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and sparse review.... http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/...ew.html?sid=101

QUOTE (GeddyLeefan2112 @ Aug 30 2010, 11:13 AM)Yeah I went... loved the show. Loved everything about it. As some may know, I'm a college female and the men behind me during the intermission complemented me for knowing the words to all the lyrics better than some of the people around me. The show was great, the only thing that hurts my soul is I didn't bring my camera, because apparently Rush was allowing them....what happen. Last time they were really strict about cameras, to the point of making people not take pictures with their cellphones. Ahhh well. It was still a great night, one I'll not forget. One guy behind me told the 2 girls to my right they were "The most attractive RUSH fans in the venue." I just wanted to cover my head in shame as I am sure he meant it as a compliment but it came out sounding like such a cheesy pickup line. I only had my cell camera and I was in section 206, which while near the back still afforded a good view but very bad pictures!

forgive the slight intro.. One of the things I do in my spare time is I referee women's flat track roller derby (I am a WFTDA Level 2 Certified Referee) and on Friday night was in Bloomington, IN for a double header. I stayed overnight and was almost back to Columbus with a car full of derby girls when one of them commented on a motorcycle passing us"Ohh, nice bike!". I looked and said "Yeah, man thats an expensive one- red BMW touring type bike with dual rear saddle bags and looking at the rider I......" Yikes, I think thats Neil Peart! and by that time the bike was gone ahead of me and of course I didn't even think to grab my cell and snap a pic... Anyway this show I attended by myself as my normal RUSH buddy got 4th row seats for his Birthday. I really enjoyed the show and setlist (I didn't peek this time!) and the drum solo was ridiculous! Another great thing was I was surrounded by women- college co-eds from what I could tell so their emotional response to the music was a good and fun change of pace. I am sure the sound was a little echoy (its Nationwide Arena after all!) but I always wear ear plugs, which have a side benefit of eliminating all that ambient noise and reverb and making the music easier to hear. The playing seemed very strong and energetic and tight. Visuals were great- when that first firework went off I almost got a Mike's hard lemonade in the face from one of the aforementioned co-eds literally jumping out of her seat, screaming. How can you not say it was not an awesome weekend as I was surrounded by beautiful women and attended a show by my favorite band. I sincerely hope everyone has had as good a time as I did.

The great thing about going to Best Buy is finding those things you never thought you would find, like the Fox series Space Above and Beyond. Done by X-Files producers Morgan and Wong, I really enjoyed the way the characters and series were developing and I thought they had a great premeise. Sadly, Fox had to choose between this and Mellenium and you can guess which one lost out. Still, the last episode actually has a good closing feeling to it and with 23 episodes, its a nice collection. Too bad Fox gives you no extras, commentary or nothing. Also DO NOT buy the Best Buy collections- all the disk#1,5 have defects that cause your player to freeze, get it from Amazon. Still, I highly recommend this series for anyone who like Sci- FI or TV that revolves more around characters than special effects. Anyone else who loved this series, or Kristen Cloke? I wish she did more stuff- she makes a great sexy "tough girl".

My favorite was Allo Allo Done by the same people as Are you being served. I think its one of the best prop-comedy shows ever! Its slowly being released on DVD. The have up through series5 available I think. Oh, its in PAL format so get yourself a DVD player that supports both NTSC and PAL like a Cyberhome model!