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Saw them here two week ago. Amazing band and good bunch of guys.

We all know about Dirk's solo record, My Favourite Headache, but I recently stumbled upon a CD called just My Headache. It had no tracklist on the back, just a note about Rush's induction into the RRHoF. Curiosity got the best of me, and I ended up buying it. I popped it into my stereo and found it to be an interview with Geddy (discussing MFH, of course). No idea who the interviewer is, though, nor the exact date of the recording. I was not able to find a lot of information about it on the net, though, except for this AllMusic entry. Does anyone know anything about this release?

Back in the day, we'd refer to this phenomenon as "creeping retardation," but that doesn't fly anymore, so let's just say "rampant retardation." Dysfunctional children with oppositional defiant disorder. They're desperate to rebel against an authority figure - in this case, NASA. Of course you know that the momentum for these conspiracy theories comes from people our age (*40 and above). I know it all too well. When I say "dysfunctional children", I'm referring to "children of all ages", to coin a phrase. The Apollo hoax delusion began in the 70's, and was created by middle-aged men. It's disturbing. I have a millennial distant relative who firmly believes the "9/11 was a hoax" thing. What's wrong with people? A friend's sister was on the Flight that crashed in Pennsylvania. We went to visit the site and they were still clearing wreckage. :( Anyway, at family reunions we stay far away from those type of topics. . . .:o

So much for pathos

Sometimes its easier for a singer to hit a note at a slower tempo, so that could be it maybe. And maybe they've only just started slowing them down because they're getting older or something? That's what I was thinking. They're all in their 50s now. Maybe it's just easier all around to play things a little slower. It reminded me of how Rush slowed down Limelight on the S&A tour.

:cheers:

Time to eat children! [Commas are important.]

Citizen knew all the tricks. Dramatic irony, metaphor, pathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire. He was vicious.

I know many of us have shared our dreams about RUSH on here over the many many years. I had one last night that I just had to share. It was short and sweet! So I was in this huge garage and I was setting up this huge amazing drum set. Very much like Neil's Tama kits from the early 80's. All organic kit. No electronic SIMMONS pads. So when I put the kit together I grabbed some stick and started to play it. It was really weird. I looked down at the bass drum pedals and I could see that my feet were literally connected to the foot pedals. I was literally part of the drum kit. Then I looked over to my right and Geddy and Alex came in with their instruments. They said, "Ok Earl, this is your one chance to try out for a Rush Reunion. We are going to run through "Closer To The Heart." "If you can play it perfect then you will be touring with us again in 2020." I was nervous as all can be but then it was sooooooooooo surreal. I literally played the whole song in my dream. I remember it like it was two minutes ago. It was incredible. I even did that phat fill at the end that Neil does live! I went across like ten toms from my left all the way down to the huge floor tom on my right! I nailed it and I made the band!! Then I woke up with a racing heart instead! It was so intense!! Being a lucid dreamer can be a blessing and a curse. Dedicated to Johnny Blaze LOL Inside jokes rule. Signed, Dave Weckl That one goes way back.

Fear of the Dark is just a band out of Steam. they needed the split. Meanwhile bruce Shit all over Maiden solo. Mick

Makes sense.

Back in the day, we'd refer to this phenomenon as "creeping retardation," but that doesn't fly anymore, so let's just say "rampant retardation." Dysfunctional children with oppositional defiant disorder. They're desperate to rebel against an authority figure - in this case, NASA. Of course you know that the momentum for these conspiracy theories comes from people our age (*40 and above). I know it all too well. When I say "dysfunctional children", I'm referring to "children of all ages", to coin a phrase. The Apollo hoax delusion began in the 70's, and was created by middle-aged men. It's disturbing. I have a millennial distant relative who firmly believes the "9/11 was a hoax" thing. What's wrong with people? A friend's sister was on the Flight that crashed in Pennsylvania. We went to visit the site and they were still clearing wreckage. :( Anyway, at family reunions we stay far away from those type of topics. . . . :o There is at least one crackpot right here on TRF who believes that. Sad.

A week and a day later, and I'm almost done. New phone wired in and working new master sat recdiver/dvr and tv in and working. I have a new tv in the back room for the remote sat receiver, but can't get a signal, need a new HDMI cable. The CSR's at DirecTV/AT&T have been stellar in helping get things right. It just all the frustration is getting to me. Ah, but what does an old coot like me know?

So much for pathos Pathos, out to Socrates. Socrates back to Pathos. Pathos out to Heraclitus who beats Hegel. Heraclitus a little flick. Here he comes, on the far post. Socrates is there. Socrates heads it in. Socrates has scored. Capital punishment is to be re-introduced in the first and second division. Any player found tackling from behind or controlling the ball with the lower part of the arm will be hanged. But the electric chair remains the standard punishment for threatening the goalie. Referee's chairman Len Goebbels said 'at last the referee has been given teeth'.

So much for pathos Pathos, out to Socrates. Socrates back to Pathos. Pathos out to Heraclitus who beats Hegel. Heraclitus a little flick. Here he comes, on the far post. Socrates is there. Socrates heads it in. Socrates has scored.

Thinking about who's running this country right now.

So, the wife and I are coming back from a walk . We have to walk by a house where the guy is always working on some junker truck or some such. Today he's working on a GMC with a bad trans... and I hear a familiar sound. He gets up from under the truck to grab a beer. He's listening to Sea Of Madness. Cool. Some things never change, thank God.

When I lived in Brampton/Bramalea, Ontario, I went to the "Grace Under Pressure Tour" in Toronto, at Maple Leaf Gardens, where it was my first time seeing Rush perform in concert in person, and my first concert. For my first time, and concert, I won't forget watching my favorite band, and group perform. How there was some 3-D in it, too. I've liked it a lot.

Wow! Thanks BB! I love you man!! I would love to mail you my cd ep if you want one! FREE!!! Cheers!!!

78. Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My next door neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, Six should be enough. l

There in lies part of the problem with this thread and some of the responses -- and a problem with many Rush fans (and fans of prog in general) -- they're (mostly) only into the MUSIC. I mean, how many of us have seriously stopped and read the lyrics for every Yes or King Crimson song? Some of Jon Anderson's lyrics are pretty far out there. lol But with Rush, the lyrics and the ideology the band fostered over the years are an integral part of what defines them. Unlike bands that sing love song variant #2,403,623 or post-acid psychedelic train of thought, Rush (Peart) deliberately put the lyrics front and center, crafting some of the best (and arguably worse) prog/hard rock lyrics ever. There's true meaning and relevance to what is being sung. There's a degree of disingenuousness when we praise a song like Subdivisions for its brilliant portrayal of teenage angst, then critically glaze over songs like ... I guess Superconductor would qualify, as would Neurotica, Dog Years, etc. We don't apply the same critical measure to their failings as we do their successes. Which, btw, is the very definition of a "fan boy" (or "fan girl"). And on that note -- how well has Virtuality aged? Net boy, net girl was corny the first time I heard that song on release day in 1996(?). It's seriously lame now. ;) Only the terminology of Virtuality is dated but the sentiment remains true. “Net non-binary, non gender, non descriptive pronoun, Net non-binary, non gender non descriptive pronoun...” lol.

Nice one! One of Robbie's best efforts IMO. Has a real wicked/evil feel to it. A riff a metal band well could've come up with I'd think.

Saw them last night and they were really good. No bullshitting around they just walked out and stage and played a great set. The big bonus is that they were on first so I didn't have to see Korn. Life is good sometimes. The only thing that bothered me was all the old stuff was played slightly slower for some reason. It gave everything a more doomy feel but it also made some of the songs drag a bit. Especially on mellower songs like No Excuses and Rooster. The crowd was ahead of them when singing along. But the all the Duvall material was played at normal pace. Not sure what's going on but I don't remember the Layne stuff being slowed down when I saw them on the last tour. Great setlist selection though as they did their best to cover all their studio releases. Sap was the only one not represented. Here's the set for those who care. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/alice-in-chains/2019/darien-lake-performing-arts-center-darien-center-ny-1b9e59b8.html

There in lies part of the problem with this thread and some of the responses -- and a problem with many Rush fans (and fans of prog in general) -- they're (mostly) only into the MUSIC. I mean, how many of us have seriously stopped and read the lyrics for every Yes or King Crimson song? Some of Jon Anderson's lyrics are pretty far out there. lol But with Rush, the lyrics and the ideology the band fostered over the years are an integral part of what defines them. Unlike bands that sing love song variant #2,403,623 or post-acid psychedelic train of thought, Rush (Peart) deliberately put the lyrics front and center, crafting some of the best (and arguably worse) prog/hard rock lyrics ever. There's true meaning and relevance to what is being sung. There's a degree of disingenuousness when we praise a song like Subdivisions for its brilliant portrayal of teenage angst, then critically glaze over songs like ... I guess Superconductor would qualify, as would Neurotica, Dog Years, etc. We don't apply the same critical measure to their failings as we do their successes. Which, btw, is the very definition of a "fan boy" (or "fan girl"). And on that note -- how well has Virtuality aged? Net boy, net girl was corny the first time I heard that song on release day in 1996(?). It's seriously lame now. ;) Only the terminology of Virtuality is dated but the sentiment remains true. “Net non-binary, non gender, non descriptive pronoun, Net non-binary, non gender non descriptive pronoun...”

How are Rush and Rush Limbaugh similar? One sings about the way the wind blows and the other causes a wind to blow whenever he speaks.

Talk about sounding similar!! :) Those bands don't have wah wah addicts on guitar, or drummers who can't quite keep time, or fake macho vocals. I meant they all sound similar to each other. And a step down from Metallica A BIG step up from the tired, sell-out posers with a guitarist who can't even play the band's own riffs and needs the drummer to help him relearn it. Sell-out!! Hahahahahaha..you mean popular, which doesn't equate to sell-out. I have no interest in the present-day Metallica. Their 80's output wipes the floor with every band you mentioned. Look, I don't like Metallica. I'm never going to like them, now, next week or even if you make this thread a trillion pages long. The answer is always going to be the same. It's not like it's my choice, I just don't like them. If I hear them I have to turn them off. You might like them, I understand that, but I'm never going to like them do YOU understand that? Yeah? Just grunt if you can't agree any other way. Amen! I am the same with Queen Same here with Guns'N'Roses. Classic rock radio here has discovered them... they're on the list with Skynyrd and Satisfaction as what will make me turn the radio off. A couple of years back, our local classic rock station was giving away tickets for a GNR show, and a younger co-worker was trying to win a pair. He knew I listened to metal most of the time in the shop and I guess figured it would be cool to go to a metal show with the Old Rocker Dude at work. I told him I would go only if I could smuggle in some eggs. I'll just wait for Axl to crank his yap wide open at the mike... SMACK! I totally get the love for GnR to a point, because I remember hearing them for the first time when I was new to rock and metal and being mesmerised by Slash. But...gets old fast. So many bands of the era I prefer, and I don't like Axl's voice at all. But I also love shitty bands like Dokken and Ratt who are more of a "guilty pleasure" type thing, and I know Roses had better songwriting so...I dunno. Nothing brings me back to them. I prefer the rush of bands of the early nineties like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Mother Love Bone...they have a rawer sound, but so much swag and passion. To each their own. Bands like Queen and Meat Loaf would fit in with my music collection, same as Metallica could Treeduck's, but for whatever reason they don't click with me I get it as far as Ratt goes. I'm kinda famously anti-hair metal here, but the first couple of Crue and Ratt albums were definitely worth it. It's just that later albums and later hair bands quickly became a copy of a copy really quickly. Too cotton candy. Give me dirt and grease. I know Ozzy himself indulged a bit, but at least some of the songs still stood out. Yeah... Seattle bands. I lived in the BFE district just outside Seattle, so we became inundated with local music. Fantastic time and era, coinciding with prime era thrash metal bands. What a time. Forgot about Meatloaf. Their debut is the 1970's Cadillac Coupe De Ville of albums. In all of its full panoramic, cinescope, shag carpet glory. May it ever shine. Amazing! I know you are Anti Hair Metal dude but I love your kind of love for RATT. You get it. RATT EP "OUT OF THE CELLAR" "INVASION" OMG!!! EPIC! Warren is a GUITAR GOD!!! DOKKEN too. Lynch is yet another Legend!! Funny, I just watched STARS on a Japanese bootleg dvd. "HEAR N AID" with the bonus footage and interviews. It gets me so jazzed. I weep when I watch Ronnie speak. Not trying to hijack just give me my typical 2 cents, I mean Ben Franklin. LOL! "Say What You Will" about hair metal. Wait, a FASTWAY pun! But man it was a great time in the world. Even Cinderella has to get mentioned. Their first album "looked" totally hair metal but they were a hard rock blues band in the end. It's ok guys and gals. If you don't get it then you don't get it. I love it and I will die listening to all of it. I mean the guitar riff on "Lay It Down" is EPIC. If you who read this post can't hear the melodic magic of that riff then hey,....... to each their own. I'm glad I'm a melodic music whore. It's a safe way to have great sex. With my ears. I can't catch an STD. I can't get in a fight I don't have to deal with a sick chick. Music will never cheat on you. Low drama regardless of genre. I'm sooooo happy!!! Seeing George Clinton Parliament with Fisthbone Sunday! I'm gonna get my FUNK ON! Yes Rush Forum Readers. I love Hair Metal. I love FUNK too. So excited!!!! From STYX and Night Ranger last week to Funkadelic and Fishbone Sunday. Ummmmm Yes, I am diverse people. RUSH ON! I do actually have an "Open Mind." Signed, BLACKFIELD

OK. We'll bomb blackhawkrush out. Get me Moscow! Chicago! Peking! And Shanklin, Isle of Wight! IbanezJem realized he had gone too far and that the hunt was on. He went into hiding and I decided on a subtle approach, viz some form of disguise, as the old helmet and boots are a bit of a giveaway. Luckily my years with Bristol Rep. stood me in good stead, as I assumed a bewildering variety of disguises Gumby Theatre comes live tonight from the Yvonne Gumby Theatre near Guildford. Citizen, blackhawkrush and Ibanez star in 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anton Chekhov. The action takes place near Moscow in the 1870’s. April 26th. Thrown into Russian cell. Severely damaged my Mars bar All right. Bag of otters' noses, then. We must study this post in conditions of absolute secrecy. :ph34r: I've had enough of this, I'm going to ring the police. Hello operator, operator...I'm trying to get the police...the police yes, what? nine and a half, nine and a half, yes, yes... Hello operator, is that the central line? Give me the Piccadilly number. Nine one o nine. :) Hello. Paris 621036 please and make it snappy, buster. You don't frighten us, English pig-dog. Go and boil your bottom son of a silly person. Dear Old Codgers, I am President of the United States of America, Yours truly, R. M. Nixon. I'm 37. I'm not old Well it's funny you should ask that, but I've just been reading a great big book about how to put your Citizen down, and apparently you can either hit them with a book, or you can shoot them just there, just above the beak. I'm taking this Citizen back, mother. He's got two legs missing. No, no, I must speak. When I, when I came to this thread, I had two legs, two good legs, but when the time came to... to lose one, I .. I gave it gladly, I smiled as they cut if off, because I knew there was a future for mankind. I ... I knew there was hope... so long as men were prepared to give their limbs And when the time came for me to give my other leg I... I gave it gladly. I... I sang as they sawed it off. Because I believed... Oh you may laugh, but I believed with every fibre of my body, with every drop of rain that falls, a... a flower grows. And that flower, that small fragile, delicate flower.. shall burst forth and give a new life. New strength! Citizen, I feel we may be running into some problems here in the area of height. And there we end this edition of "Archaeology Today". :outtahere: People on television treat the general public like idiots. I`m a completely self taught idiot. I mean, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah .... nobody does that anymore. Anybody who did that round here would be laughed off the thread. No, nowadays people want something wittier. There is only one thing in the world worse than being witty, and that is not being witty.

OK. We'll bomb blackhawkrush out. Get me Moscow! Chicago! Peking! And Shanklin, Isle of Wight! IbanezJem realized he had gone too far and that the hunt was on. He went into hiding and I decided on a subtle approach, viz some form of disguise, as the old helmet and boots are a bit of a giveaway. Luckily my years with Bristol Rep. stood me in good stead, as I assumed a bewildering variety of disguises Gumby Theatre comes live tonight from the Yvonne Gumby Theatre near Guildford. Citizen, blackhawkrush and Ibanez star in 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anton Chekhov. The action takes place near Moscow in the 1870’s. April 26th. Thrown into Russian cell. Severely damaged my Mars bar All right. Bag of otters' noses, then. We must study this post in conditions of absolute secrecy. :ph34r: I've had enough of this, I'm going to ring the police. Hello operator, operator...I'm trying to get the police...the police yes, what? nine and a half, nine and a half, yes, yes... Hello operator, is that the central line? Give me the Piccadilly number. Nine one o nine. :) Hello. Paris 621036 please and make it snappy, buster. You don't frighten us, English pig-dog. Go and boil your bottom son of a silly person. Dear Old Codgers, I am President of the United States of America, Yours truly, R. M. Nixon. I'm 37. I'm not old Well it's funny you should ask that, but I've just been reading a great big book about how to put your Citizen down, and apparently you can either hit them with a book, or you can shoot them just there, just above the beak. I'm taking this Citizen back, mother. He's got two legs missing. No, no, I must speak. When I, when I came to this thread, I had two legs, two good legs, but when the time came to... to lose one, I .. I gave it gladly, I smiled as they cut if off, because I knew there was a future for mankind. I ... I knew there was hope... so long as men were prepared to give their limbs And when the time came for me to give my other leg I... I gave it gladly. I... I sang as they sawed it off. Because I believed... Oh you may laugh, but I believed with every fibre of my body, with every drop of rain that falls, a... a flower grows. And that flower, that small fragile, delicate flower.. shall burst forth and give a new life. New strength! Citizen, I feel we may be running into some problems here in the area of height. And there we end this edition of "Archaeology Today". :outtahere: People on television treat the general public like idiots. I`m a completely self taught idiot. I mean, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah .... nobody does that anymore. Anybody who did that round here would be laughed off the thread. No, nowadays people want something wittier.

White Wall and 2+2+? come on this ain't no Against The Wind bullshit

some of that shit is heavy like Zeppelin heavy even Sabbath heavy

Bob Seger, 1969, probably blows your mind if you've never been there

OK. We'll bomb blackhawkrush out. Get me Moscow! Chicago! Peking! And Shanklin, Isle of Wight! IbanezJem realized he had gone too far and that the hunt was on. He went into hiding and I decided on a subtle approach, viz some form of disguise, as the old helmet and boots are a bit of a giveaway. Luckily my years with Bristol Rep. stood me in good stead, as I assumed a bewildering variety of disguises Gumby Theatre comes live tonight from the Yvonne Gumby Theatre near Guildford. Citizen, blackhawkrush and Ibanez star in 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anton Chekhov. The action takes place near Moscow in the 1870’s. April 26th. Thrown into Russian cell. Severely damaged my Mars bar All right. Bag of otters' noses, then. We must study this post in conditions of absolute secrecy. :ph34r: I've had enough of this, I'm going to ring the police. Hello operator, operator...I'm trying to get the police...the police yes, what? nine and a half, nine and a half, yes, yes... Hello operator, is that the central line? Give me the Piccadilly number. Nine one o nine. :) Hello. Paris 621036 please and make it snappy, buster. You don't frighten us, English pig-dog. Go and boil your bottom son of a silly person. Dear Old Codgers, I am President of the United States of America, Yours truly, R. M. Nixon. I'm 37. I'm not old Well it's funny you should ask that, but I've just been reading a great big book about how to put your Citizen down, and apparently you can either hit them with a book, or you can shoot them just there, just above the beak. I'm taking this Citizen back, mother. He's got two legs missing. No, no, I must speak. When I, when I came to this thread, I had two legs, two good legs, but when the time came to... to lose one, I .. I gave it gladly, I smiled as they cut if off, because I knew there was a future for mankind. I ... I knew there was hope... so long as men were prepared to give their limbs And when the time came for me to give my other leg I... I gave it gladly. I... I sang as they sawed it off. Because I believed... Oh you may laugh, but I believed with every fibre of my body, with every drop of rain that falls, a... a flower grows. And that flower, that small fragile, delicate flower.. shall burst forth and give a new life. New strength! Citizen, I feel we may be running into some problems here in the area of height. And there we end this edition of "Archaeology Today". :outtahere: People on television treat the general public like idiots.

OK. We'll bomb blackhawkrush out. Get me Moscow! Chicago! Peking! And Shanklin, Isle of Wight! IbanezJem realized he had gone too far and that the hunt was on. He went into hiding and I decided on a subtle approach, viz some form of disguise, as the old helmet and boots are a bit of a giveaway. Luckily my years with Bristol Rep. stood me in good stead, as I assumed a bewildering variety of disguises Gumby Theatre comes live tonight from the Yvonne Gumby Theatre near Guildford. Citizen, blackhawkrush and Ibanez star in 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anton Chekhov. The action takes place near Moscow in the 1870’s. April 26th. Thrown into Russian cell. Severely damaged my Mars bar All right. Bag of otters' noses, then. We must study this post in conditions of absolute secrecy. :ph34r: I've had enough of this, I'm going to ring the police. Hello operator, operator...I'm trying to get the police...the police yes, what? nine and a half, nine and a half, yes, yes... Hello operator, is that the central line? Give me the Piccadilly number. Nine one o nine. :) Hello. Paris 621036 please and make it snappy, buster. You don't frighten us, English pig-dog. Go and boil your bottom son of a silly person. Dear Old Codgers, I am President of the United States of America, Yours truly, R. M. Nixon. I'm 37. I'm not old Well it's funny you should ask that, but I've just been reading a great big book about how to put your Citizen down, and apparently you can either hit them with a book, or you can shoot them just there, just above the beak. I'm taking this Citizen back, mother. He's got two legs missing. No, no, I must speak. When I, when I came to this thread, I had two legs, two good legs, but when the time came to... to lose one, I .. I gave it gladly, I smiled as they cut if off, because I knew there was a future for mankind. I ... I knew there was hope... so long as men were prepared to give their limbs And when the time came for me to give my other leg I... I gave it gladly. I... I sang as they sawed it off. Because I believed... Oh you may laugh, but I believed with every fibre of my body, with every drop of rain that falls, a... a flower grows. And that flower, that small fragile, delicate flower.. shall burst forth and give a new life. New strength! Citizen, I feel we may be running into some problems here in the area of height. And there we end this edition of "Archaeology Today". :outtahere: Now on TRF, a choice of viewing. On SOCN - a discussion on censorship between Blackhawkrush, The Bishop of Woolwich, and a nude Citizen. And on Video Vertigo, Ibanez telling you this.

Geoff Tate is the candy-coloured clown they call the Sandman Vestman. "Well, that's what you get for tiptoeing into my room every night."

:o God damn, you're one suave f*cker.

Geoff Tate vs Kenny Loggins That would get me interested mixed martial arts n' crafts. Good vs Evil "Look I have a ball." "Vest...check! Throne...check! Fire...close enough!"

The interesting factoid on my first Rush show and I've written about it before on here but I had nose bleeds with my buddy Steve. We went down to the lobby section to try and sneak into some seats. A couple of kids told us that there was going to be a bunch of kids that were going to dare I say "Bum Rush the stage?" LOL This dude was like "Ok when they kick in with "Tom Sawyer" about 30 of us are going to run down onto the floor and hit the front of the stage!" I was just a skinny 16 year old nerd but hell I was in! So surely enough right when "TS" kicked in about twenty of us ran down and went onto the floor. It was stupid and scary but by pure luck I was shoved right underneath Geddy and the barrier. The chairs were folded in and there wasn't enough security. The seating section turned into a pit at the Cow Palace in SF! I was petrified but I held on to the barrier wall and gazed up into Geddy's concerned eyes! Geddy looked very upset and I thought they were going to stop the show and tell everyone in the front to stop pushing and shoving. The the boys kept playing and yours truly was a 16 year old Analog Kid in Heaven! I was in the front just in time to see Neil's drum solo on his red 360 degree kit. I was in awe and I had to pinch myself. I remember that show like it was today. I'm getting chills just typing about it. It was beyond EPIC. Hence my personal passion and love for RUSH was now a true live reality. I've never looked back in my 0ver 30 years of seeing RUSH live all over North America. I have no regrets. Rush will be my band until my last breath. Being able to meet Neil by his bus on the Vapor Trails Tour didn't go so well but it was an amazing encounter with him. Doing the GUP IV Train Tour was one of the greatest trips of my life. Lee and Lifeson! The greatest!!! Then saying hi to Geddy again at a Blue Jay game behind home plate this April. WOW! One hell of a run!!! Hoping more Rush encounters to come in the future. :)

Goodnignt, my Friends! Happy August 1st!

AT&T tech just left, basically replaced the modem controlling the phone, Wifi and internet. still waiting on new satellite receiver, should be another day at most. :dweez:

…..my dog pooped in the bathroom. I didn't know whether to be proud or frustrated with him...ha ha

I'd go the other way and say that adopting Freddie's ideas probably prolonged Neil's career. Neil's original hyper-powerful approach of hitting through the drum takes a heavy toll compared to the more finesse-based Gruber approach. I'd guess the physical damage was done early on via Neil's natural pounding style, not later during the jazzy years.

Bad news about Trin, but tomorrow's gonna Be Another day! Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey! And I Don't Care What You Say, Tomorrow's Gonna Be, Tomorrow's Gonna Be, Tomorrow's Be Another Day! Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!