Time Stand Still - Rush

La Villa Strangiato / Working Man - Rush

 

My of my failures in life was not seeing Rush when they were still around. As an aside - Neil Pert wasn't even the drummer when Working Man first came out.

Foo Fighters Cover Tom Sawyer (With Some Help)

 

This makes me smile every time.

Neil Peart

Neil Peart has passed away at age 67 from brain cancer. If you wanted to say that Peart was the greatest drummer in rock history you'd get no argument from me.

EDIT: Neil's bandmates in Rush have issued a statement on his passing.

Netflix has an excellent documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage. Great insight into the band but also the tragedy Neil Peart has dealt with.

Tom Sawyer - Covered by Foo Fighters (with Help)

This makes me smile every time! So cool!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Did tariffs make the USA great? A long-read Q&A with trade historian Douglas A. Irwin

- Cool - someone should ask Neil Peart to critique his technique

- Interesting - how much of the world's oceans are actually fished? One study says 55% while another says 4% - both studies used the same data

- Good! More companies are dropping college degree requirements for new hires

- Throw Mamma from the Train II starring Axl Rose

- I'm a fan of Victor Davis Hanson - his recent The Circus of Resistance is worth a read

- Agreed - this was the greatest first pitch ever

Foo Fighters Cover of Tom Sawyer

This cover always makes me smile.

It also makes me want to see Foo Fighters in concert again.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

[Shocked] Shelby Miller was worth all of that? [Scratching my head] Is Shelby Miller worth all that? This trade has a whiff of Doyle Alexander for John Smoltz to me except this is pre-season not during the season... Heh heh... The things you learn on the Internet: the difference between caramel and butterscotch is butterscotch contains brown sugar instead of white... This may be the only thing from Charles Schultz that actually made me chuckle (I'm a bad person)... How much money do you think it would take to get Peyton Manning to sing, "On the bench it feels so weird" in that State Farm jingle?... Neal Pert is retiring from drumming... Still not 100% convinced that the @realDonaldTrump Twitter feed isn't actually a parody account. It would explain so much... Holy shit! Wait for it!... Boston sports troll Dan Shaughnessy won the Spink Award which means he gets into the baseball Hall of Fame -  which means going to Cooperstown to rub my balls all over Shaughnessy's plaque just made my bucket list...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- From the mouths of babes.

- How much does your local sports bar pay for NFL Sunday Ticket?

- This is awesome! Guy at Foo Fighters blows Dave Grohl away with his Tom Sawyer

- Heh heh - Donald Trump through the Ages

- Interesting - should anyone be given a blood transfusion?

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Heh heh

- The perfect handyman's flowchart

- This is awesome!

- A List of Unusual Words

- American Presidents in uniform

- Heh heh

- Who knew? Randy Johnson and Rush's Geddy Lee are good friends

Documentaries

The next few days are prime time for watching TV. Here's a couple of documentaries I would recommend you place in your Netflix queue:

- Who is Harry Nilsson? (And why is everyone talking about him)

- Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

- Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage. I was a so-so Rush fan but after watching this documentary I haven't been able to not listen to a Rush song I come across on the radio because the guys were just so nice.