Signed in stranger

enough..........

Aside from making posts every 10 minutes, it appears Clas has figured out his HTML, seat belts for everyone!

Don't make me do it without my fez on... Oh no!!!

Isn't it just a little bit sad that some people get their thrills by making silly posts to the GB in other peoples' names?

The post above from Howard@measures is not me. Do you really think a well-spoken english guy like me would write something like:

"That don't mean I disagree with you ..."

Whoever it was, just because all this structure analysis is a bit over your head, you don't have to feel so left out. Let me and Edd and anyone else who's interested talk about D/G chords and bars of 3/4 - you can carry on with whatever you want to talk about. But why not stick to your REAL name?

Amanda: I'm Walter becker's godson, and he told me that nobody should ever trust what Dean Parks tells you! In fact, the opposite is usually closer to the truth. So if he says that whatever Edd says is right ...... well, sorry Edd! ;-)

Howard

P.S I thought I heard that SD opened a recent (ish) show in Belgium with 'Yellow peril' ... no?

Is this now the Clas guestbook? Will the real Bob Tedde, amanda, and whoever else Classhole is impersonating set the record straight? Will Classhole then deny it? Will Classhole then feign some other disease in an attempt to gain sympathy? Stay tuned....

HOWARD; ditto, and I put my two cents, for what it´s worth, that the openingsong in Hamburg was "Mad Men Across the Water". An early Elton-cover. I guess Thijs was there, in person, but, well...

Seriously; I´m going downstairs now to take a close listening to "Show Biz...", and if you´re not right here I am going to spank your bottom, darn ol´chap.

C

PS Sorry guys, can´t do this HTML-shit yet. You have to blame someone else, for a change.

JohnToy; what does "feign some other disease..." mean? And if you don´t like it, scroll, idiot. And if you don´t have anything important to say, don´t post.

Clas, the real one

It´s great to see so many Steely Dan fans in one site!

Greetings from Amsterdam!!!

Major is doing New York City midtown on July 16. Anyone for afternoon drinks??

"Daddy don't live in that New York City no more, (piano), no mo-o-ore, no no no no no no."

Man, I've been playing the hell out of Citizen 3. The transition from Katy to Scam blows my fucking mind. I wish Donald would do an album of piano ala the end of Throw Back the Little Ones. No Wendel. Just Donald.

maj.

Amanda: When I itch I scratch it! Whatever works for you do it!!!

Maj.Dude!: Yo! The 16th? Drinks? I'd love it - I'm right in Mid-town - what d'ya say we meet - I'll bring my bib just in case you, er, spill again...

you game?

ygk

I HAVE TAKEN OVER THE GUESTBOOK! IT IS MINE! ALL HAIL KING CLAS! GOD OF THE STEELY DAN FANS! THANK YOU ST. AL FOR GIVING ME MY GUESTBOOK! YOU SAVED ME A LOT OF WORK! NOW WILL YOU GIVE ME A JACKSON BROWNE GUESTBOOK, TOO? CLAS

maybe if we ignore it, it will go away

Oh Babs, I want you so much. Show me the way!!!

Strawberry milk for you, Babs.

Milkman

...and I will sanp my fingers and it will go away....

JohnnyBoy; How did you do that?

Clas:

Work is hard~ and you're lazy~ we can see~

So you crap on ST.Al's guestbook~ it's obsessive~ but it's free~

YOU'RE A FOOL WITH ALL YOUR DIRTY WORK, OH YEAH!

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR DIRTY WORK NO MORE!

RB

RUBYBABY; decent satir. Your not ready for Weird Ol Yank yet, maybe someday. I have some questions for you Ruby, if you don´t bother to answer I guess you don´t have any answers.

What is the "Dirty Work" here? And who are those "we" you guys always come running with every time you suspect I´ve imposted somebody? Do you have some meeting elsewhere that I don´t know about?

And what was that crap that you got so upset and insulted of when I wrote about my priests moisty body? OK, I have learned now that a woman have a moisty body when she is horny and wet, but that was my priest, ok? And how could you, a cristian woman, say to me that you always should be honest with me? And then, instead of speaking to me, you send your husband to "stand up for you". RubyBaby, there was a time I thought we were friends, but now I am hurt and disappointed. Say hallo to YGK when you TAWK to him next time, you cristian woman.

Paul Cummings, Edd, Bob, YGK, Kinky, stay out of this discussion, thanks.

Clas

"Stay out of this conversation, thanks..."

Sounds like a hyena asking the rest of the world "Please don't touch my meal..."

Edd

EDD, so you are the jackal? Or the vulture? I say it again; don´t touch my meal.

>

Did that do it?

We interrupt Class' Guestbook for this AP wire.

"Excerpt of confession to Sen Fred Thompson:

Bubbasava, put the money in your hand

Bubbasava, put the money in your hand

and our armada won't cross the Sea of Japan

If you put the sparkle in my China

Yes, I'll be there, Bubbasava

Bubbasava, won't you rent your house in town

Bubbasava, won't you rent your house in town

Together, we'll out GNP Japan

and put the sparkle in my China

Won't you be there, Bubbasava

(repeat 1st verse)

SINCE ST. AL HAS NOT GIVEN ME A JACKSON BROWNE GUESTBOOK YET, THIS IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE JACKSON BROWNE GUESTBOOK! SORRY WALTER, BUT YOU CAN'T SING AS GOOD AS JACKSON. SO PROCLAIMETH ME, CLAS, LORD OF THE JACKSON BROWNE GUESTBOOK!

SO HOW ABOUT HIS SONG "FOR AMERIKA"? I LIKE IT VERY MUCH!

CLAS

I've been "rediscovering" Citizen 3, too... and Nightfly: won't you pour me a Cuban breeze, Gretchen?

Damn I miss the tours! I am perhaps out of the loop, any news on the "new" album they announced during summer tour '96?

Anybody hear of Jamiriquai? Some serious groovy funk. Hey, does anyone out there suspect that Pretzel Logic harkens to the mysteries of Holy Grail complex? If not, what?

Huang: it must be sung every day of the hearings, a sort of anthem to the losers (zombies)...

OK, clas: All kidding aside, I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings and that you're disappointed. I really am.

I think I should clear up a couple of things. Firstly, I did not "send" my husband to stick up for me. He saw the post in question that you made so long ago, and thought the same thing I did. Then he perceived that something was bothering me (which was true) and asked me if it was something he did. So I told him that something I saw on the net got me a little upset. It didn't take him long to figure things out and he got angry at you. You know the rest. To tell you the truth, I didn't even see it coming. I was going to e-mail you about it, but you beat me to it. You accused me of setting you up just so I could get a thrill from seeing y'all fight over me. I will tell you that I consider it very sick and it has NEVER entered my heart or mind to do such a thing. And then you said never call or write to you again. So I have not.

And then you called me when I wasn't home, but my husband was. I understand you two had quite a conversation. (I think you were both hammered.)

And please stop flaunting my Christianity, since I don't. It's an awesome gift that I did not earn. And it causes me to be extememly tolerant,btw.

RB

(you got a touch of) Tuesday Weld; Jamiriquai? Yes I´ve heard them, very good, an English group, I read that they are big in USA now. Cool group.

Classhole: What does PROCLAIMETH mean? Yes, I like Song For America too. But I like Lives In The Balance better, the best is Running On Empty, reminds me of this GBook. And I think both Walter and Jackson are great singers, different voices, as it should be. If you listen to Walters singing in headphones you will hear that his voice is strangely panorated (spell?), there´s no "body" in his voice. Anyway kid, thanks for supporting me on Jackson. Nice of you.

Oleander: where ARE you, back on the old plantation?

ZEKE: Have you heard about a studio in Bogalusa, Studio In The Country? I don´t know if it is still there. Kansas and Le Roux used to record their crap there, and S. Wonder recorded his "flower"-record there. I visited that studio once, a nice guy, Bill Evans showed us around. He was an engineer and a producer there. Do you know anything about it?

the Hyena

(thanks Edd, I like those animals)

PS the keyword of "post often" on this Gbook is a fast computer.

Claus, I'm surprised your not off salivating-excuse me-"taking over"- the No Doubt guestbook-it struck me that Gwen Stefani would be "it" for you.In fact why don't you spend the next 6 mos surveying it for us and report back next year. Signed, patiently waitng for CD/Tour

RUBY; Thanks for answering. I want to say that it was never my intention to get you upset about this "moisty priest"-crap. I now know what the shit means and I am sorry if you missunderstood it. I like you a lot and I always get mean when I am hurt. And I hope we are friends again?

Love to you,

Clas

Hyena: Not long ago Studio In The Country was one of the hottest studio's going. Yes I've heard of it. Been through Bougalusa many times. So, your into Kansas? Kerry Livgren has a new one out.

During the Maj. League Allstar Game coverage on ESPN, IGY was playing while the players were warming up. BTW, the cover of IGY is one of the coolest shots of Donald.

Don, Walt, if your listening, please stop thru New Orleans on the next tour. The Maple Leaf Bar is a cool joint.

Z

People, I've said this so many times it's starting to give me gas.... If you want to get rid of someone -- IGNORE THEM. It isn't that hard. Pretend the post doesn't even exist, as if this individual is posting to thin air.

Edd and the real Howard: Please resume your conversation.....

Your mantra for the day: "Jackson Browne SUCKS" ...over and over...

As for Jamiraquai . All I want to know is Stevie Wonder recieving royalties even though he didn't write the music? If not, he should be.

Now, pay attention people. I'm about to show you how it's done.

Peace, StAl

StAl; count your dots please! Clas

I was about to say "sorry I haven't posted lately..." when I suddenly discovered, HEY! I HAVE been posting lately. Bully for me, I guess it's time to cut down on the Jack again. Anyways.... if anyone in t 14 Western United states wants to hear a little "live" Rockola, tune into KFI-AM 640 Friday the 11th (today that is) at around 6:30PST. You should hear us playing the Wedding March (R&R style o'course). Could be intersting...then again.....

But not nearly as interesting as the call I got THURSDAY night from a guy claiming to be David Palmers son. After a polite but twisted discussion in which he mantra-matically kept insisting that his Dad had written (no typo, I said WRITTEN) 2 songs on the Can't Buy A Thrill Album, he announced his intention of showing up with Dad at Sundays Steely Damned (THE) performance. Soooo if you're in the neighborhood and wanna stop buy and check it out yourself We'll be at The Catamaran Resort Hotel in Pacific Beach from 9pm-1:30am this Sun., July 13.

OK, Dirty Work is a Given. We don't do Brooklyn. But, if Palmer does show... Question: For those of you who have seen the Midnite Special (I think) footage, do I ask him to sing Do It Again or not???

lovebob

lovebob: only if he wears the boots...

Today I am extremely happy (thanks Ruby) so this will be my last post for a couple of hours. I forgot to tell StAl that I finally understand what this "is there gas in the car" means. And yes, I think it is good to ignore the crap, everything goes in bicycles, the whole universe does. That´s what Oleander says and you better believe it ´cause she is a DOCTOR.

Q; who the hell is Gwen Stefani?

ZEKE; I am sorry if you missunderstood: I am NOT into Kansas. Thanks for the input. Do you know if the studio still exists? I heard you had a lot of rain lately, sink or swim?

Any input on my theori that Walt and co. had a hell to fix his voice during the recordings of 11TOW?

HYENA

Help wanted: Recently I placed a link to the local (Seattle) Dan friendly radio station on the main page. It includes a link to a live RealAudio stream of their broadcast. When I first installed it, it worked just fine. Now I am getting error messages. I was wondering if, during your spare time, you could test this for me. A simple posting of "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" will do. E-mail also works.

KMTT RealAudio Broadcast -- requires RealAudio plug-in and a 28.8k connection.

lovebob: When are you gonna bring Rockola to the NW? Lemme guess -- as soon as someone pays you to bring Rockola to the NW...

HI PEG!

StAl

St Al: So am I too sensitive to assume that I shouldn't continue MY conversation?

LoveBob: Not only do I do Brooklyn, I also live there.......

Ruby: Perhaps it's none of my business, but allowing yourself and your hubby to get involved with certain individuals on a personal level is a bit scary, and now you see (feel) the result(s). You never call me anymore, and I'm sane, AND from your former 'hood - this whole thing ou have with this arse is like your talking to someone from Savage, MD - I just don't understand why you do.....perhaps it's the allure of something "wild"............

right.

Maj.: So what gives with your NYC appearance?

ygk

lovebob: - the palmer on Do it Again? NOT!

Thanks to all you folks who gave me suggestions for pre and post race music at a road race (running) held on Canada Day up here in Kanata, Ontario. Most of the B side of AJA, as well as a few from "Kamikiriad" made the cut - If nothing else, it made a hot and tiring morning a little more tolerable.

I too would love to see SD in the smaller venues - Could you imagine their sound in a place like (gulp !) Carnegie Hall, Place des Arts in Montreal or the National Arts Centre in Ottawa - or, outdoors like Newport, at the Jazz Festival, or the Hollywood Bowl. But it's all about the dough I guess; or crowd control or whatever.

RazorBoy: I can very well imagine their sound at Hollywood Bowl...I was there!

PEG, I remember her, she´s from New England somewhere...

No, got to go, NYPD´s waiting. (on TV)

StAl, I must tell you this story I heard last night:

Q: What did Jerry garcia say when he ran out of acid?

A: Hell, the band sucks!

Make it your todays mantra!

SoLong, Clas

Stupid question: what's Steely Damned in Pacific Beach?? StAl: you're right about Jamiriquai, especially on that first track, "virtual insanity," but if you listen to "driftin' along," you'll hear why he should be paying the Marley Estate royalties, too. But I can dig it ...

Jackson Brown needs to be sent off behind a casino by the sea, ditto for Rod Stewart, Aerosmith and Joe Cocker.

thumbs up on kmmt. cool station. still doesn't beat the dan friendly tracks on the music stations off my dss satellite. they just finished playing money in your soul.

Hyena: Didn't mean to push the Kansas thang. Can't help it, I dig em'.

Ya know, the South is a great place to live. If you don"t like the weather, wait 10 minutes.

Can anyone tell me if Don or Walt spent time in "The Big Easy"?

So I'm @ a joint on Esplanade called "Port of Call", (best burgers in the world, yea you heard it right, in the world) slammin' Huricanes, the juke box starts wailin' "King of The World". Bone chillin'.

Gaucho on the box. Johnny's Playroom. Excellent rif.

Later, Zeke.

tuesdayweld: The Steely Damned is a tribute band to the music of DF & WB. Pacific Beach is in San Diego. For more info, call 619-558-1966.

SHOW ME THE MONEY, SHOW ME THE MONEY, SHOW ME THE MONEY (in your soul

ZEKE, you Delta Man, I´ve experienced those rainstorms. Walk in to the shopping mall, catch a can of beans, pay for it, and then, then you have to swim out to the car. But I like it down there, the coffe, sittin on the backyard at nights, listen to the crickets, drink this good chicory and feel this very special southern-story that goes way back.

Do you mean that SD didn´t play New Orleans? You better put them on your shitlist.

Hyena

ST.AL: I dig the RealAudio. Only took me about 10 mins. to set it up....listening to it now, altho it seems to get congested when i type fast...but then, that's MY problem...

KMTT suuuure beats any raleigh-durham stations...rudy

Walter Becker is WRONG.

Accordions are damn cool!! Just back from my first Gorge show since last years Steely Dan show. It was a double bill of sorts. Well, Los Lobos opened for Dave Matthews. Double bill from my perspective. Anyway, Los Lobos utilizes the accordion, quite effectively I might add, AND they are so f*ing cool it hurts.

So I say again -- Walter Becker is WRONG!

Dave was great. I know there area few of you out there that don't like the band, and that's fine, however I must suggest to those of you on the fence you MUST see them live. You will not regret it.

StAl

PS. KMTT just finished playing Show Biz Kids

YGK: I'll be there on Wednesday. Since I'll be on the move, tell me the where to go and what to do.

laters.

maj©

Thanks babs for the info, the only tribute that plays around here (Connecticut) on occaison is "Black Friday," I don't know if anyone's heard them, or of any others in the Hartford area, but I have always had mixed feelings about cover bands ... and the Dan is the wrong band to mess with.Unless of course, Patrick Stewart was singing lead!

I'll ask again, I know I'm out of the loop, but what about the new album they said would be releasing during last year's tour?

Turn that jungle music down! (just until we're out of town)

TUESDAY WELD: "I'll ask again, I know I'm out of the loop, but what about the new album they said would be releasing during last year's tour?"

You have to repeat that question a couple of times here. But I can spare you that; nobody knows a shit about a new album, not even the Big Guys I think.

Hey St. Al: What a night! With that lineup, I'd say that Dave Matthews et al. might be considered the clean-up . The Wolf survives!!. In a better world, Los Lobos would be the "Dead" of the '90s, with the exception that they still sound great sober (with reference to above post)! A tasty gumbo of rock, Mexican folk, blues, and a dash of zydo! I've been listening quite a bit lately to another release which very effectively combines a number of musical influences including rock, classical, New Zealand folk, and English folk: Crowded House's final studio release: Together Alone. Their first 3 release found their way into my CD change numerous times to listen to Neil Finn's super-lyrical melodies and dreamy, surreal prose. It was my loss to not having picked up their farewell album earlier. While IMHO the 1st three release are outstanding, I'd agree with a previous poster who championed this album. I may be high, but I'd rate this one on the Rubber Soul level. Oleander, you'd love this one. The point I'm finally getting to is the exquisite use of the accordion on "Walking on the Spot." It's a creamy accent on a beautiful song.

ln 4: zydeco

zydo is a cuter word

That Elmer Fudd version of Green Earrings was the best thing that's been on here for a while. Who sent that in? It works for the whole Dan library:

"In the cawner/Of my eye/I saw you in Wudy's/You wew vewy high..."

"Wicky don't lose that numbew/You don't want to caw nobody ewlse..."

"In the gwotto/With the gweasy chayew/Sits the chaw-wie with the wotion and the kinky hayew..."

Yes, speech defects--like farts--just never stop being funny.

I want a new awbum.

Robin Williams started the whole thing in the 80's with Elmer Fudd doing "Fiiiire!" (Pointer Sisters). Everybody thought it was a scream. I didn't like it.

hi hi hi hi hi h iiii hi hihihihihihihi he he he he ho ho ho ho, you guys sure are funny.

Barf, excuse me, got to go.

St Al: Not many people hear the accordion. It's a pretty cool instrument. Down here an accordion on stage is a common thing. Some folks can really cook. Check out Zachary Richard (Ree-shard). That dude is smokin'. Every year on the 2nd weekend of the Jazz Fess, Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys perform. Excellent players. When these guys play, it takes about 2 min. to catch "happy feet".

Hyena: If you ever get your hands on some Community Coffee, New Orleans Blend, buy it. It's a chicory blend that is fantastic.

Not my Betty: I'm ready too.

chow, Zeke.

....too...hot....think....need....dan....more...cooler....now....

(alive in america) ahhh, that's better!!

if you can, check out the new "world party" recording, egyptology.

maj©

Babs - thanks for rubbing it in - first, for getting a chance to be at the Hollywood Bowl is enviable enough - To get to a SD concert is plain and simple, mental cruelty.

Zeke - If they put on "Pearl of the Quarter" while waiting for your gumbo to arrive on your place mat, it probably would have finished you off. Describe the place you were in, in more detail - Could be the opening scene to an Ellen Barkin movie.

Razor Boy: You got it.

The joint is called Port of Call right off of Esplande. The surrounding houses are old New Orleans style, 2 story, awesome balconies, huge front porches, with large columns out front, sourrounded by moss filled oak trees. Some of the most fascinating architecture you'll ever see. Always lit up at night. As you walk up there's usually a musician playing around the corner, sax or acoustic guitar, jazz or blues. You can smell the great food from here. To the south is THE QUARTER. The front doors are french style, always open. Walking up the steps to enter, the bar is to your right. You can hardly see your hand in front of your face, the lighting is old hurricane lanterns. The walls are knotted pine, the ceiling has braided rope hanging from one end to the other. These huge bamboo post separate the bar area from the tables. The drinks are killer, excellent brews, hurricanes, some drinks only available here. The food is awesome. The music is chosen for you, Jazz, Blues, and plenty of Steely Dan.

For more details I guess you'll have to stop in and check it out.

How's that. Later, Zeke.

Maj.: OK, some choices: The Mingus Big Band at Fez, Under the Time Cafe, Wednesday eve, round 9 - smokin' band.

Bryant Park is a joy to behold, especially between noon and 4 - a couple of bars/restaurant and lots of "sights" to see.

Try the East Village too, like Avenue A between Houston and 10th - lots of dudes and dudettes in various clubs and restaurants, a few galleries.

Actually, I'm going to check out M2 - MTV's new video station opening - at Irving Plaza round 7:30 PM - look for the HaveVision Video truck, doing a live broadcast from inside....

So - are you spillin' or buyin' a few beers or what?

ygk

Went out for ice cream last night and what do I find? PRETZEL LOGIC ice cream! Once you get used to it, it's real yummy.

YGK:(otherwise known as Mr. I Told You So Without Actually Saying It) What are you thinking? I can't be calling men all over the world - for a variety of reasons. (Hey, maybe A moneyTree Grows in Brooklynn, but not here!) I did call Clas one time. Now how often do you call me? Shouldn't this be a two-way street? But it's okay if you don't, I don't expect you to. Didn't I send you a birthday card anyway? And oddly enough, it's the non-wild side of Clas that I like best. I've never seen it on this guestbook, though.

Clas: Hi! Don't worry - they won't believe you have a non-wild side.

Zeke: You may not want me, but I'm ready to head for the Port of Call. But fear not - you'll never know I'm there. Maybe you can answer my coffee question, though: why is Jamaican Blue coffee $90 per pound?

rb

Hot off the summer reading list...

According to the Dan bio, "Fagen wrote an extensive Senior Class Project on the novels of Herman Hesse, including Siddhartha, Narziss und Goldmund and Peter Camenzind."

Having just recently re-read Siddhartha, I couldn't help but notice a few choice Dan related items of interest. Besides the obvious Eastern/Buddhism theme of the book - appealling to Fagen's well established fixation with all things Asian - there are these Dan relevant allusions...

1. "Govinda, said Siddhartha to his friend, come with me to the Banyan Tree. We will practice meditation."

2. "Kamala, the well-known courtesan, she owned a house in town."

3. "Why did Gotama once sit down beneath the Bo Tree in his greatest hour when he recieved enlightenment?"

This last quote begs the obvious answer... For an illuminating blowing session with Baxter "the Skunk" and Dias "the Bebopper" of course.

Anyhow... All in all, a good albeit quick (152 pages) Dan related summer read IMHO.

Joe

PS. Another Dan related tome for your consideration: Pynchon's new one "Mason and Dixon".

While I have no "agenda" and will acknowledge prior social and otherwise faux pas' in the past, I must say that due to time constraints, having moved largely to observer status of SD net activity- and fully recognizing that I have relegated myself to the recommended St. Al "ignore the post and they will go away" status- I must say that the Digest is currently more "relevant" than the Guestbook(no real fault of Mr. Al's(not an appeasement). The discourse(sp?) on the Digest is simply more sober,poignant,relevant and less ego driven. Any comparison or "war" as pursued in the past is irrelevant and simply a function of the horseshit that prevails on The Guestbook(again to no fault of Mr. Al)- so anyway if you are a DAN fan I stongly suggest you make sure you tap into both wellsprings of DAN banter. IMHO- PS Kinky I just scored another ASSETATE from the UK only one of 2 or 3 existing copies- of Western World-someday you should explore the definition of an acetate more closely- essentialy the closest thing us mere mortals can get to the original master tape,and limited to only a few copies EVER produced- but yes I am jealous of some of your scores- lets simply all remember that-it's the "ARTWORK" that counts-period. "Show Biz kids making movies of themselves....."--signing out as a stranger- Q

Key words upstairs being "BOTH wellsprings of Dan banter". It's like the strings in Through with Buzz, or the synths in Fez, one needs the other to work.

YGK: I 'm not familiar with Bryant Park, the other's are out for timing reasons. In at 10 am, out by 6pm.

Catch you next time, July 31 around the village.

maj©

Wow, I found another Transisland single(edit) with Big noise new York and Home at last (live) on it . excellent condition.

Still Have promo royal Scam poster for sale also. fantastic for framing.

jk

I have a question and a comment.

Question:

How many quad albums did Steely Dan release. Did ALL of them have alternate mixes of some of the songs or was it only CBAT?

Comment:

Has anyone else noticed that the Steely Dan(or related) albums not represented on AIA (Pretzel, Katy, The Nightfly) were the only ones represented on the Live at the Beacon CD?

Conincidence? Hmmm...

El Sup

Q: I agree in your observations on the current discourse quality on this Guestbook versus that on the Digest. St. Al decided to let Clas run amuck, and look what happened. This place is contaminated. I guess that's what happens when you don't have standards. I don't think Hoops would ever post any of Clas's crap in the Digest. I wonder why St Al doesn't put this place out of its misery? Probably hoping for some free CDs or concert tickets when/if the new Dan project ever is released.

JAFO

Just a fan,I got on-line today,and this had to be the first site I hit.Gaucho is the best ever record.End of.See ya.

I've been a citizen of various "cyber-communities" for over a decade (anyone remember DECNotes? VAXNotes?) and have seen this particular phase numerous times...

This too shall pass.

Edd

Maj & Edd- points well taken!!! - Edd"this too shall pass"- absolutely right,as soon as we get SD VIII & Tour '98!!!! Maj, I guess my thinking would be maybe we need a little more Digest(ion) ant a little Retchbook-but again your point well taken. OK so where is Claus -let the cyberenema(sp?) begin! Relative to QUADS- yes each has a minor difference from its stereo brtheren, but not neccessarily lyrical as w/ CBAT- but we certainly need to have this confirmed by the Swami(s?). Q

Hi Yall,

I just love that steely dan music, I've been to a few of their concerts and dug them. Does anyone know if either Don or Wally have bass boats? You just can't beat fishin' and steely dan.

talk to you later

RUBY: I would not dream of show my real me on this Gbook. (don´t have your emailadress here at the house... would you?)

ZEKE; Yes, our friend from the Big E is visiting us now and we got lots of Community-coffee. Can´t sleep.

Q; can I ask you something? Could you describe the standards you want to have here on this Book? I guess you can´t. Do you know how many emails I get where people say they are laughing out loud when they read my shit(and there are not mostly US-people). So, can´t I enjoy myself and other people here? Because you and a couple of squareheads don´t like me?

I´ll get back,

Hyena

Miles' Blue Note Years is washing the lab. This stuff never ceases to amaze, I'm definitely still at the beginning of the learning curve here. The ironic thought that permeated was that *Both* Dan and Wynton Marsalis, "hanging" in effigy at steelydan.com, owe many of their muscial ideas to this wellspring: the man, the music.

Sorry, my question above to Q should be asked to Just Another Fuckin Observer.

Well, I´m only an animal?

DrMu: That's an interesting observation. I would like to listen to Miles' Blue Note Years.

I didn't know you had a dog!

rb

Dr. Mu: As good as Blue Note stuff is, you must get Complete Birth of the Cool. It features Miles' genius in germination, surrounded by some of the best soloists and tastiest charts this side of the Yardbird.

Compared with the bile that Kinky spews, Clas' posts are downright innocuous. Besides, if you don't like them, do as Clas himself has suggested in the past, dear reader–scroll.

Standards are for fascists.

I am so sorry, I beg your pardon, but it´s me again.

I just wanted to say to JOE M: your SIDDHARTHA-POST was very interesting. I thank you, for whatever it´s worth.

Hi Ruby, got to go, Accused are waiting, on the TV.

Hoola Bandoola

Ruby: C'mon down. If your ever in the city, stop in. Ware' yat?

Well it looks like hurricane season is upon us. Ol' Danny Boy is bearing down on the coast. Guess I'll have to stock up on coffee and Crown Royal.

My favorite post to this page was about the guy who dreamed Walter was a dog or something like that. Who posted that and how long ago was it?? I would like to see it again.

Walkin' between the raindrops... Zeke

Ummmm, that would be MinorWorld, I believe. He's also the same pretzel that suggests that Ricky Lawson should play through on the golf course, the same guy who dreamed that the Walt-dog chomped on my finger and wouldn't let go no matter how hard I flung Walt-dog around. Mw also was sharp enough to command a dream so well as to know which rain coat pocket (ala the trench coat Donald wore in the picture on the cover of the Early Years) Donald kept his bowl and bag of weed. Does anyone remeber which side, left or right? (Minah-you can't answer).

The Walt-dog thing works for me. Is there an album concept in there somewhere?

"..green acres of my good in-ten-shah-uhns..."

Scroll, baby, scroll.

maj©

Man, I thought cool people listened to Steely Dan, what a bunch of bickering babies yall are. Why don't yall talk about Steely Dan instead rumblin?

Jazz drummer Billy Drummond's latest, "Dubai", has a version of Pat Metheny's "The Bat" featuring Dan alumnus Chris Potter on Sax.

From the liner notes:

"Potter's feature is Pat Metheny's "The Bat" and Billy wanted to record it because he believes it is one of the prettiest songs he's ever heard. 'It has an interesting harmonic progression which lends itself to this instrumentation. Chris Potter really interpreted the melody beautifully.'"

Ruby: any Miles from the late 40's and early 50's will knock you socks off; have yet to €complete* this collection myself.

Jon: Love the "Birth of Cool," but often find myself listening to the early 50's stuff with young Coltrane. Lots of interesting play on musical themes here. Later experimentation in the led to the creation of "free jazz"...but with Miles the improvisations always made sense here and never drifted into "random notes." One theme could beget a number of others with each one getting an interesting twist or two. I hear lots of phrases during this period which have been borrowed by later artists, including Dan. For example the muscial phrase that goes with the lyrics "turn that jungle music down, just until we're out of town" on Babylon Sisters can be heard note for note at the end of Miles' solo on "My Funny Valentine." Birth of Cool indeed.

I saw Ricki Lee Jones play here in Toronto about a month ago and it was OK. She was a bit arrogant. She did about an hour and then left the stage. You never know what is going on behind the scenes. She just basically plugged her new album.

I've asked the same question to Pete Fogel a number of times and his e-mail must be broken because he NEVER answers. I'll post it here, just to be helpful.

The question is:

What movie, put out in the last two years, available as a commercial release, features a Thank-You to Donald Fagen in its credits?

He still hasn't answered. I asked him this question at least 4 months ago. His e-mail must be down or something. Or maybe he doesn't know the answer to the question. Does this mean I've stumped the Fogel? Just wondering.

Yer Pal,

Shindig.

Ruby: PS, don't lose that number

CHARLIE BILL; how much can you talk? Let´s have some fun in the meantime.

ZEKE; you take care of Ruby eh?

Dr MU; thanks Doc, I give you the same thanks that I did to Joe M. above.

hejda

Claus, no it's the Who Fuckin' Cares Channel, so now your Jay Leno???- if you get so much email you should start your own site or hey, go to Hollywood, or more likely Vegas. I guess I caught a nerve there. Yah Claus your the greatest-period!!! By the way no sqareheads here- just get sick of the same lowbrow bullshit-Claus your just not that funny. By the way, just how much mail have you gotten??? I mean I thimk the Guestbook is plugging along with about 10(?) "core" participants. Or maybe we are just a bunch of dumb Americans. "Show Biz Kids makin' movies of themselves...."

JoeGM: I, too, was intrigued by your post concerning SteelyDan's connection to Hermann Hesse literature. Having never read a single word by H.H. (except unknowingly in Dan lyrics), this is new to me. I wonder if there is anything from Steppenwolf in SD material. (I looked up Hesse in the encyclopedia. Did he look a lot like Henry Fonda, or what?)

Zeke: I have a favorite mw post,too. It was about him (mw) going up some dark, winding stairs leading to MajorDude's office. But when he got there, the window was open and some golf clubs were missing, and the Major could not be found...

Clas: Have you ever read anything by Hermann Hesse? I have a feeling that I'd like it better in the songs.

Shindig: give us a clue. I'm very curious here!

RB

Q; 1. I will, as soon as I have learned this HTML-thing. I´ll let you know, you can be my MY clown, but you have to learn to spell first, or stop drinking. A simple advice; join the AA if you can´t handle the bottle.

2. I have got 17 email the last 4 months.

3. No, a bunch of dumb US-people, some of you, you´re included.

4. Take it easy, I love you.

RUBY; I have just posted! And when I get back to check, you too have posted at the same time! It´s not the first time it happens. Are you into some VooDoo-stuff?

Yes, in the midst of the 70s it was very "in" to read Hesse, I did and I did not understand much. Or anything. I don´t think it is much to understand, lean back and try to enjoy the ride, don´t ask any questions. Remember that this stuff is written in the Hasch-Belt, maybe it´ll help if you smoke a few joints or so while reading it. Well, I don´t remember.

Take care Ruby,

hejda,

Clas

> I wonder if there is anything from Steppenwolf in SD material...

There's certainly some SD in Steppenwolf. John Kay (lead vox) recorded "Giles Of The River" on his "My Sportin' Life" album...

Talk about draggin' out a tired old horse. I'm pretty sure Kay is still touring with a band of the same name, although the venues are a little on the sleazy side...

Born to Be Mild,

Edd

Hey all you losers!

Yes CharleyBill, there are a lot of cool people that listen to Steely Dan, they just don't come on this site.

BobLovesBob - What the hell happened to the pictures? I want an 8x10 to hang on my wall. And what did Peg think? I hope she wasn't too disappointed.

Hey- drunk me just got ISDN- now I can clown around at lightning speed!!!!! Awesome- Ican even load your favorite brand of cyber sludge(need I explain) in the jerk of YOUR hand, so to speak. When you get this HTML that dumb Americans like me are proliferting- give me wink. I'm trying to stay with monosyllabic words so that I can spell them properly-just for you.I will admit to typing deficiency(frankly I just don't bother to edit my work on this rag)- I feel fine about my spelling skills though- and hey your English has improved too! Gee, a whole 17 emails- you are ready for, say....Reno!!! Clas-Claus, whatever- I'll be Dennis Miller from now on and you can be Curly(from the Three Stooges for you out of towners!) More importantly Clas/Claus your slipping!- let's get on with the porno laden,super ego driven cyberdribble. Remember you have now taken over so we need you to LEAD!!!

Check out the official site....

El Sup

Hey- drunk me just got ISDN- now I can clown around at lightning speed!!!!! Awesome- Ican even load your favorite brand of cyber sludge(need I explain) in the jerk of YOUR hand, so to speak. When you get this HTML that dumb Americans like me are proliferting- give me wink. I'm trying to stay with monosyllabic words so that I can spell them properly-just for you.I will admit to typing deficiency(frankly I just don't bother to edit my work on this rag)- I feel fine about my spelling skills though- and hey your English has improved too! Gee, a whole 17 emails- you are ready for, say....Reno!!! Clas-Claus, whatever- I'll be Dennis Miller from now on and you can be Curly(from the Three Stooges for you out of towners!) More importantly Clas/Claus your slipping!- let's get on with the porno laden,super ego driven cyberdribble. Remember you have now taken over so we need you to LEAD!!!

oops so sorry for double post- oh yeah, its the 7 martinis

Q; I still love you. But what is the Three Stooges? And what is this crap about 7 martinis, do you get that drunk on 7 martinis?

Hoola!

Hey all, no time to actually catch up right now. I just dropped by to say... it's a girl! 6 lbs 10 oz, born Wednesday evening at 6:28pm, 2 1/2 weeks ahead of schedule. If she's anything like her old man, that'll be the last time she's early for anything. Due two her untimely arrival, she is currently without a name. Mrs Squonk has already vetoed Donna & Waltina, as well as Gretchin, Ruby, Babs, and Skunk (even tho' she is a cute little stinker). Sooo, any suggestions? (And you thought namin' StAls boat was a kick.)

lovedad

kinky: can't seem to locate the flim in question. I don't think it's lost, just missplaced. I'll let you know soon.

Congrats on you and the Mrs. newest release.

Why name her now? Wait til she's old enough to pick her own.

Edd

CONGRATS from me too Bob! NINA is my suggestion. Everytime you get back from touring or whatever you can sing that song for her; Back in the maze with crazy/lazy Nina!

Hell, I envy you!

Clas

Guess I'll have to settle for Bodhisattva out here in Honolulu, playing tonite with "America" no less. Damn Don and Walt, get back out here, times desperate!!!

Iget on the net and have hours long converstation using only SD lyrics. What a blast. Told ya times were desperate....

Been away too long. Haven't checked this page since wednesday. Unfortunately, not enough time to really pour through the posts. 2 things caught my attention.

Q: You couldn't be more correct! I've always said if you're looking for full flavored dan, then Hoops' joint is the place to be. Which leads me to "Just another fucking observation's" post (who obviously isn't too fucking bright). First of all I don't have the time to worry about crazy swede's. Next time you want to question why I don't sensor peoploe. STOP, for a moment, and think about the difficulty. I HAVE A LIFE! Second, if you don't like what you see, then GET THE FUCK OUT. LEAVE. I really don't give a shit anymore. If you think for a moment that I put up with morons like NOT SO FUCKING BRIGHT, hoping for some sort of nod from Walter, yer wrong.

lovebob: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Anything but Peg...

Peace,StAl

CONGRATULATIONS, DADDY LOVEBOB!

"Call her 'Green'
And the winters cannot fade her
Call her 'Green' for the children who made her
'Little Green' be a gypsy dancer...

There'll be icicles, and birthday clothes
And sometimes, there'll be sorrows..."

GRK KOR US

Call Her "Brownie" ===================

Call Her "Brownie" Just Like Those Girly Campers Call Her "Brownie" That Color's Filling Up Her Pampers

There Are Bills To Pay You Can't Take Much More Soon Horny Young Men Are Knocking On Your Door

{{Sax Solo}}--(fades into)--{{Piano Solo}}

The College Fees Will Keep You In The Red Your Gonna Wish That You Were Dead

{{Guitar Solo}}--(fades into)--{{Squeeze Box Solo}}<---For St. Al's sake

Ferny Faupin

StAl; thanks, three dots.

mr Penis

Bob: Congratulations!! "Tuesday Weld Tedde" would have worked nicely if your daughter had appeared a day earlier...or "Mandy?" ...short for Mandarin Plum

BOB; Caroline. Caroline Tedd. Perfect. Or Maria-Pia Tedd, also perfect.

Uhhhh, I want grandchildren...

Hello, compadres. Long time gone. Just checking in, saying hi. Still loving the Dan. Still listening. Just discovered that Donald says "Peg" almost under his breath after the first verse. That took me long enough. I've been tabbing their guitar solos. It is amazing how you gain a new appreciation for their brilliance when you look at their work from different angles. Any news on a new tour? The new album? Peg- much thanks for the VA beach show. Fond memories of last summer. Must have more SD shows.

Love to all Lester

Go Dodgers

St. Al - I think you have me confused with somebody else- I never callled for cencorship of anything!!!- gee you poke a little fun at the little Swedes and everyone loses it.-what was the rest of that jibberish you spouted out anyway about WB,etc,etc????????. Everyone's so clever on this board or whatever until the slightest head on-in fun(if not ascerbic) - provacation - when you get your own back your own brand of crap you guys fold up like- I don't no what. More martinis & ISDN , Isay !!!!...........................

Q: Please reread the post.

>Q: You couldn't be more correct! I've always said if you're looking >for full flavored dan, then Hoops' joint is the place to be. >Which leads me to "Just another fucking observation's" post....

I wasn't aiming at you. The "gibberish" was also in referrence to "Just another fucking observations" post.

Peace, StAl

Mr.Squonk: I'm very happy over here for you & Mrs.Squonk! (Could this be why St.Al kept the g.book pink?) I've always liked the name Julia. It is July. Congratulations!

Clas: Hmm, we do seem to post tandemly a lot. But voodoo stuff, you say? Never! I think it's because we're both stuck in Pretzel Logic Standard Time. It's just a phase...

Lester: Go Dodgers - alright! Have you seen the 7/21/97 issue of Sports Illus? Dig page 75!!

Edd: I was reading the Point After and thought of you. Do you own a jet ski?

RB

Q; "you poke a little fun at the little Swedes", son, you just don´t get it, do you? You could not touch me with a ten foot pole.

RUBY; Ok, it´s just a phase. Do you remember "Smiling Phases", Stevie Winwood?

BOB; I´ve been strolling along all night thinking of different names to your little one. And I think we finally got it: AMELIA! Amelia Tedde.

Audi(os) and out,

Clas

MrSquonk: Congratulations on the arrival of your little Laughing Angel!! Perhaps you can pick one of the slough (sp?) of names from Tomorrow's Girls - seems appropriate somehow.

Later, Beautiful Survivor

BOB; I´ve been stomping around all day now, and at last: SHARON! Sharon Tedde.

"I went to Staten Island Sharon, to buy myself a mandolin..."

C

PS Interesting stuff about Fagens/Beckers unknown daughter on The Official. I think I touched A NERVE there.

SIGNING IN 21/7/97.BEEN A FAN OF THE DAN DUO SINCE "AJA" MANY MOONS AGO.I AM SLOWLY TRYING TO REPLACE MY VINYL LP'S WITH C.D.'S.(STRUGGLING WITH SOME OLD CLASSICS!!)MY FIRST PRIORITY WAS TO GET MYSELF "CITIZEN", WISE INVESTMENT!ELATED TO SEE YOU IN THE U.K.IT'S BEEN A LONG WAIT.

excerpt from Dan WebTV:

Craig -

Just wanted to log in and let you know how well everything is going out here. It's been a fantastic summer so far, the work is going really well and we're both stoked, and being back in New York for the summer has been great. New York and the New Yorkers are, with a very few notable exceptions, all and everything that they can and should be. Which, IMHO, tends to make the few stinkeroos stand out in bold relief. I wonder, can you or your office do anything to help with these annoying problems:

excerpt from Dan WebTV:

Craig -

Just wanted to log in and let you know how well everything is going out here. It's been a fantastic summer so far, the work is going really well and we're both stoked, and being back in New York for the summer has been great. New York and the New Yorkers are, with a very few notable exceptions, all and everything that they can and should be. Which, IMHO, tends to make the few stinkeroos stand out in bold relief. I wonder, can you or your office do anything to help with these annoying problems:

Well!! I go to northern Michigan for a couple weeks--and return to find I didn't miss much...EXCEPT:

CONGRATULATIONS BOB T on the arrival of the squonklet! I didn't know you were in the family way! I like Naima (the blissful Coltrane tune) but far be it from me to suggest anything--took us three weeks to name our first one. Hope you have many wonderful uninterrupted adoring hours with your little girl here at the beginning.

Clas--I'm touched. You missed me.

Doc Mu--Thanx for the tip. I'll check it out.

YGK--loved your tale of the goddaughter's groove. I LOVE Latin music, and I'll keep my ojos peeled for DLG. These days I'm listening to a lot of Fania All-Stars, Celia Cruz (la reina of Latin soul), Ruben Blades, and a nice Putumayo compilation called "Latino Latino."

St. Al--illegitimi non carborundum. As I said, I agree re the DMB. Glad you saw them. Los Lobos played here several years back, and they COOKED. My dancin' shoes got plumb wore through. However, don't you think the most influential and prolific practitioner of the accordion in rock today is Weird Al?

Zeke--my mouth is watering. May I come take a stroll with you one of these steamy evenings, darlin'? It's not that far from Carolina.

Joe--cool Hesse thoughts. I've got about 100 pages to go in "Mason & Dixon"--jeez, Pynchon is a wild & funny guy--needs an editor, but it's worth it to stumble across the gem passages. Have you read him?

Getting too long, but gotta share some northern Dan moments:

1. "Deacon Blues" over Key lime pie at a restaurant with old friends....

2. Read about an 18th century French painter, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and saw a repro of his painting (it's in the Met) "Lot and His Daughters." (OK, an indirect one; you have to be me or Roy to smile at this one)...

3. This from the Louisville Courier-Journal (6/28/97) review of Orquestra Was' "Forever's a Long, Long Time:" "Other artists might pull disparate influences together for an album, blend them and make their own sounds, but Was adds the influences straight from the source, straight to the mix. He seems to hear a sound from a particular player and simply recruits that musician. We've heard Steely Dan do this--think 'Aja'--but Was seems more obsessed with vibe and groove, while the Dan was out to show how high pop music could be elevated by excellent performances and arrangements." Comments?...

4. Doing the dishes to "Katy Lied" on the portable CD phones.

One last thing--I swear!--Ruby--thought about you as I listened for alliteration. My faves: "We'll wear the weary hours down"--sneaky "w" in "hours;" and "Green earrings/I remember/The rings of rare design...." Now on to assonance.

C:

"And I saw the long white dress of love
On Walt's Official listing
Big boy, coming back with a swelly post, so smart!
All for something lacey
GRK KOR's gonna see his post
And crave The Dan like crazy!"

GRK

Oleander; Yes, I have missed you. Please don´t travell so far without telling me first? And what has happened to your dots? This: "Comments?..." should be: "Comments...?" Except that and the dots, everything seems to be OK with your post.

GRK; Is that a poem or what? "All for something LACEY"? What do you mean with that? You must remember that you are talking to a swede.

ZEKE; take good care of my woman (Ruby/Ole) down there? Don´t stroll Bourbon at nights!

RUBY; hi. I´m in a coma here in Borensberg. It´s sunny and hot, I should be painting (pictures, Lena does the real painting you know) or something, but you know, I´m so lazy. And still tired, I was on a 2-day dog-class, very intensive, last week. Wrestling dogs is NOT my bag. Pompe is heavier than I am. And I had to bite his ear! So, I do everything to be the leader of the pack.

Take care.

CL

PS My fave now is Moody Bastard.

Oleander: regarding that Don Was vs. the Dan comment, all I have to say is, think back to some of the stuff we heard about Kamakiriad, with DF shaving nanoseconds off a drum beat to fit the groove, and it seems hard to imagine that Was could be more obsessed with the groove than that.

Ole: Absoultely! I understand he's got quite a collection.

I think this is a first. I actually censored someone. The one you've all been wanting me to censor -- CLAS. Hey Clas, I'm sure you've realized this, but, did you know that by removing the "C" and the "L" in your name, all your left with is... snicker

Lime green is cool

StAl

..from not-so-near the rio grande, where armadilla are called speed bumps, Selena is martyred and the heat index is 135. mood music this trip is chick corea's "light as a feather" and "touchstone", metheny's "travels", some of which was recorded here--check out "the fields, the sky", an incredible piece), doc watson, george thorogood, 11TOW, and choice cuts from past lodge trips...

like st. al i have more important things to do than follow the swedish-borne drivel here, but the rest of you more than make up for it. y'all come back now, y' hear?

StAl: Cool! Currently I got a lime green background with a general browser appearance in soft violet tones and a pastel yellow frame. Now talk about Nouvelle Art ...

Folks: You must watch WebTV. Another new view on that super highway! WB clinically testing for incontinence syndrome.

MrSquonk: Congratulations to MrsSquonk and you! How 'bout Cherie or Lucy for SquonkGirl? You know, some name might appear on the new album.

Hello one and all. Not posting lately. 3 weeks into the limbo state of coaching youth league baseball all stars. Right arm falling off...kidney bruised from batted ball...tolerance for 14 year olds approaching saturation...must win tournament and get everyone on roster in game or all is lost. Any man left in the winner's bracket is King of the World. All others banished to the scratchlands.

Mr. and Mrs. Squonk: Congratulations.--Rose is a nice name (but any other name would be just as sweet).

RS

Hello one and all. Not posting lately. 3 weeks into the limbo state of coaching youth league baseball all stars. Right arm falling off...kidney bruised from batted ball...tolerance for 14 year olds approaching saturation...must win tournament and get everyone on roster in game or all is lost. Any man left in the winner's bracket is King of the World. All others banished to the scratchlands.

Mr. and Mrs. Squonk: Congratulations.--Rose is a nice name (but any other name would be just as sweet).

RS

Lucky: Long time no read! Lookin' forward to that big October 15th event? For the rest of you that's the first ncaa sanctioned basketball practice of the new season... The Jayhawks have re-loaded again!! Maybe this time they won't stub their toes... er, claws...

St. Alph: lime green is cool!

Everybody else: 's'apnin'?

Mr Squonk---

Nice one. I do believe that my daughter weighed the same. She was born 4 months ago now. She is called Chloe and she was bang on time to the due day. My father said that she shows great timing; a musical career ahead per chance???

Any way well done again! Name wise, what about Wendel (kinda boyish mind you!)

All you other guys, I have just returned from a trip to the Hague. Spent most of hit drunk, much to my wife's disaproval, BUT I did see the 'Legends' supergroup. Marcus Miller basic assembled Mr Gadd, Mr Sanbourn, Mr Clapton and Mr Sample to cool about. Highlight of the entire North Sea Jazz event!!!

I hope that you are jealous. I am not actually a Clapton fan, but given the company he was in, he shone. I also have some highlights on video. Cool

Clas: Hope you're well!!!!

Moray Eel: You haven't been around for the last few days. Ou es tu??

Well done again Mr Squonk

Laters

Pretzels & Farleys Rusks (are they available ex-UK?)

San Fran K: Yup! I'm jealous!! My sentiments exactly regarding Mr. C...

Clas :A ) I clearly already "touched you"(using your terminology-see !, when you stand back and look at anything having to do with Clas you always get a queazy feeling) B) I'm way beyond you C)just for fun- whats the game-ie the benchmarks????"if your feelin lucky you just can't refuse......." D) unfortunately the verbal violence required to extract you from the Festbook is simply not worth it for all E) your just another dumb Euroboy who depends on us DUMB AMERICANS for so much it can't be discussed here- but your basically a nice guy......so.......... F) The fact that you had to respond with such a childish "10 foot pole" remark demonstrates that you are insecure and basically a pathetic nobody- and friom a Freudian model the weak comeback proves you have a small penis, as we've all suspected for months G) Clas- I was wrong- you really are funny!!!! can I email you too-hey that'll be 18!! in 4 mos.!! H) You've been downgraded from Curly to Shemp status - Q PS What a monstrous waste of time this is- I guess it's the catharsis,...nahhh.... Saw Rick Derringer last night- he can still rip clean killer blues licks routinely.Looks roadworn but he still delivers-maybe we'll see a cameo at the Hall Of Fame SD gig????-Clas hold your breath until that happens, will ya?

My suggestion is Katherine Roulade Tedde, it kinda 'rolls' off the tongue.

Hello to all, anyone going to the Pocono Blues Fest this weekend?

StAl, love the lime, it's sooooooOH MIAMI!

Ciao for now, BC

ICE magazine reports that Reprise will be putting out a CD of some of the great performances on the David Letterman show from the last 4 years.

EVERYONE SHOULD CONTACT THEM to put in a good word for Josie from 1995.

e-mail your request to: RDukeOfURL@aol.com

Thats the address i got from their web page, anyway

jk

That makes it a little easier

Anyone interested in checking out Long Island's only S.D. tribute band, Stealin' Dan, contact me for info on our next gig. We cover them all with love and respect

I got home from work today and had some time before the rest of the household showed up. So I stick EToW in the CD and hit the shuffle button. What does the player pick as the first track? You got it, Hat to Flat!

It kills me that I can't talk da dan in realtime with you other true fanz. I used to hang out on EFNet #SteelyFanz hoping someone would appear, alas, it never happened. Ah well ever optimistic, I am there now.

Bookkeepers Son

Oleander, Ruby: Your welcome here anytime. If the Dan will ever tour this far South, everyone, Donald and Walter included is invited to the party.

Last post for a while. Taking a little time off, spending some time in Florida, on the Dunes. I'm leaving 100 degree heat and going to 102 degree heat. I've got Dan tunage to keep it cool. Lots of airplay for disk #4 of the box set.

The Aja LP is the finest, ever. Were there any tunes that didn't make the final cut?

Zeke, "on the dunes,"

Zeke: thanks for the invite! You made it sound sooooooo enticing. (Have you considered writing for a travel magazine?) When I plan my excursion to cajun country, I'll let you know for sure. Heck, you're part of the draw.

ps. Did Hurricane Danny boy cause you any trouble? I've been wondering if you had to use your swimming skills to get around.

SFKnight: I've been wondering, has anyone sent you a "childish" recipe in my name? If so, shame on them. If not, never mind!

RB

Roy--Welcome back! (Also to Lester & other long-goners) I think I'd rather make like Jimmy Hoffa under Tiger Stadium (think they'll find him when they tear it down?) than be doing what you are. I gotta hand it to you--the things one will do for one's kids.

"Mason & Dixon" STI (Steely tie-in)--the novel is an imagining of the adventures of the aforenamed astronomer and surveyor, not just in the carving of the eponymous Line but around the world. They put in some time on St. Helena (find it in your atlas--not at all where I thought it was), where Napoleon was exiled--cf. numerous Steely refs to that "little man." But the main tie-in is that here are two men, very different, thrown together by circumstance (synchronicity), each a virtuoso in his own way, who lived through exciting and tragic times and maintained a fond and fruitful, if sometimes bickering and irritable, long-term relationship. Sound familiar? This is limned particularly sweetly in the final chapters.

Shindig--dammit, quit being so smug and tell us. St. Al-of-the-Book--this gang-green is killin' me.

Geo--I think WebTV is a pretext for those infomercials Becker was threatening.

With no SD tour this year, I've had to expand my concert attendance. I'm going to go see Sheryl Crow next week indoors in a small concert hall. She plays in almost the same venues as SD did last year, except shee hit Saskatoon, Winnepeg, and Vermont. The only reason I mention her here is that she promently mentions The Two in the Na-Na song from her first album. With the usual obscure refrences to the origin of the bands name. My triva question for today: Does anybody else know of other bands lyrics that mention Steely Dan by name?

What a night! We spent it at the Plaza with After Dinner Mints. Is there a cooler sounding band west of (and including) the Rockies? I think NOT! Such talent and some really fun sets of songs! I caught the Fever(fever!)!! I wiggled and I giggled, OH BABE! I was captured by the drum solos - and that was BEFORE I found out that it was our own mWorld doing the drumming! Holy Cow, he's got the rhythm!

YGK: You would have loved it.

time to twist my yazz,yazz,yazz

RB

re: Trivia

Someone asked this about a year ago. Amongst others, was "Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion.

More answers in the archives...

Edd

oleander: Wait a second! It has always been my impression that Jimmy Hoffa was buried in the cement at Giants Stadium in the Jersey Meadowlands. Oh, I'm so confused!!

Later, Beautiful Survivor

Beauty: Never mind the wisecracks, the Mick is under the asphalt out on West 57th Street, right where me and Charlie put'em. Any questions?

Olie: Someone told you that "the little man" means Napoleon? Get real, doc, these guys are paying tribute to their boss of bosses. You know who I'm talking about, correct?

Zeke: of course there was tunes that didn't make it onto "Aja". Whaddaya think - these guys have a hundred percent batting average? Never happen, my good friend. enjoy, Ralph

TSFK: I have been avoiding all human contact because my life is crumbling around me. Thanks for noticing, though.

This is an "essay" I posted on an AOL site awhile back. Some of you may have already seen this...scroll if needed.

Royal Scam/Aja comparison

If I had to describe what each album is about with one word, I would choose:

The Royal Scam = Escape

Aja = Homecoming

I think that each of the Steely Dan albums have a theme running through them. Aja seems to be a response to The Royal Scam, musically and lyrically.

The Royal Scam's music is high-octane, quick, angry, powerful, schizophrenic and fast-moving. The drums are heavy and loud. The guitars are fast and nasty. Donald's voice is wild and scary. The music fits the lyrical content well. Scam's lyrics seem to be about being on the run, hiding, criminal activity, sexual adventures and escaping from soceity.

Kid Charlemagne=A famous California acid dealer on the run from law.

"Clean this mess up or else we'll all end up in jail. Those test tubes and the scale, just get it all out of here. Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the car. I think the people down the hall know who you are. Careful what you carry, 'cause the man is wise; you are still an outlaw in their eyes."

Caves Of Altamira=A kid hiding from the problems of soceity.

"...I spent my days alone. The busy world was not for me, so I went and found my own/..../I'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand."

Don't Take Me Alive=A criminal involved in a barricaded stand-off with authorities.

"Got a case of dynamite, I could hold out here all night. Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon, don't take me alive."

Sign In Stranger=A planet(Mizar 5) populated by criminals (without law enforcement).

"They don't even have policeman one. Doesn't matter where you've been or what you've done./.../Do you have a dark spot on your past? Leave it to my man he'll fix it fast./.../He will make your mug shots disappear."

The Fez=A guy claiming to never have sex again without a condom. "No, I'm never gonna do IT without the fez on."

Green Earrings=A jewel thief who steals from young ladies.

"Cold, daring, no flies on me. Sorry Angel, I must take what I see. Green Earrings, I remember, the rings of rare design. I remember the look in your eyes, (but) I don't mind."

Haitian Divorce=An American couple(Babs and Clean Willy) gets a quickie divorce in Haiti("No tears and no hearts breakin', no remorse"). While there, the wife has an affair("She get it on tonight") with a strange Haitian man and she becomes pregnant with his child. Babs and Clean Willy return to the U.S. and get back together again("Tearful reunion in the U.S.A."). When the child is born everyone realizes it can't be his (Clean Willy's) kid("Some babies grow in a peculiar way. It changed. It grew and everybody knew...semi-mojo, who's this kinky so and so."). Clean Willy(the new father) decides to divorce Babs, for good this time("Papa go, 'Oh, oh,... no hesitation.../.../This is your Haitian divorce.").

Everything You Did=A guy comes home to find his woman in bed with another guy. He gets turned on by this and he insists that she tell him all the graphic details of the sexual encounter and do the same things with him.

"Where did the bastard run? Is he still around? Now you gotta tell me everything you did baby./.../Traces are everywhere in our happy home. Now you better tell me everything you did baby./.../You(r) gonna show me later/.../I know your filthy mind. Now you're gonna DO me everything you did baby.".

The Royal Scam=A group of poor Puerto Ricans immigrated to New York("They wandered in from the city of St. John without a dime."). The economy was very depressed, no one wanted to help them and they had to live in slums("They are hounded down to the bottom of a bad town amid the ruins"). When they wrote home to Puerto Rico, they didn't want everyone to think that things had gone badly for them, so they told everyone that life was perfect in New York, easy money, etc.("Now the tale is told by the old man back home as he reads the letter...how they are paid in gold just to babble in the back room all night and waste the time."). When the people in Puerto Rico heard this they decided to move to New York too("And they wandered in from the city of St. John without a dime."). In each of the songs on RS someone is trying to escape or avoid something(relationship{HD}, fatherhood and STD's{Fez}, economic depression {RS}).

The Royal Scam--- 1976.

Aja---1977.

One year later everything has changed. Musically, Aja is sweeter than RS. The songs are slower and softer. Donald's voice is more melodic, less strained. The drums are more laid back. The guitars are looser and smoother.

Aja's lyrics seem to reflect someone who has found peace and no longer wants to be on the run. Home, sanctuary and familiar, loving relationships appear to be the main topics.

Black Cow = A guy decides to break up with his promiscuous girlfriend. The exact opposite of Everything You Did.

"Like a gangster on the run, you will stagger HOMEWARD to your precious one. I'm the one./.../I can't cry anymore while you run around. Break away, just when it seems so clear that its over now, drink your big black cow and get out of here."

This is important, because already the first song on the album shows a rejection of the major theme on The Royal Scam(running around). Lyrically they have "broken away".

Aja = Aja is most likely a young lady that gives solace and comfort to a weary gentleman. "I run to you."

Deacon Blues = More lyrics on the homecoming theme.

"It seems like only yesterday, I gazed through the glass at ramblers, wild gamblers THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST./.../A world of my own. I'll make it my HOME, sweet HOME. "

Peg = A joyful ditty to a photogenic girlfriend. " It will come back to you./.../ I know I'll love you better."

Home At Last = Still more lyrics on the homecoming theme.

"The danger on the rocks is surely PAST./.../Could it be that I have found my HOME at last."

I Got The News = A very erotic song. It gives the details of a steamy sexual encounter.

"I may never walk again/.../Love rampaging/.../I would still be proud to know you."

Josie = A HOMECOMING party for the most popular girl in the neighborhood.

"We're gonna break out the hats and hooters when Josie comes home./.../Lay down the law and break it when Josie COMES HOME."

The Royal Scam is a celebration of life on the road. Thieves, drug dealers and cheaters are on the run.

Aja is a homecoming. It is a look back on the dangerous past with the comfort of an old lover.

Wonderful lyrics by Becker/Fagen

I'm interested in hearing your thoughts about these albums or my interpretations of their themes.

Thanks for reading this far,

m.e.

..And we have a winner...

Thanks for all the love & great name suggestions. It looks as though we're going with Celia Marie, although Clas had us batting Amelia around for a while. (Mr.C also suggested Mary. Coincidence??) Unfortunately, Bodacious Cowgirl's suggestion of Katherine Roulade Tedde came in just under the wire. Sister Squonk (from the infamouse DanVention photo is a Cherie, and my sister-in-law's name is Sharon, nixing both of those two fine suggestions. ORLEANDER: I'm dyin' to know what you came up with after 3 weeks. (or do I know already and forgot?)

ZEKE: Third World Man was originally chucked from the Aja sessions, but resurfaced for Gaucho when that albums original title track song "The Second Arrangement" bit the dust due to human error.

Kinky:Thanks for the e-mail. Once I get this diaper thing down I'll continue film hunting. (Starting to wonder if I used someone else's camera.

lovebob

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MORAY EEL, interestng lyrical interpretations. now what do you think "western world" might be about? nazis running from their reign in the black forest to a south american haven, perhaps? i've a myriad of interpretations when it comes to dan lyrics and they all seem to fit, somehow. could this be the power of suggestion?? the willing of something to happen?? incidentally, that steamy lyric in "i got the news"

"spanish kissin'..." is the same as french kissin' but alot further south.

love and peace........J.B.

Big Ralph: Ya know, I think I'm going to have a long talk with my Uncle Guido from Hoboken. He keeps telling stories about a family gathering that took place across the Hudson, somewhere near W. 57th, right around the time Hoffa disappeared. Hmmm......

Later, Beautiful Survivor

......one year ago ...and what a night it was!

What da %$#$#???? How did that happen?

The above post is mine.

Edd

Yikes, the HTML devils have beseeched me.

Beautiful Survivor's post is really hers, not mine. I meant to post something and it blew up. Ignore my post above.

What I meant to say was...

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re: Beautiful Survivor, "...one year ago tonight."

...and what a night it was, indeed!

Edd

(If this don't work I give up...)

Moray Eel - Congratulations! Yours was the first enjoyable/interesting post I've read on this guestbook in two years! I agree with your analyses, and I've always thought that the Royal Scam was more heavily influenced by Walter than any of the other albums. I'd like to hear your thoughts on Countdown, Pretzel Logic, and Katy Lied...all completely different, yet released only one year apart.

Here's hoping that the forthcoming album captures the energy and cynicism of the others.

Edd: I guess that's what happens when the Cyberdemon's at your door! What I had try to say before they came knocking was this:

To all who were there at Greatwoods one year ago tonight - perhaps it would be apprpriate if we pour the smooth retsina (or Cuervo Gold, od coke and rum, or a zombie, or lots of beer...) and raise up our glasses to the first anniverary of a real occasion!

...close your eyes and you'll be there.....

Phew - Just got back to the Great White North after 8 days at North Hampton Beach, N.H. All the way down, and back, with all those classic hit stations, pseudo jazz stations, and all, hear one SD tune in the whole length of time away - every station's token standard, "Do It Again." The saving grace was picking up the"Pretzel Logic," cassette, with a different track list than vinyl I have at home - the tape has "Monkey In Your Soul," "Charley Freak," "Barrytown," and "Charlie Parker's Band." Thank someone that I had the tape for the trip home - the kids had their own stuff on their walkman's, so it was a little more tolerable. Great to be able to read the guest book again.

Happy Birthday Wayne Krantz!

A good Dan moment tonight while walking past "Bar & Books" -- a posh summer-smoker-underground kind of place on Lexington Ave; my sharp-eared companion stopped me a few steps past the establishment's open windows and said: "hear that?". It was the belovedly rude opening riff of DTMA. A very strange playlist pick for a place like that -- but maybe they were commemorating its live debut at Hartford, one year ago tomorrow night...?

Not His Nancy: You never know! Perhaps the manager/employees/musical people-in-charge were there, and your theory is quite correct.

So they still call NYC The Baked Apple. No matter how far away I may go, still I remain tied to the mast.

Happy Dan Weekend, Beautiful Survivor

Steely Dan's Modest Proposal": from today's LA Times.

Not His Nancy: Bar & Books, huh? Lexington and what? That is in NYC, no? I wanna check it out.

Beatyful S: that's The Big Apple, although at times this summer we were bakin'...

Beautiful Survivor - You may loose that acronym for opening up wounds that had a chance to heal and slip into some dark recess, If SD tours in 1998, there is the remote chance we'll get the dates and locations for us folks north of the 49th parallel. But please, tell me, could you give us the set list, from start to finish, from that memorable evening? Between smug looks of reflection and sips of Napoleon Brandy.

It would have been even better hearing the guys in that "Pearl of the Quarter" nigh spot that Zeke described while in a euphoric haze in New Orleans. Kind of like the Stones in the El Mocambo in Toronto back in 1977. (As if I were there!).

Was looking around the FEC campaign contributions database. Couldn't find B or F as a giver, but I found their buddy Irving Azoff and his wife in there and they seem to be DNC bigwigs.

You guys can check out the database if you want to check out your boss, co workers, neighbors, or celebrities (try Barbra Streisand and Alec Baldwin). It's at

Contributions from individuals whose name begins with *** azoff ***

23 records found in the 96 database.

AZOFF, IRVING 9/16/96 $1,000.00 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 HORIZONS SPORTS -[Contribution] LAMPSON FOR CONGRESS AZOFF, IRVING 5/2/95 $5,000.00 LA, CA 90064 GIANT RECORDS -[Contribution] GREENVOTE AZOFF, IRVING 4/24/96 $1,000.00 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 -[Contribution] FRIENDS OF MAURICE HINCHEY AZOFF, IRVING 10/11/96 $5,000.00 BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 AZOFF ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution] DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE AZOFF, IRVING 10/3/96 $1,000.00 LOS ANGELES, CA 90067 -[Contribution] FRIENDS OF TOM STRICKLAND INC AZOFF, IRVING 11/29/96 $1,000.00