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I spent the last 10 minutes looking for contact info for David Fricke
January 15, 2020 at
05:12 AM
tl; dr: I spent 10 minutes looking for contact info, sending a message, and starting this thread, over mispronunciation of a dead rock drummer. Who said I had a life?* 
David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine (I guess that's still a thing?) and was hosting part of the tribute to the late Neil Peart (former drummer of the band Rush). He continuously pronounced Neil Peart's name as rhyming with "hurt"; it should sound like "ear" with a "p" in front and a "t" at the end. I would think David Fricke would know that...perhaps he was trying to be ironic? The mispronunciation bothered me way more than it should have. I tried finding contact information for David Fricke, but had to settle for the "send us a tip" link on the magazine's website.
Also, I'm no more than a casual fan of Rush.
David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine (I guess that's still a thing?) and was hosting part of the tribute to the late Neil Peart (former drummer of the band Rush). He continuously pronounced Neil Peart's name as rhyming with "hurt"; it should sound like "ear" with a "p" in front and a "t" at the end. I would think David Fricke would know that...perhaps he was trying to be ironic? The mispronunciation bothered me way more than it should have. I tried finding contact information for David Fricke, but had to settle for the "send us a tip" link on the magazine's website.
Also, I'm no more than a casual fan of Rush.
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Side note: When my wife was a teenager (and wasn't my wife, you scallywags!), she went to a Rush concert, but her super straight-laced mom went along as a chaperone. Someone passed a joint down their row, and the mom went out and reported the incident. The security guy said "Ma'am, if you want us to arrest everyone in there that's smoking pot, we'll have to arrest everyone, including the band."
#coolstorybro
Side note: When my wife was a teenager (and wasn't my wife, you scallywags!), she went to a Rush concert, but her super straight-laced mom went along as a chaperone. Someone passed a joint down their row, and the mom went out and reported the incident. The security guy said "Ma'am, if you want us to arrest everyone in there that's smoking pot, we'll have to arrest everyone, including the band."
#coolstorybro
#anothercoolbutlesscoolstorybro
#anothercoolbutlesscoolstorybro