SIS Archives -- August 2000

From the "Why Is Kelly Telling Us This Department?":

"FM" intro = "I Know There's An Answer/Hang On To Your Ego" intro

"eveything's groovy" could also be a tip of the fez to the Danny Yost and the Classics Four's "Spooky." There's some similarity in structure. Just have sampled the MP3, but the CD is on it's way - got that paycheck today that's as rare lately as a summer shower.

Gonna have to hustle with the songwriting... no choice but squeeze some ditties with "working lyrics." I call this one Texas Outhouse Blues:

It's a hundred and seven wailin' degrees
and there's ain't no fuckin' breeze
Just can't cure this dis-ease
illusion of a Sundance striptease

A shriveled worm's now a glaze
set off in a cherry blaze
Sergeant major's withheld my pay
downing tequila moonbeams at Casa Ole

Dropping verga from my brow
but crying time is now
Educating Conchita on the plow
While Zombie tips the black cow

maybe Steely Dan was the buzzkillers in this situation, perhaps they could have asked for it to be taken down.

It's a stretch, sure, but there aren't a whole lot of obvious answers in this situation.

Next step, write a song called "Like a Don Henley Breakfast," post it, and wait.

caramia--well, Steely waters run deep, because my intention in posting tonight is to do a little exegesis on this song we've both been listening to:

"Like A Steely Dan Movie"

[perhaps a reference to "Everyone's Gone To The Movies." The Steely oeuvre, of course, is one long film noir festival]

I made the calls to the Black Friday boys
They said they would jump but without all the noise
They break it down easy
Pack it up complete
But don't you ever use their names on the street

[could the Black Friday Boys be the Duo? "Jump" might be a ref to their unstoppable jazz/ rock beats, and "without all the noise" to free jazz, a la Arthur Blythe and friends, or the Duo's erstwhile aversion to most publicity--not to mention not using "their names on the street." "Break it down easy"--quite ironic in ref to a band with such complex chords and arrangements, not to mention refusal to discuss their lyrics. I also think of Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell as possible BF Boys, or maybe Blaise and tom, or a teasing ref to the Back Street Boys]

Rikki's in town makin' calls on the line
Seeking the pleasure of time out of mind
Boots on the pavement, a striding night flyer
Tracking her down and sliding beside her

[kind of a noir dadaism a la Daumal's "A Night Of Serious Drinking" or "Naked Lunch." Rikki of course refers to a popular talk show hostess, who costarred in "Crybaby" with Johnny Depp, and "time out of mind" to Bob Dylan's most recent lp. The "night flyer" makes me think of "Citizen Kane" and his Flexible Flyer, Rosebud (hope I didn't spoil it for anyone!). The jackboots, "tracking her down"--more frissonogenic, Kafkaesque images. Sliding--I seem to remember something there--having to do with youth, and wheels--Hank, help me out here. And at the end of this verse there's a lick from a very famous jazz song by Horace Silver.]

He's the man on the stand in that Steely Dan movie
Where some things are illicit, but everything's groovy

[great line. "Man on the stand"--perhaps a ref to the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, or the VanDoren quiz show scandal of the '50's (see "Quiz Show" with Ralph Fiennes [babe] and John Turturro [nonbabe but great actor (if you haven't seen "The Big Lebowski," stop right now, go rent it and come back when you're done)])]

Do what you can, go see that Steely Dan movie
Do zah do wah makin' fast sell bezabbadoovay

[echoes of every great scat singer from Sarah Vaughn to Al Jarreau by way of Sinatra and Dean Martin--do you think he's going for showgirl and Rat Pack here?]

Altamira, female on the lam

[Not sure what the well-known archeological site in Northern Spain has to do with a pun on young sheep--maybe a ref to the cave drawings?]

Sunglasses on, sittin' by a third world man

[I happen to know that the author used to don (no pun intended!) sunglasses and dress as the Invisible Man--so Third World Man would be a ref to Ralph Ellison's landmark work, no?]

A dinosaur, a roach, there's just one he must approach
To consume that fruity spread until it's done
(He's the lucky one)

[Well, at last someone who also digs Was/ Not Was! I love that little nod to "Walking The Dinosaur"! And who would have thought of "One Toke Over The Line" in the same breath?? What range! The "fruity spread" is either a nod to Peter Gabriel in "Sledgehammer" ("show me 'round your fruit cage") or maybe another scene from "Naked Lunch," or... apple butter... jelly... marmalade.... That "he's the lucky one" rings a bell--some sea chantey or other, maybe?]

Unwrap her gift and take your bit of time
I'm sure you'll find it exceptionally fine
Boots on the floor, poncho on table
Savin' what's made and robbin' the cradle

[ooh, I'm not gonna touch this one except to say it's kinda like the opposite of an aerial view of Janie Runaway! -- and again, a retro ref to '50's westerns or their early postmodern successor, "Fistful of Dollars" (see below, "with a gun")]

She's a Katy lyin' there
In a Steely Dan movie
In a smoky, dusty room with music that's bluesy
Do what you can, go live that Steely Dan movie
do zop do wah makin' snails wail bezavadoovay

[A very unexpected nod to Taj Mahal's "She Took The Katy." Does this guy's taste knock you out, or what? Nice ambience, and a flavor of Smoky Robinson and Dusty Springfield.... Snails--I get a flicker here--what's the French word for that?]

Rikki, get the bag
Do you have to go in drag?
Did daddy take her home?
Or leave her all alone?

[Again, in "Crybaby," Divine played Ricki Lake's mother--in drag! And unfortunately daddy did leave the subject alone and in the clutches of Mr. LaPage!]

I'll call you when I'm at the end
It's just 'round the corner
Past the bend

[a description of the Dan's labyrinthine lyrics? What respect this guy has for Our Heroes]

He heard the call, it was perfectly clear
Loud enough for his sick mind to hear
Arrived at the place, hiding his face
Waiting for the time it would be done

[Now just a second. Is he intimating that Messrs. Fagen & Becker have sick minds?!? I resemble that remark! "Heard the call"--another drug ref? to the cane knocking on the red door, maybe? "Hiding his face" has got to be a nod to Andrew Lloyd Weber and the phamous Phantom. (He knows his musicals too!)]

(*something something*Mu, Hank, help me out here) with a gun
Unlocked the door and took a look around
He never saw the underground that he found
His poncho is gone, hung in a stable
The voodoo display is part of the fable

["Underground" by Ben Folds Five. Or maybe "WUNDerground"? There's that poncho again. But is our author getting religious with this "stable" bit? And immediately slapping us around with a Gibsonian ref to Voudoun?--chere, help me out here. "Fable"--see Aesop.]

He's a missing person there in that Steely Dan movie
Where the evil doesn't care
It's so vile and it's broody
In a darkened room you'll see that Steely Dan movie
Where most things are illicit but everything's groovy

["missing person"--what'd I say about "Invisible Man"? I rest my case. Nice anthropomorphism of evil. "Vile," of course, is an anagram of you-know-what. "Broody"--like "Brut," a popular cheap '70's men's cologne. What limbic backwater did he dredge that up from? (sorry, RS) Or maybe it's "gloomy," or "rheumy." And again back to the '70's for a little Simon & Garfunkel; nice contrast between "illicit" and the tinkle of "everything's/ feelin' groovy."]

What a fun song! Even has a little Dan content!

Links:

Deconstruction appears on Edd's page
Howard will have the chords ready next week
There will be seven parodies by Monday
The remaster with liner notes will be available in 2010 on www.malcolmhunter.com

Someone asked me to list the songs on this new CD I saw in a store the other day by Becker and Fagen named "Masters"
Are these songs late Dan (Aja, Gaucho, Nitefly) or earlier, more rock oriented Dan (most of the stuff before Aja except Dr. Wu)

1)Android Warehouse
2)Horse In Town
3)More To Come
Ida Lee
5)Stone Piano
6)Take it out on Me
7This Seat's Been Taken
8)Brain Tap Shuffle
9)Come Back Baby
10Don't Let Me in
11)Old Regime
12)Mock Turtle Song
13)Soul Ram
14)I Can't Function
15)Yellow Peril
16)Let George Do It

Is this stuff any good? This CD came out in 99.

you like the world surfing into your hard drive every time you log in

YGK: I'll bet napster would support you... They even encourage users to go to the New Artist site...

I know - the word "napster" sounds so sleezy,
kinda like "nabster."
But can't we get past that? One mp3 site is like another...
well, napster gets so many hits, I suppose it's better.

Shall I look for you on there?

I promise, when I move in 2 weeks, I'll buy your groovy tunes. I want the REAL THING, baby!

Are there liner notes? Did you sign any? Are there photos?
Don't tell me - the ear candy is the important thing.

rb

Starr: Mr. Gold, if that's your real name, were you in fact writing a song about a porno film on last November 23?

YGK: I don't understand. I did not even go to a porno flick that night...

Starr: I mean this reference to a "Steely Dan movie." We know what that means don't we (raised eyebrow)?

YGK: Steely Dan is a jazz/rack group...the best.

Starr: Mr. Gold. Come now, that's a phallacy. We've got pictures and photocopy records of you checking out the entire Burroughs collection out of the NYC Public Library in 1993. Let's move on...Here we have direct "oral" evidence of consorting with an illegal alien...

Assistant Prosecuter: psst... Mr. Starr. Puerto Rico is part... (mumblemumblemumble)

Starr: Ahem, Mr. Gold, just listen to this passage concerning an obvious S&M relationship...model prisoner. This is certainly a veiled reference for pouring slimfast over the strewn nude body of a young, hot, writhing nubile female, like one of those sick Hitchhiker episodes years ag...

Assistant Prosecuter: psst...Mr. Starr, your blood pressure...

Starr: Oh, yes... Mr. Gold, do you have anything to say?

YGK: Keep talking and my sales rating will hit 70%...

I have always been a little concerned about the way mp3.com does things....their sales structure is a bit much (50%), and users are encouraged to register with multiple user stations, so eventually your site on mp3 becomes a linkfest, which has worked for some.....so I've had a see-saw approach to the whole site, hating it one day, and getting excited about it the next, so I figured I'd drop in some of my mp3 clips....play their game, and run with it....it's all about exposure, on one side. All of the clips need to be approved for posting on their site, so I laughed out loud when I saw the following today:

Date:Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:43:03 -0700
From: onhold@mp3.com | Block address
Subject:Re: inapprp. content - song [#546182]
To: mrdbh@yahoo.com

Dear MP3.com artist,

This song has been placed on hold and has not
been released to the public for the following reason

Inappropriate Content:
Song:
Your song has either a song title or lyrics
that are offensive or otherwise inappropriate.

Regards,
MP3.com

--------------------------------------------------
REASON:
inapprp. content - song

SONG TITLE: Like A Steely Dan Movie

So, once again, folks, "Steely Dan" is taboo!

ygk

chat anyone?

I just got tired of looking at the same post and thought this would be a great time to come out of the lurking closet. You guys are a kick!

end of the workday on the east coast, have a nice evening all....

these things are gone forever

I have a copy of Clockdrive World and I continually play it. It's a great CD-great musicianship and songwriting. Buy it, folks!

Aja

Copies go to River Sound?

Oh geez. They're likely to know where I stole all my chords from!

Gentleman Loser - sunny Syracuse, NY is where my tribe originated. Many members migrated to Rochester so I know it well there too.

21st is okay with me, I can extend my Conn. stay a couple of days. What do other dan-fans want to do here?

The Clinton Administration did its level best at exploiting Rumours into a sound bite for the Democratice party; thus I have the CD memory permanently set for play of every song but Don't Stop. My favorites are The Chain and Gold Dust Woman, with Never Going Back Again in a close third.

Am I getting hazed? Do I have to wear a bag over my head so as to not be recognized in New Haven?

let your madness run with mine......

(okay who cheats and looks at the lyrics listing on the page? Up until this posting, I can honestly say, doing it from memory - but today I'm drawing a total blank, the tune to Sarah won't leave my head for some reason, maybe I'm getting burnt - oh no, help Wormy!)

LP

ruby baby- Thanks for asking..."Clockdrive World" was my first attempt at a solo CD. It's still available at my website (page 3)
www.davidmooremusic.com
the CD was released January of this year and a couple of GB people did buy it...my heartfelt thanks to them.I tried to give a complimentary copy to anyone who showed up at the Tampa Danfest. But I was the only one there...LOL.
Just for the record,I've sent them out to 3 continents and it continues to sell on my Gigs. Because my playing schedule is a busy one, JW Malibu has asked me to submit another song from the CD to Technocolor Motorhome 2. I just haven't had time to record...but I am writing towards my Next CD release.

For those not familiar: After eons of talking about it, we finally put together last year a compilation album of original music by members of the GB community. It was called "Technicolor Motorhome", and featured music from three continents, and the 75+ copies were distributed to places as obscure as Hong Kong and a certain "River Sound" studio...it was a smashing success and needless to say, we're doing it again! Depending upon how many submissions we get, it may be a single OR double-CD. Here's what we've got so far:

Standard for submission: All original music, 5-6 minutes or less, no covers or uncleared samples. Submissions should be on CD or DAT, but cassette is acceptable.

Drop-dead Deadline: December 1, 2000

Please mail your submissions to my office:

John Warren
Integrated Data Concepts, Inc.
1800 North Vine Street
Suite 222
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Here's the tally so far:

I. Artists who have already submitted music for this year:
A. Clas (99 alumni)
B. YGK (99 alumni)
C. jk
D. RoyScam (99 alumni)
E. David/FloridaRoom (has a whole album of great tunes called "Clockdrive World" ~ buy it!) (99 alumni)
F. JWMalibu (99 alumni)

II. Artists who have indicated an interest in participating:
A. Midnite Cruiser (99 alumni)
B. Worm Tom
C. Miz Ducky
D. Lisa G.

III. Other folks who I'd personally like to see participate:
A. The REST of the 99 alumni
B. KD
C. Howard the Chordmeister
D. Edd
E. DLEESTAN
F. Beast w/o a Name
G. ...and the rest of the musician/composers in hiding!

Happy composing!

JWMalibu
www.thekatbox.com/casellastudio

Sorry if a repeat:
Rickie Lee Jones cover of "Show Biz Kids" with Joe Jackson on her new album:
http://www.dallasobserver.com:80/issues/2000-08-31/outthere.html

SD tour just doesn't make the english versions of the Euro papers so far.

October 20 in New Haven - the 20th is a Friday - how about the 21st, makes things a little easier for those that have to work or travel.

Besides Yale, the old (original)Josie, Skull and Bones (what do they do with all of that water?), coal fired pizza that Frank Sinatra would send for take out from NYC for, New Haven is also know for Jim Morrison being arrested there for excessive ludness, or something of that nature which he later incorperated into one of his songs.

Ruby a chargé le feu, met en fonction le disque de scènes d'amour de Diana Kralls et fait des mémoires plus douces, me commence par la " peau un raisin ", regarde dehors

Blaise - my eyes may not be the only thing up
Unlike you uncouth Canadians, I'll fit in and take a more subtle approach bon fille indeed

that link Rosie url was funny, was that you blaise?
look at the response letters, wow

wt

you be the show girl, I'll be Sinatra

David in the FL room: What is Clockdrive World? I must have been powdering my nose...

lombiz de tierra que es tom: I've never even heard one note from Diana Krall, but I'm willin'. Thang que 4 the tip!

Once, I asked my beau, as you call him, "If I could sound like any female singer, who would you want it to be?" Without any hesitation he said, "Ann Wilson." That lack of hesitation gets me, y'know

Girls - learn from my mistakes...

Clas: I've come to see that your Music Mind is like a steel trap - you should leave the paper and ooohh, the pencil at home with Pompe. He can chew on it. It would be put to better use. If you just enjoy - live in the moment - you will come back to us with such descriptions, you will sound like t s eliot. But if you try to capture your impressions on paper before they get a chance to breathe inside of you, all will be lost.
As for the download thingy, I can only surmise. I suppose a Swedish download is different from a Polish download... ?

rb

Rose Darling,
looks like we have a party pooper at

http://www.new-life.net/mastrbte.htm

bare 'riffs: I'm chalking that up to the Euro/U.S. time difference, and the new laptop mic Walt bought you.

If you get bored during Ricky's solo, give us a ring...

SHAME!

"I'm the one" (Black Cow, Glamour Pro)?
KD - Heard the single, not the album.
Clas - Oui parle moi doucement comme ca. Je te pardonne.
Wormy - You expect me to believe that you'll keep your eyes up in St-Tropez...

From Don't Stop to Go Your Own Way - The Clinton years.

Cara Mia - This is the Internet and you're talking to a ghost.
Gina, come back...

Cara Mia: What is this I read about YGK's (Malcolm's) WONDERGROUND RADIO? Sonds interesting to me. Such it is being a newbie that Im attempting to not let cool stuff slip through my fingers. A little info would be great

On the newbie note: if accosted by one of the regulars I would be willing to participate in a hazing of one of the sorts listed

Is anybody from new york? I dont mean the city, more like the rochester area. Just curious
toodles
gentleman loser

Rumours is great because:

(1) It really captures the era
(2) It was recorded before the "golddust" started seeping into Stevie's brains so she still had her voice and looks.
(3) Lindsay Buckingham is a latter day Brian Wilson and like Brian he needs band mates to keep him from going too far astray. "Rumours" was the album where the rest of the band did the best job at both riding and reigning him in.

whoever asked: i have no idea where i'm going in Pennsylvania. just going to follow my hosts and hope like hell they don't decide to suddenly speed away

10. is there gas in the car? yes there’s gas in the car
9. in the summer rain
8. and the way that they smile
7. take a good look it’s easy to see
6. the crying time
5. eff, ey-um
4. the dreams I don’t have now
3. and I almost got there
2. here at laughing pines
2. the details of desire..shimmering
1. don’t stop now...honey

was spinning Making of Aja again the other day

the section where they are analyzing Aja

I don't have the direct quote (shoot me)
but basically they talk about the ideas for many songs coming into one extended track and how wonderful an experiment and that after that experience they went "immediately" back to "short and concise"

sorry I don't count West Of Hollywood in that fold,
extended yes, but too tied to one groove

but oh for the boys to try another extended forey

oui?

tom

angular banjos sound good to me

I almost hate to say this, but I think "Rumours" is a brilliant album, and I've no idea why. It's everything I typically don't like, and I like it.

ggh...I can only handle Peter Green Fleetwood Mac, and not the two guys who came after that.

yes dear, how did you know?

alright Lp

who said I was mad?

I'll bestow GB godessness on you for your like of obscure Fleetwood.
Lindsey B - well he did bring along that wretched goat voiced girlfriend of his. HIs guitar talents are immense. The flawless fingerpicking of landslide had me in knots and that's one of his easy ones

alright - sorry for my actions

shall we start over Mademoiselle?

tster

Slow down, I'll tell you when

Blaise: Have you heard Arden's new CD/"Best Dress?"

I'm anxious to see how she did it.

What do you cats think of Harvey Mandel?

Cara Mia- 3 Copies! Wow...I felt like I was begging for anyone of you GB'ers to actually Buy a copy of "Clockdrive World".
I guess it's back to the Drawing board for me.

Malcolm- Still waiting for my Copy...If it's anything like your contribution to Technocolor Motorhome 1, I'm sure it's a winner.

GreenEarrings- Thanks for the Comments.

Mystery to Me is a CD played often at my house, a very good call.

Fleetwood Mac has been overlooked as a discussion item since this Cadet started humbly invading here. They are an allied band, I would say. Tusk (CD) is my favorite piece of work from them, though Mystery to Me is tied. The soul of that band is Lindsey Buckingham, though I know there will disagreement among this group on that choice. Again, as merely a layperson, I think his guitar work is phenomenal and brought the vocal harmony up a notch upon his arrival.

Don't be mad at me Wormy.

take it in your hand, all the sirens and the band

I am the eggman... i hope sir
They are the eggman... and a man of fame and fortune
I am the walrus... goo goo gee joob
jooby

today's topic of dish cuss shun?

boxers or briefs

which do don and walter wear and why?

cerebral cortex dance onward....

Fleetwood's best incarceration - the Bob Welch outfit is tickling my ears with Mystery to Me - got me Hypnotized indeed

Gina - come join in the electric kayak from time to time
best of venture - follow your heart and your dreams

Cara Mia - chaparone my ass,
and only a tourist would call himself the wonderworm of Jackson Square (I know I let Aja get away with it, she can call me anything)
Wonderworm of Audubon park more like it
enjoy the long weekend, come up for air occasionally and by all means stay hydrated there in Dollywood

LP - paranoia? not likely,
and your faithful narrator never thought you the blaizer,
I can recognize his wit from miles away
if not straight telepathicly

boy, now I feel like Austin Powers having tried to uncover the identity of Bassel's mother. Should I pull on the wig some more or apologize eloquently? puzzle the puzzler until it is sore

so Ruby - ever play Diana Krall Love Scenes for the beau?
that ought to spark off some more memorable evenings

Van's Moondance is one of my faves to look back on
the fire, the blankets and the wine... ouch

wormy

Gina!

I know Gino Vannelli...Gino is a friend of mine (sort of)...
You are... his female namesake!

When you get your new account, mail me and I will send you my photo alongside the Italian (from Montreal originally) stallion at his '91 Atlanta (INCONSOLABLE MAN)tour. In my HardKnock's Cafe collection of sign music memorabilia, GV's autograph graces my sheetmusic to "The Wheels of Life".
He lives in NoCalifornia now and just did a few shows in Italy, and one in Atlantic City, though rarely performs...what a shame.

Totziens,
cara mia

You know, reading postings in reverse order is very dizzying.

Blaise is me, and I am Blaise...

I am from Upstate, Mr. Webking.

Thank you Lady Rumble for your keen insight, only a woman would recognize another in text. And thanks to Green Earrings for clearing it up for everybody - I remembered to bring your tape to work with me today, by the way. Don't tell what kind of government official I am though. I do kind of enjoy the paranoia of my friend Wormy. Come to New Haven, my dear Wormy. Blaise, indeed...

Speaking of New Haven, okay, we start at 7 PM at TK's Amercian Cafe and then onto the jukebox thing. October 20th, no excuses.

Corpsy V, you in for this thing? I need to get my stripes, right? I try to click my heels very well.

What is today's topic?

Can you hear the evil crowd?

LOL i came to say goodbye to my former collegues and just had to wire up my old kayak and check this out, haha. quite some comments in a row, nice to be in this setting right now!

Worm, nice to know you're a "few miles" around my block for a while and in a way nearby, enjoy those frenchy features and colorful waves!

let me see...
now i better go. last official day as a liberteller-on-leave and still at the workscene. no can do, really.
can't stay away from you Strangers, right?
XXX Gina

I get the "reel them in with a single post" award for the emergence of

1- Innocent One (see, Michelle, why a gal has GOT to get a good education and not end up living on tips in some salon? SD is right, this probably is not the best of time of your life as certain adults might tell you, but have a wonderful and inspirational year while you do the college search...we adore you!)

and

2-Mark the Chimp dragging his knuckles all the way down the Champs Elysees without me, because he was too slow on the uptake for wooing ol' Marsh here ;-). Bon Voyage to you and mr. WonderWorm of Jackson Square. I'll be thinking of you guys and certain "missed opportunites" plaguing the lot of us when you two go the Frogland without ol' cara mia. Eat some escargot or lapin du mutard for me, will ya?

Ole and StevieD--I sat next to David Wilcox (post opener), as we went crazy over Richard Thompson's Band performance here in Knoxville last year, and DW graciously penned his UNDERNEATH for me. As far as age qualifying us for chaperone status at the Dan Aid doings, Ole and few others, who exactly is going to monitor OUR own over-the-top party antics?

Enjoying all the fantastic entries here from you musicians, audiophiles, readers-with-recommendations, faux romances and numbered lists, and even the occasional wisenhiemers spouting surliness.

Yes! I have YGK's (Malcolm's) WONDERGROUND RADIO in the home system CD rotation as well as #2 copy in the car, and I am saving the third disc as a gift for My New Beau. In between Viagra doses this weekend, we are going the memorize the lyrics to "Like a Steely Dan Movie"...

See you next week,
cara mia

the secret service agent guarding the prez's daughter took the bullet and saved the kid. she had it figured out, "we're looking for a 15 yr old skinhead". she had the right stuff all along and the commitment. she had it comming to her. the bullet. goodness. glory. liberal porn.

that's entertainment
westwing

that's the problem with those pearlcorders and the cadets who type out the messages.
a whole new situation. wait a minute mister cabdriver ....

and now we are on to confessionals
I must come clean, kitchen clean

I was just using Red Blaize the Giley one to get to love interest Vicki

as for the French Riviera - I personally prefer the odd chance of romance over being a geeky tourist walking the topless beaches

sorry blaise, but we have enough idiots down here ruining what used to be a fun Mardi Gras scene. And I've always enjoyed those insider oil company balcony invites to show a little class with my "show me your smile and only your smile" posters

I get the classy gals to camp it up saucy to me and leave the rest nicely to my imagination

needless to say I throw an awful lot of beads

In order to grasp the meaning of becoming a major, I am to accompany our Major Blaise when he's to give command to a special task force. My orders are to be silent and observe.
Cadet LP has shown great commitment and the way she clicks them heels, amazing, Colonel WT, LP should be in for a real special treat at the Cafe D'Escargot.
The sensitivity training in the mountains will be broadcasted next month, featuring the mules Godzilla & PeeWee who took matters in a hole new direction.

Corpsy V, packed and ready to go.

blaiser, j'ai non seulement un fetish de pied, mais j'adore des pieds d'athlètes venez à moi vous aimez sly la chose quant au tom de ver, ne voit-il pas assez de seins déjà au
mardigras à la Nouvelle-Orléans?

amour et rouge baisers
classe'

Why I think me and Clas, it won't work out:

- He's got a foot fetish and I have athlete's foot.
- He only drives Audi or Volvo S.U.V.s.
- He's got this love/hate relationship with Mizz Ducky. I'm insanely jealous.
- He's an hypocondriac. That sternum thing of his is annoying me.
- He loves Arthur's Theme, I prefer the theme song for Arthur, the cartoon.
- He misses 1972 Dan while I'm looking forward to 2002 Dan.
- One overseas relationship is enough for me to handle right now, thank you.
- I get this suspicion he got rid of Lars. Haven't seen him lately...hmmm.
- After all i was just using him to get to wormy. I have to be honest.
- Cybersex episode was a tad disappointing.

StevieDan: Soryy I can't share your enthusiasm about One Step close. One by One is also a good song, but the overall strength of the songs seems a notch below Minute By Minute, Livin' on the Fault Line or Takin' it ti the Streets. It's also WAY too studio for the Doobies - don't think it works for me. Who did they think they were: Steely Dan or something? Gettin' too close to David Foster territory for me. Just the sound of Foster's Yamaha makes me cringe. I con't have any of MMs solo stuff. MMs voice is great - most of the production sounds real dataed - like it's in the background of one of those 80s teen movies of Karate Kid III. He had some real nice singles though over the years like Sweet Freedom - especially the duets with Patti LaBelle and James Ingram.

top ten things worth waiting for on the Guest Book

12) the Sir StevieDan guide to building an inexpensive sparse but effective jazz collection for under $34,000
11) engaging internet photo url's of the flannel "and" the backless black
10) Corpsy V's promotion to Major
9) top fifty divas from Indonesia
8) a post from wormbait smitten kitten Victoria Cave
7) the full Sundance story from the person called in to post bail
6) cross dressing tips from Clas and Blaise
5) a top ten that starts with 13) or 14)
4) Howard's chord breakdown to Almost Gothic
3) that "next year" being a reality
2) 2nd arrangement commercially available on the new one
1) any post from Royscam

top ten reasons Blaise is not LP

10) he has a hard enough time being the blazer
9) luckless pedestrians get run over by reckless vehicles,
and Blaze's attention is fully "not" on the road
8) instead of moving upstate and changing his bait,
he hits the border in complete disorder
7) Blaise actually likes it out west and caught the Gorge show
6) Canadians are incapable of immitating those "so called superior" americana, just ask Mike Myers
5) he can't "spend a weekend alone together" if he has to keep up the impersonation as well
4)one would have gotten a nice spanking by now, right
3)a top ten would have slipped out under the new LP by now
2) the guy may have far too much CLAS to pull it off
1) he never crossed his old man back in oregon,
it was Saskatuwan and wow, it still rhymes

My 2 cents: LP is female, alias or no. How could anyone possibly confuse her with Blaise?! I know I'm not a GB veteran, but even in my forays into the archives I haven't detected anyone like LP. If GOLEM was here maybe he could conduct an objective personality analysis. Too bad he's out spinning discs in BC!

And apologies to St-Al for claiming one of Seattle's pride and joy. Like you don't have enough to share.lol
KD - Yes, I have to admit Jann Arden is one of my favorites in that list. I easily fall for the genuine.

Sass Jordan, sure. I haven't heard of her in a while so I skipped. Same goes for Alannah Myles, btw.
Black velvet and that little boy smile...
Wormian wonder headed for the land of topless beaches. haha
Enjoy the sights.

Stevie D - I know you can't run with us during the day
but I always look forward to your insight at night
(just wishful thinking spoken outloud)

I don't think LP is Blaise but another alias
government official hummm

Gina - enjoy, Anoek - okay

7 days to Cote d'azur but who's counting?

wormtom

I want to be your holy man

KD - thanx for the link. I went crazy here for a while, I thought that it for christ sake must at list be 50 Mike Mc Donald webpages.

Stevie - yes, I agree with you. No Lookin' Back is not one of his best.

And his latest, Blue Obsession, I was happy when I heard the first track, then it just went downhill. Strange production, no melodies, no cool grooves. It seems like he's relying too much on his great voice.

C

clas, the m mcd tune IS called "Our Love". it's from the No Lookin' Back album by m mcd. other than that tune or one or two others, not his best album for me.

Sass Jordan

Clas, yo, mate, time for a new search engine.

I personally use Da Drone:

http://www.michaelmcdonald.com/

dr Mu - no, I'm pretty sure the song is called "Our Love", the refrain is something like; "darling our love / one love that never fades away / one love...".

I tried to search the web for a Mike mc Donald Homepage but there are no! Internet really stresses the shit out of you sometimes.

RubyBABY - yes I will. That woman Blaise told me to bring a pencil, öhhh... and a paper and ööhhh, a download. Between you and me honey, how am I supposed to bring a download to the concert? Is it slang for something else?

C

thanx blaise that makes me feel better... now this gender bending... is wormy saying YOU are LP ?... if you are, you need your own show on american tv.

let me continue by saying that if you have no bill evans in your collection, change your life now and go buy one. don't listen to me though. i have at least 100 discs by him so i'm crazy, but from this vantage point, square in the middle of the Turn Out the Stars boxset, i'd say he was one of the best jazz pianists ever in the universe. or anywhere.

fezo: someone needed to say it so thanx. gov't mule is/was the "cream" of the nineties. like cream the band that is. warren won't stop i'm sure. allman bros. family folk know how to take loss but to never let it kill their music. that's artistic tenacity, people.

lisaG: you know, i just really like you my friend. please no apologies. the omega was apparently blasting SD music for retaining some level of blues-basedness. so shocking ! i would have never known oh great omega, oh end-all of pop music theoreticians. blues and r&b is obviously omnipresent. sliced, diced, spiced, spliced, extended, rear-ended. that is the extent of the "omega formula".

worm: man, if i could run with you people during the day... i can't have the internet at work, the kids that work for me would never do just that... WORK. and speaking of punks, please don't give those spikey haired musical morons any ideas. they love to take great tunes and punkify or pukify them and it's always a pointless exercise. BTW, that whole jennifer warnes album (the hunter) is great if you can find it.

DrMu puttin' down the Doob's One Step Closer. i always thought that was a pretty fine album. mike mcd's tune One By One alone made it worth picking up on cd.

"one by one, we're given these moments to live, then one by one, they're taken away"

speaking of which, best of luck to you I.O. enjoy this time of your life. not that it will necessarily be the best part, but that it will be the only time you get to pass through it.

it's official ! right beside steve morse's major impacts, in the coveted top spot (cause i am topp dogg) of the employee picks listening post sit freshly shrink-wrapped highly purchasable copies of Wunderground Radio (if you don't know what that is by now, you are a really minor lurker here). you can listen before you buy & THAT is the plan. joker, come see me. any other raleigh festers (sometimes word usage makes me pause). don't just "fester" there like a sore ! come get W.R. ! that, malcolm my friend, is what professional marketing is all about. that's why you're payin' me the big bucks. i even stickered them cleverly "steve's nyc keyboard friend". just grabs the gonads, right ? nah... the tunes should take care of that.

i have a resolution to shorten my posts...

at least it's usually only one a day. i try to quantify other regulars, their posts laid end to end instead of one long...

whatever & out amen

It's Tjeerd, not Theerd. It happens when the lights are dimmed.

No offense and particularly because she's from Holland, but i agree with Worm when it comes to the music of Candy Dulfer. She's not that bad, but she's selling an image as well and yes indeed, does use (her) sexy looks in a way. Unlike Anoek, a young woman with a voice that could stop hell from burning, timbre, volume, she has about everything. A real beautiful woman that made her own choices about the way she looks, dressed not exactly sexy, two golden teeth (!) that can't be missed in her videoclips and two CD's really worth listening to! It's ballads and rock, Anoek however loves to listen to Michael McDonald and soulful music, you can hear she has a lot of soul and personality in her voice. Trijntje Oosterhuis, she has worked with Candy a lot and has a band of her own with her brother Theerd: Total Touch. Her voice is a Maria Carey/Whitney Houston kind of voice, all techniques and stuff, but i often miss depth and true emotion. That's what thrills, after all, isn't it??????
A matter of taste here maybe, i don't know.

But i do recommend Anoek. Really!!!

When i had a cafe, we had a DJ that was a musician and he and his brother were close to the Dulfer family and played with Hans. I've been told stories about Candy ever since she was a young girl and i do respect her ways, playing with the Rosa King Band as a teen and all ...she did find her own way in the music business.
But she's no virtuoso and she knows it herself, talks about that in interviews, really. She knows what her range is and yes, she has had many opportunities and played with both jazz and pop artists, she's entertaining, nothing wrong with that!
I'm not saying she had to dress down to be taken "serious", it doesn't really matter, she has her own audience anyway. Some just need some more to get thrilled, right Worm? I agree with you, totally!
She's still learning, aware of that herself as well. What she records on CD does differ from what she does on stage, however.

Okay. Had to follow this thread..

But when i listen to music, it doesn't matter how anyone looks, it's the music that counts, really!!!!!! Looks don't make me buy an album, it makes me skip, like i used to skip Gino Vanelli's albums, i read stuff about women who fell for him etc. i thought it was teen music or the Julio Iglesias kind.. quite surprised when i came across Storm at Sunup and other albums...real neat jazzed up music..too bad i skipped that for some years, prejudiced by looks and image and what i read, so .......

Armada will "sink" in a few hours. So this is my last post for a while.
Nice it was real close to home...
Clas, enjoy the concert tomorrow and have you ever heard Blaise on the phone? i have and you will be smitten then, can't resist the sound of a Blazervoice, right Blaise? LOL and XXX for you, my canadian friend!

Now, this is not goodbye, so i'll GB read and see you then,
everyone!
Banyan Tree Bow,
Gina

she said "you're strange, but don't change." And I let her.

A little sumthin on Jay Leonhart that mentions SD, albeit with brevity:

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000825/en/review-musicleonhart_1.html

Blaise--Sounds pretty unstable. Or are they propped up with snowdrifts?

chere--Yes, still in it--I'll write you with my many questions. Sending good vibes for your back.

SD--Wilcox as you know is a local boy. Up until about 2 yrs ago he lived here & performed locally a lot.

Mr. La--OK. Now does someone in my age bracket have to be a chaperone, or can I actually participate? I'm up for any table dancing, libation imbibing, or sensation sensing. Let's get lost.

LP--Relief party--great idea: Dan Aid! Maybe they'll let us use the jet.

Mu--the black one with the Belgian lace? Or that other one you like?

Herm--cool tips. Pick me up some Altoids at Ralph's, willya?

IO--right on about words, especially that kind.

Razor Boy--great idea--Mr. Becker writing a book. They both have some fine short pieces on the ODP--maybe do like that computer catalogue and have both of them in the same volume, but starting at opposite ends and upside down to one another. Two against nature.

Beast--Joe Jackson tour! I'm there.

Kitten--What songs are on this cd?

steely1--Yo man! How's the dragon-rider? Don't you think we should hip these people to Cafe Adulis? Why settle for hot wings when you can have your sinuses everted with fabulous Ethiopian food?

Miz D, GL, & Mu--thanx for bodacious fever dream material.

Low-hanging fruit picker--you too.

Re: Charlie Parker: There was a great story about him on Weekend Edition Sun. am. It should be retrievable on npr.org's archives by now.

Dangerous bathrooms?
Only when I dance.

I'd say that New Haven, Conn. is somewhat of a drive from Philly. Closer from central NJ. Wish I could join you all, but kinda tight on funds at the momento. What a shame about me. Keep the info. coming--will let you know.

I say low-flow may as well be no-flow.

Kitten-On the "blaming Dan's lyrics for the commission of some real sick crimes" notion:
You've gotta be kidding if you think that people do sick things because "the devil made them do it." TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF AND TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO DO THE SAME.
Thank you for your support.

And me so wise I bought his prize for chicken feed

Miz Ducks; Yes! on Ms. Carrie Akre. Excellent voice both sultry and strong. Her early band, The Rockfords never got the airplay but she is coming on and I'm thrilled. She is also a guest vocalist on the latest Smithereens CD (God Save The Smithereens) on a cut called "House At The end Of The World" which she co-wrote and should be familiar to you LP as the last cut on the tape.

Floridavid; Listened to the disc three times already and a different favorite each time. Thanks and not bad chops for "drummer".

Speaking of LP, she is indeed a real person living just outside of Boston and a government official so don't mess with her.

SunDANce YES! When Mr. LaPage, when?

Finally; Showers
When finishing my basement I took valuable laundry room space by insisting on a large 5x5 shower with a bench. My better half was mad and confused at the time at the loss of precious space. She now uses the shower almost exclusively having been a bath person and thanks me every week for the forsight and her silky smooth legs made so by the use of the bench and the space.
No injuries for this cowboy in the wet room.

Peace

G.E.

Mike A-- keep your money

To All:
Well the boys have departed for the "old country" and I see everyone's kind of milling about in the ol' guestbook. Good to know your all still around! What's next on the agenda? SD in the Hall of fame, Live CD, there must be somthing! I demand it! It's been a fab Steely year....no?

RE:Canadian thread-For my money it's gotta be Joni & Alanis Morrissette

I'm glad "Wormy" brought up Candy Dulfer because I happen to think she's incredible! Yes, she's easy on the eyes, and having looks is certainly a great foot in the door for a white woman from Holland who PLAYS jazz/funk sax, but she's DEFINITEY NOT a lightweight musician. She plays her ass off!

Candy is damn accomplished and VERY serious about the sax with her passion being the convergence of jazz sax with funk. Her main mentor is, of course, renowned Jazz saxaphonist Hans Dulfer, who also happens to be her father. Now in her early 30s, Candy has been recording since she was 11. She's worked with everyone from Prince to Madonna (but not Bach). She turned down touring with Prince at one point as she thought it wasn't quite her image.

But Candy first came to MY attention as a musician first and that was in 1993 when she played sax for Van Morrison's band on his 1993 tour. She was incredible--and, as a matter of fact, I was unaware at how beautiful she was at that point since I didn't have very good seats...couldn't see her--she just sounded incredible! She gave me CHILLS!

I had to go out and get her CDs. Today, I would reccommend N2K Encoded's "Best of Candy Dulfer" to get started. Her website is at http://www.candydulfer.nl

It's funny that Candy Dulfer should come up because I was actually writing for the Rotterdam and German Danfest listbots about us Danfans getting together in Germany for one of her shows which, if it's not to far, meshes perfectly with Steely Dan's show schedule in that region. With Steely Dan's fascination on funk and jazz, I (1.) hope Candy ends up on a Steely Dan album in the future or even on tour. She's got loads of talent (not to mention the visual appeal); and (2.) was hoping she might show up at least in the audience for the Rotterdam show since that area is her home town. I can't imagine her NOT being a huge Dan Fan.

Aside from her website and her CDs, if you really want to experience what Candy the musician is all about, catch Van Morrison's televised Rockplast show from the past year. Candy plays on it and clearly looks like she would fit in in her own right along side Bob S., Michael L, Cornelius and Jim P. Candy has had special guest star roles in many Van shows throughout the 90s, which in my opinion is a huge endorsement of her talents.

Anyhow, the Dandom Digest and the listbots will feature more on hooking up for a Candy Dulfer show in mid-September.

See you in Europe for the last week of SD and hopefully for Candy.

hoops!

by the way, hello to Oleander, Jane Lightning, and all other Mansfield Friday night DanFesters (sorry I couldn't make Saturday). Jane, Al's 8x10's from the Gorge and Hartford are amazing - I hope you guys are enjoying the CD's.

by the way, did that '78 boot sought by Jose Speedo ever surface? I would gladly trade my soundboard-sourced CD's from St. Louis '93 or Manassas '96 for it. mail me...

steviedan--i'm working at Carmel Mountain Supercuts. Been a busy summer. Turned 16 on August 24th and have a new job, got my licence...started school on Monday but i've missed the last 2 days because i came down with strep throat =( But yeah, thanks for asking, works hard, i just hope i feel well enough to work tommorow!!! Talk to you later

a New Haven Danfest on 10/20? hear, hear!

(or would that be "here, here"? I've always been unsure about that particular expostulation...)

there's a sports bar downtown called TK's American Cafe that has outstanding wings in like 15 different varieties. however, it also boasts a television/table ratio greater than 1 and far too many red-white-and-blue budweiser and nascar banners.

wings and other eats are available at a host of hipper establishments, of course. my personal favorite bar, Rudy's, serves no food but has by far the tastiest jukebox in New Haven.

is there anyone who wants to take on (or already has) the title of organizer? I un-nominate myself -- because I now live elsewhere and am super busy with work -- but I will happily provide input on venue, lodging, etc.

Stevie Wonders - At the CLose of the Century boxset disc two
certainly inspired some nice workstation mapping this afternoon

golden lady indeed

so when do we get a flesh and blood account from the euro tour?

for some strange reason Vicki isn't giving me a day by day electronic rose or update on the shows and a play by play account of whether I am finally getting to her

listen Vicki - Nice, France on the 15th
(two weeks and two days away)
we can head to Monaco, Cannes, Zermat Switzerland or straight into each others eyes

plain and simple

you can choose the music I'll set up my gear

(throw out the hardware lets do it right (with a 90's update))

where the hell am I?

LP-A gang of well-heeled Ivy Leaguers worshipping a band named after a dildo-they are definitely not undersexed!

Aja

I saw a CD yesterday called "The Masters" under Becker and Fagen rather than Steely Dan. It claims to contain material (other than 4 songs, one of them being "Brooklyn") that were never available commercially before.
My question is: Would someone who likes later Dan (with the exception of Dr Wu), which would include Aja, Gaucho, Nitefly like any of the songs on this CD ( if you've heard it of course), or is this another "You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It Or You etc.." soundtrack (which was pretty disappointing IMHO)?
BTW, I think some of you were a little too harsh on that z,x person. I read about that person's case in the papers a few months ago- truly tragic-it involved blaming Dan's lyrics for the commission of some real sick crimes- kind of like the Metalica thing. The f***ed up idiot got life from what I remember.

two against nature is so cool! My dad played Steely Dan to me and I loved it I know most of the lyrics. My dads name is gary.
Who makes the morning fabulous, Steely Dan do of course!

ruby baby: I didn't have a problem with the setlist at all. I love the setlist. They're great songs. I'm just pining for more variety and spontaneity from my very favorite musicians in the world. I was struck by Matt and Amanda's setlist from each gig this year at how little the setlists varied nightly and how anyone would want to see essentially the same show some 25 or 30 times in one tour. By the time I saw my 3rd show of this summer's tour, I was timing my restroom visits perfectly.

As a musician, I understand the logistics of having to arrange all those charts for a big band to play, so I can empathize.

Luckless Pedestrian: Nay to the Tappan Zee Bridge !! I'll take the ferry, thank you very much ! Actually, I saw the date of October 20th listed as a possible date for the shindig, which I would have to pass on, as it will be my birthday. I choose to let my better half plan festivities for that weekend..

I also really dug "Monkey in your Soul," a great new arrangement and a chance for a trombone solo. I think the highlights were definitely Boston Rag and Royal Scam.

Attention Joe Jackson fans: Night and Day II has a tentative release date of Oct 26th, and a tour in December.. should be very good.

Oh Canada!

Kate Bush is one for "the tape", yes, does everyone have their tape? - life is, you know, an MTV video....

Okay, here goes:

enter babbling to grown-ups
ectasy beats the grange
educating bores tortures gorillas
efforts bunking theories gladdens
either bring the gas
emulate bad toys grudgingly
elusive bongo's take ground

Did I start that?

Welcome, if a Cadet is empowered to do so, to Thelonius, my old friend; unless you are a pre-LP person which would cause me to say welcome back and pleased to meet you. The date for the dan-fest is October 20th, the place is somewhere in NEW HAVEN, CONN. that appears necessary to be able to serve hot wings and cold American beer and further allows loud under-sexed frat boys in with or without their shirts/shoes. Shouldn't be too difficult to find, since Yale is right there.

Spanking? No paddles though, okay? Undercover chain puller? Oblique, me? Never.

that's my claim to fame

mental note to self

StevieDan - musical universe - evening poster
Blaise - morning humorist

perhaps we could get Sir Steven on our day schedule
and elevate the musical end

damn it - listening to Van's Too Long In Exile
why I hadn't owned this disc before is beyond me
pulled out liner notes

no no no - Candy Duffler on Alto Sax
nothing earth moving but she actually fills in okay

I'm sorry but this women is such a poor excuse to sell Jazz in the wrappings of sex (some marketing moron's excuse for getting the unaware into Jazz via the pinup)

why can't I have a job at a major record label doing full boxsets layouts and reissues with stellar bonus tracks (the sequencing alone would be worth the price of admission)

thelonius - ask and consider yourself invited, simple enough

is Jennifer Warnes "Big Noise New York" with DOnald the most obvious and enjoyable Joni vocal ripoff phrasing????

wormy

the busy world was not my home, so I went to find my own

I watched that Sade live video and dispite a wonderfull bare midriff nothing breathtaking and memorable happened
then again Snake Mary stayed up late

so how does one get an invite to these dan outings?

enjoy those top tens, real gut wrenchers

Come on guys..........this Canadian Vocalist thread is so fucking boring

From Canada: Don't forget Jane Siberry. Definitely in the category of "ethereal female singers," which sometimes I can only take in small doses, but when she's on for me she's fabulous.

From elsewhere: Kate Bush. Yeah, another "ethereal female singer," but with major intensity. My favorite album of hers is "The Sensual World." Aptly named--rowr!!

And there's a local-to-Seattle singer named Carrie Akre--she'd been the lead singer with Hammerbox and Goodness, and is just about to release a solo album. Far from ethereal--this woman can really belt when she wants to. Her previous bands were kinda grunge-oriented, but well-done in that genre. But I've heard the single off her new album on a local Seattle station--song entitled "Humdrum," which is anything but--and it has a smokey soul groove that absolutely blew me away.

Okay, two more: Johnette Napolitano, lead singer for Concrete Blonde--another rocker with such a fabulous voice that she doesn't have to screech to make an impact. And Alison Moyet--wonderfully bluesy voice to let loose on Britpop confections.

P.S. Man would I love to attend one of these stave-off-the-post-tour-depression wingdings, but having blown all my remaining discretionary income on something frivolous like a condo, I'm kinda strapped for traveling money. Anything shaking on the Left Coast? (so to speak?)

/the Mam'zelle
guess which were the first CDs she unpacked after moving in?

EBTG-if you are who I think you are, cheer up, they weren't worth it anyway!

Craig-(oh so lol) havin' fun, feet on the ground, saw the warning lights immediately, thanks (some of us weren't so lucky). See you in Sundance, New Orleans, and Bridgeport; I'm bringing both the flannel and the black dress.

Aja

Blaise: Jann Arden covered one of my uncle's songs, "Best Dress," on her new album. It's a nasty little song, I love it. The album hasn't been released here but it's gone Gold up north.

It's interesting how deep rooted certain memories are.

I grew up in a very quiet, rural neighborhood. My parents were/are both "music friendly", so there was always music coming from either the "hi-fi" (this *was* the 50's) or from the big ol' Hammond that dominated the living room. As a result, summer evenings always had some sort of music accompanying them.

That memory never crosses my mind except when I hear one of two songs...

"...a little music from the house next door", Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts

"...someone's playing a violin", One Place - EBTG (Different instrument, but it fires the same synapses...)

Somehow, the sounds eminating from car owned by the bass-deaf kid down the street don't inspire the same warm fuzzies.

ebtg

entice butter tantelize gorge
exactly by total grace
envy boy tom's gun
empty bombastic total gargling
enhanced belgium topless gals
even barbados tempts gentlemen
excentuate bedside torn garments

you may be on to something

for that spanking!

EBTG?

enough bile, ten gags?

AJa and Rubie - eye and ear in the hands of Mother Postal

Luckless Pedster - your invited
I still think you are an undercover chain puller
nobody comes on that smug unless they have the goods or wanna play with you seriously

and I wish I had gotten that patent on the oblique dan lyric at the end of one's post (just kidding, it's a fun spin isn't it?)

wt

living hard will take it's toll

10 Possible Meanings for EBTG:
10.Every Bit Too Good
9.Eric Balled Terri Garr
8.Each Belly-dancer Tom Gropes
7.Endeavor Belatedly To Gripe
6.Edd's BlackCow Tastes Good
5.Every Boy Tickles Gently
4.Even Ballah Tantalizes Girls
3.Enter But Try Going
2.Explain Balzac To Georgians
1.Entertain Big Talking Geeks

Beast W/O a Name: I LOVED the set list as presented. Come on, finish this sentence for us -

"If it's not broke ...__________________!

Clas: Hey, don't get stuck between the Moon and New York City! We expect to hear all your thoughts about the concert! You can feed us in small doses over a few weeks. Or months.

For all you folks with Nokias:

http://yourmobile.com/popup1.html

My nokia is too old, but if you've got a recent version, you can get some great new rings! You can get Billie's Bounce or Take 5 or In The Mood or my fav - Fever!

You can also suggest ones they don't have. How would Don & Walt feel about My Old School as a cell phone ring? I'm thinking about suggesting it...

And what's wrong with Ruby Baby on the Weather Channel? It's already on a Mac ad - Dion is singing it. But we know who does it best, don't we?

rb

Hey Craig

of course! hey depending on the number we can all crash at my place

we must give the group the slease tourist factor, the elegance then the full New Orlean scene the tourists rarely get so lucky to see. I know a great paranormal tour that would make Madame E. proud if one's into that as well

I'll have to see which months music fits -

late october, early november?

we can talk more over a fine glass under quaking aspen in Provo Canyon, name the time, and I'll be there

wormy

who do you think I am?

Wormy, wormy, wormy - explain your impression, do we need to go off-line here? I wanted to get a new discussion going on the west - my idea of the west, being on the right coast, is the view from the airplane in a 747 on my way to San Fransisco, I'm horribly ignorant, so I thought if I got a few people irritated, I might get an invitation to come on out for a tour!

I'm still into New Orleans, by the way - but selfishly, I'm not there until next March for business.

Beast w/o a Name - I got the News and Everything You Did would be superb live, wouldn't it? I actually got a very happy surprise in Mansfield when they did Monkey in Your Soul live - never would have thought they'd do that deep one! Are you in for New Haven In October - come on over the Tappenzee (sp) Bridge!

have you had enough of mine?

Aja, you WERE warned! Are you STILL going there?

Tommy, I'm with you! This Luckless Pedestrian is far too pedestrian to fathom! Do I hear an Amen?! Hey Luckless, I really dig snobby women. Bring it on Ms. New England!

Of course Sundance is still on! Black backless oh-so-sleek dresses and thongs are the Haute Couture of the event.

Tom, start making BIG plans for us at all those outta-the-way places you know in the EASY when the weather relents a bit. I'M THERE!

CRAIG

Though Heart got their start in Vancouver they most definitely aren't Canadian. Seattle is Wilson sister country.

You also forgot Margot Timmins of Cowboy Junkie fame. The most sultry, sexy Canadian singer alive. And her brother knows how to pen a good tune.

Warble throated Sarah I can do without...

If you haven't picked up a copy of WunderGround Radio yet, may I suggest you hesitate no further. www.malcolmhunter.com

EBTG=Everything But The Girl!

My baby Don't love me anymore :-(

possible bubble popping?

Personally i think that Luckless Pedestrian is none other than a well known guestbook regular disguised at a women

she's pulling our chain big time and non content for all the west coasters (and those who left their soul there) to have all the fun

come clean or give me a nice spanking

wormy

you wouldn't know a diamond if you held it in your hand

Craig-how could you not have mentioned "The Tao of Steve", hit of Sundance (or so I've read), the tales of a master seducer? Don't you think the women should be warned?????? Not that they wouldn't go there anyway.

Aja

NO BRIDGEPORT! NEW HAVEN, is that okay?

What's up with EBTG?

I look forward to wormy, aja and mr lapage giving me a tour of the wonders of the western world someday - it will be a lovely way to stand corrected, after all.

I am not as snobby as I seem - there are good reasons why I am an appointed government official and not an elected one - too many closets left open.

Love Sarah on the latest woman list. Is Shania, though her songs are not the greatest to me, look like Audrey Hepburn or what? Alanis is a little too angry for me - its really not that bad out there as she depicts - I prefer the social satirical cynicism of our boys to outright anger - maybe it's my age now, I'm just not that pissed off anymore. I still dig poetry spoken that's a little angry, but mixed with music, nope.

but it all comes out on the inside eventually

you idiots

by all necessary means keep
your Utah and New Orleans rondeviews

we want the black, backless dress
not the flannels

The setlist from Denmark is now posted at:

http://members.aol.com/lovethisgig/setlists/copenhagen.html

Unfortunately, D+W have not used their month off to change up the setlist. Same setlist as Mansfield, MA and a few of the other U.S. shows.... Glamour Profession and Hey 19 were in there.

If they tour again next year, which they've promised at some of their gigs, let's hope they dust off a few tunes that haven't had a live airing yet, like Haitian Divorce, Caves of Altamira, Here at the Western World, I Got the News, Everything You Did...

Beast

Craig-Obsession? EBTG? Does that have anything to do with what was in my e-mail this morning? But not from you-in light of all that, I can't wait to hear from you.

This girl has fun but keeps her feet on the ground.

Bridgeport now? I guess that means leave the black, backless dress at home and put on the flannel.

Aja

Clas: You mean Real Love? That's a great song from a mostly blase album (Skunk had called it quits). Some of the other songs are enlivened by Cornelius Bumpus. Anyway, Real Love has a neat minimalistic series of chord pairs before presenting the chorus theme and then into the first verse - nicely done.

Howard: Much obliged for the excellent tutorial. Will try some of those tonight on the keys.

Chere: I forgot to say congrats...so it WAS SOOUT? Congrats!

Blaise - right on with Joni and Sarah. I was listening to Sarah in the early 90s in Canada.

You and Clas been steaming up the chatroom, hmm? It's getting interesting around here.

worm - are you a rock climbing worm? How do you manage it being a non-pedal entity?

Craig - you may be on to something

since us western dudes can't cut it, let's do it out east
the only respectable place to dan

I suggest we rent the (irony of all ironies) The Western World

you and I and all the other disgraceful Dan male fans can stagger in to our precious ones with cane and beer belly in tow

we give the local girls the night off and we earn money for charity with the GB peep show crowd.

Lay down your Jackson indeed

blaise - isn't Geddy Lee a female singer?
or was he the last fabled castrano?

tell me more on Amanda Marshall, I've been tempted but never bit

LP - dish the Redford attitude, West Coast rules
we start at Sundance then Aja and I will lead your weary ass up the ledges in Zion
believe me overlooking the Golden Throne you will thank us before it's all over

RazorBoy - you got through this time
I personally want the Katy remaster with the DBX fubar intact
must insist on the true original release!

imagine Steely Dan doing punk

"God save Dr Wu dadada da da
He's about to come to dadada da da
He thinks that Katy Lied dunt dunt da da da
He's halfway crucified"

nevermind

Luckless Pedestrian, So the plot thickens! First you dismiss us for being crude, now you're dissing our lifestyle. Do you actually think people like us, who cannot even afford airline tickets, swill Americian Light Beer with elan and eat deep fried foods with nary a thought to our precarious cholesteral levels would be invited into THE mecca for Hollywood mavens in the mountains of Utah?
Sundance Indeed!
Robert Redford in his too-cool Rodeo Drive style would set the dogs on us as our technicolor motorhome approached the property.

Here's the new plan; fuck New Orleans and Sundance. We'll meet in Bridgeport at the Anthony's Corner Bar & Grille or perhaps the local fire hall where they serve ice cold Rolling Rock, Kielbasi and Bratwurst sandwiches and greezy chili-cheese fries. Just give me a cold brewski and a bag of pork rinds, set me at a table where I can rest my beer belly and I'm a contented man.

What does everyone say? Are you with me Tom? Do you think you can make it Soout? Jay, it's a short drive from Philadelphia, isn't it? Aja, can you get the time off? Edd you live near by, don't you?

OK, so it's a plan?

Chere, I hope you're doing better today. I heard yesterday was a little rough. I'll mail you my love today JuJu Princess!

Aja, so tell me more about your newfound obsession with all things "EBTG."

Craig

And forgot the Wilson sisters from Heart (Vancouver). Sorry.

Howard - All these different ways of subtly giving the finger... hmm... will practice for sure.

Tom - We already did experience the safest kind of sex you can have: chatroom cybersex. We took turns as the passive partner, of course.
Chat anyone? lol
Monkey dude - Mouth-breather? Now you got me self-conscious about something new. Losing my mind as a matter of fact. Keep that mouth closed! Keep that mouth closed! Chicks don't dig it!
re: Ian Dury on MOA.
A pompous-ass British accent adds credibility to whatever bull you may sputter, mate.
Female singers from Canada that you should consider before you know who:
Joni Mitchell (duh)
Sarah Mclaughlan (re-duh)
KD Lang
Jann Arden
Amanda Marshall
Deborah Cox
Alanis Morrissette
even Shania Twain for chrissakes!
And yes, why not, Anne Murray? Rita McNeil?
How about a kiss from C... D... you know who... indeed, Yak!
Rene Angelil is a freaking marketing genius, IMHO.

Hey there J. Money-is that an invite? This girl's got a wild impulse to run off somewhere-or did you know that already?

Aja

I submitted a post yesterday afternoon and its not there. Where did it go? I must have reached my daily limit.

Purchased the remasters of Aja and Katy Lied yesterday. I noticed a big difference in Katy, much better. The liner were a riot, worth the price of admission. I think Walter needs to put out a book of his musings. Perhaps 'Hiding from the madman I'm longing to be'. Saving my pennies for the rest of the collection.

Also got Riding With the King, B.B. King & Clapton. Awesome. It's a shame they waited so long to do this. Very moody, very, very blues. Steve Gadd plays drums on several of the tracks also.

Hopefully this one will make the book.

Peace, Love and DAN

Razor

Clas ^ Blaise - go for it, life is way too short to put up with mediocrity.

Good notes on Christopher Cross, and especially the call on Warren Zevon, Dr. Mu! I would however, place Harry Chapin above James Taylor anyday in the storytelling songwriting category. I saw Harry Chapin in 1980 in Syracuse, New York, great show can still picture it. But, the James Taylor concert that same year in Saratoga was pretty fabulous.

Ruby Baby on the Weather Channel? Too funny - heard Aja in Muzak once on an elevator. Almost had to heave...

On the shower discussion - showers are made way too small, I've had too many of an-almost-tragic-household-accident there. Floors are much safer, people.

*October 20th** is the date for the Dan Fan Rage Fest in *NEW HAVEN*. Who knows a good watering hole where the music is fine?

Sundance is okay, but us East Coast types may see the scene out there as a Robert Redford love-in-and-aren't-we-so-cool-living-in-the-open-air-with-our-SUV's, commercial catalogue purchase "plastic-coated" Hollywood-in-a-different-range.....but my opinion is based merely on the media and not any real data becasue of my ignorance of never having been there; so, I'm sure I will get some rebuttals today on it. Had to get have an influence on today's conversation, you know. .`)

Will check in as the day progresses.

Throw out the hardware, let's do it right.

stevie-no need for YOU to clarify. At first I thought I was missing something, but after I thought about it, I kinda got the feeling that either a) omega (LOL) was full of s*#t or b) I was full of s*#t. In either case, if you understood something, kudos to x-z. But I couldn't see the vague connections Mr./Ms. End was making. Asking for clarification was the only recourse, however, I have a sneaking suspicion I was subconciously getting out frustration moreso than asking for explanation. However, if he/she/it can come up with some real evidence, I will listen. I'm leaning toward the old Dan myself personally, but I didn't want to announce it in public until I gave the new one a million listens first. I hope you didn't feel I had an issue with you, 'cuz I don't. And apologies for including you in my comment.

top ten reasons Clas and Blaise should consumate their unrequited love for each other

12) Red Blaizer indeed, did I say red?
11) the offspring are worthy of scientific chromo research
10) gaslighting wormy has a nice ring to it
9) no bodacious cowboys in canada to mess things up
8) kinky hasn't been jealous since Ballah had his way with us
7) once a Swede, always a Swede
6) if your gonna do long distance romance why not do it for the GB's entertainment?
5) the signs of relief from Skully, LP, Corpsy V, Aja, IO, Ruby, Lisa and Robin will bring a new calmer gentler aura
4) guess who's going along for the ride indeed
3) crossdressing not needed for informal GB postings
2) the french/swiss mistranslations should be adorable
1) the top ten will daily involve flirting

gyisy

µ (and all other guitar/piano/harmony fans):

a quick follow-up to your post on the mu-major chord. The Steely Dan mu-major chord is a major triad to which the 2nd of the scale is added. Guitarists might know the same beast as an "add2" or "add9" chord.

Example - C mu-major = C maj triad + 2nd = C E G + D

The classic voicing (early Dan) would be root (C) in the left hand of the piano, with DEG in the right. The dissonance between D and E is what gives the chord the spice.

You also hear it voiced C (left hand) + GDE (right)

Common guitar friendly mu-major chords:

x0242x x0x420 3x020x xx0252 etc

For "101 uses for the mu-major chord" I recommend repeated listening to all early Dan albums, especially Katy Lied.

The twist in the tale comes around the time of Royal Scam.

The mu-major with the 3rd in the bass becomes the default Steely Dan mu chord. Same notes, just rearranged, but a very different sound. For C mu-major (made up of notes C D E G) the classic late period voicing would be:

E (left hand) + DGC (right).

(eg Deacon Blues, Black Cow etc)

Guitar shape: x 7 x 7 8 8

The sharp-eyed among you will spot the stacked 4ths at the top of the chord which no doubt contribute to the sparse, jazzy feel of the chord.

more on the mu-major chord appearing at a web site near you soon ...

Howard

RIP Allen Woody. Along with Warren Haynes, founding member of Gov't Mule, one of the most innovative bands I heard in the 1990's, also well known for kick starting Greg Allman's ass when he (and Haynes) starting playing with the Allmans in the late 80's.

BLAISE baby, smooch to you too, darling dear!

Of course, pen and paper and a download. Aj aj captain!

(and of course, no drugs, haven't had a drink (that includes any form of drug too) in (soon) 15 months, are you proud of me my little sugarbell?)

Clas, Blaise's moray eel

when ever I put my foot in my mouth and you begin to doubt
your the one that I'm dreaming about,
do I have to draw you a diagram?
all I ever want is just to fall into your human hands

no word from Europe?

how to cure post dan depression?
a tough task indeed
isn't this avenue at least a wonderful support group?
maybe if one hangs out at enough of these one can spot that other "phoney" with the goth look (ala fightclub) coming simply for the fix and sympathy
but don't try it might make you miserable

after seeing gentleman loser around hear lately I'm beginning to think that yes indeed gentleman and loser go together too well

being humble, gracious and tasteful doesn't seem to attract Miss Right or even Miss Right Now

I think Don and Walt were on to something
why else would one be a midnight cruiser?

the places we used to go, familiar faces that aren't smiling like before

don't get smart or sarcastic
he snaps back just like elastic
spare us the theatrics and the verbal gymnastics
we break wise guys just like matchsticks

first SOOUT and Chere, now Clas and Blaise
whats a poor lonely worm to do?

I always enjoy hearing from Social Herm
thanks for the tip on the McBride cd

cute Blaisey, cute gyisy

Bird lives indeed -

why, tell me why, is Ian Dury interviewed on the Making of Aja special? what does this Blockhead have to offer?
A songwriter from the punk new wave era waxing effusely on the vary thing that they supposedly held high disdain for (it couldn't all be aimed at Pink Floyd)

one of these surely will screen out the sorrow

Clas, my friend, all I ask of you is to bring a pen and paper with you to the ice rink (no drugs) and give me the lowdown on the Stockholm gig as faithfully as you can. Steamer Heaven is the soul synergy between me and you, babe. smooch!

Have Steely Dan played Denmark? Have they played Stockholm too? You guys got me worried now.

Schwinn - Doug Sham - does that name ring a bell?

dr Mu - yeah, those are great songs. You forgot "Our Love", Mike mc Donald solo. The groove is like a boat drifting down the Amazona-river, so cool, so sad, so melancholy. Excellent harmony-singing. When I was drunk I used to cry listening to that song (well, I use to cry listening to it when I am sober too).

RubyBABY - good!

not my nancy - re Steamer Heaven:

This are the facts:

Tina Turner sang the song "Stevie Winwood", which rhymes with steamy window. What you get when you make love in a small room with only one window is a "steamy window".

So, Steamer Heaven is the room you're making love in. You're making love, you sweat, and you're hopefully in heaven.

Am I right my little sugarpie Blaise?

PS/ If you're unlucky and get a serious sternum-attack during the intercourse, you get a steamy widow, but that's another story.

C

A few suggestions concerning a method for hazing newbies:

- Run 10 times around Gramercy Park wearing nothing but a wonderwaif shirt.
- Bobbing for apples in a bucket of LSD laced with kerosene.
- A date with your choice of Kinky, Ballah or Nerium to collect sperm and saliva samples for further DNA analysis.
- A week in Dallas listening to Dallas on an endless loop.
- A month keeping up with Q blow for blow at your own expense.
- Keep trying until you successfully start a thread on the Japanese Guestbook.
- Find the real Copenhagen setlist with proof. You got thirty minutes.
- Try to fly a Cessna from New York to Paris using 90 minutes worth of fuel and live to tell.

A brothel in New Orleans?
A simple hot-dog joint?
A place you end up in if you haven't been really good or really bad?

Stevie - If you read the digest, you'll find that it is not clear whether they really played Almost Gothic in Copenhagen. You find two slightly different spoilers: one says they played it, the other remembers Black Friday instead so...
Also in the digest, a link to an interesting interview with Walter found on guitar.com.

gracious thanx to the duckchess for her remembrance. if not for it, the day would have passed unnoticed for me.

ree: i sure hope you've returned for good. gina, listen to the chile, she WILL send you a novella. but i'll guarantee that you'll love her even more when you've finished it. one of my homeboys is undergoing a triple bypass in the a.m. between you and him i'm working up whatever juju this white boy can muster.

I.O.: what's the new gig ?

clas/kd: i really love playing m by m. the intro is a tasty vamp that falls right under your hands and you can just slap and roll it. the real challenge for my memory is the rocking bass/contrary chord sequence leading to the bridge. it's not often that we play it so i always have to do the seven second silent finger through before we kick it. clas, "arthur's theme" is a great tune. i also love "think of laura". does anyone here ever mention james taylor. as singer songwriters go, he's as good as it gets. one man, one guitar.

dammit they played almost gothic in the state of denmark ? apparently nothing's rotten there ! and i literally publicly begged for it !

luckless: sorry about the hip-hop lingo. by saying "i'm down" i meant "i'm with you" but thoughts of brazil and it's music would always take me up a level anyway. hope it did for you.

oh you beast you: yeah they could tell ricky wakeman that the chicks were really bitchin' this tour. literally bitchin' and filin' lawsuits but he'd never know until it was too late. igor's got the parts down. we could get him a long blonde wig, a cape, and platforms. the flamboyance he has down. if they bring any one person back, it better be bruford.

LisaG: oh my lets me clarify. i was not agreeing with omega's generic analysis of everydansong. his basic description sort of fits a tune or two but SO WHAT. we live in a world of I IV V7, and II V7, i've got rhythm, so on so forth. one question omega boy. has steely dan expanded generally on the popular song's harmonic landscape ? i think the ass has passed anyhoo. he won't answer.

Gina: thanx for the e-mail and your efforts. we'll be in touch.

DrMu: i came to warren late in life through the little boxset which is awesome. david lindley's all over it ! his new album is excellent also. i just love the hidden track "my sh*t's f*cked up". i hate gratuitous profanity but that song is funny as hell.... dammit !

herm: drop in more often man, i love to read your stuff. mcbride, pastorius, steely dan, same album... we gots a winnuh !

BIRD LIVES!

Amen to that, Miz Duckster...Bird lives!!!

Happy Birthday, Charlie Parker.

Born on this day in 1920.

If not for him, a whole bunch of important music would not have happened ... not the least of which being the music which summoned us all to this particular cyberplace.

L'chaim!

/the Mam'zelle

sly?

Hi everyone. Got a new job and am totally busy but i haven't forgotten about my GB buddies! Hope everyone is doing well!!!

To that ... guy with the joke--thats soo not cool! there is SO nothing wrong with Gay and/or lesbiands...maybe it was just a joke but rememeber everything you say can have an affect on people. Words can kill people

Herm & Gentleman Loser: I've heard of Christina McBride, but this Christian McBride is new to me.

oh - GL, make some fresh rice, for Pete's Sake. Or as my dad always said, 'for crying in the sink.'

rb

Dr Mu: A solid "amen" for warren zevon
gentleman loser

M,
Certainly any Dan party in Connecticut I will attend. If there is a need for some "new" music, I believe I can be of assistance.

Just let me know.

How about some coal fired pizza?

LisaG: Why thank you. This is a good cyberhang if you like freewheeling. I'm reading real quickly through and seeing something about pulled muscle and groin and lotion. I'd relay a joke and an anecdote, but we don't have to go any farther...

I tell ya where I like the Eagles and Jackson Browne: backing Warren Zevon where they belong!!!! Sentimental Hygeine and Excitable Boy are great albums, but one of the all-time giants has to be the eponymous debut. Sunny LA rock was never the same!! Yes, it filled with a pantheon of losers and sleazy characters. With classics like Frank and Jesse James, Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded, Hasten Down the Wind, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Mohammed's Radio, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Carmelita, Desperados Under the Eaves, and the amazing French Inhaler - this ani't no Linda Ronstadt album, though many of the players and songs are the same!!! The French Inhaler has a remarkable song structure: A B C D A E C D F G Might even keep z awake! One of the most overlooked albums I know of. If you've heard Linda's version, you need to check these out - a much defferent attitude. Poor Poor Pitiful Me will have you ROFLYAO. Too bad his only hit (Werewolvers of London) was a novelty - typecast him...

A little girl was playing in the garden when she spotted two spiders
>mating.
>"Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?" she asked.
>"They're mating," her father replied.
>"What do you call the spider on top, Daddy?" she asked.
>"That's a daddy longlegs." her father answered.
>"So, the other one is a mommy longlegs?" the little girl asked.
>"No," her father replied. "Both of them are daddy longlegs,"
>The little girl thought for a moment, then took her foot and stamped them
>flat.
>".Well, we're not having THAT sort of shit in our garden."

Hi
Lisa G: Sorry to hear of the shower related injury, glad I made you blush. I have never pulled a muscle while in the shower, but have sustained several bruises and other assorted minor injuries; most of them from dancing. Thank Saint Dupont for non-slip floors

Herm: thanks for the info on the christian mcbride. Time to begin digging in the couches for change again. Am currenly dancing on the poverty line as it is...

Off to a late dinner. sesame beef from last night and white rice unsuitable for human consuption
toodles
gentleman loser

Just heard a smooth jazz version of "Ruby Baby" on the Weather Channel, fun stuff, nice trumpet solo.

Ten Possible Meanings of timg:

10) Trixie Invigorates My ... Guitar
9) This Is Moody Geezer
8) Think: Is Mars Gnarly?
7) Thighs' Instant Mega Grip
6) Tonight I Might Gargle
5) Thumper Is My Guru
4) Tongue Is More Groovy
3) The Irrascible Mr. Goose
2) Totally Into Moon Gazelles
and
1) Turtle In My Girdle

Sociable Hermit-don't stay away so long next time! Thanks for the great jazz tips.

Aja

LP: keep me posted for the October 20 gig up in Hartford?
Dan Fan? you in?

ygk

According to the All Music sight, that Christian McBride CD comes out on September 12. It's already been rated at four stars, I believe, and he covers not only "Aja", but the Police song, "Walking on the Moon", and a Jaco song called, "Havona".
I can't wait for it to come out. I have his "Number Two Express", CD and it is very cool to say the least.

I have been spending alot of time lately listening to jazz guitarists, and someone who's impressed me quite a bit is Randy Johnston. He's got a CD called "Riding The Curve", with Joey DeFrancesco on organ and guest appearance by Johnny Griffin. It is an incredibly smoking set. It reminds me of those classic mid-sixties jazz/funk guitar/organ albums. Try to pick it up if you can.

Later,

Herm

(Well I start school again next Tuesday, and then I'll be infrequently lurking. Gotta get my 12 cents in now.)

LP-so sorry to hear about the LD. Hope you can be treated orally. That I-V stuff scares me. Speedy recovery, girlfriend.

Gentleman Loser-you made me blush 4 times, my dear! Actually, I pulled a muscle dancing in the showering, once. Was trying to remove its snad. (Sorry LP, your typo was just too cute.)

Whatevah-thanks for the tip about Chris McBride covering Aja on the new one. Maybe I'll dig deep in the pockets and actually buy a CD this year.

To the good Dr.-You never cease to aMUse us. Except when going on about half-lives; then you just amaze. Way cool stuff.

To all my dear GB-ers--all this talk of Pretzel Logic is making me want to learn it from start to finish. It's your fault now if I become really busy.

Top Ten possible meanings of gyisy:

10. Grok yours in sync, yella
9. Garfield, yes it's still you
8. Glue yours in stiff yoke
7. Godfrey, your insane, silly yokel
6. Geek yelling in someone's yard
5. Golem, you insist, sorry you
4. Genetic yeast infection syndromed yak
3. Got your instant salvation yet?
2. Granted, you instigated said yuks
1. Gretchen, you're in Survivor, yodeling

timg

top ten reasons perhaps we should reconsider the Sundance Dan Festival

10) Jane Fonda Turner spies Blaise from the next lodge and is smitten - new video release Red Blaizer Workout
(burn those calories steaming the windows)
9) "come on snake hips, jump in let's go" is a speeding violation in Utah
8) it's a little less reclusive than Musswellbrook
7) no you can't walk on as an extra in a Sundance production
6) the numbers have long since wore off the A frame walls
5) sorry Craig, but "sorry we only have 8" won't cut it
4) worms don't live long in the high desert air
3) no hat's and hooters allowed on the group bus ride from Salt Lake City
2) Walt and Don are still pissed they didn't get to do the souindtrack to Electric Horseman
1) one might have to learn how to pronounce Mount Timpanogos

gyisy

JMoney - in Philly? - come to New Haven on October 20th for a Dan Fan Raggin' Good Time! Anyone else in, my friend in Vermont, where in the GM State are you?

Heard the Rickie Lee take too, too bad about the F word. I loved her CD produced by WB. Can't picture those two in a studio, must have driven each other up a wall. Too funny, great CD.

To remove the snad from a steamer, mussel or other similar shellfish purchased live: Put them in a tub or in a stopped sink with a half a can of corn meal. They eat the corn meal and spit out the sand. It works!

Have a great night all, will check in again in the morning.

And in all my travels as the facts unravel I found this to be true.

Ditto Doobies.

LisaG: MUtation

GL: Throw that one at 'em after a highball or two. Anytime I imagine a cocktail party - may parent generation, the image of Jack Lemmon appears. What does this mean? Ole, reveal your freudian slip...

Ed, Razor: Hmmmmm...forgot about seafood that's not in an etouffee, gumbo, creole, or napoleon. I had 2 weird images - one as a Chinese take-out in the white box - like bamboo steamer. The other - a chain of steam cleaners.

Love those McDoobie songs. They really stand out. Clas, I'm glad you picked out that incredible sine wave flow of Rhodes chords on Minute By Minute. It's a miracle that song was a hit. When MM hit the keys, there was no doubt as to the identity of source. It Keeps you Runnin' is my fave. Never heard anything like it. Talkin' it to the Streets, There's a Light, You Belong to Me, I'm Here to Love You, Your Made That Way, Nothin' But a Heartache, How Do Those Fools Survive (nice Skunk solo), What a Fool Believes, and Open Your Eyes (love the way it starts side 2 of Min by Min album) - what a great run!

top ten reasons there will never be another Dan fest in New Orleans

12) Madame Erzulie and Chere is just too much JuJu in the land of VooDoo
11) the parole for mass disturbing of the topsoil is 60 days in the pen, no bail
10) the strippers on Bourbon Street can't dance to Black Cow
9) it's not the heat it's the humidity
8) putting Blaise and Worm in the same room will effect the earth's rotational orbit
7) Poor Janie, the bus fare to N.O. is cheaper that to NYC but the patrons much more scary
6) The Funky Meters and Tab Benoit couldn't pull of the chord changes in Green Earrings without injuring somebody
5) they bury their dead above ground
4) they bury their living... you don't wanna know
3) they still can't quite pick up WJAZ with a strong antenna
2) the Charlie with the lotion would have to work overtime
1) later in the evening we all get to hear through the walls "oh no, is this woman really a man?"

gyisy

Ed - You're right & I'm glad somebody brought that up! In fact they sell certain kinds of clams expressly for that purpose. They are easy to cook although it is imperative that you wash them thoroughly and check that they are alive first. They are SOOO good. I must point out that 'Down the Cape' they pronounce it 'stee-mahs'!

luckless: here's wishing you a speedy recovery! Did I hear you mention a potential New Haven, CT Danfest? That sounds more manageable than NYC. My Oct. calendar is open except the weekend of the 14th. How's the foliage down there in October? Is anyone else interested? I am visualizing an East coast shining Dan-fan-span stretching all the way from the peaks of Vermont (anyone from Maine?) down to Tampa and beyond...
:)

Heard Rickie Lee Jones' version of "Show Biz Kids" on the radio this morning. Not bad, though she chickened out and doesn't sing the "f" word line.

Also, just read that Christian McBride will have a cover version of the song "Aja" on his upcoming new CD called Sci-Fi. It features a guitar solo by David Gilmore in place of the Wayne Shorter sax solo.

On a comp that isnt mine, very sorry for the mulitleple posts
yours in the corner, his tail between his legs
gentleman loser

Hi

Lisa G: Madam, you are a goddess. It was great learning that someone else enjoys dancing in the shower as much as I

Im a guy (last time I checked) and Ive been a tori fan for some time now. Im not really that huge of a fan and I think its because of her lack or restraint more than anything else. After all, interpretation is what makes things interesting (witness this message board). Under the pink is a great album, though, and I also have her unplugged boot on cd which is excellent. She is also an _incredible_ live act. Any reservaions I may have against her music fly out the window when she bgins to bang away at her piano, or two pianos at once, or a piano and a harpsichord, or whatever

help me Im ranting
toodles
gentleman loser

Hi

Lisa G: Madam, you are a goddess. It was great learning that someone else enjoys dancing in the shower as much as I

Im a guy (last time I checked) and Ive been a tori fan for some time now. Im not really that huge of a fan and I think its because of her lack or restraint more than anything else. After all, interpretation is what makes things interesting (witness this message board). Under the pink is a great album, though, and I also have her unplugged boot on cd which is excellent. She is also an _incredible_ live act. Any reservaions I may have against her music fly out the window when she bgins to bang away at her piano, or two pianos at once, or a piano and a harpsichord

help me Im ranting
toodles
gentleman loser

Hi

Lisa G: Madam, you are a goddess. It was great learning that someone else enjoys dancing in the shower as much as I

Im a guy (last time I checked) and Ive been a tori fan for some time now. Im not really that huge of a fan and think its because of her lack or restraint more than anything else. After all, interpretation is what makes things interesting (witness this message board). Under the pink is a great album, though, and I also have her unplugged boot on cd which is excellent. She is also an _incredible_ live act. Any reservaions I may have against her music fly out the window when she bgins to bang away at her piano, or two pianos at once, or a piano and a harpsichord

help me Im ranting
toodles
gentleman loser

Luckless Pedestrian, No need to worry about the $ or plane tickets. If you're a woman after our own hearts, you'll ride for free!
You need to learn a bit more about the group you'll be traveling with!

J.

Hi

Lisa G: Madam, you are a goddess. It was nice to learn that someone else enjoys dancing in the shower. Im a guy (last time I checked) and Ive been a tori fan for some time now. Im not really that huge, and sometimes her lack of restraint can get a bit much, but under the pink is a great album. She is also an incredible live act. Have you been fortunate enough to see her live? Any reservaions I may have against her music fly out the window when she bgins to bang away at her piano, or two pianos at once, or a piano and a harpsichord

help me Im ranting
toodles
gentleman loser

Hi,
Back east, Clams are referred to as Steamers...
So the reference Steamer Heaven is .....for CLAMS...

Maybe...

Ed

lp: hope its in an early stage - my gf has it.....an old, old burrowing of those spyrochytes.....she went off her 4th round of antibiotics 2 months ago, after being on them for 2 years....
the orals are 1 way to go, but, I'm told that the daily IV treatments may be more thorough....
jeez, good luck!

ygk

Just got back from the doc - Lyme Disease, yuucch - love lower New England (you Vermonters wouldn't know about this, it's a flat-lander thing) - let's hope for a heavy winter down here to kill those pesky things off!

Lisa G - you go, girl, on x!

On your commercial art discussion - remember this, and not to sound too capitalistic - we all need to live indoors, so to me it's okay to make a living producing art. If you didn't do that, you'd have to do something else to eat and then you wouldn't devote the time necessary to explore and share your gift, right? Not to start a touchy subject, but I firmly believe if you are blessed with a talent, you are somewhat bound to explore and share it. We all produce art in our own way anyway. Also, people like me, not blessed with musical talent but with good taste, are willing to buy art in its many forms. I could go on about the hyper music industry and its influences on an individuals' art, but I won't. The beauty of the information age is we don't have to rely on others anymore to tell us what we want to hear, see or do. It's a great time to IGY!

Swing Out Sister has not produced anything in a long time, speaking of art. I have a few of their CD's that I am still faithful to. 1997 Shapes and Patterns was the last one, it is very good if you don't have it. It's Better to Travel is my favorite, their first from 1987.

With these trips we have planned and the apparent financial limitations this group has, we should have a Relief concert for us, with the headline band of our boys, of course. The concert would fund our parties and plane tickets. It's perfect!

There's been talk and lately a bit of action after dark.....

Tom - Kamikaze helmet... lol Thanks for the laughs.

More concerning my last post to z, x:
Yes, in fact mixolydian and dominant seventh chords are related by the chord tones, being that the scale matches the chord, but why separate your analysis into two terms, unless the first term (mode) is referrring to something melodic and obviously the second term (dominant sevenths) refers to something harmonic? That really should have been my question.

Please forgive me for constantly changing your name.

Altamira-no apologies necessary about alleged over-stepping of boundaries. None were really set. You're too sweet.

Clarification of my commercial music comment. I use that term as many of the music schools do to label their performance programs. The commercial music track means jazz and rock/pop with various related forms. Non-commercial means classical. (I much prefer these terms over "serious music" and "non-serious music.") I did not mean to sound as if classical performers could not/do not receive money for their work. Actually regarding money changing hands for art (in this case, performance) the accepted rule, last I heard, is that anyone who receives money is a professional and anyone who does not is considered an amateur. "Commercial" has a different connotation then.

This begs the question:
Is a part-time musician considered professional just because he gets paid for his three gigs a year, or does he have to do it full-time to be considered a professional musician? According to the "rule" above, he can do ONE gig in the space of TEN years and still be considered a professional.
So if one does not in fact make a living as a musician, does that mean that he is not professional? Hardly, I believe you can be a part-time professional classical or commercial musician.
Incidentally, how can anyone expect to make a living performing without lots of endowment and help from outside sources or spending one's own money first? Confused yet? I am. But that's another topic for another time. My confusion, that is.

Ok enough of that garbage.

fezo-to where in the PA woods are you heading?

Razor-car dancing? Hmmm...I must try it if its anything like shower dancing.

LP & stevie-I'm up for a trip to Brazil. Mas Que Nada, baby. Someday when I get the money, that's going to be a life's dream realized. Yesterday, I was fooling around on the piano and whipped out Corcovado, but nothing was happening for me. Been listening to Getz/Gilberto over and over last couple of days, too.

LP, I too LOVED Swing Out Sister. Whatever happened to her?

stevie I guess you gotta be a woman to get Tori (or as my husband calls her, Hairy Anus). She oozes so much emotion and knows just what to say. As far as her piano chops are considered, block chords and arpeggiation indeed. (Maybe that's why non-real-pianists like me like to play her stuff.) But her compositional ideas are so rich and (I hate to keep using this word, but) inventive. She can express the most fragile thoughts and pseudo-power in just one phrase. She's not afraid to change her music to suit her mood, too as indicated in the live treatments of her tunes. Although when I saw her live, it was less than thrilling, but I know that must have been an off night. And yes, the girl can swing as she vamps her way through life's music.
P.S. Dawn Upshaw is amazing as a singer/musician AND as a person. I had the pleasure of meeting her two summers ago for a small Fire Island Community's concert celebration my husband played in. She's a living doll!

My top ten list has already changed, but I will revisit only one tune for now. Thanks to all of you for your explanations of KOW, one of my all-time must hears, thanks to Steely Gold being on CD and sooo accessible compared to my box set tapes.
Rumblestrip-too funny the true confession of how you sing the keyboard lick. (I can't resist it either, when nobody's listening.)
Um, Dr. Mu, one question: How do you KNOW so much about radiation?

Chere-hope everything goes well for you. Will be thinking about you tomorrow.

LG

OK,
I haven't posted or perused the GB in many moons (post tour letdown?) so I decide to look yesterday, lo and behold I am mentioned. Cara, I don't mind being called lucky but a bastard also? Just because I am going to Europe and am going to see the boys in Paris doesn't make me a bastard or in fact even lucky(did I mention the 10th row seats or that the Olympia holds 2,000 people?). You had your chance in Irvine, after the show I offered you Paris, you thought, you teased and months later you finally say no. Sour Grapes? Or was it you didn't want to be seen with a hairy, knuckle-dragging mouth breather on the Champs Elysees?!!

If anyone reading this is going to Paris be sure and sign up on the Paris listbot list at the top of this page. Francois is going to be our cordial host. It's getting close, I can feel the buzz building. Any women like mouth breathers? Aja?

Cara, I can assure you there will be no womens' fistfight in Paris!

Au Revior,

Mark chimp
"the monkey in your soul"

Regarding x-z:

"And what is this formula they've gotten into of constructing their little A sections on a mixolydian mode accompanied by some dominant seventh altered harmony, followed by a B section of a more modulatory, chromatic harmonic structure, and, if we're lucky, a third section further removed from our home key? Sure, it worked on "Black Cow" and "Josie", but how many more versions of these two exemplary compositions do we need? "

Um, as I hear it, Black Cow and Josie do NOT have the same harmonic form/formula and structure. Furthermore, you seem to be describing a little more than half of SD's song structures in a nutshell rather than this more recent formula they've "gotten into."

To explain:
"...constructing their little A sections on a mixolydian mode accompanied by some dominant seventh altered harmony..." Constructing WHAT in the A section on a mixolydian mode, the MELODY? Well certainly not the harmony as you said it is the accompaniment using altered dominant seventh chords.

"...followed by a B section of a more modulatory, chromatic harmonic structure, and, if we're lucky, a third section further removed from our home key?"
B section, meaning chorus? Pre-chorus? Second strain? Josie and Black Cow each have a verse-chorus-insrumental bridge/break form, according to my analysis. And Josie is not more modulatory in key at its "B section," it merely suggests other harmony by its use of substitutions. (It's still II-V-I in the original key-- listen to the keyboard fills.) In fact Josie NEVER changes key, like Black Cow does outright from verse to chorus to bridge, and twice in the bridge for that matter.

Unlike stevie, I don't follow your thinking at all. Please clarify your explanation.

It's SOPHIE B. Hawkins

If it wasn't August, I'd think a tornado was imminent. The sky is pink/yellow/green. Humidity is suddenly high and the temp has dropped 20 degrees. But the animal