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My favourite author or book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Robert M Pirsig’s treatise on being broken and obsessive, while at the same time explaining why quality is the only value we

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson Sun, Apr 4, 2021 Fri, Jan 15, 2021@10:28AM | comments The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) will be hosting a Virtual Gala Concert next month in support of the VSO and the VSO School of Music. Rushs Geddy Lee, Itzhak Perlman, K.D. Lang and many others will be taking part in the event. The Show Must Go On: Stories of Resilience will be streamed via TheConcertHall.ca on February 18 at 6:30 PM. From CreateAStir.ca: ... Hosted by vocalist and past VSO soloist ...

A look back at the stories behind all 19 Rush studio album covers.

Jess Walter, left, and Emma Noyes Lets be clear: 2020 absolutely sucked. For pretty much everyone. (I gather Jeff Bezos and some other billionaires did just fine, but I digress.) And it especially sucked for the arts community, a world that operates on a shoestring even during the best of times. Were obviously not close to the best of times, or even so-so times. The national response to the pandemic when it comes to arts organizations, artist...

This was the first of the prog-rock bands many LPs — including the very literal art for Moving Pictures — designed around visual puns. Longtime art director Hugh Syme filled the image with maximum varieties of "waves," tapping into fashion, weather and politics. But the original, ultimately abandoned concept was less playful and more highbrow. "At one point, I said we should bring in medical technicians with electroencephalogram equipment and tape the sensors onto the temples of each ba...

They say hindsight is 2020 and that is definitely true as we’re all eager to put this disaster of a year in the dumpster and light it on fire.  While many of us remember way back in January feeling like 2020 would be our year — we just couldn’t predict it would be our year of high unemployment, isolation, fear, sickness and uncertainties.  All we can hope for now is that 2021 will bring an end to this pandemic and that we’ve all learned some hard lessons we can take along with us in ...

2020 - what a year. With the Oscars uncertain after a year of big studio movies being delayed until next year or released onto streaming platforms, is there even a need to gift unnecessary awards? You bet, especially when its the  Movie Squad Awards, which return to conclude the year by looking back at the movies that were released in 2020 and presenting our own special categories.  Simon Miraudo, Tristan Fidler and special guest  Janice Loreck pick their favourites for such hot-ticket pr...

Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson Fri, Mar 26, 2021 Thu, Dec 24, 2020@12:45PM | comments In light of the Christmas holiday tomorrow, Im posting the usual Friday Rush updates post a day early this week. I hope everyone is having a great Holiday season despite the challenges of the Pandemic. As the New Year approaches, various news outlets tend to post a number of stories reflecting back on the year that was, including remembrances of all the people we lost. As Rush fans, no loss looms larger...

Fly By Night through 2112, recently went up for auction via Bonhams auction. The auction ended yesterday and the kit ended up selling for OVER $500K - much higher than the expected $100-160K. The kit was originally purchased by Neil Peart in the summer of 1974 from Long & McQuade in Toronto, just after he joined Rush. It was then placed in storage in 1977 and was one of three drum kits donated by Neil Peart for Modern Drummer Magazines Neil Peart Drumset Giveaway in 1987. The set ended up bei...

Brian: obviously will geraldos face like no one elses. we expect horowitzs report a few days earlier. this is the churenel of the other story line that we have been trying to follow. we are trying to get out of the blocks. meanwhile the big story yesterday was the last day of week two of the impeachment hearings. featuring david holmes and fiona hill. david holmes was able to overhear both ends of a conversation with the president and ambassador sondland. so he came forward last weekend. he said...