Fearful Symmetries

Closed for my protection Open to your scorn Between these two directions My heart is sometimes torn

Another song I've been listening to a lot lately. Sadly, these folks no longer appear to be a band. This is a great version of the vener...

So I was reading some Marcus Aurelius as one does and came across this bit: And of course this made me think of "Tom Sawyer" and i...

A friend just wished me a Happy Rush Day. It took me a minute but then realized today is 21/12. Here's a bit of 2112 from Milwaukee in ...

It was on this day in 1989 that Rush released Presto . This was about 2 years after I had taken the plunge into their catalogue. Not as stro...

With such a large repository of knowledge, you'd think it would be easy to ascertain when Rush released Hemispheres but no. I have seen...

We have a proggy trifecta of anniversaries today. First we have Jethro Tull's Catfish Rising released this day in 1991. Perhaps not the...

Proggers love to release albums in late summer/autumn. Today we commemorate the day Rush released Signals back in 1982. It marks the start ...

This is where I boarded the Rush train back in 1987. Hold Your Fire . A desert island disc for me. Perhaps their most beautiful album. Relea...

Rush released Roll the Bones on this day in 1991. I recall bringing that tape home, if not that day, then shortly thereafter. "Dreamli...

Today is an anniversary twofer! First is Rush's A Farewell to Kings . Released this day in 1977, A Farewell to Kings sees Rush continui...

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Rush 's penultimate album, Snakes & Arrows , turns 17 today. I love this album. Two instrumentals! A fair amount of acoustic guitar,...

It was 40 years ago today that Rush released what is perhaps their most synth-laden album, Grace Under Pressure . "Distant Early Warnin...

Rush greeted the 1980s on this day 44 years ago. Some sleeker songs and the sci-fi/fantasy trappings are gone. "Natural Science" w...

A recent visit to Chicago's Christkindlmarkt  yielded a purchase within a minute - this fine star. It looks really nice with the living ...