woodring2112

I was lucky enough to grab 3rd row, center floor section, for the Salt Lake City show. Yes, 2 tickets, $404 each. Is it worth it? Of course the fan in me says yes, but the pragmatic guy balancing the checkbook says "eeehhhhhhhhh....." Regardless, my daughter and I will be geeking out closer to the boys than ever before.

 

And she'll remember that. That's why the pragmatist had to shut up this time.

I know that we all love Rush, but since this thread is about bands other than Rush, I'll throw this out: anybody here want to see George Thorogood in Vegas on February 27? I'm going, but I've got an extra ticket. I won't tell you where the seat is (it's next to mine, so it's not bad at all), but if you're interested, shoot me a PM and we'll talk.

 

Man, has it really been 40 years since Rush came out? Crazy.

I spoke with KJA at the SLC Comic Con in September. I told him I had some problems with the story and he implied heavily that sequels were coming. That's my guess.

 

Kevin J. Anderson, the author of the Clockwork Angels novel announced that he will have major Clockwork Angels news in a few days.

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What do you guys think the news could be?

So I went to the Salt Lake Comic Con this weekend and got Kevin J. Anderson to sign my copy of CA. He said he'd do it "as long as I enjoyed it," to which I replied "yeah, but," and proceeded to complain about the stuff I didn't like. He still signed it.

 

Oh, and for everybody that thinks he's a hack or whatever, he basically answered my complaints about missing/dropped storylines by say that he hadn't addressed them "yet."

 

Yep: sequels.

Hadn't considered that....hmmmmm.....

And I actually mailed a copy of the paper to KJA through ECW press and Neil through Anthem via Ray Danniels, but never heard anything back. Don't know if they ever received them or not, but I figured I should at least try to let them know I did it.

I actually wrote and presented an academic paper to explain why some pop culture adaptations work and some don't using CA (the album and novel) as examples. The album was pretty successful and well-received, while the novel, which should have been a no-brainer, wasn't. Lots of negative reviews and commentary on CA the Novel, and KJA directly. Wasn't pretty.

 

Conclusion: you can't MAKE something popular, as a general rule. POP culture means the POPULACE decides if they like it or not.

 

The novel would have been a success if a real novelist had written it. Neil is a lyricist - not a novelist. His writing is simply too dispassionate to capture the audience.

 

Anderson is a 3rd-rate hack novelist. Neil made a mistake by letting his friend do the book. He should have chosen a better writer.

 

I actually made that point in the paper as well, that Neil was influenced by his friendship on what was essentially a vanity project. Add in the rush (no pun intended) to publication to meet the start of the tour, and it was a recipe for disaster. I cited a lot of the commentary from this board to support those arguments. If the people that WANT something to succeed can't buy into it, then it's a failure of monumental proportions.

 

Understand that the book did have some positive points, but overall it was just lacking in any sort of cohesion and was, in many ways, amateurish, which in the end falls on KJA, not Neil.

I actually wrote and presented an academic paper to explain why some pop culture adaptations work and some don't using CA (the album and novel) as examples. The album was pretty successful and well-received, while the novel, which should have been a no-brainer, wasn't. Lots of negative reviews and commentary on CA the Novel, and KJA directly. Wasn't pretty.

 

Conclusion: you can't MAKE something popular, as a general rule. POP culture means the POPULACE decides if they like it or not.

So, I managed to get myself credentialed as Press for the upcoming Stan Lee Comikaze in Los Angeles. I'm thinking that, aside from my ridiculously long drive in and out, it should be a blast.

 

Any Rush fans going to be there?

Oh, how I wish I could take you up on those.....

I can't believe that I still have 4 months to go before the Salt Lake show. 4 and a half, actually. Now I've just depressed myself more.

 

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Quite a few times. That's why I knew the front of the 200s will give my daughter a perfect view over the heads of the 100s and basically put her on stage level. Of course I'd love to be in row 1 or 2 up front, but the $$ for that is just ridiculous. Again, that's why I was so glad these popped up. we're on the right hand aisle for that section, but thats even better.

 

 

I was happy that I got a pair in the front row of section 202 so my daughter can actually see the show this time. Ticketing sucks, that's for sure.

 

Have you been to the venue before?

I was happy that I got a pair in the front row of section 202 so my daughter can actually see the show this time. Ticketing sucks, that's for sure.

Amazon reviews can be helpful, and I have looked at them, but I am also looking for some that are a little more independent than quasi-anonymous reviews on a website shilling a product.

 

Good suggestion though. Thanks.

All,

 

I am currently working on a paper to present at a regional Pop Culture conference early next year and I am referencing the CA Novel. What I need help with is finding reviews (not just Board posts or like that) that are NOT glowing to round out my research. I'm not talking NYT reviews necessarily, but thoughtful, well-written discussions of the novel.

 

If any of you are aware of such reviews, could you post a link. I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Thanks much.

 

woodring2112

Anybody got any more scuttlebutt about the 2013 leg? I know nothing is official, but we've got some pretty good sources lurking about the forums. Any word on Denver, Salt Lake, Vegas part II?

Is there any hope for additional stateside shows? Anyone heard anything?

Is there any word/rumor of a second leg of the tour in the spring? These 30+ dates just don't seem like enough, and with them missing areas they normally hit, it just seems like there will be another batch of dates early in 2013...

Yesterday, a local DJ came on after playing some Rush and said that she wasn't happy with the band, since she's heard that Salt Lake City isn't on the plan for the tour THIS SUMMER.

 

Now, I know that we've all been hearing that the tour will start in maybe September, but the fact that she heard that SLC isn't on the route makes me wonder if they'll be running only larger areas, or even larger arenas again instead of amphitheaters, especially if they start later in the year.

 

Regardless, I guess my point is that SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE, is apparently already fleshing out tour dates and destinations, which is progress, right?

Nothing too exciting, but at the Vegas show I got the set list sheet from one of the ushers (before the show started--they're not supposed to let those out of their possession). It even includes the word "BOOM" next to Marathon and Far Cry for when the big pyros blow.

 

Sadly, I wasn't close enough to get a t-shirt, pick, or sticks, but it's still nice to have something from the show.

 

 

 

Back to your lives, citizens...there's nothing more to see here.

 

 

QUOTE (Tony R @ Jun 5 2011, 07:21 PM)

QUOTE (woodring2112 @ Jun 6 2011, 01:14 AM) Wow. Imagine my surprise at the hubbub my post caused. For the record, I am not some sort of prude, nor do I have thin skin.  I spent 20 years in the military, and am used to "colorful banter".  I can be as colorful as anyone, believe me. As for the whole" english humor" arguement, one of my best friends is english, so I am somewhat familiar with that whole situation. With my original question, I was merely trying to figure out the rules of engagement as they applied to dealing with/responding to CT. That's all. Oh my God, you killed Cosy Toes, you bastard! D'oh!!

Wow. Imagine my surprise at the hubbub my post caused.

 

For the record, I am not some sort of prude, nor do I have thin skin. I spent 20 years in the military, and am used to "colorful banter". I can be as colorful as anyone, believe me. As for the whole" english humor" arguement, one of my best friends is english, so I am somewhat familiar with that whole situation.

 

With my original question, I was merely trying to figure out the rules of engagement as they applied to dealing with/responding to CT.

 

That's all.

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Jun 5 2011, 01:02 AM)

QUOTE (woodring2112 @ Jun 4 2011, 08:55 PM) QUOTE (Cosy Toes @ Jun 2 2011, 05:44 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jun 2 2011, 10:35 PM) It IS metal!! And just goes to show how even METAL can be completely and utterly SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   As for the number of likes, that's down to all the numerous braindead, cretinous, basement dwelling, D&D playing, Mom living, never had a girlfriend, unthinking, uncritical FANBOIS that Rush attract.   Rush, getting WORSE since 1978 FACT!!!!!!!!!!   FWIW BU2B is better than Caravan. In the same way that Diarrhoea is preferable to Amoebic Dysentery Ok, seriously, I'm still not entirely clear on Cosy Toes purpose here. Is this a for-real, actual, troll or some sort of moderator-condoned, comic-relief-type troll? I don't think I've seen a single positive, or for that matter NEUTRAL, post from CT. They've all been negative, and profoundly negative, at that.   Clarify, please. Cosy gets a lot of flak because people just don't get him. Look at his posts -- aside from a handful of truly useful posts, both funny and serious, all he does is the same routine over and over. Old Rush good, new Rush bad, Neil is a tosser, etc. It's gotten stale after all these years, and he's not as funny and ironic as he thinks he is, but whatever. Those posts don't really hurt anything.   Our position on people like Cosy is, as long as he's not attacking other members directly, and is not saying anything REALLY offensive, we're not going to do anything permanent about him...   Which brings us to this particular post of his, which was in response to the above post by woodring2112:   QUOTE (Cosy Toes @ Jun 4 2011, 06:53 PM) Old Rush GOOD, New Rush Bad. Is Good a negative word? Now Eat Shit Tosswipe. Cosy, if this were your first account here, that post would earn you a warning. But we've been through this too many times. Woodring's post did not deserve that response, but of course you knew that. We keep giving you more slack each time you join, but I guess that bores you after a while, and you have to act like a douche.   I know you'll run back to your other boards and brag about how you got tossed from here again -- you like that sort of thing, which is why you posted that -- and three people from those places will give a shit. Have fun with that. Well, I certainly wasn't trying to get anyone kicked off the board. I was just curious if perhaps CT was one of those characters that everyone simply tolerates, kind of like that crazy uncle on Thanksgiving. Although, I must admit that I didn't really appreciate the "eat shit tosswipe" comment. That did seem a bit over the top for a quasi-comic posting. Even Necro isn't THAT blatant in his disdain. (yes, I've dealt with Necro before and I hope he remembers that we worked it out)   Sorry to all if this generates some sort of new, hyper-kinetic, monster-troll incarnation of CT next time.

QUOTE (Cosy Toes @ Jun 2 2011, 05:44 PM)

QUOTE (treeduck @ Jun 2 2011, 10:35 PM) It IS metal!! And just goes to show how even METAL can be completely and utterly SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   As for the number of likes, that's down to all the numerous braindead, cretinous, basement dwelling, D&D playing, Mom living, never had a girlfriend, unthinking, uncritical FANBOIS that Rush attract.   Rush, getting WORSE since 1978 FACT!!!!!!!!!!   FWIW BU2B is better than Caravan. In the same way that Diarrhoea is preferable to Amoebic Dysentery Ok, seriously, I'm still not entirely clear on Cosy Toes purpose here. Is this a for-real, actual, troll or some sort of moderator-condoned, comic-relief-type troll? I don't think I've seen a single positive, or for that matter NEUTRAL, post from CT. They've all been negative, and profoundly negative, at that.   Clarify, please.