SIS Archives -- July 2001

Name: LA Mini Danfest


Date: Tuesday, July 31, 19101 at 23:35:54
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Those of you in the L.A. and Irvine area, be sure to check out the web page for the Saturday, August 11 Mini-Danfest . The URL is:

http://dandom.com/danfests/la

Babes dragged me to Madonna tonight, her (Madonnas's)last night in New York City, Madison Square Garden. Fourth row centre from the stage. I was largely sceptical, but, being that it was Babes, I had no choise:....wowowowowowow....Ms. Madonna lit it on fire. Sexy and sultry, her voice was intense and the backdrop, compleat with dancers, screens, Japanese Kabuki plus and Caribbean Island mystique...delightful.
Super talented and has NEVER looked bettre...bulging biceps and energy galore. And her percussive slaves were right on.

Aus

Chely Wright and her New Video

"big boys don't cwy..er cry"

dano: andall this time I thought is was "big goys don't cwy..er cry"

Hitler and Mengele
Lenin and Stalin
Mao and tao
Vance and Sweet
OJ and Stiletto
Billy Joel and Stiletto
Monstro and Gipetto
Andrew Lloyd Weber and Cats
cats and cats
N'Sync and Backstreet Boys
Kiss and Twisted Sis
Ebert and Ebert
I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up
Bob Dole and Viagra
Sting and Yoga
John Belushi and Toga

Roger & Dave

Zeke- That would be the Electric Sitar/Guitar made by Coral. I had one of their catalogs from the late 60's at one time. It was actually an Electric Solid Body Guitar with a set of 10 "Drone" strings on the body ,mounted above the main 6 strings. Very Cool light Blue colored Moire Pattern Finish with a Clear Pick Guard.(How does he remember this shit?)
Dano- Trying my best to be available. Toughest part is the 3 hour drive to MouseLando just for a Brew. The company will be great though.I may bring a Pal for the ride...not sure yet.
Duncan - Hello to you too. Hope to catch you in Chat some night.
Big Shout out to everyone else!

IGTY = IGTN

I agree with t-ster on the IGTY solo sections.

I'm agast at all the blatant stomping on the 3 dot rule today... . Now *there's* old gb dirt. We are rebels and we'll never be any good...

lp - dug the Lauren Becall item. The "sunglasses" section get a little bigger... Um btw, sounds to me like like Larry Carlton plays the solo on the "Broadway duchess..." part, and Walt's doing the outro solo. So you and Hubby were both right, to my ears.

danooooooooo - "Dreadlock Holiday"? A friend of mine saw news footage of George bruskly pushing back a paparazzi the other day. I took that as a good indication he still has his strenth, still has those paparazzi shoving muscles from back in the Beatles days...

Today the man with the vise around my head took the day off. Yesterday he wasn't so kind, but I took the opportunity to dub a vhs of Marley in Germany in 1980 that a friend had so awesomely laid on me. After an incredible set, the house lights come on, and the sound engineer cranks Katy Lied. Good choice I thought. The Wailers returned for a third encore about halfway through "Bad Sneakers"...

Lone Ranger & Tonto
Kate & Cindy
John & Yoko
Doe & Cervenka

we got the little mazda mx6 today and it's a nice little car....a little more comfy to drive on trips than my miata anyway.

dano....thanks for the kind words....hope you feel the same way if we ever get the chance to meet in person....you seem like quite the decent fellow yourself!

a near Steely miss today at Bojangles....heard Michael McDonald singing "I Keep Forgettin'" while we were eating....still waiting on the release of MM's live video on DVD....it's on order.

btw, if there are any (other) laser disc fans out there, DVD Planet is selling out all their stock....I ordered 15 movies/concerts on LD this morning for $46. That included one Todd Rundgren and three of Todd w/Utopia. Most are only $1.99 Get 'em while they're still there....I know it's a dying format but I've got a ton of laser discs and a good player....one nice thing about them is NO COPY GUARD! you can make excellent copies to VHS with no loss in signal quality, unlike the copy guard scheme that DVD's have on them.

the URL is www.dvdplanet.com if you're interested.

back to work in the morning for 12 hour shifts on Wednesday & Thursday and then a nice, long weekend....y'all have a good couple of days!

MC

outta heya! Have a good evening, ramones roock!

Chat- gettin jiggy wid id.....what IS that?

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zzzzz.....huh? did somebody post anything?

I was pleased to see a posting where someone mentioned the late great Eric Gale... He was someone that I always thought should have been utilized by Becker and Fagen, even if one bases that suggestion solely on Gale's staggering work on Paul Simon's "One-Trick Pony" (1980). He's really one of my all time favorite guitarists (I'm a professional musician myself), though I always felt his best work was as a session player.

Becker too, I might add, is an all time favorite (as well as a central influence), and I heartily disagree that his playing on "Two Against Nature" was anything less than perfect. Exciting solos on "West of Hollywood," "Cousin Dupree" and especially the title track. I also liked the "less is more" approach to the solo on "Gaslighting Abbie." Since there's so much going on in that song, it was very smart not to have some careening and involved guitar solo flying over all that great stuff going on underneath. Now if only "Jack of Speed" had not been as considerably altered from the live shows on the '96 tour, we could have seen the first Becker VOCAL on a Steely Dan record... Ah well. I should also add that they could have taken Wayne Krantz' solo from the "Live In Manassas" booteg note for note and I would have been even more pleased. Nevertheless, Steely Dan still made what for me is the best record of the last six years or so (at least the best since Becker's)...

Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com

RICKIE LEE JONES: Joe can be heard on Ricki Lee Jones' new album of covers and Standards, IT'S LIKE THIS. Joe contributed some vocals, piano, and string arranging.

I was just saying the other day "hoops said it, I believe it, that settles it"

Lennon & McCartney
Lieber & Stoller
Ben & Jerry
Siegfried & Roy...

Blaise all the papparazi have latched on bigtime on Georgy Boy , But I think he is quite ill and is suffering a bit, but he says he will pull through? Lets hope so every time he is on telly he always sounds like a nice guy a bit like our own Midnite even though I"ve never met the Cruiser he always seems a top geeezer.

Elle , If you get a chance get the video of Billy C doing his tour of Scotland great insight into our country and he really enjoyed himself doing the video.

Flori , soon be over mate 6/7 weeks or so.

Cyn , Point Given Vs Galileo Have you got the scoop?

IOCC , Superb did cry / rubber bullets / Im not in love all the old stuff and had everyone rockin , but lost some wedge on the horses?

Chere , where you be sweething?

Wheres YGK gone anybody heard?

lp , Shaun Ryder was saying that Ghost Town was a superb song the other night ? also one of my faves?

Godley and Creme
Difford and Tillbrook
Becker and that other geezer
Anyone for Doubles

dead poet's society / it's dead pooh society more like

Is that like the Masonic Temple?

zeke-that would be Denny Dias on the very rare electric sitar.....Dias joined the 'Dan in June of '72 and stayed until 1977, he later played on a live album with bop pianist Hampton Hawes......contrary to Brian Sweet's account Dias was not the first played recruited to be a Steely Dan member (besides Fagen and Becker that is)as stated on p.40 in his book, Sweet even contradicts himself by stating,on p.45, that when 'Dallas' (Steely Dan's first release) was recorded "Dias had yet to arrive in California"....but I digress.....Sweet did a great job detailing the history of 'You Gotta Walk It'.....and he even gave us a few lines about Walter Becker!....and he told us the color of kenny Vances shirt and that David Palmer loved to wear tight jeans....and that Metal leg was to be the title of 'Gaucho" huh!!!.....and he got a detailed interview with a sweet old Jewish lady from Joisey!.....but I digress....the book sucks

I can't stand "radio" these days, but I was lucky to catch Do It Again this morning. Is that a "sitar" and who played it????
It's a killer riff. What the hell was Paul S. thinking at the R&RHOF, trying to be a "high school band leader" when it was Don and Walt's time to shine??? He totally blew that performance for them. Who's idea was it to have Brian May play a solo?

Damn, I'm full of questions today.

Hi Clas. I ran across some pictures of Danfest, New Orleans. Dude, we were ripped!

W1P confirms lineup is: Steely Fan Band, W1P and then Led Zepagain. Should be a good show. :-)

Hoops has a response for LP regarding the "I've Got the News" solo, over on the blue pages. Check it out. He is also questioning the Black Friday solo. Now that I would take exception to. The man says he did it, Hoops. That's good enough for me. :-)

Good day all and may your computers keep working....

That they're digging just for me....

TRUE, a true classic, sorry, dyslexic typing again - lol

A-HA! while surfing cable tv last night, i stumbled upon the movie classic "How to Marry a Millionare" and there is a scene in posh powder room of a ny restaurant where the women are having dinner dates with their millionares with Lauren Bacall applying lipstick and marilyn monroe walks in putting her cat's eyes glasses on (trying to make her unattractive, please...) asking if her date is attractive or not and lauren bacall (a ture class act, if only i....) scolds her saying:

"you know if you kept your CHEATERS on, you'd be able to see your date!"

GLASSES!!!!!! she wasn't wearing no chinos at that restaurant!!!!!

Sad news the death of great radio producer & presenter John walters :(

very nice MC : )

angel -- I did the Laserium thing back in 1976 -- good humour.

Stevee -- thanks for the nice comments! No need to wait for the shameless plug: MINI-DANFEST on August 11, 2001 at Paladino's in Reseda California featuring performances by The Steely Fan Band -- a tribute to You Know Who; Which One's Pink? -- a tribute to who I've said it til I'm blue -- and Led Zepagain -- a tribute to, well you can figure that out. Confirmed attendees include SteeveeDan and W1P (but, since both are associated with bands that are performing on that evening, this should come as no shock). Rumour has it that angel will be attending as well. If you are anywhere near SoCal on the 11th, you really should try to make this evening of Led Steely Floyd (turn up the Zeppelin, the neighbors are listening). All those in favor, say "high"

hey eLLe....I got a new guitar today too! an Ephiphone mini-Les Paul....more or less as a joke or something I could actually fit in the Miata to take and play with but it's a killer little unit! I've been playing it through my Pod 2 tonight and having a blast. For just $69 from Mars Music it's a serious guitar with great sound. You can check it out at:

http://www.marsmusic.com:80/store/product_new.jhtml;$sessionid$4EFGNBYAABFFXQFIACHSFFGAVAAJAIV0?skuid=9252&prodid=10412&catid=340

it says "no case" but mine came with a nice gig bag....I'm just tickled with it!

off to pick up the new (used) car tomorrow....then the DMV, the insurance company, the credit union, etc.

hope to catch y'all then.

MC

Hey Walter, Bob does it on his website:

http://bobdylan.com/performances/

Neat idea.

"Friends come and go; enemies accumulate."

Bet it made your day to take a cheap shot at her. Who's sick?

Hello From Dan Land!
Steely Fan Band hits the road again this week, with a new show and even MORE NEW Steely songs!,

Join us THIS Saturday night, August 4: The Old Town Pub,Pasadena,Ca.(On Fairoaks Blvd. in old town just south off the 210 Freeway) at 9:00pm-tickets at the door $5.00!

Next week you'll be in for a treat! 3 incredible tribute bands will perform on one stage..for 4 hours of classic rock!
Next Saturday Night, August 11..you'll wanna be at Palidinos in Reseda,Ca.SFB will hit the stage at 8:00pm sharp! Then stay for Led Zepagain(Led Zeppelin)at 10:00pm..followed by Which One's Pink(Pink Floyd) at 11:30pm..tickets at the door are $10.00 .. THIS WILL BE A SELL-OUT ,SO GET THERE EARLY FOR THE BEST SEATING!

We look forward to seeing you at the following upcoming shows:
August 18,2001-Hurricanes Bar and Grill, Downtown Huntington Beach,Ca.-9pm
September 2,2001-The Hermosa Beach Fall Festival, Hermosa Beach,Ca.-3pm
September 9,2001-Private Party. Newport Beach,Ca.-3pm
Thanks Again,

Mr.Sticks
Steely Fan Band

Now you've really insulted me.

Somebody post the address of the blue page, the paranoia here is scaring me!

Clas?

No Gina, it's me (laying low!)

if i chased you out of here, tough luck ... when i have lunch under the trees i go for some tea over to the blue book. sorry (not)!

what's the address for the blue GB? Thanks much.

http://www.yellowjackets.com/discography/disc1.html#yellowjackets
and then scroll down for the album Shades ..

this should make Clas happy .. Bruce Hornsby playing accordeon .. and Donald Fagen wrote Shades ..

It's idiotglossia, or i mean idioglossia.. when you're ignored long enough you start using a language all your own.

Does anyone have a clue what eLLe is talking about? sheeesh

Billy started out as a teenager in a folk group in the 60's with Gerry Rafferty who went on to form Steelers wheel & was once possibly considered for the vocal job in SD ( according to the BS book)

There SD link for today ;-)

Correctamundo years....

yesterday the BEEB( America), on a show called Celebrity Castaways
(no doubt dano and duncan could have seen this months or even years ago)
Billy chose to go to the Arctic. He was brilliant. Out there running around bare-arsed at one point and playin his banjo and singing some improved lyrics to the tune of Bang a Gong..
"it snows all the time.. it's cold every season....get it on..to come up here you better have a bloody good reason..get it on" he is truly one of your national treasures dano! lol

Pats picked a desert island and our girl did marvelously..babbling on just like Pats at times but after only one day of survial training with the Irish Guard..she was "absolutley fabulous"..we definitely picked a great swell dame cyn!
Were you serious about Madonna being on the new six episodes?

Unfortunately there was no SD music in the background..but, hey,
that's life.

(speaking of George Martin saw TOG dancing and grooving to Sir Paul on a story about Paul doing some recording at Abbey Road- a couple years back) go! go! George!

Also saw Chrissie Hynde being interviewed and a run-down of her musical life. Interesting.

( it was a wet weekend here as well.. it wasn't no WOMAD, but I picked up a sweet new midnight blue Strat, so that was compensation for missing Greg Alman band up in Redmund Wa.)

Whoever keeps reprinting them precious Hoops insights here. Please, stop that now, you're embarrassing yourself.

I liked B.Sweets book & found the text a great read with lots of interesting stories & quotes.
But I still prefer to make my own mind up about the music.
Although I love Donald's voice I do have a new found respect for Walter's genius.

Feeling roapy this morning after finishing a great 4-day bender in the sunshine with my mates.
Look out Scotland,
The family & I are heading up your way this weekend to see my parents
Great post's over the weekend LOL this morning again
Good work everybody

Hello to you Floridavid I don’t think we've met yet

3rd wedding anniversary tomorrow (leather) so off out for a lovely meal with Linda

''When Black Friday comes I'll be on that hill''

howdy LP! was that you at a dutch guestbook? i was Googling around and ended up there so i signed it. wow, you paint a vivid picture of where you spent the weekend. it also brings back what i liked in your initial posts last year, haha! you sound so smart LOL

Donald Fagen played synthezizer on the track "Pirates" along with Rob Mounsey and Rickie Lee Jones. Oh, this info should be disected over at Blaise's site, right? The Donald Fagen shrine, does Diane still have a shrine lighting candles for Walter Becker? never tried to find her although cybertrolls running away ... it should be an easy lead to follow back their footsteps, sigh, only kidding ofcourse.

Hey Floridavid, mm, must be real real fahrenheit up the roof down there in Florida ... am enjoying the JBL Pro sound bitties right now as i write ... some D'Angelo Voodoo as rubbed off from the Blue Book thread on his royal badness ...

am currently interested in What musicians play(ed) Where and When on albums now converted into cd's. and kind of Googling my way into a new batch of info. ouch.

there's always loads of energy involved. vibrant moves when people do their music things. even if they're perfectionists like Walter or Donald. just as well they keep their thoughtfulness close to the inspired spontaneous vibes of others who do the musical wave instead of ice it for other times to be.

no time to dwell in these territories now, gosh.
no time to visit the Trees even.
did i play major hooky,

Banyan Tree Hopscotching Bow,
G.

On the way home last night from the beautiful Lake Willoughby (hi nmn) we listened many times over to the re-master of Aja - in the liner notes for I got the News, both Larry Carlton and Walter Becker are noted as solo guitarists: my question is, i only heard the solo guitar of the signature smoky guitar of Larry Carlton and my husband heard the opposite, he said it was Walter - hmmm, so, which one of us is right?

it was a great trip to the NE Kingdom of Vermont, it is truly God's country (St J is looking for a planner, what do ya think nmn?) - made our 2 year old climb a mountain 1.7 miles up (hello, social services on line 2) - she loved the view off the cliff (no fear of heights, scaring us big time) - our 8 year old is a veteran climber so she took the lead - i found out how out of shape i was, wow - i must do this more often if i am to survive our camp trip for a week in bar harbor, maine at the end of august!

friend's newly constructed home in south wheelock is a wright-inspired colonial-like structure that captures the view of the franconia area across the river in new hampshire beautifully - what a treat to have friends in "high" places!

a little sore around the knees from the hike downward, but holding up okay - would love your thoughts on "i got the news"' music, we discussed the lyrics a little while back i remember

happy mondays, no twistin them melons, man!

Doctor Warren Kruger: if you're going to use Sweet's BOOK as a Bible, you're going to miss the TRUTH in many instances... be very careful about assuming that BOOK is the TRUTH...

MC; that 2-track Cousin Dupree promo is nothing compared to the Euro version of the promo -- it had three live tracks from the '93 tour, including the wonderful "overture" that started the concerts that year.

Gina, I'm here and just fine. Glad you're enjoying your Laptop.
Hello to all. D

http://members.home.nl/hans.verlouw/SteelyDanDatabase/index.htm

howdy, here is the rest of what i came up with when i looked for jerome aniton.

Because Fogel posted once or twice on the blue page, Clas was made to feel like he should keep quiet here.
Well there you go. Enjoy.

Whoever keeps reprinting them precious Hoops insights here. Please, stop that now, you're embarrassing yourself.

Hoover wore lingerie, had he been born later on, he would have played tambourines in Prince's backup band.

Monday, July 30, 2001

Mueller Goes Before Senate Committee

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators considering Robert Mueller's nomination as FBI director want to know how he plans to revive public confidence in the nation's premier law enforcement agency, which has been hit recently by a string of high-profile mishaps.

Pat: Thanks to Pat for stopping by--Not everyone would do that. The welcome wagon is
indeed welcomed.

To others (and Pat is the last person who needs to be told this): If people post things
seemingly to get a rise out of you, remember you don't have to respond. Often it just
gives the previous remarks more energy and you are taking the bait for their kind of
entertainment. Of course, what I really love is when someone comes back with some
good, FUNNY chops of their own. That's the best and the most SD-like.

no time to catch up tonight....just worked 36 hours out of the last 60 hours and i'm beat....will catch up on what's going on tomorrow.

just wanted to ask, has anyone seen a promo copy of Cousin Dupree issued by Giant with two versions of the song on it? The first version just says "edited" and the second version says "album version"....it's got pretty cool artwork on the cover and a glimpse of who I can only guess is the infamous Cousin in front of his rural digs....no face shot though.

I plan to scan the artwork and rip the cd tracks to mp3 in the next couple of days if time permits....just curious if anyone else has this or has seen it anywhere? It's *not* the thing many of us won from Lexicon last year but a Giant promo (Giant Pro-CD-4265).

catch up with all y'all monday or tuesday....it's been a wet few days here but we really needed it.

MC

aa, who was last seen running down the street in girl's underwear and sunglasses...

and "Truth"'s credibility...

They're looking for aa...

Great site! Please stop by and visit my web site and help capture some dangerous fugitives and help find missing children. ICQ#36092453 www.fugitivehunter.org

Walt IN DA HOWSE!

Check out the space *between* the notes! As the solo starts he catches the wave of the rhythm section, and rides that sucker in.

and while I'm at it...

"Haitian Divorce", "Babylon Sisters", the end of "Negative Girl"... Sometimes the Dan are my favorite *reggae* band!

Hungry reggae.

They played the tape of the George Martin interview on a local radio station the other day. He did NOT say, "George knows he's going to die soon." What he said was "George knows everybody has to die someday." It was not only misquoted, but taken wildly out of context.

Yeah Blaise, I saw that last week on Yahoo news, and our local news outlets also reported it on their Sunday afternoon broadcasts. I called a couple of friends, and was so depressed I was to see Jurassic Park III so I wouldn't have to dwell on it the rest of the night (bad news: J3 was only 90 minutes long; good news: it was *much* better than J2). During the evening news there was no mention of George on *any* of our local news broadcasts. No confirmation, no retraction. Then George released a statement denying it Monday.
I hope he's going to be around a while. 7 of the "7 - 10 days" are up already, and that's a good thing, to get Martha Stewart-esque... (sorry)

Tish - Hey! Glad you found us! Hang out a bit and check out the scenary, the mechanized hum of another world. Good way to type off a sake hangover. btw, there's "newbie" test lp dropped here about a week ago if you want some fun...

Steely peeps, meet my friend Tish, long time Dan fan. Tish - my steely friends.

Back to working at lurking, or something like that...

t

This taken from the hitsdailydouble.com rumour mill:

ALL THINGS MUST PASS, BUT THIS SHALL NOT: Ex-Beatle George Harrison is labeling as "unsubstantiated, untrue, insensitive and uncalled for" reports that he expects to die soon from cancer, according to an AP Report (7/23), and asserts that he's "active and feeling very well." U.K. paper The Mail said Harrison had told friend/former producer George Martin that he does not have long to live. "He is taking it easy and hoping that the thing will go away," Martin reportedly told the newspaper. "He has an indomitable spirit but he knows that he is going to die soon and he is accepting that." But Martin's manager now denies that the legendary producer made such a statement. News of Harrison’s supposed deathwatch spread quickly during the weekend, and numerous media outlets like us picked up and reprinted the story with Martin's alleged quotes. Still, rumors persist the "quiet Beatle" has "between seven and 10 days to live," according to those that have spoken to the musician's wife Olivia, who is reportedly already making arrangements for the funeral and inviting people, with the help of George. (7/23p)

Sheesh...

AH

Hmmm... interesting but I hate queues and the idea of waiting in line all the time.
Still...
"Only Napster had that kind of resourceful "base", as far as I know."
Thanks for the thorough piece of info anyway. What newsgroup was that? Respond through email so we don't bore the kind folks in Dandom with any of this, alright?

let me be clear: no, i didn't find your hero on winmx, but it IS an open nap network, so chances are...

i actually did a websearch for "thefez98" on newsgroups and voila! what, you think only frenchies know about google??

But you didn't really have to be THAT specific. Poor guy...

He is there? So am I.
Toodles!

Did you see thefez98 on there? no.
Then I reiterate:
"Only Napster had that kind of resourceful "base", as far as I know."
Neat little parade of country flags and corporate logos, I tell ya, even on a Sunday morning:

http://www.angelfire.com/indie/nitefly/bear2.jpg

B

Jim Froio (thefez98@aol.com)

the new napster:

http://www.winmx.com/

And JOS live IS superior. This fact only hit me when I heard it in soundfile format, btw. Like I wrote before, it's more upbeat and swinging. The new bass line provides a good hook. The guitar playing IS better, kinkier. It's a synthesis of the studio take and the live in Manassas '96 versions in many ways. That's what you have to love about this band, they keep working on things until it's truly satisfying, until it sounds achieved beyond a reasonable doubt. I wouldn't be surprised at all if we hear an updated, considerably modified version of Wetside Story on the Next One but you never really know with these guys...

StevEE - Now what I most like about Bearshare is those neat little graphic on the Hosts tab. While it's trying to find a friendly router and connect to servers, you see a bunch of neat little country flags and corporation logos scroll by until a couple of them let you in. Once you've mastered a couple of tricks to operate the software, it's pretty neat, the user interface is far better than Morpheus, in my opinion. The only thing lacking here is the selection of files, although there is plenty on there to raise a few eyebrows including documents in text or audio-video format. I like to play with that one a whole lot, not to download illegal content per se but really to explore what's out there, network-wise, out of simple curiosity. This is one of the best if you want to figure out how it all works.
Now, as far as live and/or rare soundfiles, this is still far from Napster, very far. In fact, I'd be willing to follow thefez98 wherever he/she pops up. If you see this handle anywhere out there, please, let me know. We have unfinished business to take care of, me and him/her. That person had in his possession absolutely everything you could think of relating to Steely Dan, EVERYTHING. I still don't know who this person was, btw. But I am curious still.
Only Napster had that kind of resourceful "base", as far as I know.

Good Morning (as in 3:40 in the morning) --

Tonight Derek, one of the Steely Fan Band's guitarists and I went to see W1P's Which One's Pink at the House Of Blues on the famous Sunset Strip. Congratulations W1P - you've got a winner! This band is great. They are totally polished, and have a great rapport with the audience. I am humbled and honored to be playing on the same bill with them in 2 weeks. (Shameless plugging to follow in about a week's time ...) If you have an appreciation for the music of Pink Floyd at all, you must see Which One's Pink. Don't walk, Run Like Hell, to one of their shows. Bring Money, and drink a lot of booze to get Comfortably Numb, and be sure to catch their Big Gig In The Sky, etc.

Howard - thank you for viewpoint of my Glamour Profession chart. I also felt that there is a chord missing between the D's and the Ems. I think I will have to "SlowGold" it to unlock this Steely mystery.

Dr. Kruger - I was at the corner newsstand reading (or should I say mentally sightreading) the Guitar Player magazine with the Walter Becker solo from Jack Of Speed in it. I believe that the solo is a transcription is of the 2VN studio version. I do like the quirky nature of Walter's solo on this version, but I definitely prefer the Plush PBS live version much better. It is peppier, and moves along with more soul than on 2VN. Since I can't find a Steely Dan song that I really don't like, I guess that it will be no surprise to you that I like both versions of Jack Of Speed of course ...

Blaise - have you tried either Bearshare or Limewire? I think that they are both part of the gnewtella network of downloading sites. Just curious to know your esteemed views on this.

Shit! I just hit my head on the table !!! (Dimsdale !!) The pillow would be much softer. Think I'll go to b-zzzzzz-humff-zzz!

Steveedazzzzzzznzzzzz ...

Hi Tony.

All three songs fairly low grade, tho JOS is good boilerplate SD. Now WOH, NEGIRL and ALMOST GOTHIC... THESE will live on in compilation history.

angel: I'd agree that JOS and Janie Runaway were not as snappy on Plush, but Gaslighting Abbie relly swung. I've mentioned the outtro on the blue book, but check that out, expecially the horns...

jj: did you feel like Jesus? LOL

Dr. K: Thanks for the kind offer of Deludin, but I think I can muddle through life on my own. Regarding Eric Clapton's Layla. If you don't like the 2nd one, I totally agree with you there.

Just watched part of Neil Diamond Live on A & E. Many, Many years ago, he wrote a song regarding his leaving New York for LA. "I Am, I Said" It has always rang true with me and I think Donald and Walter understood the sentiment, also. LA's fine but it ain't home, New York's home, but it ain't mine no more. A lady from California requested it. I understand totally. The other interesting thing is, he closed the show with a song HE wanted to sing, Cracklin' Rosie. I got a good laugh out of that especially after the comparison to Rose Darling. (My Dan link in the post).

St. Al: If you are lurking. Do send us a report on the Peter Gabriel concert (After you recover, of course). :-)

My friend....

Very perceptive T or t or whatever your name is (imagine, using a single letter as your name).
There are some situations where "playing the blues over it" is
clearly the best choice, and I'm sure if Eric Gale were still alive, he probably would've blew the shit out of JOS, but Becker sounded like he was popping pimples on that solo.
But you'd have to go to the master, Eric Clapton, to realize that it just doesn't work in some situations. His acoustic version of "Layla" frankly turns my stomach.
But OTOH listen to Steve Miller on the Born 2 B Blue CD. He makes it work on jazz standards like "Willow Weep for Me", "When Sunny Gets Blown-I mean Blue" etc... It boils down to taste, which we all know there's no accounting for...
BTW- The first cut on that album- "Hey MaryAnne" is so damn Dannish, it hurts! Shades of "Ruby Baby" on Nitefly , and even WASAM on 2 V N!

Angel - I'm with you about JOS, though I don't really have an opinion relative to the live vsn. But I also really dig the solo on the album vsn.

Doc Kruger - I've brought this up before to null response (cue the crickets) but I get very strong Albert King vibes from most of Walt's soloing on TvsN, especially JOS ("What a Shame..." being another strong example). Interestingly, WOH is a song where I'd say that's definitely not the case. Could it be you don't subscribe to the "play the blues over everything" aesthetic?

golden day here in the Golden State...

t-bag

Being that I have been relegated to just dispensing Puppy Prozac and Deludin, I can see that a strong dose of Deludin would be most effacatious in treatment of your "Jack of Speed" Discrimination Disorder Angel.
My website has detailed instructions on how to get the Deludin to you, and your cash to me.
Capitalistically Yours,
Dr. Warren K.

Dr. Warren K: Regarding Jack of Speed. I have my copy of it from the plush and listened to it before posting this. I agree with you on Walter's solo. That is very good. But all in all, I prefer the entire song on 2VN better then the live performance on the plush. I guess that kills my credibility in this forum.
:-)
Actually, when I originally saw the PBS special, I did not even recognize Jack of Speed as a song from 2VN. (Forgive me, I did not know its history then). What makes it even more embarrassing is, it is my favorite song from the album. I think the reason is the very thing you speak of, the difference in interpretation between the album cut and the live show. Some of that may be because it had been done on tour and they were trying to get away from that in the studio version.

I have got to get my hands on that updated book. Especially since I don't own it. The Library you say... :-)

W1P: I don't know if you ever did the Laserium thing at Griffith Park, especially Dark Side of the Moon. I have always wanted to see that, from all the way back in the mid '80. Never managed to get there. Well, the Observatory is closing at the end of the year for a 2 year renovation and they will not have Laserium anymore after that time. So, my family is planning on a visit up there soon to catch it before it goes.
BTW, hope W1P does well this evening at the House of Blues.

For any who care about this angel's presence in chat tomorrow evening, I won't be there. Maybe later tonight.

Good weekend all....

With the Jack of Speed....

The President of Time is in no way affiliated with the Time Zone Guru (tm), The Universal Order of Time Zone Gurus, or the "tzg" logo or merchandising.

I'm back- false alarm.
Back to JA- SD used to have him ramble on for ten minutes in a Brother Theodore/Prof. Irwin Corey mode (unintetionally, however)making little sense, to introduce the band.
Some may claim a bit of racism here, but they were just dopey kids in their early 20s back then and this apparently passed for "cool" back then.
As for why BP makes these Beatlesque claims, remember that in the BOOK he also wanted co-composition credits for "Home At Last"and add to that that drum machines are relegating him to the same financial status as mine lately, and I think his reasons for making these claims becomes a little more clear.
As for the DB Poll- I thought that they won this back in December?
As for the GP "Jack of Speed" transcription- Is this from the record 2 v N or the Plush party?
WB's solo on Plush was beautiful, not a wasted note, melodic, rhythmically and harmonically hip etc...
But his solo on the record 2 V N sucked. Bad choice of notes, out-of tune bends, rhythmically dead etc...
On reading the BOOK, one can understand the reason why WB played bass and guitar for most of the CD.
This was to be perceived as SD reuniting, and, the best way to make this clear was to give WB a lot to do.
Unfortunately, I think this was a very bad idea. If you compare TB's bass playing on Plush to WB's on 2 V N, you'll know what I mean. They trusted TB so much musically, that they let him choose the entire rhythm section for the tour (according to the BOOK),which by anyone's standards was a great success.
Their previous tours didn't go over as well (again, according to the BOOK)so TB and his recommendations obviously helped a lot.
BTW- WB"s guitar solo on WOH was excellent, so it wasn't a total loss.
Read the BOOK- the BOOK shall set you free.

Since I have become something of a Brian Sweet scholar since the Clone College trial (though I am without the BOOK now, due to the pettiness of my local library- overdue?- 5 cents a day?- that's half a day's pay lately)I feel constrained to say that Jerome Aniton was a constantly drunk African-American fellow that SD used as their MC back in the 1970s touring days.
The inebriated fellow didn't even know DF and WB's names and he used to introduce DF as "Stevie Dan", thinking that was his actual name!
Uh oh- I have an emergency otterhound call coming in, so I'll have to complete this post after i investigate...

just whispered into my ear ... mmmmmmmm ... you used the word MINDLESS DRIVEL ... those words have been used numerous times by the face-and-nameless one(s)!
have we found one of them now have we? bad 1, you are B A D ...
18 months, eh? and you still haven't cleaned our bathroom, not even just once? or is it you leaking against our oldest Banyan Tree ... mmmmmmmmm ...

Btw, G., if I happen to mention greyish area software, it shouldn't be read as an enticement to use it, as if I was some pied piper of file sharing here or something. No no... away from me such label and the intentions it implies. I'm merely exploring, trying to sniff out the path the future modes of music consumption will take.
Btw, as far as I know, Morpheus is a piece of ... that uses the worst mp3 player I have ever seen, includes annoying banner ads (yuk) and is just badly designed as a client, period. The selection is deceptively poor considering our Time mag technology writer's enthusiasm about this particular aspect. It does some things very well as far as connectivity matters are concerned but even then lags behind most I've test-driven so far. Moral: don't believe everything you read, however respected the source might appear to be. Not my Napster, not even close so
sorry, Time dude, try again.

on his way out the door, PAW?
play nice he said, play nice. it's weekend and nobody's working so we can't have all those stiffs laying around the frontyard or heavy duty casualties, PAW. offer him/her a pina colada and turn up the Eagles, no, make that Joe Walsh instead!

CLAW

PAW (Yes it may even be you - who knows ?)

Wind your neck in and read the posts from the last week. Then tell me (a newcomer of about 18 months standing) that some posters weren't off their faces when they posted their mindless drivel (your own ?)

Be nice - It may even get you places !

The "Very intelligent" (Its all relative you know) Bad 1

Well, you just might be one of those "post(booze and drug ?) apocalyptical wierdos" he/she was talking about, who knows? Only stevie dan knows for sure he's not. He/she, as a newcomer, typically won't be specific as to which veteran he/she wants to disrespect so he/she just creates this vague group of weirdos. Of course, everyone thinks they're not part of that aggregate he/she is referring to there and thus, everyone agrees. Clever eh?

howdy bad_sneakers .. mentioning Tribal Tech/Scott Henderson/Gary Willis and l i v e as well .. OUCH!!
should Steviedan be asleep, he knows you posted, he knows :-)

toodles!

tried for that Morphos but it got stuck at 1% loading so i cancelled. i don't really use those devices anyways, really. wanna talk about dutch evil?
in the slammer of New York they had, in the beginning of 2001 only 4 dutch XTC-smugglers (mostly young people) in jail and now in July they already have 80. In the U.S.A overall, it's a few hundred dutch XTC-smugglers spending most of their young years behind bars, in stripes, haha???
one of them is a dutch woman who's job here in the Netherlands is ... yep, a jailguard. ofcourse when she's served her time she's unemployed.

most people have an offline life. an offline social life.
i used to spend hours behind a typewriter, now it's this fine notebook which btw was recommended by Floridavid, haven't tried the musical applications yet .. but i will ..

how/where is Floridavid?

~md! you travel the wave of the universe .. it's like a religious experience when you're hesitant about something or not even that and then hearing Steely Dan makes it all a little less should i-shouldn't i-should i-shouldn't i etc.
when i first came here on the GB and i played the Royal Scam album for the first time in ages it was very bad weather as in clouded skies. but when i was showered with, for starters, Kid Charlemagne and felt the energy and magic all over, the sun broke through and i knew i found the right connection again!
tuning in to the forces of, yes, i don't know, ~md ..
it's a wide range of frequencies they travel!

off for the weekend, have a nice, lazy, hot, cool, lukewarm, shady, dazey one?

Banyan Tree Keep That Dog Out Of My Luggage Bow,
G.

Hey Steviedan

I just got the chance to read the posts from the last week or so and in between the paranoid ramblings of some post(booze and drug ?) apocalyptical wierdos I couldn't help but notice your post of the 19th July - The Bruford album you mention lead to me getting beaten up at school for taking the LP to the music appreciation class where the rest of the class wanted to hear the Clash !!!

Anyway you obviously know your way around great music so I take it you have the following CDs ?

Return of the Brecker Brothers
Long to be loose - Wayne Krantz
Enigmatic Ocean - Jean Luc Ponty (with Holdsworth)
Road Games - Allan Holdsworth
Jeff Berlin solo albums for moments of genius and moments of pure musical nonsense
Anything Scott Henderson / Tribal Tech (Saw him last week in le Marche Italy - Awesome !!!)
Behind the mask - Corea Electric band
Any Martin Taylor (Brilliant Scottish Jazz guitar player)
Mike Brecker - Don't try this at home
Any Scofield with Dennis Chambers and Gary Grainger
Victor Bailey - Bottoms Up

If you want to hear some more mail me - I've got a monster collection (25 years worth)

Italy is THE place to hear great jazz and fusion in the summer !!
Zawinul Syndicate next (mattttt Grrrrrrrrissson - yeah !)

Tanned and on the way back to Scotland next weekend
Bad 1

Also lp, Mu, Aja, ||||, md, angel dear, LA Stevee, Gina, t-ster, Jen, daaaaaaaaaaaano, Balise impersonator, everyone - Thanks, appreciate it.
Everyone else, I didn't lose that number, alright? ;o)
But it is the 28th now, already old news.
Who's next?

MC, looks like a certain Morpheus is shaping up to be the next Napster. The Time magazine tech columnist said so, calling it THE next one out loud this week.
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/taylor/article/0,9565,168849,00.html
Apparently, it's one of those Dutch evil things again, come to make trouble. lol
Ginaaaa, now now... put that thing down now.
Steely tie-in? No record industry, no Steely. Simple enough?

Cyn - No. Those are my truck's headlights, deer.
Just kidding... Thanks for wishing me older. Again, kidding.
It's a Canadian thing, I guess.
You're right. Hey eLLe, you can breathe now. It's alright. Entanglements, misunderstandings... you know the drill. You've been around, right? Let it slide on down a little lower now.
I don't know even know what that means...
It's Saturday, the weak end. It's always been. zzzzz
I bet Q will be the first one to ping the blue page with a fat packet this morning.
That's how exciting it gets. urgh

Happy (belated) Birthday, Blaise. I guess those bright lights we saw coming from up north was not the Arora, but the candles from your cake.....LOL.

eLLe, sweetie darling.....EXHALE!!!!!!!!!!

danooooo....got the mudpit ready to rumble.Have fun in Florida, BUT, Stay outta the water! Seems its become a shark "all you can eat" Buffet.....lol.

Steely moment: Wore my SIS t-shirt to the store, guy behind me says" Is that a Steely Dan T-Shirt"? I explain the site to him...next hes asking the cashier for a pen and paper to copy down the addy.
Walking Billboard?

Hey Blaise – Happy Birthday. When I turned 35, I shaved off my beard and moustache to look younger. It worked, and now I just completely refuse to grow up – almost 7 years later.

Dano is going to see 10CC (Godley and Crème) fantastic. I saw them live once at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Southern California. This is where the now legendary drunken musings of an extremely drunk van driver named Jerome Aniton announced (to the best of his fermented ability) “Mr. Steely Dan Whatever!” (Aha! My SD link for this post.) I love 10CC, and have just about everything of theirs that I could find. The album with the picture of the “Diver Dan” dude on the cover is Deceptive Bends. It has “Good Morning Judge”, “You Got A Cold”, and perhaps one of the best music-alliteration pun lyrics ever to hit the pop airwaves (since Gilbert and Sullivan) “I Got Ab”. The first few lyrics go… “I got Ab diminished responsibility. You’re D9th person to C. …” Hope 10CC were good tonight, y’know, at least 15 CCs worth.

Randy – welcome, and beware! You posted about The Beatles on a Steely Dan site where the attackers are waiting to tell you that you are in the wrong place, etc. Most musicians can track their start in music back to the Beatles, even if their musical interests predate the Beatles. Even the great modern jazz guitarist Pat Metheny cites the Beatles as one of his biggest influences. I too have spent (a lot of money and I’ve spent) a lot of time reading up on the Beatles and here in Los Angeles have been listening to a Sunday morning FM radio program called “Breakfast With The Beatles” for many years which up until her recent death was hosted by Dierdra O’Donohue. “The Beatles – A Diary” by Barry Miles is a book that I bought about a year ago that has a wealth of information about the entire career and lives of the Fab Four, and I also have that Lewisohn penned "The Beatles Recording Sessions" book. These books settle a lot of arguments, and you are absolutely right. I have never seen Bernard Purdie’s name mentioned in either book.

So Randy if you post here again, which I hope that you do, and you want to mention Beatles-related stuff, be sure to make a Steely Dan mention of some sort (like I did in this otherwise non-Dan-related post) and don’t worry about “The Truth” and others like him. They all got their own worries – don’t they gang?
… “… I wanna be famous, a star of the screen …”
“… an evening with a movie queen, a face we all have seen …”

Steveedan

Happy Day Blaiser...sending much love your way...miss 'ya, btw...

toneserrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! (*winks*)

he's a crowd pleasing man...

jenny

Gina- naming cars is soo not a guy thing. My car's name is Hammer. This is because it's a peice of crap and it's a funny name but that is besides the
point. Anyone else got a great car name for their's. This is for all ya' that don't like to disect the Dan into tiny little pieces...

Happy Birthday Blaise! 35 ain't old...

Awwwww not again.

Awesome site! Keep up the great work!
Nate
http://www.NathanTellsAll.com

Carey was great, especially when Sissy Spacek got that pig blood dropped on her.

Getting ready for the Which One's Pink? show at the House of Blues Sunset Strip tomorrow. Among the anticipated highlights: Marvette Williams of the LA "The Lion King" company will join us to grab 1100 Floydheads by the cojones with her incredible rendition of The Great Gig in the Sky. We also will be debuting three new (for us obviously) songs from the Wall: Is There Anybody Out There? Goodbye Blue Sky (ever notice the similarity -- who could hang a name on you?) and Run Like Hell -- all three of which will include guest performances, vocal and nylon string electric guitar, from Berklee graduate John Stack, formerly of Choking Ghost and now a member of Nimura. I consider this post to be Steely Dan related because of the Berklee connection!

SAY WHAT BLAISE? HOLD MY BREATH? FOR WHAT?

I will be visiting NYC soon - is anyone interested in getting together the evening of April 23 or 24 for a mini-danfest? I am not familiar with the city... starting to do some research though. I found a site saying the Mingus Big Band plays every Thursday at the "Fez Under Time Cafe" - that sounds vaguely Steely-related...

P.S. Happy Birthday Blaise!

...gone to NYC for a weekend of fun and good times! Catch everyone later, when I get back!

Gina- naming cars is soo not a guy thing. My car's name is Hammer. This is because it's a peice of crap and it's a funny name but that is besides the point. Anyone else got a great car name for their's. This is for all ya' that don't like to disect the Dan into tiny little pieces...

Happy Birthday Blaise! 35 ain't old...

I'm not Blaise after all. We may be twins, but it would have been a mighty long, cruel labor. Alas, I got the age, but he got the maturity... Ok. I admit it. And the looks too... Happy b-day Blaiser!

Gina - thanks. I don't mind queing up... (did I spell that right?) Let me know if I can send anything your way.

Aja! - thanks for the warm southerly breaze. Did I miss your Northern jaunt?

Randy - I just got the Beatles Chronicles. I'm staring at it in awe right now, can't wait to dig in soon...

Jennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!?

Have a good weekend steely peeps!

You're going to have to define the word "credibility" for our friend "Truth"... He lost his in a sad gb incident a few days ago...

"Truth"?

*Tap Tap Tap*

Hi Randy, funny post! Stick around, okay?

Hello and happy b-day, Blaisie! Here's 35 sweet surprises ;o)

Hi Gina, lp, tonesy, Jim#, and all my buddies from my daily dime dancing days. Not much time to post or lurk anymore, but I've also noticed that Steely Dan sounds much better when it isn't dissected into tiny little pieces. Just sit back and take it all in! Anyway, that's my response to those that complain that we talk about too many non-Steely topics.

Swirling in the beautiful Southland,

Aja

Name: majordudette
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Date: Friday, July 27, 19101 at 14:20:07
Comments:

Both of my following bits have also been posted on the blue. If you you post on both, like me, please respond in the blue. Gracias!

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I was sitting in Starbucks this morning with my java, contemplating buying "Hear Music(volume 4)" which has the Rickie Lee Jones cover of "Show Biz Kids" on it, when all of the sudden, as if an omen- "Hey 19" comes across on the radio. I got up and bought the cd.

A way good investment. This cd is a jazzy eclectic mix of everything from Van Morrison to unknown's such as Pepe & the Bottled Blondes. I don't buy things often so this was a big step for me. I mean, there are Steely Dan cd's I don't yet own. (gasp!) I highly recommend this disc. Anyone else got it? Your news and views?

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I feel somewhat of a connection between "This Seat's Been Taken" and "Negative Girl." TSBT has a brighter tone however, than the well, for lack of a better word, negative tone of Negative Girl. It seems to be the same story line of wanting a girl who doesn't return the attention. Thoughts?

~md

Dohhh
TWM have one for me

Randy = clas
Funny posts
LOL

um, so does that mean you'll stay?

1. I didn't just discover the Beatles through the new CD "1."
(Very funny).

2. Liked the post about "get back, get back to the Beatles
board..." yet most of what goes on here isn't even
tangentially related Becker, Fagen, or Steely Dan(!)

3. Sorry I'm not glued to the screen to see you already blew
through the whole "Carey" thing, but there just isn't enough
engaging talk 'bout the Dan to keep me checking in daily (he
said snootily)...

4. For those REALLY paying attention, you'll note that I
referred to session drummer Andy White as ALAN White (who
worked with Lennon and Yes) the second time he was
mentioned, rendering all credibility (I may have had) totally
fucked... I've got to stop the Kaluah and Bolivian Marching
Powder...

"Broadway duchess/darlin' if you only knew/
Half as much as/everybody thinks you do..."
- Steely Dan, "I Got The News"

Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com

B: we never said you did those, getting a little paranoid are we? be happy, it's your birthday, what sign would that make you again - god, i hope not a leo.....

pick obscure celebrities, they are so much more fun....

10:28 = 10:32
Sorry about that.
Noce weekend everyone and thanks for the... ahem... warm wishes.

10:28? Nope.
Although I found it rather clever, for some reason.

Unfortunately that last one was mine.

she = he

ditto 11:44, btw.
Mu - I agree Gabriel is long overdue. It's been a decade or so now, right? Always engaging stuff to hear and she should pull another So again.
Hopefully...

hey ed, you posted, welcome back from you lurkdom!

if Randy stays, can i give him a test?

That post at 10:19 was not mine. So elle and whoever can save their breath.
Will I have to do this for the next 35 years now?
Hopefully not.

Hey Randy,
Thanks for a post that wasn't insulting,moronic,childish and or just stupid.

Ed

Get back, get back, get back to that Beatles board......

Gee, Randy, where the fuck you been? Carey was beat to death all last month. PAY ATTENTION. A couple of people managed to work it in between descriptions of where they went for dinner.

Glad you're discovering the Beatles. You must have bought "1" and now all of a sudden you're a life-long fan.

Firstly, unless I missed something while perusing the guestbook archives, I'm surprised that there hasn't been more talk about Steely Dan's alleged contribution to an upcoming Joni Mitchell "tribute" album... Their claimed contribution was "Carey" from Mitchell's 1971 album, "Blue." An interesting choice, but I wonder if there is (or isn't) a more "suitable" one...

Secondly, I have been studying the career of the Beatles for OVER twenty years now, with a considerable library and archive of my own, and I have to say that there is NOTHING to back up the claim that Bernard Purdie played on any Beatles album. Aside from George Martin, the Beatles themselves, and a small number of engineers, no one has been allowed access to the master tapes and /or archived documentation of sessions/overdubs/editing other than a handful of respected journalists, including Mark Lewisohn (author of "The Complete Beatles Chronicle" from 1992 and "The Beatles Recording Sessions" from the same year) and Mark Hertsgaard, who penned the much overlooked "The Music and Artistry of the Beatles" in 1995. Brian Epstein had nothing to do with the recording aspect of their career, and had no access to any master tapes at any time. (Keep in mind that these tapes were [and are] OWNED by EMI/Capitol.) The Beatles themselves had to sign for everything that left the studio in the earlier years (as Lewisohn mentions in his book), and there would be no reason to replace Ringo. Starr's abilities are very underrated (though not at my house) and he was very capable with delivering anything the songs (or the band) needed. Witness the great drumming on George Harrison's "Something" from 1969's "Abbey Road," among many, many others...

Other than "Back In The U.S.S.R.," (which was a COMPOSITE drum track, i.e. initially laid by Paul and overdubbed later by John and George), "The Ballad of John & Yoko" (played by Paul), the single version of "Love Me Do" (which WAS played by session drummer Andy White), and "Dear Prudence" (recorded three days after "Back In The U.S.S.R. while Ringo was still gone), all songs had drumming by Ringo Starr. In no instance was Starr replaced due to insufficient capacity. For "Back In The U.S.S.R." Ringo had left the band for a few days due to stress and internal squabbles, on "Ballad of John..." Lennon had written the song and (as always) wanted it recorded right away, with George out of the country and Ringo unavailable or not. Thus it was recorded by John and Paul. On the first version of "Love Me Do," George Martin had brought in Alan White as back up after the situation wherein Martin had to suggest the removal of Pete Best (who WAS less talented on the drum stool). After Starr showed himself more than proficent, no one else ever needed to be brought in again.

The next question of course, is "why would Purdie lie?" Perhaps to lay claim to some of the most revered and popular music of the twentieth century, which garners more praise than any other sessions Purdie had any connection to (with the exception of those staggering works with on Walter Becker and Donald Fagen)... Who knows. I love Purdie's work and respect him as a player, and he is actually a polite and eloquent man (I spoke with him briefly in 1994). But there is little proof to his claims, and if you read the RIGHT books and do the research, that can be seen.

P.S. The infamous "butcher" cover to 1965's "Yesterday and Today" was NOT a sarcastic swipe at Capitol as retaliation for any doctored recordings. It grew out of the band's twisted sense of arcane humor, much like the check mark over the face of Brian Epstein on the poster included with "The White Album" (1968). It was more about having to go to "yet another photo session" for a repackaging of songs for American release. The butcher picture was talked about in "The Beatles Anthology" book where they all seemed to feel it was better as an idea than when they actually sat to take the picture(s).

It's funny how no one makes a issue over songs Paul didn't play bass on, or others where George didn't play lead guitar...

"No fooling it's a fucked up world..."
- Walter Becker, "Junkie Girl"

Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com

10CC!!!!uuuuuhhhhhaaaaaa!!!!! - okay fess up, who has their LP with the diver guy on it.......me! 8-track too! OMG

the good news about being in your thirties for me is professionally, people pay attention to that net i carry as the dog catcher but i'm still young enough to throw a little charm around to get out of what might have become a bad situation - old enough to know better, young enough to have the energy......

well, take a look at this then. far back enough for you?http://www.broberg.pp.se/

Yo, wasssssup

Just popped in to say happy birthday B, 35, I'm not there yet, how about a report to let me know how it feels?

Going on hols tomorrow to Lanzarote in the Canaries. Cannae fuckin wait

Peace and Dan
Al

You're not thinking far back enough.

if I remember it correctly 35 is some where around the age when some people start to realise that the phrase "grow up, will yah" is totally redundant.

Anniversaire Naissance

35 (tracks of) wack
and a pinch to grow an inch? peut etre?

I laugh my head off when ever I hear that guy..
he doesn't know who he's introducing..somebody yells to him,
"Steely Dan"...and he says Mr.Steely Dan..
the laugh , I always thought it was Walter for some reason..just a feelin :D...the finale on that live Bodisattva is fBEEPin
dyn-)-mite!!!!

Mr.Steely Dan...whatever

LOL!!

Off to the races and 10CC are on the stage after Racing finishes.
Yahoo Hubba hubba.Godley and Creme here we come.

Blaiser 35 ?? Dont drink to much Molson mate??
Have a good craic canuck.

awespishus =
auspicious
Strange.....

st al: the sad thing/ironic (depending on your perspective) is i am so used to people coming in here insulting on the first post that i didn't even notice what he said and only noted the question he asked - it's like weeding through your garden to find the carrot and not even noticing the weeds you pulled out along the way - anyways, have a nice vacation! we will miss you here...

Happy Birthday Blaise!

t, StAl.: Funny, I rarely watch Letterman anymore - occasionally part of Conan when working/playing on the computer late - but for some reason there it was and here came Peter Gabriel with the Afro Celt Sound Machine. When You're Falling was a very classic, strong Gabriel song in the In Your Eyes vein a bit. Great to see him again. Hope he'll release Another One soon...

In light of recent Internet activities, specifically the "Blue" GB and "Yellow" GB follies, I'd like to set the record straight... Hoop's is my buddy and I fully support whatever he does. It's a big Internet out there...

Now, does that post by the person named AWE strike anyone else but me as being a completely bullshit thing to do? I mean, he comes on here, insults us when he hasn't a clue as the the history of this GB, and then ask for our help? Not that he doesn't have a point, but that's simply bad form...I wouldn't tell him shit. Sorry Andy.

Vacation starts in about 4 hours. Since I do almost all of my posting at work, you probably wont hear from me much for the next 10 days or so. Ya'all place nice now.

Tones: Pictures at 11... Which reminds me. There's talk of Robert Plant taking the stage with Afro Celt and PG. Plant is also featured on a cut from the new Afro Celt CD.

StAl

35? Who needs reasons?
- You know a diamond when you hold it in your hand.
- Skunk and Denny's magical, quintessential playing early on.
- Larry Carlton on Scam. ('nuff said)
- Chuck Rainey on Aja. ('nuff said)
- Purdie Overdub dub.
- etc...
- You know a diamond when you hold it in your ha - and.
- Jon Herrington, Walter Becker - "Advanced Rock Guitar Technique Master Class and Workshop For idiots In A Nutshell" (Birmingham 2000).
- A friendly Cynthia Calhoun reply and how it brightens your day.
- "He meant to shine to the end of the line", Rinse, Repeat.
- Most Impressive concerted discography effort on the internet.
- Arguably, most sophisticated, varied and ressourceful online fandom in the industry.
- Most impressive list of timely signature riffs on any musical body of work unfolding today.
- Deepest well of semi-twisted lyrical quotes.
- DONALD FAGEN'S VOICE (something about it).
- DIAMOND, I tell ya.
- Most impressive list of outtakes (including potential hit singles) of any unfolding musical body of work.
- Arguably, showered with tributes and awards, most celebrated artistic concept out there (2000-2001).
- All of this w/o the help of an all out smash hit single OR video reason enough?
- Digital Audio Killed The Video Star? Working on that...
- Deepest base of semi-twisted lyrical fans.
- Pink, you're not my Steely. My Steely was the best.
- I need something stronger than Blues in E, some quirky storytelling but keep the backbeat. Yeah like that...
- "There ain't nothing in Chicago for a monkey woman to do".
- Most impressive list of songs about nothing and everything all at once (tie with Joni Mitchell).
- Shades and Gown, cheaters and hats, goggles, sausage and beer, shade on the light.... gotta love it.
- "You know the yellow one with the worm at the bottom, not the clear kind..."
- Just enjoying this unique perspective on the Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms universe as painted with a "sex, drugs and rock and roll" colour palette. Don't mind me.
- Both Burt Bacharach AND Donny Osmond-endorsed. Wow wow wow...
- Most covered and sampled classic rock body of work this last decade, arguably.
- Most ellusive recently celebrated artists at this moment. Where are thou now, Hawaii?
- "We got yawr skinny gi-i-irls..."
- In the morning you go gunnin'/ staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn/
"More of the same!" "More of the same!"
- I could go on... DRUMS!
- DONALD FAGEN's VOICE (something about it) revisited.

...

sending invites to all SD fans possible to be found?
howdy Blaise, you got to at least send 35 ... go check the yahoo SD club and lure them here ... if only for once?

Had no clue how Libby Titus looked like, but she is a very beautiful woman. Guys would go hubba-hubba?

like LP suggests, go and get muellered :-)

the english Danfans aren't that bad either, the Blue Book has news on them .. if even so tied to the tribute band bonding?

offline i go pronto,
G.

t for tones, i can send Caldera on tape but i got 4 more tapes to send, haha, so it won't be real real soon ...

Good Morning all....

Regarding Jerome Anton. I don't have the infamous Brian Sweet book on me, but I am sure someone in this forum does. There is a large section that talks about him. All I have for reference are the liner notes from the remastered Katy Lied album. I quote D & W here. "Against all odds, an inebriated teamster (with or without underage girl in tow) may be the most inspiring of M. C.'s." I believe the laugh you hear on the tape is Donald, since he really liked Jerome. (But I could be wrong).

By the way, I was reading some things on Tomas' site yesterday, and saw there is a song by Walter Becker on an 11 TOW Outtakes CD that has a character named Jerome in it. I immediately thought of Jerome Anton. Hmmmm....

Blaise: Happy Birthday dude! 35, yeah, you are really getting up there. :-)

LP: No, I have nothing to do with anything. :-)
Maybe someday....
Enjoy Vermont. Beautiful state.

Good weekend to all....

set on fire....

i'd like to keep the posted question from AWE alive here - who was that masked man drunken and disorderly announcing the band in Santa Monica that night? it's great they kept the tape, you can feel the loss of patience from the band with him

on the local broadcast of all things considered, while delivering the local news, weather and trafic report for boston, the instrumental of Black Friday was playing in the background (angel, did you have something to do with that? - lol - find out who at WBUR is the SD-nut, they seem to do that alot, which is a very good thing)

if that was you Blaise, yes, my dearest sweetheart pumpkin HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! i've got a year and a half on you and yes, 35 was a tough birthday for me, so go out and get muellered.....;)

getting myself outta hot water here today - off to Vermont for a glorious weekend afterwards!

hTTp://www.deathclock.com

22 000 Days... Isn't that the Moody Blues? Now I sound real old.

Steveedan (and all other Steely chart junkies):

Re the possible Gm chord between the Cm9 and Dmaj7 of the intro sequence, I guess it's partly subjective (when is a chord a chord?). I should have typed Gm7 actually, not Gm9.

I hear two saxes playing descending thirds for this part, similar to what you wrote:

CEb - BbD - AC#

six beats of the first, then two beats, then 8 beats. There is quite a strong G note on the first beat of the BbD part in the saxes, which is why I hear Gm (Gm7). I hear enough of a harmonic shift at this point to make me think I need a new chord (Gm7) for two beats before the Dmaj7, but not everyone may hear this.

There's another extra chord I hear between the D9 and Em6/9 at the start of the verse. I think you had D13 D9 Em9 Em6. I hear something like D13 D9 Cmaj7 Em6/9 Em6.

D13 D9 = 1 bar, Cmaj7 = 1 bar, Em6/9 Em6 = 2 bars

There's a keyboard chord (BCEG) + a C bass note after the D9 which made me go for Cmaj7. Again, it's subjective as to whether you hear this as a chord change or not. I also like including the 6 in the first Em chord (i.e Em6/9, low to high: E G C# F#), with the F# falling to E.

You had a couple of chords like Cmaj7/D in your chart - i.e maj7 with bass note one above the root of the maj7. Out of interest, how do you voice the chords - what are the notes?

Howard

G., great move on the link there. That Hans Verlouw (.nl!)Database site is quite impressive. So is Thomas Broberg's site (.se!), incredibly informative, both of them. We don't mention it enough.
It'd be nice if these guys dropped by once in a while.
But maybe they do already... Or at least lurk... I dunno. It's hard to tell...
Oh it's INSANE, isn't it?

http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/2000/December/15/docs/018840.htm

frozen yogurt?

HEY YOU ANDY!

will a pic of Jerome do?

http://cp35053-a.dbsch1.nb.nl.home.com/SteelyDanDatabaseScripts/personportraits.asp

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLAISE

GIVE US 35 REASONS TO LOVE THE MUSIC OF STEELY DAN!!!!!

Just thought I'd make it Zeitgest-worthy as well.

There's no STeely tie-in in that last one.
Or is there?

July 27th? I'm 35! Urgh*

* This post was anonymous for good reasons. I don't feel like being 35 all that much, if you ask me. It sounds so "mid-life".

Come over here and sit down. Let me get you a glass of wine and some hors d'oeuvres. I agree with Roy & St. Al about GB content. It changes, it grows...but what it does for me is give me a place where I can be the Danfan I am with others of a similar persuasion who share quirky and unpredictable bits of a worldview and are smart, irreverent, rich in all sorts of experience, sometimes obnoxious, always keeping me on my toes and rolling in the aisles, in a different way than other parts of my life. A nine-to-fiver with kids & mortgage like me can't fly with the spontaneity I'd necessarily like to, so this is one place to get it. And if you read between the lines, there's almost always a subtle Steely tie-in.

Was that Zawinul & Shorter *together*?

t

Gina - good morning (still?). Thankles (yes "thankles" - typos say it so much better... sometymz) for looking at/in that Caldera for me. As soon as I see one I'm going to own it... hopefully. I've never heard anything but the one I have, but it's survived my changing tastes all of these years.

steviedan N.C. - Emmylou! Ok... well, after all it is Emmylou... My thinking (not so far out, I think) is that any year the Dan choose to release an album, that award should be a lock. They are so unique in what they do it doesn't seem fair. But Emmylou is as unique in what she does also... How does Downbeat treat the Dan historically? They weren't too kind to our boys Weather Report when Mr. Gone came out apparently, after raving about Heavy Weather. I wonder how they reviewed Gaucho when it came out? Oh yeah, NEW Spearhead (coupla months old... sorry so slack over here) on 6 degrees... he's closer than you think...

--------------------

So is it true the Dan are considering special seating for their next tour? A large, crowded section marked "underwear", and a small, yet defiant section marked "sunglasses"...

Next you'll be tellin' me "...Western World" isn't about Yul Brenner...

Saw live Radiohead on eMpTV tonight... *very* impressive... as was Gabriel and Afro-Celt on Letterdude...

one more sonic shrimp for the barbie... Gorillaz: bits of Blur, Cibo Matto, Tom Tom Heads (Chris & Tina), with Del tha Funky HomoSapien and, just to make it eclectic, Ibrahim Ferrer from the Beuna Vista Social Club shows up for a tune. If it wasn't such a big funky party it would be a mess. I'm luvin' it...

But that's me. I think it's time for a "sound check". What's everybody else listening to this week of this summer?

Sorry for the ramble... I'm off to catch some zzzzzzzzz's to help the caffeine I'm gonna need in a few hours...

submitting...

C'mon Schwinn, have another vodkae and quit messing with Claes.

Just wondering if anyone knows anything about Jerome Aniton - the guy who announced Bodhisattva on the Steely Dan Gold CD.

I'd search through all these posts but I'm sickened by the obnoxios flaming that seems to pervade bulletin board culture - this forum no exception.

If anyone knows anything about Mr. Aniton's history and how he got the gig that night in Santa Monica, please E-mail me at awespishus@aol.com.

Thx,

Andy

What in the hell is going on here? I'm as dizzy as a duck in a deluge. Why is St. Al acquiescing to Clas and why is Clas sending me cryptic messages chock-full of worms? Is this the "end days" Steely Dan outlined in their song "____________" (fill in the blank with your favorite abdominal SD anuerism.)

This site is alive with pleasure! I can feel Donny in Cleveland straightening up his Gold records and dusting the frames with Walter's beard. Really. That's why I make the big bucks.

So what else is going on? I need to know everything now so I'm not forced to "lurk".

BTW, Clas, where is that nude Libra/Scorpio sketch you promised me? Good God, do I have to send you a potatoe vodka kit again?

Lucky Hen,

SEMB

morning Clas, Michael McDonald will be in Sweden, october!!
I will most likely see him perform in Copenhagen, Club Vega.
and downbeat.com has a few Bill Evans downloads ...

hurrying to the working grind bow,
G.

StAL - ha! Yeah that was very funny. But Gaucho told me how to go round that shit; -Just spell your name C las. Or C L A S.

Very simple.

the Stranger - glad you made it. And what did you call those places you're having breakfasts at - Parisiennes? Anyway - you show me. Or us, you show us.

Schwinn - say you made it.

stevieDan - hey man, socialized with a friend of mine yesterday. He's deep into the swedish jazz-arena, I asked him about this Monica Zetterlund/Bill Evans-recordings, he told me they did one Album, ”Waltz for Debby”, recorded back in 1963.

I ordered it this morning, when I get it I send it to you. Not via email, snailmail :) the problem is, could you forward me your address? I think it's pretty safe to email ME, and this, computer seems to be okay, I cleaned the mess with the help from the link Howard gave me.

---

And this Stockholm Jazzfestival was too close, I didn't go:

I missed the chance to see Chris Potter and his quartet (Kevin Hayes, piano - Scott Collen, bass - Billy Drummond - drums) and Oscar Peterson and the Swedish guitar player Ulf Wakenius (that's a monster). And Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter.

C

been a slow night my european night .. always nice to see Steviedan when this page unfolds on the screen!
hi Stevie, the PEACE GROUP is really on its way .. one day we'll be begging for subversiveness?

howdy Cod, there's a small stream just behind these Banyan Trees where you can wash up if you want to, you can borrow Negative Girl's lavender soap she brought from the market, after you washed up you can join us for tea and cookies? :-)
we'd love to recognize the face behind the dirt!

Aja, you lurking somehow, somewhere?
Robin? Rubybaby?

Banyan Tree Peas It is Bow,
Gina

okay. MOD comes on implicating "steviedan" for hittin' him with the flame thrower from the rat patrol on the blue gb. well, i certainly have no idea what he is referring to except that he is probably referring to "SteveeDan" i'm assuming this. i never saw the post but noticed the page was down earlier. ironically, this falls on a day when the prodigal Steve V (a clearer permutation) from singapore graces us with his return and graces to him on his latest "mini me" project. Stevee, the "more the merrier" you refer to will be better facilitated if one of us does not act as a lightning rod for controversy. not to suggest docility to anyone, but this is the second mistaken identity backlash i've dealt with since your arrival. now that's not a big whoop, and maybe you didn't see MOD's post that appeared prior to your last two, neither of which made any mention of whatever the pissing is over. i like to keep my dealings here positive in nature and free of pettiness, but unfortunately i seem to be getting swept up by the waves of insultive disagreement. steviedan ain't about that, hoss and i ain't diggin' it. help me out here, man.

I guess I get to comment on tribute bands, since I have now seen several.

On the Plus side:

Songs you like, done the way you like them.

Accessibility. We were all surrounding Hank Easton when he did all those killer guitar solos at the NY Danfest. Pretty cool thing to see. Most of the time at a concert, you don't have a prayer of getting that close.

Songs you don't get to see on tour, performed well.

Some improvisation usually toward the end of songs, or in solos.

MUCH more inexpensive. An evening can cost maybe $10 or $20 plus drinks. If you know the band, sometimes even less. :-)

Negatives:

It is not Don and Walt (or whoever).

Rarely do you get new arrangements of songs. The Damned do a killer version of the 2nd Arrangement. Bob mentions that it is their 3rd arrangement of the song.

Bob Tedde commented recently that, "It is like comparing apples and oranges". Both are good, but different.
If you want to try it out, do so. If you want to wait for the next tour, that is fine too. There is room in this world for both.

Good evening all....

MOD Rules!

Yeah blah blah saw that duh mar show... last few years too... the usual. Lots of old money at the track eh? Dont think anyone can touch Hank westone tho.

Raleigh Danfest Outerbanks http://dandom.com/danfests/raleigh

Hi Howard –

Thanks for the suggestions on the Intro Section of Glamour Profession. On the sequence leading to the verse (Cm9 Dmaj7), I tried your suggestion of Gm9 in between these 2 chords. I hear the Bass groove ornamenting the Cm9 chord, but there are horns in the middle of the low and high tones that I think are going:
C – GBbEb … C – GBbD … D – F#AC#

I suppose this middle chord above could be looked at as a Gm (or Gm9 if you add the A) over a C in the Bass. These are the internal sounds that I am now hearing. Thank you for drawing my attention to them. I think that my chord chart is still fairly accurate, but this item should be brought to the attention of the horn players and by doing so it will improve the authentic quality of a performance of this song.

You also wrote: “on the intro (Am9 Bbm6 G7) I think the G7 needs a B in the Bass, i.e. G7/B.” You are correct about this. I chose not to write it like this because I see it as an item that the Bass player needs to handle and in the Bass at this part it goes B and then G, which would be the G7 with the root (G) in the Bass. That is why I did not write the other because the change is so fast.

Again thanks for the attention you have given my chart. Talk to you soon.

Steveedan

no, dipshit. that's your mama with the goatee.
i'm actually your daddy.

schwinn's no lurker? bet his girl is?
come out, fred? here, kittykittykitty

mod IS AUS.

:-)

Hello all –

Last night was very interesting. One of our guitarists from the Steely Fan Band went to see The Steely Damned play at the Del Mar Racetrack near San Diego. I was here in LA at home bathing my son when the phone rang and it was my guitarist Dwayne. He, his sister, and his mother, who is a huge Dan fan, were at the show and Dwayne let me hear a lot of the show. The songs I heard were: Do It Again, Bad Sneakers, Jack Of Speed, Two Against Nature, Gaucho, FM, Don't Take Me Alive, Haitian Divorce, and My Old School. Very impressive. Our guitar player hung out with the band after the show and we are now forging nice relationships with TSD.

So to the larger community of Steely Dan tribute bands, I, on behalf of the 3 Southern California chapters, specifically, the Los Angeles chapter (The Doctor Wu Band), the Newport Beach chapter (The Steely Fan Band), and the San Diego chapter (The Steely Damned), cordially invite other Steely Dan tribute bands to make contact with any of us. We all have websites: www.(name of band).com. Give us a call.

Also, I noticed that there was a post placed today from Steve V Dan from Babylon, L.I., about the Woody Herman big band concert he saw where they performed Green Earrings and Aja. That must have been great.
There was also a post from (according to Raleigh NC’s Steviedan) the original Steve V – curiously yellow kid - from Singapore who’s wife just had a baby. Congratulations.

My point? There are lots of Steviedans around these parts. The more the merrier as far as I’m concerned.

To Steviedan, Steve V Dan, and any other like-named folks, I am pleased to be in your presence.

Steveedan

MOD = NG w/o hormone pills

MOD = AUS

JUST SHUT UP LAMER

How can i get me a decent sleep with this MODDOMOTION going on?
A contest? Is this Who Dun It sung by the all time Tavares Bros?
A new flame to the game?

MC, are you going to give your Mazda a name as well?
Men do that, don't they, give their cars a name :-)

Who is NYBILL?
Did i miss someone/something?

MOD=WB not meaning ... yes? no!!!!!!

How about an amateur soccer club digging in their own pockets for three years to keep their club running while the "president" of the club, (a lawyer!) fills the hole in his pants with the club's money? How's that for COMMUNITY sense ... so many communities in the world, on- and offline ...

A huge grashopper's been feeding himself for a week now in my small garden. It's not normal for these big babies to roam these parts. They're more into the French area's.
So I was told when I asked a guy passing by.
I took some pics and hopefully they show the grashopper in all his glory. The sound is deafening, really. Had to close the windows.

Don't you get to see bugs and animals and such that usually don't inhabit or visit the area where you live?
The globe is changing.

Should someone let MOD trip over his cane ...
Isn't there a Carey around to take him African windways?
Oh how these handles/characters become infamous.

No news on the Carey song recorded by WB and DF?

Banyan Tree It's Night Here Bow,
Gina

MOD spelled backward is DOM, just a coincidence?

Smart move, worried, real smart.....

I guess Steveedan didn't actually come out and say that he was molesting his kid …

Worried

come to chat!

Hoops is back on. I read what Steveedan said and it is bad. It must have been much worse before Hoops cut it. I thought that Hoops should have cut out the line about Steevedan molesting his kid in the bathtub in the previous message. Can't we all just get along? Mean Old Daddy, you better quit posting for a while, and if you live near LA, be careful. I am going to take a break myself.

Worried

Despite the brevity and/or lack of quantity in posting, this was one of the funniest day sets I've ever encountered here.

Identity is never an issue at the Ramones site.

lmaoamd

my first instinct was KD as well. also, MODerator does tend to make sense- god knows, Hoopsies place needed some excitement.

let's have a contest! unearth MOD and win a date with Donald!
I know even the boys would like that.

MOD = MODerator

MOD = Q

well, count me among the latest recipients of the SirCam worm. Just saw it in my hotmail account and knew what it was. Thanks for the tip here. Just deleted the sucker.

back to work for three 12 hour shifts on Friday, Saturday & Sunday but then lots of time off for the next few weeks. Looks like a new (used) car in our future next week. A '95 Mazda MX6. I drove a new RX-7 from '79 - '89 and have been driving the Miata from July of '89 until now and it still runs great. We're replacing Opti's '90 Plymouth with the MX6. I've had excellent service out of the Mazdas over the past 22 years and hope the streak continues.

See y'all about Monday....gonna be a lot of catching up to do.

Have a great weekend!

MC

MOD = Moo

MOD = WB (not the station)

MOD = KD

I SAW IT

no $#!^, really? dammit!

i think someone pointed that fact out WEEKS ago...

MOD = NYBILL!!!!!!

12:31 pacific time.

Hoops has taken the bluebook off-line after STEVIEDAN threatened MOD in an unwarranted, profanity laced, attack.

The afore mentioned S really needs professional help.

If it helps Hoops and Saint, MOD will refrain from posting to either board. It was fun while it lasted.

MOD loves Dan. God Bless you all!

MOD

st. al -- you said it. Again! Clas(shole) is a bum fuck party spoiler filled with emerald colored envy.

you know dam well who

Clas,
Yeah, I got that email sent to me. I was suspicious because it landed in my Bulk Mail box. I never should have opened it but did. Then I scanned the attachment with my software and it told me this thing was a worm virus. I didn't open the attachment, deleted the message, shut down my computer, reloaded it and did a virus scan. Came out OK. Hope it's right. I think it read all the addresses in your email address book. What kind of motherfucker gets a charge out of fucking people up for no reason? I always need a reason. Like maybe when some little old lady pedestrian gets in my way while I'm going 120 mph on a side street so I can get to the liquor store. Then she deserves what she gets.

Where was I? Oh yeah. Lena? Nice name. Only Lena I know of is Horne. A babe.

Seeya in Paris.

CHIRP*CHIRP?

An Irishman is having his beakfast tea,sausages, bread, butter, jam, etc)

when an American man, chewing gum, sits down next to him.
The Irishman ignores the American who, nevertheless, starts a conversation.
American: You Irish folk eat the whole bread???
Irishman (in a bad mood): Of course.
American: (after blowing a huge bubble) We don't. In the States, we only eat
what's inside. The crusts we collect in a container, recycle it, transform
them into Cookies and sell them to Ireland.
The American has a smirk on his face. The Irishman listens in silence.
The American persists: D'ya eat jelly with the bread??
Irishman : Of Course.
American: (cracking his gum between his teeth and chuckling). We dont.
In the States we eat fresh fruit for breakfast, then we put all the
peels,seeds, and left overs in containers, recycle them, transform them
into
jam and sell the jam to Ireland.
The Irishman then asks: Do you have sex in the States??
American: Why of course we do, the American says with a big smirk.
Irishman : And what do you do with the condoms once you've used them??
American: We throw them away, of course.
Irishman : We don't. In Ireland, we put them in a container, recycle
them,melt them down into chewing gum and sell them to the United States.

Clas: That censor device you mention was kinda funny, wasn't it? You remember don’t you...

Shit man, I don't censor anything.

I think you missed my point. I was defending you. Furthermore, I think you missed the point I was trying to make about Pete.

BUT! Just for the record. No, he didn't carry equipment or handle the sound. He just carried a press pass for 1994, 1996 and 2000 tours. Oh, and those pictures on the back of Alive In America...right...

This is the last time I'm going to talk to you about this subject. Pete tells these stories because every MOTHERFUCKING STEELY DAN FAN IN THE WORLD EXCEPT FOR YOU wants to hear them. Unfortunately, mainly because of you, he doesn't tell them here anymore.

Oh, and in case anyone's wondering what the censor device was, it was a portion of the script that allows me to exclude words. So being the smart ass I am I decided one day to exclude the single word "Clas"

You should have seen what his posts looked like. Damn that was funny...

Oh, I'm not a Scorpio. I'm a Libra.

Later
StAl

Schwinn is lurking? Hello.

but this is warmer:

http://www.apollogt-studio.com/BrianW6.jpg

http://music.excite.com/artist/biography/10731

**for additionnal reading on Steve V Dan's story**

THE wife?

CONGRATULATIONS BEING A DAD AGAIN, STEVE V

HEY GUYS, STEVE IS BUYING!!!!!!

yes I am still in Singapore, the wife (Mdme Ong)...gave birth to our second son last month!......glad to the Guest Book is still alive!

what's with the f*&%$ing Mets this year?
fire Valentine!

My Steely Dan Story....sort of.

Many years ago, long before there was even a remote chance that Fagen and Becker ever performing in concert again the only chance one had of hearing their music live was if you were able to catch a performance of Woody Herman's Thundering Herd. By a quirk of fate some old codgers in my hometown of Babylon, Long Island put together a venue at out high school that brought in some big bands (Woody, Buddy Rich etc.)...and one summer the aforementioned 'Herd came to town. Needless to say me and my brothers shelled out the 5 clams for the tickets and marched down to the auditorium that fateful Saturday nite. But aghast it soon became evident almost the etire crowd was over 60, the great dj William B. William (a Babylon native) was there.....finally after a hectic set of 1940's standards etc...Woody took a break.......I followed him out to lobby, my brothers (musicians themselves) consulted with the band on stage....finally after Woody got off the phone (my brother, acid wit that he is, claimed Woody was trying to score his connection!)...after Woody had signed an autograph for a little girl I confronted the cool legend himself...."Hey Woody....any chance would could hear some Steely Dan???"....the Woodster was shocked and looked at me with a curious grin...."How old are you?" "17" I chirped, now feeling a bit intimidated by the swing bohemian......."I guess you got my last album ('Chick, Donald, Walter and Woodrow [Centurt Records]), huh kid!"
I later found out that my brother had been badgering the band for some 'Dan request.......so with much excitement set #2 at the old North Babylon High that nite began with a sterlingly hip rendition of 'Green Earrings'!.....later the Herd aired an opium jag-esue version of 'Aja'.......they closed the show with a smart Victor Feldman rendition of 'I Got the News'!.......a true story from the annals of 'Dandom. Cool huh

http://www.geocities.com/webevane/kinky.jpg

Jimbo; I don't remember ever seeing a video for WB's "Down in the Bottom". Did you see one? Where, on VH1? What was it like, animated, live concert, etc.?

Please, do NOT play misty for me.....

Clas, hope it's fun listening to that tape, it's got all kinds of, not all good or bad and lots in between. It'll paint a fairly honest picture, though!
Have to disagree however on mr Pete Fogel sharing stories. I for one and am not the only, enjoy them. Well, them .. have only read one story up 'til now! It's not really about "look at me" (i'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree, one great song that MISTY tune) when i read that story about Joe Sample and some of the Spellbound personelle, it shows what a great and kind man Joe Sample is and it brought back the memory of that album i used to have on tape and i searched my entire house for it, alas ... it is nice to have been part of even so sideways events -AS A GUEST- that lead to music so many people enjoyed and still enjoy.
I don't know why you see it the way you do and i also don't think less of you because of it, we're all entitled to have our own sentiments about things ...
Usually stories like that can only be read at journalist's courtesy (? sounds like bad english to me) if the publisher is interested or the reporter or the people they interview. In reference to the ShowBizKids it's the Media Kids writing stories about themselves ... and the most likeable things out there for all of us to read unfortunately fade as if things have never happened. It's always nice to read about musicians and their experience with others, like when Jef Pevar met Rickie Lee Jones and how their musical chemistry worked!
So it's just as nice to read what Pete Fogel encounters (got to find/learn a new word here) and yes, by all means, if there were journalists whatever writing stories about the roadcrew, or if they are interested in sharing .. to most it's no big deal and just their job, most people who work it don't gush over/on it?
Perhaps when we are thrilled to see Steely Dan perform live, Donald Fagen while waiting in a foreign restaurant for his Club Sandwich and when it finally arrives it tastes like rubber or worse, well he perhaps then wishes he were home instead of in some god forsaken place where they have american stuff on the menu and don't know how to prepare it ...
Particularly in Dan voids like these, "stories of the road" are welcome, and Pete Fogel has a nice way of describing things, mixing past and history and a little overview wisdom. Nothing wrong with that, is there?
Most people keep all the goodies to themselves. Don't want to share their profits, money, luck and so on. I liked it when Pete Fogel shared that story and wish he'd even come sit in our Banyan Trees Kitchen and make our dinner go cold because we are listening. Haha, i'm sure we have something for Clas to do then, right? keep it light!!

howdy Steviedan, i guess it means it is kind of back here now i've been hitting those keys to submit, right?
your plea really did it, you know. and having read the Moving Analysis from the DreamBook Vault, well .. who then can resist the Banyan Trees Potion?

and ofcourse the eternal HUMOR if not in writing here as well in events and termoil once the storm is over.
couldn't be more Dannish, really.

Banyan Tree Who's MOD HURRY2yerCANE Bow,
Gina

btw schwinn- i think saint al is a libra.

Schwinn - I don't want to email you, don't know hell what happens if, but man, THAT'S a VIRUS you're dealing with (not the usual ones wearing pumps and heels).

But I think you're pretty safe, you're using a Mac don't you?

Could some friendly soul email mr Schwinn saying he's got a Mine in his inbox?

C

c l A S S - You're right. We would rather hear you talking about your new bout with cancer or your dogs dick rather than hearing about Pete's Steely Dan related stories. Right on bro!

St.Al- In honor of c l A S S you should change the name of this guest book to "Sign In Asshole"

I'm glad there is an alternative guestbook now. They've settled on the subject of tribute bands OVER THERE.
It's all good, I say, very good.
After all it IS the tangentially Dan topic par excellence...

Busy day today on the wetside which means, FYI:

1) I'm not posting, neither here nor there.
2) I can't be expected to reply right away to any comment, including those last resort ones about my looks and my family's overall appearance.
3) Even less get into fights in real time with anyone, be it a an anonymous collective.

Thanks for your understanding.
And thank you, StAl for finally speaking out against the excessive small talk tendancy thriving at the expense of the rest of it. No Dan action doesn't have to mean no brain action, I agree.

Of course you understand the "Jekyl & Hyde" mentality, St. Al, YOU'RE A SCORPIO.

Plus, a MOLLY HATCHET fan to boot!

Flirtin' with Piasters,

St.Elle

Clas- Your last post just proves to everyone here what a fucking asshole you really are!

As far as your distane for Pete Fogel goes... one word: JEALOUS! Don't you see how obvious you make it? You have to be blind not to see it. You have absolutley NO idea what Pete has done for Donald and Walter and you never will!

You are scum!

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Clas- Your last post just proves to everyone here what a fucking asshole you really are!

As far as your distane for Pete Fogel goes... one word: JEALOUS! Don't you see how obvious you make it? You have to be blind not to see it. You have absolutley NO idea what Pete has done for Donald and Walter and you never will!

You are scum!

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the Stranger - glad you could handle that one. It was out of my control.

Luckless Pedestrian - well, what can I say? I am very sorry, and you were not even in my address-book! Very strange. And the file that was attached; ”It All Began 1958” that's the liner notes for a jazz-CD I made the cover for, last fall. Shit happens.

Gina - same to you girl, and thanks for the tape, I'll be listening to it tonite, I am thrilled. And honoured. You are a dammm good singer.

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StAl - if P Fogel is a good person or not, that's not the issue. I'm just poking fun over his ”thing-for-celebrities” - ”to BE somebody through the FACT that I have met mr F