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It's a good song, but makes for a crappy opener imo.

Yup. Here's an actual "conversation" I had with ChatGPT about 10 minutes ago: Me: "as confirmed, the data is binding on page load, but the dropdowns are not displaying the value." ChatGPT then spews a solution to why the dropdowns are not getting their value bound in the data bind My response: "it's interesting how sometimes you fail to understand the problem statement. the ddls are certainly getting their value set, but a ddl has two components: the value and the display text. it is the display text that is not being set" ChatGPT's mea culpa: " Yes—that’s a fair correction. I diagnosed the wrong layer. I interpreted: “dropdowns are not displaying the value” as: select.value isn’t being assigned But your actual meaning was: select.value is assigned, but the visible label text is blank because no matching display option exists. That’s a materially different problem." Yes, the "I" in AI is vastly overrated by non-experts.

The interviewer played drums in one on my bands back in the 90s.

Just watched an interview with Howard Ungerleider and he said he will be using a "bunch of lasers the size of shoe boxes".

Maybe. For me, it's about Geddy's phoned-in vocal delivery. The music is somewhat cinematic, but the lyrics are journalistic and I don't think Geddy knew how to bring them to life, vocally. He cracked that nut by the time they did Manhattan Project.

I'm sticking with my choice of One Little Victory.

I'm not.

I was thinking along the same lines. Neil made odd times feel less odd, so they "groove" in the sense that you can bop your head with confidence because eventually the beat will line back up, but (and full disclosure I'm a non-drummer) I think swing is a fairly well-defined concept and groove less so. They're not interchangeable concepts. Drummers please correct me if I'm wrong on that count.

Why wasn't this poll multiple choice?

A drummer buddy of mine once said “Neil swings like a rusty gate”. This was in response to Burning for Buddy.

Rik Emmett said that Alex had told him he'll be taking his doubleneck on tour, so I guess it's safe to assume Xanadu (maybe an abbreviated version) will be in the set list.

It would be hideous now unless Geddy sang it an octave lower. And maybe even then.

Yes, the sound of his drums really started to decline, but from the videos I've of seen of Anika, I'm not thrilled with the sound of her kit either if it's going to be used for Rush songs. She's got a great sounding kit for fusion and a lighter touch, but in Rush she'll be playing hard rock. She says she's already adjusted her playing style to account for that, but I wonder if her kit is going to sound good without some tweaking.

That's a fairly bold stance. What would it be like if they had to replace Alex and the replacement guitarist said, "I have my own sound, and I'm not going to change it". Or is she saying that outside of Rush, her sound will remain her sound?

That would be an easy win: vocals within Ged's current range and no challenging guitar solo.