For this latest Rush album the random hand-of-fate (aka: my script) chose "Permanent Waves". This is considered one of Rush's most radio friendly albums and it's clear to see why. "The Spirit of Radio" is a straight-up radio-friendly jam that talks about the optimism of radio while saying that radio …

It seems that Jamendo, which used to be a place that I would grab decent Creative Commons Licensed Metal music for a podcast I ran called Open Metalcast has decided to partner with Winamp for Creators. I know this because at one time I uploaded a few tracks on Jamendo …

This week my magic random Rush picking script picked Caress of Steel. I picked this album up twice: once in high school and once in college at the used CD store. One thing that didn't realize about the cassette release was that they changed the track order slightly. "Didacts and …

This week I chose Rush: Snakes & Arrows as the album this week. This was the album that I felt Rush was the most Rush. I posted a review of this album back when it came out. "Talk about a new direction for Rush - just be Rush." I said at the …

This week I chose Rush: Hemispheres as the album this week. I'd say there was a reason for it but it was actually me shuffling the albums and picking one at random. Such are the capricious ways of fate.

I first got Hemispheres on cassette tape back when Meijer sold …