Alex Lifeson “Makes History” December 26, 2005
This Week in Entertainment History: 12/26/05 - 1/1/06
It looks like Alex Lifeson”s New Year”s Eve at the Ritz-Carlton last year is now part of entertainment “history”. The AP”s list of events that have made This Week in Entertainment History now includes the following:
This Week in Entertainment History: 12/26/05 - 1/1/06
Also in 2004, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson was arrested after he and his son got into a fight with police during a New Year”s Eve celebration in Naples, Florida.
This Week in Entertainment History: 12/26/05 - 1/1/06
I”m sure Alex is really pleased. 
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New Year’s Eve at the Orbit Room December 23, 2005
Everything You Could Ever Want To Do For New Year”s Eve In Toronto
Canadian online music mag ChartAttack.com is running a story detailing all the many things one can do in Toronto on New Year”s Eve. In it they mention Alex Lifeson”s Toronto restaurant The Orbit Room:
Everything You Could Ever Want To Do For New Year”s Eve In Toronto
… Rush”s Alex Lifeson has been known to drop in on the Orbit Room. I”m not saying that he”ll be there for New Year”s Eve, but he”s less likely to get in a skirmish at the College Street bar than at the Naples Ritz-Carlton hotel in Florida, where he spent the night (at least the part of the night when he wasn”t detained in a jail cell) in 2003. That didn”t turn out too well for him, unless you consider being stun-gunned by police a good time. If that”s the case, maybe you should check out the party at Opera House. Anyway, LMT Connection are playing the Orbit and you”ll also get favours and champagne in return for your $25. …
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Trailer Park Boys Movie Trailer Featuring Music by Rush
Trailer Park Boys Movie Teaser Trailer
The upcoming Summer 2006 Trailer Park Boys movie teaser trailer features music by a familiar Canadian power trio. For those of you who don”t know, The Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian TV series where the main characters are big Rush fans. Here”s some info courtesy the Power Windows site:
Trailer Park Boys Movie Teaser Trailer
* Aired May 18th, 2003: “Bubbles is so devastated about not getting tickets to the RUSH concert that Ricky decides to bring Alex Lifeson (played by Alex Lifeson) to the park to perform a private concert.” One scene of the episode was filmed during the October 22nd, 2002, Vapor Trails concert at Toronto”s Air Canada Centre, as actor Mike Smith, who portrays Bubbles on the Nova Scotia, Canada, based comedy series, was filmed playing the part of a Rush roadie. As he walked on stage to hand Alex a new guitar, Geddy told the crowd “he is a new guy.” Actor Mike Smith commented “I was a bit nervous up there. I mean, it”s dark, and I can”t see, and I”m stepping over cables and stuff…Alex is a big fan of the show…Alex came to us and asked to do a cameo. The director was like, “No, but why don”t we write a whole episode based around you?” And he was totally into that. So we flew him out to Halifax and we shot with him for three days and had really great times. He”s a really amazing person.” - (TorontoStar.com. Oct. 28, 2002). The final scene of the episode features Alex and Bubbles playing “Closer To The Heart” on dual acoustic guitars.
* “You Got To Blame The Thing Up Here” (aired May 8th, 2005): At the beginning of the episode there are some people standing around Ricky”s dad”s burned down trailer. One of guys in the backround is wearing the black Rush 30th anniversary “Party” t-shirt with the dragon on the front.…
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Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandNeil Peart’s R30 Kit in Virtual Reality 3D
Quicktime VR of the DW kit from the R30 Tour
This is the latest addition to NeilPeart.net. Very cool.Source
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This comes in via the Power Windows site:
Exit Stage Left…On DVD: Initial release dates from Zoe/Rounder for February include Exit Stage Left with a tentative release date of February 7th in the US. No other details are available at this time. - Dec. 22, 2005
This has been available on VHS for sometime now, but as previously reported, the DVD version will have been remixed to 5.1. Otherwise the footage will remain as it was on the VHS version. I”m still hoping there might be some extras thrown on there. We”ll see.
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Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandRush Blog Roundup December 22, 2005
Matt discusses grunge rock and argues as to why he thinks Counterparts is Rush”s best album:
… many people, particularly a few of my rush-crazed (which is a good thing) relatives … will think that i”m nuts for calling this rush”s best album. … why “counterparts” you say? how can that be rush”s best album? well, for one, it is their return to a more organic, trio-based rock sound. of course, rush was never not a trio, but in the 80″s the synth and various recorded sounds dang near became a fourth member. while that doesn”t negate rush”s greatness in the 80″s, i personally prefer their rockier, heavier stuff. …
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Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandR30 Billboard Chart Update December 21, 2005
Billboard Top Music Video
R30 is still in the top 10 on Billboard”s Top Music Videos Charts. It”s debut ranking was #2. Last week it was #4 and this week it”s #7. Not bad.Source
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandRush and the Wall of Satan
For Whom Hell”s Bells Toll
This is an interesting article that discusses the backmasking craze that went on back in the 80s involving fundamentalist Christians, the PMRC and “heavy metal” / “hard rock” bands such as Rush.
For Whom Hell”s Bells Toll
… During the 1980s, many Americans– concerned community and church leaders, educators, experts, and parents– attributed a considerable bulk of society”s problems, especially those related to youth culture, to Satanism, specifically as it was spread via heavy metal. The trend developed in parallel to the founding of the Parents Music Resource Center, its Filthy Fifteen list of offensive artists, and the legislation to rate albums based on content … Accusations of Satanism and the general moral indictment of heavy metal abounded during this era, as did calls to censor the music and curtail its availability. The underlying assumption seemed to be that protecting children from evil music would insulate society against real problems like drug use, pregnancy, abortion, and poverty. Satan became an easy straw man for larger, stickier social problems.…
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Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a Band2112 Performed by Marching Band Update: Recordings Now Available Online!
[America Heroes and Rush 2112]
[Winter Drumline Rush 2112]November 7 I posted a link to an article about a highschool marching band that performed 2112. Shortly afterwards, Sid over at Counterparts contacted the band director. From Sid“s post:
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Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandAnatomy of a Drum Solo Update: Not Enough Cowbell December 6, 2005
This message, from Hudson Music - distributors of Neil Peart”s Anatomy of a Drum Solo instructional DVD, was recently posted on Counterparts. It addresses a minor production defect on the first run of the DVD.
To Neil”s Fans,
We would like to respond to the vague notice that has been posted on rush.com as to a “production defect” in Neil Peart”s new DVD, Anatomy of a Drum Solo. To clarify what the “defect” is, it”s a 3-second, audio-only dropout that occurs in Element 3 of Disc One, in a cowbell part, during an excerpt of “Der Trommler”, the drum solo on which the DVD is based. The program is almost 3 1/2 hours long.
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