Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | yesterday
As I'd posted a couple days ago , Rush's original drummer John Rutsey died this past Sunday from a heart attack brought on by complications from diabetes. A short obituary which includes information for charitable donations in John's name was published in today's National Post . ...
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is there anything more fun than sitting around, growing your hair, drinking a Bud while listening to Jethro Tull and pondering how to change the balance of power in the search world and unseat Google? Better search? Too subjective. Better monetization? After the fact. Better User Interface? Will we know it when we see it? A new and different search? Semantic? Human powered? We won't know till we know....
Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jazz drumming legend Freddie Gruber turned 81 years young recently and his friends threw him a birthday bash at La Ve Lee jazz club in North Hollywood Tuesday night. JoesMechanic over at the House of Drumming forum was at the party and spotted Neil Peart. Neil studied under Freddie back in the mid-90s and has remained good friends with him. You can read about JoesMechanic 's experience at the party...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
The City veteran has been chairman of Bradford & Bingley since November 2002. He flouted the rules of corporate governance in 2006 when he became chairman of Close Brothers, the banking boutique that he was chief executive of for more than a quarter of a century.
Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A new video has been added to the Rush.com Multimedia: Rush Video section. This video features Geddy Lee backstage in the tuning room before the Austin show . Geddy talks about the tour and how much fun the band and crew are having. He's really enjoying the days off between shows and mentions how he went golfing and drinking with Alex in the day off prior to the Austin gig. Thanks to cincyrushgirl...
Blog Maverick (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Is there anything more fun than sitting around, growing your hair, drinking a Bud while listening to Jethro Tull and pondering how to change the balance of power in the search world and unseat Google ? Better search ? Too subjective. Better monetization ? After the fact. Better User Interface ? Will we know it when we see it ? A new and different search ? Semantic ? Human powered ? We won't know till...
Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
For those of who are hankering for some Supertramp-like action, up-and-coming London outfit Royworld have taken that important leap into the scene with their first proper video for the track "Dust." This comes off their freshman album, Man in the...
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Reviewed by Bill Gibron Quote: "While it would have been nice to see more vintage era efforts (no "Me Decade" teen was without a copy of M.U.: Jethro Tull's Greatest Hits in their record collection), Jack in the Green Live is an interesting artifact for those who've enjoyed the band in all facets of their musical morphology."
CollegeHumor (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Q107 Rock Report is reporting that Rush founding member John Rutsey passed away over the weekend according to Rush's management company Anthem . Rutsey was with Rush from 1968 to 1974 and played on the band's self-titled debut album after which he quit the band due to creative differences and health issues. He was replaced by Neil Peart in the summer of 1974. He died on Saturday, May 11 at the...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Hugh Hopper started out on his path through music as a stalwart of the British Canterbury scene, from which came bands including Soft Machine, of which Hopper was a member for five years, Caravan and Hatfield and The North. In a sense he's embodied the music which emerged from that scene, which might be best described as an idiosyncratic take on jazz-rock fusion. Any pigeonholing this might imply does...
Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
I wanted to take a few moments to alert everyone to a campaign that's currently underway to get Rush a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . If you are a Rush fan, it's very likely you have heard the name Donna Halper . Donna is credited with discovering Rush while working at WMMS-FM in my hometown of Cleveland back in 1974. She was also pivotal in getting them signed to a record contract, and they...
Panta Rhei T (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Radio Dupree (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Now and then we slap a video on this blog. And this time it is two videos by our Album of the Month artists; King Crimson ! First of a collage of clips from the early days of the group. The sharer writes: The classic 1972-74 line-up of King Crimson - Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford and David Cross (plus Jamie Muir on the earliest footage) - filmed in Europe and the US performing some of its...
