RUSH Playing “Tom Sawyer” on Rock Band at "The Colbert Report"

Rush attempt to play their song “Tom Sawyer” on Rock Band backstage prior to their appearance on The Colbert Report.

And, in case you missed it, here is Geddy, Alex and Neil's appearance on the show last week:

ROOT BOY SLIM & THE SEX CHANGE BAND WITH THE ROOTETTES - Debut LP, 1978

Now see here: I make a point of never posting actual LPs. The only reason I'm posting the debut LP (1978, Warner Bros.) of D.C. freak-funk legend Root Boy Slim is because A) I happen to be from Our Nation's Fair Capital and had never heard their first jaw-dropping, ass-shaking slab of discoid Beefheart until this very day, B) It was in print on CD for about five minutes, and now the only copy for sale on Amazon is listed at $135.00, and C) "My Wig Fell Off" is my New All-Time Fave Rave:

"Tryin' to pass for eighteen/Is a tough thing to do/You can't make it in the disco/When you're forty-two/Been looking for love/Every disco in town/My wig's gettin' shaky/My truss is slippin' down... [Chorus] My wig fell off/Hand my toupee to me/I'm quittin' the disco/I'm almost forty-three..."

(Well, not quite yet. But not too far off...!) Big-ass shout-outs to Camarillo Brillo for this one.

"Gimme back my dentures/'Fore I have to use kung fu!"

ROOT BOY SLIM & THE SEX CHANGE BAND WITH THE ROOTETTES
S/T Debut LP - Warner Bros. Records - 1978 (STU)
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TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS - Hollywood, CA 2008

Last show attended: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl on June 25, 2008.

Last show posted: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl on June 25, 2008.

One Traveling Wilburys tune, two or three choice B-sides, two numbers with opener Steve Winwood, an epic cover of "Gloria," and oh so very many hits...

With big honkin' thanks to Girl on LSD.

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA - June 25, 2008 (AUD)
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U2 - Mexico City, 1997

Just got back from Ireland, and boy is my shillelagh tired.

Not a big fan of U2's "ironic disco" phase...hell, not really a big U2 fan at all. But I did happen to catch their infamous PopMart Tour at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and -- with the help of my bro David D. and about nine hits of ecstasy -- managed to have a righteous blast. "Bullet the Blue Sky", with its Roy Lichtenstein jetfighter combat graphics across that vast goddamn video screen, was absolutely fantasterrific -- especially from way up top at the rim of the stadium, where we climbed in order to behold the entire stage, the crowd, the universe, man.

People thought of PopMart as a bad joke at the time. But here we are now and gone are the days of stadium concerts, it seems...I mean, what band of the last ten or fifteen years could even come close to filling stadiums for an entire tour?

Love it or hate it, here's a nifty document of the production, a 2000 fan club-only release entitled Hasta la Vista Baby! The fact that the best thing about the show is the opener, a slammin' technoid remix of M's 1979 hit "Pop Muzik", kinda says it all...

U2 "Hasta la Vista Baby!"
Foro Sol - Mexico City, Mexico - December 3, 1997 (SBD)
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