For the time being at least, Rush’s Exit Stage Left and Grace Under Pressure DVDs have been lovingly posted to YouTube. Thanks to RushIsABand.com
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Mobile Fidelity will release Rush’s Permanent Waves on 180 gram vinyl. The numbered, limited edition is scheduled for release November 15th. Preorder yours here.
Now available for preorder, on November 6th Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs is releasing the Permanent Waves Ultradisc IIâ„¢ 24 KT Gold CD. Mobile Fidelity’s Limited Edition 24k Gold Audiophile CDs are some of the most valuable collector’s items within the Audiophile market, pressed directly from the original studio master session tapes and engineered to produce the finest CD sound quality available. This is the fourth Rush album to be released in the Ultradisc IIâ„¢ line; previous releases include 2112 (1993), Moving Pictures (1992), and Signals (1994), all of which are now out of print; the Permanent Waves Ultradisc IIâ„¢ is sure to be highly coveted by Rush Audiophiles.
Next week’s issue of Blender Magazine will feature their picks for the Worst Lyricists of all Time. At #2 is Neil Peart. Which strikes me as odd, as I always thought he was one of the Best lyricists working today. Anywho, Blender described Peart’s lyrics as “richly awful tapestries of fantasy and science.” Here’s the Top Five:
RushIsABand.com reports that there is indeed an official Rush MySpace page:
Well it looks like those sneaky guys at Rush.com have had the MySpace page up for some time now (since May it looks like) but never really advertised it; it completely fell under my radar at least. It’s even linked over at Rush.com (just go to the Mailing List section). You can visit the site at www.myspace.com/officialrush.
Hop over to Rush.net for your chance to win front row tickets to see Rush, OR a meet-n-greet with the band. The contest is restricted to their current UK/European tour. You can pick from the following shows:
Glasgow, Scotland 3/10
Newcastle, England 5/10
Sheffield, England 6/10
London, England 9/10
London, England 10/10
Birmingham, England 12/10
Manchester, England 14/10
Rotterdam, Netherlands 16/10
Rotterdam, Netherlands 17/10
Oberhausen, Germany 19/10
Manheim, Germany 21/10
Milan, Italy 23/10
Oslo, Norway 26/10
Stockhom, Sweden 27/10
Helsinki, Finland 29/10
Bruce Dickinson will interview Rush on his BBC 6 Friday Rock Show on October 12th. Visit the website for details.
The November edition of DRUM! Magazine will publish the results of the 2007 Drummie! Awards in which Neil Peart was a big winner, to say the very least. He’s #1 in the following categories:
Also, Neil’s website placed as the #2 Drum Website (drummerworld.com was #1).