The National Midnight Star #519

From root Mon Sep 21 19:09 1992 Received: by wake.ncsl.nist.gov (AIX 2.1 2/4.03) id AA01809; Mon, 21 Sep 92 19:09:02 Received: by syrinx.umd.edu (5.57/Ultrix2.4-C) id AA21179; Mon, 21 Sep 92 18:30:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 18:30:05 -0400 Message-Id: <9209212230.AA21179@syrinx.umd.edu> 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@syrinx.umd.edu Subject: 09/21/92 - The National Midnight Star #519 Status: R
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Rivendell Re: 09/18/92 - The National Midnight Star #518 Neil Peart appearance Contents of "The Fly" Re: Best instrumental/lead sections ---------------------------------------------------------- From: rush-mgr Date: 21 Sep 92 Subject: Administrivia Because of the volume of posts there will be two digests today. - rush-mgr ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 17:35 PDT From: rseymour@reed.edu (Robert John Seymour) Subject: Fans Voting/Deciding Setlists I've seen a lot of the "they should only play MY favorite songs on tour..." postings recently, and I'm somewhat surprised by this. All fans tend to think that they have a "right" to tell a band what to play, but I've found that usually Rush fans are not like this. I don't see where Rush should play *my* favorite song just because I said so. When I go to a Rush concert, I come to listen to three of the best musicians in the world. As a musician, I can really apreciate the amount of work that goes into making songs and albums. When I'm at the concert, I want Rush to show me the best within themselves. I don't know what this may be and, as a spectator, I have come to observe what they choose to show me and perhaps learn from this experience. Far too many people claim a "right" to dictate what others should do or how their money/possesions/time should be allocated. In music this should never happen. I would rather see what Rush wants to show than what some "fan" or "concert-goer" decided was appropriate to play. The band will give their best only if they are 100% behind it. If they are tired of _Tom Sawyer_ or _Closer to the Heart_, then drop them. A concert should be a showplace of the best that the band can perform, not a puppet show based on a common opinion. I'd also like to see them scale back their shows some more. Concerts are usually in huge arenas, and a lot of the energy of the show is dissapated by bad acoustics and overblown sized stadiums (what happened to a concert hall?). --- Robert Seymour rseymour@reed.edu Reed College #611 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd Portland, OR 97202-8199 (NeXTmail OK) ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 22:04:40 EDT From: Chris McKinnon <UGU00009@vm.uoguelph.ca> Subject: Better Beer Meg, You ask why the boyz added the "better beer" to Territories. The reason being is that typical Canadian beer has 5% alcohol content, which is more than the typical American beer. I have found that the majority of comments by Canadians regarding American beer are that they are weak, and that they all taste the same. This is in fact my *interpretation* of the line, but given the attitude is prevalent among many Canadians, this could be the band's attitude. Chris... ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: 18 Sep 1992 21:38:03 -0400 (EDT) From: A citizen of Legoland <M484443R@edinboro.edu> Subject: Re: 09/18/92 - The National Midnight Star #518 <BUZZ> Sorry, that's a wrong answer. >She's got a sister out in Vegas- promise of a distant job It's really: She's got a sister out in vegas - promise of a decent job Mark Rickard ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 22:43:14 EDT From: USER7ASW@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: New Album? Perhaps this question has been asked before, but since I just started getting the NMS again, I'll ask away. Anyone heard about a new album yet? I would assume that it will be coming out within the next month or two. I recently got hold of an entire list of album releases scheduled until late November. Rush wasn't listed, but not all releases were mentioned. About Rush live, Neil has NOT been doing the same solo since ATWAS. He has used many licks from that original solo, but if you saw Rush on the RTB tour, you heard an expanded and very inventive drum solo from Neil. Rush has revamped older songs like "Anthem" and "Vital Signs" (though that's not quite OLD), but there are so many songs to choose from and they've played those old ones so many times that they can't be blamed for going for a challenging or refreshing song as opposed to a "classic". I would like to see Geddy perform a bass solo in concert. I've heard stories of him doing so in the old days (if only once in a while), but I realize that he's pretty humble and would shy away from it. Also, does anyone have a copies of all of the RTB videos. I only have RTB, and haven't seen any others (thanks to eMpTyV). If you have any info, send e-mail to 7asw@um.cc.umich.edu. My name's Greg Andrade'. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 18:38 EST From: THE QUIET MAN <OWENK%EARLHAM.BITNET@UICVM.UIC.EDU> Subject: the new and the old Hello out there, Actually, I've found that I have to listen to any RUSH album a few times before I can really "get my mind behind it". I didn't like the new album at all when I first heard the songs on the radio, but once I gave the whole a fair and patient listening, I found that I really liked it. This is something that I've experienced with their older material, as well. My point is that I don't think that RUSH has lost anything in their new songs, I just think they're doing some different things, and I like that. When it comes to RUSH, I think that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, as it were. There is no safe seat at the feast... Owen ---------------------------------------------------------- From: murpup@wpi.WPI.EDU (Christopher Jame Murray) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 92 23:07:16 EST Subject: My First Time Actually, my first exposure to the music was quite ironic to say the least. The first song I ever heard was Tom Sawyer when I was in grammar school. I heard the song and immediately liked it, not for its complexity but because it sounded cool. This in itself is pretty boring but the important thing is where I first heard them: my ass was parked right in front of the TV while watching MTV. Can you believe it? I have become a BIGTIME fan of RUSH all because of "empty-V", a station which we criticize because they don't play enough of the Boyz. Pretty ironic, eh? Anyhow, hope I didn't bore you to death. murpup <<<<<<< insert here your favorite rush quote here>>>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 23:08:05 -0400 From: <neal@writer.yorku.ca> Subject: Response to "Better people, better food, and better beer..." -Meg Newbie to responding on this wonderful service. Been reading TNMS for two months faithfully and have been impressed by the intelligence and thoughfulness (re: low noise level) on subjects brought up on topics. Anyway, i noticed Meg's question about one of my favourite lines from Neil Peart's brain, "Better people. Better food. And better _beer_." "Why move around the world when Eden was so near." It was intended as a bit of a joke poking fun at American beer being, ah, uhem, rather less tasty than the Canadian counterparts. Also, it is a reference to their obvious love of being at home in Toronto. Home is clean, warm, and familiar. What more could you ask for, after being on the road for months at a time. Cheers... Neal Stephenson nealstep@carr.yorku.ca Deep in the heart of Willowdale...home of the greatest band the planet Earth has produced in this century...RUSH. tm 1992 - zaphod beeblebrox inc (canadian division). ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Rizzello <mike.rizzello@CANREM.COM> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 20:00:00 -0400 Subject: to clear the air With respect to the NMS convention, as a Canadian I can give advice about setting up a con in Toronto. 1) Holidays: April ------ Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Monday ( Mon. is usually just a school and gov't & bank holiday) May ------ Victoria Day (Monday before May 24) June ------ None July ------ Canada Day (July 1st) Lee's Birthday (not the general), July 29 August------ Civic Holiday (First Monday in Aug.) Lerxt Preservation Day, Aug 27 September--- Labour Day (first monday in Sept.) Peart Day, Sept 15. [ Peart Day is Sept.12 : rush-mgr ] **** The exact date of each is not known as I don't have a '93 calendar Also, June 24 in Quebec is a holiday (St. Jeane Baptiste) and Bastille Day is not celebrated here (as a matter of fact in some parts of France and Quebec it is mourned, and mainly the Quebequois are very different and separated from the French in Europe). PS. I think is could be held on one of the boys birthdays as they are very close and in summer. 2) Points of (RUSH) interest: In Toronto: Danforth and Pape- in east end - very Greek area Skydome - on the lakeshore - Geddy's fav. summertime hang out (Jay's games) Richmond Hill - very north end - home of the exotic Lerxt (great for "Find the 4-acre estate" game) Casa Loma - centre of town - possibly thee Villa Strangiato (Casa could mean Villa) Willowdale - north of downtown, south of R.Hill, east of North York - birthplace of Mr. Lee Queen's Park - centre of downtown (University Ave.) - seat of Ont. Legislature - place of Moving Pictures photo shoot Out side: Lakeside Park - Between St. Catherines & Niagra Falls, Ont. - 2 hour drive from Toronto on Q.E.W. (exact location of park not known) 3) Points of non-rush interest: In Toronto: C.N. Tower - world's tallest free standing structure - when you drive from east, west or south you can't miss it, it's HUGE! Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - great place to have fun - north of Queen's Park Mclauglin Planetarium - next door to ROM - great astron. shows plus some lazer light shows put to music (ie. LaserZepplin, LaserFlyod, MetalRoses) Canadian National Exibition (CNE or the Ex)- on lakeshore - runs from Mid August to Labour Day - bigger than any state fair I've been to Ontario Place - acoss from CNE - open most of year (free Admish with Ex. admish, else, pay) - features Cinesphere home to IMAX (and the Stones at the MAX) Outside: Canada's Wonderland - Maple, Ont. (north of Toronto) - amuesment park, 7 or 8 coasters, Splash Works (water stuff), live concerts (Kingswood, in grounds) Wet N' Wild - water park, North West of Toronto Wasaga Beach - 2 hour + drive north west (Hwy 400) - good beaches and night life, go-carts - better substitute cause Toronto beaches are usually closed cause o' pollution n'stuff *** That's all I can think of. I kinda vague of exact locations so I won't try posting them if I'm not sure. I would advise consulting your local AAA/CAA for tour books of Toronto and Souther Ontario areas. 4) Hotels and Convention centres: - plenty of hotels here, but be cautioned: very expensive! - some colleges or universities could be willing to rent some space (auditoriums, lecture halls, etc.), thoug I'm not sure 5) Transportation to: - From Detroit: Go to Windsor, Ont. Take 401 east to Toronto, Q.E.W. and Lakeshore Blvd. take you Downtown, 401 goes through the 'burbs, 427 goes north west, 400 north - From Buffalo: take whatever interstate (methinks I-90) to Niagra Falls, take Q.E.W. to Toronto - From Kingston and the Belle Provence: 401 West - From Minnesota: Yonge Street (Hwy 11) goes from downtown Toronto to the Minnesota boarder (the longest street in the world!!!!), I wouldn't try it, but heck, what a way to go! *** Consult your travel atlases and AAA/CAA please! They can inform you of road work, closed roads, and the safest, fastest way there. By Public Transit: the TTC is one of the finest transit systems anywhere and can take you everywhere, 2 subway routes take you from east to west, north to south and busses go everywhere By Train: Most trains stop at Union Station (downtown) there is public transit from there to almost anywhere in the city By Plane: Land at Pearson Intl. Airport in Mississauga (sp?) - limo (cabs aren't worth the money!) it to T.O.! I hope these will help any of y'all plannin to visit us here in the Great White North. If you need any more info, I can do some better detective work (this was just off the top of my head) mike.rizzello@canrem.com * OLX 2.1 TD * Hey Pee Wee, Button your fly! -- Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario, Canadas World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044 ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 04:13:16 EDT From: Ian Nathan <EU894C@gwuvm.gwu.edu> Subject: Rush / Marillion I understand that not only were U.S. crowds unenthusiastic about Marillion but they were downright nasty. I also understand that the RUSH crew did everything possible to screw up the Marillion sets (i.e. playing with the lights and sound). Nonetheless Marillion has turned into quite a force everywhere except for here in the states. Anyone wanting to chat about Marillion drop me a line. And....did anyone else see Tommy Shaw open for RUSH in 1987 besides me? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Nathan BITNET: eu894c@gwuvm The George Washington University INTERNET: eu894c@gwuvm.gwu.edu Washington, DC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1992 05:56:20 -0400 (EDT) From: John Michael Santore <jsbh+@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: nms convention Once again, I'm requesting a postcard from everyone interested in the NMS/Rush Convention in Toronto this summer. I need this as an estimate to determine approximately how many people intend to go, as well as from where. Please include your name, address, phone, email address, ideas and advice, and dates that would be cool. Please do NOT send me email, because I don't want a shit load of mail cluttering up my already too full quota. Thanks- John Santore Send postcards to (via Snail Mail) John Santore 1071 Morewood Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 ____________________ / \ "We break the surface tension \_________ ____ \ with our wild kinetic dreams" / / \ \ -Rush, Grand Designs \_______ / (*) ) ) / / /\___/ / Go Philadelphia Flyers! \_____ / / / / / \_______/ John Santore (jsbh@andrew.cmu.edu) \________/ Rush--Yes--King Crimson--Emerson, Lake and Palmer--Marillion ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1992 07:00:43 -0400 From: <neal@writer.yorku.ca> Subject: Intense emotional events associated with Rush, do tell... Hi folks and fellow rushians... I was just watching the video collections of Rush's _Chronicals_. Became very enamoured with watching "Red Sector A", for the thousandth time. I remember watching the original broadcast on the CBC when they showed that concert at Maple Leaf Gardens back in 1985. Hell, I was at the concert sitting in the reds, stage right.... totally in awe and in respect for the band and their abilities. I was thinking about something to start as a thread on TNMS that could rival the "newbie" thread that has been kicking around for a few weeks in full force. It has been an enlightening experience reading all the people on the net who have experienced the overwhelming sensory feedback in watching and/or listening to Rush for the first time Actually, i will write my first experience with Rush in the near future and share with the net how the band inspired me to become a musician (a poor one, but constantly trying to improve) and to emulate the boyz What i would want to try to spread onto TNMS would be a new thread that asks the question, "What event and or emotional crisis/victory is associated with a Rush tune or album or lyric?" I know with myself, hearing "Red Sector A", reminds me of the time I searched high and low for record stores in then West Germany in 1984. I knew before I left Canada that Rush was putting out p/g in the summer of 84. I finally found a copy of a German release in Kassel, Germany, a town situated very close to the Wall, at that time. Kassel was known as a place where the leading edge of an invasion from the Warssaw pact would occur, and was set up as a "killing zone" for tanks and infantry, in case of invasion from the east. Anyway, after much travelling throughout western Germany, to eventually Munich, I was constantly listening on my walkman and my relative's tapedeck in their BMW, to all of g/p, at full blast on the autobahn. That alone is a great feeling that conjures up so many images, not least of which is the tune "Red Barchetta"... But that is another story.... I was travelling just south of Munich on our way to Garmich-Partinkirchen (sp?) for camping, when my relatives pointed out we were passing by Dauchau, the Nazi death camp. Serendipitously, Red Sector A, with all of its images of the death camps was playing at the same time on the stereo. I remember hearing the interviews with Neil stating he had been seeing several films regarding the camps over the past year, which inspired him to write the song. He says it doesn't necessarily have a direct link with the Nazi death camps; just they provoked him to writing about the possible experiences in his own words, in a `near future-near past' setting. The wave of emotions and imagery that flashed through my head in seeing the barbed wire and the field full of bone fragments left behind, with the images of the black and white films running in the background with Rush playing such an emotionally charged piece of music, made me cry instantly. I still cry at night thinking about the loss in that place and hearing that song. They are images that are inextricably linked in my mind with a feeling and place. Do you have some relative experience, either good or bad associated with Rush music....? Being such a powerful force in many of the reader's lives that i've seen, there should be some interesting stories to come out of this.... Cheers.... Neal Stephenson nealstep@carr.yorku.ca "Are we the last one's left alive....are we the only human beings to survive." "Red Sector A" _Grace Under Pressure_, Rush, 1984. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: 19 Sep 1992 09:13:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Medusa Oblon Got a Perm <TBEAUDOIN@VAX1.UMKC.EDU> Subject: old Rush concerts Someone on the NMS was recently raving about the MP tour. What was their show like back then? I know they didn't employ the video screen until sometime around the p/g tour... but did they always have such great lights? Thomas Beaudoin ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 11:44:59 EDT From: kkhalich@vtssi.vt.edu (Keivan Khalichi) Subject: Rush Experiences Hello fellow Rush fans: I'd like to tell the story of my experiences leading up to my first Rush experience. I had not heard of any Classic Rock bands before my comming to USA, except for the Beatles (and Queen for some odd reason). Anyways, when I came to the melting pot, I was forced to listen to Classic Rock stations by my brother, hence I was exposed to the history of Rock music. I always heard a few radio Rush songs such as: Closer to the Heart, Limelight, Spirit of Radio, etc. in the year 1985, which was the year of my enterance to US. After listening to Micheal Jackson since I was 13 (the year he came out with Thriller) obviously I had a Classic Rock deficiency. Years passed by and I kept hearing here and there of the usual Radio airplay songs of Rush including a few others such as: Xanadu and Tom Sawyer. But for some reason, Rush had always been another band for me. I got into Steve Miller, really into Led Zeppelin, and that's when I graduated from Highschool, the year 1989. As I entered college, I was exposed to the psychedelic style of music, for obvious reasons, and Pink Floyd emerged into my list of Classic Rock bands. Of course I had known of all these bands before, through Radio airplay. I got to know Rush better since one of my friends in a small private college in Tennessee listened to Rush a lot, but not like any of us do. He liked a lot of artistic Rock. Also heavy metal. Then I transfered to VA. Tech and got to know a few more guys who listened to Rush, again as another band, all of which are still pretty close friends of mine. That would be in the year 1990. Then in January of 91 I bought Chronicles and I fell in love with all of the First CD. I used to play Working Man at least 10 times a day. And the whole CD about five times a day until my brother (whom I was a guest of for the vacation) got sick of it and said, ENOUGH! So I recorded it onto a tape and played it at my own privacy. I bought: AFTK, got Hem. as a present, taped CoS (Loved this one), Sig. MP and PoW. But still I was into Pink Floyd more than Rush. Then in the fall of 91 I borrowed 2112 from a friend and that was when I decided, completely natural, that I loved Rush. The next day I bought my own copies of 2112 and FBN; By-Tor & The Snow Dog just blew my away. Since then I have been into Rush heavily. So you might say that I'm a new-commer, and you would be correct in thinking that. I wish I had not missed all those years of Rush. But I'm glad I didn't miss Rush all-together. The main reason that got me into Rush I think is the fact that they are very much of a philosophical band, lyrically and musically. They have perfected their sound and that is a philosophy on its own. They take into other subjects, such as Reality, which was definately a change for the better than: Baby, and, Ooooh I love you girl, type of music, such as Led Zeppelin. Some people just can't get enough songs about sex. I think it's more of a personal matter. And you really can't write a variety of different lyrics about sex. There are a hell of a lot more things to THINK about in this world. Of course that is if you are a THINKER and not in it for the money, which is the reason for so much sex promotion. >From the land of the Over World, Keivan Khalichi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R U S H B y - T o r A n d T h e S n o w D o g ______________________________________________________________________________ E-Mail: kkhalich@vtssi.vt.edu ---------------------------------------------------------- From: jrlaurit@eos.ncsu.edu Subject: Better beer... Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 13:09:40 EDT '"Better people, better food, and better beer" ? It was more specifically about why "better beer" was in there. Anyone have ideas?' That's very intriguing question. The line has always amused me, but I'd never given it much thought before. The song says (to me) that people are responsible to the barriers in between them and are constantly finding new ways to set themselves apart. Ethnocentrism and all that. So he's just listing examples of how people want to distinguish themselves. What makes people better...well the French have quite a lot of good cuisine...and the Germans make really good beer...just ways that people make distinctions that between themselves and others...kind of like assuming that tragedy only happens to others and not yourself. They are all ways to set yourself far from the maddening crowd. Or maybe not. But I thought I'd try. Take care, jrlaurit@eos.ncsu.edu John Lauritzen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |This message has been brought to you by the numbers 6, 2 and 9 and by the | |letter E. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 14:18:35 EDT From: kkhalich@vtssi.vt.edu (Keivan Khalichi) Subject: Rivendell Hello fellow Rush fans: I was looking through the FAQL and I could not find any referances to the song Rivendell, from album FbN. So I'd like to share with you something that I have known for a while but just now started to think about it and search the FAQL to see if it has been mentioned before. I'm sure some of you literature readers out there have also recognized this, but for those of you who don't know, this might be interesting. The song Rivendell is an exact discription of the city of Rivendell from the J. R. R. Tolkien trilogy: The Lord of the Rings. Especially in the first part: Fellowship of the Ring, the city is described just as Neil has described it. Or should I say Neil desribes the feel, mood and the setting of the city pretty well compared with the original source: Tolkien. Listen to the song, it's really wonderful. For those people that have read the trilogy, don't you agree? I can almost imagine an exact representation of the city in my mind. >From the land of the Over World, Keivan Khalichi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ R U S H B y - T o r A n d T h e S n o w D o g ______________________________________________________________________________ E-Mail: kkhalich@vtssi.vt.edu ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1992 14:22 EST From: KEVIN RYAN KIRWAN <KRKST2@vms.cis.pitt.edu> Subject: Re: 09/18/92 - The National Midnight Star #518 Hi everyone!!! In response to Meg's question about "Better beer", I was thinking that maybe the boyz don't like Canadian Beer or it is referring to the fact that people are always attracted to a local beer or maybe they just felt like adding a little comic relief to a pretty serious song. Just my ideas. I find it funny that I haven't seen anyone who has included Middletown Dreams in their Rush tape. I think that is one of their best songs in recent years. Kevin Ryan Kirwan The University of Pittsburgh Drumline "Where there's the Crew, there's the Brew." ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Neil Peart appearance Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 15:55:04 EDT From: hearn1@husc.harvard.edu!the I don't know if any posted this (or is even interested), but I read in a Music Express magazine over the summer that Neil Peart makes a guest appearance on the newest cd by the band Cottage Industry. I have never heard the band, so I have no idea what the music is like. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 16:20:50 EDT From: USERHLZ3@um.cc.umich.edu Subject: Contents of "The Fly" Does anyone out there know what songs are on the bootleg Rush CD entitled "The Fly"? I would really like to know. Thanks. Rolaant ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1992 20:25 EST From: THE QUIET MAN <OWENK%EARLHAM.BITNET@UICVM.UIC.EDU> Subject: Re: Best instrumental/lead sections Hello out there, For the times when it seems like Alex Lifeson is overshadowed by the occasionally busy rythm section of Neil Peart and Geddy Lee, check out his solos from "Open Secrets" and "Hand Over Fist". He has feel and emotion that ranks all the way up there with the late, great Stevie Ray Vaughn - in my humble opinion. "There is no safe seat at the feast..." Owen ----------------------------------------------------------
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