Come September 9, Rush fans will have a chance to see Cinema Strangiato, a documentary on the band’s 2015 R40 Live tour, their last-ever roadtrip. It’ll feature all kinds of interviews (Tom Morello
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Next to “O Canada,” the most Canadian song of all time is the theme Dolores Claman wrote for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. I think I even once owned a vinyl version. Claman
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Expecting to die one day? Go to Mars! On that cheery note, here’s just news for July 1, 2021. Is this the world’s greatest record store? Maybe. (Via Mark) Are teenage girls in
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While he was with us, Rush drummer Neil Peart was best known as a motorcyclist, often riding his bike between gigs while Rush was on tour and then heading out on the road
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A serious question: Why do all the seats used by players and coaches on the sidelines of big soccer matches look like high-end gamer chairs? Get back to me–but only after you check
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There are two types of drummers: Those who are content with a nice compact kit and those who want their set-up to be as massive as possible. Think Neil Peart, for example. But
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No surprise here. Organizers of a memorial celebrating Neil Peart have decided to move the event to November as a result of the COVID-19 situation. This is the second time the date has
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Some concerned citizens and Rush fans Neil Peart’s hometown of St. Catharines, Ontario, continue to work on creating memorial places and items. And now they’re looking for help from visual artists. The city
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A year after Neil died, the city of St. Catharines, the Ontario city where he grew up, continues to work on creating a special memorial for him at Lakeside Park. The newly-rebuilt pavilion
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It was around 9am on January 7, 2020, when I got the call. Neil Peart had died of glioblastoma, the same brain cancer that killed Gord Downie. How could he have died? Who
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After successfully auditioning for Rush in the summer of 1974, Neil Peart went to a local Long & McQuade and bought a silver Slingerland double-bass kit. Starting with a show in Pittsburgh on
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