We Are Merely Players, Performers and Portrayers

If there are any Rush fans reading this, I DEFINITELY recommend getting tickets for the second leg of their Snakes and Arrows tour. I saw them last night in the New Orleans Arena, and it was an awesome show. Unsurprisingly, they played a decent amount of material from their new album of the same name, but no Rush concert is complete without a litany of their classics. They kicked it off with Limelight, the song that first got me interested in the band. Tom Sawyer, YYZ, The Spirit of Radio all followed; they played Witch Hunt and Red Barchetta, both from their brilliant Moving Pictures album. They also played the first two parts of their prog-rock epic 2112, which in its entirety is 20-some minutes long. Neil Peart demonstrated once again why he is the best drummer on earth with a 10-minute solo during which he put all of his massive wrap-around kit to good use, and guitarist Alex Lifeson and bassist Geddy Lee tore it up with the energy and chemistry that makes Rush such a legendary band. Go see them, it's an absolutely amazing show.

I have been trying my hand at writing songs again recently, and I have discovered that I'm still terrible at it. For some reason all of my songs are essentially about the same thing, and since I have no idea how to read/write actual music, what I end up with is a mediocre collection of poems that leave no question as to how much of a bitter and cynical asshole I am. Gives me something to do during meetings, though. I have a bunch of them saved on here and I keep going back and attempting to revise, thinking that at some point I will have an epiphany and write Lennon-esque lyrics. Right. Perhaps I should just concentrate on learning to drum.