99 No Problems
Happy 99th Birthday Olivia de Havilland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!









Prog, Check Republic
Rush
Madison Square Garden
June 29th

photo by Randy Johnson
Rush has been around for 40 years, and apparently their R40 tour may be their last tour.  Who are they kidding??  This Canadian trio - Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart – are in their early 60s, and yet they are kicking it as if they were in their 20s.  There might not be a tighter trio going on earth, well, besides me, my mouth and Popeyes Fried Chicken
Seeing them, FINALLY, was part obligation (I’ve been in love ever since I got my hands on the double CD set Chronicles via BMG Music Service), and partly cause I like me some kick ass rock, and the fellas did not disappoint – playing a career spanning show, in reverse chronological order.  Even the stage decorations got less and less extravagant as the night wore on – going from glitz (a popcorn maker and some washing machines!?) to back to basics (just a few amps) by the time the show ended, some 3 hours later(!!!)!
And what did I take away from this show? The sight of double guitars!! and double bass guitars!!  And Neil Peart’s dumb skully, and how Alex Lifeson looks exactly like David Warner (sorta not really!).  And things, and stuff!!
Setlist
Set 1 - The Anarchist / Headlong Flight / Far Cry / The Main Monkey Business / One Little Victory / Animate / Roll the Bones / Distant Early Warning  /Losing It (with Jonathan Dinklage) / Subdivisions(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)Â
Set 2 - Tom Sawyer / Red Barchetta / The Spirit of Radio / Jacob’s Ladder  / Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part I: Prelude / Cygnus X-1 / Closer to the Heart / Xanadu  / 2112 Part I: Overture / 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx / 2112 Part IV: Presentation / 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale
Encore – Lakeside Park /Â Anthem /Â What You’re Doing /Â Working ManÂ

Defying Deaths
Peace The Forks Out
to
The Other Dick Van



&
Jerry’s Wife/Ben’s Mom/Anne Meara
  

&
THE John Steed




+
his mind was beautifulÂ
Manson Family divorcer
little James Horner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Oym6LAlbY
oh no Yes
Fred Flinstone’s boss + other Hanna BarberiansÂ
plastic pink flamingo dude
last original NBA employee
Ornette Coleman

Mother Theresa II
the voice of the Chiquita Banana
THAT GUY
that other that guy
that other that that guy
a true dingbat of fonts

realllllly old movie gangster
Nature Boy
the first student-athleteÂ
he hearted heart-shaped bathtubs
Tariq Aziz, who made berets & mustaches & giant glasses look awesome

she made costumes for the Beatles & Bond
F Scott Fitzgerald’s final secretary
King of Easy Listening
Picasso’s right arm
not Ringo’s sister
little boy who got to look at MM
Mr Comcast
El Kickador/Univision-er
a Weaver
Woody Allen’s Jack Rollins

Texas A&M’s first Heisman winner
some surfer pioneer guy
some country singer
boxing movie producer dude
U2’s manager
this spicy Italian chick

Queen of Versailles’s princess
Joe Biden’s son
Charles Barkley’s mom
Penelope Cruz’s padre
Jason Voorhees’ mom

he once owned the Mets (not the Nats do:)
some comedy writer
some British actor who turned down the role of James Bond
some Russian guy
some chess guy
some Scottish actor
some fat British bloke
the guy who gave us this

a King of media
a White House Chef
MGM Resorter
what a drag
zilla was his god
Stand By Me‘s Milo Pressman
he printed LA stories
a trotter of globes
some old actor
she shot this and that and those other things

Mr Superdawg
150 year old Galápagos tortoise
world’s tallest cow
&
the guy who made headlines



02. Jul, 2015 
































