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Rush mocks kids for wanting to live

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:43:00 +0000

What fresh Orwellian hell is this?

Steel yourselves, kids. President Obama dared to stand in front of children -- "human shields," according to Rush Limbaugh -- when discussing gun control measures. Limbaugh straightened him out by making fun of those kids. (Weepy voice: "They don't want to die." Then he simulated crying.)

(Some Fox gasbag agreed: "Is there no level to which the left won't stoop ...") You know the drill.

Via Media Matters:

Rush also threw his weight behind the NRA's flying too close to the sun ad which called the president an "elitist hypocrite" for having a security detail while you don't:

Vindication for disco (Donna Summer) and arty prog-rock (Rush)

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:34:00 +0000

Randy Newman's glad he didn't have to do anything drastic to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The members of Rush are choosing to let bygones be bygones. And Quincy Jones, well, he's still mad.

For most of this year's inductees, inclusion was a long time coming.

"I'm very happy," the 69-year-old Newman said Monday from his home in Los Angeles. "I thought I'd have to die first, but I'm glad I'm around to see it."

Newman is joined in the 2013 class by the eclectic group of rockers Rush and Heart, rap group Public Enemy, "Queen of Disco" Donna Summer and bluesman Albert King. Jones and his friend Lou Adler will enter the hall as Ahmet Ertegun Award winners for their contributions to rock beyond performance.

They will be inducted into the hall of fame April 18 in Los Angeles. The ceremony will mark the end of a long wait for fans of five of those six acts, who've been eligible for entry for some time. Public Enemy was inducted on its first ballot appearance, swelling the ranks of hip-hop entries.

In many ways, the 2013 class balances the scales, though not nearly soon enough for some new members.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame overlooks legends again

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:13:00 +0000

It's a wildly incomplete list, but at least they finally gave us a Rush we can be happy for. When the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees were announced out of Cleveland Thursday, they included a list of music idols straight outta Compton — and Ontario.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame may be shredding its way toward its 30th anniversary, yet the notion of enshrining an art form forever mentioned in the same breath as sex and drugs is still somehow paradoxical. The Grammys and VMAs celebrate the moment, and with that, the fleeting, youthful exuberance of popular music. The Hall of Fame, which an artist can only qualify for 25 years after a first record release, honors the durability of popular music, the power of certain acts to transcend time and retain their hold on our hearts and imaginations over the span of decades. Geddy Lee, meet Flavor Flav.