Kindly watch this short video: Everything you know about fans of Rush is probably wrong. That sort of bore out recently when I attended RushCon, a “Star Trek convention for Rush fans,” and found out it’s NOT only guys miming drum fills in 18-minute … Read on
I’ve long believed there are five principal reasons we travel: to see people we know (‘telephone travel’), to veg out (‘TV travel’), to learn stuff or work (‘ABC travel’), to stack up places visited (‘tick-off travel’) and to get experiences merely to boast … Read on
Every time I hear a Rush song — which is often — I fall into a sad silence. Of triumphs unclaimed. Possibilities deflated. Failures realized. It’s not simple sentimentality, but the ’76-Second Travel Show’ episode that never was. A few months ago I … Read on
Just back from GoMedia, a Canadian tourism conference in Toronto. I squeaked out a little free time to follow Rush — the bronze medal winner in total gold and platinum records (after the Beatles and Stones), though completely snubbed by the Rock’n’Roll Hall … Read on
I’m not on speaking terms with Cleveland’s Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame — that is, not until the greatest Canadian three-piece prog-rock band RUSH gets inducted. Any place that takes rock seriously — and presents fame badges to the likes of a Seger, Hollies … Read on
