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Natural Science
I'm back! I've been putting this post off because frankly, I doubt my ability to do justice to the song. Still, I ought to try.
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Different Strings
I can find lots of different things to enjoy in a song, but somewhere high on the list sits a good beat, something that makes me want to get up and jump around. When I'm shopping and "Dancing With Myself" starts playing on the store speakers, I get stoked. You know what "Different Strings" utterly lacks? Yeah. You guessed it. A good beat ( Read more... ) -
Entre Nous
In my last post I mentioned that I wasn't looking forward to the next two. I respect this song musically and the lyrics are certainly not bad, but they don't do anything for me either. Now that I listen to music on computers and have playlists, I avoid this song entirely. Just between us, the spaces between "Freewill" and "Natural Science" leave ( Read more... ) -
Jacob's Ladder
This has been the hardest review for me to get around to. I think "Jacob's Ladder" rocks pretty hard, but for some reason, I just don't like it. I don't dislike it, either. I have no strong emotional attachment to it at all. It is much less fun than World of Tanks. Must try to focus. Must not click on World of Tanks again ( Read more... ) -
Driving class, part two: Acura TSX review
Our class leader at the Mid-Ohio School really loves Hondas and made a point of thanking Honda for all they do as sponsors of the school. According to Dave, their last set of class cars went 300,000 miles without an engine breakdown - and while I'm sure he meant total, not per car, those would be miles spent entirely on the autocross or track, so ( Read more... ) -
High Performance Driving Class at the Mid-Ohio School
Two sentence summary: Full of valuable info, but I would have liked more one on one instruction. Probably still the best course available at the price. I am completely sold on sending L to their teen defensive driving course when she gets her license.
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Freewill
This song contains all the things that make people love or hate Rush. Screeching vocals? The way Geddy sings "cell" is legendary. Pomposity? The subject of free will vs predestination still perplexes leading minds in theology, psychology, biology, and philosophy. My Existentialism professor made his name on a book called On Being Free. Sure, they ( Read more... ) -
For no reason except my recent reading for pleasure
General George S. Patton, hell yeah. -
The Spirit of Radio
Is there a more iconic guitar riff in the entire Rush discography? Three notes instantly generate extreme rocking out. Millions of people work hard and accomplish less ( Read more... ) -
La Villa Strangiato
It's going to be really hard to write this post, because my impression is that "La Villa Strangiato" has a lot of musical compositional tricks in its metaphorical bag, and I don't know musical theory much ( Read more... )