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Trapped Inside This Octavarium

I’m sure Facebook is tired of my music postings…so here we go. As much as I loath Mike Portnoy, it does not get better than this. This is musical perfection…   . Is it Shareworthy?

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New Rush Single!

I’m a little late with this, but… The full 7:20-minute version of Headlong Flight is now available for streaming online at RollingStone.com! This comes as a surprise since we had been under the impression that the track wouldn’t be released until tomorrow. In fact, UK digital radio station Planet Rock put out a press release [...]

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3 And a Half Minutes I’ll Never Get Back

WTF?   . Is it Shareworthy?

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RIP Greg Ham

All the news about Levon Helm yesterday, this one slipped through my news filters. IT WAS an upbeat, sunny riff, but the legacy of the flute solo in Men At Work’s mega-hit single Down Under had long soured for Greg Ham. ”I’m terribly disappointed that that’s the way I’m going to be remembered – for [...]

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Which Would You Pick?

What a tragedy last night. Here’s the “winner”…  …and here’s who SHOULD HAVE FRICKING WON….   Is it Shareworthy?

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