Rush's Geddy Lee talks about 'I Love You, Man,' 'Colbert,' and their new compilation

Mar 17, 2009, 05:27 PM | by Rob Brunner

Categories: Rush

Rush may be on a "deep holiday" these days, but the legendary rock trio sure seems busy. Their third Retrospective set -- a CD and DVD covering the last 19 years -– recently hit stores, and they show up to perform "Limelight" in the highly anticipated upcoming Paul Rudd/Jason Segel comedy I Love You, Man. Frontman Geddy Lee fills us in on what the band has been up to. (Click through the jump for the full Q&A.)

Plans for future MoFi Rush re-releases canceled

Late in 2007 Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs released their 180 Gram Vinyl and Ultradisc II 24 KT Gold CD remaster of Rush's 1980 classic Permanent Waves. At the time they also promised that re-releases of the MoFi versions of 2112, Moving Pictures and Signals were slated for future release. However, according to this recent post on the Steve Hoffman Music Forums, it looks like any plans for future Rush releases have been canceled:

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A sneak peek at the Windows 7 Release Candidate | Ed Bott's Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com

Check out the new icons in Windows 7.

 

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=690&page=4

 

Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best? | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com

It’s clear that some of the results here are all over the place, and I’m putting this down this the fact that Windows 7 is still a work in progress (and realistically, probably will be for a good 9 - 12 months after launch) and drivers are still pretty new. However, four patterns do emerge:

• Windows 7 is, overall, better than both Vista and XP.
  
• As Windows 7 progresses, it’s getting better (or at least the 64-bit editions are).
  
• On a higher-spec system, 64-bit is best.
  
• On a lower-spec system, 32-bit is best.

I’m looking forward to the RC release so we can really see how the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 editions compares to previous incarnations of Windows!

 

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3789&page=4

FileZilla

http://filezilla-project.org/

 

I got it. This is how we shared files before the internet, back in the BBS days. Check this out. Picture your hard drive on the left and mine on the right. The server and client are both free. Actually I think Windows includes a FTP client, if so you will be able to do everything in Windows Explorer but using the client you download here will have more features I am betting, like resume and batch downloading. It does, here's a feature list, I'll underline the useful ones.

 

http://filezilla-project.org/client_features.php

FileZilla Features

Overview

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.

Features

Among others, the features of FileZilla include the following:

• Easy to use
  
• Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
  
• Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more
  
• IPv6 support
  
• Available in many languages
  
• Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
  
• Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
  
• Bookmarks
  
• Drag & drop support
  
• Configurable transfer speed limits
  
• Filename filters
  
• Network configuration wizard
  
• Remote file editing
  
• Keep-alive
  
• HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support
  
• Logging to file

 

Rush Retrospective 3 Y106 radio special now online

In my Friday updates post I mentioned that Y106 in Columbus, IN would be airing a 1-hour long special on Saturday in celebration of the release of Retrospective 3. The special has now been posted on the station's website at this link in 3 segments. They play several songs from the compilation interspersed with interview segments with all three band members taken from various interviews over the past 20 years. Songs included are The Seeker, The Pass, Dreamline, Nobody's Hero, Half the World, One Little Victory, Far Cry and the Colbert Report performance of Tom Sawyer. You can listen to it at the provided link or by using the player below. Thanks to pariah dog for the heads up....

Kepler sets sights on Earth-like planets

 

If Friday's launch goes according to plan and successfully lobs NASA's new Kepler space telescope into orbit, the mission stands to potentially change the way we look at the universe.

Kindle 2

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Old Rush magazine article scans galore

In the past few days a few users over at the Counterparts
messageboard have been uploading and sharing some old Rush article scans from
various fan magazines. So I thought I'd share them all here as well.

First up we have several Rush album magazine ads from Counterparts user
GeddyLeeGenes:

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Doodling Increases Focus and Recall [Mind Hacks]

It turns out that your daydreaming doodles of infinite awesomeness not only help with long meetings, but can also help you remember what goes on during the meeting.

Photo by Bigbadvoo.

In a study, scientists asked subjects to recall what they'd just heard in recordings—with some having doodled throughout, others not. The doodlers demonstrated significantly higher recall than the non-doodlers.

"People may doodle as a strategy to help themselves concentrate," said study co-author Jackie Andrade, a University of Plymouth psychologist. "We might not be aware that we're doing it, but it could be a trick that people develop because it helps them from wandering off into a daydream."

How does it work? The scientists hypothesize the mental load it takes to absentmindedly draw is significantly smaller than the demands of a full-on fantasy, which leads your mind entirely away from the event you're supposed to be engaged in. That trickle of attention devoted to doodling appears to keep you focused in the present time, while giving you a release valve from a frustratingly over-long group session.

It should be noted that the doodling test subjects were doing some light doodling, like shading in boxes. So while abstract or simple shapes might be okay for your focus, try to scale it back if you find yourself crafting elaborate panoramas of medieval battle fields and epic space operas. Then again, your inspired re-imagining of the Sistine Chapel during the report on last quarter's profits per share might suggest a larger career assessment is in order.

A Sketchy Brain Booster: Doodling [Wired]