Chaz and Schatz burst back through the podcast portal scratching like two men who just sat on a cactus made entirely of Rush vinyl. What starts as a quick catch-up turns into a full-blown Rush news avalanche: rehearsal rumors, Annika taking the drum throne, and the surprise addition of keyboard wizard Lorne Gold.
Along the way, the boys debate tribute bands and discover that Alex will soon be tending bar on Canadian television like the world’s most progressive bartender.
Listener mail rolls in from a steelworker who accidentally turned his car dashboard into the Starship Enterprise while listening to Subdivisions, a Canadian golden retriever named Maple who howls along to Tom Sawyer, and a dad using 2112 on vinyl to teach his kid the ancient lost art of listening to an entire side of a record.
THIS WEEK’S SONG: The Pass – Presto (1989)
Neil tackles the difficult subject of teen suicide in one of the band’s most emotionally direct songs. Chaz and Schatz dig into the lyrics, the message behind them, and why Geddy Lee considers it one of the band’s most meaningful accomplishments—even if the production screams late-80s adult contemporary Rush.
All that and more as the rash continues to itch.
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