[Rick Lee]

In April Rush got the Golden Gods Award at Club Nokia in LA. It was announced on one of the fan sites well in advance and I happened to have a business trip there with my boss, also a Rush fan, the day of the event. But I couldn't find any info on venue's website about it or who would be attending. Tix sold out pretty fast, but I probably could have finagled some through connections. I just didn't know if it'd be worth it, since it'd be unlikely anyone from Rush would attend.

So my boss and I headed to Santa Monica and Venice to hit some bars. We happened to be a few blocks away from Neil's house, so I told him I'd drive by real quick to show him. We barely even slowed down, but there were some trucks parked out front, Neil was having a smoke in the front yard, talking to some workers and we could see his Aston DB-5 in one of the open garages. Ha!

Later on Neil's website he wrote that he ended up going to the Golden Gods Award ceremony, accepting the award and giving a speech. Turns out Alex was supposed to go, but had a familiy emergency and their manager asked Neil last minute to do it, since he lives there. Neil also mentioned one of the reasons he didn't want to do it was that was his move-in day at his new house. I'm kicking myself for not going to the event, but we got a quick glimpse of him anyway.