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DVD REVIEW: I Love You Man (2009)
It’s the end of the Week of Rockin’ Movies. All week we discussed movies with significant rock n’ roll connections. If you missed anything, click below! Thanks for hanging out. MONDAY: House of...
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REVIEW: Rush – Fly By Night (including 5.1 mix)
Click here for Aaron’s loving review of this album, from his Rush “Partial Series”. RUSH – Fly By Night (1975 Anthem, reissued 2011 in the Sector 1 box set) Gotta love this album cover. It is...
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DVD REVIEW: Trailer Park Boys – The Complete Third Season
Part 2 in my series of Trailer Park Boys reviews! This one features the mighty RUSH! For the first installment, Seasons 1 & 2, click here. TRAILER PARK BOYS – The Complete Third Season (2003...
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REVIEW: Rush – Snakes & Arrows (2007 MVI 5.1 version)
You’ve heard of Epic Meal Time? They should call me Epic Review Time. Here’s a couple hours of music, text and video distilled down and covered in detail. This is a double-sized review for the price...
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REVIEW: Rush – Red Stars of the Solar Federation (Live at Montreal Forum May...
RUSH – Red Stars of the Solar Federation (X-Rekords, Live at Montreal Forum May ’81) I found this bootleg when I was unceremoniously transferred from one location to another. When I started at the...
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REVIEW: Rush – 2112 (deluxe with 5.1 Blu-ray)
RUSH – 2112 (2012 Universal CD/Blu-ray 5.1 deluxe edition) I received this deluxe CD/Blu-ray edition of Rush’s immortal 2112 for Christmas two years ago. I meant to review it back then, but it...
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REVIEW: Rush – Chronicles (1990)
It’s the final instalment of GREATEST HITS WEEK! All week we were examining some pretty cool greatest hits albums. I saved the best for last — one of the very greatest, Greatest Hits albums ever. Once...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rush – Grace Under Pressure (1984)
Part one of a two-parter. RUSH – Grace Under Pressure (1984 Anthem, 2011 Universal remaster) When Rush followed 1982’s synth-driven Signals, they said goodbye to producer Terry Brown. The band weren’t...
View ArticleGUEST REVIEW: Rush –“Distant Early Warning” (1984) by Aaron Lebold
I asked Aaron Lebold if he wouldn’t mind throwing in a few words about “Distant Early Warning” for my Grace Under Pressure review. He sent me 772 words! So here’s an entire separate post for you —...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rush – Roll the Bones (1991, remastered 200 gram vinyl)
RUSH – Roll the Bones (1991 Anthem, 2015 remaster on 200 gram vinyl) There was a period in the 1980s when, in some circles, Rush had lost the plot. Writers such as Martin Popoff have been very...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rush – A Farewell to Kings (2017 super deluxe edition)
RUSH – A Farewell to Kings (2017 Anthem 3CD/1 Blu-ray/4 LP super deluxe edition, originally 1977) And the men who hold high places, Must be the ones who start, To mold a new reality, Closer to the...
View Article#775: Eleven
GETTING MORE TALE #775: Eleven It was eleven years ago this weekend that life changed forever. On August 31 2008, I dressed up in a tux, gathered a hundred of our closest family and friends, and got...
View ArticleThe Ghost Rider is Gone – Rest in Peace Neil Peart (1952-2020)
“Endlessly rocking…” This afternoon I was in the mood for some Rush music. It had been a while. Maybe a month since I last played Rush. Signals, I chose. A personal favourite. Still craving...
View Article#808: Remembering Neil – Ten of his Best
Forever I’ll be grateful for Neil Peart. If there was ever one shining example of a rock star you’d want to emulate, it was Neil Peart. He was a giant. Musically he was untouchable. Considering...
View Article#808.5: “Rare Rush”
Many years ago…I think I was still living with my parents…there was an amazing website with mp3s of just about everything Rush that you could imagine. The site went down soon after, and I was unable...
View ArticleVHS Archives #84: Neil Peart on lyrics (1990)
I enjoy this interview with Neil Peart, because it touches on something that I love about music: A good lyric is open to vast interpretation by the listener. Inevitably, we are going to derive our...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rush – Rare Rush (bootleg)
RUSH – Rare Rush (2002 home made CD set from acquired downloads) Once upon a time there was a cool, but doomed, Rush fansite. This site had countless downloads for free, and was shut down in short...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rush – Working Men (2009)
RUSH – Working Men (2009 Anthem) Rush weren’t really known as a “cash grab” kind of band. That’s why the Christmas 2009 release of Working Men was so surprising to fans. 12 tracks, all but one...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rush –“Caravan” / “BU2B” (2010 CD single)
RUSH – “Caravan” / “BU2B” (2010 CD Anthem single) “Parts one and two of Clockwork Angels, a work in progress”. That’s pretty monumental. Rush were releasing two key tracks from their forthcoming...
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