Recent content by RARist

Dude, you have blowhard tendencies. Post away, pal. I don't live on this board so don't really care. I made the mistake of reacting to what is your tendency to be a blowhard. I will be better.

You're right. But I think it was a delayed response to myriad posts from Sam, god bless him, where it seems he assumes he's the only person to have ever been interested in Genesis. I think it was this phrase - "Genesis tracks in the '70s were not exactly rote timekeeping exercises" - that made...

I do enjoy the mansplaining of a band I've listened to for 40 years

For good reason

She was let go in the probationary period -- if they don't like you, they don't have to keep you. Could be as simple as a "chemistry" issue in the newsroom - it's management's yin to the union's "performance review" yang.

Came across this clip of Rush pre-Neil Peart, 1974 playing a high school in Canada. Original drummer was John Rutsey - wasn't too bad himself, and was almost the front-man, with intros etc. Anyone who worked MLB beat might know his brother, Mike, who was a beat writer for the Toronto Blue Jays...

That it is also the name of a sushi dish is what makes it amusing to say to your passenger after you've performed one. 'I just did a California Roll.' 'Ha ha, yes, you did.' Both make the drive go faster.

A lot of shirt-talk about Rush, but the boys could play ...

It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me, won't see another one

Sadly, this one didn't rely on the magic of brush strokes:

My response to the reply "America" would be, "Can you be more specific?" As in North? South? Central?

At least then the rest of the world had the sense - whether we liked it or not - you at least knew what you were doing.

aaaannnnd scene!

Think about someone else for once. Why don't you try that?

Alma, no one can stop you from sticking your head in the sand. Whether you like it or not, the above response is pretty much the definition of that. It's that attitude that frustrates non-Americans, because contrary to your belief, you actually can change it. It's us, outside the borders, that...