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Damn, I would have bought a signed copy if they were only $40.

To be clear, I wasn't judging anybody. Just a little surprised.

I went to the book tour stop in Seattle on Friday and Geddy said the songs would be released digitally/streaming "next week." So there's that.

I must have missed this at the time (or it wasn't publicized) but there's a little note in the last chapter of Geddy's book that after the final tour, the three of them did one of those deals to cash out and sell their publishing to one of those companies that buys artists' catalogs. So I don't know how much control Geddy and Alex would even have over archival releases at this point.

Geddy said something interesting in his latest Rolling Stone interview — if he ever plays Rush stuff live again, with or without Alex, it likely wouldn't be as a three-piece. He'd get extra musicians. Which makes sense, because he (and Alex, if he were to be involved) is a little old at this point to still have to recreate all of that stuff himself live. And if they're not calling it "Rush," it doesn't really matter if it's not a trio. I highly doubt Portnoy would be the one. He just rejoined Dream Theater a month ago and they're making a record, and I would think him rejoining his original/iconic band after 10+ years away is a big enough deal that he won't want to commit to another gig, especially one this high-profile, for at least a few years. Plenty of drummers are technically capable of playing Neil's stuff, it's just weird to picture them calling anything "Rush" without him. And again, I think Geddy and Alex would ultimately come to the same conclusion and call it something else, knowing how they're wired and how much respect they have for what they built with Neil.

I was a little surprised at how big a factor cocaine was. I guess I'd always been under the impression that the three of them largely avoided hard drugs and that was credited as a reason for their longevity. But it never got to be a REAL problem in the band. I finished the audiobook yesterday. The stuff about Neil at the end was pretty heavy. But I'm glad to hear that he revisited Rush's albums near the end of his life and felt good about them. I know how much he hated looking back at the past so it was nice to hear that he was able to do that and be proud of what he did.

Started listening to the audiobook on the drive up to Seattle and back for the show last night. I'm up to the recording of Permanent Waves. So far it's great. The Holocaust chapter is really intense.

I had fun. Novoselic did a good job.

I'd go see whatever they did but for me personally, it wouldn't sit well if they called themselves "Rush" with no Neil, and ultimately I think they wouldn't do that. My guess is that what ends up happening is Geddy makes a solo album, Alex plays guitar on some of the songs, Geddy does a solo tour where he plays a mix of his solo stuff and Rush, and Alex comes out for a few shows. I can't see Alex wanting to do a full tour.

Just listened to both, they sound pretty good, on par with most of the songs on My Favorite Headache. Hope he makes another solo record.

I would imagine the two songs will be released individually on digital/streaming platforms this week. Maybe a physical release for Record Store Day or something to that effect.

I'm getting the book in a couple weeks at the Seattle show but I preordered the audiobook. Going to listen to it on the drive up from Portland.

Not terrible, probably won't listen to it again.

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Balcony. If it was a musical performance I'd care more about getting better seats (and be willing to spend more) but for something that's just going to be Geddy and whoever is interviewing him sitting onstage talking, I'm not really losing sleep over how close I'm sitting. When you factor in that the ticket price includes a copy of the book (list price $40), that means just the ticket part of it is $100 with fees, probably $70 face. That's worth it to me to hear Geddy tell Rush stories for a couple of hours.

Got a ticket for Seattle without any issues. Came out to $140 after fees which isn't bad at all considering it also comes with a copy of the book which I would have bought anyway.

They sound killer.

The song is not bad I HATE the way the drums are produced.

The biggest issue with the Sandman cover to me (besides the fact that they have more than enough quality original material to fill a set without needing to pad it out with any covers) is that they run Alessia Cara's voice on a prerecorded track instead of doing all the vocals live themselves, which they'd be more than capable of doing. It's just tacky, especially since they're a band that (as far as I can tell) plays everything else 100% live in their set.

Watched the whole thing tonight. They were great when I saw them 18 months ago (and then started this thread) and they've only gotten tighter since then. Wish they'd do another headlining US tour so I could see them again.

It's at $144 now. A pretty steep discount from the original price but still more than I want to pay. If it ever gets down to $100 I might do it.

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Need a full show, either audio or video, or I'm not interested. Didn't buy the Signals one because there was no live stuff.

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I would love another US run since they aren't coming near me at all on the current headlining tour. Late summer is perfect for me work-wise, too.