Hugh Dillon: Canada’s finest Joe
I’m on another ramble through Canadiana today, starting with the reasonably okay and working upward to utter greatness: I have been known to watch and enjoy the very occasional eppie of the Toronto cop show Flashpoint
Dad, in this show, is my other teevee love, Hugh Dillon. Hugh is the alpha half of the hot slashy musical magic that is the Canadian mocku-rockumentary Hard Core Logo
This being a ramble, I should say that Hard Core Logo
I could wander off the topic of Hugh Dillon entirely, and talk about how Callum Keith Rennie, between his Billy Tallent days and his incarnation as Leoben the Starbuck-stalking Cylon, was Ray Kowalski on the widely beloved Due South
Alternately, I could swerve past the fact that Joe and Billy–scuze me, Hugh and Callum–both guest starred on a Kelly Fave Thing: Twitch City.
But no! I really honestly seriously I swear am talking about our friend Hugh, who has more going on than his current humorless cop riff with Enrico the Great.
He has, in fact, a solo album, Works Well With Others
Why has it taken me so long to get to Works Well With Others
In part, of course, it’s because I wanted to meander. Hugh is a great musician and a talented actor, and his work sends out tendrils. His co-stars then extend their influence into other things I like: that’s what fannishness is today, a network. It’s what this site is: us and you going, “Hey, this is cool, and over here there’s this! And that reminds me…”
But mostly it’s because I’m not a music writer: I know what I like, I can talk about lyrics (Works Well With Others
What I can say is:
1) I think this album is awesome;
2) I hope you might too;
3) Here’s some so you can hear and decide for yourself.
4) And, finally, try not to get that Dijon on your tie.
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You should ask Rose to explain her “Hugh Dillon is Kittens” theory to you. She has a flip board and everything.
Hugh Dillon for the win! He’s kind of a fantastic Hugh of All Trades.
Kittens! Hugh is kittens! I like it already.
At first I thought this meant that “kittens” was some sort of descriptive slang — “That guy is SO kittens, yo.” But it was explained to me that Hugh is actually, literally kittens, like as a secret identity? The crux of the argument, as I understand it, is that you never see Hugh Dillon and kittens in the same place at the same time.
There might be more to it than this (I was told that there were charts).
It all started when me and Sonia were watching Down to the Bone
, a movie in which both Hugh AND kittens appear but never on screen together! Then we realized there was also an early Headstones interview where it cuts from Hugh to a random shot of a kitten, and a kitten in a Flashpoint episode. It’s Occam’s razor, really–Hugh is shapeshifting into a box of kittens (you have to provide your own box though). I even found a picture on the internet to illustrate what that would look like post-transformation:
But it is also a metaphor for how he seems really tough but he is totally the cuddliest sweetheart ever at the same time, and even in the height of his hard rocking he was nice to moms and nervous fans.
Also, Hugh is not just an actor dabbling with musicianship. He was a musician first.
I like it as descriptive slang, but if getting kittens means having Hugh, mmm, that could be good.
Huuuuugh! I love basically everything he’s ever done. ♥ If anyone is curious about his first band, the Headstones, who were also incredibly fabulous, their Greatest Hits album
can be found here!
Hugh Dillon is hot!!!
Strongly agree!