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On a mission to find everyday glory, we cling to our beliefs. To protect our open secrets, we keep them under lock and key. Donning war paint, armor and sword; we defend our territories. False bravado is second nature; part of our chemistry. We expect something for nothing, neurotica to the extreme. Never daring to explore beyond our middletown dreams. The marathon has to stop at night, no available light to see. Yet as Didacts And Narpets, we hold on to this virtuality. Malignant Narcissism spreads like chain lightning. Half the world has the disease. We hide inside our subdivisions until high water makes us flee. Stuck in limbo in the twilight zone, we stare at the big wheel. Not knowing if we’re losing it, or if what we see is real. The Manhattan project bore the weapon like a mothers only son. The superconductor oblivious, to the damage he has done. We follow the big money reaching in hand over fist. The presentation of a Bacchus Plateau; too tempting to resist. I want to go the way the wind blows, watch the stars look down on me. If there’s a ghost of a chance I’ll take it, at the risk of heresy. I’m going on a headlong flight gonna fly by night. Will I roll the bones? You bet your life! Gonna stick it out. Cut to the chase. Regardless of the circumstances, I’m gonna wear my bravest face. I’m not getting any younger and I think I’m going bald. So like a modern day Tom Sawyer, it’s time to hit the road. I’m finding my way, doing the best I can. Making memories, gonna take a friend. I’m shedding my red lenses Now the future I can see. I’m going to meet my heroes when I get to YYZ I’m here again, and I need some love, won’t you be part of my epilogue We’ll gain some scars, and shed some tears. countdown our lives in dog years. Don’t ignore the vital signs, because entre nous, what you’re doing, I want to do with you. We can dance to the mystic rhythms of Der Trommler, paint the world the color of right. Play games with time and motion and bathe in the limelight. I’m gonna write you an Anthem, a madrigal, an answer to Broon’s Bane… I’ll call on the spirt of radio, to take away your pain. We’ll share a sweet miracle; panacea, one little victory. We’ll keep working them angels overtime, until the next discovery. We can travel at the speed of love, and yet make time stand still. Say a farewell to kings and follow different strings because we’re driven by freewill. Share good news first, and leave the rest beneath, between and behind. Live life outside the camera eye, forget their grand designs. There’s no need to handle with kid gloves you’re not between the wheels. So carve away the stone. You ain’t got to be nobody’s hero. Ceiling unlimited; now’s the time to start to build a peaceable kingdom, closer to the heart. You may call me faithless, because I hold on to my sins. But that’s how it is that I defy; the enemy within. Face up on an alien shore I watched red tide hide between sun and moon. Saw a ghost rider chasing a vapor trail just because he was In the mood. I felt the rays from Cygnus X-1 and drank from the fountain of lamneth I watched the necromancer cast his spell and felt the halo effect. I marveled at the natural science around me, the sea, the sky, the trees. Emotion detector on overdrive. I could feel the whole worlds needs. The spindrift slapped me in the face, letting me know who was the prime mover and presto, I knew then that I had to choose between before and after. O’ Baterista You’ve inspired me to come out of the dark. To leave la villa strangiato and take a stroll through Lakeside park. To spend time in the garden and fill the larger bowl. To take the pass to Xanadu and seek the seven cities of gold. To find a passage to Bangkok and reach the summit of Tai’ Shan. To teach my son the Analog Kid about the Digital Man. To ask the question (where’s my thing?) To hope, to animate. To tell my foes I wish them well and then to turn the page. Clockwork Angels watch the working man, the wreckers and the anarchist. While the new world man and carnies; address the main monkey business. This is an overture, a nocturne, and my soliloquy. A far cry from the things that I was brought up to believe. Like the anagram for “addicts and parents” in this prose, You can jump upon the caravan, or leave that thing alone. Earthshine; An afterimage of life’s lessons; a cold fire that can burn and freeze. A secret touch, like a distant early warning, from an Oracle: The Dream. I’m a Cinderella Man from Rivendell born on Bastille Day In the Temples of Syrinx room 2112 / Red Sector A. The body electric; out of the cradle, running at force ten I’ll keep following this dreamline, until I’m home again. With By-Tor and the Snow dog, my red barchetta, and my friends, where we can be together, for Armageddon, in the end. I’ll stand beside the totem, where I met Dionysus, and watch the grand finale; with no regrets. I’ll send one last test for echo; screaming “please now, show, don’t tell” Then I’ll follow Jacob’s ladder up to heaven? down to hell? The witch hunt will be over, the double agent exposed, and we’ll find out once and for all who was right with what they know.

Anyone looking to get out of the deal they got for their Hamilton VIP floor ticket? I don't even want all the swag, you can keep that, just the ticket. Will pay you face value ($300) for it or whatever it is. Any takers? I think this can be done if we work with Ticketmaster to do the transfer over to me. By the way, did anyone else think that Alex's part of the acceptance speech was somewhat retarded? I did find myself laughing quite a bit, but I sorta thought he was thumbing his nose at the whole thing, which it sorta deserves. I mean, I was really hoping he would just stop the BS at some point and start saying something a little more intelligent or whatever. Still, it was a fairly ballsy thing to do. Neil's speech was great - I loved the Bob Dylan reference. And Geddy was cool too, humble yet appreciative as always. But hey the whole thing IS actually kind of a hollow honor at this point, especially when you have RAP groups getting inducted on the very same evening (Flavor Flav in the same class as these guys? Kinda sad actually. Rolling Stone is a garbage magazine). Saw Yes play recently in Toronto, and it was great because we got sick of our shitty, super uncomfortable balcony seats and snuck down to the floor area during the intermission and got unclaimed 3rd row floor seats right near Steve Howe. Yes should certainly be next up as shoo ins to the hall of fame. Enough with the retardedness of putting these fools like Public Enemy and Madonna who have NOTHING to do with Rock and Roll into said hall of fame! It's like putting Elvis into the Hip Hop hall of fame - doesn't make sense. You gotta really respect the Sex Pistols for boycotting the induction ceremony and calling the whole thing a "piss stain" in a scrawled written letter and yet still having them induct you! Brilliant. To me, that's sorta what Alex was indirectly saying, which is cool. Is his bald spot gone now? LOL!

Remastered watermark free enjoy! http://youtu.be/-pQ-PCRVOPk

I just started another one! :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

Hello everyone! This is my first post in The Rush Forum. I've just finished a Rush-related project that I've been working at school for the past nine weeks and wanted to share it with fellow Rush fans here. It is a stop-motion video set to Tom Sawyer with lyrics, printmaking, and a Mark Twain guitar solo. I put a lot of work into this and I'd love for you to check it out. Also, let me know what you think and share it with others if you dig it. Thanks so much! Modern Day Warrior: http://youtu.be/gapX8lunWk0

For over 40 years (and counting) Rush has given to its fans an immeasureable amount of musical content and collectible history. Fans from around the world can never seem to get enough of these guys, scooping up everything from vinyl to posters to buttons to some of the most bizarre memorabilia imaginable. When it comes to Geddy, Alex, and Neil, my vice starts with the music; and more specifically, vinyl. I love vinyl. The love the tactile sensation of holding on gingerly to the wax-like medium. I love the way it looks. I love the sound. Vinyl and what goes in to manufacturing vinyl, from the outer cover art to the actual grooves is pure magic. And I love Rush. Combine the two, and what you come up with a pretty nice (and still growing) collection. As with any type of entertainment collectible, there are the normal items (LPs and 45s), but every now and again, something pops up in the "least expected" pile. I stumbled upon one such thing the other day and being the completeist, I had to jump all over it. These "discs" are seemingly very rare and obscure. Called "Flexi discs", the history shows that they were a relatively common promotional item that sometimes was attached to magazines to showcase an artist or an audible message. The disc I found was manufactured by a company called Budkon. I'm not sure if this is a Russian or Polish company, but back in the early '90s, they manufactured coloured flexi discs of several artists. Note however, that these disks were "unauthorized" (wink wink). These paper-thin, single track 45s were apparently produced in very limited numbers (possibly in the dozens) and notoriously produced horrible sound. While the songs are recognizable, the background noise truly makes these non-listenable, especially as most people have these tracks on better vinyl or digitally. The covers seem like they are printed or copied on computer paper. Check out the link below for more details (referring to Husker Du flexis, but offers a really good explanation). http://www.thirdav.c...scog/budkon.htm I managed to find not onw, but three from our favorite band: Distant Early Warning (Live) Driven The Enemy Within I don't plan to play these on my new turntable with my high end cartridge, but I felt like I had to share these with both the Rush and vinyl communities. Hardly high-quality, but nonetheless, some really interesting pieces of Rush history. Do you have anything in your vinyl collection that is "out there"? http://i.imgur.com/RUOOUX3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GW28MnC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ymlNgxw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6iRPNis.jpg http://i.imgur.com/T1rwNB9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/utn0hFc.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UtqBYTL.jpg

Possible spoilers about what they'll play at the induction ceremony. http://www.thespec.c...aciously-bitter Rush was just starting to hit its stride on the world scene when the critics turned on progressive rock. The year was 1977 and Rush, a band that started out playing blues-rock in bars around southern Ontario, had been increasingly influenced by British prog rockers like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. You can hear it in the band’s 1976 breakthrough album, 2112 and, even more in the followups: A Farewell To Kings (1977), Hemispheres (1978), Permanent Waves (1980) and Moving Pictures (1981). But, in 1977, the critics, especially those from influential Rolling Stone magazine, turned their attention elsewhere. Suddenly, The Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Clash were the bands that mattered. Punk was good. Prog was bad. Rush, personified by Geddy Lee’s high-pitched shriek, Alex Lifeson’s multilayered guitars and Neil Peart’s sci-fi lyrics, was an easy target. Rush fans — millions of them — were stigmatized as pretentious mullet-heads who would eventually grow out of their adolescent love for Rush and discover the true meaning of rock ’n’ roll. Interestingly enough, the fans stuck by the Canadian trio. Those fans grew up into business executives, lawyers and surgeons who still cherish their Rush records. During the past few years, critical opinions have changed. Lifeson and Lee are hailed as virtuosos. Peart is revered as rock’s greatest living drummer. Their influence on modern prog-metal bands like Tool and System Of A Down has been enormous. The Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction committee, led by longtime Rolling Stone publisher Jan Wenner, was slow to react to this changing tide. It took 15 years of Rush eligibility and more than 40,000 signatures on an online petition before they finally came to their senses and put the band on the nomination list. On Thursday, long-suffering Rush fans will receive their pound of flesh when the Canadian rock trio is inducted into the Hall of Fame during a gala concert/ceremony at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles (broadcast on HBO on Saturday, May 18 at 9 p.m.). The band members say they will accept the honour “graciously.” Still, some bitterness lingers. “We were eligible for 15 years and it really didn’t matter to us,” Lifeson told The Spectator in a phone interview from his Toronto home. “We joked about it. In fact we kind of wore it as a badge of honour that there was a core inside the committee that did not want us in there. Some said, ‘Over my dead body,’ literally, ‘before Rush gets in here.’ Which is fine, they can do whatever they want. It’s their museum. “So at the end of the day, it didn’t really matter to us at all. It was kind of nice to have that controversy go away, to a point. But our fans were very insulted by it and burned by it. Now they feel vindicated by it. Certainly not all of them do. There’s certainly a lot of Rush fans who think we should ignore it. “But the proper, courteous thing to do is to go and accept it graciously, try to make everybody happy, move on and never have to deal with it again.” Lifeson is well aware of the history and believes there are many other bands still suffering from that ’70s prog-rock backlash. “There seems to be a sense of unfairness, not just about us, but the whole genre of progressive rock music,” Lifeson, 59, says. “You can argue that a lot of bands should be in there even before us. Deep Purple has had an incredible impact on rock music and so many bands, as has Yes and King Crimson. There’s a long list. The Moody Blues should have been in there. They were incredibly inspiring to a lot of young musicians.” Still, there’s little doubt that Rush has benefitted from the controversy. It’s been a rallying point for diehard fans and forced outsiders to have a second look. Rush seem to be more popular now than ever before. Tours are guaranteed sellouts — there are still some tickets available for Rush’s July 6 date at Copps Coliseum — and the Rush fans can now wear their T-shirts with pride. “It’s really changed,” Lifeson says. “When you go back to the ’70s, we had lots of very negative press. It was water off the back after a while. “Now it seems we can’t get bad press. I miss it,” he laughs. “It’s just so odd that here we are, 40 years later, and now we’re respectable. Everyone wants a piece of us. It’s very fascinating, interesting.” One of the things that are making the Hall of Fame ceremony more palatable is the fact that Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins will be at the podium introducing Lifeson, Lee and Peart. The two Foo Fighters were selected by the Hall of Fame to do the induction with the approval of Rush. “They are keen Rush fans and they understand where we come from,” Lifeson says. “In a lot of ways the Foo Fighters are similar. They stick to their guns and do things in their own way. Certainly Dave (Grohl) has come up for the last 25 years with that same sense of integrity and work ethic. They are terrific guys, the perfect choice.” Rush has been asked to perform some of the better known songs at the induction ceremony. “Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio and maybe YYZ,” Lifeson says. “They’ve asked us to do classic, kind of iconic songs and those three are the ones.” Will Grohl and Hawkins join Rush? Perhaps drumming with Peart? “There’s always a chance,” Lifeson says cryptically. “We’re working on some things.”

They greeted Toronto, kicked in YYZ, stopped at the intro and the singer said "Sorry, that's all we know. Shout out to Geddy Lee!" Great show, highly recommend seeing this band live if you haven't.

http://www.cleveland...es_bass_20.html ^^^^^^ VIDEO ^^^^^^^ Sneak peek of the display of the 2013 inductees gear... Ms Borger was a little funnier, more human on the local news tonight not so much of a pole up her butt as she is here. She mentioned how her email was always chock full of "why isn't RUSH in the rrhof?" Even said she feels so lonely now, hardly any email texts or tweets at all Come on, what's a girl gotta do to get some love...Match.com? emode? ChristianMingle? eHarmony? A few of us should ask this poor girl on at least ONE date as a way to say thanks...come on....

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/homepage-promo/2013/03/14/banger-films-brings-metal-to-the-masses/ :D Can't wait to see what new project Sam and Scott are working on now. :haz:

There has been another Halifax show added for July 14th and tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday March 16th. Pre-sale tickets are supposed to go on sale Tuesday-Wednesday at noon. I am wondering if these pre-sale are just for VIP or if there are going to be normal tickets too. I do not want to purchase a $300 VIP ticket for pre-sale. I hope someone can give me further answers.

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles As was reported via Press Release Phoenix Down is going to be working with Producer/Extraordinaire Steve Thompson(who's resume is a literal who's who list of some of the BIGGEST bands of all time Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slash, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones and so many more..It's a 9 page resume(Seriously) ha,ha As you can imagine having someone like that show even a little interest in the band is a HUGE thing one that we hope we are worthy of...more news on this to follow...might be going to Toronto to record...depends on how things play out over the next months. Our relationship with Sam Taylor(King's X/ZZ Top/Galactic Cowboys) is still intact and the two of them will be working side by side to create the best career path for the band. And the most artisticly viable new CD...Presently the new CD is entitled The Dawn Of Oblivion and will be a concept album with two parts tying into The Cycle Of Strife Saga. On February 5, 2013 Phoenix Down re-released digitally The Cycle of Strife available for download at Phoenix Down. The band is also in talks with an award winning animator about doing an animation style video for The Cycle Of Strife epic and hope to have details tied down on that in the next few weeks. For right now the band did release a lyric video via their Youtube channel at Phoenix Down it's for the song Truth. http://youtu.be/6hyLyr3JpYk If you actually went to youtube to check out the lyric video for Truth you saw the video for our Kickstarter program which will be live in the next few days you can see the which you can see a preview for HERE. The band is in hopes that as many people can help them achieve their dream through this program...there are a ton more REALLY cool items to announce that I will be announcing in the next several weeks...if we reach our goal in Kickstarter there will be another REALLY BADASS incentive. I will have more details on that as we get closer to that!! The band will also have a new official website launching in the upcoming weeks!!! Thank you for your help Phoenix Down Follow the band at: www.facebook.com/phoenixdown2112 www.reverbnation.com/phoenixdown2112 www.twitter.com/pberger2112

I have a couple of sets of passwords at work - some corporate-given, one that is of my own choosing. Way back when I made it, I just one of my usual passwords. Well, a few days ago, the system told me I had to update the password to something new. I decided to go with something Rush-related, thinking it would bring a little smile to my face at work. Boy, was I right! I'm still getting used to the new password (old habits die hard!), but everytime I punch it in I get a little happy feeling inside. Why did I never think of this before? Anyone else do something like this, add a little Rush to their day?

Clockwork Angels Concert Review-Pittsburgh 2012 Yea, I know...It’s been a long time comin'...We here at Dragon Line Central had some Technical Difficulties...We are sorry for the delay...but...It is Finally Here and ready for your viewing pleasure...We would like to say that we appreciate your patience over the last few months and We Thank You all for sharing in This Experience with us...God Bless You all...Click on the Lynk below to read the Review and check out the Fan Pages... Enjoy... PEACE... http://thedragonline.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/the-dragon-line-clockwork-angels-pittsburgh-review/

A Long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...ok so it’s not THAT saga…but 11 years and the many miles, both figuratively and literally we all have travelled seems like galaxies and anyone who has been to Las Vegas knows it’s a million light years from the winter snow of Pennsylvania. Let’s back step a little to explain to anyone (and probably a lot at this point in time) that don’t know who we are…The band’s name is Phoenix Down(yes there have been tons of others through the years…actually a bass player I worked with for a short period of time on another project was in a band called Phoenix Down as well before we met…) I don’t claim that we were first but we chose this name in 1996 and used it non-stop till 2006…although we did receive a few letters from Kane Roberts(Alice Cooper’s former guitar player who had a release affiliated with the Phoenix Down name at some point) releasing 2 cd’s. The first one was totally self financed released in 2001…the second we were lucky enough to have worked a “developmental” type deal with Inside/Out Records we released this CD in 2004…during the time we were working on these cd’s we were extremely fortunate to get to tour with some amazing bands…King’s X, Godsmack, Symphony X, Collective Soul, Goo Goo Dolls, Zakk Wylde(Book of Shadows tour), Bang Tango, Pat Travers, we even played NEARfest four(4) separate times!! Unfortunately in 2006 due to some issues in the band(part of which was my need to sober up after being on the road non-stop) we needed to step away and take an indefinite hiatus. In 2009 as I had been working on a project(that would later become Silvercloud) We began working with Sam Taylor(Manager/Producer for King’s X, ZZ Top, and Galactic Cowboys) As this band began making touring in support of our Sam Taylor/Wilde Silas produced EP, Sam approached me about the possibility of revisiting Phoenix Down…I hadn’t spoken to the other guys in almost 4 years…but this was my baby I formed this band while I was still in college (2 days before my 21st birthday to be exact) and was willing to see what would happen if we did something with it…fast forward to May of 2012 after a 4 hour drive to meet up with Milo Phillips(Stewart Copeland’s engineer at his home studio) and Sam at a small studio in Burbank, CA it was time to meet up with the rest of Phoenix Down and see how it was going to go…nerve racking…YES…strange…HELL YEAH…Exciting…more than I could ever tell you…after a few awkward moments of not quite knowing what to say or how to act…we settled back into our old relationships and that spark and magic was back…playing through a few of our songs and a few covers it was like no time had passed…granted we sounded like a sloppy version of what we normally do…but it was on it’s way back…we spent two weeks working in Burbank writing new material and discussing the plans for the future… Fast forward to October of 2012 and we are in the studio here in Vegas doing pre-production and starting to buckle down on arrangements and even laying down tracks for the new CD, which will be called The Dawn of Oblivion(We plan on releasing this on or around May 21, 2013) and will continue The Cycle Of Strife Saga, we decided we were going to re-release the original The Cycle Of Strife CD remastered plus some bonus tracks. The remastered version of The Cycle of Strife we are planning to have available in all markets as of February 5, 2013. There will also be a special bonus version of this CD that will include an entire CD’s worth of Demo’s from the first 2 Phoenix Down CD’s as well as a whole CD of Cover songs(I am so excited to bring these covers to you with a bunch of Special Guests who I will announce as soon as I possibly can;-) Check us out on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/phoenixdown2112 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/phoenix-down-1 There will be more added to this as time goes on…most are still very much a work in progress!! You can hear some samples here: The Cycle Of Strife: https://soundcloud.c....-strife-sample Nightfall: https://soundcloud.c...ightfall-sample Truth: https://soundcloud.c...-1/truth-sample Client: https://soundcloud.c...1/client-sample For You: https://soundcloud.c.../for-you-sample This Is Me: https://soundcloud.c...is-is-me-sample As we get closer to the official release we will stream a few of the songs...the first is the first section of The Cycle of Strife Thank you all for your time hope you enjoy what you hear!! Drop me a line!!! Talk soon!! Sorry about the sloppiness of the previous post!!

EDIT: So my mom surprised me and my dad with tickets to go to Canada, and see Rush play in Toronto! We went exploring all around to some of the cool places Rush sings about! Lakeside Park was definitely one of my favorites! So here's some pictures to go along with the great song! We also met fellow Rush fans there! It was really neat! LAKESIDE PARK http://i.imgur.com/T0SCd.jpg Midway hawkers calling "Try your luck with me." Merry-go-round wheezing same old melody. A thousand ten-cent wonders, who could ask for more. A pocketful of silver, the key to heaven's door. http://i.imgur.com/wMUFZ.jpg Lakeside Park, willows in the breeze. Lakeside Park, so many memories. Laughing rides, midway lights, Shining stars on summer nights. http://i.imgur.com/XR2aa.jpg Days of barefoot freedom, racing with the waves http://i.imgur.com/I4crJ.jpg Nights of starlit secrets, crackling driftwood flames http://i.imgur.com/cjB56.jpg Drinking by the lighthouse, smoking on the pier http://i.imgur.com/QrEMl.jpg Still, we saw the magic was fading every year http://i.imgur.com/XuUhs.jpg Everyone would gather on the twenty fourth of May, Sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display. Dancing fires on the beach, singing songs together, Though it's just a memory, some memories last forever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYOkEcWzceY I was there!!! Its a week long intense orchestra camp that plays lots of rock & roll! This was the final concert, and that's my mom with the blue viper violin with the yellow dress! I'm so jealous she got to play Rush with her group and I didn't! :( BUT it was amazing to watch!! Everyone go take a look!

I think its time for RUSH to have a second encore. I mean really. There's no group I know that works harder or is more deserving of it.. Yeah I know that they usually plan the one encore but wouldn't it be great of we can actually have them play a second encore without them planning it? A true encore at that! I mean after they've finish their first encore and Geddy Waves and says " Good night, hope to see ya again sometime!" and the outro video finishes, for us to just stay there and start chanting "One More!" "One more!" the lights come on and we don't budge, We just stay there screaming " One more!","One More!", five minutes go by, Alex is spraying more Rogain on his scalp, Geddy is swallowing a spoonful of Honey with Lemon juice, Neil has hopped on his bike and we are still there yelling "One More!"," One More!" Then the light come back down, the crowd erupts into a frenzy of cheers and Neil, Alex and Geddy come back out and jump into Closer to the Heart and just jam the hell of it just for us!. Wouldn't that be awesome. Basically, we the fans demand and Encore and actual true to life encore. Not this prepared tacet we've become used too. :clap: :ebert: :codger: :ebert: :clap:

:yay: :D :yay: :D :yay: Happy 5th Anniversary, nettiesaur! :yay: :D :yay: :D :yay:

Check this link out http://youtu.be/51nA8g_t84c It's fellow Canadian guitarist Phil X paying tribute to the Max Webster and Rush song Battlescar. Phil is from Toronto and he makes cool videos with these awesome vintage Guitars for Fretted Americana Guitar shop in Califorina -- he is a great guitar player and has a good sense of humor! Here is also a video of him playing a Gibson ES-355, doing some Rush and other Stuff http://youtu.be/jzKk_i867JI GREAT TONE!! Happy Holidays Everybody from your Friends in The Rush Experience Tribute Band! May your 2013 be filled with much RUSH!!!

Hi, Kevin J. Anderson is auctioning off two rare Author VIP editions of the novel Clockwork Angels. These were never for sale to the public and are only available from Kevin and Neil. These have slipcovers, are still sealed in shrink wrap, are signed by both Kevin and Neil Peart, and are coming from Kevin directly. He wants to raise money for one of his fans that has Brittle Bone Disease and recently had medical issues, and then his wheelchair equipped van died. Kevin wants to raise money to help get Sean a down payment for a van, since right now, he can't drive to doctor's appointments, school, etc. They are copies #107 and #111 out of 150 created. This is a true collector's MUST have, due to the rarity of the pieces. 100% of the funds raised got to Sean for his down payment for his van. Please help us make one little victory for this guy, and get a super rare piece of Rush history too! Kevin's friend James A. Owen is also illustrating a picture of Neil Peart as a six armed dragon playing the drums. Kevin and James will sign it, and there will be only 12 B/W prints and one hand colored edition made. If you win the book, you get a free print. If you want just the print, it's $100. Email 1littlelight2112@gmail.com Auctions end at 11:59 tonight! Bid on either copies of the book at http://www.onelittle...t.net/auctions/ or people can just donate at PayPal by using this email 1littlelight2112@gmail.com

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I'll start us off. The Spirit of Radio Begin the day with a friendly voice a companion, unobtrusive plays that song that's so elusive and the magic music makes your mullet move NEXT

Just like they Rush in Rio & Beyond the Lighted Stage, should RUSH present the Clockwork Angels Tour at the Movies for a one night showing prior to releasing the CD/ DVD in the spring? I think they should. I thought watching Rush in Rio on the big screen was incredible as was Beyond the lighted Stage. :rush: :haz: :rush:

I'm not sure if I'm like any of them myself, besides sharing a birthday with Geddy? I think I'd be more of an Alex due to his sense of humor with a little Geddy on the side for his refined side :D

So, Japan. Rush went there once during the 1984 Grace Under Pressure tour. I don't know much about the GUP tour in general, but there seems to be a bit of mystery surrounding the Japan leg of it. What I'm talking about has to do with the equipment used. If this is something I could learn reading the books, I apologize, but I seem to come up with a new question about Neil's kits that needs to be answered every day! This could be something everyone else knows, but here goes... This link http://broonsbane.tr...om/rushneil.htm takes us to a webpage detailing the history of Neil Peart's Tama Artstar prototype drums that were used between 1982 to 1985, within the 1984 GUP Japan tour fell. However, the page mentions that "When Rush played their first and only Japanese concerts in late 1984, Hoshino-Gakki spared Neil the travel expense, by building a replica set sans brass-plating and vibra-fibing. Neil needed to only bring his hardware, heads and cymbals." http://broonsbane.tripod.com/neilsdrumsbacks.jpg I'm inclined to believe the kit is/was real, since Hoshino-Gakki is the owner of the Tama-brand drum name, but I haven't heard or read anything about them outside that page. So my questions are: Can anyone confirm this? What became of the kit following those four shows?