something On" Phantom Power (1998)

Child-ghost
"Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me" World Container (2006)

Cholera epidemic of 1832
"Lake Fever" Music@Work (2000)

Christie Pitts riot
"Bobcaygeon" Phantom Power (1998)

Cinema-a-clef
"So Hard Done By" Day For Night (1994)

Coffee Mate
"Vapour Trails" Phantom Power (1998)

Cold War
"Fireworks" Phantom Power (1998)

Comet tail dust
"Josephine" In Between Evolution (2004)

Corduroy Roads
"At The Hundredth Meridian" Fully Completely (1992)

The Crown
"Trickle Down" Up To Here (1989)

Deadheading
"On The Verge" Road Apples (1991)

Degenerate art exhibit, 1937
"Put It Off" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

De-militarized destroyers
"Scared" Day For Night (1994)

"Don't Forget" by Martha Wainwright
"World Container" World Container (2006)

The Egg Thief
"Man Machine Poem" Now For Plan A (2012)

El Camino
"Small Town Bringdown" The Tragically Hip (1987)

El Paso police incident
"Yawning or Snarling" Day For Night (1994)

Elk
"The Kids Don't Get It" World Container (2006)

Emperor Penguins
"Emperor Penguin" Phantom Power (1998)

Excited States
"In View" World Container (2006)

Fifty Mission Cap
"Fifty Mission Cap" Fully Completely (1992)

Fight or flee response
"Sherpa" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Film Noir
"Grace, Too" Day For Night (1994)

"Fire In The Hole" by Hazel Dickens
"Fire In The Hole" Day For Night (1994)

Flamenco dance, culture and "Flamenco-sweep"
"Flamenco" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Fleur-De-Lis
"The Luxury" Road Apples (1991)

Flooding a hockey rink
"700ft Ceiling" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Focus groups
"Scared" Day For Night (1994)

French Foreign Legion
"Cemetery Sideroad" The Tragically Hip (1987)

FTA/NAFTA
"New Orleans Is Sinking" Up To Here (1989)

German and Russian museum raids of WWII
"Scared" Day For Night (1994)

Giant Squid
"The Kids Don't Get It" World Container (2006)

Goodyear blimp
"Titanic Terrarium" Day For Night (1994)

Gradual obsolescence
"Scared" Day For Night (1994)

Green Star
"Silver Jet" In Violet Light (2002)

Gus the polar bear
"Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park" In Between Evolution (2004)

Gwen Jacobs court decision
"Poets" Phantom Power (1998)

Hairbird
"Thugs" Day For Night (1994)

"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
"Three Pistols" Road Apples (1991)

Heritage Minutes
"Freak Turbulence" Music@Work (2000)

A high ball
"Little Bones" Road Apples (1991)

Hoodoo
"On The Verge" Road Apples (1991)

Hens and roosters
"Queen of the Furrows" We Are The Same (2009)

Hornets
"Ahead By A Century" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Ice fishing huts
"Membership" Phantom Power (1998)

Ice storm of 1998
"Something On" Phantom Power (1998)

Incest and spying
"Pigeon Camera" Fully Completely (1992)

Interstate brickface
"Vapour Trails" Phantom Power (1998)

"It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken" by Seth
"It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken" In Violet Light (2002)

"Jaws" (1975)
"The Dark Canuck" In Violet Light (2002)

Kiss Alive T-shirt
"The Drop Off" World Container (2006)

Language Laws, Meech Lake
"Born In The Water" Road Apples (1991)

"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" by James Agee and Walker Evans
"Silver Jet" In Violet Light (2002)

"Lost in the Barrens" by Farley Mowat
"The Depression Suite" We Are The Same (2009)

"Love Tara" by Eric's Trip
"Put It Off" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

"Metropolis" (1926)
"Greasy Jungle" Day For Night (1994)

"Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney
"A Beautiful Thing" In Violet Light (2002)

Montreal Massacre
"Montreal" Unreleased

Music industry and pop stars
"Fireworks" Phantom Power (1998)

Newfoundland Dog
"The Dire Wolf" In Violet Light (2002)

Northern Bee
"Sherpa" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

Northern Lights
"Ultra Mundane" IVL Bonus Track (2002)

Northern Lights
"Goodnight Josephine" In Between Evolution (2004)

Northumberland Wolves
"Silver Jet" In Violet Light (2002)

O Canada
"Country Day" We Are The Same (2009)

Octopus Ink
"As Makeshift As We Are" In Between Evolution (2004)

"The People That Time Forgot" (1977)
"Thugs" Day For Night (1994)

Peregrine Falcon
"Man Machine Poem" Now For Plan A (2012)

Pigeon cameras
"Pigeon Camera" Fully Completely (1992)

Playboy Magazine
"The Luxury" Road Apples (1991)

Plymouth
"Everytime You Go" Up To Here (1989)

Pro Set Hockey Card
"Fifty Mission Cap" Fully Completely (1992)

Quarter dollar
"Long Time Running" Road Apples (1991)

Remembrance Day
"Three Pistols" Road Apples (1991)

Residential schools apology
"Now The Struggle Has A Name" We Are The Same (2009)

Right Whale
"The Kids Don't Get It" World Container (2006)

Roman-a-clef
"Lionized" Fully Completely (1992)

"Ruby (Are You Mad)" by Cousin Emmy
"Thugs" Day For Night (1994)

Satyr
"On The Verge" Road Apples (1991)

"Sea Surface Full of Clouds" by Wallace Stevens
"The Dire Wolf" In Violet Light (2002)

Sevens at your sides
"No Threat" Yer Favourites (2005)

Shark
"Locked In The Trunk Of A Car" Fully Completely (1992)

Shroud
"Ahead By A Century" Trouble At The Henhouse (1996)

"The Spirit of the Haida Gwaii" by Bill Reid
"The Last Recluse" We Are The Same (2009)

The Stanley Cup
"Fifty Mission Cap" Fully Completely (1992)

"The Stranger In Myself" by Willy Peter Reese
"Yer Not The Ocean" World Container (2006)

Tableaux Vivant
"Lionized" Fully Completely (1992)

Terrarium
"Titanic Terrarium" Day For Night (1994)

Titanic
"Titanic Terrarium" Day For Night (1994)

Toonie
"Heaven Is A Better Place Today" In Between Evolution (2004)

Ultramontanism
"Ultra Mundane" IVL Bonus Track (2002)

U.S. invasion of Iraq
"Vaccination Scar" In Between Evolution (2004)

Voltaire's opinion of Canada and Shakespeare
"Problem Bears" IVL Bonus Track (2002)

"The Watch That Ends The Night" by Hugh Maclennan
"Courage" Fully Completely (1992)

Werewolf
"I'm a Werewolf Baby" The Tragically Hip (1987)

"What's Worrying Gus?" by John Boswell
"Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park" In Between Evolution (2004)

Whip-poor-will
"Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park" In Between Evolution (2004)

Winged Elephants
"The Bastard" Music@Work (2000)

Wisteria
"Now For Plan A" Now For Plan A (2012)

Solo Efforts and Side Projects Directory

People

Adams, Bryan
"The Radio" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Bailey, Garnett "Ace"
"Steeplechase" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

The Beatles tribute acts
"Everybody Knows The Words" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Bligh, William
"Shake It Off" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

The Chancellor
"Chancellor" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Chekhov, Anton
"Christmastime In Toronto" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Coolio
"The Radio" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Comfort, Charles
"Willow Logic" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Franklin, Melvin
"Sweet 'N Low" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

The Grateful Dead
"Bulletproof White Limo" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

"Hair farmer"
"Full Flow Angry Boy" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Klebanov, Ilya
"Pascal's Submarine" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Korn
"Full Flow Angry Boy" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Nolen, Jimmy
"Shake It Off" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Pascal, Blaise
"Pascal's Submarine" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Pickett, Wilson
"The Radio" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Theoryofanickelcreed acts
"Full Flow Angry Boy" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Troubadours
"Wave After Wave" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Places

Fenway Park
"Yer Possessed" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Kicking Horse Pass
"Local Bear" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Lofty Pines Motel
"Lofty Pines" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Mimico Creek
"Willow Logic" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Monterey, California
"Who By Rote" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

The Phoenix Hotel
"SF Song" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Toronto's Rosedale
"Nothing But Heartache In Your Social Life" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Vancouver, B.C.
"Vancouver Divorce" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Things and Events

Biblical references
"Sweet 'N Low" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Blackflies
"Blackflies" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Bull Moose
"Blackflies" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Calgary Stampede
"Steeplechase" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Canary's down mine shafts
"Horses And Trains" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

"Electric Ladyland" by Jimi Hendrix
"Sweet 'N Low" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Flying with Edgar Winter
"Shake It Off" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Fox News Channel
"Bulletproof White Limo" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

"FUBAR" (2002)
"Full Flow Angry Boy" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

"Groundhog Day" (1993)
"Lost Lost Highway" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Holiday Inn
"Lost Lost Highway" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Il Palio horse race
"Steeplechase" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Kaslo, B.C. festival bear incident
"Local Bear" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Kursk submarine disaster
"Pascal's Submarine" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

The Last Spike
"Vancouver Divorce" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Limewire
"No One's Watching" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Portuguese Man-O-War
"No One's Watching" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Roman ruins
"Bulletproof White Limo" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Sad film soundtracks
"Nothing Can Bring You Back" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

San Francisco anti-smoking ad
"SF Song" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

September 11, 2001
"Steeplechase" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

"Snow White" (1937)
"No One's Watching" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

"Someone Who's Cool" by Odds
"Sweet 'N Low" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Tim Horton's
"Vancouver Divorce" Coke Machine Glow (2001)

Tour necessities
"Full Flow Angry Boy" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

Trans-Am
"The Radio" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

TTC streetcars
"Christmastime In Toronto" Battle Of The Nudes (2003)

Xbox
"Full Flow Angry Boy" Stripper's Union Local 518 (2005)

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