Transcript: "Rush'N Around" - Beat Instrumental, April 1978

My latest transcript is an extensive article from late in the Drive Til You Die tour. From the April 1978 issue of the UK's Beat Instrumental magazine, "Rush'N Around" includes all three members of Rush interviewed to discuss their touring equipment setup. Note this comment: "Alex too has been out shopping for guitars. His original Gibson double-neck was smashed in transit to New York, and he now sports a bright new white version of the guitar. His beloved 335, which he has owned since the beginning of the band in 1968, was damaged in the same accident, which is why Alex was playing his 355 instead for most of the tour." The article includes the sidebar "Rush Equipment List - European Tour 1978". - Thanks to Joe Pesch for the original article!

Transcript: "Q Reissues: 2112 Deluxe Edition" - Q, February 2013

Two years ago today, the 2112 Deluxe Edition was released.  What did you think of the overall reissue and repackaging?  Here's a transcript of a short review of the 2112 Deluxe Edition, from the February 2013 issue of Q magazine. You'll note the author has likely not read any Ayn Rand...

Rush R40 Desktop Wallpaper and Desktop Theme

Rush's R40 40th Anniversary Collection was released November 11th.  It has taken some time, but I've finally added 37 new wallpaper images to "The Rush Art Gallery" page, and in addition, I have put all the images together into one downloadable wallpaper pack and added it to the Desktop Themes for Windows page. - A huge thanks to John Patuto at Cygnus-X1 for sharing his raw scans!

Transcript: 'An Ongoing Evolution In The Rush Forward' - Hartford Courant, December 12, 1991

23 years ago today, Rush played the Hartford Civic Center on the Roll The Bones tour. My latest transcript was published the day before; 'An Ongoing Evolution In The Rush Forward' is a long lost interview with Neil Peart where he talks about some of the themes of the album, i.e. fate and chance.

Model Maker Scott Alexander comments on the Hold Your Fire street scene

A big thanks to reader Wayne Bryan who sent along this exchange with Scott Alexander, model maker of the street scene from the Hold Your Fire linernotes:

"The street scene for that cover was close to 4 feet wide. The foreground was 1:12 scale and the background, on the right, was 1:24 scale. I can't remember how long it took to build, but I built most of it in the very tiny apartment I had at the time. The foreground building was made of thin plywood and doll-house brick material that came in sheets. The diner and the building it was part of were made from standard architectural modeling materials. The car was a kit, with tail-lights lit up. The alley to the left of the foreground building was actually some other 1:12 scale fronts that had been made for a poster promoting Yamaha musical instruments. Hugh cut out the cat from some black paper and sanded the edges to give it some fur that would catch the light! The wet surface of the street was simply paint thinner poured onto the model. I really enjoyed working with 'Glugh' (Glen [Wexler, photographer] and Hugh [Syme] - pronounced "Glue". They made it up, not me!) They are both very pleasant, creative guys who only work to get the job done in the most professional way. I think they were unique in using miniatures to achieve these album covers and the results were always interesting and very striking. I miss working with them." - Scott Alexander, January 14, 2009

Transcript: "Guitar Heroes - Alex Lifeson" - Circus, January 2, 1979

Today's transcript addition is from the January 2nd, 1979 issue of Circus Weekly, which included a story featuring various "guitar heroes", including this one page segment on Alex Lifeson written by David Fricke.

Transcript: "Geddy Lee On 'The World's Most Popular Underground Band'" - Faces, May 1986

My latest transcript addition is a part one of an interview with Geddy Lee promoting Power Windows. In "Geddy Lee On 'The World's Most Popular Underground Band'", from the May 1986 issue of Faces magazine, Ged talks about the improvements made since Grace Under Pressure, and what a great experience they had recording Power Windows.

Transcript: "Rush Test For Echo Tour Resumes In May" - MTV News, May 1, 1997

Here's an interesting news update from MTV News published just six days before the second leg of the Test For Echo tour resumed on May 7, 1997: "Rush Tour Resumes In May" explains that the band was in rehearsals in San Bernadino, California, and also announces the remaining tourdates and that the Mercury Rush Remasters were to be released on May 6th.