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tlJe spzrzt OJ July '97 Issue 39. THIS ISSUE IS DEDICATED TO JANET AND ANDREW. Welcome one and all to the last responded to this request at all, Hello and Goodbye to: Ray, "spirit" before the convention. I sorry. Monica, Jimmy, Brad, ' B' Man do hope you have your tickets (Go for that book mate), Chris Editorial Address: already because it's shaping up This issue is an end of tour & Cheryl (I look forward to the to be a fantastic day. I f you do special report about our (Janet, wedding), Keith Nixon & 23 Garden Close, not already have yours order Andrew and myself) trip to friends, Tom (Mad Jock) ChinbrookRoad, NOW' Using the enclosed Canada for the last 4 shows of Cornell, Andy (Where's the CD Grove Park, order form . Only £12.00 (same the t4e tour. We met many pal?!?) Faulkner, The elusive London, SE 12 9TG. as last year) for a four hour people from all over the globe Dawn(one day we'll meet), England longer, 12 hour Rush fest for (who I'm sure Andrew has congratulations to Stewart and all. Two cover bands this time, name checked) had a wonder Rebecca on their engagement Editor: Mick Burnett - [email protected] The Jack Secret Show will end ful week site seeing and of (looking forward to Oct 4th the evening with a 3 hour course at the shows. I would already), Sean McCabe. All the Co-editor:stewart Gilray - show, before TJSS "Tom personally like to thank Anna Dutch, German, French, [email protected] Sawyer" will hit the stage for at SRO/ Anthem for her gra Brazilian, American & Cana Typist: Janet Balmer an hour. NOT downstairs as ciousness and Tim at the Orbit dian people we met who made Layout: Janet Balmer; Stewart last year but upstairs in a Room for his patience, in the the trip a memorable one. If I Gilray proper concert hall with a huge face of so many drunken Rush somehow managed to forget Printers: Blue Print Printers 10,000 watt PA and lighting fans (although I'm sure he's you I'm sorry .... I did not do it Contributors: ;Andrew Field; used to it by now). It was a real Stewart Gilray; Steve Adams; Janet rig. 4 or 5 memorabilia stalls on purpose, it's just the age I Balmer. SRO/Anthem . selling all sorts of Rush related pleasure to finally meet both of guess. items, the famous giant video you at last. Photo Credits:Janet Balmer; Mick screen with a full stereo sound This issue was brought to you Burnett. system showing Rush video Tom the mad Jock from by the $dollar$ signs. See you (Music & interviews) including Edinburgh was at the Montreal on the 30th of August. convention and anything else new concert/interview footage show before we arrived for the you want. Let's make it an from the t4e tour all day. Bar final 4, he has written a piece Next issue is our 40th issue, issue to remember. open all day 2pm to 2am about his experiences and it which happens to be our 10th selling food as well as what will see print next issue. (no anniversary issue as well. you ALL want drinky poos. room this time I'm afraid Tom) Please send in reviews of the Only four weeks to go, so order it's worth the wait though your tickets now! For a day to believe me. remember and tell the grand children all about when you' re Yet another mention of Tiles. ~ush Convention old and grey. Worth it alone for Chris Herin informs me that ~ the t4e tour items which Fence the Clear (mentioned last Leicester University Anthem have provided tor the issue) will be available here in Saturday 30th August '97 raffle. See you all on August Europe in September, on the 2pm - 2am 30th or else! inside out label (Germany) distributed by SPY. As I said The Jack Secret Show Last issue I asked for people to last issue give it a try/chance, + Support send in details if you need/can after a couple of plays you will Tickets £12.00 from editorial address. offer a lift to anyone, to/from love it as well. Leicester. I' m afraid no one 2 DISTANT EARLY WARNINGS 2 studio or not 2 studio. Re-Re-Masters. Yeah they're back again, all the re-mastered albums, including Guess what, it's happened, there are going to be another 2 the studio albums before the next live album. Our friendly fIrst 3 live albums have just been released by Mercury on July 14th. This also includes the 2 Retrospective CDs. All CD's Canadian musicians intend to complete writing the new cost £9.99 apart from the Retros which I believe are £12.99 studio album by the end of this year, to enter the studio in January of '98. THE "We're just so pumped up right now, it makes sense for us JACK SECRET to do another studio album as soon as we can." Geddy SHOW Lee. TISS A TRIBUTE TO RUSH Gigs glorious gigs, yes that's right TJSS will actually have some gigs other than the Convention. In issue 40 there will be a list of Vertigo. dates. At the moment all the dates are based in Oxfordshire, but further afIeld shows will follow soon. The fIrst of the two Toronto shows was fIlmed properly so it looks like we may get a live video instead of a live The fIrst confIrmed date is November 5th at the Marlborough album fIrst. I'm currently waiting on confIrmation on this club in Didcot. This is not a TJSS gig but a special for local from SROIAnthem, but let's keep our fmgers crossed. music shop Broadway Music, who have just become PRS main dealers in the South West. Other bands will be playing, Special If it is to be released then expect it before Christmas. guest\vill be the American guitarist Michael Angelo + others TBA. The Gorge - Washington State. 3 .. copyright N.Peart RETURN OF THE www.trainspotter.com World Wide Wank* A band as (a) popular with the geeks, various addresses at some point. don't they all). There are links to other and (b) apparently technology-friendly so metIme, somewhere in this hallowed sites, which is fine, but the fact that the as Rush was always bound to have a publication. For now you have to simply bulk of the material is there as well only shed load of accompanying internet/web put up with a quick summary of the ones serves to beg the question: Why do it in site/information superhighway stuff. And I looked at. the first place? the fact that Neil Peart refers to it all For starters I checked out what I The "Wall Of Sound" (http://www. using the above phrase is refreshing in figured were the most important ones; wallofsound.com/artists/ru shlindex.html) site extremis. I'm no technophobe (welL not t he Atlantic Records official site (http:// is also new, and obviously part of a much), but the internet still seems to feature.atlantic-records.com/rush/). and the bigger venture. Much like a (decent) me like a pretty sad way for people to NMS home page (http://syrinx.umd.edu/rush. record company site (or one of Carling spend their time - whether they're html). Atlantic's was crap, particularly or Sky's dub sites for premier league creating it, browsing through it or since I don't have a 'javascript facility', footy lovers). it co ncentrates purely on downloading ancient porno pictures of whatever that information, and is of some use. I also Sam Fox. might be. found it very easy to get around and E-mail is one thing ... a great quick to respond to the mouse dick. thing; a cheap, simple, easy Finally on to the few OTT homage sites (quick) way to keep in touch I managed to get through before giving with friends across the up. "By-Tor's Rush World" lhttp:// globe without the pressure pages.prodigy.com/by-torsl world.htm), of having to write a compiled by 16-year-old joseph lengthy letter to seemingly 'By-To r' Elswick has no images make it all worthwhile. But and little information of merit t h is web site stuff. .. where and is thus simply dull; "Boszo's will it all end? Rush 'Page" (http://davincijpte. hu/ __ As a journalist by trade I katonaklboszo/genelrushlrush. htm) is (l fully appreciate the think) in Scandinavian; "Deep Rush information-providing Thoughts" (http://www.netexpress. netl benefits of the Web (call up rpakJdrt.html) is just a bunch of sad Yahoo! and you can gen up on virtually The site looks dulL fa n quotes (mostly from Ruth anything), but as a human being I can't and the only thing Goodman) compiled from the for the life of me fathom out why people you can really do is NMS following an idea by Ch uck would wa'nt to waste time setting up get hold of audio/ Wolff; "Rush.YYZ" (http://www. web sites to simply show a world that video soundbites of Test geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/2663/) couldn't give a flying f OO 0 what they For Echo (still "just released" according to sa dly isn't the SOR home page but the think of Gillian Anderson's tattoo, this obviously regularly updated site) . work of another homage:: paying member Hanson's haircuts, how well endowed On the other hand, the NMS site is the of the public (1 8-year-oldguitarist Ben the cast of Friends is, or what they think Lord and Master.