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From: rseymour@reed.edu (Robert Seymour)
Subject: Re: Advertisements/Endorsements
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:35:05 GMT
Reply-To: rseymour@reed.edu

In article <Bz36xK.AJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu  
(Slartibartfast) writes:
> In article <1g86e7INNkc6@venture.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@venture.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank  
J Sereno) writes:
> >
> >I have a quick question I would like to ask.  I am curious as to which  
products
> >Geddy, Alex, and Neil have either endorsed or promoted.  Currently, I have  
only
> >seen the Gallien-Kruger ads which feature Alex, but I am interested in
> >knowing what other products Rush favor............
> >
> >
> >Thanks bunches,
> >
> >Frank Sereno
> >Kansas State University
> >
> >
> >By the way....thanks to those who informed me of the charities the
> >band helped in the past............
> 
> 	I think that Alex has endorsed (but not done ads for) Paul Reed Smith
> Guitars.  (Based in my hometown!!!)  And might have visited the factory, in
> beautiful downtown Annapolis!  (Little promo  poke poke).
> 
> 
> -- 
>  Chintan Amin  The University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign  c-amin1@uiuc.edu
>   "Public speaking is very easy!" <-- Quayle 10/88  ;-)
>   "Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists" <-- Quayle,  
10/12/90
> NeXTMail Accepted  Go Illini *Holiday Bowl* Go Capitals Go Tarheels Go  
Cowboys 

	Alex does do ads for Paul Reed Smith. They have appeared in Guitar  
World and other magazines.

--
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Artificial Life Project			Reed College
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Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:21:37 -0500 
From: Joseph Velardi <jv14+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Happy Holidays...

Excerpts from netnews.alt.music.rush: 16-Dec-92 Happy Holidays... by
Christopher Mermagen@eng 

> 1st: Anyone know how much Rush through Time is worth (the album
> without the cover picture on the platter)?

Rush through Time!!  Ah, the collection I always thought was more
fiction than fact.  It was one of those things that somebody's older
brother saw somewhere out of state once that would be really neat to
have but, dammit, is just impossible to find.  My friends and I who
listen to Rush always thought of it as "the Grail."  That being the
case, I recall many pilgrimages to cubbyhole record stores and many,
many disappointments....

So now I find that it really *does* exist.  Would anyone (Chris?) be
kind enough to post some more information about this disc?  For instance:
    o  Is it a bootleg?
    o  What songs are included?
    o  My friend claimed to have seen it on cassette once.  Is it out
        on different formats?
    o  If it isn't a bootleg and it doesn't contain any original tracks,
        what the hell is its purpose?
    o  Why haven't I seen it in any discographies?  Even Archives and
        Chronicles made those.


Please shed some light here.  Thanks...

Joe

P.S.  Happy holidays...get some rest...listen to some tunes...$@&#& work.

Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: utdp@pool.info.sunyit.edu (Thomas Prohigh)
Subject: Re: **QUICK SINEAD SURVEY PLEASE ANSWER**
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:33:53 GMT

In article <1992Dec11.171046.7069@iitmax.iit.edu> boarjas@elof.iit.edu (Jason Boardman) writes:
>
>*****  SIMPLE SURVEY -- PLEASE READ *****
>
>I have seen much talk about Sinead on the net lately, 
>and was wondering what the general opinion of Sinead
>was.  Please take the 20 seconds it takes to reply to
>this question and answer it.  (A simple Y or N will do).
>Please use your newsreader's reply option or regular
>email to submit votes -- do not post your answer.
>
>Question:
>Do you still support (or have a general good opinon of)
>Sinead O'Connor?
>
>If you wish to send detailed replies as to why or why not,
>please do, but they are not required.  Thanks in advance!
>
>Jason Boardman
>boarjas@elof.iit.edu

She sucks and is very Anti-American.  I am from New Jersey and have seem many
shows at the "Garden State Arts Center (GSAC).  They ALWAYS start off a show by
playing the National Anthem.  She REFSUED to go on stage if they did this.  It
was the first time EVER in the 25+ years of the GSAC that they did not play it.  Needless to say she will NEVER play there again.
From: jgh2457@zeus.tamu.edu (HUBBLE, JEREMY GROBERG)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: Chronicles
Date: 15 Dec 1992 20:27 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <1glbeeINNele@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, ducky@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Christopher C. Johnson) writes...
>Yes, I noticed the "gap" on my Chronicles cassette during NWM.  I was always
>wondering about that, but I never had anybody to compare with (most of my
>friends aren't Rush fans)... their loss.

I have the same problem on my Chronicles tape.  I always thought it was just
'another' problem with the tape I had.  (My friend's Chronicles got trashed
by his walkman, so he let me have it for next-to-nothing.  After spending an
hour or so performing 'surgery' (It was a long bus ride) it sounded good as
new expect for some 'rumble' on Show Don't Tell and the New World Man Part.

Does anybody have a copy of the Chronicles tape that DOESN'T have that problem?

And, on to other things, does anybody know what Rush's biggest AOR 'hit' was?
The stations I've listened to, seem to play a pretty equal balance of Rush, 
but I have heard Tom Sawyer on the radio a few more times than the other.
I've also heard La Villa Strangiato quite a few times, but every time the 
DJ announces, "and now a little known instrumental from Rush..."  (little
known?  Well, they've sure played it a lot for being little known...  Anyway,
it is one of the best instrumentals ever recorded....)

Finally, why I'm here, does anyone know if any drum music has been printed?

Jeremy
From: chuck@czos9.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: any signs of life ?
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 07:42:19 EDT
Distribution: world
Summary: ?

I just recently subscribed to this group and haven't seen any articles...
Is this newsgroup about the rock group RUSH ? (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil
Piert (sp))  It would be nice to see some trafic... anybody out there?
Rush is a great band and deserves some discussion...

later,
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Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: jrl8@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (James R Lendino)
Subject: Does anyone know if...
Reply-To: jrl8@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (James R Lendino)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 04:12:06 GMT

... Geddy, Neil, and Alex knew how to read/write music when they first started?
A friend of mine said that Geddy just recently learned how to notate music; I
guess that means if this is true, that they would just get together and
jam, and record what they liked.  My friend said people had to notate
the music and whatever for them.  This would be a great inspiration to
all of us who just jam on our instruments and can't read sheet music,
but to me it seems highly unlikely that Rush was able to put together
stuff like Xanadu without knowing how to communicate their ideas
quantitatively to each other.

Just wondering,
-JRL


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James R. Lendino
jrl8@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
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Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:34:36 EST
From: Doc <SS3254B@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: The AntiRUSH

First, let me say that I am a great fan of both Rush and Primus.  Both
bands, IMHO, are technically the best bands in existence.  What I think,
(which usually isn't much, but what the hell) is that Primus is the heir
apparent to Rush.  Les Claypool is every bit good as a bassist as Geddy Lee,
Larry Lelond is just as good as Alex Lifeson, and "Herb" Alexander is a
very good drummer (he still can't touch the Professor.  NObody can touch
the Professor).  I didn't see Primus when they opened for Rush, but I did
see them open for U2.  Primus was totally out of place, though.  If one band
doesn't belong in a stadium tour, it's Primus.  I'd die to see them in a
dive of a bar and see them jam.  That's were they're at their best.  Saying
Primus is the ANTIRush isn't the correct way to describe them.  Primus,
in playing ability, is the next Rush.  Although their lyrics are often
hilarious, that is where they differ with Rush the most.  Everything else,
IMHO, is a mirror image.  Just my $0.02.
   - Doc

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|       What a couple of dumbshits." - Primus, "Harold of the Rocks"|
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From: slckm@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Styx & Rush (was RE: LedZep intimidates Rush Fans
Date: 13 Dec 92 16:47:59 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <Bz2LKw.IpM@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, feygin@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Alexander Feygin) writes:
> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
> } In article <6175@gumby.Altos.COM> deaster@altos.COM (Le Chevalier Blanc) writes:
> } >->    Led influences you say?  Every time I hear them they remind me of Styx
> } >->Any Styx fans out there?
> } >Actually, yes. :)
> } >Rush and Styx influence a lot of the music that I personally write. They're 
> } >not dissimilar bands...
> } Say what?! I have to disagree strongly. Aside from lyrics, where there
> } is absolutely no comparison to be made beyond the fact that both bands'
> } lyrics are mainly in English, the only similarity I see is that both
> } bands had "progressive" rock phases and use the same instruments. Maybe
> } the boys in Styx listened to a few Rush records, but that's as close as
> } they seems to me.
> 
	Could have been the other way around, y'know. After all, 
	Neil had only just joined the band the same year that Styx
	put out their _5th_ album. 

	BTW, I agree that they don't sound alike - but not because
	I consider Rush superior. Styx never gets enough credit, in
	my opinion. On that subject, would anybody happen to have a 
	tape of Tommy Shaw's opening show from the HYF tour? That 
	would be interesting...

	OB RUSH: "This is the first time in 97 years that I've spoken!"
						- Alex Lifeson,
						  The Last Mile	
-- 
Thomas Earl Bowers                  
Utah State University                
slckm@cc.usu.edu
From: cmermag@eng.umd.edu (Christopher Mermagen)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: Biggest AOR 'hit' (was Chronicles)
Date: 17 Dec 92 01:32:02 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park


Around here in D.C. on DC101, it seems to be a cross between Fly by
Night and Freewill..

In Baltimore on macheezmo station 98 rock, it seems to be Tommy S.

In Annapolis on Hard rock 103.1 Underground, they play everything
from fly-by-night all the way up to Big Wheel from RTB!!! They
have actually played a song off every rush disc that I know of
(yes, even COS)..

In fact, Rush beat Queensryche in the Super Bowl of Rock-n-Roll
on 103.1.. People call in and vote... It was kinda funny, because
before the DJ played a song, he would give a play-by-play, i.e.
"Geddy takes the snap... hands off to Neil, Neil cuts back towards
the middle but the ball gets knocked out by Geoff Tate, but Alex
picks up the fumble and scores a T.D. Then he played 2112-Overture
& Temples... I was lovin' it the whole time..

Take it easy-
Chris
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: feygin@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Alexander Feygin)
Subject: Re: Does anyone know if...
Reply-To: a-feygin@uiuc.edu (Alexander Feygin)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:33:48 GMT

gjr@st-andrews.ac.uk (Graham James Reilly) writes:
} If you have enough musical ability it is not that difficult to arrange things
} in your head and remember it all.  I only wish I could ...
} And also: not only do Rush do their music like this - Dave Gilmour is musical
} illiterate as well.  Now that does amaze me.

I always thought it was Roger Waters that was the musically illiterate
one of Pink Floyd...


-- 
  Alexander Feygin      "This species has amused itself to death"
 a-feygin@uiuc.edu                -- Roger Waters

The opinions expressed above are those of the author and not CCSO
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:41:28 EST
From: <MWEINTR@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: DREAM THEATER - "Images & Words"
 <1992Dec9.182531.13503@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
 <1992Dec16.113444.18485@lrs.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de>
 <1992Dec16.165242.22058@u.washington.edu>
 <1992Dec16.184145.19053@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>

In article <1992Dec16.184145.19053@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>,
cw001b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Cristobal Weinholz) says:
>
>In <1992Dec16.165242.22058@u.washington.edu> strega@hardy.u.washington.edu
>(The
>Analog Kid) writes:
>
>
>>> >I heard that Dream Theater tune "Pull me under" too....It
>>> is really good.  How
>>> >is the rest of the CD.  Worth buying?
>>>
>>> Definitely. "I&W" is one of the best '92 records (IMHO).
>>> It's one of the few records you don't have to listen
>>> to with the remote control nearby (to skip bad tracks).
>>> Worth buying!
>
>>Does anyone else have a CD that sounds like "Pull me Under" is cut off right
>>during the middle of a lyric?  Is it just mine (I have a promo copy) or is it
>this way on everyone's?
>
>Yes, that's the way it is on all of the albums.  After many listens to it, I
>came to the conclusion that it makes a little musical sense, but I think it
>was
>a mistake to end the song that way.  Otherwise, it's an incredible album (I
>agree, it's one of the best of '92), and I'm *really* looking forward to
>seeing them in concert!

It's SUPPOSED to end that way... I asked the band about it during my interview
with them in October in Washington, and they said "It sounds cool"...

Also, there is no relationship between the lyrical context and the ending of
the song...

ObRushContent:  Happy Hanukkah to our Favourite Bassist on Saturday night!

>
>Cristobal Weinholz			"Those who know what's best for us
>University of Rochester		       must rise and save us from ourselves"	

Slainte mhath,

Mike
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From: jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: Seventies Pop lyrics quiz
Date: 17 Dec 92 17:53:19 GMT
Organization: Boston University Physics Department

In article <jhopkins.15.724455730@cbacc.cba.uga.edu> jhopkins@cbacc.cba.uga.edu (John Hopkins) writes:

>A few months ago, a gentleman named John Hiatt came up with a nifty idea: 
>post a lyrics quiz that is easy enough that an average radio listener
>can  do well at it.  His quiz was based on music of the eighties.  
>In that vein, this is a relatively easy quiz A few months ago, a gentleman 
>named John Hiatt came up with a nifty idea: post a lyrics quiz that 
>is easy enough that an average radio listener can do well at it.  
>His quiz was based on music of the eighties.  

Rush music isn't POP MUSIC and I (for one) CAN'T STAND the crap.

Why do we get all this Shine-head and Pop-music posts anyway!

Kindly take further such postings elsewhere.


Gregg


-- 
Gregg Jaeger (jaeger@buphy)  Dept. of Physics (and Philosophy), Boston Univ.
"You see, the quantum mechanical description is in terms of knowledge" -Peierls
"One can _not_ put the psi-function... in place of the... thing" -Schroedinger
                   _De gustibus non disputandum_, NOT!
From: jm012b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jeffrey P. Moon)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: Biggest AOR 'hit' (was Chronicles)
Date: 16 Dec 92 15:55:18 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1gnei9INNrc2@nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno) writes:


>>
>>And, on to other things, does anybody know what Rush's biggest AOR 'hit' was?
>>The stations I've listened to, seem to play a pretty equal balance of Rush, 
>>but I have heard Tom Sawyer on the radio a few more times than the other.
>>I've also heard La Villa Strangiato quite a few times, but every time the 
>>DJ announces, "and now a little known instrumental from Rush..."  (little
>>known?  Well, they've sure played it a lot for being little known...  Anyway,
>>it is one of the best instrumentals ever recorded....)>
>>Jeremy


>If I had to guess as to what Rush's biggest AOR `hit`, it would be between `Tom
>Sawyer`, `Limelight`, or `The Spirit Of Radio`.  It seems that whenever I hear
>Rush on the radio, most of the time it is one of these three.  Fortunately, I am
>a D.J. at our campus station, and I make sure that Rush is played at least once
>during my three hour shift.  Over the course of three years, I have played
>`2112`, `Hemispheres', 'By-Tor and the Snowdog`, `The Fountain of Lamneth`, `The
>Necromancer', etc.  It is always fun to throw these excellent tunes in to excite
>other Rush fans who can't believe their ears..........

I would definietly have to say that "Tom Sawyer" gets the most air time. I
have also heard "Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill," but never EVER have I
heard "La Villa Strangiato" played on the air (am I one of the unprivileged
few?) Actually, Rush has been getting a lot of play ian Boston and
Providence, RI since the release of "Roll the Bones." I have heard
"Dreamline," "Bravado," "Roll the Bones," "Where's My Thing," and "Ghost of
a Chance" all coming from the same station more than they play the older
stuff. It's too bad they don't do more with the older and more classic Rush
tunes, but you can't please everybody! =)
-- 
Jeffrey Moon			* "And the trees are all keep equal,		
University of Rochester		*  By hatchet, ax, and saw..."
New York			*		- Rush, "The Trees"
From: kyeh@remus.rutgers.edu (Kung-Ching Yeh)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: What a Welcome find
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:46:11 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I was just skimming through the various news groups since I just got on the net a few weeks ago.  I got into RUSH as a senior in high school throuugh a couple of friends.  My first taste of RUSH was Hemispheres and it took less than a month for me to buy all the albums.  I have kept up ever since.  

Lately, my musical disposition has been toward Seely Dan and Jimmy Buffet.  I hadn't thought about RUSH much lately.  This news group has brought back some wonderful memories of high school friends and our fanatical devotion to the band.


For me, thinking about it now, the most amazing thing has been the way RUSH has matured musically.  Back in the early days, I was into metal and loud stuff.  As I got older (I'm still only 25) my taste softened.  Watching RUSH grow from the raw Zepplinesqe power of RUSH and the other early works, through p/g and Signals, and eventually onward to "Roll The Bones."  The music has become more and more intricate and refined.

Alex's phrasings on Roll The Bones is some of the most masterful work I have ever heard.  The chemistry of the band at this point is absolutely amazing.  Most of my friends theese days are not into RUSH but by forcing  them to listen to Roll The Bones (which I have lent away and have not heard in over nine months) I have  shown them the light.

Anyway, just wanted to say that this group is great and the FAQ is excellent.
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
From: bd6520@u.cc.utah.edu (BALACHANDRA DESHPANDE/MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
Subject: RUSH
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center Student Mail Machine
Distribution: alt.music.rush
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 04:29:21 GMT
From: jm012b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jeffrey P. Moon)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Who is the kid?
Date: 17 Dec 92 03:59:39 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

Hey, all you Rush fans:

	I was looking at my "Roll the Bones" tape cover the other day (don't
have a CD player yet). I never really thought about this until someone was
discussing something psychoanalytical about the cover on TNMS. Anyhow, my
question is: who is that boy kicking the skull? I' sorry if it is in the FAQ
list somewhere, but I accidently deleted my copy (OPPS). Is that one of the
band members' son? I need the help of this newsgroup to answer this question
that won't stop eating away at my brain... =)


-- 
Jeffrey Moon			* "And the trees are all keep equal,		
University of Rochester		*  By hatchet, ax, and saw..."
New York			*		- Rush, "The Trees"
From: jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: Armagettel
Date: 17 Dec 92 17:46:13 GMT
Organization: Boston University Physics Department

In article <1992Dec15.161111.10772@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> kyoung@nyx.cs.du.edu (Kris Young) writes:

>Where in the world did you hear that crap?  I assume that you don't honestly
>believe that RUSH is satanic, do you?...
>  You're just becoming part of the modern-day witch hunt.

It was a JOKE on his part! That should be clear from the fact that the
subject line is taken from a senseless mistake made by the speaker:
there is no ARMAGETTEL and I took this to show clearly that the
fundamentalist maniac he was quoting was just SPEWING B.S.


Gregg




-- 
Gregg Jaeger (jaeger@buphy)  Dept. of Physics (and Philosophy), Boston Univ.
"You see, the quantum mechanical description is in terms of knowledge" -Peierls
"One can _not_ put the psi-function... in place of the... thing" -Schroedinger
                   _De gustibus non disputandum_, NOT!
From: eam3@po.CWRU.Edu (Eric A. Meyer)
Newsgroups: alt.music.rush
Subject: Re: Armagettel
Date: 15 Dec 1992 14:44:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: eam3@po.CWRU.Edu (Eric A. Meyer)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, MWEINTR@auvm.american.edu () says, in part:

>Oh no, NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!
>
>Give me a fuckin' break, take this to alt.christian or someother shit like
>that, WE DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THIS THREAD AGAIN!

   Uh, Mike?  Joke, Mike.  Chill.  It was just a joke.  You know, joke?
Ha ha, very funny?  Mike?
   Read the post again.  If it isn't intended humorously, I'll not only
publicly apologize, but I'll also laugh hysterically.

		-EMeyer

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