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Still working my way through some of these. I like many of John Irving's books. I wish he had reviewed A Prayer For Owen Meany, probably my fave of his books. And he reminded me of The Grapes Of Wrath, (Steinbeck), and last summer during our first lock down(s) I was reading so much, I read it twice! It felt like I needed to be reminded that life has been much worse.

Dog Years (Test For Echo) - Everybody's favourite song! (Not, it seems). We can go from boom to bust

Harsh! Art can be an interpretation, as a whole that piece is pretty great. Lots to see within a single print - and they don't look entirely different.

Fordgalaxy likes, but will Fordgalaxy say what it is?

That squeaky juvenile tone from sucking in helium? Yup, my go-to voice when trying to school people about cargo vessels.

OK, I will step into the land of postings by "older forum users" as a new guy and speculate... I am very familiar with cargo vessels. We call them "salties" and "lakers" and our northern port town is one of the largest grain capacity ports in NA, the "gateway to the west" so to speak. That laker is a self-unloader, the fussy looking stuff along the top of the vessel being a massive conveyer belt that unloads the cargo, needing less manual labour. So, likely an Algoma boat, the Algomarine, Algocentral, Algomariner (the red and black colouring), you, sir, have discovered a boat that is carrying helium for quick transport of covid vaccines. It floats so as to cross the great lakes much quicker and deliver the much needed juice we all need to get back to a normal lifestyle. Close? Edit: Or you discovered a stand-in sky vehicle for Clockwork Angels that just didn't make the cut.

A few months back I saw a Youtube cover by the Femmes of Rock "featuring The Bella Electra Strings" doing a Rush Tribute Medley. It's great, I think. They do lots of rock covers but somehow I thought they had a sincere commitment to Rush. They were about to do a tour and then the covid shut them down - like so many artists.

Many, many for me, but honestly hearing Far Cry live on the R40 the way Alex would raise the bars in his solo, slowly, a bit more, a little more again, and always keeping a precise ear on the notes - awesome!

I got the tour book today. Wow does Alex look buff! Seems a little time apart gave him lots of time to work out :)

Well, that makes sense, because...

I commented on this yesterday, Backstage Club (On The Lighted Stage) Forum. Pretty lame when a company sends out an email for new items on sale but in fact they are on auction. Email about 10:00 am, sold outs on all but one item by late afternoon. Somebody is making a tonne off of offers for fans, and it ain't going to the band.

Thank you blueschica, and I didn't know about the catalog sale, interesting. Yes I have seen bloated prices (look at Victor on Amazon, wow), but a trusted source, a place to get the band's stuff should offer more. Your FB group sounds better than mine, being in Geddy's FB group has simply been a bunch of "user re-posts" and not really about authentic information. Heck, I am down to one log-in with FB a month for the last year or so. Rant over (for now :codger: )

So an Email arrives this morning 10:00, or so, about "new offers" in the Backstage Members club or other. Because...oooh cool, being a "member"... I click-bait just before dinner and pretty much everything is Sold Out. Is the recent Rush Revival that in demand that offers are exhausted within the first day? Hard to believe. Feels more like a marketing temptation than anything really being a cohesive discussion between the band and the "sales department". I know the guy say they don't have any control over the sales content, but really. There needs to be a comprehensive approach to the Rush stuff some of us will still pay for, and what the "end game" is all about? ...and I checked the progress of my recent purchase, it is being "processed" through the partner carrier. Woot!!!!!!! See what I am saying? We still buy stuff so put all there is to offer on the site and let us choose. Thoughts?

That's pretty deep! I suppose there might be a hundred different ways to be a Rush fan...but if binary code is a factor? Pfffff. Time to re-watch the Dinner With Rush scene, they just want to have fun :) It's the thing from The Body Electric. I know, I was just commenting on the parameters of fandom and choosing humour over science - but hey, I shouldn't judge :) I love that song, by the way.

That's pretty deep! I suppose there might be a hundred different ways to be a Rush fan...but if binary code is a factor? Pfffff. Time to re-watch the Dinner With Rush scene, they just want to have fun :)

The Royal Order Of The Bad Joke Gargoyles is serious business!!!!! It takes a lot of bad jokes to be a certified member, just so you know.

Erm, this is a joke thread. Step up your game Principled Man! So three guys walk into a pub...Alex, Geddy and Neil. Bartender says "what'll it be fellas? "What?", they reply in perfect unison and timing. "You think we're in a Rush?" A...Rush... Get it?!!!!????? Rush!!! :dweez: (And just teasing, I know it's your thread :) )

Sweet, Geddyleegenes. I was about that age for my first Rush concert. Just to get geeky and peruse Wandering The Face Of The Earth: Tickets: $9.50 - $11.50, Max Webster supporting act. 9,854 fans joined you for a sold out show.

Welcome to the forums Sun & Moon :) You know you're a Rush fan when...you join The Rush Forums!

Available Light (Presto) - I came upon this when I was making sure Workin' Them Angels was the only citation of "(a) moving picture". The album Moving Pictures has NO reference to moving pictures, iirc, ha! And if the music stops

If you realize they are making fun of "themselves", a family in that situation - from ultimately super rich and then have to make do with a "joke" purchase of a town because it was "there" and then have to live there, it works. Yes it popularizes gay comedy, but not every scene is great. It's just that they kept at it, kept working the characters with a really low budget and made it work. CBC is not Blockbuster...but the family was? I found lots of funny moments. The whole "personal space" issues when they are used to being totally spoiled and no parents around - to parents around constantly with no space, super silly. And O'Hara is wonderfully ridiculous. A matter of taste, but they stuck to it.

I don't usually get into these painful _hi_water._ polls (how awkward to have to choose between greatness and material the band members thought were great, where perhaps there is a difference in opinion). But... Retrospective I Retrospective II The Spirit Of Radio - Greatest Hits. Whew! :cheers:

Circumstances (Hemispheres) Some will be rewarded and the devil take the rest

The Vapor Trails tour book, because it will mean lots to me as the re-joining of the awesome men (I have a few tour books, but not all), and the Snakes & Arrows Live double CDs for live stuff I don't have. Plus I "gave" my brother my Snakes & Arrows CD last summer, and by the time I got home (a 14 hour drive) it realized it was gone. I have every album, but because of this screw-up, only S&A on my computer as a digital copy. Some day soon there will be maybe a couple more things, too :) Note: Just in case you have not cut a shirt before, you better "hem" it or "Iron tape" the trim job some how or it will slowly destroy the shirt, and curl up weirdly; or, never wash it. Ever!? Again, just in case you have not done that before.

Jacob's Ladder (Permanent Waves) I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend