Transcript: "Mountain Haven Inspires Rush To Reach New Peak - Daily Oklahoman, April 25, 2008"

Here's something I recently came across, published on this day in 2008, an interview with Alex Lifeson from the second leg of the Snakes & Arrows tour. In "Mountain Haven Inspires Rush To Reach New Peak - Daily Oklahoman, April 25, 2008", Alex discusses recording Snakes & Arrows at the now closed Allaire Studios, and also Malignant Narcissism losing the Best Rock Instrumental Grammy to Springsteen: "No, are you kidding? We were up against, well, Bruce Springsteen. He was up for an instrumental, WHICH HE HADN'T WRITTEN OR ANYTHING ("Once Upon a Time in the West" by Ennio Morricone). I think it's the third time we've been nominated in this category [note, actually it was their 5th nomination in this category], and I don't know how to take that anyway. I am almost relieved that we don't win it. It's nice to get the nomination, and it's amazing how excited friends get. 'Oh, you got a Grammy nomination!' But I don't know about all that Grammy bull----."