With Evalyn The Prude
Hello and Welcome to the Weekly Update for the second week of January!
We'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, we hope to see a lot of all of you in the next twelve months.
As always, we're going to kick things off by announcing some new members to the guild;
Please Welcome:
iEcho, Lethkhar, Sethdarksbane, Sasuke14405, nerdchicken, and more (We'll update this list through out the week.)
Remember, you can always find information of all of the guilds users at the Roadie & Groupie Backgrounds.
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In other News, Rush has just released their tour dates for the coming year. Have a peek and see if their coming to a venue near you.
For full details and ticket information visit The Rush Official Site.
And we can't forget to mention the fact that Rush was nominated for a Grammy award. The instrumental "Malignant Narcissism" from their latest album once again has proved that the boys have still got the talent they did when they first started out.
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Keep your eyes on the main forum of the guild. The lovely Shanra posts links that might be beneficial to you, lets take a look at some of the new ones:
RALLY RACE: Are you up to the challenge? - One of Shanra's friends is holding a competition in Gaia's own racing game. The user that comes in first will receive a grand prize of 25k!
There's an entry fee of 200g and the race will be held on Jan 25th, so get your spots now~
Pheonix Charity Open For Business! - Shanra herself has opened an amazing charity to help those users that have been hacked. The rules for application can be found in full on the thread, so if you, or a close friend have had the misfortune of being the victim of a hacking, please stop in.
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That's it for our broadcast this week. Post to let us know that you caught it! And don't miss posting for more than two weeks, it could lead to a ban.
Before we go, I'd like to introduce a new feature of the W.U. - The Rush Fun Fact!
Every week we'll take a look at Rush in popular culture, enjoy.
The Rush Fun Fact
That 70's Show, the television series, 1998-
* "Canadian Road Trip" (aired May 8, 2001): During a road trip to Canada the guys are questioned by two Mounties (played by Dave Thomas and Joe Flaherty of SCTV, i.e. "Bob MacKenzie" and "Count Floyd"). When asked why they are in Canada, Eric, played by Topher Grace, responds "We just came here to get the beer...and I love Rush. Fly By Night! Owww!"
* "Eric's Corvette Caper" (aired Apr. 9, 2002): When Red and Kitty go out of town, Eric, defying Red’s orders, goes joyriding in the Corvette with a girl he's trying to impress. Red stays convinced Eric didn't touch his Corvette, until he turns on the radio and hears "The Temples of Syrinx".
(Note: repeats of this episode have alternate music in place of "Temples of Syrinx". Anthem Records explained via email that "That 70's Show" held the rights for a two year period which expired in April 2004, and passed on the option to buy the rights in perpetuity which would have allowed the use of the Rush snippet in all future broadcasts/DVD releases, etc. Accordingly, since they let the rights expire they simply chose to replace the Rush track altogether. "And the words of the profits...." indeed!)
* "The Girl I Love" (aired Jan. 7, 2003): This episode about a battle of the sexes begins as Donna and Eric are returning from a visit to an arboretum (a park where trees are grown for study and display), as the opening of the "The Trees" is heard.
* "Hey, Hey What Can I Do?" (aired Mar. 12, 2003): A few seconds of "Working Man" are heard in this episode where Eric must find work after Red and Kitty withdraw their offer of college tuition.
* "On With The Show" (aired Feb. 23, 2005): Reportedly about five minutes into the show Hyde, Eric, Kelso and his girlfriend are in a record store, and to the left of Kelso's girlfriend's head is a poster of the 2112 album cover.
Signing off,
Eva
