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๐Ÿ“บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ @๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ โ€œ ๐™‰๐™€๐™„๐™‡ ๐™‹๐™€๐˜ผ๐™๐™ : ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š โ€ Run time: ~90 min plus a 15 min Epilogue Iโ€™ll attempt to give an honest review of this documentary, however, I may be significantly biased๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ To date, I have two tattoos One in memory of the daughter I lost๐Ÿ˜” ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด - The Pass My second tattoo is a reminder of my time ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด and my own journey on the healing road. Itโ€™s a Rush โ€˜starmanโ€™ in honor of the man who helped me ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด. Following Neilโ€™s death in 2020, I added his signature above the star, in tribute to the man I never met, yet impacted my life in many ways๐ŸŒ… Back to the documentaryโ€ฆ I knew at times it is definitely a tearjerker๐Ÿฅฒ The first watery eyes came in the opening scene๐Ÿฅบwith Alex and Geddy sharing a toast to their lost friend and fellow bandmate๐Ÿฅƒ Then for the next hour+ the documentary focuses on Neil Peart, the musician, the lyricist, the drummerโ€™s drummer, and greatest rock percussionist of all time๐Ÿ Watching Danny Carey of Tool play 2112 is incredible๐Ÿค˜ The documentary does an excellent job explaining what made Neilโ€™s musicianship so special๐Ÿ˜Š Itโ€™s in the final 20 minutes when the tears really start flowing๐Ÿฅฒ Neilโ€™s loss of his daughter and wife, his 55,000 mile solo motorcycle ride and his return to stage were covered too quickly IMHO. I understand ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š focused on Neilโ€™s craft thru his fellow drummers, but I would like to see a companion documentary called ๐™‰๐™š๐™ž๐™ก ๐™‹๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ: ๐™‚๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง. It would focus on Neilโ€™s healing road journey and final decade touring with the band๐Ÿ๏ธ Hearing Geddy or Alex read passages from ๐™‚๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง: ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™–๐™™ will always bring a tear to my eye๐Ÿฅฒ Using Neilโ€™s lyrics for โ€˜๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™ to highlight his aging body struggling with commitment to perfection was brilliant Tears continue to flow when his friends share their thoughts on Neilโ€™s final years following his brain cancer diagnosis, but I completely lost it when I saw his beloved motorcycles hanging up on the wall๐Ÿ˜ญ โ€œ โ€ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎโ€ฆโ€โ˜ ๏ธ To understand why this line hit me hard read Post 5/ of ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ends on a happier note with a 15 min Epilogue. Geddy and Alex playing with other drummers may have accelerated their decision to play Rush๐Ÿค˜music live again. The Epilogue includes Anika Niles and her thoughts on their upcoming R50 Something tour๐Ÿฅฐ ๐™‰๐™€๐™„๐™‡ ๐™‹๐™€๐˜ผ๐™๐™ : ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š is a incredible and moving documentary, but spent relatively little time of a key period of his life ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ Thank you Neil for bearing your baby soul and writing ๐™‚๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง: ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™–๐™™ It helped๐Ÿ™ See post 7/ of ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐Ÿ‘‡ Another reviewerโ€™s take๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘‰ xitter.cf/rushrand/status/210063โ€ฆ
๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€? January 7, 2020, we lost โ€œThe Professorโ€๐Ÿ˜” And rarely does a day goes by in those 4 yrs, I donโ€™t reflect on my gratitude to Neil for saving my life. Some may ask๐Ÿค”?.. โ€œWhoโ€™s this Neil Peart? Is this some kind of personal story by a fan?โ€ Answer: Iโ€™ll tell ya about Neil and Yes, yes it is๐Ÿ‘ so if U๐ŸซตR someone who reads these stories from strangers, and just hears.. ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ, ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ-๐˜ฃ๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜, ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ-๐˜ญ๐˜ข-๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ. ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ-๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜? ๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜!.. ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜‰ Then plz ignore this personal story Others may ask๐Ÿค”?.. โ€œsaved my life?๐Ÿ›Ÿ Tell me more๐Ÿฟ If U๐Ÿซต got the blah-blah joke๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ˜Š If ya didnโ€™t get the joke๐Ÿ™„.. but still wish to read anyway๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›Good luck Grab a hotโ˜•๏ธ or cold๐Ÿบ .. itโ€™s kinda long๐Ÿ‘‡
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Another @RushRand Concert Review: ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป Oct 5, 2026 PHX Outdoor Amphitheater Iโ€™ve seen Chevelle twice before. Iโ€™ve seen Breaking Benjamin two or three times before. So I knew what to expect. @RushRand Concert Rateโ€™n: ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜/5 Picked up a GA pit ticket for an up-close experience๐Ÿค˜ I know the sound isnโ€™t mixed for the pit, but damn๐Ÿ˜ณ the bass was overpowering. No midrange๐Ÿคจ With or without ear plugs, the sound was worse than expected. Oh well, I was upfront for the rock energy๐Ÿค˜ and to test my physical limits for standing๐Ÿ˜ฉ With a back surgery less than two month ago, my neurosurgeon said standing would be fine and I should โ€œlisten to my bodyโ€ (no mosh pitโ€™n tho๐Ÿคฃ) Pain mgmt pills worked their magic, so one๐Ÿค˜is for making it to the end of the concert. Training for another round of multi-hour standing in the pit for Staind and Seether next week๐Ÿ˜Š Hereโ€™s some vid clips from the show๐Ÿ‘‡surprisingly, the sound captured is better than my live experience๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐™๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™€๐™“๐™: 2/๐Ÿ‘‡More vid clips/photos
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3/ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ โ€ข ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป 2026 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ Hereโ€™s a couple of the better photos and the review of Breaking Benjamin from 2 yrs ago๐Ÿ‘‡.. along with STAIND๐Ÿค˜ Currently โ€˜on the railโ€™ at tonightโ€™s STAIND โ€ข Seether show๐Ÿ˜Ž.. feeling good now, weโ€™ll see how I feel 7 hours from now๐Ÿฅบ Concert review forthcoming๐Ÿ‘
Another @RushRand Concert Review: ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—— โ€ข ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ 10/18/24 PHX๐ŸŒตOutdoors๐Ÿฅถ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ rocked๐Ÿค˜Blue collar country pulled off duel ๐ŸŽคlead singers๐ŸŽค ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† was awesome. See 4/4๐Ÿ‘‡ Not the first American Idol Iโ€™ve seen, but definitely the best๐Ÿคฉ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—— made the concert for me๐Ÿ‘ Iโ€™ve seen STAIND live before and this show was even better. The range of Aaron Lewisโ€™ voice from soulful to headbanger does it for me. This was 4โญ๏ธ show if the concert ended with Aaron Lewisโ€™ political endorsement๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (refer to 2/4๐Ÿ‘‡) but โ€ฆafter a great show, the showโ€™s headliner was nextโ€ฆ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป .. and theyโ€™re good๐Ÿค˜ @RushRand Concert Rateโ€™n: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ซ/5 ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜› ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ @breakingbenj ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‰๐˜‰. ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‰๐˜‰ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐Ÿฅต.. ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜‰ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ. See 4/4๐Ÿ‘‡for explanation๐Ÿคจ 1/4
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Follow up on Post 3/๐Ÿ‘† of the ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ โ€ข ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป concert review๐Ÿ‘‡ Made it thru the entire ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—— โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ concert๐Ÿค˜ Great show and personal accomplishment๐Ÿ˜Ž See attached concert review for details and some incredible clips and photos๐Ÿ‘‡
Another @RushRand Concert Review๐Ÿค˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—— โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Oct 13, 2026 PHX Outdoor Amphitheater ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 25๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ STAIND is one of those bands whose songs touch my soul๐Ÿ–ค I find Aaron Lewisโ€™ voice both hauntly sad and uplifting. His lyrics speak to me with my favorite STAIND song being โ€œ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™”๐™ค๐™ชโ€ Hearing it live turned this great concert into an awesome experience๐Ÿ˜Ž @RushRand Concert Rateโ€™n: ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜/5 1/ Enjoy this ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช video and my concert photography. I call this one โ€œ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จโ€๐Ÿ‘‡Kudos to the set designer for the entendres๐Ÿ‘Š For more ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ vid clips, scroll๐Ÿ‘‡to posts 2/ and 3/ of this concert review For any ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ fans๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿค˜see Post 4/๐Ÿ‘‡ Post 5/ has videos of the tour openerโ€™s 3 hit songs๐Ÿ‘‡ @staind @seether @Hoobastank @hindermusic @Aaronlewismusic ๐™๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™€๐™“๐™: 2/๐Ÿ‘‡More STAIND videos๐Ÿค˜
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Another @RushRand Concert Review๐Ÿค˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—— โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Oct 13, 2026 PHX Outdoor Amphitheater ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 25๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ STAIND is one of those bands whose songs touch my soul๐Ÿ–ค I find Aaron Lewisโ€™ voice both hauntly sad and uplifting. His lyrics speak to me with my favorite STAIND song being โ€œ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™”๐™ค๐™ชโ€ Hearing it live turned this great concert into an awesome experience๐Ÿ˜Ž @RushRand Concert Rateโ€™n: ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜/5 1/ Enjoy this ๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช video and my concert photography. I call this one โ€œ๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ๐™„๐™‰๐˜ฟ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จโ€๐Ÿ‘‡Kudos to the set designer for the entendres๐Ÿ‘Š For more ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ vid clips, scroll๐Ÿ‘‡to posts 2/ and 3/ of this concert review For any ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ fans๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿค˜see Post 4/๐Ÿ‘‡ Post 5/ has videos of the tour openerโ€™s 3 hit songs๐Ÿ‘‡ @staind @seether @Hoobastank @hindermusic @Aaronlewismusic ๐™๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™€๐™“๐™: 2/๐Ÿ‘‡More STAIND videos๐Ÿค˜
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4/ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—— โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Concert Review: ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 25๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ First time seeing Seether๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ and they did not disappoint๐Ÿค˜ 18 months ago Iโ€™d plan to see them, until I got a better offer๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Seether concert < babysit grandkids If you read post 3/๐Ÿ‘†then ya know I wasnโ€™t going to miss this October 13th show. If youโ€™re a causal ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ fan, enjoy these clips๐Ÿ‘‡ The red timer in the background counted down their 60min setโณ Seether had a sexy hot chick dressed like a pavarotti photographer posing around the stage. Might be able to spot her in some of the clips๐Ÿ‘‡Assume sheโ€™s part of some performative art, possible Peart tribute, highlighting the ever present ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ while ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ?๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Hey @seether๐Ÿ‘‹ great show๐Ÿ‘Š Are you Rush๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ fans? ๐™๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™€๐™“๐™: 5/๐Ÿ‘‡remember Hoobastank?
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5/ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—— โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Concert Review: ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 25๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ Remember that hit song by Hinder? Here it is๐Ÿ‘‡ Remember that hit song by Hoobastank? The one that begins.. ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐ŸŽถ Here it is๐Ÿ‘‡ Hoobastank actually has two hit songs. Hereโ€™s the other one๐Ÿ‘‡ Last week I attended the Breaking Benjamin-Chevelle show at the same venue. [๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ] The sound was crap and each band had to set their own LED back drops. This increased the transition time between bands. This tour was well coordinated with each band using the same backstage LED board. Improved the show and saved time. The sound quality was a definite improvement from last week. Great job @hindermusic @Hoobastank Credit also to the ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 25๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜/5 ****************** ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™  ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ 4/๐Ÿ‘† ๐™Ž๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฅ๐™๐™š๐™ง. ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™–๐™™. ******************* ๐Ÿ™Thanks for reading @RushRand๐Ÿ‘Š
Another @RushRand Concert Review: ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป Oct 5, 2026 PHX Outdoor Amphitheater Iโ€™ve seen Chevelle twice before. Iโ€™ve seen Breaking Benjamin two or three times before. So I knew what to expect. @RushRand Concert Rateโ€™n: ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿค˜/5 Picked up a GA pit ticket for an up-close experience๐Ÿค˜ I know the sound isnโ€™t mixed for the pit, but damn๐Ÿ˜ณ the bass was overpowering. No midrange๐Ÿคจ With or without ear plugs, the sound was worse than expected. Oh well, I was upfront for the rock energy๐Ÿค˜ and to test my physical limits for standing๐Ÿ˜ฉ With a back surgery less than two month ago, my neurosurgeon said standing would be fine and I should โ€œlisten to my bodyโ€ (no mosh pitโ€™n tho๐Ÿคฃ) Pain mgmt pills worked their magic, so one๐Ÿค˜is for making it to the end of the concert. Training for another round of multi-hour standing in the pit for Staind and Seether next week๐Ÿ˜Š Hereโ€™s some vid clips from the show๐Ÿ‘‡surprisingly, the sound captured is better than my live experience๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ ๐™๐™‹ ๐™‰๐™€๐™“๐™: 2/๐Ÿ‘‡More vid clips/photos
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๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜Ž๐˜ˆ-๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜• ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ @๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ S1:E1 โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™จ-๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™˜๐™โ€ The first full episode of MAGA-MAN has been released !๐Ÿ‘‡ MAGA-MAN is the lightly anticipated series by @MrReaganUSA aimed towards are more right-leaning audience๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The antagonists and protagonists are loosely/ legally based on current political figures in a style reminiscent of 80s cartoons๐Ÿ‘ While this first episode started off a little slow๐Ÿฅฑโ€ฆ the pace picked up during the predictable conflict between good๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ and evilโš’๏ธโ€ฆ and if think U๐Ÿซต know who wins? Wellโ€ฆ think again, youโ€™ll have to spend ~<30 mins of your valuable time to find out๐Ÿ˜ถ โ€ฆ yes, one half of one hour is needed to watch the entire episode๐Ÿ˜ณ โ€ฆbut itโ€™s worth it๐Ÿ‘ Big Mike and Fume provide for some comedy release in the tense and engaging battle scenes๐Ÿคฃ Episode 1 was a good watch๐Ÿ‘ โ€ฆ. wasnโ€™t awesome๐Ÿซคโ€ฆ but Rush Rand happens to believe the creator is holding back his best stuff for MAGA-MAN Episode 2๐Ÿคฉ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Itโ€™s watchable๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Mr Reagan has this right-learning๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ comic superhero cartoon luvโ€™n๐Ÿฅฐ follower highly anticipateโ€™n another episode ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ If U๐Ÿซตdonโ€™t already follow @MrReaganUSA ya might want toโ€ฆ and if ya already follow @RushRand๐Ÿ‘Š Got an extra ~<30 min? , then watch it๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜•๐˜ช๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜Š๐˜๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
The first FULL EPISODE of MAGA-MAN! "The Man with the Midas Touch"
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๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜Ž๐˜ˆ-๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜• ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ @๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ S1:E2 โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ญ" PART 1 - "๐™Ž๐™๐™–๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™" From my MAGA-MAN Episode 1 Review๐Ÿ‘† โ€œ Episode 1 was a good watch๐Ÿ‘ โ€ฆ. wasnโ€™t awesome๐Ÿซคโ€ฆ but Rush Rand happens to believe the creator is holding back his best stuff for MAGA-MAN Episode 2๐Ÿคฉ โ€ After a more than six month wait, all we get is this ~9 min non-action packed setup for some future heist?!?๐Ÿ˜– Whatโ€™s the old adage? Always leave them wanting more๐Ÿซค ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†: The animation style and right-wing๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ slant remains the selling point for MAGA-MAN. @MrReaganUSA commitment to a quality product is still there๐Ÿ‘ Make sure watch past all the YouTube self promo stuff for some action scenes including a well placed Wilhelm Scream๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ If U๐Ÿซตdonโ€™t already follow @MrReaganUSA ya might want to.. and in keeping with same self promotion theme of MAGA-MAN Episode 2โ€ฆ ya might want to follow @RushRand for more great movie and concert reviews๐Ÿ‘Š
MAGA-MAN!!! Episode 2 - "The Reagan Six" Part 1 - "Shadow Banned" WATCH - SHARE - SUBSCRIBE
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๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜Ž๐˜ˆ-๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜• ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ @๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ S1:E2 โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ญ" PART 2 is available๐Ÿ‘‡itโ€™s called โ€œRogues, Scoundrels, & Charlatans" A marked improvement from PART 1๐Ÿ‘ Refer to review๐Ÿ‘†for details Elon fascination/obsession w/ Mars๐Ÿ‘ Wolverine claws๐Ÿ‘ Tho slowly, it moved the plot along๐Ÿ‘ Keep it comeโ€™n @MrReaganUSA ๐Ÿ‘Š ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ Hereโ€™s a link ๐Ÿ‘‡
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๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™„/๐™Ž๐™„/๐™’๐™๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™™๐™š๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š? I support Rounding CentersโœŠ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿคฃ We have a bunch of them out on the 303 West of Phoenix๐ŸŒต
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๐Ÿ“บ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ @๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ โ€œ ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž ๐Ÿ’š โ€ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Thereโ€™s only 3 episodes into ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž, so itโ€™s too early to review, but thereโ€™s been a riff in the GL Fandomโ€ฆ Is the series making Hal Jordan racist? Episodes 1 & 2 were awesome, great start, then came Episode3 and the โ€˜Midwest Huxtablesโ€ line in a scene set in 2016๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘(๐Ÿ‘)(๐Ÿ‘)(๐Ÿ‘) ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 3๐Ÿ‘s to be deduct if the series does not treat the Hal Jordan / Green Lantern character with the respect it deserved๐Ÿ’š โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”- ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐Ÿ˜Š If ya read my Evanescence-Electra personal story (๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ) then you understand my luv of both comic books and superhero movies๐Ÿ˜Š I enjoy watching the characters and stories I grew up reading as a teenager come to lifeโ€ฆ itโ€™s my nostalgia๐Ÿฅฐ I๐Ÿ’šHal Jordan/ Green Lantern If ya read my Evanescence-Electra personal story (๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ) then ya might assume I also enjoyed Ryan Reynoldsโ€™ 2011 movie โ€œGreen Lanternโ€๐Ÿ‘ One of the greatest runs of the Bronze Age of comics (~70s) is Green Lantern-Green Arrow #76 thru #89 by the great Neil Adams and Denny Oโ€™Neil. This story arc changed superhero comics๐Ÿ’ช GL issue #76 came out in 1970.. well before my time.. but when I collected back issues and read those comicsโ€ฆ they opened my young impressionable mind to societal issues๐Ÿ˜ณ The GL series tackled topics such as race relations, drug use, corruption and environmental activism. The relationship between Hal Jordan, Oliver Queen and The Watcher workedโ€ฆ plus GL #87 introduced the John Stewart Green Lantern characterโ€ฆ plus Neil Adams was my favorite artist๐Ÿ˜Ž .. IMHO one of the best comic runs EVER John Stewartโ€™s race plays a critical role in GL story that takes place in the early 70s. Race relations were different. Oliver and John opens their friendโ€™s eyes to street level societal problems and the Hal Jordan character evolves as a result. This was the kind of literature I enjoyed reading๐Ÿ˜Œ When HBO Max announced a Hal Jordan-John Stewart team-up series, I was hopeful the writers would remain true to both characters.. those characters I grew up reading. Hal Jordan was never a racist back in the 70s and any attempt to rewrite Halโ€™s backstory 50 yrs later will ensure this fan will write off yet another DC franchise๐Ÿ‘Ž Episode 4 drops on Sunday and Iโ€™ll watch Reminds me of the time I met Neal Adams at SD ComicCon to discuss my missed opportunity to buy a rare GL #76 art piece. See Post2/๐Ÿ‘‡ If ya read my Evanescence-Electra personal story (๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ) then ya know embedded deep in my teenage mind are the images and words of my favorite storiesโ€ฆ 50 years removed, Iโ€™m still able to recite this: โ€œ ๐˜ ๐˜‰๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜• ๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜๐˜•' ๐˜ˆ๐˜‰๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜› ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ...๐˜๐˜–๐˜ž ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜ž๐˜–๐˜™๐˜’ ๐˜๐˜–๐˜™ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜œ๐˜Œ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š... ๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹ ๐˜๐˜–๐˜ž ๐˜–๐˜• ๐˜ˆ ๐˜—๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜› ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ๐˜—๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜Œ ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜“๐˜—๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜› ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜–๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜Ž๐˜Œ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š...๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹ ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜•๐˜Œ ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜•๐˜š๐˜๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜Œ ๐˜๐˜–๐˜™ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜—๐˜œ๐˜™๐˜—๐˜“๐˜Œ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š! ๐˜–๐˜•๐˜“๐˜  ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜Œ'๐˜š ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜‰๐˜–๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜ž๐˜๐˜›๐˜...๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜’ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š! ๐˜ ๐˜ž๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜› ๐˜›๐˜– ๐˜’๐˜•๐˜–๐˜ž...๐˜๐˜–๐˜ž ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ?! ๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜š๐˜ž๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜”๐˜Œ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜›, ๐˜”๐˜™. ๐˜Ž๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜• ๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜•! โ€œ As referenced aboveโ˜๏ธ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐Ÿค˜ ๐Ÿ‘‡ xitter.cf/rushrand/status/207798โ€ฆ
DC Lanterns Official Podcast co-host doubles down on calling Hal Jordan racist: โ€œAt the end of the day, โ€˜Midwest Huxtablesโ€™ is a microaggression, and Hal knew that,โ€ she said. โ€œIโ€™ve been getting heat because I made this thread saying that Hal was a bit racist, and you know what? I stand by it.โ€ Why are these people allowed to take over properties like Green Lantern?
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2/ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜“ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ โ˜๏ธReferring to post 1/ ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ โ€œ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜‹ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜“ #76 ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€ Circa ~1978 Houston ComicCon As a teenager collecting comics with my father, the local comic book convention was the perfect place to pick up those hard-to-find back issues. At one of such Con, a vendor had an art piece that caught my attention. The vendor was selling, what he said, was a Neal Adams rejected cover for GL #76โ€ฆ the book that changed superhero comics. The seller told me DC editors rejected Neilโ€™s first cover because Green Arrow seemed to shooting Hal Jordan in the back๐Ÿ˜ณ If you read post 1/, then you know my admiration of the Neal Adams-Denny Oโ€™Neil Green Lantern-Green Arrow run. I felt this artwork was something special๐Ÿฅฐ Dad and I collected comics, not comic art. I would have to give up my entire convention allowance (plus some) to buy this piece of history. In the late 70s, a couple hundred $ could purchase a run of Steve Ditko Spider-Man comics or a piece of original comic art. We (Dad mostly) passed on the rejected cover art. At the next Houston ConicCon, I saw the same vendor with the same art. He knew my interest and lowered his price. I wanted it. I asked Dad. Dad said no. A Fatherโ€™s logic: How do you know Neal did it? It wasnโ€™t signed by the artist. It wasnโ€™t ever published and the backstory comes solely from a comic con vendor๐Ÿคฅ I donโ€™t recall which comics I purchased in leu of the unpublished art, but Iโ€™m sure they appreciated in value.. however, I never forgot my missed opportunity to purchase maybe, possibly, a Neal Adams original and piece of GL history๐Ÿ˜” Fast forward ~35 yrs, and buddy took me to the San Diego Comic Con. On the 6hr drive from PHX to SD, I told my buddy the long version of my collection Dad and I acquired, itโ€™s impact on my family, itโ€™s connection to the Edgar Church Mile High collection and the all the great artists we met back in the day๐Ÿ˜Š At SDCC, I attend an artist forum which included the legend himself, Neal Adams. As we left the room, I found myself next to Neal going down one of the convention centerโ€™s long escalators... so I had his undivided attention for the next ~40 seconds of my/his life. On the way down, I decided to get closure on my missed opportunity. I told Neal of my admiration of this artwork๐Ÿคฉ then went into the story GL #76 draft cover and how DC editors rejected due to Arrowโ€™s aim. Neal told me didnโ€™t remember a draft cover and no editor rejected his cover. If it was unpublished, it was his decision. He asked me to send him a photo of the artwork, and he would authenticate it for me. He said to reach him through his website. Neal shook my hand and left. I had no photo from ~35 yrs ago. I have no way to confirm the backstory. The mystery remains unresolved๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Fast forward another ~15yrs to TODAY (last month actually) ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž is a hot topic, specifically the origin of John Stewart๐Ÿ‘‡ To hear Neal in his own voice talk about the creation of the John Stewart character reminded me of ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€๐Ÿ˜Š By the magic of social media, a photo of the ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ comes into my X feed๐Ÿ‘‡Nearly 50yrs later๐Ÿซ  ๐Ÿค”โ€ฆ I wonder who owns this incredible piece of GL history?.. and itโ€™s appraised value$?๐Ÿฅบ Hope ya enjoyed this continuation of ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ from Post 1/โ˜๏ธ @samjans17 @FrankMorrell17 @KevinWolffart Interesting to hear Kevin Wolfโ€™s telling the same editor rejection story. Mystery solved? ๐Ÿ‘‡ xitter.cf/kevinwolffart/status/2โ€ฆ
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๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™š: ๐™’๐™ค๐™ ๐™š? ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™…๐™ค๐™ ๐™š? ๐Ÿคฃ I admit it, I watch @AmazingRaceCBS During my tenure in international sales, I traveled to a LoT of cool, AND crappy, places around ๐ŸŒ The Amazing Race goes to those same places, so itโ€™s a reminder of past travelsโ€ฆ plus provides suggestions for future vacations๐Ÿ˜Š What makes The Amazing Race an interesting watch is the interactions between the TEAM of twoโœŒ๏ธunder high-stress travel situations Which team can work together and manage thru the competitions? A) Best friend Navy Seal combat vets? B) Olympian brother-sister combo? C) Father and son firefighters? D) Newlywed first-time travelers? Even the competitions have made for the best memes๐Ÿ‘‡ When CBS went Woke 1.0, so did The Amazing Race. Everyone Season required a gay team๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ and often times it forced and cringe. SPOILER ALERT๐Ÿ™„ Two MEN, gay or straight, handle high-stress international travel BETTER than two WOMEN, gay or straight Iโ€™m not sure if @CBS has moved onto Woke 2.0, or if Amazing Race is now making fun of DEI stereotypes for team combos. Team pairings are now a joke๐Ÿคฃ This season has these team combos๐Ÿ˜ณ โ€ข Parentโ€ขChild teams always had a heartwarming backstory story, now imagine how a GRANDparentโ€ขChild team will do in a RACE around the globe? โ€ข A lesbo team is so yesterdayโ€ฆ why not a team of STRAIGHT female professional soccer players? Plus they can be part of the โ€˜Boss Ladyโ€™ alliance ๐Ÿ‘‡ Hilarity ensues when โ€˜the allianceโ€™ attempts to read a map ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ โ€ข For a straight married couple to be selected as contestants they must have a compelling backstory, so whatโ€™s more interesting than a dominated wife and her cuck husband? Seriously! Some guy sold out his manhood for clicks or even worse๐Ÿซ  Itโ€™s so bizarre, the show didnโ€™t edit out the โ€˜lost his ballsโ€ joke by the stereotypical โ€˜southern teamโ€™๐Ÿคฃ The Amazing Race is one of the last shows mi espousa enjoy watching together.. besides, it holds a special place in my heart๐Ÿ’• My dear friend who helped me during my time ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด applied for us to be contestants on the show. The Amazing Race wants a team with an interesting backstoryโ€ฆ my buddyโ€™s pitch for the showโ€ฆ โ€ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ดโ€ฆ โ€ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€ฆ โ€ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญโ€ฆ โ€ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€ฆ โ€ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ตโ€ฆ Made it thru the application phase until the rejection based on a reason beyond our control๐Ÿฅบ Are you watching The Amazing Race? In this seasonโ€™s Episode 2 the race went to Madrid๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ was in Madrid on my Porto๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น trip๐Ÿ˜Š See post 2 ๐Ÿ‘‡for some @RushRand travel photography
The Boss Lady Alliance has officially started!!! ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ #TheAmazingRace
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๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—•๐—œ๐—ข๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ข๐—–๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท for ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ28 ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ?๐Ÿ‘‡ Timeline: 09-09-2028 Imagine a timeline where a DSAโš’๏ธ endorsed candidate wins a state-wide race in a โ€˜swing stateโ€™๐Ÿคจ In the aftermath, socialists take over the Dem partyโš’๏ธโ€ฆ and following a riot-filled nomination processโš”๏ธthey settle onโ€ฆ Sandy Cortez for President in 2028๐Ÿ˜ณ On the other side, MAGA nominates Marco over JD in friendly nomination race The 2028 Presidential race is set๐Ÿค Rubio (R) versus Cortez (D) In this timeline, We The People could see a presidential debate between the former Senator and current Secretary of State๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (see video below๐Ÿ‘‡) .. and the former bartender and the runner-up for DSAโ€™s sexist comradeโš’๏ธ ๐ŸคฉPay-for-Fโ€™n-View๐Ÿค‘ ๐™‡๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™– ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ก๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™™๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Even my Dem friends with the least severe cases of TDS would have to question their vote๐Ÿคฃ It would be telling, scary๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ and interesting if El Sayedโš’๏ธ wins next month If this DoD video๐Ÿ‘‡ is โ€˜right-wing propagandaโ€™, then inject this propaganda directly into my โ€˜merican veins๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿคฃ Rubioโ€ขVance2028 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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๐Ÿ“บ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ @๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ โ€œ ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž ๐Ÿ’š โ€ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ A month ago I provided my initial thoughts on the DC series ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž๐Ÿ‘‡ As someone who grew up reading Green Lantern comics, Iโ€™m knowledgeable on the GL characters and Lantern Corp mythology๐Ÿค“ Not every superhero TV series or movie has to adhere to old comic book storylines or established characters traits/flawsโ€ฆ but todayโ€™s writer should (at the very least) create a story thatโ€™s interesting and makes senseโ€ฆ unfortunately, HBO Max ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž failed to meet this basic requirement๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ From my earlier Ep1-3 review๐Ÿ‘‡ Iโ€™d hoped ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž wouldnโ€™t make Hal Jordan a dislikable racistโ€ฆ but the series writers justified their character assassination bcuz Hal was โ€œan old white guyโ€๐Ÿคจ The worst part of the ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž Season 1 was the poor writing and plot holes๐Ÿ‘Ž - the ring needs a recharge, unless itโ€™s tapped once, then itโ€™s good to create Halโ€™ograms and engage is some cosmic travel before attending a high school football game๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ - why didnโ€™t the Lantern hateโ€™n citizens of small town Nebraska destroy the the GL Batlight? .. and how did Guy Gardner ever see it once activated? - writers decided the black GL would get the ring once held by the magenta GL (Abin Sur) by giving the white GL a beat down, then steal it via grave robbing๐Ÿ˜ณ That said, here my review of the complete Season 1 of ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž๐Ÿ’š Always enjoy watching the superheroes I grew up reading still being talked about 50 years later๐Ÿ˜Š The best part of ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž is the comicbook geek debates on the the future of James Gunnโ€™s DC universe, the best GL*, and the criticism of woke DEI writers๐Ÿ‘ I used to be in the minority of those who enjoyed watching Ryan Reynoldsโ€™ classic take on ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ/ Hal Jordan๐Ÿ’š โ€ฆ after watching ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž, now GL fans can debate whether Kyle Chandler was โ€˜the better Halโ€™โ€ฆ or was the DeadPool2 post-credit scene misplaced? Unfortunately Hal Jordan was accidentally shot and killed off in Season 1, so the only Kyle Chandler we might get in a possible Season 2 will be flashbacks and Halโ€™ograms If there is a Season 2๐Ÿ™hope the new mgmt at Skydance finds better writers bcuz they now have a true GL villain in Sinestro๐Ÿ’› ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ * ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ฉโ˜๏ธ Hey ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ It could be worse ๐Ÿ‘‡ xitter.cf/rushrand/status/210005โ€ฆ
๐Ÿ“บ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐Ÿคฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ @๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ โ€œ ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž ๐Ÿ’š โ€ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ Thereโ€™s only 3 episodes into ๐™‡๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™‰๐™Ž, so itโ€™s too early to review, but thereโ€™s been a riff in the GL Fandomโ€ฆ Is the series making Hal Jordan racist? Episodes 1 & 2 were awesome, great start, then came Episode3 and the โ€˜Midwest Huxtablesโ€ line in a scene set in 2016๐Ÿคจ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘(๐Ÿ‘)(๐Ÿ‘)(๐Ÿ‘) ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 3๐Ÿ‘s to be deduct if the series does not treat the Hal Jordan / Green Lantern character with the respect it deserved๐Ÿ’š โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”- ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐Ÿ˜Š If ya read my Evanescence-Electra personal story (๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ) then you understand my luv of both comic books and superhero movies๐Ÿ˜Š I enjoy watching the characters and stories I grew up reading as a teenager come to lifeโ€ฆ itโ€™s my nostalgia๐Ÿฅฐ I๐Ÿ’šHal Jordan/ Green Lantern If ya read my Evanescence-Electra personal story (๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ) then ya might assume I also enjoyed Ryan Reynoldsโ€™ 2011 movie โ€œGreen Lanternโ€๐Ÿ‘ One of the greatest runs of the Bronze Age of comics (~70s) is Green Lantern-Green Arrow #76 thru #89 by the great Neil Adams and Denny Oโ€™Neil. This story arc changed superhero comics๐Ÿ’ช GL issue #76 came out in 1970.. well before my time.. but when I collected back issues and read those comicsโ€ฆ they opened my young impressionable mind to societal issues๐Ÿ˜ณ The GL series tackled topics such as race relations, drug use, corruption and environmental activism. The relationship between Hal Jordan, Oliver Queen and The Watcher workedโ€ฆ plus GL #87 introduced the John Stewart Green Lantern characterโ€ฆ plus Neil Adams was my favorite artist๐Ÿ˜Ž .. IMHO one of the best comic runs EVER John Stewartโ€™s race plays a critical role in GL story that takes place in the early 70s. Race relations were different. Oliver and John opens their friendโ€™s eyes to street level societal problems and the Hal Jordan character evolves as a result. This was the kind of literature I enjoyed reading๐Ÿ˜Œ When HBO Max announced a Hal Jordan-John Stewart team-up series, I was hopeful the writers would remain true to both characters.. those characters I grew up reading. Hal Jordan was never a racist back in the 70s and any attempt to rewrite Halโ€™s backstory 50 yrs later will ensure this fan will write off yet another DC franchise๐Ÿ‘Ž Episode 4 drops on Sunday and Iโ€™ll watch Reminds me of the time I met Neal Adams at SD ComicCon to discuss my missed opportunity to buy a rare GL #76 art piece. See Post2/๐Ÿ‘‡ If ya read my Evanescence-Electra personal story (๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ) then ya know embedded deep in my teenage mind are the images and words of my favorite storiesโ€ฆ 50 years removed, Iโ€™m still able to recite this: โ€œ ๐˜ ๐˜‰๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜• ๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜๐˜•' ๐˜ˆ๐˜‰๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜› ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ...๐˜๐˜–๐˜ž ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜ž๐˜–๐˜™๐˜’ ๐˜๐˜–๐˜™ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜œ๐˜Œ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š... ๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹ ๐˜๐˜–๐˜ž ๐˜–๐˜• ๐˜ˆ ๐˜—๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜› ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ๐˜—๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜Œ ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜“๐˜—๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜–๐˜œ๐˜› ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜–๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜Ž๐˜Œ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š...๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜‹ ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜•๐˜Œ ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜•๐˜š๐˜๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜ˆ๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜Œ ๐˜๐˜–๐˜™ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜—๐˜œ๐˜™๐˜—๐˜“๐˜Œ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š! ๐˜–๐˜•๐˜“๐˜  ๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜Œ'๐˜š ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ ๐˜•๐˜Œ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜‰๐˜–๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜ž๐˜๐˜›๐˜...๐˜›๐˜๐˜Œ ๐˜‰๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜’ ๐˜š๐˜’๐˜๐˜•๐˜š! ๐˜ ๐˜ž๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜› ๐˜›๐˜– ๐˜’๐˜•๐˜–๐˜ž...๐˜๐˜–๐˜ž ๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜”๐˜Œ?! ๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜š๐˜ž๐˜Œ๐˜™ ๐˜”๐˜Œ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜›, ๐˜”๐˜™. ๐˜Ž๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜• ๐˜“๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜•! โ€œ As referenced aboveโ˜๏ธ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐Ÿค˜ ๐Ÿ‘‡ xitter.cf/rushrand/status/207798โ€ฆ
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๐— ๐˜† ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—  ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ? I was too young to vote in the 1980 election, but if I had, I would have voted for John Anderson๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Why? Bcuz young minds are malleable By 1984๐Ÿ‘€ I voted for Reagan๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ My impressionable mind started college in the 80s๐Ÿค“ โ€ฆ and all the cool kids in college enjoyed Bloom County๐Ÿ˜Ž Berkeley Breathredโ€™s political satire was perfectly placed and hilarious๐Ÿ‘ 80s Texas A&M๐Ÿ‘if you saw a Bloom County comic taped on a dorm wall or on a professorโ€™s desk, then ya know yaโ€™all share a certain sense of humor and probably a โ€˜political persuasionโ€™๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ It was either Garfield ? or Bill the Cat? โ€œAck!โ€๐Ÿ˜‚ โ€œThppt!โ€ College comedy๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ™Thank you Berkeley making me laugh and for help shaping malleable Rush Randโ€™s political views๐Ÿ‘Š EPILOGUE InterWeb says Berkeley is still alive, but he doesnโ€™t seem active on XTwitter๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ I found my old Bloom County books๐Ÿ‘‡ โ€ฆ may have to give them a re-read๐Ÿ˜Š Did U๐Ÿซต read Bloom County? What Bloom County was to my 80s college life, Dilbert was to my 90s cube life๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ˜”Still mourning Scott Adams๐Ÿ™
๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‹๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™Š๐™ก๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐Ÿ™ Dilbert creator Scott Adams has left us๐Ÿ˜” His passing was not unexpected. In May he announced his prostate cancer diagnosis. It as terminal. My colleague and mentor would be leaving us. I cried๐Ÿ‘‡ Scott had planned to ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ this past summerโ˜ ๏ธ but found new hope in possible treatment. Scott battled for several more months. The final weeks of his life were spent in hospitals, in pain and in hospice care. I take comfort knowing Scott is no longer in pain๐Ÿ™ Dilbert made me laugh Scott made me cry I made Scott cry๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ˜ญ Iโ€™ll see ya on the other side brother๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿค›
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๐Ÿ‘†See earlier BLOOM COUNTY post๐Ÿ‘† After revisiting my old books, itโ€™s apparent why Bloom County doesnโ€™t hold up the same way as Scott Adamsโ€™ Dilbert or Gary Larsonโ€™s Far Side. Bloom County was a satirical look at the politics of the day (1980s). Itโ€™s humorous look at Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Dan Quayle and the Col War with the Soviet Union doesnโ€™t stand the test of time๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ One individual is timeless tho๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‘‡
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