From: ratata@yeahright.fu   
      
   "Max C. Webster III" posted on Usenet (a popular "Bulletin Board Service"   
   during the nascent days of the World Wide Web):   
      
   > From the time of Neil's tragedies, this forum ceased to be so much a Rush   
   > forum as it was a forum for Rush fans.  Rush was the thing we had in   
   > common, but since everything had been talked about a bazillion times over,   
   > we started talking about other things.  Prof was said AMR was primarily   
   > about two things: 1) A conversation amongst Rush fans, just not   
   > necessarily about Rush, and 2) ignoring Libby.   
      
   > Since we weren't all Rush all the time, and there were forums that catered   
   > to those who wanted that, we became the red-headed stepchild of Rush   
   > groups, and quite frankly, we liked it like that.  Stereotypical Rush fans   
   > kinda scare us.   
   >   
   > When facebook took off, and we realized we could do the same thing there   
   > we were doing here, but with pictures and other gewgaws, AMR started   
   > circling the drain.  We're still here, checking in from time to time, but   
   > it's most the schizophrenic ranting of Libby or the bombastic political   
   > rants of a few maladjusted nuts.   
   >   
   > So yes, this for is for the "power-pop trio," not the "big fat guy," but   
   > don't expect to read to much about either here.  It's mostly noise these   
   > days.   
   >   
   > Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it . . .   
      
   Meh.  We've had worse.  AMR will always be the place to sit back, scratch   
   your notcher, and demand sammiches.   
      
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