Cross-media recommendations across film, TV, games, books & music — picked by taste.
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Rush, released in February 1981. After touring behind Permanent Waves, the band worked with producer Terry Brown to write songs with tighter, shorter structures and a more radio-friendly sound than their earlier records. If this album speaks to you, you're drawn to art that balances technical discipline with emotional directness — stories about people finding their place in a scene, and the tension between underground authenticity and mainstream pull.
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981, by Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with longtime co-producer Terry Brown. They continued to write songs with a more radio-friendly sound, featuring tighter and shorter song structures compared to their earlier albums.
From the Wikipedia article Moving_Pictures_(Rush_album), available under CC BY-SA.
Film
Rush
A seasoned undercover cop and his inexperienced partner go deep cover to bring down a hard-to-catch drug dealer.
Film
Body Rock
A New York breakdancer is lured away from his rapping and dancing crew by a disco owner with bigger plans.
Film
Psych-Out
A deaf runaway in Haight-Ashbury falls in with a psychedelic band while searching for her missing brother.
Film
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Four musicians move through the 1960s scene separately before converging into something larger than any of them.
Film
Pump Up the Volume
A lonely high schooler moonlights as a pirate radio DJ until his show is blamed for a student's suicide.
Film
Shout
A new music teacher at a 1955 West Texas reform home brings hope to the wayward boys interned there.
Book
Roadshow: Landscape With Drums
Rush's drummer narrates the band's thirtieth world tour — nine countries, fifty-seven shows, traveled by motorcycle.
Book
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
Traces how movies learned to sing and dance even before they learned to talk.
Book
Pushed
Danny stops taking his meds and starts to feel like his old sharp, creative self again.
Book
Rock and roll, 1955-1970
A history of rock examining its roots, rhythm and blues, solo stars, and supergroups.
If you want to go deeper into the story behind the album, the documentary series Classic Albums examines how landmark records like this one were made — the creative choices, the pressures, and what made them last.
Roadshow: Landscape With Drums is written from inside the band — Rush's drummer recounts the band's thirtieth world tour across nine countries and fifty-seven shows, giving you the people behind the music.
Becoming Led Zeppelin follows the four members through the 1960s music scene until they find each other — a story about creative convergence that echoes the sharper, more focused sound Rush arrived at on this album.