The National Midnight Star #249

Errors-To: rush-request@syrinx.umd.edu Reply-To: rush@syrinx.umd.edu Sender: rush-request@syrinx.umd.edu Precedence: bulk From: rush@syrinx.umd.edu To: rush_mailing_list Subject: 06/03/91 - The National Midnight Star #249
** ____ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ** ** / /_/ /_ /\ / /__/ / / / / /\ / /__/ / ** ** / / / /__ / \/ / / / / /__/ / \/ / / /___ ** ** ** ** __ ___ ____ ** ** /\ /\ / / \ /\ / / / _ /__/ / ** ** / \/ \ / /___/ / \/ / /___/ / / / ** ** ** ** ____ ____ ___ ___ ** ** /__ / /__/ /__/ ** ** ____/ / / / / \ ** The National Midnight Star, Number 249 Monday, 3 June 1991 Today's Topics: Administrivia (none) Blackholes D&P, Women & Rush Women don't like RUSH? Droids in Drag FLY IN THE NIGHT BOOT ROLL THE BONES Undelivered mail Amazing... A strange request Bob and Doug Re: Good party weekend notice ALBUM RELEASE DATE EXCLUSIVE!!!!!!!!! You Know You're A Rush Fan When... mirrors Re: 05/30/91 - The National Midnight Star #248 Other Music on this List Great title! Rush and women Certain threads of late... and Hey How's it going? MPs shouting on Witch Hunt The new album title? Kim on Video, You know when... and Trivia question Audio samplings ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Editor, The National Midnight Star <rush-mgr@syrinx.umd.edu> Subject: Administrivia Hi all, Just a couple of quick notes. First of all, I made a mistake in the last issue, which only ONE person called me on. When I said Geddy's B-day was June 29th, I meant JULY 29th. Oops, heh heh... And I even checked the FAQL. My eyes must be going. Alas, July 29th is a Monday... Also, the new FAQL will be coming out in the next day or two. Lastly, stay tuned for a special edition for NMS #250 - the Power Windows tourbook transcription, coming soon to an archive near you! rush-mgr ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 May 91 11:40:08 -0400 From: uvmark!davem@uunet.UU.NET (Dave Meeks) First of, we keep hearing two different titles floating around for the new album. Both "Throwing the Stones" and "Rolling the Bones". Does anyone know with any authority what the title is supposed to be. Is it possible it could be much more obvious (as far as a knock on the Rolling Stones), something like "Rolling the Stones". Also, does anyone have any updated info on release dates, song contents, etc... Secondly, on the whole Queensryche/Rush line. I have been listening to Rush forever (ok, it only seems like it), and Queensryche for a couple of years (Since Operation:Mindcrime), and quite frankly, I don't see much in common. They are both great bands, making great music... Both groups are musically talented (Rush is much more so, IMHO), and both groups are strong lyrically. But, other than that, I don't see the arguments. I can very clearly see the Pink Floyd influence in Queensryche (which is funny that everyone is bringing this up because of "Silent Lucidity" when Operation:Mindcrime seemed to be very similiar in style to The Wall). Can anyone provide their reasoning behind what they see as the similarity? Lastly, for any of those Rush fans out there looking for a great band with great lyrics and musical abilities, check out Marillion. A couple of people have mentioned them, and I strongly agree... One of my favorite bands... >Wade Williams >wadew@eng.auburn.edu > >P.S. In case anyone cares, (which I doubt) two other shuttle astronauts, Matt >Mattingly and Hartsfield, were graduates of this institution, Auburn >University. Other than military academies, Auburn has more astronauts than >any other university. Sorry to disagree with you on this one Wade, but as a graduate of Purdue Univ. I have to clear the record on this one. Purdue University has long been known as the "Astronaut University" in that more astronauts have graduated from Purdue and more of the men/women who have actually been in space have gone to Purdue University. In fact, in 1989, the year I graduated, the University had a parade highlighting this very fact and had like 7 or 8 of the astronaut alumni on hand. At last count, I seem to remember them saying that ~20 of America's astronauts were Purdue Alumni. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 14:54:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Gregory C Best <gbest@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Subject: Blackholes I may be way off base here, but I was walking through Blockbuster Videos and noticed Disney's "The Blackhole" on the new release (?!) shelf. I picked it up to see how long ago the movie actually came out (I remember watching it years ago) and noticed that the blackhole that the ship circles and then goes through is called Cygnus. Coincedence? I can't remember enough of the movie to see if there is any more parallelism. Something to think about. You know you're a Rush fan when: You show no concern over a broken eject mechanism on a ten disk CD changer, as it contains a pack of Rush albums. -Greg "I'm sure I would be much more upset if I wasn't under such heavy sedation..." David St. Hubbins ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 May 91 10:25:28 hst From: Hinano Akaka <bigtuna!hinano@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Subject: D&P, Women & Rush G'day! First off -- thanx to Amy Moseley for answering my Danforth and Pape question! I'll definitely let him know! Women and Rush (on the next Oprah Winfrey): Well, _I'm_ a woman and I have been in love with Rush since... god, I dunno, forever, I guess. I grew up listening to their music (of course a) my brother had all the albums and b) I had heard of a band called RUSH once and could've cared less and c) I loved all their songs -- "Tom Saywer", as far as I was concerned, was invented by the gods... and d) I had no idea that all of their songs were from one group!) -- so it was a pretty bizarre and confused upbringing! But I _figured_ out who they were on my own. I can recall very vividly that January 1984 evening when MTV played "Tom Sawyer" -- and I flipped when I realized that this 2-bit, unheard-of (by me, anyway), who-the-hell-are-these-guys group was the same group that played MY SONG!!! Instant conversion. And the rest is history. And even better was the knowledge that they were ccoming out with their latest album in a few months (GUP)! Life as a Rush fan -- so much fun! But I have always been fascinated by the fact that most of their fans _are_ male. If nothing else, that's gotta be one sign of how much different they are from other rock bands. In that sense, I'm glad because I wouldn't want Rush to have the type of female fans who show up in their dressing rooms naked (unless its their wives, of course!) hoping for a little "rendez-vous". This isn't going to read the way I'm intending -- I'm not saying that a band that has a majority of males as followers is superior, or that _all_ female rock fans want to screw every male musician. I think female Rush fans have a hell of a lot more class than that. What I'm trying to say (rather badly, I admit) is that it _does_ seem peculiar that Rush seems so different from other rock bands in terms of the male/female ratio of their audience. And their female audience is so different from female audiences of other bands -- and it is SO NICE TO SEE!! And I agree that Rush is a musicians band -- it seems that the amount of musicians (professional or amateur) as Rush fans is more than for other bands. It certainly goes a long way to showing the caliber of the band. Of course, this does not erase the fact that Neil _is_ very sexy. But that's NOT the reason why I love Rush so much! Honest!! puanani akaka College World Series: Go Creighton! (UH almost made it...almost!...) ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 May 91 20:34:17 EDT From: tbear <betsey@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Subject: Women don't like RUSH? Hmm. If women don't like RUSH, then either I'm not a woman or I don't like the boyz. Since neither of these is true, the first statement must be false. I must admit, the majority of fans that I know are male, but I know I'm not alone. Actually, my introduction to RUSH came because the boy I was infatuated with in 11th grade was a RUSH fanatic. It was love at first hearing, and it was a love that still survives today. I saw the boyz live for the first time on the Presto tour, at the Meadowlands Arena, and it was a near-orgasmic experience for me. O ye of little faith! :-) 'ave a better one........... /tbear OBRQ: A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission... ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 May 91 21:12:14 EDT From: gordon@Stars.Reston.Unisys.COM Subject: Droids in Drag |-| |= |_ |_ [], Okay, since we're in the summer lull, I'll add to this thread... You know you're a Rush fan when: - your 2-year old son goes around singing, "1-0-0-1-0-0-1, S.O.S. 1-0-0-1-0-0-1, in this dress." - you buy all forms of Rush releases (CD, tape, album) to drive up sales figures, even if you'll never actually play them all - all your friends and relatives receive nothing but Rush albums, tapes, and CDs from you for birthday gifts, holiday gifts, etc., to drive up sales figures, even if they'll never actually play them all Hmm, and while I'm here: Since I lost out on "Oldest Rush Fan on the List" (missed me by that much) maybe my son qualifies as "Youngest Rush Fan on the List"? {Barry, you don't look a day over over 29!} =^) Thanks for noticing me, /\ /\ /\ 1-0-0-1-0-0-1, S.O.S. 1-0-0-1-0-0-1, in distress. / \ /\/ \ /\/ \ /------------------------------------------------------- \/ \/ \/ |>el <-ordon gordon@stars.reston.unisys.com |><- ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: 30 May 1991 22:45:33 CDT From: "RUSH HEAD " <U24129@UICVM.uic.edu> Subject: FLY IN THE NIGHT BOOT hi! After waiting very impatiently for this boot, i was somewhat disappointed. its not very good. the highs and mids are there, but practically no bass. the only thing worth buying the boot for is: its rare and it has cinderella man on it. They rarely play that live! only other time i've heard it is 2/14/77 in scotland i think. It is a nice rare memorabilia to have though. Too bad I can't pick up a few more, great for trading.... :) RUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSH P Internet:U24129@uicvm.uic.edu P - Patster Bitnet: U24129@uicvm.bitnet - G Genie: P.Choy G P P - OBRQ: "Memory banks unloading, bytes break into bits - G unit one's in trouble, and its scared out of its wits" G RUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSH ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: 30 May 1991 22:49:16 CDT From: "RUSH HEAD " <U24129@UICVM.uic.edu> Subject: ROLL THE BONES Yo! again. After being terribly disappointed because i missed the Queensryche show in Peoria, Il. (car stereo trouble). Had free tickets and a backstage pass The good news is that my other friend made it and got backstage to talk to the Ryche. But more importantly she talked to Howard (RUSH'S production manager) AND the album is indeed called ROLL THE BONES! It is 100% done. He says that if Neil has his ways, he doesn't want to tour until Jan. But we'll see what happens. The release date of the album is still unknown but i'LL keep ya all informed. She regularly talks to John Colfield (the projectionist for RUSH). Hope this brightens your day for finals. It sure did for moi. Good luck on tests! and i got 2 more days left. And i'm out w/ my Comp. Sci. degree. Can't wait! :) Keep up the great work Dave. caio RUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSH P Internet:U24129@uicvm.uic.edu P - Patster Bitnet: U24129@uicvm.bitnet - G Genie: P.Choy G P P - OBRQ: "Memory banks unloading, bytes break into bits - G unit one's in trouble, and its scared out of its wits" G RUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSHRUSH ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: 31 May 91 01:44:00 EDT From: "MAPLE::SPECTRE" <spectre%maple.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu> Subject: Amazing... Something amazing happened today - I heard Xanadu on the radio! :-O Hats off to Rock 105 (104.5) in Jacksonville, FL. ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 May 91 06:16:29 PDT From: mjahnke@UCSD.EDU (******* Meg *******) Subject: A strange request Yes as the name implies, this is a strange request. I've been thinking about writing a game for personal computers for a while now, and thought of an interesting premise for the game -- you're at a rock concert (Rush of course!) and the ultimate goal is to meet the band backstage. Ok I've got the start and the ending, but I'm having trouble coming up with puzzles to solve inbetween! Like all good games, this needs some puzzles to make it fun! So I'm asking the list and anyone on it for any hints, clues, puzzles, ideas for puzzles, pictures or music to go in it, basically just about anything you can think of. I'm planning on writing it for the mac if anyone cares about that sort of thing... and maybe port it over to the ibm later. Anything you can think of to e-mail me about would be greatly appreciated!! Mail to: mjahnke@ucsd.edu On the subject of women and Rush, well I guess I'm in the minority then eh? I actually discovered them by myself, if you can believe this, on MTV. Back when "The Big Money" video came out they played it quite a bit to show off the computer graphics and I rather liked it. Then my dad bought the Power Windows album; listening to it once I didn't like it too well and so, apart from a brief glimpse of "Distant Early Warning" on MTV, I basically forgot about Rush until I met my SO -- *heavily* into Rush. Then I re-listened to Power Windows and wondered how I could miss out on something that good! Just my 2.68 yen worth (going to Japan this summer - need to get back into using yen!)... -Meg ---------------------------------------------------------- From: chip%thumper.pcc.com@griffin.UVM.EDU (Chip Hart) Subject: Bob and Doug Date: Fri, 31 May 91 9:35:32 EDT > One more thing, for all you "Strange Brew" fanatics. I'm not positive, but > I thingk the MacKenzie's van (is it a van?) has a Rush bumper sticker on the > back. This is visible when they are underwater, drinking beer and placing the > bottles on the ceiling. I've seen the movie two too many times, and can't > bear to check this out, so could someone do this for me? Thanks. Well, when they ram the car of the lead woman (what's her name?) at the gate to the entrance of Elsinore castle, you can clearly see an AC/DC sticker on the rear right window. And I haven't seen the flic in at least a year. Ok, six months... -- Chip Hart ------------------------- chip@pcc.com |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| People's Computer Co. ------------------------- Williston, Vermont ...but you can call me the Salaminizer! ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 May 91 10:13:25 EDT From: warsaw@warsaw.nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw) Subject: Re: Good party weekend notice David> I was talking to another NMS member (hi Barry), and David> mentioned that Saturday, June 29th would be a reasonable ^^^^^^^^^ [ See note in administrivia... :rush-mgr ] David> date for a party if someone felt like throwing one. Hi back at ya, Dave! Anyway, I just wanted to add a little incentive for you potential party hosts. It *looks* like we may actually have bass, drums, and guitar (hi George!) for playing some live Rush. Just call us Geddy Brie, Alex Limburger, and Neil Port-wine -- we'll be cheesin' through requests, but we need a place to play :-) :-) :-) Seriously though, this could be a lot of fun! -B ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 May 91 10:52:08 -0400 From: Michael S Savett <savvy@chopin.udel.edu> Subject: ALBUM RELEASE DATE EXCLUSIVE!!!!!!!!! Before I go, I have this fantastic information to pass along... I called Atlantic Records in NY Friday morning, and after being put into telephone limbo for about 5 minutes, was told that the new album would be released on Semptember 3. At this time, they did not have an album title or single title. Glad I could end this semester with a bang (Now if only my grades went the same way :) Hope this is great news to all of you ... see you in the fall! Michael savvy@chopin.udel.edu : old address (don't mail me!) ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 May 91 12:37:31 EDT From: Robyn Landers <rblander@watmath.waterloo.edu> Subject: You Know You're A Rush Fan When... >...when your best man quotes Rush lyrics at your wedding. "Take yourself a friend..." >...when your fiancee designs the wedding rings, and you find Rush lyrics to explain the part of the symbolism of the pattern. "The spaces in between leave room for you and I to grow" Robyn rblanders@watmath.waterloo.edu "I'm just doing my rock'n'roll duty." -- Dubois ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 May 91 13:06:56 PDT From: djabson@UCSD.EDU (The God of Balance) Subject: mirrors Here's something of questionable interest: War Paint: "...the mirror always lies" Queensryche's _Eyes of a Stranger_: "I've always known that the mirror never lies." Who's right? Maybe the mirror sometimes lies...hmm... Dave ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 May 91 16:27 EDT From: SIWST@vms.cis.pitt.edu Subject: Re: 05/30/91 - The National Midnight Star #248 I cant believe you guys are still wondering about the "misterious" misprint for on the Free Will lyrics. Its not a misprint. For some reason or another, they just wanted to put it like that on the lyric sheet. My friends and I have been tripping out on this fact for ten years, or thereabouts. Get wid it y'uns. [ The confusion stems from the fact that the lyrics are printed correctly on the Anthem (Canada) release of the album, and on later pressings of the Mercury (US) release. Only the early Mercury pressings seem to have the discrepency. Also, Neil was asked about this, and responded that all the lyrics on the albums were correct. :rush-mgr ] - sw ---------------------------------------------------------- From: rstark@aipna.edinburgh.ac.uk Date: Fri, 31 May 91 11:46:16 BST Subject: Other Music on this List ddl683@csc.albany.edu writes: > On other topics, Queensryche IS a very good band. If you like bluesy > hard rock, you might also consider picking up Temple Of The Dog, a > band whose debut disc has just come out. The latest Elvis Costello > album is great, too. I could go on, but the TNMS might turn into > a copy of "my CD collection." Whilst lists of CD collections are over the top, I *do* appreciate people on this list talking about other music they like, as it provides the possibility of branching out! I am already a big Elvis Costello fan, so that doesn't count for me, but I will give Queensrych a listen sometime -- a band I would have surely ignored if not for the discussions on this digest! (I have still never heard a not of theirs...) So keep on mentioning other bands, paritcularly if you can talk about how a Rush fan might be able to appreictae them. -Randall ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Great title! Date: Fri, 31 May 91 14:52:58 -0700 From: Just call me Meis. <phillip@nevada.edu> C-wizard@darkside.com (The Crystal Wizard) writes that a good title for the new album would be "Rolling Stone Can Smoke My Bone". I don't know if it is because I read it on Friday afternoon, but I found that very funny. I have to admit that it is a good choice for a title. Group Party!!!!! Phil ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 31 May 91 15:09:45 -0700 From: mikes@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60392000) Subject: Rush and women My Ex thinks that we can patch up our 6 year old relationship, but I have to make the first move...Stop listening to the satanic music...:-] I showed her all the info I have on the topic..........<thanks you guys for the abundance of info!!!!>......but that didn't seem to phase her... Oh well... I'm gonna miss her!!! Mike...... On My Ship The 'Rocinante' Wheeling Through The Galaxy........Cygnus X-1 <OBRQ> Quick to Judge Quick to Anger Slow to Understand ---N.P "Ten Bucks is Ten Bucks!!!!" Geddy Lee ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Certain threads of late... and Hey How's it going? Date: Fri, 31 May 91 21:56:37 -0700 From: "Keith A. Marino" <kmarino@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU> Well, It has been sometime since I have posted. Seeing as I am now just coming out of recursive hell (we had a major LISP assignment due this morning) (I hate parens) I thought that I'd drop a line to ya'll. I am very excited about the new album... I could care less what it's called.... That is an issue we can debate when it happens. But we all know that we will have 45 minutes or more to add to our RUSH library. Wouldn't you all love to see another 12 or so minute song? I have recently been listening to the older RUSH like COS and AFTK, some of their best (IMHO) and I have re-fallen in love with The Fountain of Lamneth. (not to speak of one of my all time favorites, Xanadu.) I would really like them to make another half-album song. (For all you 2112 fans... I have worn out my CD too.) I don't know why I have been attracted so much to go to their past, but I have. Don't get me wrong, I love the new stuff too. But during these last weeks I have spent a lot of time in front of a *&^#@!$ computer terminal programming in LISP and doing detailed designs that I have needed long songs to keep me paced. I like the story behind the theme of the songs. Well enough rambling on this issue, on to others. As far as the current GIRLS don't really like RUSH stuff... I know quite a few college aged and beyond that like Rush. AS a matter of fact, when I saw the Presto tour (second row, right in front of the Gedster! :^)) I was surrounded by women. They were not "Groupie" types either. They knew the words to all the songs and screamed as much as any man was. So what I am saying is, that they may not be as appearant as men, but they are there and boy they're cute! Also, when the thread on "The Trees" was going on, I didn't have time to put my two sense in... so here it goes ---- Has anyone thought of the beauty of this song as maybe that mother-nature has suppressed one living thing from another and then "man" came in to change what was natural all along? I take the last lines to represent mans intervention of the natural occurance of things. Man invented Law, the hatchet.... Another thought I had was that it was more about races of people and frequently sought after solutions, especially how bad those solutions are maintained. ie. that a law could make someone treat someone one way and another another way without just cause. Just some thoughts to spark (Oh no, I didn't mean to use that word! ;-)) some conversation. Oh well, I guess I'll stop now... Thanks for your time... Thanks to our esteemed (holier-than-ev'rone for starting this up and doing the massive work that this takes) Rush-Mgr. Don't stop..... Keith ############################################################################ Keith Marino # "Reasoning is partly insane kmarino@bonnie.ics.uci.edu # Image just an eyeless game" marino%hycad5@hac2arpa.hac.com # - Neil Peart (Rush) ############################################################################ ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: , Subject: MPs From: stum@basser.cs.su.oz.au! G'Day mates! How ya all doin tonight? I have just been sent MP and Chrs (is that the right abbreviation?) from the States courtesy a couple of cool net-friends (Meg and Jimmy) along with a T-Shirt and heaps of other things you can't get down here in OZ!! Thanks! Anyway.... I threw on MP at full volume and WW OO WWWWW!!! Tom Sawyer studio version is A W E S O M E!!!! The whole album just BLEW ME AWAY! I had never heard Limelight, The Camera Eye or Vital Sugns before and they're ALL BRILLIANT! Over 10 mins of song in The Camera Eye! IS that Rush's longest single track? I mean apart from Side 1 of 2112 or Hemispheres? I can understand why it was Rush's highest selling album..(no' 3 in the album charts right? - in the States anyway). Question: IN YYZ whats that noise that occurs several times about halfway through the song - sounds like Neil is smashing glass or something!! Also I think Rolling the Bones is a TERRIBLE title - too weird. Throwing\ the Stones would be nicer by a long shot- any news yet? OK. Enough idle banter from the Antipodes. ThankYOU very much, GOODNIGHT! STUM ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 91 01:39:06 EDT From: corrie@fiu.edu (vaalpens) Subject: shouting on Witch Hunt A friend of mine told me that at the beginning of 'Witch Hunt' from MP that part of what the people are yelling is something about "Ft. Lauderdale, Florida" followed shortly thereafter by "protect our children". I thought I heard them yell "stand up in Ft. Lauderdale Florida ... protect our children", but cannot be certain of the "stand up in" part. Another friend of ours believes they yelled "the Devil is in Ft. Lauderdale Florida" - which would make sense followed by "protect our children". Anyway, anybody else here anything? You audiophiles... for my friend: Sylvio (BTW: he plays a mean YYZ) { rotary engines are # 1 !!!...} Also, we would like to know (since I probably deleted the wrong back issue of TNMS) where the information on the title "Roll the Bones" came from? Is it official? It sounds more like a new Aerosmith album title than RUSH. Corrie ORQ: "Get a life!" Neil Peart ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------- Subject: The new album title? Date: Mon, 3 Jun 91 10:24:33 WET From: Moschops <M.ODonnell@computing-services.thames.ac.uk> Hey Gang. Did I miss something or has "Rolling the Bones" been confirmed as the next album title? I quite liked the other name " Throwing the Stones " that someone mentioned. But I have only fast read the last dozen or so NMS because of the damn exams.!! Mos --- -- I Don't Believe in Love, I never have I never Will I Don't Believe in Love, I'll Just pretend she never was real I Don't Believe in Love, I need to forget her face I see it still I Don't Believe in Love, It's never worth the pain that you feel Mike O'Donnell - M.ODonnell@uk.ac.thames.csc - Thames Poly - London ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 91 10:30:07 -0400 From: "Douglas G Schwabe" <cschwabe@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Subject: Kim on Video, You know when... and Trivia question Hey!!! Does anybody know if Kim Mitchell has any Video compilations out? If so what record stores in Toronto and Buffalo carry them? Friends, you KNOW your'e a Rush fan when: 1. You hear birds and "The Trees" and AFTK come to mind 2. Yougo to a fireworks show and think of "Lakeside Park" 3. You see a willow tree and "Lakeside Park" comes to mind 4. You see maples and oaks and immediately think of "The Trees" 5. You start to lose your hair and say "Well, it's time to call Sy Sperling"!!!! :-) (self-explantory) Can anyone tell me what movie this quote came from: Q1: "You better be careful, there is a huge skunk in that tent" Q2: "I know, it is a Toronto skunk" L8R Doug PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 1991 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!! El Magnifico de Mario 1991 Conn Smythe Winner Let's Go Bucs (Watch out Rangers, the Bucs will win 15) AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ELVIS HAS JUST LEFT THE BUILDING!!! [ There was other stuff here, but along with a bunch of control characters. I salvaged what I could... sorry. :rush-mgr ] ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 91 15:10:21 EDT From: Doug White <dwhite@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov> Subject: Audio samplings Hello! Since things are getting sparse, I'll toss this out: I've been doing some diddling on a Sun sparc, and have sampled some Rush tunes - I gotta have something I like to do repetitive tests on audio files! I mentioned this to the rush-mgr, and, once disk space is available, pieces of tunes might be available. How many of you would be interested in having audio snippets available? (How many of you can play audio on yer boxes?) For example, the (approx.) one minute acoustic opening to A Farewell to Kings takes about half a meg. And at 8000 samples per sec. it's NOT CD quality by a long shot. Anyhow, lemme know whatcha think! dwhite@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov [ At this point in time, I don't have the space to archive the sound files, but may be able to in the future. Don't toss out those files yet! :rush-mgr ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Douglas White, National Institute of Standards & Technology Bldg. 225, Rm A216, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 dwhite@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov / Voice: (301) 975-2182 / FAX: (301) 590-0932 "Wheels within whhels, a spiral array; a pattern so grand and complex..." - Rush ----------------------------------------------------------
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