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August 27, 2003
A birthday wish
As some of you may have gathered from my blog name, I'm something of a serious Rush fan. As a severely-amateur guitarist, Alex Lifeson (nee Zivojinovich - which I think is a really cool sounding name, but I do understand why he'd change it... from what I understand, though, "Zivojinovich" translates roughly to "Life's Son", explaining where his more well-known surname comes from) has long been one of my favourites. It was bad enough that when I used to work for a company that has too many people who's names started out "Kris..." I got nicknamed "Alex" to help keep us all straight. I think in some ways he almost got a bum deal out of the whole "Rush" thing - he's a phenomenal guitarish, but he ended up in a band with Neil Peart, without a doubt one of the best drummers ever - rock or any other style; and Geddy Lee, probably the most well-respected bassist there is. Alex just sort of gets a bit lost back there sometimes, but even if he's not gotten all the acclaim I think he should, I'm still glad I've had a chance to hear him play over the years.
At any rate, today's his 50th birthday, and I just wanted to wish him a happy one (like he'll ever see this, I realize, but still... *g*)
Cheers!
Posted by thorswitch at August 27, 2003 03:34 PM
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