Nope, not the video game.
Were you aware that there are asteroids named after Geddy, Neil, and Alex?
Recently in Neil Peart Category
OK, not one of the recent ones that you could buy at Guitar Center a couple of years ago. His original Slingerland kit, used from Fly By Night to 2112, is now up for auction on Ebay. Shells, only, no stands or snare. Auction ends August 9, 2009.
Well, the tour's over and Neil's updated his site for August.
On the hazards of playing at a casion in Atlantic City:
The arena in Atlantic City was inside a garish casino, where the management held back (denied us and our fans) the front section of seats. Those were “comped” to the “high rollers” (by definition, big losers), and thus we looked out from the stage at the first few rows (the ones we could see most) filled with people who had no idea why they were there except that it was free.In contrast to our real fans farther back, who would mortgage their Hemispheres picture discs, and perhaps internal organs, to get closer to the stage, we were confronted by mild curiosity at best, and at worst, rude indifference. As the show went on, we started to see empty seats where bored big losers had slipped away, a woman looking down and texting through whole songs, and a pair of slack-jawed, sulking teens (the Beavis and Butthead of the Guitar Hero generation—as Cartman from “South Park” says in the hilarious sample that Geddy uses in “The Trees,” “Real guitars are for old people”) actually yawning. Anyone would agree that yawning is not appropriate behavior at a rock concert. (Vomiting, yes, but not yawning.)
There's more about riding on the East coast and New England, riding without a helmet, looking forward to some time off, and some photos as well.
Big update on Neilpeart.net on Neil's motorcycle travels in Puerto Rico, Florida, and the Southwest, along with assorted bits of news and lots of photos, as usual.
Andrew Olson's posted a bunch of Neil Peart's Modern Drummer Ask a Pro columns from 1982 to 1993. Worth reading, there's some good stuff there.
According to the Buddy Rich Drum Company's MySpace page, Neil's confirmed to play at the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert in October 2008.
Neil's posted a summary of what he's been up to in the last couple of months (time in Quebec, preparing for the next leg of the tour, reviewing live album stuff) and shares some photos and mentions taking up the marimba again.
Neil Peart has updated his "book club" page—Bubba's Book Club: Issue 9 - February, 2008. Five books are reviewed in this issue:
This Is Your Life — John O’Farrell
The Emperor’s Children — Claire Messud
Unfinished Journey (Twenty Years Later) — Yehudi Menuhin
This Is Your Brain on Music — Daniel J. Levitin
Metal Swarm (The Saga of Seven Suns - Book 6) — Kevin J. Anderson
