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The upcoming Modern Drummer has compiled a list of the best drummers of all time. Neil was rated number 3 behind Buddy Rich and John Bonham. I realize these lists can get tired and are subjective, however Neil ought to be number 1, and here's why: -Longevity. 40 years, despite some horrenous setbacks -Inspiration. To legions of drummers. Some even play because of him -Versatility. He's not the fastest, the best swingin', or the most subtle, but he can do every style with at least decent results -Evolution. After all, he doesn't have to try so hard anymore. Yet he still does, and is always pushing to improve As far as raw ability, I can't see how anyone can argue against Buddy. Bonham is the most commercially successful. But it's Neil who does it all.

Yes I know exactly what you mean! I had to turn it off on my tablet because every now and then, if I wasn't keeping an eye on it, when typing a long piece, the cursor would jump up to a few lines above and insert what I was typing there instead! WTF???? I had a really bad auto-correct a while ago... I texted another coach to ask him if he was here... but I accidentally typed "hete" instead of "here" and the stupid Android phone I was using changed that to "heterosexual". So I sent him a message that said "are you heterosexual?" His reply was "sorry to disappoint you, but yes I am. You work with my wife" :LMAO:

Couldn't help myself...... :) Borrowed. Thanks Blue http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/180px-Bump.gif

Aww, yes he is! Like geddysgal13, Geddy is my #1 pinup guy. But the other two are adorable, too! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Rush/21.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Rush/rush_order.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Rush/tumblr_mhokg9KdEp1s0fi34o1_500.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Rush/36525_301425206609407_1694694466_n.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Rush/521893_323033594448568_934108760_n-1.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y288/Bluefunk/Rush/426276_367655366602093_169938886373743_1159062_178015564_n-1.jpg

Mmmmmmm can't wait to see me some Geddy pecs. *nom nom nom chomp chomp* R u normally aroused by concave surfaces? You've mentioned the word "concave" in reference to Geddy's body in another thread. Geddy doesn't have any concave areas, either that or one of us (I'm going to go with you) doesn't know the meaning of concave.

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM.

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Fixed.... :)

The cream of AC/DC without question: 1. Powerage 2. Let There Be Rock 3. Highway to Hell

Agreed. Celebs have a penchant for doing sh*t like this...... :) Edit: :sigh: Please leave this thread. I see no reason too but since you said please I will honor your request. Celebs apparently causing their own deaths doesn't make me sad... I explained the kind of things that do... :) So celebrities aren't people? That's a crock of shit... Addiction issues are scary, and I've known people close to me affected by them.. And how the f**k have you not heard or seen any movies he's been in? You're the type of Rush fan that gives others a bad name with your naive, out of touch bullshit You don't get me or care to know anything about me at all and I think I will hit the high road after that uniformed rant.... Edit: Part of the high road :) <-------------------------------------------- Passive aggressive snarkiness like your post above is not the high road, ignoramus. Rarely do I lose my cool here but when I see ignorance like yours, I have to call bullshit on it. That's how I roll so sue me. You're like Walter Peck in Ghostbusters in that you have no dick. As I said in the previous post I made, unless you truly know what it's like (Well said, Everlast!) to be in an addict's shoes, politely go f**k yourself. I am not going thru this again but does 30 years of nicotine count as an addiction? The trick is finding an innocuous, or even healthy, addiction. Good for you for choosing exercise, mate! :cheers: BTW, I get your lack of empathy. The guy had everything (seemingly) and he pissed it away on drugs (on the surface, anyway). I can't imagine what internal torment would drive a guy like him to off himself...but like you noted, his tragedy is not unique in the world of celebrity.

Agreed. Celebs have a penchant for doing sh*t like this...... :) Edit: :sigh: My other post probably came across a little harsh, but his wife and kids don't deserve to be without a husband or father.... It's just sad that someone could value a substance, no matter how it makes you feel, over your wife and family. They don't value it. They hate it, almost as much as they hate themselves. That's the torture of addiction. What a sad story.

Here's a tigerfish catching a bird in flight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpr7cDEq3g

And that leaves Al all for me. Mmmmhmmm. Thanks for these pics Blue. They are fantastic. I have to give Geddy and Neil credit. They put on such brave faces when out in public with Alex. He's so gorgeous, I imagine they must feel very intimidated to have to stand next to such sexiness. Perhaps this is why Neil is such a sourpuss? ;)

You could just leave now. I'm cool with that.

The douchebags better release another album by next year or I'm DONE with them.

Mmmmmmm can't wait to see me some Geddy pecs. *nom nom nom chomp chomp*

They owe us nothing and deserve however long a break they see fit :)

ok guys ENOUGH. this is a thread about someone who passed away. Can we leave the snarky comments at the door?

:laughing guy: :laughing guy: :laughing guy: :laughing guy: :laughing guy: ABSOTIVELY, POSILUTELY MASTERPIECE!!!!!!! :7up: :7up: :7up: :7up: :lol: :lol: :ebert: :ebert: :ebert: :ebert: :ebert: :cheers: Just trying to redeem myself after my inexcusable absence!

Agreed. Celebs have a penchant for doing sh*t like this...... :) Edit: :sigh: Please leave this thread. Agreed. Unless you know how hard addiction is to beat, kindly STFU.

They better get the snow tires on those buggies...... :P Dude, I past like 25 of them damned things last night, on PA23, en route to New Holland. No shoulder on the road for them, either. But, I've been to one of the great cities in all the world: Blue Ball, PA. LMAO

This cracked me up, I hope y'all like it, too! http://ilovefunnypics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nopefish.jpg It's real name is the Goliath Tigerfish, they live in Africa.

They better get the snow tires on those buggies...... :P

Fixed for accuracy Fixed again... :) Back to how it was ;) I have to agree...first 3 aren't very good. Led Zeppelin knockoff with some pre-Tommy Shaw Styx flirtation on COS, no thank you! Apart from Working Man and a couple of songs off of Fly By Night I don't go further back than 2112. Other substandard albums: anything from 1987-1991. Counterparts was a welcome return to form.

That's what's left of the last creature that tried to mess with the nopefish.

Besides, I'm sure with all of the increased female attention Geddy is spending more time with his trainer and wants to be in tip-top shape for us girls. :dweez:

Because I told Geddy that I needed to see him a minimum of 6-10 shows next tour and he knows that I'm still paying off my credit cards and debt from Clockwork Angels and that I was laid off of my better paying job and still paying catch-up from that.

Fixed for accuracy Fixed again... :)

Listened to Highway To Hell all the way through on the treadmill this morning. I had not listened to it all the way through in a long time. Although it has some greatness on it, I think LTBR and Powerage are better overall.... :)

The Yukon Blade Grinder Europe The Quest for Captain LeComte Chapter Three: The Ballad of John Toad (A homage to John Steinbeck) John Toad was a nobody. The closer he came to rock-stardom was playing in his basement with his buddies, in an all-male garage band deceptively called "The Hot Bitches from Hell". They even released a debut album in 1969 called "We are Aliens", now a much sought-after rarity for psychedelia junkies and american garage rock collectors. John Toad was telling the truth. He was an alien. He came from planet Megadon, and he was something of a pioneer, because he came to Earth in 1962, the first of his kind, all alone. This puzzled out the reporter. The reporter also was a nobody. He worked for a dubious publication based in Goatnut, TN, called "The Yukon Blade Grinder", and was following an even more dubious trail of news that encompassed The Pope, time travel, a new religion called Goober-Pantheism, super heroes, symphonic power metal and said aliens, in a giant effort to make some sense of it all. John Toad did the smart thing. In 1970 he cut his hair, started a new regime of "one joint only and after work" and went corporate. When he retired, in 1996, he did what every American dreams to do. He bought a place in the sun. The reporter, being Italian, knew Tuscany quite well. But even he was amazed after trespassing the gate of the casolare on the outskirts of the small medieval city of San Gimignano. This was the house of an alien. This was John Toad's world. A world made of brick, wood, sand, mud and crops. John Toad was out in the fields, tending his uliveto, and the reporter had to begrudgingly help him out. http://www.visitsitaly.com/images/tuscany-im/san_gimignano-im/san_gimignano-panorama.jpg "Mr Toad" said the reporter "I thought the only people from Megadon living on Earth were the expats from the Mighty Mothership Bub-Bah, forced to flee from the orbit of Mars in 1980 after the Schism between Captain LeComte and Lieutenant Curratello!". The reporter spoke too much. "I have nothing to do with them" said John Toad. "I came here on my own". "But how?" asked the reporter. John Toad shrugged. He knew that question was coming, sooner or later. John Toad was a good man. He never in his life beat a woman or a child. He never said lies. He spoke only when he had something to say. After all, he was the last philosopher. At a time when all the people of Megadon, after seeing the broadcasts of WWII with a huge timelapse, were certain that humanity had committed mass suicide, not everyone turned to science to find a way to save us. There was a small bunch of people that believed that the spirit is stronger than the brain and, among other things, even faster than light. John Toad was the first. He was the first to go, travelling through astral space, covering the infinite distance between Megadon and Earth in a mere heartbeat. Namely, the last heartbeat of John Toad, aged 6, who had just drowned swimming in the creek. One heartbeat. Was all it took. John Toad was the miracle kid. But that, fortunately, did not last long. What did last long was his waiting. He waited and waited for his brothers in spirit to join him on Earth. But no one came. By the time the Summer of Love was rolling all over the world, John Toad did the only thing to do. Formed a band. John Toad could tell no lies. That's why all the barely audible lyrics of his songs (he was the only songwriter) were small variations on the concept of "Where the f**k are you losers?". The other guys in the band thought John was all about spiritual quest. Instead, he was all about spiritual panic. He was stranded, alone, in a world that had nothing to do with him. "I eventually did find out what happened to my brothers" John Toad told the reporter, after dinner, in front of a good bottle. "They were accused of necromancy and high treason. They were all slaughtered. A dark chapter of our history, hidden from knowledge. But Captain LeComte knew". Captain LeComte! jumped up the reporter. I've been looking for him everywhere! John Toad met Captain LeComte in 1982, at a Rush concert in Los Angeles. LeComte had summoned him via telepathy. John Toad had gotten used to telepathic silence since his arrival, but here were people from his home planet! And yet, a planet that had killed his brothers. John Toad had nothing more to do with Megadon. John Toad liked LeComte. They had been hearing from each other regularly ever since. "Who is he?" kept asking the reporter. "Who is Captain LeComte?". But no answer came from John Toad. The Black Dwarf had stubbed him to death. The Black Dwarf, the sole prophet of Goober-Pantheism, renegade scientist from the Ultra-secret Vatican Science Team known only as The Pope SS, had entered the small room like a bat dressed in shadows. What was he after? What did he want? The reporter won't be able to answer those questions, because after a small physical confrontation, the Black Dwarf slipped away. "You won't escape forever, wretch!" yelled the reporter. "I'll bring my YBG-Men next time!!". And all he could do was kneel down on the dying first alien. John Toad knew he was dying. With his last strenght, he clutched to the arms of the reporter. "Listen", said John Toad. "Captain LeComte is..." Yes, yes, who is he? Who is Captain LeComte? "Captain LeComte is... is... Ethan Hawke..." The yell of the reporter covered John Toad's last breath. WHAAAAAAAAT??????

I have Vincent Price on a USB drive. He's haunting it. :P

It's because you visit the wrong threads. ;) :P

It wasn't...Super Bowl trumps EVERYTHING it would seem.

Wow.. people are real quick to spend other peoples time, aint they? The dudes worked from mid 2011 through mid 2013 on CA and the tour. And thats right after 2010/2011 on Time Machine. They made it VERY clear they were going to take a year off after the end of the CA tour and then get together and figure out what they want to do next.. and as far as I have heard that plan is still in place. They'll meet up in September, have one of their "Business meetings" (see the final scene in BTLS) and then get things in order for whatever they choose. They've invested a LOT of their lives into this band.. at 60+ years old if the boys want or need to take a year for themselves, they've earned it!

The only Rush albums I consider in anyway substandard are their first three :finbar:

Agreed. Celebs have a penchant for doing sh*t like this...... :) Edit: :sigh: Please leave this thread. I see no reason too but since you said please I will honor your request. Celebs apparently causing their own deaths doesn't make me sad... I explained the kind of things that do... :) So celebrities aren't people? That's a crock of shit... Addiction issues are scary, and I've known people close to me affected by them.. And how the f**k have you not heard or seen any movies he's been in? You're the type of Rush fan that gives others a bad name with your naive, out of touch bullshit You don't get me or care to know anything about me at all and I think I will hit the high road after that uniformed rant.... Edit: Part of the high road :) <-------------------------------------------- You're right. You take pictures of yourself running on the treadmill at Planet Fitness. You aren't a tool at all. My apologies High road I'm going to take the high road, yes, but before I go.. Can I try and guess the last movie you saw in the theater was? Close encounters of the third kind? maybe ET? Am I close? Saving Mr. Banks. I mean this in all sincerity...... I am not here to pretend I am something I am not. If i say I haven't ever seen an episode of The Simpsons for example... That means that I have not ever seen an episode of The Simpsons. I am here to be honest first and foremost and have some fun and not to make enemies. I say we bury the hatchet now and move on with our lives and I will let the personal crap roll of my back.... :cheers: :) Don't come into a thread disrespecting a death of someone just cause they are a celebrity. No cheers for you. I stand by my comments about your out of touch, naive, small world view ignorance.

Love Twister! http://yuq.me/users/22/999/jPKgAa5vyq.png

He was one of my favorite actors. He always made the movie better, and I was hoping to se more of him in the future. I feel bad for those left behind.

hobo, you're right. I'll ease up. It's just I've seen this type of bulkshit begore where , because of someones celebrity status, and drugs being involved, people showing no compassion for their death. I just find it to be a completely ridiculous attitude.

Agreed. Celebs have a penchant for doing sh*t like this...... :) Edit: :sigh: Please leave this thread. I see no reason too but since you said please I will honor your request. Celebs apparently causing their own deaths doesn't make me sad... I explained the kind of things that do... :) So celebrities aren't people? That's a crock of shit... Addiction issues are scary, and I've known people close to me affected by them.. And how the f**k have you not heard or seen any movies he's been in? You're the type of Rush fan that gives others a bad name with your naive, out of touch bullshit

Agreed. Celebs have a penchant for doing sh*t like this...... :) Edit: :sigh: My other post probably came across a little harsh, but his wife and kids don't deserve to be without a husband or father.... It's just sad that someone could value a substance, no matter how it makes you feel, over your wife and family. Pretty silly really..... I feel bad when sweet and innocent 5 year old's die from cancer, not when people do sh*t like this to themselves........ You're a f*ckin tool.

Agreed. Celebs have a penchant for doing sh*t like this...... :) Edit: :sigh: Please leave this thread.

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I just got the shudders ...

Shaving, waxing, bald bits, naked cats and beavers. The mind boggles... :o

Well. That was an unfortunate malapropism.

In...in the...in the WHAT of Forum history? Anals? What? You have never heard that phraseology before?..... :) Psssst, Narpet I think you missed out an 'n'- it's annals! :laughing guy:

In...in the...in the WHAT of Forum history?

Gangster… laughing THAT hard causes farts… shits and even those half-way things that Kenny refered to as sharts. I normally just refer to them as a surprise… And for the record, I eat oatmeal with cranberries, raisins, almonds, flax seeds and bran four – five days a week. It’s the laughing I tell you, the laughing… (Ganst’) What were we talking about again? Oh ya, shaved beavers…

Or just get rid of the carpet and see the beautiful hardwood floor underneath? :drool: I just choked on my salad. At least you didn't toss it :laughing guy: