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The Game of Snakes and Arrows

Neil Peart’s essay for Snakes & Arrows is available from the Noble PR website: “When I first listen to a rough sketch of guitar, bass, vocal, and drum machine, I am hearing it as the lyricist, seeing how the words work, and I am also listening as the drummer, knowing I will have to learn that [...]

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Keep Trying!

10:18 a.m. - Scored center orchestra, row K for Virginia Beach. 10:36 a.m. - Scored center orchestra, row B! As of 10:45. I’ve seen center orchestra rows B, J and K. It’s totally random, but if you’re willing to potentially eat the cost of the other ticket(s), don’t give up — you might get better seats. Any readers [...]

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Tip For Pre-Sale

If you’re going to be ordering tickets on Tuesday, March 27, here’s some info regarding setting up your account on musictoday.com. In a nutshell: if you just submitted an email address, that’s only half of it… you should create a “shopping” account as well. This will save you some time/ headache while in the heat of [...]

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First Decent Review

By decent, I mean a review that actually touches on all the songs and gives us an idea of what to expect from Snakes & Ladders. Here’s a preview: “‘The Main Monkey Business’ is the first and certainly the most impressive of three instrumental outings. It’s interesting to see what Rush make of a piece that doesn’t have [...]

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