Ten For Tuesday Ep 19: All Rush All The Time

In honor to the band Rush and to commemorate the road trip to see them in San Antonio I offer you the listener with this special bonus podcast. Rush has such a huge catalog of music to choose from so in an effort to whittle the possibilities down I decided to concentrate on my favorite period of their music. My favorite period is from three consecutive albums (Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals) which actually straddles a line drawn by a lot of Rush fans, that being between Moving Pictures and Signals. Since I'm not a conventional guy or even normal according to my friends and family though this is my favorite period of the bands music. To be honest I could almost include all of the songs on any of these albums on a list such as this but since I am limited to ten I had to make some hard choices. Here they are:

The Spirit Of Radio
Subdivision
Freewill
New World Man
Digital Man
Tom Sawyer
The Analog Kid
The Camera Eye
Limelight
YYZ



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The Road To Rush

At last the day has come for a road trip, Tommy (my brother from other parents) and his son Chris brought me along with them once again to see Rush. The idea we have is to go someplace we've never seen before and it was decided that we would travel to San Antonio, Texas. After about eight hours on the road (and a traffic jam in Austin) we arrived at our hotel and promptly went down to the Riverwalk to do the tourist thing. I had some Huevos Rancheros which I've never had before and more things are lined up for tomorrow. The best thing of course is seeing Rush, for me it will be my eighth time.

I think that every so often it's good to get away from things and relax, whether by yourself or with close friends, whichever works best for you. Tommy and I intend to work on some lyrics while we are here and hopefully the trip will jumpstart us creatively.  We'll try and poke around the town in the short time we have. Below are pictures of my dinner and the view from our room. Look for a special new episode of Ten For Tuesday of all Rush tomorrow and new notmovingpictures will be coming soon as well.

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Ten For Tuesday Episode 18

It's only been two weeks and I actually got another episode of Ten For Tuesday done. What's more, there should be another bonus episode in the next few days so pay attention! Music for this episode comes from Amsterdam, The UK, The States, Japan, Peru, Argentine and Canada. The track list is as follows:

Jaya The Cat - Here Comes The Drums
The Skints - Rise Up
Casper Loma Da Wa - How The West Was Won
X - Country At War
The Nerves- Hanging On The Telephone
Mission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
Oi Skall Mates - Nutty Sound
Olaya Sound System - Innocente
Anabella - No Me Conviene
The Real McKenzies - Scots Wha' Ha'e



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Actually

This one came to me somewhere around the 6th of November. It's been a good month or so for me as far as writing lyrics at least. If you can guess what it's about then you're probably not much of a mind reader. I think it's rather clear and to the point unlike most of what I write. Still, by the time it gets worked on for an actual song it will probably change a lot. Once it does I'll try and remember to post it and contrast what it is from what it was.     You always talk a good game Open your mouth and Expect me to follow Snap your fingers and Tell me to listen not Do what you do.................actually   Is this the dream life you thought of Clashing verbiage when you fall down Surrounded by moments of joy Is this how you bury your sorrow.......actually   The things I do that you hate Are fine enough for you to imitate the looking glass never shows the truth Your eyes are covered by a mask........actually   Multiple cult of personalities gather Behind the curtain of dark gray matter Do the linguistic dance mix patter Blame it all on cultural diversity......actually   Conflicting interests far too frequently Never claimed to be a mind reader Come down off the pedestal you chose Come join me in a real world alliance....actually

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Swimming In The Sewer

I wrote this one on the 7th while listening to a band called Jaya The Cat. It seems pretty self explanatory to me but who knows, maybe somebody else will get a different meaning from it.

They say that nothing in life is free

Man they got that right

Ever since I was pushed out

It’s all been struggle and strife

You can talk all you want

About the way it should be

I’m down here swimming

In the sewer with the animals….actually

They say nothing is owed in life

Man they got that right

Every time I try to make a turn

I’m plagued by a man with no sight

If I ask for a helping hand

Is anybody even gonna listen

Meanwhile I’m still swimming

In the sewer watching the animals…..actually

Just let me take a step, take a step

Before the next wave crashes down

Just let me have a little dream, little dream

Before it all comes crashing down

They said I’d never amount to nothing

Man they got that right

Learned my lessons being pushed

Never chose the nine to five

Still I can hold my head up high

I took everything that I earned

That’s why I’m a shark swimming

In the sewer with the animals…..actually

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Waiting

Waiting

Scurrying from door to door

Papers multiplying in your hands

So busy in appearance

So little work actually done

Watching you do this

As my life slowly fades away

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movingpictures Episode 17: The Boner Ep

Right on the heels of Episode 16 comes number 17, the bonus episode. This extra episode is long overdue. Since I've had such a problem with getting these things done in a timely manner I bore down and got it done early for once. This episodes music is:

The Skids - Of One Skin
Demolition 23 - Nothins Alright
The Lemonheads - The Great Big No
Joey Kneiser - He Put It In The Soul Of Everyone
The Cars - You're All I've Got Tonight
The Smithereens - Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Ain't So heavy
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
Rancid - If The Kids Are United


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Podcast Alert: Ten For Tuesday Episode 16 Is Ready

Episode 16 of my amazing musical podcast is now ready. Go to www.tenfortuesday.podomatic.com to download, subscribe, etc or just click on the player below. This episodes playlist is:

The Jam - Modern World
Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone
Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All
Nine Below Zero - 11 + 11
The Slackers - Cooking For Tommy (live)
Sugar - Changes
The Beatdown - It's Alright
Chuck Prophet - Love Won't Keep Us Apart
Satelite Kingston - La Ultima Carta
The Dualers - I Won't Let You Go



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