Neil Peart’s Der Trommier used as test piece in Vette Magazine June 29, 2006
Vette Magazine is a magazine about … you guessed it - Corvettes. In the last few issues the magazine has featured a multi-part series titled Fire Sale where the Vette Mag tech crew is fixing up an ‘87 C4 coupe. In the August 2006 issue, they installed a spray-on sound-deadener from Cascade Audio called VB-1X and Neil Peart indirectly lent some help. Here’s an excerpt from the article:
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Beck, his 2112 guitar and puppets
Master of puppets
It seems that Beck Hansen (better known as just Beck) has been utilizing his 2112 guitar in his live shows. During the recording of his last album, Guero in late 2004, there was a picture of him posted on his website playing a guitar sporting a prominently displayed 2112 sticker. Not only has Beck been using the 2112 guitar in concert, but so has his … puppet. I’ll let this excerpt from the OC Register explain:
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Another Rush Replay Contest
JamBase Contest: Rush Replay X3 DVD & Drum Head Giveaway!
There’s yet another Rush Replay X 3 contest. This one is from JamBase and the grand prize includes the Rush Replay X 3 DVD, a signed Drum Head, a T-shirt and a Rush USB stick (pictured here). 4 runners up will receive just the DVD. Entering the contest requires a free registration at JamBase. Good luck.
JamBase Contest: Rush Replay X3 DVD & Drum Head Giveaway!
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Rush Replay X 3 review
PopMatters: Rush Replay X 3 Review 
Online magazine Pop Matters recently posted a review of Rush Replay X 3. Reviewer Adrien Begrand heaps praise on the box set and gives it an 8 out of 10. This is the most comprehensive review I”ve seen to this point and it even includes a YouTube vid of a tune from each disk. The review concludes thusly:
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2 more vintage radio shows added at Rush.net
Rush Replay X 3 Contest Page: Rush Radio Specials
A couple of weeks ago I alerted you to the fact that the Official Rush and Rush Replay x3 Contest and Interactive Pages, Rush.net, had posted several vintage radio shows on their Bonus Features page. They just added two more to make a total of 9. Just look for the huge banner saying “Rush Radio Specials”. Click on this banner and you can listen to the following:
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Rush makes the AVRev top 20 rock bands of all time list June 28, 2006
AVRev.com’s Top Ten Rock Bands of All Time
Online magazine Audio Video Revolution recently compiled its list of the “Top 100 Rock Bands of All Time” to celebrate their pending tenth anniversary on July 1, 2006. Their list was compiled in a very “analytical” fashion and is not merely based on opinion. They modeled their method on the same type of tools used by sports franchises to objectively determine the “best” band, and they spell out their method in detail. I must admit, this is probably the best list of this type that I’ve ever seen put together - and I don’t place much stock in “lists”. Rush makes the top 20 on their list at #14 - which is the highest I’ve ever seen Rush on any “mainstream” lists. What’s even cooler is that they are tied for 2nd (with Led Zeppelin - who took the top spot in the list) behind the Jimi Hendrix Experience in the “technical ability” category. The only thing I think that is missing from their criteria is “influence”; the band’s influence on other musicians; an area I think Rush would also have scored high in. Thanks to rushisaband reader Jim for passing this on to me. Here’s how the top 20 round out:
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Dream Theater: A Passage to Bangkok live bootleg
Dream Theater: A Passage to Bangkok live bootleg
I came across this live bootleg video of Dream Theater performing A Passage to Bangkok on YouTube. It’s from the DVD bootleg “A Passage to Toronto” which was recorded on March 25th, 2004 at Massey Hall in Toronto. You can watch it here. Dream Theater are huge Rush fans and often perform covers of Rush songs at their live shows.
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Alex Lifeson to appear on the Golf Channel
Gerry Dulac’s Golf Notebook: Dissa and data
Here’s some more golf-related Alex Lifeson news from today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online:
Gerry Dulac’s Golf Notebook: Dissa and data
Greensburg native Rocco Mediate and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson will be featured in the debut of “Personal Lessons” Monday at 7:30 p.m. on The Golf Channel. They will play a round of golf, along with an amateur partner, at Tuscany Reserve in Naples, Fla. Mediate, who is friends with Lifeson, will provide on-course tips, advice and instruction.
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Neil Peart site update: new album news, a side project and the West Coast Kit June 27, 2006
NeilPeart.net: NEWS, WEATHER, and SPORTS - June 17, 2006
Neil Peart has updated the News section of his website once again. In his last update from late April, Neil discussed a February meeting with Alex and Geddy where they tossed around some song ideas and revealed that the band would be in the studio in May. He now gives some details about the studio work:
NeilPeart.net: NEWS, WEATHER, and SPORTS - June 17, 2006
… My bandmates and I had decided to spend May working together in a Toronto studio, to refine some of the songs we had worked on long-distance over the winter, and hopefully to write some new ones. The small studio was located in an old waterfront area, just a block or so from Lake Ontario, a remote little corner sidelined by more modern dock facilities elsewhere. … One afternoon the three of us and a couple of our crew members gathered by the glass doors to watch a thunderstorm loom in across that skyline, magnesium flares of lightning and simultaneous shockwaves of thunder. … When we weren’t busy watching thunderstorms, or eating lunch, we did a lot of work. I had a little room in a corner of the building where I could tinker with lyrics; Alex and Geddy were set up in the control room with guitars, computers, and vocal mic, and my drums were in the recording room. When I had had enough of struggling to put lyrical words together, I could escape to the drums and play along with rough versions of the songs when the guys were ready to hand them over. As I mentioned in the last report, I have been very enthusiastic about drumming lately, and I did find myself exploring new ways to put drum parts together, and new approaches to playing them. (Not really “new,” of course, but “new to me.”)…
Original Article syndicated via RSS from Rush is a BandRush Replay X 3 UK release date delayed June 26, 2006
Power Windows reports the following:
Originally scheduled for June 12th, the UK release of Replay was later delayed until June 26th. Apparently, the UK release has been delayed yet again until July 17th, with no official statement as to the cause of the delay. - June 26, 2006
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