The National Midnight Star #443

Errors-To: rush-request@syrinx.umd.edu Reply-To: rush@syrinx.umd.edu Sender: rush@syrinx.umd.edu Precedence: bulk From: rush@syrinx.umd.edu To: rush_mailing_list Subject: 03/09/92 - The National Midnight Star #443
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(where to get) Rush in Binghamton boston radio Boston radio ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Editor, The National Midnight Star <rush-mgr@syrinx.umd.edu> Subject: Administrivia Ok, I was hoping that a casual mention would be enough, but it looks like I'll have to Invoke Policy. The practive of having lengthy signature files has gotten out of hand! This is to announce that I do not want to see these in NMS postings, and I shall be imposing a limit of five (5) lines for a .sig. This should be plenty, and it's more than some Usenet sites allow in posts (ours limits to 4 lines). I will not be enforcing this strongly at first; I will send mail to any offenders asking them to trim their .sig files. If this fails, I will manually edit them, and what is left is up to my discretion. Also, this policy will extend to include those who post lengthy pieces of lyric text, unless it is inculded in a discussion. Most of us know the words by now, so please don't lengthen an already-large digest with extra padding, please! A line or two in a .sig is ok, but a paragraph is just too much. The FAQL part 1 will come out this evening as a special edition, and I'll try to arrange it so part 2 comes out in the next 12 hours or so... rush-mgr ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 13:41:54 MST From: martz@vistanm.com Subject: Rush in New Mexico After reading the NMS for a few weeks, I thought I would share some gossip my friends and I heard at the RTB concert in Las Cruces, NM. We talked to some guys that had followed RUSH's tour bus back to the hotel the night before the concert and they went to the hotel bar and Geddy and Alex came down for a drink and they talked to them for a couple of hours. They talked about their music of course, but Alex also told them that he really likes Santa Fe, New Mexico and is thinking about moving there sometime in the future! We live 30 minutes from Santa Fe, so we thought that was pretty cool. Of course, Alex is known for saying crazy things... how many times has he said he was going to quit RUSH !?! Enough with the gossip... The RTB concert in Las Cruces was incredible. Primus sucked! (of course), it was there first appearance for the RTB tour and we thought they were pretty good, although we would have loved to have seen Eric Johnson. As to the boyz, they were having a great time. The audience was incredibly energetic (at the Presto tour, most of the audience in Phoenix sat during the concert); in Cruces, everyone was dancing, singing, and screaming the whole time. It was great! I agree, I think Neil's bandana is to keep the sweat out of his eyes... We were able to tape the ABC In Concert from last Friday, and I plan to transcribe the interviews sometime this weekend when I get a chance. As far as copies of the tape for people, we don't have a second VCR to tape to and the tape is in Super-VHS format. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virginia & Joe Martz | New Mexico, USA... | ORQ: Genetic blends with martz@vistanm.com | future home for Alex? | uncertain ends on a fortune hunt | | that's hard to leave - N Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1992 20:03:24 -0500 From: sabra@cs.umb.edu (David Schwartzberg) Subject: Boston Radio Check out WBCN 104.1 WCGY 93.7 (out of Lawrence, but ya can still pick it up) WAAF 107.1 (out of Worcester, but same) WZLX 100.7 all 4 play rush from time to time, but 'CGY plays the most; 'BCN has rock blox, and rush is frequently in there. BTW, does ANYONE have NOT FADE AWAY or YOU CANT FIGHT IT? i am looking for them, and can't find them anywhere (don't want to have to start calling toronto) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | o | "Those who know what's best for us, must rise and save us from | o | | | ourselves. Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand; | | | o | ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand." | o | | | -------Neil Peart | | | o | __ ____/\____ | o | | | / \ | \ / \ / b | | | o | \__ __ |__ ___ __ \/ \ \/ u u mmmmm bbbb | o | | | \ __| | | | __| /\ /\ /\ u u m m m b b | | | o | \__/ |__| |__| | |__| /__\__/__\ uuuu m m m bbbb | o | | | \/ | | | o | | o | | | D a v i d S c h w a r t z b e r g | | | o | | o | | | SABRA @ CS.umb.edu | | | o | | o | | | UMASS Boston | | | o | | o | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Kudla <kudla@eos.acm.rpi.edu> Subject: Oops Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 21:21:34 EST Some of you might have noticed that my posts regarding singles yesterday showed up as being from "nautilus@acm.rpi.edu". This was due to a bug in the system software whih is hopefully fixed. Regardless, don't send Jack mail because as far as I know, he's neither a Rush nor a Genesis fan. :) The real Rob kudla@acm.rpi.edu ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: CoS & Them Early Memories Date: Fri, 06 Mar 92 19:19:23 -0800 From: Ron Braun <braun@cs.ucdavis.edu> Hey all! First, kudos to Mr. Rush-Mgr for making this a list worthy of 1300+! I was interested to see so many other postings in support of CoS. I remember that I walked through a raging blizzard for a couple of miles one late winter's eve in Germany to buy the album (having seen it at the local base exchange earlier in the day, while penniless). [Aside: what is the most trouble any of you have gone to to buy a Rush album?] Strangely, I was rather disappointed when I got home and played it (of course, my musical tastes weren't quite mature 10 years ago!). It then sat on my shelf for a few years, until I "rediscovered" it back in '86. It blew me away when I listened to it again! It has since become possibly my favorite long-term Rush album (I say long-term, because my favorite seems to change from week to week...). The mood that is established on that album is incredible. The background guitar on part one of the Necromancer (not to mention the other parts) still sends shivers down my spine! I wonder if a lot of people just haven't given the album a chance, having heard that it is "their worst album"? I can certainly lose myself in that album, moreso than in most others. BTW, someone asked a *long* time ago about what the back cover of CoS represented. I always thought it was fairly obviously the Fountain of Lamneth itself, perched high atop Bacchus Plateau... Re: Rush "childhood" experiences. Long before I ever got into rock in general and Rush in particular, my older brother (by 4 years) used to taunt me by playing Rush at full volume on his stereo when our folks were out of the house. I *hated* Geddy's high voice and the sheer noise that they could generate at the time, and so I'd get even by cranking out my mom's Kenny Roger's records on the living room stereo at the same time! Major noise wars. We musta sounded real interesting to the neighbors! Fortunately, he redeemed himself when he moved out to go to college, since he left behind a tape of songs from a bunch of different groups, one of which was "Red Barchetta". I loved that one song; used to play it ad infinitum. Finally went out and bought 2112 (since that was all the store had by Rush), and the rest is history... "Sweet memories, flashing very quickly by..." ron braun braun@cs.ucdavis.edu ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 22:35:17 CST From: cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman) Subject: Rush - A "Giant of Rock" The other day, I heard an add on WGN (Chicago TV). Some record store was having a big slae, and the announcer was talking about how the store was selling discounted CD of all the "Giants of Rock." He blabbed on ..."Led Zeppelin, Guns and Roses (ugh!), Rush, Metallica" ... Well, I guess there is one record store in Chicago which knows something we've known all along.... Oh, well. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 92 01:18:12 EST From: jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) Subject: CoS Hi Everyone, I'm glad to hear all the positive reaction about CoS. I had the same experience as most, way back in `81. It was the last Rush album that existed at the time (!) that I hadn't bought. And _man_ what a pleasant surprise I had! I love listening to CoS at night in the dark...what an atmosphere it creates in headphones. The boys really got the raw end on that little jewel. But clearly the hard times payed off in the long run, and _we_ now appreciate the then underappreciated effort. On another note, I don't at all see expressing the belief that a band is the very best in something they do constitutes worshipping. Even thinking in terms of worship seems to me warped. No one in America even _conceives_ of worshipping a band, as far as I know. For more on this subject see Neil's comments in the two-part interview with Neil which appeared in Kerrrang during the Signals tour entitled ``This (oops) ``The Spirit of Peart.'' Gregg ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 92 01:28:25 EST From: jalhart@skidmore.EDU (Lerxst) Subject: ROLL TILL U DIE TOUR! Breaking news, I just heard the following: Rush will be coming back to the NY area on June 19th to play at the Meadowlands Arena AND June 20th at Jones Beach on Long Island with an option for June 22. Meadowlands is confirmed Jones Beach is almost confirmed. Mr. Big is confirmed to support on all dates this summer. Later. Ken F. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 92 10:34:06 -0500 From: ah532@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Gleba) Subject: Imports If anybody is looking for some rush imports, let me know. I can get a lot of them. Thanks.. (ah532@cleveland.freenet.edu) -ike ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 92 12:19:16 -0500 From: "Douglas G Schwabe" <dgsst4@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Subject: Title for Boxset and CoS Thanks to all who participated in the Cassette/Boxset poll. The results will be released next week. However, a title is still needed for the boxset. Does anyone have any ideas? I wish they would play songs from CoS more, I love "Lakeside Park" (Next time I'm in Toronto I want to pay a visit). It is a underrated album as well as a stepping stone to greater success 2112, their next album, was a huge success) In their history Rush has made albums which fall into this category Pernament Waves was a stepping stone for Moving Pictures Signals broke ground for PoW and HYF and Presto became a stepping stone for the success of RTB. I wonder if their next album will be a stepping stone for another album or if RTB was a stepping stone for their next album. Hmmm.... Douglas Schwabe dgsst4@unix.cis.pitt.edu ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Date: Sat, 07 Mar 92 13:53:47 -0500 From: "David B. Levi" <levi@cs.utk.edu> Is anybody else out there a fan of Gentle Giant? I have been for a few years, but their albums are hard to find. Anybody know of a good source and/or how mayn albums they've done and what the titles are? -Dave Levi levi@cs.utk.edu [ Please keep replies to this in e-mail, not here in the NMS. Thanks! rush-mgr ] ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1992 15:05 EST From: REN & STIMPY <S11689BC@umassd.edu> Subject: LEE AND LIFESON TIDBITS Sorry I flamed last issue (TNMS442) but sometimes what people say (when not informed ) really annoy me. 'Nuff said. Now for some handy-dandy trivia: 1) Geedy Lee's real name is Gary Lee Weinrib. (Found that at my library, after months and months of wondering.) [ This is in the FAQL. :rush-mgr ] 2) Alex Lifeson is the only member of Rush NOT to come from Ontario (he comes from Fernie in N British Columbia.) 3) They once opened for Kiss and Aerosmith in the 1970's. 4) Willowdale (where Ged was born) is not on any map...it's a suburb of Toronto (I think...) 5) Neil Peart used to sell tractor equipment when he was playing for Rush. (Chronicles insert said that.) Well, that's all for now....Keep Rushing :) ------------------------------------------------------------- B R I A N C O L B Y U M A S S D A R T M O U T H S11689BC@UMASSD.EDU BJCOLBY@CIS.UMASSD.EDU "The point of the journey is not to arrive." _Prime Mover_ "Each of us/a cell of awareness/imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends/with unsighted ends/on a fortune hunt that's far too fleet You can choose from phantom fears/or kindness that can kill I will choose a path that's clear/I will choose freewill." _Freewill_ ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 7 Mar 92 21:34:32 -0500 From: nam2@po.CWRU.Edu (Nicholas A. Mascari) Subject: Re: 03/05/92 - The National Midnight Star #440 > Interesting Responses to the oldies tour question(2112!!!); but too >bad it doesn't look like a possibility. Does anyone know of a Rush tribute >band? Or, would anyone in the Northeast like to START ONE (attn. bassists & >drummers!!!) I know of a KICKASS Rush tribute band...They are called Freewill and sound GREAT!! They have their own album too which sounds a lot like the boyz. Their drummer is fat and sloppy looking but can play those drumz(John Rutesy?). He does the rhythm method as good as Neil....you can flame me for that but its true....anyone else out there heard Freewill? -- |~~~\ | | /~~~\ | | Nick Mascari-Case Western Reserve |___/ | | \ |____| "...he knows changes aren't | \ | | \ | | permanent, but change is."-Neil Peart | \ \__/ \___/ | | Go Browns Go Beta ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 07 Mar 92 23:33:11 EST From: "Hg" <clxdo4c@BUACCA.BU.EDU> Subject: First Contact Greetings and salutations, fellow followers. This is my first post, despite the fact that I've been on for a month or so, so I have a lot to say. For the sake of expediency: 1) SPINAL TAP: Give that man a BOX of cigars! With Tap's new album due out, what, March 17, what a beautifully twisted marriage--Tap opens for Rush...never thought I'd see it in my lifetime! 2)Greg Johnson--DEFINITELY put Hold Your Fire on that list of yours. 3) There's a boot out here entitled "Temples of Syrinx"; all of the somewhat meager liner notes are in italian. The inside has a few pix of the band, and interestingly enough, Geddy wielding a double-neck. My questions are these: Does Geddy's use of a double-necked guitar somehow date the era of the recording? Also, does anyone know if its any good? (I obviously refer here to the recording quality!) If you could answer either question, private email me. Thanks. [ The double-neck bass puts that picture in the 78-81 time-frame; it was used in Xanadu & Hemispheres, others? :rush-mgr ] 4) What is "A Show of Fans", besides a pun? A newsletter or something? [ It's a fanzine subscribable through US mail. See the FAQL for details. :rush-mgr ] 5) I too missed the ABC program with Rush, and would be willing to reimburse anyone who could get me a videotape of it. Private email again. 6) Nose size to bass ability ratio: Well Tim, I've been fooling around with a bass for just under a year now, and I'm also in possession of quite a Bergerac-ian schnozzola; my personal research shows no correllation betwixt the two. Too Bad! (And I was working on the ponytail, too...) 7) I forget who mentioned it, but about Rush on the radio being better than Rush on some prerecorded media--It's way-cool because no effort is involved; it's like a gift from the Big Guy Upstairs, dig? 8) Lastly (he said, as the readers grew restless): RUSH on MTV. As people recently considered seeing no Rush on MTV, I began to think, hey, there are what, 1100 of us 'servers out there? What if, by some freak of chance, ALL OF US CALLED MTV AND DEMANDED ONE SPECIFIC SONG? All it would take is one person to name a date and a song. Here is what I propose: Each of us would call up and request, say, Roll the Bones, maybe twice if you're an out-of-control fanatic. (Remember, the request line is open for what, two hours, and is TOLL-FREE!) The only forseeable problem is that some folks have no access to cable TV at school (not me, but many others, I'm sure.). This is why I also suggest that this be a summer operation, since most of the younger folk will be at home. We are in the enviable position of being able to coordinate a vast number of peoples' efforts quite cheaply and efficiently--why don't we capitalize upon it? Shall we give it a try? Let's say Friday Mar 20, 1992. We can consider this a test-run, I guess. I'd love to see the fans of Rush make such a united effort...it's good for us; it's good for Rush; and it's also good for all those unenlightened folk who have yet to be dazzled by the boys from the Great White North. We can walk our road together If our goals are all the same We can run alone and free If we pursue a different aim Let the truth of love be lighted Let the love of truth shine clear Sensibility Armed with sense and liberty With the heart and mind united In a single Perfect Sphere.... --N.Peart, Hemispheres (did I REALLY have to credit that?) ROW DEM BOATS! Ben "Mercury" Sanford Email : clxdo4c@buacca Boston University ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Huw Morris <csc237@central1.lancaster.ac.uk> Subject: Yes and the grammies Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 16:36:57 WET Didn't Yes win a grammie for best instumental in 1982, with 'Cinema' ? Someone told me so ages ago. Oh yeah, and who is Eric Johnstone? He's totally unknown here in the UK. Are his albums even available here? Huw ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: wha?........oh! Date: Sun, 08 Mar 92 17:04:42 -0800 From: jamesb@nevada.edu Hey, Well, since Rush didn't come to Vegas, I have will have to come to grips with the fact that as long as I live in this sweltering hell-hole of a musical wasteland, where no-talent hacks like new kids on the block, boys to men, and other musical losers sell out every time, I will never get to see them live(in case you're missing it,this is an open cry for pity!) As to there being a correlation to Rush, and sci-fiction, it could be. Though in this town the only people who listen to Rush, or groups similar in any way(Pink Floyd, Yes, King Crimson) are musicians. Go figure! And another thing! I think the cancer crap is gone on far enough! Neil obviously doesn't have cancer. If he did he'd be dead by now! And as for the bandana, maybe he is going bald, after all, none of them are exactl young men any more( I came to the shocking realization yesterday that my dad is only 5 years older that Alex!) Or maybe he wears it because he likes it. So There! Jamesb@nevada.edu ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 92 23:51:19 HST From: puanani@wasabi.pbrc.Hawaii.Edu (Puanani Akaka) Subject: neil interviews Hi everyone! A couple o' things concerning Neil: 1) There's a new CD single out for RTB, the song. It's got 4 tracks on it. First is RTB, then WMT, then Superconductor (don't ask!), and then track 4 is a 5 minute interview with Neil (interlaced with RTB). He talks a bit about RTB and Dreamline -- a little background behind the songs (my favourite kind of stuff) -- it's pretty funny. I'll try to get it trans- cribed soon. BTW, if ANYONE STILL has any doubts as to whothe mystery voice is on RTB, it is GEDDY. Now that the horse is seriously dead... Anyway, I bought it for $11 at a used record shop, tho it wasn't used (CD, not the shop). I think it's a British import -- there's a bunch of British concert dates on it. (I'll list them for you Brits, altho I'm sure you already know what they are...) 10 April Sheffield 12 april Birmingham NEC 13 April " 15 April Glasgow SECC 17 April London Wembley Arena 18 April " 2) PLEASE.. someone tell me they taped Neil on "Off the Record"!!!! I can't BELIEVE I missed it!! Damn! I had a feeling I should've turned on the radio but like an idiot, I didn't listen to my intuition. I managed to get the last 15 min of it, but if ANYONE managed to be luckier than I, I WOULD LIKE A COPY, PLEASE!!!! (e-mail only, please) {I hope this doesn't constitute bootlegs...}. anyway, for those that missed it completely and had no idea it was going to be on (like moi), I know that they tend to repeat them every once in a while so I WILL BE LISTENING!!! Perhaps in the next couple of months or so... Again, if anyone did tape it, I would love to have a copy. if possible. That's all for this week's Neil interview highlights (film at 11). Until next time... puanani ---------------------------------------------------------- From: stedmant@LONEX.RL.AF.MIL (Terrance A. Stedman) Date: Mon, 9 Mar 92 08:30:10 EST Subject: UK RTB singles... (where to get) For anyone looking for the UK RTB singles, my dealer got them for me from Phantom records. They have a large number of imports/rare stuff that are hard to find anywhere (including Max Webster's BattleScar and even tthe Japanese laserdisc of Marillion's Live from Loreley!). Sorry, but I don't have the 800 number for direct ordering. Perhaps someone else does?? -- Terry Stedman Internet: stedmant@lonex.rl.af.mil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I ) I I <~ I_I "It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will I \ I_I _> I I is the only edict I must respect." - Rand from _Anthem_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1992 09:25 EDT From: Flashback <KURNITDM6044%SNYONEVA.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> Subject: Rush in Binghamton Hey everybody. Just got a call(at 7 a.m.) from my local Oneonta radio station. Last week, I qualified to win a pair of tickets to the Rush show in Binghamton this Thursday night. Well they called me this morning to inform me that I WILL BE GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my G-d, if I hadn't been woken out of a dead sleep i think I would have probably made the woman on the other end deaf. Should be a great week ahead; Thursday night Rush in Binghamton, and then it's downstate Sunday night for the Nassau Coliseum show. Well take care all, and keep rocking. Dayna Kurnitz kurnitdm6044@snyoneva.bitnet "A Spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission." ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 92 13:20:19 -0500 From: dkeller@linus.mitre.org Subject: boston radio > Could somebody tell me if any Boston radio station plays Rush? The most >I've ever heard was Dreamline and Fly by Night each once and on different >stations. (Oh, and an interview with Alex before the concert.) WBCN has been play a lot of Rush lately. I have been hearing Ghost of a Chance, Bravado, and Roll the Bones. doug -- Northeastern University dkeller@linus.mitre.org (work) Boston, MA f303@nuvlsi.coe.northeastern.edu (school) Computer Engineering dkeller@lynx.northeastern.edu (school) ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 92 14:55:04 EST Subject: Boston radio From: tiverson@lynx.northeastern.edu! In answer to someone's question about Rush on Boston radio stations: WBCN has been playing stuff from RTB a _lot_, in fact "Ghost" was one of their most played songs for a long time. They'll occasionally pull an old one out of the vault, and they're better than the other stations about playing something obscure. WZLX plays the "hits" up through _Moving Pictures_, but is less inclined to play the more obscure songs. And, of course, WAAF plays Rush to death for a few months before any concert in Worcester. --Thor Iverson "Green and grey washes in the wispy w... w... Hey, Neil, what's with the tongue twister?"--Geddy Lee during the _MP_ sessions ----------------------------------------------------------
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