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Thanks...I have to check the stats, but some pods have gotten several thousands hits, so we'll see if hers goes above the others.

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Long time no post...I interviewed Donna Halper for my podcast. Since it's media (especially radio) oriented, we talked about her radio career in addition to Rush. It's quite long...hope you enjoy it and Happy New Year! http://podcast.radiogirl.us/2013/12/donna-halper-rush-and-radio.html

Yeah, I know that was for his ears. I should've put that in a separate paragraph. I was just mentioning what I noticed, in addition to the concert volume.

Long time no post...I was at that show. I agree that the show got louder, but was thinking that it changed volume before Tom Sawyer. At one point I thought I saw Alex indicate with his hand that he wanted it louder. I didn't like the increased volume and wonder why they did it. What's weird is that it wasn't like they amped it up and it kept on going like that. Seems like after the break it was down, then up again. I don't think the crowd was so enthusiastic, but they didn't seem apathetic, either. People were very focused on the show and seemed to enjoy it, even though they weren't loud about it. What's odd is when people leave during the show during the seemingly boring parts. Why not see the entire show? Seeing Rush at the Aragon would be incredible, but it obviously won't happen. The UC is WAY better than Tinley Park (Tweeter center or whatever it's called now).

I just finished "Inside George Orwell" which wasn't an easy read--took a long time to get through it, though it was good. Now I'm reading "So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life"--EXCELLENT book--great writing and very entertaining. I can't put it down.

I don't see that button--it's not there. Is it cuz I have a Mac with Safari? Wait--now I see it in this post. BUT WHY CAN'T WE EDIT OLDER POSTS?

How do we edit our posts? Why doesn't it give us the option? If we want to edit our posts but it's not giving us the option, can it please be activated so we can edit? Thanks!

I like this show--like the characters and cultural commentary as well as the lack of cynicism etc. The only problem is the time slot--I haven't caught a new episode because it's not on at the same time every week.

I love this show! This was my entry into Star Trek--I never got into the original, was gone then uninterested in TNG and DS9, and only started watching Voyager cuz my husband was into it. At first I wondered what the big deal was about Star Trek (and other sci-fi), and then watched the entire Voyager series, including the reruns (cuz I got into it too late). Then when Spike ran TNG, I watched all those, then watched most of DS9. I still like Voyager the best cuz I like the diversity and the characters, and how the aliens aren't "outside" the crew, unlike other Treks. I know everyone loves TNG, but I find that series sort of cold. However, Sisko is my favorite captain, which also isn't a typical opinion. Voyager's Tuvak and Doctor rule. And so does Quark from DS9. Okay...over and out...I've been rambling here

QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Dec 25 2006, 03:43 PM) Book Description The year is 2050. The US is by now a global empire, sealed off from an outside world that has been reduced to a series of wars against several Chinese factions. America is little more than a wasteland. The great cities have disintegrated into memories of a bygone glory. New York has become a tourist haunt and theme park. Washington is the hub for central command operations, and only those on official business ever visit the capital. The president and Vice President, along with the Secretaries of State and Defense, are no longer identified for reasons of national security. There is no sense of the past. History, as we know it, ceases to exist. It is in this grim and terrifying landscape that we find David Leverett, a former government advisor and architect of Americas twentieth century postwar forgeign policy. Having just reached his one hundredth birthday, Leverett confronts his past, chronicling his role in the evolution of the American empire, from the end of the Carter era, to the glory years of the Reagan administration, and finally to the solidification of Americas foreign policy of world domination under the influence of corporations, think tanks and lobbies of the two Bush administrations. Both a testament to and a lament for the country he served, Leverett exposes the backroom politics and players that engineered the destruction of the United States and its rebirth as US-Global, a paranoid super-state and scientific dictatorship with no known centre of power. Bestselling author Paul William Roberts draws on real events and real people, chronicling humanitys trek toward a dystopian future under the influence of a corrupt American empire. Sweeping in scope and controversial in subject matter, Homeland is Roberts deeply disturbing vision of the world to come. a personal and passionate attack on the corruption Roberts sees at the heart of Americas imperial ambitions. Toro magazine This particular work of fiction is infused with political philosophy and political science, history and theory, even breaking into Leveretts policy papers Roberts work is refreshing and necessary. TheTyee.ca Everything Roberts has been saying for years about Iraq and the Bush administrations involvement in the Mid West has come true, bit by gloomy bit Homeland is so dark it makes Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale look like a Jim Carrey comedy The more you listen to the stories Roberts tells, the more Homeland seems less a nightmare vision of a republic run amok than a diary of the days events, a chronology of a nightmare unfolding in real time every night on the evening news. Such light reading--what is the world coming to? Just finished Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London"--EXCELLENT book. Now I'm reading one of his bios: "Inside George Orwell".

His brother is probably better looking than Geddy...but he's not Geddy. I'm still not a fan of Geddy's older pics, though.

I prefer the later Geddy. Those early pics are, well, um, not the best I've seen.

Nice!

I just finished reading "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People." It's a memoir by British journalist Toby Young, about his experiences at Vanity Fair. It's really great.