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Rush – Before and After Fly By Night – making Memories Caress of Steel – Bastille Day 2112 – Something for Nothing A Farewell to Kings – Cinderella Man Hemispheres – La Villa Strangiato Permanent Waves – Spirit of Radio Moving Pictures – Red Barchetta Signals – Losing It Grace Under Pressure – Afterimage Power Windows – Emotion Detector Hold Your Fire – Open Secrets Presto – Red Tide Roll the Bones – Neurotica Counterparts – Cold Fire Test For Echo – Test for Echo Vapor Trails – Earthshine Snakes & Arrows – The Main Monkey Business Clockwork Angels – BU2B

Red Barchetta YYZ Witch Hunt Camera Eye Tom Sawyer Vital Signs Limelight To me, MP is as close to perfection as can be. If something as excellent as Limelight can be ranked as my least favourite, they must be doing something right.

Just home from work, sitting in the shade on the back garden enjoying a cup of tea and a cigarette.

I know I'm a bit late coming to this thread http://i.imgur.com/4H96ylH.jpg but, from my youth, I present http://i.imgur.com/9YIqhBS.jpg Elisabeth Sladen http://i.imgur.com/HoB96at.jpg Sally James http://i.imgur.com/PYxsZMr.jpg Erin Grey and from a current perspective: http://i.imgur.com/IYrvdrl.jpg Jennifer lawrence http://i.imgur.com/e2Rx4uq.jpg Victoria Coren Mitchell http://i.imgur.com/LppMT7h.jpg Alex Kingston

Let me In - Are you a Vampire? Considering the youth of the two performers here, I think it is brilliant the way the exchange is underplayed without any grandstanding at all.

The Longest Day The Dambusters Went the Day Well? The Battle of Britain The Wooden Horse

Red Sparrow

One Little Victory

Red Sector A

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/12/27/gerry-anderson-rip/ Although his name might not mean a great deal to people outside the UK, for Brits of a certain age Gerry Anderson was legend. Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, UFO, Space 1999, these, for me at least, are amongst my most vivid childhood memories and, to a great extent, responsible for my love of SF. Spectrum is RED

Epica at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham

Rockin in the Park, Clumber Park, nr Mansfield, 17 Aug 2012 I was lucky enough to win two tickets for this on my local radio station, an evening of, largely, prog rock including some bands/musicians I've wanted to see for a long time but never had the choice. For most of the day, the weather was terrible with some quite heavy rain but, as my friend and I, made our way to the venue, it began to clear up. Due to various circumstances, we missed opening band, The Strawbs, and actually arrived just as Curved Air were starting their set, running through 'It Happened Today.' Having had my sister play me the Curved Air Live album way back when I was 11 years old, and being totally in love with Sonja Kristina, the Air were one of the bands I wanted to see despite not being greatly familiar with a lot of their back catalogue. I have to say that they did not disapoint. The band were tight with Sonja proving despite the fact she is now 63, her voice is as good as ever. Songs like 'Melinda More or Less', 'Marie Antoinette', 'Propositions' and 'Young Mother' were given an airing along with the, obvious, 'Back Street Luv'. All in all, I have to say they were one of the highlights of the day, heightened by the fact I was able to meet the lady herself afterwards, finding her to be a pleasant, polite and very friendly person. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN1fI9CAebE Next up was the Carl Palmer Band. Being a fan of both ELP and Asia, he was another I had wanted to see for a long time. Taking the stage with a power trio of guitar/bass/drums, they immediately kicked into 'Peter Gunn' followed by a great version of Toccata. the highlight came next when, without keyboards or any other assistance, they did an amazing arrangement of 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. Rounding off with a rousing run through of 'Fanfare For the Common Man', it was a virtuoso performance, not least from the legend himself. Next up were Focus who provided a mixture of great music and humour. Another band whose back catalogue I'm only just getting to grips with, they didn't disappoint giving run throughs of classics like 'House of the King', Sylvia' and 'Eruption' before ending with a breakneck rendition of 'Hocus Pocus'. Sadly, Jan Akkerman and Cyril Havermans are no longer a part of the band but there replacements, Menno Gootjes and Bobby Jacobs step up admirably. Pierre van der Linden and Thijs van Leer (who now looks like Harry Secombe) lend the line up a degree of authenticity and are as good as ever. Brit Floyd came next. There had been some grumbling about the presence of a tribute band so high on the bill but, for me, this was swept away as, as the sun set behind us, 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' filled the air. The set, drawn from 'Dark Side of the Moon', 'Wish You Were Here' and 'The Wall' (wot! No Animals? ) was performed with skill ans respect. As there is little chance we'll ever see the proper Pink Floyd again, this was the next best thing. Finally Hawkwind took the stage. It has got be over 20 years since I saw the Hawks live but, despite the almost total change of personnel, it was as if little had changed. There was the usual crunching riffs overlaid by bubbling synth and, now, Tim Blake's theramin. 'Damnation Alley', Sonic Attack' and 'Arrival in Utopia' were among the tracks given an airing. There were the usual on stage dancers and good light show that, to me, are among the hallmarks of Hawkwind live. Sadly, they were unable to return for a deserved encore as the curfew had been reached but that was only a minor detail. All in all, it was an enjoyable evening. the weather, for the most part, stayed fine with only the occasional shower. the organisation was good with helpful and friendly staff and, above all,FREE PARKING, located very close to the concert area. The only real downside was the sparse crowd, probably due to lack of promotion (that seemed to be reserved for the 80s pap, sorry pop, available the next day). Still, hopefully there was enough of an interest to justify the plans to make this an annual event.

I'm another person who just does not see the appeal of Tarantino. While I was admit that Resevoir Dogs was moderately entertaining, I found Pulp Fiction and What I've watched of the Kill Bill to be pretentious and incoherent

I suppose for me, I would have to go for: Robert Wise Ridley Scott Alfred Hitchcock Akira Kurosawa Tim Burton Stanley Kubrick and a special mention has to go to Joss Whedon - he may have only have directed one film as of yet (Serenity) but what a film!

For me, I suppose it has to be: Star Wars (all versions) - "I have a bad feeling about this" Lethal Weapon - "I'm getting too old for this shit" Raiders of the Lost Ark - "Its not the years, its the mileage" Serenity - "Shiny" Planet of the Apes - "Its a madhouse!" maybe not the best quotes of all time but they're good for most occasions

QUOTE (LaVilla @ Oct 19 2010, 08:27 PM) This thread has me in stitches, Thanks very much everyone :-D Same here - still trying to decide if any of theser posts are actually serious but if they are

It generally depends upon the actual magazine where the review is given - in the actual TV listings magazines we get in the Uk, if its given 5 stars I generally won't bother but if it gets 1 star, I'll probably watch it (I remember one giving 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' with Errol Flynn 1 star and talking about the 'creaky sword fight at the end' - 'nuff said)

I've always loved the Kinks - they really swrote some great stuff asnd, for me, were the best band of their ilk (I prefer them to The Beatles, the Stones AND The Who). I've got a great DVD boot of them from 1973 - awesome

Since it got played on the radio yesterday, Blinded By the Light by MMEB

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Sep 7 2010, 08:12 PM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 7 2010, 11:48 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Sep 7 2010, 05:28 PM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 7 2010, 10:13 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Sep 7 2010, 04:32 PM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 7 2010, 08:58 AM) I'm not sure there is such a thing as a 'perfect' album. Online recently I saw someone write something like "Can anything really be perfect in art?" I guess not only what's perfect, but if perfection even exists is subjective. I think it does exist. I think lots and lots and lots of things are just perfect the way they are. I think my problem stems from the use of the word 'perfect'. Personally, I'd be more inclined to use 'ideal' but that's just me What about the word do you not like? Just curious. I think, more than anything, it seems to be overused and here i was ready to engage in a deep philosophical discussion regarding the nature of perfection... Sorry Goob, can't do that. In my mind, prefection can only be attained by something that genuinely exists. You see, I am the only thing that exists in the universe and you are all figments of my overactive imagination. this overactivity in respect of my imagination means that I am not perfect therefore nothing is perfect. Cogito Ergo Sum - thing

From reading some of the comments regarding Tom Sawyer (both here and on other Rush forums), I get the impression that a proportion of Rush fans seem to be dismissive on principal as its a song that has fairly wide spread, mainstream popularity. I've also noticed something similar among some UK fans with regard to Spirit of Radio for the same reason

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Sep 7 2010, 05:28 PM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 7 2010, 10:13 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Sep 7 2010, 04:32 PM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 7 2010, 08:58 AM) I'm not sure there is such a thing as a 'perfect' album. Online recently I saw someone write something like "Can anything really be perfect in art?" I guess not only what's perfect, but if perfection even exists is subjective. I think it does exist. I think lots and lots and lots of things are just perfect the way they are. I think my problem stems from the use of the word 'perfect'. Personally, I'd be more inclined to use 'ideal' but that's just me What about the word do you not like? Just curious. I think, more than anything, it seems to be overused

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Sep 7 2010, 04:32 PM) QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Sep 7 2010, 08:58 AM) I'm not sure there is such a thing as a 'perfect' album. Online recently I saw someone write something like "Can anything really be perfect in art?" I guess not only what's perfect, but if perfection even exists is subjective. I think it does exist. I think lots and lots and lots of things are just perfect the way they are. I think my problem stems from the use of the word 'perfect'. Personally, I'd be more inclined to use 'ideal' but that's just me

This is something I've never really thought about and, to a degree, I'm not sure there is such a thing as a 'perfect' album. But, if pushed, I suppose i would have to give mine as (in no particular order): Rush - Moving Pictures Rush - Permanent Waves Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis - Selling England By the pound The Doors - the Doors Peter Gabriel - 1st Album hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill Van Halen - Van halen Diamond Head - White Label/Lightning to the Nations Jeff Wayne - The War of the Worlds Gustav Holtst - The Planets (conducted by (LPO conducted by Adrian Boult) Pink floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Mike oldfield - Tubular Bells Sky - Sky 2 Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime Eagles - Desperado

Have you ever considered the fact that they enjoy playing it?