Ottawa Bluesfest! I will be on the rail in front of Mr. Lee.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
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*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Just realized yesterday that the LA Venue changed from the Fabulous Forum to the GIBSON AMPHITHEATER!!! Yes!
RUSH.....in THAT venue......would be mind blowing!!!!
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
My god. I've never seen Rush but I imagine their concerts kick huge ass...
they do, indeed. I'll proabably be at the usana show.
Hell yeah man! It'd be an honor to finally buy you a beer.
and vice versa! I'll get ahold of you beforehand....somehow.
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
OH GOD, was soooo sad I hadn't pulled trigger on LA -- but how to know they'd move to the GIBSON! That will be mind blowing. Anywho, I'm up in Bay Area and have Snoreline seats... and....
TODAY was pre-sale day for Fan Club tickets to MGM LAS VEGAS!
My buddy and I both pulled tickets, so I instantly came here to offer up one pair at face value....
I think we're gonna take the 12th row floor tickets [insert insane grin here], and then we have side view seats in Row K like 2 sections back.
PM me if you're interested in a pair of $ATURDAY NIGHT VEGA$ Fan Club $eat$!
I just read this - they're playing the entire Moving Pictures album. How badass is that?! I plan on catching them here in September. Hope those Canadian white boys can take the Texas heat.
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I just read this - they're playing the entire Moving Pictures album. How badass is that?! I plan on catching them here in September. Hope those Canadian white boys can take the Texas heat.
That's the unique treat of this tour I FINALLY get to hear *The Camera Eye* LIVE. I plan seeing them atleast 4 times this time around between FL/DC.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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Some pictures of the day...IT'S ALL GOOD
This one is from here in Washington DC...one more later.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Just realized yesterday that the LA Venue changed from the Fabulous Forum to the GIBSON AMPHITHEATER!!! Yes!
That is where I am going!
I am doing Lollapalooza, then a quick stop in LA and Rush, before I settle in California to study. It's like all these cool concerts are happening just at the time of my move to the US, so I couldn't be happier.
I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream... If I knew where it was I would take you there.
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Geddy Lee called in to talk about the tour, the new documentary about Rush, and the REAL reason why they didn’t play the Olympics
THIS is one of the reason I love so much. Here Geddy Lee speaks on why the band said NO to playing the Olympics in Vancouver. An opportunity to get worldwide exposure but they said no due to Olympic rules on lip syncing. A band wth true musicmanship and integrity..click on the podcast listen to the whole thing or go to the 6:45 mark on the Olympic question. Podcast: Geddy Lee Of RUSH
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*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Just realized yesterday that the LA Venue changed from the Fabulous Forum to the GIBSON AMPHITHEATER!!! Yes!
That is where I am going!
I am doing Lollapalooza, then a quick stop in LA and Rush, before I settle in California to study. It's like all these cool concerts are happening just at the time of my move to the US, so I couldn't be happier.
Lucky!!! I tried for tix Sat when they went on sale but damn---$350 for a pair!! I am gonna see if I can get closer seats nearer the date to justify that cost!!! Maybe I will see you there!!
So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
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Hello ,
The ticket(s) you ordered on April 24, 2010 for RUSH have been printed! They will be shipped to you shortly via US Mail.
Order Number: xxxx
RUSH Time Machine Tour 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Allentown Fairgrounds
302 N. 17th Street
Allentown, 18104
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
c'mon down! This time, you won't have to stay at the Crystal Inn!
If I had known then what I know now...
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VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Lots of Rush content on CBC today, including interviews witht the doc fimmakers, the band on Canadian tv (the Hour) etc: http://www.cbc.ca/entertainment/
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edited May 2010
Alex says new material is...., "In you face guitar stuff"
Michael Wright of Gibson.com recently conducted an interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson. Part 1 of the chat can be found at this location. A couple of excerpts from Part 2 follow below.
Gibson.com: You have announced that you're doing "Moving Pictures", in its entirety, on this tour. What is it about this album that you think makes it such a key album for fans? Even fans outside the core RUSH fan base, that's an album that probably reached out and grabbed more people than any you've ever done. What is it about that record that speaks to people?
Lifeson: It's probably a lot of things. From our point of view, that record was really fun to make. We were coming out of a period of writing longer pieces, thematic pieces, and actually with "Permanent Waves", it was probably the first time we got into a more economical style of writing and putting more punch into a four-minute or five-minute song than a nine- or ten-minute song. There was great positive energy in the studio when we made "Moving Pictures". The songs, I think, are among our strongest songs. There's great variety in character in the songs. They don't have a "same-iness" like some of our stuff does from an album. I think you can't help that. At least our experience is, you get very comfortable working in a particular key, or sound, or style; and of course, then the whole record — like, for example, "Grace Under Pressure", to me, when I listen to that, it really does sound like it was all recorded at that time in that studio with that amp. It has a same-ness to everything about it. I mean, I love that about that record, but with "Moving Pictures", you remember "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight", "Vital Signs" — I mean, they were all quite different. So I guess it was — I'm trying to think back to the last 30 years — probably a time where we were realizing a lot of these goals in our songwriting and it was a fresh start, and a change at least, not so much a fresh start but a change in where we were going. We arrived in the '80s and everything was kind of changing at that time.
Gibson.com: You guys seemed to make the transition from the '70s to the '80s a lot more successfully than a lot of guitar bands from the '70s. You seemed to hit the ground running, and not just change for the sake of change, but you had something to say in your music.
Lifeson: Yeah, we kind of had that in the '70s, too, because punk was really taking over when we were starting to pick up some more notoriety. Maybe not so much here as it was in Europe, but yeah, we managed to transition okay. And I think a lot of that has to do with our fan base. When you've got fans like we have, it just gives you so much more freedom to follow your path. And it made those transitions much easier than it has been for other bands.
Gibson.com: In recent years, your albums have gotten a lot more guitar-oriented. The '80s got a little synthy.
Lifeson: Yeah.
Gibson.com: The transition, if you want to call it that, to more guitar-oriented albums — where does that come from?
Lifeson: It's probably a reaction to what we were doing in the '80s, when we started incorporating keyboards into our sound. It was still a very new thing, and that's what really connected to us. But I think, once we got though the '80s, we realized we went as far as we could with that. The real core part of the band is really in the three pieces — and really in the guitar. And in looking back, strictly for scheduling purposes, we put the keyboard down before we put the guitar down. So that made things a lot more restrictive for me and I had to work around a sound spectrum that was already occupied by keyboards. And I think, as a reaction to that, in the '80s I went for a much wirier, thinner, clear trebly active pickup sound. In that period, I think that was just a response to the density of what the keyboard was doing. Around the early '90s, though, we all made this conscious effort to step away from keyboards, especially Geddy, which you would think would be unusual. But I think he'd had it and felt very confined in his area of the stage with keys and stuff. I mean, even with stuff we're writing now, I have been the one kind of introducing some keyboard lines. Part of that reaction was replacing keyboard stuff with guitar parts — "Vapor Trails", for example, has so much layered guitar stuff and it's fun to do. And even "Snakes & Arrows" has a lot of layering and it's great fun to do, and I love listening to it and I love doing it. But it makes it harder to really not depend on a lot of triggers and samples and stuff like that playing it live. But as I was saying, even now, where I want to bring some more keyboard back in, I am getting a lot of resistance from Geddy.
Gibson.com: Interesting.
Lifeson: That's a good thing.
Gibson.com: So to bring it back to the new material you're working on, is this more guitar-oriented stuff? What kind of feel does it have?
Lifeson: Oh yeah, it's in-your-face guitar stuff. It's awesome, great. In fact, I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out. Everybody's playing really well. There's great energy and there's great rhythmic funk-ability going on there and some really cool stuff and I am really, really pleased with it.
Read the entire part 2 of the interview at Gibson.com.
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Pearl Jam: Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009, Kansas City 2010, Atlanta Music Midtown Festival 2012, Wrigley Field 2013, St. Louis 2014, Tulsa 2014, Memphis 2014, Lextington 2016, Seattle Home Shows Nights 1 & 2 2018. Eddie Vedder: WM3 Benefit 2010, Tulsa Night Two 2012.
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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Hold your fire
Keep it burning bright
Hold the flame till the dream ignites
A spirit with a vision
Is a dream, with a mission.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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Jacobs Ladder
Moving Picture
Earthshine.
A pale facsimile, like what others see, when they look in my direction.
Clockwork Angels,
I'll simply contemplate them alone.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
RUSH Rulz baby
RUSH Documentary...Beyond The Lighted Stage Trailer
RUSH Animation YYZ
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOckQm-TpWk
Hard to believe but last time I saw them was 25 years ago at the Phila Spectrum. I was a senior in high school.
Should be an awesome show!
RUSH.....in THAT venue......would be mind blowing!!!!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
and vice versa! I'll get ahold of you beforehand....somehow.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
1995 San Francisco
San Jose
San Diego 2 shows
2003 Missoula
2005 Missoula
2006 Denver 2 shows with Tom Petty
Gorge 2 shows
2009 Utah
LA1
LA2
2012 Missoula : Meet and Greet : "Instant Classic show"
2013 Portland
Spokane
2018 Missoula
TODAY was pre-sale day for Fan Club tickets to MGM LAS VEGAS!
My buddy and I both pulled tickets, so I instantly came here to offer up one pair at face value....
I think we're gonna take the 12th row floor tickets [insert insane grin here], and then we have side view seats in Row K like 2 sections back.
PM me if you're interested in a pair of $ATURDAY NIGHT VEGA$ Fan Club $eat$!
That's the unique treat of this tour I FINALLY get to hear *The Camera Eye* LIVE. I plan seeing them atleast 4 times this time around between FL/DC.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
This one is from here in Washington DC...one more later.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
That is where I am going!
I am doing Lollapalooza, then a quick stop in LA and Rush, before I settle in California to study. It's like all these cool concerts are happening just at the time of my move to the US, so I couldn't be happier.
If I knew where it was I would take you there.
THIS is one of the reason I love
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Lucky!!! I tried for tix Sat when they went on sale but damn---$350 for a pair!! I am gonna see if I can get closer seats nearer the date to justify that cost!!!
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
The ticket(s) you ordered on April 24, 2010 for RUSH have been printed! They will be shipped to you shortly via US Mail.
Order Number: xxxx
RUSH Time Machine Tour 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Allentown Fairgrounds
302 N. 17th Street
Allentown, 18104
.....Continuing the
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
What you really meant to write was 6 :(
1995 San Francisco
San Jose
San Diego 2 shows
2003 Missoula
2005 Missoula
2006 Denver 2 shows with Tom Petty
Gorge 2 shows
2009 Utah
LA1
LA2
2012 Missoula : Meet and Greet : "Instant Classic show"
2013 Portland
Spokane
2018 Missoula
c'mon down! This time, you won't have to stay at the Crystal Inn!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
http://www.cbc.ca/entertainment/
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermo...wsitemID=139686
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Eddie Vedder: WM3 Benefit 2010, Tulsa Night Two 2012.
Has finally sold out and gone Big Time on CNN....
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbi ... entary.cnn
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Keep it burning bright
Hold the flame till the dream ignites
A spirit with a vision
Is a dream, with a mission.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Moving Picture
Earthshine.
A pale facsimile, like what others see, when they look in my direction.
Clockwork Angels,
I'll simply contemplate them alone.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)