Recent content by el diablo

Agreed that there's a major dropoff after the 1st half. Dreamline is a nice rocker, one of their best post-Power Windows songs for my tastes. I saw them use it as a concert opener in Madison Square Garden in 1994. Similar to what you said above I love the vocal emphasis on 'We travel in the time...

I appreciate all of your reviews, they are well thought out and insightful. Having said that, Presto was the first time I went out and bought a 'new' (at the time) Rush album and was disappointed. It remained my least favorite Rush album until Vapor Trails came along.

I don’t listen to this album regularly anymore, but whenever I do I’m reminded why it’s such a classic rock treasure.

Somewhere in Time. You’ll put the lad on a proper lifetime music trajectory.

It’s based on Greek mythology, so I’m going to guess full or partial nudity.

Rush has been my lifelong favorite band since I was a 10 year old kid and my older brother made me a cassette copy of his Moving Pictures record which was newly released that year. Having said that, I consider Power Windows to be the last truly great Rush album for my tastes. There's been a lot...

I still wear the watch my then-girlfriend / now wife got me in 2001. It's not exactly the same as the one below - mine has the word Tango near the bottom and does not say 'Swiss Made' - but this is the closest likeness I could find.

There are some traditional Christmas songs that evoke very happy childhood memories for me. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Do You Hear What I Hear I Saw Three Ships What Child Is This Carol of the Bells

I'll agree on both counts here.

I saw these guys at Nassau on Long Island in the late 90s. They surprised the hell out of me by starting the show with a sample loop of Tom Sawyer by Rush. I was also on a lot of chemicals booze / weed / shrooms / muscle relaxants. Then they threw in some surprise punk stuff from their pre-MTV...

As much as I love Graffiti (disc2), I have to go with IV.

This is a completely unsubstantiated rumor, but apparently the NJ Devils offer for Hughes was Mercer + Silayev + 2026 1st and Vancouver asked for Nico or Bratt to be included. That's a non-starter. Although people are still speculating that he'll join his brothers Jack and Luke in NJ when he...

I absolutely loved Cartagena in Colombia and also enjoyed Ocotal Beach in Costa Rica however the place we stayed in the latter was a bit isolated so we definitely overdrank that week. Some other folks whose opinions on travel I highly respect have great things to say about Mendoza in Argentina...