Recent content by el diablo

The good - and bad - news is that the older you get, the more things level off. The highs aren't as high but the lows aren't as low. I'm not the man my wife married 23 years ago, and she's not the woman I married 23 years ago. And that's just fine with both of us.

Not sure if this one's been posted already: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/bloke-not-sure-whether-died-100000679.html

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...