Name: Lester the Nightfly
CC73647@aol.com
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 22:14:58
Comments:
Thanks to all for the Palmer feedback. Just realized today that it is actually Skunk singing My Old School in the Memphis '74 show. Whose f'd up idea was that?
Peter-
I'll pass on the wads, but I wondered if you have your own website. You are a living legend, and you kick ass over Ron Jeremy and Rocco any day. I'm sure Don and Walt would have been flattered to have their mastery on the same score as some Casio crap concocted by starving studio musicians.LTN
Name: Peter North
Steaming Sounds of Love
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 22:03:18
Comments:
Anyone for a 2-gallon flying cumshot? You know, I once did a costar named Aja. So nice. Unfortunately, we couldn't obtain the rights to use the song in the movie. I couldn't hold out that long, anyway.
Love and Wads to all
Peter
Name: Joe M
JGMurtha@aol.com
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 19:55:48
Comments:
Dan sideman alert:
Tuesday thru Sunday, Blue Note, NYC... The Michael Brecker Quartet featuring Joey Calderazzo and Jeff "Tain" Watts. An incredible quartet coming off yet another Brecker masterpiece "Two Blocks From The Edge".
Name: oleander
here comes the snake
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 19:47:15
Comments:
Joe--Beauteous indeed. WHEN do I get a jazz date with you?
Sven--I'm cheap, but I'm not free.
A & R--Be sure to check out St. Al's Steely recipe page before opening day.
Geena--darlin', let me set you straight. I am not now nor have I ever been a swooning odalisque in Clas' harem. I'm strictly a one-man woman--or maybe two **urk**
Dr. Mu--Way to grab the tiger by the tail. Thanx for the info.
L'Etranger--So what Latin jazz you listening to? And where you from? That's what a Black Cow was in my neighborhood, too. BTW, as a good existentialist, do you think the end of the last Seinfeld episode was a direct grab from Sartre's "No Exit?" You know, "Hell is other people?" I saw a movie of the play which ended in exactly the same way.
Say, how 'bout those Red Wings?? Brendan Shanahan is a babe.
Name: Clas' Geena
I saw you at Rudi's, you were very high
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 19:20:40
Comments:
Ruby: yes, you have my permission to use Clas anytime, you know he loves it, and after you're finished singing "I Love LA", i'll chime in with the late great Sinatra's "New York, New York" where Clas is king of the hill, top of the heap, done a la Liza Minelli.
do you call your Black Cows frappes too? I thought that was an east coast thing!
Stranger: Oh, i hear Clas calling me, you're lucky this time and the guy from the precinct didn't tell me you paid him off. I'll get back to you later! and btw, Clas is swedish, i don't know if he's aware that we Americans like to murder people for the fun of it and just to watch them die (i've been watching too many Tarantino movies). And another thing, rootbeer with vanill
a ice cream is called a rootbeer float, at least on the east coast it is. How about a Coney Island egg cream?Clas: Ruby will ease your pain for a while, she'll sing away your pain and her shoes don't hurt as much as mine do.
And don't let Stranger shoot you. You know what a hot italian temper I have. I'll hunt him down like a wild animal if he harms you, and when I find him, I'll let the boys take care of him. Ever heard of the East river? I understand there's a lot of cement at the bottom of it.
I found your Svendom.....
Sorry we didn't get the irony of the Black Cow thing, but Americans sometimes have a hard time understanding foreigners.
Name: RubyBaby
c@twalk.piano.4am
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 17:29:54
Comments:
A&R: How about Bookkeepper's Sun?
Geena: My Black Cows are the same as your Black Cows. I could go for one right now, too. The trick is to use just the right amount of ice cream. There's only one person I know of that does it perfectly. Btw, could I have a turn walking on Clas?
Clas: If Geena lets me have a turn, I'll throw in a song for free! I'll sing I Love LA.You know that all around the world statues crumble for you. Come on, fly...
rb
Name: TheStranger
X
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 15:01:47
Comments:
Clas,
Geena has a Mauser trained on me this very second. Call her off, willya? I paid the guy from the precinct.
Name: Clas
x
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 14:52:02
Comments:
The Stranger - - you didn't get the "Black Cow"-irony either. Well, please, don't shoot me! Geena would not like that.
Name: TheStranger
Running Free
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 14:32:03
Comments:
Clas,
Where I come from a black cow is a glass of root beer with vanilla ice cream in it. I honestly didn't know precisely what a sternum is. I knew it was a bone somewhere between the pelvis and the neck. That's one reason I turn to this page -- to learn science. Also, it's clear you're not an American when you say it's ok to make fun of you. When someone makes fun of a true American, the American goes home, pouts awhile, loads his machine guns and then goes out and murders innocent bystanders. In fact, our chief ambition in life is not to be an innocent bystander.
Name: Beckerfan
tbasilio@esper.com
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 14:24:28
Comments:
I've got a couple of great bootlegs if someone wants to do some trading. The first is a show from Memphis back in May of '74. Michael McDonald is with the boys along with the skunk. But this thing doesn't stink, no it rocks. The second one if from St. Louis in '93. Wanna trade? e-mail to Tony @ ......tbasilio@esper.com
Peace, Love and out
Name: Kasey Kasem
@top40
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 14:14:10
Comments:
possible Bruces to which Clas refers
Springsteen
Coburn
Hornsby
Lee
, Jack
, Issac
, Don't Bring Me Down
Name: Geena's Clas
I've lost my svendom
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 13:58:52
Comments:
Sorry girl, you didn't get the irony. Blame it on the jetlag.
Name: Geena
Where did you get those shoes!
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 11:30:02
Comments:
Clas: In my neck of the woods, a Black Cow is a drink made
from milk and chocolate ice cream, then whirred in a blender until thick and smooth. We also call them frappes here instead
of milkshakes.It also used to be the brand name for a certain candy on a stick that tasted like a chocolatey caramely lollipop and took all
day to eat.i'm just a wealth of information today.
and oh, btw, i took off those spiked shoes and threw them over
one of your bridges. I'd rather run barefoot with you!
Name: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJJJJ
AAAJJJJJ
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 08:32:15
Comments:
Geeeena! Take them shoes off!
Name: Clas
naked@lunch (hot as hell, the weather)
Location: ApeTown,
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 06:16:29
Comments:
PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP
THE NEW ALBUM!
Bruce's sixth album is tentatively scheduled for a late summer 1998 release. The title is "Spirit
Trail." Recorded from November to March in Bruce's home studio in Virginia, as well as additional
recording in New Orleans and New York, the album will feature the band as well as additional
musicians, including John Leventhal on guitar and Canadian violinist, Ashley MacIsaac. This album
doesn't include the roster of "special guests" who played on the last two. Bruce said, "I decided to be the
ball hog this time."Howard -- no, I'm only familiar with Cabin Girl.
Kinky -- don't pretend you're me when you're speaking with Oleander over the phone, ok?
"At Centurys End"-groove, counterpoint at its best.
Name: Howard Sternum
privatepyle
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 01:35:31
Comments:
You guys are truly funny! Clas, we need a Swede on the show. Are you familiar with Cabin Boy? Just say the word, baby, and we'll send you a copy...
Seriously,Stern
Name: Clas
c@c
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 01:20:16
Comments:
hey guys, let's talk about Steely Dan for a change. What's a "Black Cow"? Where did they get their name from? Only a few questions that thrills my mind.
Name: transistor
transister
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 01:13:23
Comments:
dude that was colder than boulder!
Name: Clas
Press, release me, let me go...
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 01:10:02
Comments:
The Stranger; the sternum is the bone that covers your heart. Isn't that an english word? Are you making fun of me? If you do, it's OK.
Name: Salvador Gali
artisticimmunity
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 at 00:40:11
Comments:
A&R--Call it "The Green Earring". Women get Pina Coladas for two bucks anytime they wear them in the bar. Have, "Cold, Daring" drink specials--including, direct from Amsterdam, "The Cuban Spleef Princess"--departing, well, right now!
All Aboard, Ye Swabbys!
SG
Name: A&R
tact poise &reason
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 20:37:43
Comments:
sven,
i'm stuck between 'teahouse on the tracks" and "caves of altamira". staff dress code: green earings and gold teeth only need apply...and of course no fez no start. i am serious about the bar ,however.
Name: Sven
largesumofmoneytospend
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 17:34:52
Comments:
A&R,
You're in luck. When it comes to seaside bartending no one can beat me at "Grog-to-Go". How 'bout calling your little pub, "Bad Sneakers"? I bet you can book a few DanFests right here...
Darn, my register is short again!
SG
Name: RubyBaby
@peacejoylove.com
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 17:31:22
Comments:
BigFan: That settles it - I'm going to get both gold Ajas. I'll even brave the Grouch. What will I do with the extra one? I don't know yet...
You speak to me like an old friend. Now I want a hug.
ruby
Name: BigFan
nice@night
Location: anywhere, USA
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 15:34:36
Comments:
Ruby,
All CD's have an angstom or so thick coating of metal on them to cover the digital information to be stored on the plastic (polycarbonate) disk. Any metal will do, but most are done with aluminum, because it is cheap. The idea behind the 24K gold is that in theory since aluminum can oxidize relatively easily, and since gold does not oxidize, the gold will give you a better more consitant playback forever. I have several and they all do sound "better"! Deeper base, etc. HOWEVER, all of these disks are also specially remastered, often from the original master recordings - so of course they sound "better". The gold disks are strickly an oddity - made desireable to me because of the remastering than the gold itself - although they do look cool. However since most CD changers don't show the disk when playing (Someday I've got to get one of those wild looking vertical Harmon Kardon machines) it just boils down to personal tastes and finances. BTW the gold original master recording CD of Aja does not have the lyrics in the foldout - a really good reason to by the $11.99 regular one which does!
Name: TheStranger
Bitten Through My Restraints
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 08:27:15
Comments:
Ruby,
Although I hear Lassie developed the nuclear warhead formula for Pakistan and maybe even could have saved little Timmy, I'm not sure she could entice Don & Walt to move on to track 2. Me, I'd try Batman & Robin. Anyway, I've got Michael Ovitz auctioning off the film rights. Be there.Clas,
What's a sternum?Lisa,
No more toast crumbs in bed, ok?
Name: Clas
c@c
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 08:25:40
Comments:
Who?
Name: WhyGK?
Brooklyn South,
Location: New York City,
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 08:24:09
Comments:
Are you drinking again son? His name is not Nedd.
Name: nEDD
ultra@ultra
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 07:48:14
Comments:
That last post was not entered by me.
Name: Ed
@ the inch ruler
Location: Measuretown,
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 07:33:38
Comments:
Sven; you wrote; "Edd: C'mon out here, soldier!". Can't do that, busy connecting a metronome to my old school.
Name: Clas
c@c
Location: Junkyard/Brooklyn,
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 06:44:16
Comments:
Time: 15:40
Pulse 61/min - lying down - bloodpressure 122/89 - lying down - Sternum Agony; gone. Nada, null, zero, borta.
Name: A&R
mibondi@one.net.au
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 03:19:25
Comments:
in a near random universe there are still certain combinations...came across GB and ,strangely enough, damned if it doesn't give me an idea. A fool in love with time to kill, i'm on the verge of opening a small bar by the ocean. So far a theme for said establishment has eluded me until ... wait a minute..pina coladas .... grapefruit wine...cuervo gold... black cows ... pepe on the door.. are you wth me, dr.wu? Advice on decor and dress standards please - white tux maybe but bad sneakers??? One problem :I just can't think of what kind of music to play
Name: Sven Gali
Bjornfree
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 01:52:12
Comments:
Stranger: Have you cleared this with June Lockhart?
Lisa: Your relationship with Sternum Boy is none of my business.
Babbleon: Glad you approve of us.
Edd: C'mon out here, soldier!
Roy: The Pacers have to win in Chicago.
Ole: Ole-ole-in-free!
Three Weddings and a Funeral Pyre,Sven "Whiskey-a-go-go" Gali
Name: Clas
sternum @ scrotum
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 00:26:01
Comments:
Mr. Stewart, are you planning to sleep over the summer too?
Name: Babylon Sister
perf.babylon.sister@mailexcite.com
Location: SSP, MN United States
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 23:05:12
Comments:
Im really tired so I'll make it short....
I think I found my home at last!! This is by far one of the better web pages I've been too. Dan rules!!
( so usless to ask me why,throw a kiss and say good bye..) I'm shaking it outta here.
Toodles!!
Name: Clas
c @ country
Location: it is one, one world spinnin' 'round the sun,
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 23:02:20
Comments:
Hi Jodie and hi Babylon Sistah. For your information:
TODAY:
-- Sternum Agony is sneaking back on me again (kind of the feeling you get when you've taken a drug, you feel something is happening but you don't know if it's gonna be good or if it's gonna be bad) -- Feel Dizzy when I stand upright -- Have to sit and Pi -- Takes a long time to Pi -- Coffee don't taste like it use to either.
So, girls, your into the Dan? What song is
Sorry, got to go.
Name: Joe M
JGMurtha@aol.com
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 20:58:45
Comments:
Ole: D'ya EVER in your life hear a more heart-wrenching opening tenor line than Shorter's on "Infant Eyes"? It damn near brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.
Jon, Ole, The Stranger, Re: Jim Hall;
There's a Hall/Metheny colaboration slated for a June 19-ish release date. The mentor and the master on one CD!Jon, so how's the July 19 Metheny show shaping up for you? Look for the felicitous air-guitarist in the 5th row center aisle seat. I'll be doing my best to suppress a manic standing-o after every solo... I promise.
Name: Madeline Con
doing it for R@ndolph Scott
Location: Rock Ridge, Baby
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 20:23:54
Comments:
I used to think Black Bart was the ultimate lover until I attended a weenie roast with Headley Lamarr. Now there's a man who knows the value of a good all-beef sausage.
Tired of being Admired,
Lili Von Shtupp
Name: rubybaby
*
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 18:08:25
Comments:
Dearest Stranger: Thanks for sharing that heartwarming piece! Do you think since Timmy is gone (God rest his soul) maybe Lassie can be of some help now. With a responsible canine on their side, they might get track 2 started...
Name: TheStranger
In Observation
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 15:51:21
Comments:
Here’s a story The Dan doesn’t like told because they don’t like to call attention to their generosity. But by golly, the world ought to know:
Little Timmy was terribly ill and barely clinging to life in intensive care. His family’s home had been wiped out by El Nino, but Timmy had managed to save one copy of Aja, though he no longer had a CD player. That was all he wanted before entering the pearly gates -- a cd player for one more run-through of his precious CD, which he held tight in his ill little fist. Cause he figured the Dan would never make a new album while he was alive. Well the nurses called up the newspaper and first thing you knew, they were popping flashbulbs all over the ward and telling the story of little Timmy and his Aja. It just so happened that across the highway Don & Walt were doing their 463rd run-through of track 1 of their new album and feeling a little bummed cause the first four producers had all died of old age. But when Don & Walt heard about little Timmy, why they dropped everything, comandeered a chopper and rappelled themselves through the window & right beside his bed. You don’t need no damn CD player to play our old stuff, Timmy, cause we’re gonna finish our brand new album today, they said, and you get the first tape. Whereupon Timmy, a knowledgeable Dan fan, dropped dead. Staring down at his pitiful little form, Don remarked, well, I guess we’ll have time to perfect that tambourine sequence after all. You bet, Walt said.
Name: Geena
waiting for my manager to get back from a meeting
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 13:57:53
Comments:
Jodie: Welcome to the wonderful world of manic depressives, psychopath's and mental defectives also known as the Steely Dan Guestbook. Have a great time here, look around, enjoy the lively conversation, drink, smoke 'em if you got 'em, but just remember one thing....STAY AWAY FROM CLAS!...or you'll have Ruby, Oleander Lisa and myself to deal with, and we can get pretty ugly when we want to. We're his babes, his foxes, his hot mamas, his live wires, his harem, his babylon sisters, the sunshines of his mind, his bitches, his girls, his teahouse on the tracks, his josies AND his women.
i hope you understand.
Clas: mmmmm, i just love running across your back in my barefeet, now let's try it with my 6 inch spiked heels... weeeeeeeehhhhh!!!!!!
Name: DrMu
nobody'sholdin'outforheaven
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 13:30:29
Comments:
A reply I received from an executive at Revoultion Records by e-mail that just might be of interest:
"Sorry it has taken so long for me to respond but I have been on
vacation. Yes Brian Wilson's new album Imagination hits the stores June 16th. Steely Dan however is not slated for release until Jan 99' I don't have anymore information than that.
Hope that helps."
Monica: Alyssa made me realize that my feelings for her are unwavering, but if you put Snake Mary (Ginsburg) to bed, dismiss your rare millionaire Daddy, and bring that flat hat of yours, we'll talk. Don't forget the limo.
Name: Expanding Man
'til the neighbors came out screaming
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 13:01:23
Comments:
Phil Hartman has been my favorite comic actor for a while now, by virtue of his great diversity. He will be sorely missed. (Boy, I hope they've already got the rest of "3rd Rock" in the can. Otherwise that plotline is going to be hard to finish.)
Stealing a march on Roy....
"Barrytown" -- neither Bigotry, Fundamentalism, or Right Wing Conservatism. Rather, it is Prophecy!
Think about Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry, his arrest for smoking crack ("I can tell by what you carry..."); the distinctions made by locals between those who live in VA, MD, and DC (trust me on this one; lived there for 10 years); the steady depopulation of the city itself ("I know you'd like some company"); the class distinction between the politically-connected elites and the working stiffs who make up the federal and local bureaucracies ("Barrytown people got to be from another world", "a special lack of grace").The song was written about the time DC got Home Rule ("I'm not one to look behind, I know that times must change, but over there in Barrytown they do things mighty strange. Though you're not my enemy, I like things like they used to be.") and expresses the misgivings felt by many at the time about the change.
Name: Jodie Live Wire
Oops!
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 12:59:39
Comments:
JGK should have been YGK. So sorry!
Name: Jodie Live Wire
I just say what I feel
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 12:57:00
Comments:
JGK, sniffing kerosene is not my kind of high. You might expect to find anything in your town's mom & pop stores. It's not like that everywhere.
Wouldn't you prefer smelling coffee to kerosene? Roses even. I guess too much doesn't grow there, huh?
Name: Clas
I live by the groove
Location: From Malibu to 42nd street,
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 12:51:41
Comments:
YGK; have you seen R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A. lately?
Lisa; don't be to hard on Fuckhead, he's probably from Rockaway, Brooklyn. Would you mind email me about you "know what"?
Does anyone remember that cool video with that black woman walking round a block in South Central, Los Angeles. The video was taken in one shot, no cuts. It was so damn cool, what artist? What song?
Name: Ed Grimely
hair@half-mast
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 10:28:27
Comments:
Phil Hartmann was a truly decent guy, I must say!
Name: Predictability
@its best
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 10:23:05
Comments:
MUHAHAHAHA
Name: TheStranger
Enjoying the Pain Killers
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 09:25:04
Comments:
Oleander,
A urologist would be peachy cause all I get to see at my HMO are English majors working their way through x-ray school. Thanks for the Jim Hall tip. I am on a jazz & latin jazz kick this week.Myra,
That was a really nice thing to say. You are a real electro-skyway friend. But your mom is right. That table dancing will put you out of Nobel contention.Lees,
Don't wait up. I'll just nudge you.
Name: Roy.Scam
can.i.keep.my.g@tor.in.your.moat
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 09:04:37
Comments:
fezo: Yes! That Captain Karl character was my first remembrance of ever seeing Phil Hartman. I think I went into a week-long sophomoric guffaw when Pee Wee said "Cap'n Karl, did you remember to wash your hands after using the bathroom?" and Hartman grabbed Pee Wee by the face with both hands and hollered "No-o-o-o!". He was a magnificently silly guy.
Underrated Stranger and Fezo: Hang in there. With the use of subliminal posting, cyber hypnotism, convincing aliases, well placed sniggering inuendo, and some good old fashioned misrepresentation, I have achieved my goal of 'most overrated person on the SD Guestbook'. Never give up on your dreams.
Tomorrow on SIS: "Barrytown"--Bigotry? Fundamentalism? Right Wing Conservatism? All Three? Or Shut up and just enjoy the song?
RS
Name: Earthbound
A fool in love with time to kill
Location: Laughalot, IN
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 08:54:04
Comments:
Aloha amigos!
Yarn du jour: A friend informs me that TRACKS, local
music/discreet head haunt, is about to shut down. (Boo-hoo)
"Hurry man, everything is slashed -- only three days left!"
As I walk in, two youths are asking what ALL they come GET
with the twenty-spot. I browse each bin, and after oh, say,
two hours, I discover amidst the soundtracks...
"Tribute To Jeff."
Hmm, this looks like something I need to add to the DAN-
related ensemble. At the counter the archhead takes the CD,
rips the mag strip from the back, turns it over, studies
the front cover, gazes at me, double takes the cover and me,
and says, "Here, enjoy this, it's on me." I was thrilled, but
not compared to the after effect from listening to it. The
sleeve is unreal. Kudos, David Garfield. Rest in peace, Jeff.Zeke: Sounds like SlowHand still plays for keeps. Thanks for
the Doobie reports also. Check this out! Coupla weeks back I'm
listening to a radio concert report and I hear that the opening
act for YES(my second concert ever... '73 - Yikes!) is none
other than the AP Project. Holy Cow!!! Like the lads, another band of merit that NEVER tours. OK, so I get killer seats, call
an old HS bud I haven't seen for 8-9 years, and here we go!
NOW, I hear that Woolfson is joining Parsons for the first time
ever on tour. ALSO... no lawn seats will be sold, and supposedly
a huge curtain will shroud the pavillion. ??? Tres bizarre.
p.s. Page/Plant in 10 days :-}
Hey, Blackened VooDoo is smokin'"This highway runs to Paraguay..."
Name: YGK
inVinylHeaven
Location: New York, NY
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 08:42:14
Comments:
Jodie: Welcome!
Now wake up and smell the kerosene. You can find "Aja" in the "Steely Dan" section of your local record conglomerate, or, even, a local mom&pop record store - I really don't think it's that hard to find, but then, I'm New York-centric.BTW, I still think the vinyl Aja is warmer than the CD....
ygk
Name: Babylon Sistah
Love that FM
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 07:02:17
Comments:
Hey ya'll. I heard about Phil Hartman last night and was horrified. Why can't people that want to commit suicide, do just that? Why take someone else with you? Hey, do you think that being a SNL alumnae such a good thing?
I haven't had time to read everything I've missed over the past two days, but I'll print 'em up and read them later.
Welcome Jodie! I'm new here too and after a somewhat shaky start, I like it. I'm on the run today so I can't stay.
See ya'll later.
Name: lisa
my mo@ts full of gators
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 07:00:20
Comments:
fuckhead: are you making fun of my clas? i got your sternum pains right here, buddy...watch it or pay the price.
you think you can take me?
grrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
Name: BigFan
happyhappy@joyjoy.net
Location: Anywhere, USA
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 06:56:27
Comments:
Looks like Kiss The Stone records is back under new management. This is great news since they made the best sounding bootleg SD concert CD ever. Should be available again soon. CD is Doing It Live recorded at the Riverport Ampitheater 9/1/93. A DDD disk, the sound is great, much better than Live in America. Try this link to reach them directly:
http://203.120.8.13:7002/kts_dcd/owa/main.sea
Name: Jodie Live Wire
I'm ready to cross that fine line
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 06:17:35
Comments:
Oleander, thanks for the welcome.
Ruby Baby, thanks to you also for the information on where I couldn find Aja on CD. I do not know what is the purpose of it being gold; all I know is that I want a scratch-free copy of Aja. Try listening to an LP after you've heard it on CD.
Steve VeeDan, I appreciate your welcome as well and hope that I will fit in. Thanks to you also for the information on finding Aja.
Babylon Sistah, where are you today?
Name: Fuckhead
meatybeatybigandbouncy
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 02:23:34
Comments:
Today I feel like Clas. Ready for anything--even a double helping of scrambled eggs! In fact, I am in such a very good mood that I would not even think about dots and dashes. Just Steely Dan music is all I need. Poor Bjorn. He will never again be a Simpson's voice. Did you know his wife threw a brick and killed his head? I am very serious now. No funny stuff from me because I like to keep your sense of humour.
R.I.P. Bjorn,
Fuckhead
Name: Clas
c@work
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 at 01:56:06
Comments:
TODAY:
Pulse, 73 (standing), bloodpressure 120/80 (also standing). No Sternum Agony, Geena is walking barefootin' on my back (me lying down).
Oleander; so you never read Peter Kramer's "Listening To Prozac"? First verbal drug ever.
No no, Peter Hartman was that second drummer in The Doobie Brothers.
...and next guest will be Bjorn again;
Name: Gap
archivalization
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 23:23:39
Comments:
UbyAby: Anodized aluminum cd's are mostly for decoration. I suggest perusing the used cd selections as often as possible and, instead of buying "gold" discs, make sure your cd player has at least 24X oversampling.
BTW, I'm sure this information is WAY back in the archives somewhere, but I just discovered that one of my favorite "obscure" discs was produced by Walter Becker and engineered by Roger Nicholls: John Beasley's "Cauldron". It's on Windham Hill. Look for it in your local cut-out bin.
Clas: How do you spell "bug up your butt" in Swedish?
Choo-Choo-Cha-Boogie,GB
Name: rUBYbABY
gold@digger.com
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 22:22:22
Comments:
Jodie: Blockbuster Music has Aja on the special gold disc. So does Danny's Records, but I wouldn't go there cause Danny is a grouch.What I'd like to know is, what's the advantage of having the golden type of disc?
Maybe YGHK would know that...
rb
Name: BookKeepersSon
J@ckMeOff
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 22:03:00
Comments:
I wish people would stop asking about a new cd from the dan!
If you look at some of the archives from 3 yrs. ago people were asking about rumors of a new cd way back then!
poor phil he will be missed by me what the fuck is going on has every one lost their minds?
I guess we will never know why he had to die!
Chris Farly was my hero, but phil was a close second
Name: oleander
eeyore
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 20:49:33
Comments:
maj--Love your technique, dude! All you need is one of Ruby's high heels to drink it out of. I'll add those two bottles of bubbly to the perk list: neck rub; cigar; champagne.... Anything else I can do you for?
But (moan) a LBB extravaDanza with (groan) you and maybe Ruby too? I can't stand the thought of missing this (sigh).
Stranger--"Concierto" is a cd by Jim Hall which is pretty readily available, and just melts in your mouth. Paul Desmond, Chet Baker, Roland Hanna, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd (Steely tie-in)--yowie! Don't miss it. BTW, I never heard "tarantula" used before as a euphemism for, uh, the little man. I know a good urologist....
jon--hey man! Glad to see you pop up! Just listened to "You'd Be So Nice..." in your honor! How's Boston?
Joe--also listening to "Speak No Evil." Sabrosisimo! Not a bad little combo. "Infant Eyes" reminds me of "Naima." Thanx for the tip.
Clas--uh, no.
Anthony--thanx for the laugh of the day.
Jodie--c'mon in. Have some hors d'oeuvres & get comfy.
Name: GB Milsom
gb@headcase.demon.co.uk
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 16:07:56
Comments:
Look guys, I love you to death, and all that, BUT.... What gives on the new release front? You graced the UK with your presence in 1996, during which time you played a track called "Jack Of Speed" from an alleged new album. Er, here it is 2 years on, and no sign. Fer Crissakes, not even Fleetwood Mac on acid took that long!!!!! Am in dire need of new material fix. Either sort it out, or get back over the muddy pond and do another gig.
Cheers, toodles and stuff
The Geebster!
Name: Modern Drummer
July '98
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 15:57:59
Comments:
RICKY LAWSON - We recorded six songs that Becker & Fagen were really happy with. I did those tracks during a seven-day break from the Phil Collins tour; they said the last time they recorded six songs, it took them eighteen months! That made me feel good.
Name: TheStranger
New Frontier
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 14:49:53
Comments:
Bookkeeper's Son,
OK, I've got it straight. It was Irvine, Calif., 1994, not Anaheim, and Aja, not Deacon Blues, was recorded there for the live album. Deacon Blues isn't even on the live album. It's not always easy to know what town you're in when you're reading street signs from the back of an onion truck. Anyway, that entire year is a blur except for the Dan concert, which was magnificent. SDan is such a tight band in the studio, I really didn't expect magic in a live, outdoor setting. But there it was. And it's on the CD.About that tarantula in my lap (cause I'm sure everyone was worried) -- when he began building a nest I finally made a desperate grab for a cannister of Iranian chemical agent I keep for just such emergencies. But it didn't turn out quite as well as I hoped. The docs say I should be up & limping around in a few months. For reasons which still puzzle me, my wife chuckled throughout, muttering something about poetic irony. I was wondering if she could stay with Clas for just a year or two.
Name: Myra Eyefull
Drinkinginthegoodlife
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 14:42:41
Comments:
Stranger: I still feel like I have no business talking with the "Great Ones" about SD, but you were inspirational in bringing out the side of me that has lay dormant for sometime.
Did anyone see the "Best of Austin City Limits" last night? They had some great blues performers like, B.B. King, Ligntnin' Hopkins, W.C. Clark, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, and Delbert McClinton. Ah, to have that kind of talent.
I still don't understand why people feel the need to solve their problems with a gun. I am sadden to see another great artist snuffed out by violence.
Myra
Name: fezo
hidingfromm@te
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 14:14:25
Comments:
Monica, i thought i was the most underrated male on the GB
Phil Hartman, design artist? My Aja copy credits some Asian guy for the cover.
Hartman, however, is (was?) the guy who played Captain Karl on that Pee Wee Herman special that always get shown on Comedy Central. He's almost unrecognizable and funny as hell.
Name: Sweet Charity
Creme de Fr@nklin Menthe
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 13:32:24
Comments:
Is it my imagination, or does 'Any World' seem to fit PURRRFECTLY
with today?"Come on, Ike. Kick the baby..."
Name: TheStranger
Still here
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 11:16:50
Comments:
But they ALL sounded good enough to record. Can someone call the Fire Department?
Name: TheStranger
Immobile
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 11:15:41
Comments:
Bookkeeper's Son,
Yes, I was at Anaheim, Calif. in '94 from which, if I am not mistaken, Deacon Blues was recorded for the live album. Can't check right now. There's a tarantula in my lap.
Name: Steve v
@ ABC News
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 11:03:56
Comments:
ABC News feed at 11:00 pst "Hartman did they artwork for Steely Dan's 1977 album Aja...."
Name: TheStranger
Thirsty
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 11:02:26
Comments:
Seems like only yesterday Myra Eyefull was timidly seeking entry to this asylum and now she's making suggestive comments about what's in Royal Scam's pants. Is it something in the water?
Name: Steve VeeDan
@Saturday Night Live curse
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 10:36:38
Comments:
Hey Phil Hartmann....rest in peace ...you were a funny guy....
ABC News said that he did the artwork for a Steely Dan album....anyone know which one????
Welcom Jodie....don't mind all the crazy postings....this is just a place to vent your imagination....and some times it ain't pretty.....you can get 'Aja' on cd from CD Now or Amazon.com
Name: Jodie Live Wire
Tied to the mast
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 10:33:21
Comments:
Babylon Sistah. Where are you today?
Name: Zeke
20+5hurricanes=80
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 07:46:48
Comments:
Schwinn: Ya' know, I did visit Pat O's prior to the show. Those
damn hurricanes, whew! Are you sure your two wheeler didn't land on Poydras St. last Wednesday? The same thing happened @ the New Orleans gig. It's kind of funny, while EC
was playing "Sunshine Of Your Love" there were alot of 2 fingered peace signs going around.
Name: Jodie Live Wire
hereattheduderanch
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 06:13:55
Comments:
A friend of mine turned me on to this site and I must say that you guys are a pretty funny bunch. Some of you are "out there" if you know what I mean. Nevertheless, I like having fun so I have decided to "try" and join in. Though I am a big fan of SD's music, I am not up on the trivia, so be nice and clue me in. By the way, does anyone know where I can find the album "Aja" on CD?
Name: Monica bLewinsky
I crossed my old m@n
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 05:53:26
Comments:
Dr. Mu~~You are the most underrated man on this page. I was waiting for that Alyssa bitch to get out of Dodge so you would
turn your eyes to me. I'm a real woman, she was merely a tart in
skimpy outfits.Tell me. Are you a Superhero? A mad scientist? A sexual surrogate? Whichever of those it turns out to be, you wear it well. Fuck Billy.
Smoke from a distant fire,
Monica
Name: Clas
slow day
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 04:52:49
Comments:
Ole:
"Question; -There is a drug that is verbal. Which?
- Prozac. You can listen to it."
Got it?
Name: Clas
c@w
Location: Down Under?,
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 02:37:59
Comments:
"St. Al, please archive this big bastard before I flirt with more cinder block droppers!"
Got a slow computer? Like your brain? It's "Björn", fuckhead.
Name: Bjorn
borg
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 01:32:06
Comments:
Today I think the Hindu god of erotic pleasure, (Kama), could kiriad less about my wants! Like last night my pelvis was moving without cable and my wife dropped a cinder block on my crotch and told me to quit fidgeting. Can't she tell a thrust from a quiver? I am deeply saddened but forget that. I am learning to experience sternum pains even when no one is standing on my chest. St. Al, please archive this big bastard before I flirt with more cinder block droppers!
Cassis,Bjorn Again
Name: Clas
c@w
Location: our town is just like any other,
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 at 01:05:47
Comments:
Today the best CD ever made is Kamakiriad. Listen to the horns in the end of Snowbound, so beautiful it makes me cry.
And there is no drummachines on Kamakiriad? Except for some click-shakers here and there? Am I wrong?
Geena's Husband; your little girl is safe with me. We are doing a little panic together. Forget her. She loves Stockholm. Lots of bridges.
Lisa; tell Lena she can stay with Roy. Ha!
RubyBaby; check your postbox in a about a week.
Name: Schwinn
barelytown
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 21:44:52
Comments:
Zeke--I crashed the gates of the Alamodome last Saturday night and threw two mutants wearing Molly Hatchet T-shirts out of their front row center seats in order to see my favorite bluesboy up-close and personal. God! What a talent! The minute I felt a tear begin to well in my eye I grabbed a bouncer and head-butted him into oblivion. I felt better. Eric couldn't help but notice and ushered me up on stage where I harmonized with him on "Heaven". I stayed backstage sipping Sky until the encore when darned if old Clappy didn't throw me a strat! Within seconds it was like our old Blues Breaker's days! Eric belting out Sunshine of Your Love and me batting foreign objects back into the crowd with that pristine, white-lacquered guitar body! Don't miss the chance to see EC if he comes your way. Only expect to see a 20 piece orchestra, not 80. New Orleans always makes me see quadruple, too, Zeke...
Cowabunga!SEMB
Name: Slap me silly
my mommie t@ught me better
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 18:26:14
Comments:
RUBY BABY...call me an inconsiderate, no good for nothing,
forget to say thank you...bastard. Now turn me over and
spank me. How about a bottle of 82' Don de Blanc Fagen as
an offering, smooth but finishes with good buzz. I sentence
myself to 2 weeks of yanni, now excuse me while I climb
into Shelley's Mannehole.
Name: Geena's husband
looking for my wife
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 18:21:12
Comments:
ummm, hello, I'm looking for my wife Geena. Has anyone seen her? Last night she was babbling something about Volvo's, herring and the big Swede. This morning when I woke up she was gone as well as her bicycle and the cats. I also noticed the words "El Viking Supremo" scrawled across the bathroom mirror in red lipstick.
Can anyone help?
Geena's husband
Name: RubyBaby
look, a piece of Myra cooling in the sea!
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 14:28:36
Comments:
King of the World: It takes 10-14 days for anything to go from my humble abode to your ice palace. As for that little souvenir I sent last month, let's give it a bit more time. If you don't get it in 2 weeks, I'll assume a postal worker is enjoying it. Don't despair - I bought 2. I'll send you mine.
Clas: in case you skipped over it, the above post was yours.
Major: What an outrageous champagne idea! I'd love to try it sometime. Guess what? I'm flying back east this summer. Not sure of the dates yet. If they coincide with those LBB plans, could I make a side trip to NY? Would I be welcome in that world? NY scares me.
rb
Name: Dog Eat
DOG
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 13:48:33
Comments:
Myra Eyefull are you related to Myra Rival?
Name: Kid from Babylon
on Long Island
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 13:35:37
Comments:
they don't have phones in Jersey...but they are wired for cable...
who's father was that "driving like a fool out to Hackensack.."?
Are they selling World Series tickets yet for Mets vs Yankees...Is Fagen a Met fan or Yankee fan????
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 13:22:10
Comments:
Great idea, I'll just refer to the back cover of Nightfly until I find the right neighborhood.
"....and they wandered in from the city of St. Johns without a dime..."
serious about the City, maj©
Name: TheStranger
Doubtful
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 10:41:45
Comments:
Web Surfer,
Are you sure they've got phones in Jersey?
Name: Web Surfer
ahah
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 10:05:01
Comments:
Maj. I know Fagen's dads first name and the town he lives in, and it appears he has a listed phone number. Was thinking of giving him a call to ask about the status of the new album, but since the Don himself is probably getting by on a healthy diet of Viagra and ben gay....
Name: Zeke
inthequarter
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 10:01:03
Comments:
Clas: Just stopping in to check the GB. The Doobies show was
killer. The line-up, Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons, John Mcfee,
Michael Hossack, Keith Knudson, and Mr. Michael McDonald.
No Mr. Bumpus this time or Skunk, who I thought would be a
surprise guest. New Orleans has many publications on the local music scene. In these magazines are articles reguarding the bands playing @ Jazz Fest. One article on how Michael McDonald was chosen to replace Johnston stated that Skunk,
told the band about Michael through sessions with Steely Dan.
The Doobs flew Mike out to New Orleans, rented the old Warehouse club for 3 weeks, and continued the tour, which the first stop was Baton Rouge, and the rest is history.On another note, Clapton played the SuperDome here last week. I'm not going to go on about how awesome and great the show was. But I can tell you that IMHO, it was good to see him again. He had an 80 piece orch. behind him, the show was very professional and well put together. Yes, he played the new stuff and the old, but what was impressive to me was the backup singers. The three girls were magnificent. Very smooth, a nice touch, reminded me of the Dan.
Thats how I feel about Don and Walt. It would be nice to just see them out again. Sure the music is great and all that stuff, but I just want to see them again, (to see them in New Orleans would be better, hint)
Later Clas, and the gang.
Zeke.
Name: Dr. Steve v dan
nitpicking 101
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 09:46:53
Comments:
Hey Roy: I think that line in 'Brooklyn' is
"a piece of ISLAND cooling in the sea"...as in Long Island or Manhattan... but there is reference to a gun in 'Only A Fool Would Say That'
Dr. Drew: I'm sure Palmer was a great tambourine player...but he couldn't handle the vocals on 'Do It Again'...but at least he didn't wear overalls.....
and no I don't know if Becker's mom went to Europe in '74....but she was a great dancer from what I understand...and Fagen's mom was a cabaret singer who had the same name as Billie Holiday (Elinore Fagan).... and Fagen's dad was a book keeper in thrilling Passaic...Becker's dad was a secret agent...
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 09:26:24
Comments:
I like "Throw Back the Little Ones" for my first glass of champagne. Drink. Pour the second glass during the piano outro, and slam it back during the first notes of "Kid Champagne", uh, I mean, Charlemagne. You'll need Citizen 3 and two bottles of bubbly. (Like we're gonna have in July at LLB, right?)
Conference in upper NJ Thurs and Fri. Anything happening in the City Thurs night?
maj©
Name: Myra Eyefull
timeoutofmind
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 08:17:48
Comments:
Roy Scam: I have no doubt that your mind is still working, how about the rest of you wonderful parts?
Myra
Name: Roy.Scam
Jees'.Beev.Dad'll.suspend.your.rock.&.roll.priveleges
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 06:05:46
Comments:
Ole, lisa, Mrs. Clas-- I'll give you exactly three months to stop talking like that. You trying to cause another 'dark spot'?
Lester-- "..Peter's got a point.." Nice imagery. Wasn't that the legendary lost verse of "Farmer In the Dell"?
My dumb question of the day: Did anyone but me think that the line in "Brooklyn" was "..a piece of IRON cooling in the sea." ?
as in 'a recently discarded pistol'? Seems to me that would succinctly capsulize one of those 8 million stories in the Naked City. (There I go, talking dirty again.)Myra, the brain still works, sort of,
RS
Name: lisa
i like mine with j@m
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 05:42:05
Comments:
roy: i finally got my hands on the music that has all the ladies callin' your name...now i see why...it caused me to unleash a primal scream, soon followed by the undeniable urge to smoke a winston ultra-light...thank you for sending me the tape...thank you for permitting me into the inner sanctum...but most of all, thanks for the tight pants.
clas: lena is here with me...she has firearms, and insists that i take her directly to "that sexy guy in fitted slacks"...and she keeps going on about meatballs...
stranger: ba-ba-ba-baby...you ain't seen nothin' yet...now do i get the prize?
Name: jon@his yellow stripe
jon.stone@fmr.com
Location: Bahstin, MAH Yew Ess uv Ayy
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 04:49:43
Comments:
Every time Oleander mentions Concierto, I am compelled to post. Listen to Chet Baker and Paul Desmond insinuate their horn lines around one another deliciously on "You'd Be So Nice Yo Come Home To." It's enough to make an agnostic a believer!
Name: clas
clas @ work
Location: Venice of the north,
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 at 01:39:10
Comments:
Yeah, I guess a little new Steely-music would be fine.
Today I feel good. I feel fine. But the problem is; I don't know how to feel, how to be, when I feel fine. I get restless.
Good. Now I'm restless.
RubySugarBomb; we will ALWAYS be friends! You can have that champagne on ice even if we're moving (is that the right expression, I mean; moving in, to the same apartment, house, got it?) together. I don't mind. But what happened to that thing you sent me?
CHIHUAHUA GOMEZ; si los hijos de puta volasen, nunca veriamos el sol. Cool eh?
Roy Scam; have you seen my wife? Yesterday when I woke up there was a note that said something about "Newark..." "Hertz..." "Toyota Corolla, heading south..." "tight pants, sexy voice..."
Hej Nerium.
Goodbye.
Name: Immanuel Velikovsky
rockandrollheaven
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 23:34:07
Comments:
James: Yes, Sagan's "Dragon's of Eden" is a fascinating book. Especially where the late Doctor states, in effect, "...a dream is your brain trying to make the best of a bad situation..."
I always thought a dream was, "... a wish your heart makes..."
See You at Cyro-Disney,I.V.
Name: Dr. Dew
Waiting for the taste
Location: South Beach, Fl
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 23:06:30
Comments:
Dr. Steve V DanDavid Palmer played the Tambourine even better than Davey Jones!
Did Becker's Mother follow him to Europe in'74 and try to get his money?Thank You Professer,
Dr. Dew
Name: Dr. Dew
Waiting for the taste
Location: South Beach, Fl
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 22:59:39
Comments:
Dr. Steve V DanDavid Palmer played the Tambourine even better than Davey Jones!
Did Becker's Mother follow him to Europe in'74 and try to get his money?Thank You Professer,
Dr. Dew
Name: TheStranger
Like a gangster on the run
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 22:54:18
Comments:
Peter,
OK, that's a much improved posting. Except I'm really sick of this persistent rumor about me & Billy Joel. No, we were not booked the same night in the Lincoln Bedroom. My hypothalmus is as long as the next man's. Speaking of Charlie Parker, I just heard one of his ex-bandmates interviewed on a jazz station. He said after the club owners paid Charlie, the other guys were lucky if they saw any of it. And here I always thought junkies were dependable.Oleander,
What's this about Chet Baker on Jim Hall's 'Concierto?" You gotta spell it out. J'no parle mucho francais, cumpadre.Lisa,
Wow, you're clever AND bold. Wanna compare G-spots?
Name: Anthony
@his.bar.and.grill
USA baby!
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 21:58:28
Comments:
Ruby and Oleander,
Hmm, the Jordan 91. Don't carry it. Know it, but don't carry it. How about a nice Chardonnay Champagne? I can just about hear the piano of AMD!
Clas, don't worry about the Megalomania, you're the King of the World, as far as I know.
Went out for a walk after the lunch rush today, came back after a while and realized I was a lunchless pedestrian, geez I kill me.
Anthony
Name: oleander
@the concealed dragon
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 20:57:04
Comments:
BKS, Sr. Gomez--is that my cue to get out my harpy costume again?
L'Etranger--right on with the fakey accent. BTW, how about Chet Baker on Jim Hall's "Concierto"? Oooh.
Dr. Mu--Ah, grasshopper, you could make anything sound easy.
Geena--many thanx. Can I save the boys for when I might really need them?
Ruby--You're the queen. Thanx for making me feel as cool and bubbly as champagne. Think I'll go listen to AMD.... Join me, Antoine?
Roy--you continue to surpass yourself. I thought men couldn't do that so soon after the previous time....
Name: Prof. Steve V. Dan
@abc dunhill archives
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 20:10:00
Comments:
Hey Lester Nightfly: re:David Palmer
Big Mistakes (#082)
He was added to the Steely Dan lineup at the end of the 'Can't Buy A Thrill' sessions (circa July 1972) with the hope (of Fagen) that he could be the sole Steely Dan vocalist.......unfortunately he sounded like a David Crosby wannabee and was drunk (a la Jerome Aniton) much of the time....
later he collaborated with Carole King (1975) and was the leader of the ABC Records act Big Wakoo (as in koo koo)......
for more info check out my Steely Dan File at :
www.jps.net/steve/sdfcontents.html
did the Mets win again?
Name: BookKeepersSon
none of your fucking business
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 19:39:48
Comments:
I think its great we r allowing different races to enter in our prodomintly white sd fans guestbook, however r we allowing Mexicans I dont remember,lol just kidding, I figure I would stir up the shit again~!
I see we have porn stars on here also!
Hey sistah you sound cool r u single?
Hey lisa I'm up for the challenge!
On the live cd Babylon Sistahs was recorded at the gig I went to,
I was wondering if any of u guys and gals went to a gig where sd
recorded one of the songs on the live cd?
Just wondering!
Name: Mr. Manners
justthew@ywe@re
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 19:29:45
Comments:
Mr. North:
All posts are worthy. However, at least an iota of substance is preferred. Posts referring just to "blowjobs" lead most sane folks to believe the author is referring only to knowledge he has gained from staying up past his bedtime to watch HBO.
Also, snide cracks about other artists (except Yanni) are frowned upon. We are an egalitarian bunch.
Sincerely:
Mr. Manners
Name: CHIHUAHUA GOMEZ
MEXICAN R@G
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 18:38:31
Comments:
me engleesh not to good.
Name: Hey Amigos...me again
@T FINE COLUMBIAN
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 18:24:44
Comments:
What's up with the Harry Connick bashing? I thought he
was great in INDEPENCE DAY.
Name: CHIHUAHUA GOMEZ
Hey you're a str@nge dog
Location: SouthBorder,
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 18:13:27
Comments:
YO QUIERO...STEELY DAN! Peter has a prickly point or is
his prick pointed? DOESN'T MATTER,...HE'S A DOG!!!
Name: Lester the Nightfly
CC73647@aol.com
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 17:47:31
Comments:
You've got to admit, Peter's got a point there. Many of us sinners who write into this guestbook would be lying if we said we didn't use SD as theme music for gettin' it on. Incidentally, I like Billy Joel's The Stranger rather well. I was watching that VH1 thing again last night and wondering what the deal ever was with David Palmer. Did they not think that DF could sing at first, or did they feel deeply compelled to add a tambourine specialist? Whatever happened to him?
Name: Peter North
Countdown to Ecstasy.cum
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 17:32:41
Comments:
Stranger- How about if I said blow jobs are cool with Parker's Band playing on my stereo? Would my post then be considered worthy? Shouldn't you be on the Billy Joel guestbook anyhow?
Name: Gary Lockwood
2001@Arthur C Clarke.sri lanka
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 15:41:54
Comments:
"open the pod door HAL"......
"I can't do that Dave..."
"HAL open the f$#@# pod door"....
Name: Lords of the Guest Book
@mt. olympus.com
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 15:39:27
Comments:
Welcome back James....you know you are always welcome here.....
just don't cry, snivel, or shrink from a combative discussion...you know we are all on edge here...it's been almost three years since "Alive in America" , four years since 'Whack' and five years since 'Kamakiriad'....for christ sakes!... oh sorry.....
welcome back James we look forward to your Sign In Stranger Guest Book postings....have a nice day.....
Name: james
a visit to the world that I wasn't welcome to
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 15:07:57
Comments:
Hello everyone. I know you are all so disappointed that I haven't been around lately. I am having trouble convincing my employers that the Steely Dan guestbook is a necessary part of my job. But anyway, I know that this has nothing to do with SD but has anyone read the Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan? It is incredible. Every page was fascinating -- I might even say that it impressed me as no book ever has. thats all.
Name: YGK
..
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 13:59:29
Comments:
uh-huh, suuuuuuuure, rb,
now, dan #1 or #2?
Name: rubybaby
it takes a pocket scientist sometimes
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 12:12:03
Comments:
Clas: what if it's real? What if you really are wealthy and omnipotent? Can we still be friends?
I just mailed you a package. Inside you will find a Pocket Walt-dog dispenser. I included some *ScoobySnacks*. They're quite harmless. Hey, life is hard. Any valiums I find, I keep.
But SteelyDan makes life better!
I mean the music.
rb
Name: TheStranger
We're gonna mix in the street
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 11:26:25
Comments:
Babylon Sis,
Tried Harry Connick and he has his moments, but he's inconsistent. The Dan are perfectionists, so when they do put out a new album every 400 years or so, when you lay down your jackson for it, you're going to find the sweetness you been crying for on every track.Peter North,
Your postings are similar in style to the behavior of someone whose mommy and daddy just sent him off to college and he's so crazy in love with being on his own (at least he thinks he is) that he becomes utterly obnoxious. So shut the fuck up till you've got something to say someone wants to hear.
Name: Babylon Sistah
Woe is me
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 07:20:45
Comments:
I just got back to the page and was surprised by all of the comments about my one little question. I wasn't accusing. Just asking you obviously well versed dan heads, what YOU thought they meant by those lyrics. I LOVE Steely Dan. Their music makes me feel like riding in a convertble, on a beautiful spring day, on a mountainous road overlooking the ocean. Some of you made some good points that I did not consider before opening my mouth,(like the musicians that have played with the band, et.al) Consider my face red(?)
Moving on to another subject. Does anyone out there feel any similiarties in the music of John Pizzarelli, Harry Connick, Jr. and some of the Dan's "feel"? You know. The FEEL of the music.
To Maxine: You sound a TAD angry. Do you like Steely Dan? If so, pull out something, anything by them and CHILL.
Name: Roy.Scam
better.get.Freud.in.on.this.one
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 06:08:44
Comments:
Peter North--Turn your peter north. Follow it. Stop when it turns blue.
Is your posting some sort of Burma Shave thing, where, after four entries, it becomes a clever rhyme?Re Kamakiriad: Nothing's cooler than the transition from "Trans Island Skyway" to "Countermoon". The unceremonious someone-left-the-drum-machine-running ending of "TIS" zips right into the greatest intro ever: a gradually attacking cymbal roll, the horn/woodwind buildup, plaintive pigeon cooing says I'm almost there; drum kicks in like a perfectly timed hip thrust, ...musical climax. Then that cruel countermoon sweeps in.
RS
Name: and oh
yes
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 02:58:31
Comments:
thanks Dr. Mu - I won't kill him.
I just gave him a cold shower this morning after he did that "walking the piano"- thing again.
Name: clas
c@work
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 02:48:34
Comments:
Today I suffer from megalomania.
Name: Speechless
@awestruck
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 21:35:54
Comments:
Now,THAT was one classy post...
Name: RubyBaby
a regular@Anthony's
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 20:09:46
Comments:
Oleander: Yes, I know that one! The Pretenders can rock when they want to. I've been practicing my Chrissie Hynde voice (when no one's around). I think I've got it down. It's cool to be thought of like that. (I think of you when I hear Heart. Have you heard the Greatest Hits of Heart/Live album? It's a keeper).
Hi, Anthony: Thanks for the support :) Btw, see that big green bottle with the gold J on it? Yeah, the 91 Jordan. Would you pop the cork and pour a glass for Oleander? Bring it to her with your best smile, too. She's a friend of mine. She's the only one in existance that's not poisonous.
Speaking of champagne, I had some the other night. There were candles, luscious food and even better company. But there was one minor thing missing; the music. I could faintly hear it playing in my mind. It was Any Major Dude. So I put it on and I was right, it is the perfect song to go with champagne. It's so encouraging. My heart just spirals up along with the guitar. It's a Best Friend song.
"When Love walks in the room, everybody stand up. Oh, it's good, good, good. Say I loveyou I loveyou I loveyou I loveyou I loveyou..."
rb
Name: MATH student
@the chalkboard
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 17:51:47
Comments:
This is the only website,I know,where 1+1=11 TRACKS OF WHACK.
Name: ROOSTER COGBURN
@thefarmersdaughters
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 17:24:37
Comments:
Son...I SAY SON!...If YOU can pluck those chickens as good as
YOU pluck those geetars...YOU'RE HIRED!
Name: Lester the Nightfly
CC736472aol.com
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 16:30:50
Comments:
I think Peter might be trying to get us away from the race issue. I'd certainly rather discuss what he's talking about. Maybe Pete should head up a town hall meeting with the President- he'd probably be equally interested. I just taught myself the chords for Home at Last and I Got the News. The latter is quite a piece of work. In my efforts to write songs, it's songs like that which make me burn with envy much like Salieri's. I said envy, huh, huh, huh.
Name: Peter North
facial.orgasm
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 16:19:04
Comments:
Blow jobs are cool, too.
Name: TheStranger
Call in My Reservation
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 14:58:15
Comments:
Myra,
Now you've got me dreaming about top AND bottom.All,
As we wait for the Godot of a new SDan album or tour, we also cast about pretty much uselessly for substitutes. Here's something I like:Chet Baker-- jazz vocalist and trumpeter of the fifties. On the surface, not much like the Dan and yet ...
cool, hip, minimalist, everything on the record is there for a reason. a fragile voice that you think may not get there but always does. Sound familiar? For starters, you might try Chet Baker Sings (on Pacific Jazz Records).
Name: Wile E. Coyote
Genius@Work
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 14:04:37
Comments:
ACME ORDER FORM
1 case BBQ Sauce
1 case Coconuts
1 ACME DRILL
1 case BACTINE (just in case...)
1 WALTER BECKER (just in case...)
1 box of toothpicks
P.S. Who turned those beepers off last week?
Name: DrMu
twitchandsmoke
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 13:40:40
Comments:
DrOle: Did I say "easily?"...must have been these lingering particulates around here, assuming linearity in our brains as opposed to chaos...old habits die hard, I guess, especially if even one neighbor comes out screaming every once in a while
Clas: 2 instincts (ROM-hard wiring): a) affinity for and digging turf/sand suitable for "personal" use and b) if you have a male (especially non-neutered). it's marking it's territory. Kitty cats, like all of the 35 species of cat (lion, jaguar, etc.) are hunters and predators. Supposedly, small ferel (sp?) cats were domesticated in Egypt about 5000 years ago and used for hunting mice which were feasting on bags of grain. Cats became a religious icon...killing a cat at one time in Egypt resulted in the execution of that individual.
Name: Myra Eyefull
Stranger,then fiction
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 11:08:09
Comments:
Stranger: You don't need no stinking info-commercial to be cool!
From my perspective, you're there, on top.(oops,sorry)
Name: Darek Clapton
layladylay
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 at 01:22:59
Comments:
You silly bastards! A shadow just moved across the bright Miami shore and not even Clas saw it! God loves that kind of shit-- Giving the Jr. Peter League just enough rope to hang themselves! And believe me, they're stuggling for air! How are you doing, respiratoraly speaking? Empowered? Deflowered? Enamored over some accollade your webbed feet couldn't dispatch without visiting Euro Disney? You know, I'm surprised DF/WB even have time for you. You are blessed. So fuck off.
DC
(Yes, I'll order the picks but you have to choose the plastic.)
Name: GIN FIZZY
The boy is b@ck in town
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 at 23:02:47
Comments:
YOU'RE GONNA KILL ME...but, It takes huge pecans to do
this, especially knowing who you are, can you imagine?
You want to hear the punch line of all this, okay, are
YOU ready, here goes everything, SOME OF THE FANS OUT HERE
ARE TIRED OF WAITING, AND WAITING,AND WAITING,AND WAITING
AND WAITING, AND WAITING, FOR THE FUCKING "THE NEW ONE!"
a SWEET hello,
and a SWEET ROLLERCOASTER RIDE
O
Name: J. Scott Berk
Hummus123@hotmail.com
Location: Malibu, CA U.S.A.
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 at 21:59:32
Comments:
Steely Dan is the shit!!! Sexiest most feel-good music ever!!!
Name: clas
c@work
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 at 10:41:00
Comments:
Rube, I'm back on my job, heard your voice. Sweeeet.
Geena; want you alive when I take you. (ooooops, is that hanky panky?)
Hej Ole!
Name: Geena
Don't take me alive
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 at 09:39:31
Comments:
Clas: I would walk across your back in high heels if it would make you feel better, and i'm not heavy either...how does 120 lbs. of solid muscle mass sound to you? oops! i'm getting kinky again...
Ole: let me know who's pissing you off and i'll send my boys after them.
I grew up in a jewish/italian neighborhood. My best friend was Rita Ruben who invited me to my first seder when I was 8 years old and I remember throwing up because Mrs. Ruben kept trying to feed me long after I became full. I thought I was being rude by declining her tempting offers, but like my own mother, she wanted to make sure her children and any of her children's friends didn't leave her house hungry. I never knew racism existed until we moved to another neighborhood and became the victims of it. I tried to figure out why these people were so cruel and my dad told me it was fear. I then longed for the days when I lived nestled between Edelman's Deli and Marotta's Bakery. I love everyone...regardless of who they are...
ok...back to SD stuff...so do you think we'll all be in geriatric care facilities sitting in our rocking chairs with laptops firmly positioned upon our TV trays still waiting for a new album to come out?
Name: TheStranger
The Sweetness You Been Crying For
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 at 09:34:45
Comments:
Roy Scam,
I've decided to take immediate action on that attractiveness gap, having enrolled with one of those real estate gurus on 3 a.m. cable. He seemed so sincere. Now I'll have it all. And boy will I flaunt it.Lester,
You lost me with your poll reference. but my cerebellum is a little zapped from mega deicbels of Aja and scotch whiskey all night long.Myra,
SDan is so outside the mainstream, it's a wonder they make it on any charts at all. Does this mean you hog the top all the time? Are we already incompatible? Get a report on me from Susan. I'm hoping to get excellent word of mouth.Lots of people here have said interesting stuff on race. Fact is, the music we love would never have been borh without black people. Fag. & Beck. are too smart not to know this. Too often when someone dares to mention race, he/she is branded racist. We make it a lot easier for people if they just just mutter absurd cliches. But if you're gonna make jokes, make them funny. What's funny about a fakey Jewish accent?
Name: oleander
oleander1@earthlink.net
Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 at 08:21:39
Comments:
2nd call: If anyone would like the cd of "You gotta Walk It Like..." please e me.... It's burning a hole on my shelf....
Dr. Mu--Rave on, professor. It appears that the human genotypic difference is inversely proportional to the human phenotypic dissonance. I wish it were so "easily overridden."
Clas--chicory. Mmm-mm good.
fezo--no, but the gradual decaffeination method seems to work pretty well--you cut your coffee with a little decaf and gradually increase the de:caf ratio over a period of weeks.
Ruby--Do you know the Pretenders album, "Learning To Crawl"? I was listening to it this am and thought of you--think you'd really like it--kick-ass rock by a mother, and I don't mean mutha.
Name: clas
c @ rockaway
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 23:31:27
Comments:
Bo Sachok - there is nothing to understand. It's like the human brain, if we were cabable to understand it, we couldn't understand it anyway.
Lester - got your mail. At the time Gaucho came, I used to be drunk for weeks. Gaucho was on around the clock. Excellent drug-music.
Dr Mu - you are one of the reasons I love this GBook so much. Now, maybe you can answer a not so hard question; when we're down at this countryhouse we use to throw out the cat in the evening (he never goes out back in town, coward) and we let him in in the morning. The first thing he does; going right to his sandbox to piss and shit. I mean, he's been out in mother nature ALL NIGHT god damn it.
Name: Bo Sachok
BoSachok@msn.com
Location: Wilmington, DE USA
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 20:24:31
Comments:
Just another confused fellow trying to understand the lyrics.
Where can I get that Video of the Art Crimes Tour?
Name: lisa
s@turday night live
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 17:09:04
Comments:
fezO: is your composition at all like george clinton's "cosmic slop"? do i need to put on a diaper and tie pink ribbons in my hair before i read it? i wait with joint in hand to receive your offering, and i will do my best to send an equally obscure and disturbing reply...please include a detailed paragraph on what's going on with your imaginary friend...i thought he was pretty hot, but he didn't look as sexy in constrictive trousers as you & roy(oh.boy)scam.
if the promised email is anything like your haiku, it'll make my evening! my day was already made with the distinct pleasure of speaking with roy this a.m...and by the way, mr.scam, your tape DID arrive, but i didn't get to the post office in time to fetch it...we only work 'til 12:00 here on saturday (so's we can have more time to go fishin')...now i won't be able to retrieve the smoking grooves until tuesday...by then clas' wife will be DEEPLY in love with you...damn!
showbizkid@yahoo.com
Name: fezo
@musingmyself
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 15:43:28
Comments:
lisa: i was suffering through a hellish day at work yesterday when i decided to compose a cosmic email to you; and it was brilliant i tell you. but when i went to add your address i discovered my computer upgrade had somehow resulted in a loss of all email bookmarks. ain't progress grand? so what i'm trying to ask, in my shy, southern way, is can i have your email address again?
roy: do you take requests? i would love to hear your take on "Century's End" By the way, i'm going to be down in Va Beach for the state bar convention (on the company dole no less) the third weekend in June. you going to be around?
ole: i'd love to detox from non-decaf but get the jones real easy. is there a coffee equivalent of methadone?
fezo
Name: Lester the Nightfly
CC73647@aol.com
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 15:05:39
Comments:
Stranger-
You said, "poll." Uh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.
Name: DrMu
onthefriggin'platform
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 14:56:53
Comments:
Rigs: You are correct, sir. My grandfather, from Queens, would call anything that wans't big band, especially rockn'roll jungle music...and the previous generation looked down their prospective noses at jazz...and ther previous generation looked down their prospecitve noses at ragtime and John Philip Sousa for cryin' out loud.
My biological take on human "biodiversity" and racism: My understanding is that there is actually very little variation within the human genome when comapred with other species. That probably has to do with the fact that recent DNA studies appear to indicate that all folks from all across the world cam from the same ancestor estimated from 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. blowing the ill-conceived notion of parallel human evolution out of the water. A comparative biologist once told me that there is less genetic variation among the human race than there is between two colonies of field mice separated by a one-acre corn field. As human we just notice small differences in phenotypic expression (how a person looks - I bet we all look alike to a chimp). There probably IS a built-in apprehension and wrongful thinking my those preceeding us, about strangers and people who look different than we do. As with all behavioral tendencies, it can be easily overridden with logic, faliliarity, and education.
Biodiversity is a (often mis)used term which comes from the study of complex, dynamic ecosystems with many different species interacting at a number of different levels, each performing it's own role or niche. This type of model seems to be helpful for agriculture and even business structure. But of course, the biodiversity model if applied to people of different "ethnic" backgounds (again, there's not that much difference!) would imply that each race would have IT'S OWN ROLE in a contructive society! The very definition of racism! Let's see...the ancient Egyptians tried it...they tried it in the Southland a long time ago...they tried it in Nazi Germany...nope, I guess it is bullshit, huh?...Diversity of cultures, ideas, philosphies is one thing, but PC mania is just another form of racism. Examples: Someone who was born is Spain is "white" where someone born in Mexico, but someone with the same Spanish ancestory and heritage is Hispanic. By that logic Cajuns in south Louisiana should get to check a different box even though their ancestors were from Canada and, of course, France before that. Is this "latitudeism?" It's easy to find in the Dan songs that racism is evil and ignorant folly.
Having been around the USA, believe me, there are much greater regional differences between regions (no, I'm not trying to start something here) say like New York vs. Chocago vs. south Louisiana vs. Texas vs. North Carolina than there is among our different "ethnic" backgrounds.
Name: Lester the Nightfly
CC73647@aol.com
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 14:39:03
Comments:
Merry fucking Christmas, Met fans. My top 10 SD songs to get drunk to are:
10 Glamour Profession
9 Black Cow
8 The Goodbye Look
7 True Companion
6 Do it Again
5 Babylon Sisters
4 Deacon Blues
3 Hey 19
2 Your Gold Teeth II
1 FM....and when I hit the crack pipe:
3 East St Louis Toodle-Oo
2 MmmBop
1 Through With BuzzTry it some time
Lester
Name: Peter North
Double Helix in the Sky Tonight
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 14:23:12
Comments:
Tit Fucking rules.
Name: Clas
c@c
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 13:43:27
Comments:
Juan Valdez - "Lets talk about music..." Ok, but before we do that, there are some things you should know about my sternum. I'll email you.
Oleander - the older I get the less coffee I drink. My fave coffee is that hicory-coffee from New Orleans - Community Coffee? Zeke knows what I mean.
Keep Cool.
Name: juan valdez
central america@oye its so humid
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 12:13:53
Comments:
vhats all this talk about jews and coffee! I thought this gb was hip? Its amazing how so much room can be takin up with silly shit like racism! Its an old idea to hate people just on what color they are so let it go! If you hate someone just because they are black or what ever then i think you have some issues of your own to work out first! we need a major subject change and i mean right now! maybe everyone should cut back on their coffee useage also. Lets talk about music, I mean thats what this book is mainly for right! anyway thats my opinion I may be wrong!
(Dennis Miller) I have to go now I'm on a lap top sitting on my donkey and hes making my ass hurt.(no pun intended)
Name: Myra Eyefull
countdowntoecstasy
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 10:41:25
Comments:
I've been listening to the radio while I worked today and they are counting down the classic 500 songs.# 495 was "Deacon Blues" and # 490 was "F.M." It surprised me that these SD songs were so far down on the list. I guess it's like sex-- someone has to be on the bottom .
Myra
Name: oleander
oh all right
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 10:27:51
Comments:
Anthony--So sorry. I will now.
Name: oleander
bah homburg
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 10:26:10
Comments:
Brad--You go, man.
Clas, Bagel-tetched--The "hymie" post. Squint a little and you might see what I mean. As I have shown before, I get grouchy around this sort of thing. Geez, I've been cranky lately; what can I blame it on?
Why don't we talk about coffee instead? So why the decaf-dissing? Mr. Fagen himself gave decaf a nod in "Kama." I used to drink caffeinated coffee 24 hours a day when I was in my residency, and decided to see if I could get along without it. Never have been much of a substance user, anyway; kind of a drug wimp. So I have been decaf for a long time, and still LOVE coffee. I get Peet's French roast when I can, or locally fresh-roasted organic beans, brew it strong in a Capresso thermal carafe, and still drink it 24 hours a day.
Been listening to Yo-Yo Ma, "Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla." It's really beautiful. Caffeine for a sloshy romantic like me.
Name: Anthony
@his.bar.and.grill
USA-baby
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 10:06:15
Comments:
Whew! Just checked my family tree going back 300 years in this country and I've decided that I'm a Jewish, Black, Native American, Northern European, Asian, Whop!
Keep on Ruby, and Oleander, shut up.
Anthony, the not-so-xenophobic barkeep
Name: Clas
c@country
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 09:32:19
Comments:
It's okay Roy. Have fun while I am lying here with my sternum. And while my wife is singing along with "Wake Up" downstairs.
Geena, would you like to run barefootin' over my back, you know that kind of massage they have back in Thailand? That would be great. You're not heavy?
Name: Roy.Scam
tight.pants.cause.sexy.voice
VA
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 08:28:44
Comments:
The Stranger: This just in from the monkey on Royal Typewriter # 309: "..what Roy.Scam has that you don't have is..is..tpsv+%^&,,static..!~~&..oh the humaniti..%$3@..the giants won the pennant..&*^&%$#$..giant leap for mankind..&)$%#..t[he."
Damn, those simians always revert to primitivism at the wrong time.Ruby, Ole: Can I bank some of those sweet goodbyes? I'm generally unconscious after about 23 (unless it's oyster night).
If I write a tribute to Crosby, Stills, and Nash can I get 49 bye byes?Cheech&: Be careful. The demo version Of "Charlie Freak" doesn't have those comforting hari-krishna jingle bells at the end.--Anyway, I've always supported the guideline that one should avoid the practice of getting drugged then listening to songs about death by drug overdose.
Stevedan: Where might one locate such a 74 Memphis bootleg? (short of sleezing downtown and dealing with some guy out of the trunk of his car)
the rumors of lisa's nonexistence are greatly exaggerated. she's real, she's tall, she's too quick for puny mortals, and she can take you out in any number of ways. she's t[he truth.
RS
Name: RubyBaby
why are we all up so late?
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 01:13:50
Comments:
Sherm: I was going to answer you tomorrow, but I am still awake and you are so handsome without your muzzle.
You DO know what a sweet goodbye is! I savored each & every one.
PS - no need to neuter Peabody. I love puppies.
rb
Name: Clas
c@c
Date: Saturday, May 23, 1998 at 00:28:40
Comments:
Ruby - thanks for that. Geena - thanks for your funny email. Ole - thanks to you too, I feel safe now. But I don't understand what you're talking about - what jew-bashing?
Name: Brad Barbarick
bradb@teleport.com
Location: Portland, OR USA
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 23:58:31
Comments:
Very cool web page you got here. Been a Steely Dan fan since the Aja album. I was in sixth grade at the time. Listened to Deacon Blues, Aja and Black Cow with my headphones on every night for about a year.Loved Pete Christlieb's sax solos still do !! Saw the Dan last year in Portland. I was 33 years old and thought I would never see them live in my lifetime. Great show really enjoyed Donald and Walter. The rest of the band was great too. A little dissapointed that they didn't play Deacon Blues but it was a great show anyway. Keep up the good work with the web page.
Brad in Portland
Name: Touched by a Bagel
nowyeastfree!
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 23:36:45
Comments:
Oleander--After reading your post I scrolled back and still have no idea what you're talking about. Anti-semitism? Where? Please provide specifics, otherwise I will assume you are guilty of practicing your own brand of phrenology.
Looking out for the Soft-Spots,TB
Name: Rigs
88888
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 21:41:43
Comments:
As to some of the cognizances, Ive read in the gb on racism(Babylon Sisters). I find the essence, here, is not racism. It appears to me that, DF and WB were misinterpted.
Jungle music, is not a racial term. There was a movie called (The Blackboard Jungle)! I recommend renting it!
It came out in the late 1950's, and was a parody of what the elder masses thought of rock"n"roll. "The kids must be insane." DF and WB were adolescents in this time period. For example, on the song Pretel Logic, they say, "you must be joking son, where did you get those (blue swede) shoes.(Elvis)
The jungle music time period, thus, Ruby baby, and most of the selctions on New York Rock and Soul Revue, represent jungle music. It' not Frank, Dean, or Glenn Miller. It's bad.
We dont pick on Todd Rundgren for being in (The Nazz). Let's all see through the BS. Godspeed, Rigs.
Name: oleander
knock (* * * *) on wood
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 21:20:27
Comments:
Geena's girl ole is PISSED AGAIN at MORE BULLSHIT, now Jew-baiting. I really am not normally this humorless, but you're in my backyard now, and it's JUST AS STUPID and BIGOTED as the other xenophobic, racist, gay-bashing, pejorative, defamatory, and otherwise disrespectful bullshit that rears its ugly pin head on the GB from time to time. BACK OFF THE JEWS, ASSHOLE!
Bab Sistah--I don't have anything to add to the excellent discussion of "jungle music." I think that Mr. F. & Mr. B. are such fine poets that they can tap the underbelly so true it gives you the willies.
Roy--Just a quick thanks for what is sure to be the only occasion in my life that I am mentioned in the same sentence as Messrs. B. & F.
Aja in Orlando--you're back?? new handle? how the hell are ya?
Clas--I have my automated external defibrillator warming up right here for that poor sternum of yours. How about if I e you my beeper number? By the way, ALL of the oleander's parts are toxic.
Myra--don't dis yourself, girl.
James--are you yet another Dannist with a Va. connection? Where?
theI--Keep in touch, man. You know how to find me. And hey, YGK is OK, really.
John Henry--THANK YOU mille fois for the news! Keep it coming.
Kinksman--You are KILLING me. I'm going to be in the wilds of northern Michigan, doing the family thing. To miss a chance to hear lovebob and meet some of the hoary giants of the GB--I'm shattered. Oh well, at least I get to drive the Ferrari around a little longer.
Name: RubyBaby
this sister is free...
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 20:58:38
Comments:
Clas: And this time I say it "Claus", okay? Not like this morning when I was so tired and I said it like Claaaas. Anyway, I was wondering the same thing about Babylon Sistah.
She could have not told us and we wouldn't have known and that's the way I think it should be. But in this country, Black is so special. It is more special than what I am. I am a Northern European American. I am a Swedish Scottish English Russian-Jewish American. But on all the applications we fill out here, there is always a box that says Race. And then there are choices: AfricanAmerican, AsianAmerican, LantinAmerican, NativeAmerican and finally...white. Am I white? No, I am rather peach colored. And why are they asking this anyway? I always decline to answer. I write in the margins sometimes that I refuse to answer because it is irrelevent, or should be. And I ask them to judge me on my abilities alone. If everyone did that, they would be forced to, wouldn't they?
I am a Northern European American!! No, fuck that.
I am proud to be just an American.
rb
Name: Geena
those days are gone forever
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 19:39:19
Comments:
lisa:
I volunteer/teach diversity training to major companies. If you ever happen to catch "A Class Divided" on PBS, try to watch it, it's a truly amazing documentary about racism and children.
Clas: How's my baby? do you need me there to make you feel better? I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling well, i think you need a visit from Nurse Geena.
Ruby and Ole: How are my girls?
Roy: How's my boy?
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 17:43:39
Comments:
Damn you rich yuppies and your penchant for high-cost, high-temperature beverages! I've been rudely awakened every day by the construction of a Starbucks next door from my apartment. And there's already a coffee shop right across the street! Sheesh!
Anyway, concerning Fagen's reluctance to sing in early concerts, that phenomenon is still in full effect. Now he has the lady backups doing the work for him. Look at Bodhisattva from Alive in America for a particularly glaring example.
I don't know if Don and Walt are racist or not, but the fact that they employ Black musicians could be taken as evidence supporting them being racist. Aren't Blacks stereotypically seen as being naturally musical? Now, if they had a black manager or engineer, things would be different.
Name: Susan
hi
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 15:55:46
Comments:
Damn, Stranger. You really know how to make a girl feel special. Here, pass me the cuervo. I need it.
Name: TheStranger
It's chic but it's not real
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 15:28:30
Comments:
Susan,
I don't know your mother. Does she know me? I mixed Myra up with a 53 buick and I mixed you up with Myra. I've gotta get off this cuervo pasta. Here come those Santa Ana winds again.
Name: stevie danish
cruising with an espresso
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 12:15:31
Comments:
hey Roy Scam man:
the recent bootleg from the 1974 Memphis gig has 'My Old School' with Jeff Baxter on vocals......that is a killer bootleg that finishes with the never released 'Mobile Home' and a dual drum solo from Porcaro and Hodder (both dead now)
......Have a Great and glorious weekend GBers...and get outside a bit...take off the headphones...turn off 'Countdown To Ecstasy'....live a little....jeez......ciao steveo
Name: Cheech & Chong
rollabigone.com
Location: Westbury Music, fair
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 11:32:56
Comments:
Roy Scam- It's those bells, something about those darn bells!C & C
Name: TheStranger
She's the pride of the neighborhood
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 10:07:50
Comments:
Myra,
Sorry, that WAS a 53 buick. You are a sweet fox running free.RoyScam,
Have you got something I ain't got?Lisa,
Your lecture on decorum was welcome, but by refusing to name names I fear you have also chastized the innocent, since typical Dansters harbor a suspicion that they're utterly at fault for everything, including NRA gun sales to highschoolers in Oregon. So get specific. Who's pissing you off?
Name: Clas
c@country
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 08:55:56
Comments:
Bjorn - can't you spell your own name? It's Björn, enfaldiga kretin.
Damn Roy, now is my wife asking -WHo is that man with that sexy voice? What shall I answer her? We can't have her here on this site can we?
Name: Roy.Scam
or.a.rap.version.of.Kashmir
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 08:14:38
Comments:
Steve E Dan: I think decaf capuccino falls into that category of things that are oxymoronic AND moronic, like low-fat fudge.--
It still puzzles me why the early Dan was always looking for someone besides Fagen to do vocals, but I'd like to hear that Skunk vocal on MOS.Cheech & Chong: "Charlie Freak" to get stoned by ?! Wouldn't that lead to amplified anxiety about spreading hazes and dying 15 ways.
lisa: With your permission, I'm adding a transcript of your post of May 19, 10:10, to my resume'. Thanks.
RS
Name: Maxine
freeatlast
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 01:38:36
Comments:
You go girl! For years I've been reading this honky hype and biding my time till a true soul sister had the ovaries to ask these white-bread caspers some difficult questions. Is you the one? I know it, girl! Mind if I call you Sister Rosa? James? Susan? Sucretia?
Glad I hung on,
Miss Maxey
Name: Bjorn
pagerisok
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 01:16:28
Comments:
today my favorite country is nashville. especially when lorie morgan sticks her finger in her mouth. anmd Garth! I have a cousin with that name!
Name: Clas
the purpose of life is life
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 01:05:30
Comments:
Babylon Sistah - no offense, no missunderstandings, but I don't get this (I'm from Sweden), why did you mention that you were black?
George - are you home now? Are you pissed at me? How was Golden Gate?
Best Steely Dan to get sober-high on; Royal Scam.
After coffee I'll get back on sternumreports. Where is Ole when you need her?
Name: Glamour Professor
Iwantmybabyback
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 at 00:03:54
Comments:
Babble-on Sister! The Caged Bird does not sing with the Dan!
Interpretation: "Jungle Music" = The tycophany of the city. Any city.
"Smashin' the Backboards" = A bullet with a star. (Climbing the Billboard.)
"Jungle Jim" = A bullet for a star. (Jane was too late with that new liver. Ungouwa!)
"Brut and Charisma" = a Crown Royal icon on the dashboard. (Not to be confused with fuzzy dice, a Mercedes hood ornament or a cardboard evergreen air freshner.)
"Poured from the Shadow" = This route could be trouble...
Lookin' Good?
GP
Name: Sherman
howmuchisthatdoggyusingwindows?
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 23:43:25
Comments:
I swear! No wonder dogs walk on 4 legs and piss on trees. They're...they're ANIMALS!
Now that I've got the muzzle off I'd like to apologize for Peabody's de-humanizing posts. Rest assured he will be neutered asap--even if I have to do it with my two-toon teeth!
Ruby: I feel this is the only way I can make up for Peabody's transgressions: goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
Sweetly,Sherm
Name: Cheech & Chong
upinsmoke.com
Location: I forgot, ? Columbia
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 18:55:32
Comments:
My Top Ten Songs to get Stoned to:10 Black Cow
9 Turn that heart beat over again
8 Big Noise New York
7 My Old School
6 True Companion
5 Dr. Wu
4 Time out of mind
3 Charlie Freak
2 Gold Teeth I
1 Anything from the Royal Scam
Name: SVENJOLLY
@laynies
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 18:29:31
Comments:
Question, Do they serve GRAPENUTS at IHOP?
Name: George
is@home
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 15:57:46
Comments:
aja from nl: sure, this whole guestbook business has been created to prove that we're in the later stages of a slow but steady moral and spiritual decline or something close to this, if you know what I mean ...
So, welcome aboard. Clas will certainly give you some introduction what to do and how to improve your writing style. And, yes, this is the Steely Dan guestbook.
And, no, there have been foreigners before talking to him. her? them? it? Weird as well.
Name: aja
van.overbeek.voepel@wxs.nl
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 15:48:44
Comments:
i must be the first foreigner to speak to you, don't you think. There's some weird talking going on over here.
Name: james
*
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 15:30:36
Comments:
Why can't we all just get along?
Name: lisa
@gain
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 14:51:29
Comments:
i'm watching a documentary on the sundance channel called "something within me"...if there are any of you involved in education, this is a must see film...for those interested in seeing what the reverse of racism can accomplish, you may want to check it out also.
Name: steve v dangerous
smoking with the boys upstairs
Location: at Dr. Wu's, opium den
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 14:50:15
Comments:
Hey stranger: you bring up a good point and lead me to a subject that I am sure most on the GB might have an opine over:
What is the best 'Dan song to get stoned by????
My (ex) stoners toke(n) choice: 'My Old School" but this also needs a really good, and cold beer, like Anchor Steam of Sierra Nevada (west coast beers)....and is an especially good song to convert non-Dan people over with
but best song to get "high" on: 'Black Cow' or 'FM' (un-edited version).....'Doctor Wu' ....or 'Do It Again'.....or...jeez is Steely Dan a habit forming , hypno sounds generating, mind control experiment?????!!!!!! MK Ultra re-visited
Name: Babylon Sistah
Cuervogoldville
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 14:44:03
Comments:
Hi Hymie! Oyevey! Why are you into the Jungle Fever? Well, you know what they say. Once you go Black, you never go back! Are you ready? Here is the DIVA of DIVA's and I love the SD. Did you not see my messages from earlier today? The group jumped on me like white on rice. But that's okay. They seem to be nice and I think I'll stay for awhile. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Your message took me by surprise so I didn't really have time to work on my witticisms.
Name: lisa
a moment of cl@rity
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 14:43:50
Comments:
to all: i think the conversations on the guestbook have taken a turn for the worse lately...to ANY of you who think i'm responsible for the recent flood of asinine ramblings, i assure you that i'm innocent..anyone who knows me AT ALL should be certain that i'm not the culprit, especially if there are racist overtones.
i have supported the idea that this is a public forum, and therefore should be unmoderated...HOWEVER, some of the current material has no place here or anywhere else...there is a line between witty, harmless banter and biting cruelty...rest easy, amigos, with the knowledge that i know the difference.
clas: thanks for calling me yesterday...you always have a tendency to come to me when i need you the most.
Name: Frustrated Fan
Hearing Rumors on the New Album
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:55:15
Comments:
Is is true that Donald & Walter recorded the album and then trashed all the recording and hired a new band to re-record it because they didn't like the way it turned out? My God, haven't they learned anything after all those other albums?
Name: hymie
little jew@jungle fever
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:49:34
Comments:
oye, i was wondering if there any African-American women into jewish white men on this book?
If there is I would love a response, I have Jungle Fever and I like Jungle Music also!
So TURN IT UP!
Name: Clas
long day's journey into night
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:37:47
Comments:
SO, my Sternum Pains are a little better now, kind of moved from left to the right. Maybe it's not the heart after all. I'll give you a detailed report tomorrow how my night has been. If I can't sleep I pop in.
RubyBaby, I close my eyes... I'll be there.
Babylon Sistah; you have a beautiful name! I like your syntax too.
Book Keepers Son; I agree with you. I guess we're gonna hear a lot of sci-fi-bullshit lyrics on the new one.
Roy Scam; Wake Up, Wake Up (that's a good song), I was only messing with you on that My Old School-tempo-thing, I could see you and Edd sit up all night trying to sync a metronome to the CD-player... My Old School is one of the best, the lyrics are great. And thanks for sharing that Oleander blooms are poison. Explains a lot.
Name: TheStranger
That's Some T-House on the Track
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:33:44
Comments:
Myra,
I love foreplay. But how did a college grad ever wander into this neighborhood? Didn't you read your manual?Steve V. Dan,
Surely you understand that double entendres and off-center musings are entirely within the spirt of The Dan, far more so than some academic inquiry about how many amps can dance on the head of a Hofner base. Maybe you should bogart that joint awhile.
Name: My
my
Location: my,
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:17:29
Comments:
...ooooooooooohhhhhhhh the things you say.......
Name: Myra Eyefull
babyoucandrivemycar
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:07:22
Comments:
Stranger: I may look like a Buick, but my ride is smooth and I'm more fun with my top down.
Name: Steve v dane
@the teahouse
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:05:08
Comments:
hey Roy:
are you sure you don't want a 'Can't Buy a thrill cruller...with a de-caf 'Black cow..??
2 bucks doesn't buy much these days at the coffee shop...
question of the day: what is the point of a de-caf cappucino????????????? I mean do you want the friggin' esspresso or not ya stoopid scmuck...oye ve I am sick of all these trendy dweebs in Berkeley...where is Abby Hoffman when u need him...
Roy :enjoyed your 'My Old School' tribute.....I once had a bootleg version from '74 with Skunk on lead vocals....nice job, except he forgot the lyrics to the 2nd verse!!!
Name: John henry
records galore
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 13:02:46
Comments:
OK kids, Billboard magazine (may 23 issue), page 5, here is a quote from Irving Azzoff: "Don and Walter tell me that the album will be released in September of this year, but they never have told me the truth before, so I don't believe them. It is an amazing project...but I'm not holding my breath on delivery dates."
aMEN. Anbd he is the president of their recod company so I thinkn he knows what he's talking about!!
Name: RS
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 12:56:57
Comments:
Steve V Dan: I'll have a Steely Danish to go, please.
Name: Prof. Steve v dan
amid the stacks
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 12:47:10
Comments:
Hey Scot: welcome to the guest book...glad to see some Steely Dan related inquiries...
1.Chevy Chase: He did play with Becker and Fagen, as a drummer, at their 'old school', Bard College...but never was a "Steely Dan " member....
2.Doobie Brothers and 'The Dan: While they did tour together in 1973/'74 I don't think either Becker or Fagen cared much for their music....of course when Mike McDonald joined them two years later the Doobies sound morphed into something Steely Danish....if you want more 'Dan history check out my 'File at:
http://www.jps.net/stevev/sdfcontents.html
and have a great day in Texas!
Name: TheStranger
Not a Bookkeeper's Son
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 12:21:55
Comments:
Bab Sis,
So you THINK you like me. What if I get the Gambinos to vouch for me?Lisa,
Thanks for those pictures of Myra. Damn, I'm crazy bout her. She looks exactly like a 53 Buick.
Name: Worsmith
@politically incorrect
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 12:13:25
Comments:
re: recent lyric interpretation
since 'Chain Lightnin' is about two guys at a Nazi rally...I think we can safely say that Becker and Fagen were Hitler Youth kids.....
...please kids....Donald Fagen...the brooding urbanite..immersed in Ellington, Monk and Bird in his youth and hip enough to play on the same bill as Oakland's very own Charles Brown.....is not a rascist....in fact an argument could be made that Steely Dan circa 1980 was in fact a "black" band....
: drums: Bernard Purdie
bass: Chuck Rainey
guitar: Hiram Bullock
piano: Joe Sample.....need I go own.....sax: Wayne Shorter, Wilton Felder
vocals: Patti Austin (Long Island native), Valerie Simpson
Name: Myra Eyefull
shadowofyourluv
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 12:11:14
Comments:
Roy Scam: You're the man! Can I live with you and soak up all of your pearls of wisdom? I must have you. Sorry Stranger, I was under your spell for awhile but Roy Scam is just tooooooo much.
Myra
Name: Babylon Sistah
Cuervogoldville
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 11:56:32
Comments:
Oh! I forgot to answer RoyScam about Tupac, 2Live et al. I don't listen to them so I wouldn't know about their lyrics or personal philosophies. Do you think that a person that likes SD could also like rap? Well, not me. It's either jazz, R&B or classic rock. Don't like rap, heavy metal or this new rock. My associates (white and black) ask me about liking *white* music. I didn't know that music came in colors. Can't we all just get along? (smile)
Name: RubyBaby
livin' like a gypsy queen
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 11:49:38
Comments:
in a fractured fairytale
Mr.Peabody: Not only do I know about Sweet Goodbyes, but I know about dogs. They have their own version of sweet goodbyes, and it's nothing like yours. Admit it - you aren't even a dog.
Clas: What you need is a vacation. Let's meet in Hawaii. You can kiss your sternum pains goodbye. It will be sweet...
rb
Name: scot townsend
www.flytejas@hotmail.com
Location: winterpark, fla
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 11:48:36
Comments:
I love steely dan for year now and have managed to get my children into steely dan .Me and my kids saw then in dallas
Texas in the 90's I would like to know if they will tour
Texas of Fla any time and if so when .Also another question
was Chevy Chase ever a member of Steely Dan ! I would love
to know how close the Dan of Steel was to the Doobie Bros.
thank you for your time I wate for a reply
........................
........................Scot
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 11:40:26
Comments:
Quickie since my head still hurts......
mrs. dude pointed this one out to me since I don't read this anymore, but here's one of the more bizarro SD references I've seen.
In the recent issue of the trade journal, Bank Marketing, the editor does a story of "sales culture" and whom soes he reference but our boys Walter and Donald. What song does he refernece throughout the article. You'll never get it and neither will your HAL 9000, Dannut, the song? "You gotta walk it like you talk it?" I'll give you more tomorrow. But for those who have access to this puppy, it's truly stange to see D+W as pace setters for creating a sales culture in an organization.
Also, the editor left off Locke as the third composer for the lyrics. Locke is listed on the liner notes of the album.
Lucky: how are you post-river?
Oleander: You would have loved it!!!!
How many days till LeBarBat?
And who will be the special guest?
maj©
Name: again
again
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 11:08:19
Comments:
...Massachusetts, Arkansas, and now Orgegon...
Name: YGK
..
Location: New York,, (relatively) safe NY
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 11:06:36
Comments:
Voluntary Poll:
Should we or
Should we not
play "Do it Again"
for the troubled kid in Oregon?
Name: Book Keepers Son
Dont Take Me Alive@the shell station
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 10:55:57
Comments:
Before i went off on don and jon I forgot What i meant to say!
I've had Dont Take Me Alive stuck in my head ever since that asshole killed his son and 3 cops and finished himself off in the shell gas station in the Tampa Bay Area!
Without getting into great detail the lyrics are pretty similiar to what happen and if you dont know what I'm talking about then crawl out from under that rock! I can't believe that this happen, who's really to blame, of course the shooter but there was carelessness on everybody involved!
Name: Babylon Sistah
Cuervogoldville
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 10:52:15
Comments:
Phew! I didn't mean to start anything. Just curious. Because unless you have control over my livelihood I don't care about your racisms. YGK-I really loved your response and it sounds logical to me. TheStranger-I think I like you. Thanks for the welcome. When I began reading this post, I stated to a friend of mine that I thought you all were tooooo witty for me. But I think I can hang with the best of you. Mock Turtle- I guess I wonder who isn't racist to a degree. RoyScam- I have designated you as a TRUE DANFAN and the father of the Post. But how does *tall* sound? How do you know about Tom Joyner? (I guess you say, how do I know about the DAN too) Consider me corrected. You all sound like fun people. I look forward to chatting with ya. This is like The Learning Channel for Steely Danism.
I notice a lot of talking about My Old School. Is that the song of the day? I just know that I could have won any air guitar contest on that one. See ya'll in the funny papers.
Name: Book Keepers Son
Case of Dynomite@the shell station
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 10:45:45
Comments:
I've noticed that there are a few sd songs that refer to robbing the cradle. So i agree that the intent on jungle music was not racist but refering to the girls age or lets hope it was a girl!
If all of don's lyrics are non-fiction then he's lead a great life, I wish i could do all kinds of drugs and screw young hot chicks, and still get paid a fortune and live in hawaii!
But the only thing that scares me is what r the lyrics going to be like on any further sd efforts? I mean they have lived out the really fun parts of their lives, unless they still screw young chicks then more power to them! Seriously I things r going really good in your life than there is nothing interesting to write about! You cant write any bluesy type of lyrics, what can you write about how hot is is on the beach today or how bad the service was by the cabanna boy! Thats why i think Wille Nelsons next cd will be great, he lost almost everything to the IRS, Hes a bitter mother fucker right now! Another good example of living the good life is jon bon jovi, he could write a song to save his life now. He's been married for ever, no money problems, and is loved by almost everyone, so whats there to write about. Maybe someone should call the IRS on him to get some more good music from him again!
Name: Jackson
@thelido
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 10:35:27
Comments:
The Yankees spend a lot of money to keep the neighborhood around Yankee Stadium in good shape. A couple of years ago, one of the Yankees execs complained that they always had to replace the rims on the basketball courts because of kids "hanging like monkeys" from them. I think they fired him for being racist, and the words to GP immediately came to mind.
Name: Myra Eyefull
Don'thatemebecauseI'mstupid
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:52:19
Comments:
Doug: I am sure this will not go over big with the Danfans but I really relate to songs with words that I understand. I have been reading over some of the SD lyrics and frankly, I don't have a clue as to what some of them mean. I love some of the SD songs because they are nostalgic to a certain time or person but half the time, I can't pick out the lyrics while I listen. I prefer music that stops my conversation dead in its track while it takes me to another dimension.
Myra
Name: YGK
..
Location: New York, NY
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:43:42
Comments:
Oh, please!
Some people can see racism in a fried egg.My take on Babylon Sisters was always that when he
turned 'that jungle music down', it was to sneak out of town.
There was something taboo about being seen with this person,
and that always seemed to me to be about age.
I know this guy who's 37 and going out with 19 year old, and
I always think that he's a little desperate, given the age
disparity, in that he can "prove" things to this girl, and impress her, rather than deal with someone in his generation.The "Jungle Music" refers to music with a beat, and, in my interpretation, was HER music, another reference to age difference, in that HIS music wouldn't be jungle music.
Also, as we age, music, younger music, seems to sound louder, so, by the narrator directing his young charge to turn it down, could be another indication that he's robbin' the old cradle.
I think it may look racist, if the lyric was
"turn that jungle music OFF!"So, my personal sub-text would go something like this:
"Turn that Jungle Music Down (so we can sneak out of town without the public noticing that I'm with someone who could be my daughter)
Just Until We're Out of Town" (where we can crank it up - you'll be happy to be with me, and me, you, without any public embarrasment."This is no One Night Stand" (I'm not just going to screw you and leave you)
"It's a real occasion" (it's important to me)Oh, well, I guess someone will need to see ME as a racist, too, now, huh?
ygk
Name: DanNut
noemail
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:35:39
Comments:
Turtle, I think so too. Especially since this was recorded right around the time that Darryl ("chocolate thunder") Dawkins of the 76ers was getting notoriety for shattering a couple of backboards on attempted slam dunks.
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:30:25
Comments:
Another manifestation of Dan Racism (methinks): "Crashing the backboards/He's Jungle Jim - again" from Glamour Profession.
Name: TheStranger
Don't Want to Shoot No One
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:29:59
Comments:
Babylon S,
People of all races, creeds, colors & sexual perversities are welcome here as long as they aren't too fucking SENSITIVE and remember to kick in with dues to me, care of milo minderbinder.Does jungle music refer to some kind of black music? Probably. But note that they are going to turn it back up as soon as they're safely out of town, indulging themselves in what's cool when no one can catch them. Where I live we have an ordinance against jungle music played during surgery or carjackings & it really cuts down on mistakes.
Name: DrMu
readinglastyear'spapers
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:25:55
Comments:
Just poking my head out from under a pile of papers and articles (some of which are my own doing). Had to report my extreme satisfaction at finally hearing some sweet sounds from the GlenGarry Glen Ross soundtrack. Blue Lou is a beautiful, alinear (for Dan) very free (yet somehow precise as always) work of art. For a while I thought during the mid or late 80's (after I learned about the writer's block) I imagined that Donald Fagen might come out with an entire instrumental album that sounds something like this. Speaking of percussion, Jeff Porcaro does some really nice stuff on the Wayne Shorter-led songs. Was this his last recorded effort? Referring to Roy's comment on early Dan and Clas' affinity for tempo, I find Hodder's drumming a bit irritating in some places (the shuffle gets to be overkill). Gordon and Porcaro were perfect come Pretzel Logic. Clas, I'm intrigued by your sternal music. I'd like to hear it some time...have I heard it already?...I've had a couple of interesting voice mail messages in the last 3 weeks.
Latest weather report. The choking smoke is now an annoying haze (until the local brush fires begin) and its feels like a smarmy wummer until say November.
Name: Roy.Scam
no.one.night.stand
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:16:43
Comments:
Babylon Sistah: Welcome. You sound tall.-- I would say that if the song hasn't shown up on Tom Joyner's HIDDEN-IDDEN-IDDEN-IDDEN RACISM-ISM-ISM-ISM feature, then it's probably O.K.; but I'd like to pass this question on to Walt, Don, and Oleander.
And now, are you prepared to explain and defend the lyrics of Snoop, Tupac, and 2-Live?RS
Name: Milkman
pointing up at the sky
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 09:15:55
Comments:
Babylon Sistah,
I think the *character* singing the lines in "Babylon Sisters" is being portrayed as somewhat racist. In general, he's not a very likeable character: shmoozing opportunist out to be seen with his young girlfriend. But I doubt with all my heart that D&W could in any way be construed as racists themselves.
Name: Roy.Scam
joy.of.sax
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 08:44:03
Comments:
Milkman: Good call. I love that freelance baritone sax in My Old School. It sort of serves a similar musical purpose to Michael MacDonald's punctuating vocals in "Peg".--Another song with great baritone sax counterpointing is "Wake Up Irene" by the Mommyheads.--Clas (you know, the guy who was carping about tempo) makes effective use of the baritone sax to carry the melody on one of his up-tempo jazz instrumentals.
Clas: Thanks for the CD. I can see that your criticizing from a strong base; your numbers are models of tightness and precision.--You must have a better ear for tempo than I, because the percussionistic inconsistencies comitted by great groups like the Who, the Band, Ben Folds 5, and even early Dan, don't bother me, or even occur to me.---And, Proud Papa you should be; your son plays his ass off.---And thanks a lot for sharing that sternum misery with us.
RS
Name: Babylon Sistah
Cuervogoldville
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 08:34:41
Comments:
I am a Black woman and a SD LOVER! However, whats up with the words in Babylon Sister? It says "turn that jungle music down, just until we're out of town". Is this an instance of HIDDEN racism. Now everybody, keep your shirts on. I'm new to this post thing but not to the DAN. If anyone can tell me what they THINK the Dan meant, clue me in.
Name: Doug Matheny
dmatheny@unf.edu
Location: Jacksonville, FL US
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 07:45:03
Comments:
Steely Dan's music never sounds dated or nostalgic--a quality few groups manage to achieve. Never imposing either, you can carry on an intelligent coversation with it in the background. Words are so inadequate.
Name: Clas
c@c
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 06:01:12
Comments:
Today I am suffering from Sternum Agony. But I will check in now and then to see if everything is OK. Please gays, don't piss off Oleander, then she will call me and I have to sit for hours and listen to her complains. And that is a no can do for the moment.
Name: Jimmy Spheeris
n@taltwins
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 02:38:15
Comments:
Ok, watch your heads and your step. The Sun's in Gemini, the Moon's in Aries and my pager is still off-line.
City Gentleman with Perfect Teeth,James
Name: Bjorn
wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwhew
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 00:01:46
Comments:
today I think the best country in the world is country roads by john denver. i don't know there is something about it like daryl hannah kissing bruce hornsby in front of jackson browne. you can feel a hit coming.
Bjorn.-.
Name: Peabody
fracturedfairytales
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 23:53:34
Comments:
Ruby and Ole,
Yes I know the truth is hard to face, but what exactly did you think "My Old School" was all about? A young Donald with a JAP at his side demanding to go to Mexico in "September" for some bargain hunting?
The entire song is about a young man finessing himself out of fatherhood. Whether or not a Shop-Vac was used is still debatable. One thing's for sure: The tune doesn't suck.
Of course, even a dog with a time machine could be mistaken. I'm all ears, ladies.
Sherman's Tanked,Peabody
Name: RubyBaby
kanga1776@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 19:43:20
Comments:
Poetry man: I dig it. You caught the irony, the history, the hope and the dream. (It sounds good when read out loud).
Who are you?
rb
PS- Peabody, you're clueless about sweet goodbyes.
Name: FUCK THAT HURTS!!!
@the hospital
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 18:02:29
Comments:
EXCUSE ME FOR WHILE
WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU MR.OSHA WHEN I NEEDED YOU!!!!!
GOD DAMN COCONUT MILK ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT I'M
STILL LAUGHIN MY ASS OFF!!!!
Name: SlowGin
@just millin' around
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 17:50:10
Comments:
Haven't you got anything better to do than abuse poor
children? GEEEZ! Traded in my Corvette today for my
new Saturn, couldn't help but drive it home. RUNS EXCELLENT!
Optional CD included. Talk about HIGH PRESSURE SALESMAN!!
I couldn't believe those FUNKY SCARY TACTICS they use!
MAN YOU GOTTA WATCH THEM, THEY WILL TRY TO SCREW YOU EVERY
TIME YOU TURN YOUR BACK!!! FUCKIN' GUYS, THEY'RE SOMETHING
ELSE! THANKS FOR THE BUYING TIPS, you are, something else.
NOW TURN DOWN THAT MONITOR, SO MM CAN ASK "where did you
get those SSSHHHOOOEEESSS!"P.S. I think i'm goin' to N.Y. Try my luck.
Name: In &
Out
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 17:17:30
Comments:
Thats right enough with all this gaybashing...Hey speaking of gaybashing has anyone seen or heard from Al & Gas?
Name: TheStranger
Home at Last Later
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 16:00:26
Comments:
Susan,
Can do nothing about my name. It was a gift from Camus. About yo mama, though, I do recall her fondness for Szechuan dumplings. She's crazy about me. You must be thinking of the Lone Stranger & Tonto, which brings us back to that constant gay bashing everyone around here is talking about. What those 2 champions of justice do in the privacy of their own overnighters is their business.
Name: james
*
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 15:43:26
Comments:
Susan- you're going to have to throw some of the blame for the stained moniter at Lisa.
Name: Susan
Puttin' the smack down
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 15:19:51
Comments:
Ok, I'm home now and of course the first thing I had to do was check out what was going on here.
Stranger- How big is my tab? Maybe we can meet over some szechuan dumplings and do some "business". But I don't know if I could trust someone with a name like Stranger. I think I remember my mother telling me something about not talking to people with that name.kid- You might want to take the extra effort to find the dictionary. Beck may be a skinny little dweeb, but thats what I'm hot for. You got a problem with that?
james- dollars to doughnuts you are on my computer. Dont erase anything important, peon. And clean the moniter this time! I dont know what kind of xxx sights you have been visiting but I can't help but notice there is a strange film on my computer after you use it.
Name: TheStranger
Straight on Wednesday
Location: Or is it Sunday?,
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 15:02:02
Comments:
Susan,
I find it hard to believe I got in involved in this which-boy-is-cuter conversation while we're sneaking puffs behind the gymnasium. Or was that ad nauseum? But now that we're onto chemical recreation, i feel more comfortable. Welcome to my apothecary.
Name: kid
owell to late
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 14:30:54
Comments:
Susan--- I hate to burst your bubble but Beck is a skinney little dweeb. U know how with some bands u have to be high to enjoy them well with Beck you have to be on horine or meth, oh ok now i know y u like him never mind forget.
I'm too lazy to get a dictionary but i think i spelled horine correct, u know the stuff you fire up in a spoon and put it in a needle and inject it into your vains kind of like Beck! lol
if i spelled it wrong tell me i will try to be more punctual!
now that dosent look correct either, FUCK!
Who was the person i was talking to for a while last night!
Name: james
hi
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 14:04:40
Comments:
Susan, you freak.
Hey, do these Steely Dan tribute bands ever tour? Are there any good ones in Virginia?
Name: Mark Tinker
behind@mask
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 13:59:30
Comments:
St. Elsewhere is correct. Your prize should arrive shortly. Of course, it would help if I remembered who won.
And let me echo the meltdown worthy Oleander's comments about the gaybashing. Stop. Please.
". . . trying hard to recreate what had yet to be created"
Name: Sid Finch
Sfinch@aol.com
Location: Ft. Lee, NJ usa
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 13:55:42
Comments:
Mr. Teddie,
Great news about the NYC gig! I saw your band in San Diego last summer at some race track and I was blown away by all the great Dan tunes you guys did. Please keep me (us) posted on times, prices etc. Do we get a discount if we read this guestbook? Oh yeah, are you going to do any rare dan songs or just the popular ones? I would love to hear Show Biz Kids, Monkey in your soul, Fire in the hole, you know, the ones the Dan would never do live. Also are you going to have all four horns at the NYC gig?
Name: Susan
!
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 13:24:27
Comments:
Oh, and its crystal meth, not ginseng.
Name: Susan
!
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 13:20:05
Comments:
Both Walter Becker and Donald Fagen deserve a capital H!! Do not misunderstand me... as far as prepubescent fantasies go, Walt Becker is the king. Beck is a little further down the line.
Name: TheStranger
In The Night
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 13:13:35
Comments:
Susan,
So Beck is not only ATTRACTIVE but he's a Him with a capital H as in The Big Guy. Hey, not even Becker-Fagen are Hims. I mean, I've got this thing for Michelle Pfeiffer, but she's a her, not a Her. Ease up on the ginseng.
Name: clas
clas@country
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 12:45:48
Comments:
Hey, cool thing. I just spoke to my son, he's playing a hotel down in Tenerife (Canarie Islands). His band is allowed to decide which music that shall be played between the sets, the pause-music. Kamakiriad and Nightfly has gone hot now for five weeks! Six days a week. Some tourists must have been hooked on Fagen. Good thing.
Proud Father
Name: Susan
so why don't you kill me
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 12:43:09
Comments:
Stranger: I've seen Beck in concert twice. My photographic memory allows me to envision Him singing the songs, as I have seen it done before. Even talking about this is giving me goosebumps!
Name: TheStranger
I can't believe
Location: you said the whole thing,
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 12:11:57
Comments:
Susan,
So Beck is ATTRACTIVE? Precisely how does this attractiveness work on a CD? Via the woofer or the tweeter?
Name: Edd
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 12:04:37
Comments:
Well, I *DO* have that week off...
Name: Kinky
@Seven Brothers Deli
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 11:49:57
Comments:
Edd - So, you're coming to The Damned show?
GK - No, there's plenty of excuses in New York, just none in Brooklyn
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - No, there's not, but some of us will be Jamiriqui fans by the time the dan tours again. Besides, rumor has it that the Damned's guitarist is better than Wayne Krantz... and, come to think of it, how much worse could Tedde's background singers be?
Oleo - You coming to extravaDANza I? Just bring the car then, and I'll determine just how big that nick is.
Name: theI
coolifting wind fromountain
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 11:39:30
Comments:
me have come here to tell holy lady that me no longer am dwelling in cold stone of ancient world scar. me am sheltering now under shade of piney woods, near the green-grass games of the elder uprights. when leaves turn shade to red, me will again press heels into the upward earth. but me have come here too for dark talk. the voices speak of one ygk. harsh things they speak. and words of violence. they say ygk spreads venom in this place that is not. me am hoping ygk is wise enough to know that even though the rattling snake cannot be harmed by fang of own kind, fang of angry dog need no poison to kill.
Name: Susan
just putting in my half pennys worth
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 11:06:55
Comments:
I guess Jamiriqoui would be a them. sorry.
Name: And that
Jamiriqui guy is ripping off Stevie Wonder
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 11:06:13
Comments:
so much it makes me want to spit!
Name: Susan
just putting in my two cents worth
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 11:06:01
Comments:
I saw Los Lobos live and they were pretty cool but can we ever forgive them for that La Bamba business. One musician I think should be recognized on the Steely Dan gb is Beck. Not only is he extremely attractive but he has a lot of talent and he really knows how to get the groove on. He is a lot better than Jamiriqoui and I saw him mentioned on here so there it is.
Name: There's Nothing Like The
Real Thing Baby
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 11:04:22
Comments:
One word about Steely Dan cover bands: Ugh!
Name: TheStranger
On Firm Ground
Location: But Wobbling Anyway,
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 10:53:18
Comments:
This appears to be a serious day, so I'll stop flirting with Myra & Lisa awhile, but they're still in my dreams.
Oleander, thanks for the tip on Los Lobos. I've heard & liked them, but I will listen more closely now. That's what this board is about (sort of). We're all hooked on SDan, all of us, regardless of height, girth, or rain damage & it just brings tears to my eyes but I still won't lend any of you adorable knaves & lasses any money.
Name: clas
that whorehouse on Camp Street
Location: New Orleans,
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 09:52:52
Comments:
Ole - thank you VERY much.
Myra Eyefull - yes, funny as hell, read it!
Zeke - so, what was the Doobie line-up?
Name: oleander
oleander1@earthlink.net
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 08:18:39
Comments:
Listen, whoever (whomever?)--STOP THE GAY BASHING! IT'S PISSING ME OFF AND ONLY SHOWS YOUR SNIVELING BIGOTRY!
kamfire, BigFan--I just got back from Louisville, where I stopped back in the same record store and picked up another copy of YGWILYTIetc. If anybody wants it, e me your address and we'll work a little something out.
James, Rigs--That guy in Jamiroquai can really sing.
Myra--Clas will tease you unmercifully, so let me spill the beans: Myrna Minkoff is the girlfriend of the unlikely protagonist of "A Confederacy of Dunces," by John Kennedy Toole, one of the funniest books in the English language. I just lucked into a very nice hardcover edition for ten bucks, but it's in print in paperback. DON'T MISS IT.
Stranger--HAL is one of my fave tunes ever, too.
maj--man, I would've endured that ride down the river if I could've heard that set with you!
To the jiveasses and the DISbelievers--I hereby testify that I have indeed met and been captivated by the one, the only, the inimitable lisa. She is realer than real, and just as tall.
Roy--ah, what can I say? You are the man. I am one who never is willing (or able) to finger ONE fave SD song, but MOS is as close as I come, and you tucked it in a nutshell. Do I have to stand in line behind Ruby for 35 more? Or do I only get 34? Or maybe we could work out something else?
Peabody--Obviously, I favor the kisses interpretation. My sense of humor also comes to a screeching halt with jokes about back-alley abortion.
Hank S.--Thanx for the lead. I just never went deep enough into Tomas B's most excellent page. He's a fucking genius, isn't he? Mr. Becker, I mean. If you would be so kind, please e me; I'd like to ask you something else.
Music notes--If you can get a babysitter on a weeknight in this town, you can partake in some amazing treats. Lat night, I had the ineffable pleasure and privilege of getting my fragile middle-aged eardrums shattered at the hands of Los Lobos. They played at our preeminent local club, Be Here Now, and I hugged the stage from start to finish. Say what you will about the vagaries of rock, these guys still have it. They did some trad tunes, mostly Norteno, but mainly kicked ass with loud rock'n'roll. They did a cover of Traffic's "Mr. Fantasy," and if I needed a dermabrasion before, I don't now, because the twin guitar solos peeled the skin right off my face. Unbelievable. They did two encores, which included "She's About A Mover" and what started out as "Tequila" and ended up "Bertha," and I may end up a bald woman yet, the way they laid those follicles down. And they had a good time; they were met with adoring pandemonium. One thing you can say about Asheville is we give great crowd.
Name: Shannon Pittman
Spitt97@webtv.net
Location: Gastonia , NC USA
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 07:59:43
Comments:
Great site! Big SD fan,so keep on reel-
in' in the years!
Name: YGK
mhunter@bear.com
Location: New York, NY
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 06:17:30
Comments:
Is your band gonna show this time, bob?
Or are you gonna hafta recruit some local East coast boys?
No excuses in New York....
Name: Edd
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 04:41:40
Comments:
re: Steely Damned at Le Bar Bat...
I'm gonna predict you have a special guest(s).
Name: clas
c@work
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 01:57:51
Comments:
Bob Tedde; and all is sung an octava lower than the original?
Myrna; that's Ignatius girlfriend.
Name: bob tedde
MrSquonk@cts.come
Location: sd, ca usa
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 00:57:19
Comments:
YO ALL!
Man , wierd news sure does travel fast. THE STEELY DAMNED will indeed be making our East coast debut at LE BAR BAT (311 west 57th St., NY NY) on THURSDAY, JULY 23.
For the curious amongst you, THE STEELY DAMNED is a 14 piece band which performes nothing but, you guessed it Steely Dan music. (with the occasional Fagen solo tune thrown in for good measure. The band performs music from all seven SD albums proper as well as selections from The Nightfly. At this typing (before anyone asks) we do not do anything from 11 Tracks or Kamakiriad. That could change by July 23rd. Tickets info will be forth coming from either myself or Pete Fogel. In the mean time if ya'll have any questions, feel free to e-Mail me or call the ROCKOLA STEELY DAMNED 24hr HOTLINE @ (619) 558-1966
Kinky, Don't worry, I'm taking your concerns to heart. After all, ROCKOLA is the reason the Beatles never play San Diego.
LOVEBOB
PS ROCKOLA will be at Le Bar Bat Friday and Saturday, July 24 & 25.
Name: Dragon
SIERRALUNA@prodigy.net
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 at 00:16:46
Comments:
Rigs -- .osos os ho m’I Thanks for asking.
onlysomeone -- Safety First! Don’t forget get to drill holes in the coconuts before grilling or they will blow. We don’t want anyone hurt from Hot Flying Coconut shards; that could get messy. I’ve never trying grilling coconuts, so my guess would be they are done when they start to whistle.
james -- Is that you over ein AZ? You weren’t the only one that had problems getting into or staying in the chat room today, myself, kid, and lisa all had problems with that.Mark Tinker -- St. Elsewhere, where else?
BTW -- speaking of network show finales, did anyone catch the SD reference in Murphy Brown? Clue: name of SD musician was spoken by the Divine Miss M.
Dragon
Name: The President of Tinkertoys, Inc.
LinkinLogs
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 23:49:20
Comments:
Tinkerman: Then maybe you should drink this cool, refreshing Black Cow before I offer it to Shirley Temple-Black....
Name: Peabody
thankssherman
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 23:40:00
Comments:
Roy--don't tease us you cad! What's the meaning of "35 sweet goodbyes"? On one hand it could signify the 5th week of pregnancy, (5 X 7 = 35), which would not require a trip to Mexico--just a wire hanger and some bactine.
In other words, you know the music. What's the message?
Come Sherman,Mr. P
Name: musician's friend
whoknew
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 21:11:02
Comments:
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS READ THE BOOK!
Name: TheStranger
Are U Kidding?
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 17:49:23
Comments:
Frustrated Musician,
I C U came 2 this board seeking serious help. Excellent choice. I commend your astute judgment, gaucho.
Name: BigFan
here@nicenight.com
Location: AnyWhere, CT USA
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 17:12:53
Comments:
Forgot to add - Dr Mu do you think there is any reason Th Boys use School as their second encore? I agree with you 100%
Have a nice night and don't let Seinfeld bite!
Name: BigFan
happy@greatweather.net
Location: AnyWhere, CT USA
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 17:06:27
Comments:
After all of the inquiries about YGWILYTIOYLTB I made a concerted effort to find a copy. Try www.abbyroad.com , $17.55 w s&h; if CDNOW.com hasn't restocked. It sounds sort of like Catalyst - and alot of it is instrumental. Best part is 70's outline of D&W on CD. Comes complete with lyrics and a history of the "band" Not bad - better than most bootlegs - a definate must for the true fan.
A warning: Don't bother with the bootleg "Steely Dan Orchestra" recorded at Columbia, Md August 8, 1993 - you can hardly hear the music. Only an oddity for the really serious fan as there arte many better 1993 live recordings out there.
Any year now from those Weasels That Move Beneath The Earth I should be getting the Live at the Performing Arts Center in Saratoga, NY august 22, 1993 CD. Too think, I came this close ... to going to that concert. Also I am expecting the realatively new Tour Rehearsal '76 CD Beau Bolero and Gaucho outtakes - who knows? I figure it is worth it just for a copy of The Second Arrangement! TTFN.
Name: Tinkeragain
mustseetv
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 16:48:27
Comments:
Nope, that was too lame, except for the excellent use of a Beatles song as the theme.
Lisa, the psychic that I am I sense you might be too young to remember this show
Name: Frustrated Musician
needing help
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 16:37:56
Comments:
ANYBODY-- I am having severe problems trying to midi up my keyboard and computer. I need specific advice/instruction on the steps necessary to dump my sequences onto my hard drive. Then I want to do some editing with a program called Midisoft Studio4.
So far, I cannot get the data dumped from by board over to the computer. HELP! Any resources out there? Anyone got some ideas?
Name: lisa
i w@nt those points
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 16:21:26
Comments:
life goes on?
Name: Mark Tinker
NBC.COM
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 16:18:49
Comments:
The GB is not real. Lisa, Roy, and Oleander are all the product of the imagination of an autistic child who envisions all of you within a snowglobe that only he controls.
For 100 points and a surprise gift, name that 80's t.v. show.
Name: james
*
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 15:31:44
Comments:
I can't seem to get in the chat rooms-- I think its because I am on a network or something like that. So you're safe in there.
Name: james
explaining myself
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 15:28:47
Comments:
kid-- thankyou for your encouraging words. I'll have you know the only reason I didn't say anything stupid today is because Susan was here. She's a pretty classy lady so I didn't want to look like the dumbass I am in front of her. You know how it is...
Name: TheStranger
In Para Dice
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 15:20:44
Comments:
Dear I Want to Know,
I am Lisa! I am Spartacus!Dear Lisa,
You get blamed cause you look awfully suspicious with that violin case.Dear Myra,
Please coordinate your bikini with whatever my valet is laying out for me. Why don't you have your girl talk to my girl? This'll be fun.
Name: kid
kidchronic@yahoo.com
fl
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 15:18:00
Comments:
This the last time i put up real address so get it now!
Lisa----u are real and u rock!James---y dont u come in the chat room. I'm proud of u also so far today u havent said anything stupid I hope I'm not asking to much but keep up the good work.
Fisherman---I dont know did you molest a speckeled trout?
roy-------u have way to much time on your hands buddy! r u a musician it kind of sounds like it!
Name: poetry man
@ye old bard school
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 15:08:04
Comments:
Ode to Steely Dan
-----------------
They came from New York with visions of sunny LA
...and dreamed of composing a la' the Duke
...but after meeting the 'El Supremo and cutting a deal....
they suddenly began to pukeAlthough their logic was twisted
they always insisted on cutting the 'better track'...
never realizing all of their work was genius....
even their tracks of 'Whack'...Indulged in a world of imagination
...we cherish their creation....
and we hope through the words..
we can decipher their chords
..and continue this infatuation....
Name: Myra Eyefull
anyworldthatI'mwelcometo
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 14:33:44
Comments:
Stranger: Well I'm glad you did not kick me to the curb over a song. You're forgiven and I've got my bikini all packed.
Myra
Name: lisa
what d@ fuck?
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 14:31:02
Comments:
why do i get accused of everything? i AM a real person, you ninny...you may ask roy, oleander or mr. fez, since i met all of them...or you can cling to your inane fantasies.
your choice.
how's that for th]e truth?
Name: james (and Susan)
*
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 14:04:44
Comments:
Susan and I are sitting here avoiding any kind of work -- all for you guys! She wants me to tell those of you arguing ( or rather discussing ) the merits of My Old School her opinion on the subject, She says it is in her top ten favorite Steely Dan songs. But how can you discuss that one when Haitian Divorce is the obvious winner of any Steely contest? (Followed closely, in my opinion, by Deacon Blues)
Personally, I think it is not one of their best. But I am the guestbook idiot so there you go.
Name: Milkman
somebody screamed somewhere
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 13:55:24
Comments:
Roy,
Your comments on "My Old School" were so dead-on precise that
I just had to interrupt listening to "I Got The News" to put it
on and give it a listen with your list in front of me.However, you forgot to mention the grand and friendly way the bari sax runs around (sans other saxes) egging everyone else on.
As to the carping by [whomever] about less-than-perfect rhythmic precision, I say this was the age of Real Music when god-forsaken rhythm machines had yet to darken the planet.
Name: I want to know
Th]e truth!
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 13:55:17
Comments:
Lisa... Who are you? Are you real? All these new people that all of a sudden showed up on this guestbook are they for real or are they all you??It's all VERY VERY STRANGE!!
Name: TheStranger
Life Is Good
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 12:25:25
Comments:
Myra--
It's OK! That's Be True to Your School by the Beach Boys that I despise. I'm nuts about SDan's My Old School. I had a mental lapse while picking the eyeballs out of my fish soup. This means we can be an item! Get registered at Tiffany's while I obtain cruise schedules.Lisa--
It looks like I won't need any nude photos of Myra. Can we just settle for a chil dog?
Name: The Gorton's Fisherman
trustme
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 11:52:29
Comments:
Do you know what I did last summer?
Name: lisa
confunkshun@l visits
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 11:17:51
Comments:
stranger: i'll come by the cage and slip you a little somethin'...what's on your wish list besides some grooves and a frothy orange refreshment? nude pic of myra? jumbo spleef?
i got my batches in order, hermano~
Name: TheStranger
Show me Your Stinking Badges Already
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 11:01:48
Comments:
James, Riggs,
Thanks heartily for info on Jamiriqoui. They only let me out every other Tuesday and that's in shackles. But if I put away enough rations every day, why in just a few months I'll have enough to pop into my neighborhood mall to purchase a CD & and Orange Julius.
Name: TheStranger
Chastized
Location: in, LaLa-Land
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 10:31:49
Comments:
Lisa--Centrifugal force, huh? I knew this place was full of Reds.
Don't let my ravings get you down. No one here is real anyway. My posts are created by a thousand monkeys pounding on old Royals. I just pick out the best of their work and send it on.Myra Eyefull, I fear we may be tragically incompatible. I must stick with Home at Last as numero uno and I fear My Old School is my only unfavorite SDan track. Please don't put me in a re-education camp. It's been tried before.
Name: james
Virtual Sanity
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 10:14:07
Comments:
Rigs:I have to agree with you again. Man, you really have your shit together. Jamiriqoui is one of the best bands of the decade (so far). I think any Steely Dan fan is likely to get into them seeing as how they are both in the same genre of kick-ass music.
Name: lisa
c@t daddy
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 10:10:20
Comments:
roy scam: you fucking rock, baby!
Name: Myra Eyefull
monkeyinmysoul
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 09:41:03
Comments:
Clas: Excuse my ignorance, but who the hell is Myrna Minkoff?
Myra
Name: Ann-and-Dale
Verbaldiarrhea.com
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 09:35:58
Comments:
Roy.Scam: Why don't you just listen to the damn song and stop analyzing it too death? BTW, what do you think of the movie "The Big Chill"?
Name: clas
c@w
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 09:14:09
Comments:
But Roy; they're not tight, the tempo is going up and down like a roller coaster on that song.
Name: RubyBaby
countdown to...
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 09:13:08
Comments:
RoyScam: We must meet. Then I can give you 35 of the sweetest goodbyes.
Name: Roy.Scam
on.the.wolverine
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 09:04:15
Comments:
Several Reasons Why "My Old School" is my favorite 5.75 minutes of recorded music by anyone, any time:
1) Those two piano breaks; after 25 years, I still do an occasional re-wind just to hear em' again.
2) The laughing horns/saxes; especially that phrenetic giggle right after California tumbles into the sea.
3) The tightest, most synchronous vocal harmony since the Ink Spots; there's a manic falsetto running loose in this song, but the voices blend so perfectly, I can't isolate it.
4) The skill it must take to work the words Guadalajara, oleander, and Annandale into classical rock and roll format and make it seem natural.
5) The slightly hesitant piano chord pounding that adds tension to the verse.
6) A variety of great guitar distortions; a variety of splendid guitar solos.
7) The subtle bitterness of wishing poisonous flowers upon your ex-lover.
8) The way the melody makes Myra think of sweaty bodies doing it.
9) The understated background guitar lick between "...oh no" and "William and Mary". Most groups would wine and dine on that riff.
10) The way the vocal ramps upward on "...into the SEA" then surprises you on the rhyming line by doing a 3-syllable speed bump on "...Daddy G".
11) The 1, 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4 instrumental sentence repeated at the end (with cowbell).
12) The final show-offy guitar lick toward the end of the fade out, that you have to turn up the volume to hear clearly; a Steely Dan trademark (see King of the World, Pretzel Logic).
13) The fact that I had an ex-flame in a town named Annandale, and she was so cruel.Please forgive my digressions, that I may forgive those who digress against me,
RS
Name: Clas
clas @ work
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 08:50:44
Comments:
Good moooorning America!
Today is the best song ever made; "Changes", Bruce Hornsby.
Best country; Gambia.
Best dots; ...
Best comma; , ...
Myrna Eyefull; Roy is a singer/songwriter too. Very good. And I've heard that his body is VERY sweaty (are you sure you're not related to Myrna Minkoff, Myrna?).
Thanks for the tape Roy!
Name: Myra Eyefull
Anymajordudewilldo
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 07:41:03
Comments:
Speaking of great songs, what about "My Old School"? Personally, in order for a song to be great, it must move my soul or my feet. The lyrics must reach me in a way that takes me to another place and time .ie: If I feel depressed, I want to hear sad song and if I want to feel sexy, the music must move me like two sweaty bodies doing it!
Stranger: Some of your post really make sense to me. That may not say much for you, since most of the GB entries usually require that someone translate them for me.
Roy.Scam: All this talk about your cherry red convertable, tight pants, and being funny too, gosh, I must have you!!!
Myra
Name: Bob Eubanks
ChosenESPECIALLYforU
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 02:11:45
Comments:
1. I want an Amana Radar Range
2. I want a mosquito-proof harem shield over my new Sealy
3. I want "Hooked on Posturepedics"
4. I want the fucker who stole my original 45 of Twist and Shout to hand it over right now before the commercial break
Name: Clas
c@work
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 01:11:02
Comments:
Today the best song ever made is "Minute by Minute".
The best country; Bolivia.
The funniest guy on the guestbook; Roy Scam.
Name: The President of the United States
behindthegreencarddoor
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at 00:53:32
Comments:
Clas, so nice to see you've changed vacation plans! Yes, Italy may have a porn star on the cabinet but I've got Monica in my speedo pocket! Don't you want to visit before the Hell Freezes Over II tour? Of course you do! I've always said that Swedes have a remarkable propensity for changing directions in mid-course, just like me! Do your lineage proud by rejecting that foolhardy jaunt to Italy and commit your hard-earned piasters to America the fr**, oops, I mean, America the CHEAPER than Hamburg! We welcome everyone who has a lead on some "misplaced" Jewish artifacts!
Soowee Pig!BC
Name: Yawnni Special Report
Zzzzzzz
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 23:28:45
Comments:
Dateline Austin, Texas. 5/18/98. Yawnni plays the Bass Concert Hall to the SMALLEST crowd ever to (not) fill the auditorium. Even a slide show of Linda Evans' breasts fails to get a reaction from the un-crowd. Suddenly, John Derek grabs Yawnni's flowing extensions like he used to subdue 12 year old Bo. He twists the vapid new-ager to the stage floor in front of 900 die-hard fans and screams, "You are John Tesh! You are John Tesh with extensions!" The curtain drops like a guillotine but Yawnni has survived. The stage becomes a WWF showcase and the audience comes alive as John twists Yawnni's ankle convincingly. "You sick motherfuckers", Yawnni screams! Then, as if by magic, Elton John appears and begins playing the intro to "Candle in the Wind". Needless to say, Yawnni did not take a limo to his hotel...
Tomorrow: Mark, Don and Mel. Was the audience Grand Fucked?
JD
Name: Rigs
Pajamas.com
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 22:45:35
Comments:
Devil in a Blue Dress, If you want to give me a call, try about 10:30 PM Tuesday. You yssas ettlil natas. nite etin
Roy Scam: If you get a chance pick up the album Space Cowboy from Jamariquoi. Recently, purchased Band on the Run, from Paul Mccartney. Wonderful album. Especially, 1985. Good album to drink Cuervo too.
Aja How ya been doin?
Biker Missed you too!
Godspeed
Good Night, Rigs
Name: lisa
moch@ latte
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 21:21:10
Comments:
scooter: is that you?
kid: i just tried to chat but the room was messed up.
Name: kid
kidchronic@yahoo.com
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 20:57:36
Comments:
Lisa-----you are a god! I praise thee! There is only 1 Lisa!
James----You are the shit! I really do love your comments!
Susan----Nice bust!
Name: onlysomeone
now@home
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 20:47:18
Comments:
LISA, how the hula are you? Heard somewhere that you're
somekind of a GODDESS. I think you wear it well.Who's
umjim? Does he drive a Love Bug? Having some trouble
trying to barbecue coconuts, any words of wisdom, you
know how long on each side.
Name: lisa
one @nd only
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 16:11:14
Comments:
stranger: hmmmmm...how astute of you to comment on my multiple personalities...however, i think you may have overestimated my involvement in the guestbook...i assure you, i am ALWAYS reading it, but i only post when i need to respond to one of my friends, or a "stranger" like you...i am a defender when something needs defending...it's my lot in life, so i travel with the centrifugal force.
Name: TheStranger
Home
Location: At Last,
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 15:55:18
Comments:
I finally figured it out. There are at least 8 or 9 Jameses and 6 to 7 Lisas, which explains how everybody gets to the bathroom when not posting these messages.
But what's this about new LPs coming out? SD in the studio? DON'T LIE TO ME. WHAT DO YOU KNOW AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN IT?
Name: DrMu
themilktruckeasedintomyspace
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 15:24:24
Comments:
Though this might as a follow-up concerning the recent Giant Rec (dis)info to be at least of tangential Dan interest, given the state-of-the-art digital tech used via the internet (pretty cool stuff):
////////////
Giant Records Breaks New Ground Delivering
Brian Wilson Single to Radio Stations Via the
Internet; A First for Record Promotion
Radio Stations First To Use Liquid Audio to Digitally Deliver
and Download "Your Imagination" for Immediate Radio Airplay
Beverly Hills and Redwood City Calif. -- Giant Records announced today
that recording artist Brian Wilson, formerly of the Beach Boys, will be
the first to use the Internet to digitally deliver his new single direct
to radio stations when it premieres on April 21, 1998. Utilizing Liquid
Express from Liquid Audio, the leading developer of secure online music
delivery systems, Giant will deliver "Your Imagination," from Wilson's
upcoming album IMAGINATION due in stores June 16, 1998, to four
prominent radio stations nationwide for immediate download and radio
airplay - a recording industry first.
The stations involved (WLTW New York, WLIT Chicago, WCKG Chicago, Y107
Los Angeles) -- will digitally download the track and record it to CD
using CD recorders (CD-R's) provided by Hewlett Packard. By enabling the
single to go from digital download to broadcast-quality airplay in
minutes, Liquid Audio demonstrates an efficient distribution process of
singles delivery to radio stations, cutting crucial time and cost for
both stations and record labels.
As part of the promotion, music fans will also be able to preview "Your
Imagination" by visiting www.Giantrecords.com. This song will be
available April 21, 1998 for free downloading using Liquid Audio
technology. This free download, designed to promote CD sales, will
expire on June 23, 1998, after which time music fans can then purchase
the CD at retail outlets nationwide.
Name: james
burnt out by the chronic
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 14:55:42
Comments:
You know, Susan is not big brother-- she's pretty cool. As is 1984 and George Orwell in general, you ignorant tv baby. No wonder you hate reading comments from me. Apparently you have no repect for great minds.
Name: kid
kidchronic@yahoo.com
fl
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 14:40:35
Comments:
clas u must be in florida. hot town here too. i dont think we'll see james anymore thank god. hey Q chill out man its just a guest book and a free country, i'd rather be free and read stupid comments from people like james and be watched over like big brother, by the way was a stupid book only read it because i had too, i hated english.(1984) any way i should be in the room about 11:00 pm i should be naked by then. lol "scary"
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 13:47:17
Comments:
Roy Scam: What are you talking about? You couldn't go a single episode without hearing some reference to Steely Dan in there somewhere. An attempt to gain "street" credibility in the eyes of their young, primarily Black, audience, no doubt.
Name: TheStranger
Hovering
Location: Precariously Over, Power Lines
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 13:40:07
Comments:
Lester Nightfly,
I just took a poll and no one is interested in your paranoid, communard ravings about our great leader Rupert Murdoch who had to destroy the Dodgers in order to save them. You love a baseball player? To paraphraze Zero Mostel in "The Producers," have you ever EATEN with a baseball player?
Name: Doc Kelly
here at the dude ranch answering thursdays mail
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 11:55:55
Comments:
Dr. Mu: it comes and it goes... one day visibility is about 3 miles the next it's 60 miles... when will it end?
Name: Susan
busted
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 11:36:33
Comments:
James Sutton, I'm assuming it was you who spent numerous hours on my computer whilst I was away. When I said you could use it if you needed to, the last thing I meant was for you to do this. Not that I really care, I'm just trying to scare you.
Name: Flyin'overCooCoosnest
@goingCASHEWS!
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 11:17:19
Comments:
HI CLASS, maybe you would know, when Walter "wraps it",
Does he wrap something? Or does he RAP something? Oooh,
that's disgusting! Or does he just plain finish it???
Name: maj©
extr@crispy
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 11:15:43
Comments:
So, we survive day 2 of the River. Lots of miles, heavy water. The town, Narrowsburg, NY. We see a sign that reads, "Tonight, Jazz, 8pm". We enter. We sit right up front. It's Lucky's birthday. The trio blows thru 45 minutes of Thelonius Monk and Charlie Mingus. As mW would say.....UnFUCKingbelievable!!!!! Hank to fill in the details. Need sleep.
maj©
Name: Roy.Scam
still.alive.below.the.neck
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 11:13:15
Comments:
Oleander: The rumors of my suicide have been greatly exaggerated. I jumped from the 14th floor, got down to about the 5th and started thinking about Elton John hearing the news of my death (and re-writing that song); so I changed my mind. But thanks for the pre-humous tribute.
fezo: Your story about lisa's revenge (the threat of death by Yani saturation) was disturbing in a way that lingered long after the blood-curdling scream had subsided. And I had just gotten over that dream about the Roberta Flack/ Leonard Cohen duet.
..Italy: Great post.
Rigs: I listened to the Jamiroquai piece on the Godzilla sound track. I liked it. Was I supposed to?---BTW: While you were fighting insomnia on the Guestbook, Mock Turtle was fighting sleep. Is this some more of that irony that SD is famous for?
Mock T: Still...awake...?...Finals...over...?
Trivia from beyond the corpse of William Wright: Does anyone remember what skit on "In Living Color" mentioned Steely Dan?
Nice and easy, all the way,
RS
Name: Clas
c@work
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 10:55:17
Comments:
My Lisa is over the ocean / My Sunny is over the sea / My Ruby is over the ocean / so bring back my Geena to me...
Briiiing back, briiing back, bring back my Lisa, my Sunny, my Ruby, my Geena, to me, to me...
Name: Doc,areyouthere?
@HELP!
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 10:21:09
Comments:
Heard before the show, Ah man, Walt just cut his finger...
Now, Who are we going to get...a surgeon!
Name: Batman
@theintersection
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 10:08:22
Comments:
It's the car,chicks "dig" the car!
Name: ivy
ivy@teleport.com
Location: Portland, OR Uhhh...merica
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 09:45:08
Comments:
diggin' for the Kamakiriad singles... anyone have a link to an online store where I can get? Ivy
Name: Tommy @lasorda.com
@Piazza Delivery
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 09:17:44
Comments:
Giant records: press release.....Giant records announces the trade of Steely Dan lead vocalist Donald Fagen, to the Brothers Doobie for skunk Baxter and a player to be maimed later
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 07:38:02
Comments:
Boy you guys are brilliant- first Bitch comes out with a post sounding like a highschool girl defending her boyfriend, then you guys come up with a blistering ditz on spelling(ever heard of a keyboard error ? - no I don't spellcheck my GB posts) . Then we get weenies(sp?) who don't have the balls to use their real screen names - and james - your new here- I'm not trying to prove anything. I guess I'll have my wife get on the GB to say I'm "100% man" -gimme a break. Talk about homo obsessed- you guys should look in the mirror. Now all bow to your Master, Kinky.
PS Can't the master defend himself(against kidding) ?
(Again- I did'nt start the Kinky/homo thing anyway)
PPS Where is the answer to the Dan related question
Kinky ?They should now call the GB the Sign In Sensitive
Sycophants Guestbook
Name: clas
c@work
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 04:00:39
Comments:
Dingus McGee; it wasn't the official president if you know what I mean. .boM eht
Geena; wow! But that's not a Stetson? Where's your gun?
Today is the best song ever written; "At Centurys End". Cruel intro. Cruel groove. It's a killer as Zeke would have said (maybe he says so, what do I know).
The best country today; USA.
The most goodlooking girls; the female Dan-fans on this GuestBook. The most intelligent persons on this GBook; the female Dan-fans.
ZEKE; who were the members in Doobie's when you saw them on the festival? Were Cornelius Bumpus with them? The two drummers? That conga-player is dead uh?
Name: Dingus McGee
horsestrangler
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 00:35:05
Comments:
Did you all see that the President of Italy responded to Clas? This guest book is the most important web resource ever! Thanks to international exposure like this, many, many, many more world famous luminaries are going to post on this site! James is only a harbinger of things to come!
Yippee,Ding
Name: Clas
Hot town, summer in the city
Location: Hot Town,
Date: Monday, May 18, 1998 at 00:00:54
Comments:
Geena; Clas: "are you bored again and writing anonymous posts?" No, I don't do that anymore, it's no fun when StAl can trace me down, he can trace anyone down for that matter (the IP-address). If you're wonder if I'm involved in Q's and Kinky's loveaffair the answer is no. You are the one and only one, StetsonGirl!
Ole; I saw it coming, but what could I do, from across the ocean? Do you have a megaphone?
Name: Naval Jewley
sonofasonofasailer
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 23:39:56
Comments:
First we drink Manhattan. Then we take Irving Berlin.
Name: Oh Please
not again
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 22:13:05
Comments:
Clas - That last post was not funny!
Name: Q.. stands for
Queer
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 22:05:33
Comments:
Q -- Are you a shit dick?
Name: oleander
desperately seeking Roy.Scam
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 19:47:07
Comments:
Newport News Police have put out an APB for Roy.Scam, last seen heading west, or north, in a snappy red convertible.... Rumor has it he's heading to Warner/Giant HQ, to stand on the ledge of the fourteenth floor and sing "Don't Take Me Alive" until somebody gives him a firm release date.... His family and GB friends have produced a video which will be flooding the airwaves tomorrow at 7 am: "Roy, we beg you, don't throw it all away! The dream you bought is here.... And we'll toss in a tape of Memphis '74...." Cut to Quincy Jones leading us in a mournful chorus of "We Are The Danfans"....
Dolly back, etc.
Name: Spell Czech
dumb@ss
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 19:11:27
Comments:
Q: I see how you try to pollute this guestbook with your feeble-mindedness. If you're going to flame a master blaster like Kinky, you need to invest in a dictionary. I believe it would be more effective. You obviously know the gayboy jargon, no doubt from perusing the man on man sites. I'm sure Mom would be so proud!
By the way, it's "jest" you imbecile...
Name: kid
where is everyone@chat room
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 18:55:07
Comments:
been checking the room all day if anyone reads this and wants to chat at 10:00 well then i'll see ya there. i'm just very bored on a sunday.
Name: james
bored on a Sunday
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 18:42:10
Comments:
Q- I have to agree with the bitch. What are you trying to prove?
Name: james
bored on a Sunday
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 18:40:00
Comments:
Hello everyone. Alas, my work is never done so here I am on a Sunday finishing up. Maybe the reason it is never done is because I am always here. Maybe I'll cut back a little.
Rigs, I have to agree with you about Lisa.
You know, I thought 11 Tracks of Whack was somewhat disappointing. I mean, it was really good and all but what was up with the drum machine?
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 14:33:25
Comments:
Bitch, are you one of Hal's boys - I did'nt start it !!! Plus I have enough respect to know that Kinky can stand up for himself- it's all in gest - I don't even know him- so fuck off you light weight!!!! And so it's ok to be accused of federal copyright crimes but gee wiz - mess around with your little icon's identity and the whole world crashes down on your little pin head. Yea right. Q
PS though- "I think he(you) protesteth too much"
Name: Bitch
ye@h, right
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 14:18:31
Comments:
Q: Why do you insist on saying Kinky is gay? Is this simply a fantasy of yours, you ass bandit? I assure you he is 100% all
man, and not interested in your undercover offers of homo-erotic
fun. Get over it. Really.
Name: Lester the Nightfly
CC73647@aol.com
Location: The Promised Land,
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 13:40:35
Comments:
To Clas and anyone else who wants a copy of the Memphis '74 recording, sorry that I haven't been accessible. Write me at CC73647@aol.com and give me your email address. Then I'll fill you in on how we can work this out. To all fellow Dodger fans: BOYCOTT DODGER STADIUM. Your tickets supply the Fox group with a supplemental income, and for that they trade away a once in a lifetime player whom we all loved.
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 10:28:50
Comments:
Kinky, here's one for you to chew on(assuming you have nothing in your mouth already) - what is Black Friday "version 2" ? I'm sure you have no idea. PS, I not only got that the other day, but also a studio mono mix(including alternate content)- (on acetate shithead)- of Every One's Gone To The Movies - got that one ?
Your friend(from a distance) , Q
PS, why aren't any of these, including the other
unreleased items I've collected over the years yet to
show up on "bootleg", hmmmm................................
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 09:36:14
Comments:
Kinky- you da brownie boy- just look at the GB archives - it's documented by your "friends" ??
Name: Geena
offtoseethewizard
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 08:30:56
Comments:
Clas: are you bored again and writing anonymous posts?
Rigs: the only reason why Clas gets to talk to all the cool chicks is because....he's the Kramer of the GB..that's why...
Name: What really happened
to the guy from Milli Vanilli
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 08:26:53
Comments:
http://home.pressroom.com/jbuckley/vanilli.htm
Name: New Steely Dan
Tour Idea
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 08:22:16
Comments:
How about the Spice Girls as back up singers? They can shake it!
Name: The Amazing Caress Skin...
gottagonow...
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 03:36:31
Comments:
...!
Name: Is that you Kreskin?
damn you're good!
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 03:13:36
Comments:
Higher than clouds.
This is life!
Name: Love is the Drug
meandyou
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 02:34:10
Comments:
I cried when I wrote this letter. Hope my lyrics soon get better.
or
I cried when I wrote this letter. Hope it's cool with Eddy Vedder.
or
I cried when I wrote this song. Tsunami if I play too long.
Catch that Buzz,
LTD
Name: absolutstrangers
sheeshyweesy
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 02:26:34
Comments:
We also have 2 of the flatest hats around...
Name: justthe2ofus
howmuchdothosestampscost?
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 02:19:36
Comments:
We cried when we wrote this letter. Sue us if we play to
long.
Name: justthe2ofus
whocares?
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 02:13:35
Comments:
we don't know, but we're having martinis to maxinies.
Name: yes
geena
Location: that's why,
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 02:07:15
Comments:
and also; what would Fagen sing instead of "El'era del terzo mondo"?
Name: Hey Zeus
jesusmontanamontalbo
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 01:45:14
Comments:
That anonymous was unanimous as far as I'm concerned.
Name: shadycharacter
@thekitchendoor
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 01:27:14
Comments:
Hey tupac, try again some other time. This show is sold
out. We have rules in here...
Name: amousingagain
stillflying
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 01:23:40
Comments:
... GOD I LOVE YOU, JESSICA. You're my true companion.
You are my best friend. Just a thank you to all the great
musicians for making life a little easier. Jessica, you are
not a musician, but you make my heart sing...
Name: themouse
airmail
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 01:17:19
Comments:
... I have, when I'm all by myself. GOD I LOVE YOU.
Let's celebrate! Imagine the things going on right now.
There's a new lead singer, in that big bad band in the...
Now you are there. I see Miles, I see Duke, I see
Benny, the good one, I see Billie with lots of holidays,
Dean the Martin, Sammy the Davis, Frank the Sinatra. I see
the bump man, Wes pulling the harp strings, are you still
here? We are. I see Jeffrey Porcaro, "hey Toto" we're not
in Kansas... take your time boys, we play all the time. You
know Mr. Larry Carlton almost played with them. Some son of
a gun, an agent of misfortune had him signed and ready to
go. But we're glad he back out of THAT contract.
Now the one of all others, my lady luck, my not so
stranger in the night, my ruby baby, my maxine, my tea
partner, my signed in "not so stranger", ...
Name: anonymous
THATSLIFE@IGOTAKICKFROM...ahem
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 00:59:58
Comments:
First of all others, this week has been less than perfect.
GOD I LOVE YOU, she's been feeling less than perfect this
week. GOD I LOVE YOU, she says she's feeling better now,...
GOD I LOVE HER,... now so am I.
The Ringling Brothers billed it as the greatest show
in... don't stop me now. Let's celebrate! The chairman of
the board is in "the house". Come on in friends. Stay with
me now, and open your dreams and passions. Are you with us?
Get in let's go. Now close your eyes...wait! open them, you
have to keep reading. Clear your mind, can you see us. We
can.
That little phenomenon known as El Nino, you know what
that is... nature's confetti falling on us, tears spilling
from the heavens. It's happiness. Haven't you ever cried
just because you're happy?...
Name: Rigs
insomniatic hell . awake
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 00:11:46
Comments:
Why is it, some fans take a distate to 11 TOW? (saw record store gave it **** out of ****)
Why did some rap band sample Josie and irk and ire any SD fan that might, accidently have listen to it?
Lastly, why does Clas get to talk to all of the cool chicks?!
(laughingly speaking)
Lisa wonderful and beautiful as ever
Roy Scam How are ya doin. Pick up a Jamiroquai cd.Brimful of Asha from Cornershop is a groovy tune.
good day Rigs (<:)
Name: Rigs
insomniatic hell . awake
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 at 00:11:19
Comments:
Why is it, some fans take a distate to 11 TOW? (saw record store gave it **** out of ****)
Why did some rap band sample Josie and irk and ire any SD fan that might, accidently have listen to it?
Lastly, why does Clas get to talk to all of the cool chicks?!
(laughingly speaking)
Lisa wonderful and beautiful as ever
Roy Scam How are ya doin. Pick up a Jamiroquai cd.Brimful of Asha from Cornershop is a groovy tune.
good day Rigs (<:)
Name: Heavy Bud
fullbodiedyetlightandsatisfying
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 23:25:12
Comments:
On disk IV of the new Prince release "Crystal Ball", (the so-called Free CD, "Truth"), there is a Dan reference on the song Dione: "I'll make you a martini while we listen to Maxinie". Anyway, I couldn't think of any other Maxine but Donalds and thought I'de pass it on. By the way, disk IV is acoustic and damn good. Prince can play the blues, brother...
Name: The President of Itlay
inthepizzaroom
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 22:06:00
Comments:
Why yes, Clas, Italy is the best country not just today but tomorrow as well! Our tourism department has a wealth of color brochures to send you so your next vist to your favorite country will be the best ever! And thanks to your timely post, I have introduced legislation that will make "Tempted" the official song of Italy when you visit.
Hoping Italy will become your favorite country too,The President of Italy
Name: Geena
Hot & Spicy!
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 20:02:35
Comments:
Clas: why do you think Italy is the best country, because i was manufactured there?
and yes, "Tempted" gets major overplay here...
Name: Clas
c@c
Location: Tivoli,
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 13:49:35
Comments:
Today I think Italy is the best country ever made. And the best song ever made is "Tempted". Have you heard about Squeeze over in USA?
Name: fezo
pl@nning
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 13:27:57
Comments:
A summer Danfest with special guest appearance by St. Al. Cool.
What better gathering place than a concert? Alas, a quick check of the website (www.cellardoor.com) for the promoter which runs all the big barns in Va. and NC reveals a big zilch for when St. Al is around; unless we wanted to convene near DC to hear Shania Twain. Maybe some worthy acts are yet to book for the summer. I'll keep an eye out.
Just watched The Last Waltz for the zillionth time and am wondering . . . is Rick Danko still behind bars in Japan?
Adieu
fezo
Name: Hank Silvers
can you laugh when I go like this
Date: Saturday, May 16, 1998 at 06:12:11
Comments:
Oleander: I hear what you're saying. My source is:
http://hem.passagen.se/tomasbro/wb_eleventracksofwhack.htm#Medical Science
and I believe they're from the printed lyrics of the Japanese release of 11ToW. (Wouldn't have been able to decipher it otherwise)
Name: Clas
c@c
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 23:49:14
Comments:
Did you see that? Oleander called me "honey"! My day is done. I'll be there, Ole!
James; like Ruby put it -I really said it rather tongue-in-cheek, but how were you to know that? Be cool.
Ruby; my eyes are closed. The north and the south.
Geena; Schmooch! "Dark star, let the memory of the evening be the first thing that you think of / when you open up your smile and see me" / S. Stills
Name: D in Wolf #
In my tiny little den...
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 20:41:49
Comments:
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!
Now that's music to my ears.
Name: oleander
does it hurt when I do this
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 20:15:18
Comments:
Kinks--MWAH! I'm so glad you're back, and your old self! We (perhaps an editorial we) were so worried about you. Where do you want me to drop off the Ferrari? I only nicked it.
Stranger than What--Don't fret. Everyone needs a solitary pleasure or two.
Clas--Got it. Sail on over, honey, and we'll have a nice platonic deckside picnic.
St. Al--I'm jumping for joy! Danfest East III!--pretty soon we'll be doing better in sequels than Freddy Krueger. I think I'm open for either weekend; how about this time in D.C., like at the Washington Zoo? Maybe more people could come. Are you all familied up that weekend?
Rube--I wonder if I can still squeeze into that white tuxedo I wore to my senior prom.
Myra--There are precedents for fresh Danfans; ask Sam. Spouses, I dunno, you could try it, but be ready to face a long stony silence on the way home. And don't worry, we all brought our dictionaries last time.
theI--Join me for a latte at Beanstreet's? We'll take care of that whitecoat once and for all.
Hank--Help me with some of the lyrics to "Medical Science." I can't make them all out. It sounds to me like it could also be "wherein the angel tangles with the infidel...."
Name: Geena
spitting out a Zima
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 19:47:12
Comments:
little town blues: I've been singing "Witchcraft" all day today. You're not alone!
stevev just wondering: Yes, i also thought Seinfeld was horrible... all this hype for what? a show about nothing?Clas: your Gaucho analysis is just superb, that's why you're so intense, so deep. James made me mad when he called you an asshole, so i put a spell on him. Viagra can't even save him now!!
Ruby: Yes, we can share Clas, he is too much man for one woman to handle alone. Shall we both show him a good time?!?!? Wow, this GB is getting kinkier every day!
James: Lisa made YOU cry? She put a hex on you? c'mon, here's some kleenex, suck it up, be a Bruin.
Name: Kinky
looking for the Ryder truck th@t moved GK to Manhattan
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 19:00:45
Comments:
GK - You True Brooklynite, you... thanks for clearing up that whole "yada yada" mess... I know this place was all a buzz trying to figure it out.
Estaban - "...can't we keep this a non-dweeb message board", you ask? Well, why the hell not? By the way, got anymore Steely Dan movie ideas? That certainly fits into the non-dweeb category, if I do say so myself.
Q - Man! Why didn't you say so? I didn't know you were so into dick. In that case, I'll bend my rules a bit and set you up with a guy who's looking to trade an acetate of Donald's schlong for some original test pressings or something. He claims that it's a very rare one-of-a-kind and can't be found on a tape tree... sounds like it's right up your brown alley.
BobLovesBob - The Steely Damned in NYC?! Is this true? God, I hope not, wouldn't want you to blow away the real thing and fuck up our chances of seeing THEM here again. After all, we all know why Steely Dan never plays San Diego...
Name: little town blues
bigblue@ceo.com
Location: new york, ny
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 18:02:23
Comments:
i cant get Frank Sinatra out of my head. Its really starting to annoy me. Why!!!!! I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps and find I'm king of the hill top of the list
there it goes again fuck! just seing if any one else is in hell today by the same thing. ok lets try this. i see your picture you name annnnd if i can make it there i'll make it anywhere
its up to you new york new york babababababababababababa ba ba doom doom! christ some one save me from this i cant take it anymore! oh well rest in peace!
Name: theI
caveb@
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 16:28:03
Comments:
me have been avoiding this place that is not. voices teased me with stories. they lie again. they say if me stay away one turn of moon-face, whitecoat known as clas would taste the noise of shiney thunder-stick. they say he lonely man. they say he sheds water alone at night, sleep with tumb in mouth. but whitecoat still here. voices always tease me with pretty dreams.
Name: Dr. Steve
reeling in the jeers
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 15:56:11
Comments:
james: that is why the Steely dudes are stil cool...they have aged....and their tunes were written in such a way....and not overplayed on the radio during the '80s...that they sound great when the scruffy looking Fagen pounds away on them and barks out the lyrics....it was amazing when Becker started singing...his voice now seems perfect for Steely Dan...it's too bad he didn't start singing for the 'Dan say circa 1976...a song like 'Everything You Did' seems right up his alley......now if they can woo Mike McDonald back into the fold that would be a great concert!
Name: james
j
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 15:45:55
Comments:
Thankyou for the comforting words, stevev. In all reality, I suppose it is a lot less likely for Steely Dan to dramatically change their sound. I mean, Pink Floyd is more of a producer pleasing band than a fan-pleasing band. Or maybe that is what happens when you've played psychedelic music for most of your career. It just becomes embarassing to pretend like you're tripping when you've got your eighties clothing and receding hairline. I think I might have expanded on this more than I needed to.
Anyway, I am going home now so farewell, steelyheads.
Name: stevev critic
re: new Steely sound
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 14:02:59
Comments:
James: don't be afraid of a new sound...I can remember when Aja hit the airwaves...it was a bold movement away from what was then called 'Album oriented rock' and into a disco/jazz/pop...my old rock n roll buddies couldn't stand 'Aja'.....so I made new friends!.......
Steely Dan finally got lumped into the jazz fusion playlists w/ Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, Return To forever et al... does anyone remember WRVR-FM in New York???
5 years ago this month!:Kamakiriad is released!...'Tomorrow's Girl's hits #40 on Adult Contemporary chart.....
20 years ago this month: Deacon Blues (badly edited) hit #19
30 years ago: Fagen and Becker get stoned.....write wierd songs later issued by Kenny Vance (much to their chagrin)....
Name: james
*
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 13:47:16
Comments:
Nancy-- I think its exciting as hell that Steely Dan is going to start producing more albums. At the same time I am kind of scared-- I hope their sound doesn't change too much. I don't know if I could handle another Pink Floyd-style change in another one of my favorite bands.
Steve-- I have to agree with you about the Seinfeld finale. It was so awkward and it lacked humor. Oh well.
Name: YGK
..
Location: New York, NY
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 13:44:23
Comments:
...Exciting if you're in to old news...
Name: Not My Nancy
tomr@nbt.com
Location: Peyton Place, VT
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 13:37:34
Comments:
Excuse the diversion from the hot'n'steamy, gettin'-to-know-each-other thing, but did anyone else notice this on Hoops' Dandom Digest:
Warner Brother Records and Giant/Revolution Records
Announce New Long-Term Pact...
Among the key releases by the company for 1998 are albums by
legendary Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson and Steely Dan, both on the newly
revived pop arm of Giant Records.......?
Kind of exciting, no?
Name: stevev just wondering
@Hoboken bus depot
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 13:35:52
Comments:
didn't Sinatra ever do any Steely covers on some tv special...like 'Rikki' or 'Deacon Blues'??
wasn't the Seinfeld finale lame as hell?
Name: james
disappointed
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 11:55:23
Comments:
clas- Sorry to offend your language with my fucked up syntax. I was just trying to be cordial, Asshole.
Name: clas
c@c
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 11:52:27
Comments:
I just don't get it; what's so great living on a junkyard?
Name: Clas
c@c
Location: center of universe,
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 11:46:25
Comments:
Brooklyn South or Brooklyn Heights?
SO, Ruby, my next question; what is "crabby"? Edgy?
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately on Gaucho (the song). At the time when Fagen wrote the song, Becker were into heavy drugs and alcohol. As Fagen puts it in Brian Sweets BIO; -Music wasn't Walters first love anymore. So the song make sence if you listen to the lyrics in that perspectiwe.
"Just when I say boy we can't miss, you are golden, then you do this". Get hooked, disappears from the sessions, etc. The gaucho is the drug, the wedge, the poncho, elevator shoes (you were high, very high) and the studs that match your eyes (the eyes of a stoned man). Got it Ole?
Name: YGK
mhunter@bear.com
Location: New York, NY USA
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 11:29:41
Comments:
...Kinky - how sweet....
but how Wrong!
Name: I really live
IN NYC!!
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 11:21:27
Comments:
"...Let's all bow and have a moment for gentelman gold keith who still lives in Brooklyn..."
Name: TheStranger
Saluting Hoboken
Location: Trying to, Envision Eyeful
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 11:09:20
Comments:
Confession: My wife hates SD. Ann & Abby both suggested hard-core drug therapy, but i'm still recovering from a quick blood change in Geneva so I'm not sure about making this leg of the trip. Stick with me, Eyeful. I yearn for you tragically..
Name: clas
c@c
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 10:50:45
Comments:
Myrna Eyefull; are you in some way related to Myrna Minkoff?
Name: clas
c@country
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 10:41:48
Comments:
James; yeah, hm, very good swedish, you got some words wrong but who the hell am I to critisize? But what the fuck; get your SYNTAX RIGHT FUCKHEAD.
Ruby; I'm saving all my love for you.
Geena; I'm saving all my love for you.
SunnySam; I'm saving all my love for you.
Lisa; I'm saving all my love for you.
Oleander; I'm s I'm sa I'm sa I am sailing, I am sailing.
StAl; good, there is a driver on the top after all.
Name: Myra Eyefull
justwantobewheretheactionis.com
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 09:24:08
Comments:
Tell me more about these Danfests. Can anyone come or do you have to have all of the SD words engraved on your brain?
Are spouses welcome or would they feel uncomfortable around all of this camaraderie? Reading about the last one sounds like you guys became "pretty close".
Oleander: I'm not too thin skin, I just feel that I need a dictionary to enter on the GB.
Lisa: Roy. Scam and Mr. Fez sound hot! I go for men in sports cars but I question if they are going through a mid-life crisis. Too much baggage!
Myra
Name: steve v dan
@the rat pack casino
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 09:18:54
Comments:
The 'kid from Hoboken is gone!
Here's to the Chairman and his generation.....Dorsey, Bing, Basie, Quincy...Jobim...Frank played with them all and sounded great with them all!
"driving like a fool out out to Hackensack...drinking his diner from a paper sack....Ole Blue Eyes don't live in that New Joisey city no more...."
Name: james
good morning!
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 09:04:03
Comments:
Q-- I am sorry for taking up so much space here. I just have so much to say. Unfortunately for you guys though, its all quantity and no quality.
Geena- For the record, Lisa made ME cry. That woman has magic powers . *sigh*
clas- I went through all the trouble to learn some swedish phrases and you didn't even acknowledge my effort!
I am in a good mood today people so maybe I will leave you alone for awhile. Probably not though
Name: StAl
stalfnzo@seanet.com
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 08:38:36
Comments:
Hey now! Though I may appear to have been absent for the last month or so, I've still have my eye on all of you! Especially you Clas...
Anyway, been playing around with a new web page. Thought you might want to check it out. It is very much work in progress.
http://www.seanet.com/~stalfnzo/collector/collector.html
So, can we talk summer Danfest? Just booked the wife and kid on a 10 day trip to the east coast. August 14th - 23rd. Doin the DC thing the first part, but will land in Va Beach around Tuesday. Not too far from the last Danfest I believe. So what do you think?
Off to the Gorge to see Dave Matthews today. Should be a cool 50 degrees and rainy. I think we're going to freeze our asses off. But so what, it's DMB. Steely Dan plays it smarter. They always show up toward the end of the summer when its hotter than a pistol (usually). I have a feeling this has more to do with their aging bones...
StAl
Name: YGK
..
Location: New York, New York New York
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 08:32:25
Comments:
"...let's all bow and have a moment for Frank Sinatra..."
Name: *
!
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 07:56:55
Comments:
Fat chance on the Dan release in 98. They're not even close to being done.
Name: John henry
records galore
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 07:55:27
Comments:
2002, hmm that should just about cover us for the neww one I think.! 1998, forget about it.
Name: DrMu
SmokyFriday
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 07:47:07
Comments:
We're choking here in Texas due to farmer, developer, and El Nino driven wild fires in the jungles of south Mexico and Central America. Doc Kelly, can you breathe?
Things have been hectic here, but I'm interrupting James' nanlysis session to bring you all 2nd hand information from the front, which is already a bit cold. The source is the SDDigest, so forgive me if you've seen this...and, of course, as always take it with a large chunk of salt:
>From: George Kelly
Subject: Warner/Giant Press Release
Warner Brother Records and Giant/Revolution Records
Announce New Long-Term Pact
Entertainment Editors Ù
Irving Azoff, Giant/Revolution Records founder and owner,
and Russ Thyret, Warner Bros. Records Inc. chief executive officer and
board chairman, announced a new, long-term agreement between the companies
that will continue and extend the marketing and distribution of
Giant/Revolution product by Warner Bros. through the year 2002.
[]
Internationally, Giant/Revolution will continue to be distributed by BMG.
[]
Among the key releases by the company for 1998 are albums by
legendary Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson and Steely Dan, both on the newly
revived pop arm of Giant Records; guitar phenomenon Kenny Wayne ShepherdŠs
album, Trouble Is, which is currently approaching platinum sales;
hard-rock ensemble Kilgore; and singer and songwriter Michelle Lewis.
Name: RubyBaby
H@PPY BIRTHD@Y LUCKY HENRY!!!!
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 07:45:41
Comments:
GEORGE : Of course I still want a lullabye! It's so *you* to notice something like that! Bruno would love to have seen you, but understands that family comes first. My PC was amazed at your phenomenal command of the language. (But I'd really like my lullabye to be in German, please). Du liegst mir im herzen.
Clas: You know me best of all (except my PC) I suspect that's how you guessed so quickly. *Knickers in a knot* means either that you're worried, or crabby, or upset about something. (In your case it meant crabby). But maybe it was I who was crabby. You now have your kiss back, with interest, and your space and your comma, and your dots...
RoyalScam: You don't need Clas's share - yours is more than sufficient! I'm going to ask Oleander to help me with it.
Oleander: You're the girl who goes! I'm sure it was just an oversight of the Major's not to invite you. I think he ought to ask you to be the Best Man.
Geena: You know I can't steal Clas from you. But I think we'll have to share him a bit from time to time. He's too much for one woman to handle alone, don't you think?
rb
Name: Clas
c@work
Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 at 01:03:50
Comments:
Puuuh.
Pete Vogel, come back, all is forgiven.
Name: TheStranger
home at last
Location: in a , helium balloon over fast-rising trees
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 22:55:58
Comments:
It's folly to read too much into dan lyrics. They weren't written by guys carrying plastic pen holders in their breast pockets. If you're into that stuff, go off and do crosswords. There are no secrets here, only subtleties. So nobody break any more rules or I'll cut your rations again..
Name: TheStranger
turn if off already
Location: somewhere, in Afghanistan I think
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 22:27:49
Comments:
Who programmed that disgusting organ screeching in the background of this site? i'm sick of these damn earmuffs, i tell you.
Name: jumping jimmy
rape me@eye level
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 21:51:01
Comments:
james your killing me. and lisa you egg him on.
Name: oleander
doublethink
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 19:55:58
Comments:
...and Happy Birthday, Lucky! Gotta get you off work next Danfest, or bring Danfest to you.
Name: oleander
don't bogart that nitro
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 19:52:30
Comments:
Myra--the only thing you might be lucky enough to learn here is not to take anyone seriously. Including yourself. And by the way--grammar. Sorry! It's my neurosis, like reading the GB forever before signing on.
maj--What, stepping out on YGK already? Now didn't they base "Deliverance" on something that happened on the upper Delaware?
lisa--does that make me the only distaff type who has not been susceptible to Clas', uh, charms?
stevie--how about Daniel Day-Lewis instead? He's good at forbidden love--"My Beautiful Laundrette," "The Age of Innocence."
I gotta know if the news is true--somebody help!!
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 19:51:57
Comments:
James, can we keep the posts to 3 per day per persona.
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 19:51:48
Comments:
James, can we keep the posts to 3 per day per persona.
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 19:50:43
Comments:
James, can we keep the posts to 3 or less per day per persona.
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 19:47:35
Comments:
Geez, James - you got me -I guess I was obsessed there with your penis, but only because Kinky instant messaged me yesterday pleading with me to find out more about your penis(he's shy). He also wondered if you might have access to a Viagra prescription. Q
Name: Judge Geena
Fez.... i mean.... Pez Court
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 19:31:08
Comments:
James...who are you and why do you make my
Lisa cry?Roy: sentence this man to lock up, take away
his internet privileges and make him spend a few months with Yoko.Clas: love you darling...i'll write soon..
SMOOCH!!!
Name: RubyBaby
*
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 18:44:19
Comments:
I recommend that everyone try the recipe for Red Beans & Rice from Lester Nightfly.
Hoochie MAMA!
rb
Name: james
:-)
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 15:37:39
Comments:
...with bells on!
Name: lisa
tour de t@ille
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 15:33:54
Comments:
james: i forgive you...now why don't you come and visit me over in the other room?
Name: james
*sniffle*sniffle*
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 15:21:34
Comments:
Ok, now I understand. I apologize for not trusting you and trying to make you jealous and whatever else I've done in my rage. You truly are a goddess.
Name: lisa
mender of the mort@l's heart
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 15:17:22
Comments:
james: i wasn't including you in the "up for grabs" bin o' studs because i planned on keeping you for myself...i am willing to extoll your virtues, but not for public consumption.
"gettin' jiggy wid it..."
Name: james
going on about this
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 15:13:05
Comments:
Why is it that beautiful women find it so easy to use men as pawns in their little games? So I'm not a choice cut of meat. That doesn't mean you have to leave me to rot.
Name: james
heartbroken
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 15:05:57
Comments:
Listen to you, Ms. Hypocrite! Where did this double standard come from? I was just kind of hurt that when you were describing what was so great about every other guy in this gb, you conveniently forgot me.
Name: lisa
your foolish ch@rlie pride
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:58:02
Comments:
james: you should be satisfied with my attentions, and not be seeking "sidemeat" to season your greens...i am highly offended.
Name: james
getting riled
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:56:31
Comments:
Q- why are you so interested in my penis?
Name: james
not lying
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:48:14
Comments:
Lisa- I wasn't going to cheat on you, I just have the desire to be desired. She could never touch you.
Name: james
Q finns a foga manslem
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:46:50
Comments:
Q finns a byfane, a mycket dum person, a tok, nej?
Name: lisa
m@nly perfection
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:42:37
Comments:
myrna: believe me girl, clas will grow on you...BUT he already has so many ladies, and ruby and geena are tough competition...
however, roy.scam and fezo are tasty tidbits for you to consider...both are geniuses, handsome and experienced in the art of amour (marcel?)...roy has a cherry convertible he can escort you about town in...mr. fez has an imaginary friend who writes haikus...i'd say both are prime beef, and i bet oleander and samantha will confirm my opinions as truths.james: one friggin' day and you're already cheating on me? you are such a scoundrel.
Name: james
Jag sjalv fanns a tafatt eller bortkommen person
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:41:30
Comments:
Just saying god dag and a mighty hej to all the Swedes out there (clas).
I just have two more things to say to you:har man sagt a far man ocksa saga b(har man borgat far man fortsatta
Vill du skicka mig smoret, det finns lite brod kvar.
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:36:06
Comments:
James- sorry to inform you that 1250 SAT scores does'nt even get you on the Steely Dan GB little man, but I will admit that you are upstaging the "old" Clas in the "Quickest Ascent To Status Of El Supremo Asshole of the GB" category - keep it up, but only for another day or two. So your penis is 1250 nanometers long?- very impressive!!!!
Name: james
...
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:26:17
Comments:
That's rough, man.
Name: TheStranger
igoldman@prodigy.net
Location: XX, CA USA
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:16:52
Comments:
You damn nerds who set this thing up! It's not working! I just poured my heart & sould into a message to myra eyefull and the damn thing never got on the board! Was pure poetry, i tell you, a cross between dostoevsky (with a y, not the i stage) and becker/fagan in '81. That's it. I refuse to starve in this garret any longer. Anybody got a matchbook cover that can show me how to make trillions in the Internet biz?
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:15:42
Comments:
Not sure if this qualifies as a Danvention but...
Lucky Henry and the maj© will be navigating the Upper Delaware River Friday thru Sunday. Hankins to Port Jervis. Check your maps.
Its also Lucky's birthday Sat. (although he'd never tell ya) so we got some special libations and sensations to stagger the mind. The sunshine and high water levels should be enough.
So if you're in the area, listen for sounds of Dan echoing thru the caverns.
"...by the blackened wall he does it all, he thinks he's died and gone to heaven.."
Happy H.B. Lucky!!
don't take me alive, maj©
Name: james
Ferme la bouche...
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 14:02:02
Comments:
Mangez-moi.
Name: james
how silly of me
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:59:59
Comments:
Marcel, I appreciate the correction. I only took one year of french in highschool and all I can say is "I don't know" "I love you" and "Give me the cheese, please" -- however, I hardly write these phrases down so I am somewhat ignorant to french grammar. Actually, I'm somewhat ignorant in most respects. J'mappel le jolie frommage???
Name: Marcel Marceau
@mime.com
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:55:44
Comments:
James:
Correct translation of I love you: je t'aime
Translation du jour, eat me: mangez-moi
For your next class, please use both phrases in the same sentence.
Name: james
Lore-a
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:49:23
Comments:
my penis and my brain ARE the same size. I scored a 1250 on the SATs, does that turn you on?
Name: Dr. Laura
AM 1250
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:47:19
Comments:
James, James, James, you pathetic little pervert. It's obvious your penis and your brain are the same size. By the way I AM the queen of all media. Howard and Rush are very good friends of mine, matter of fact Howard is my therapist. Now, we are here to talk about your problems. Hang on... producer says that's all for today, James remember it's your mother-in-law.
Name: james
fear of rejection
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:46:28
Comments:
Myra, what am I, chopped liver??????
Name: Myra Eyefull
justwantobeloved
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:44:05
Comments:
Lisa: I don't know about Clas, he didn't warm the cockles of my heart after he corrected my grammer.
Tell me more about Roy Scam and Mr. Fez- skin tight and out of sight---too bad!
Myra
Name: james
shooting stars (aka : target practice)
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 13:23:31
Comments:
Tom- some of us just cannot fit the stereotype of a real man (especially Myra) You know that video where that girl dressed up like a bee is made fun of until one day she finds a field full of bees just like her? Well, Myra and I have the same problem except we came dressed like butterflies and so we're not sure if we fit in in this bee world. Such a problem causes a lot of stress and sometimes we have no alternative but to cry---SO BACK OFF!
Dr. Laura: You think I have problems? Who is trying to be the next Howard Stern or the next Rush Limbaugh or the next G.Gordon Liddy or the next Dr. Ruth. Maybe YOU should get some therapy. Besides, incest is best. Why keep it in your pants when you can keep it in the family?
Name: Dr. Laura
AM1250
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 12:57:59
Comments:
James: The problem here is you mother-in-law. She is an evil woman. I think once you stop comming on to her you will return to your old ways. You must let go of the spell she has cast upon you. So, grab your pecans, and tell her to GO AWAY!
O.K. line 2 is open...
Name: Tom Hanks
(or in the Guestbook either)
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 12:50:58
Comments:
Myra, James:
Rogers Hornsby called me a useless pile of pig shit on a day that my parents drove 300 miles to see me play. And did I cry?...No!...Why?...because there's no crying in baseball.
Name: james
crazy?
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 12:48:19
Comments:
Look, I am not mentally unstable. I am just easily excited and quick to point out the shortcomings of others. I'm a jerk, not a loon. It may come across as Jekkyl and Hyde but that isn't what it is. I'm just misunderstood like Van Gogh or Tiny Tim or Tanya Harding. Besides, the group thinks I am almost ready to go out into the real world, although the doctors have a different opinion.
Name: Dr. Laura
AM1250
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 12:42:32
Comments:
Myra: Stop feeling so damn sorry for yourself. Why should you give a shit if you fit in. Screw everyone on the guestbook
O.K. Look, I know you had problems as as child... hang on,
we have to go to a station break. Hang on Myra,...
Name: james
hurt
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 12:41:52
Comments:
What about me? After all we've been through, you won't recomend me to your friends. Don't make me have to start talking about my girth again.
Name: lisa
@gr@phi@
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 12:39:53
Comments:
squire james: i'm glad you decided to stick around...but from now on, try to stay on an even keel...mental health is a priority on the sign in stranger guestbook.
myrna: you must immediately fall in love with clas...he is the key to your success as a female contributor...roy.scam and mr.fez are also viable options, and both look mystically alluring in skin-tight pants.
Name: TheStranger
igoldman@prodigy.net
California
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 12:12:51
Comments:
Myra Eyefull, why didn't you say you were miserable? Then of course you fit in here. By all the powers vested in me through dreadful experiences I shall not bore you with, I hereby accept you into jagged circle. Now, can you lend me money?
Name: james
decided no to commit suicide
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 11:41:11
Comments:
Myra- To me, you already are completely accepted. There was a time when all of us were new to the Dan and it is somewhat exciting to think of how it would feel to hear this stuff for the first time all over again.
Ruby- apology accepted. Oh, and sorry about that permanent lullaby business
Lisa- You never cease to amaze me. J'taime. Your words melt my heart. Oh, and thanks for the bud.
Name: YGK
mhunter@bear.com
Location: New York, NY
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 11:24:00
Comments:
Myra: First of all, I would have to say that we don't fit in either, which is why were are all here. So if it seems that some of us 'fit in' and you don't, well, get over it.
Secondly, with all the yadayada typing going on, it should be stated from a true New Yorker, that Steinfelts, "Yadda" thang was merely a transference of street slang from a certain type crowd. I heard "Yadda" in school back in the early 80's. Jerry & Co. did NOT make it up...
jeez!
ygk
Name: Steve v dan
gone to the movies
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 10:57:54
Comments:
film idea #00998
'Green Flower Street'
plot/story: a early 30's 'regular' type guy...sort of a fuck up..plodding along through his 9 to 5, works on the upper east side for some Market Research firm, blah, blah, begins whirlwind romance with a beautiful chinese girl...blah , blah, conflict of cultures/families....blah, blah, they break up...she has fight with her family (Lou Chang her brother burns with rage of course) and regular guy and beautiful girl elope to scenic Bellmore , Long Island or Lindenhurst....maybe Keanu Reeves for the leading male...blah, blah, blah, yadah, yadah yadah..
(boy this anti-coffe purge I'm on is zapping my once bright intellect)
Roy: was that a David Palmer interview? There are pics of him in a new book about 'Midnite Special' tv program from the '70's...boy was he dweeby looking...not cool enough for hip beats Dias,Becker,Fagen, Katz et al...didn't Palmer have another group for ABC Records circa 1978????(Ultimat Trivia)
Name: Myra Eyefull
clueless.com
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 10:52:37
Comments:
well I see that this is a pretty tight bunch of danophiles who scoff at virgin danfans who try to learn some pearls of wisdom from the group. Perhaps you could enlighten me on what it takes to be a danfan on the GB. It may appear that I have been living in a house with "clueless inmates" but on the contrary, I seem to be the last in my family to know so little about Becker and Fagan. My music interest lies with Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Ben Folds Five, yadayadayada...
So tell me guys, what is the big deal? Help me to understand why you fit in and I don't.
Miserable Myra
Name: RubyBaby
me@my big mouth
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 10:06:36
Comments:
JAMES: I sincerely appologize for what I said. I never meant it to be so hurtful. I really said it rather tongue-in-cheek, but how were you to know that? I humbly ask your forgiveness. I care about what you think. And I care about you.reelin' in the post, rb
PS. St.Al - would you please censor my May 13 post to James?
Name: oleander
New One Reality Check
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 10:01:27
Comments:
Repair immediately to the Digest, ye squabbling pickers of nits, for some REAL (possible) news: Press release from Warner/Giant/Revolution: "Among the key releases by the company for 1998 are albums by legendary Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson and Steely Dan, both on the newly revived pop arm of Giant Records...."
Can it be? Not just premillennial, but just around the corner?!?
Truth, or dare?
Name: lisa
i come be@ring gifts
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 09:46:49
Comments:
james: here is a joint, a tira misu latte and a box of kleenex...now pull yourself together, man!
Name: james
boohoo
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 09:20:56
Comments:
Just wanted to say hello to all of my enemies. It hurts to think that my fellow Danfans cannot handle someone as benign as myself. I am just trying to get a rise out of you-- You will have to excuse me while I cry softly to myself
:(
Name: Roy.Scam
i.work.on.the.male.train.can't.buy.a.thrill
Va Farfrombergman
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 05:49:42
Comments:
Nut: Thanks for the Palmer interview. I guess life after Dan can be good. (Myra--Can life BEFORE Dan be good?)
Steve V.: Suggested final scene: Robert Blake, shot from his Electroglide in blue, sits, bleeding, in the middle of the highway in a barren stretch of desert. With his last defiant gasp of breath, he looks up and says, "Oh yeah, just wait till Josie comes home."
I heard Aniton's spoken Bodhissatva intro on mainstream radio yesterday. They didn't play the song; they apparently just liked the introduction.
Geena: We all had a little trouble remaining hetero after Yoko came along.
And speaking of the Lennons, is Sean oedipusing or what? (Oleander--Can I use oedipus as a verb?)
Ruby, Babe E.: Do I get Clas's share of the consolation prize?
Bob (the Eskimo) Dylan: Can a Slow Train Coming create doppler effect? I don't know; I've never doppled.
Clas: The Musician Magazine with the Tom Barney interview is ,indeed, the July 1998 issue. It must be a publication ahead of its time. Maybe we could get Messrs. Becker and Fagen to use that same chronological frame of reference.
RS
Name: were
in
Location: Sweden,
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 05:25:32
Comments:
else we think; -where in Sweden? -In Stockholm. -Oh, Stockholm! Yes, a wonderful place!
Name: Clas
c@w
Location: where ever I lay my cat,
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 05:22:27
Comments:
Bob Dylan; remember the last time you where in Sweden? You were very drunk. You decided to take a walk on your own from the hotel to the gig. And you got lost. The audience had to sit and wait while you were stomping around Stockholm. Finally a nice woman showed you the way. And now you're coming back to Stockholm the posters are telling me. If you want some help from the hotel to the Globe, call me. Anytime.
Name: Bob Dylan
thetimestheyareknockinonheavensdoor
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 01:38:26
Comments:
there's no doubt a little tension has wired the web as-you-now-see-it. remember a slow train comin' could be a fast train leavin' depending on whether or not the cosmological constant is in style. i call it blond on blond with a weekly tint. and damned if some young girls still don't faint at the sight of davey jones. believe. if it whines it's gettin closer and if it moans it's headed for outasight. nothing's broken. every crack is a lucky break. the red-shift gets tangled up in blue. then you can only take me alive.
eskimo pi,bobby
Name: CLas
c@work
Location: the old plantation,
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 00:35:41
Comments:
Gap Brandy; the Swedish word for it is "plåga" (the word "pest" is also a Swedish word, it means "plauge"). How we deal with it? Well, we can't. If you have seen a Ingmar Bergman movie you'll know what I mean.
RubyBaby; "knickers in a knot"? What is that? And ok, it will work (children, Kawai). And I don't care about the dots as long as I get a kiss. If you don't kiss me I will go from 43 to 5 in a nanosecond.
Who's going to marry YGK? Maj®?
Schwinn; what is "Time Out"? Could that have something to do with Time Out Of Mind?
Geena; yeah, Yoko is a strange "woman". i'Ll bE wit hyous oon a tyourwo rk.
Name: Gap Brandy
strongerthandirt
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 23:36:13
Comments:
Clas: What is the Swedish word for "pest"? Also, how do you deal with pests in Sweden? Give them a Disco Apocalypse?
Your Redneck Friend,GB
Name: kid
james and the giant asshole.com
Location: your momma, nc forgot the name
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 21:54:42
Comments:
hey thanx for your opinion and facts about sampling. I agree totally and a added thought i realized a positive to sampling. It could open new minds to other types of music. if kids listen to these songs and trace the samples to the original artist and maybe it can open a gateway to real music for them to listen too.
no pun intended! i see you must be a musician too. unfortantly for me i dont make a living off of it. oh well wish in one hand and shit in the other. james, dude please! trade in your tandy 1000 buy a sega and leave the book alone. you need to take your aggresions out on donkey kong! not the book and the very nice people on it.
peace and love to YGK,lisa,dragon,not bl and forget your name!
Name: Geena
@themarina
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 19:51:09
Comments:
Alright everyone, I leave for a few days, come home to catch up on some posts in the GB, and what's this I see?, a pathetic version of "As the Dan Fans Turn"?
Someone is having (or trying to) have an affair with the lovely Lisa. Clas is cheating on Geena with Ruby, good thing she's Geena's friend. And what about James? who is this man?
Do I need to stay tuned for another episode? Let me check in again tomorrow.
Clas: sorry, I don't have a scanner, but when i get a pic of me on my bike, I promise to email it to you. How about a pic of me in a cowboy hat? And yes, i know David Geffen is gay, but you know, he was really trying to be hetero, until Yoko came along.
Goodnight my swede, i mean "sweet" prince, e me, m'i no eht tenretni ta krow won.
Name: TheStranger
igoldman@prodigy.net
Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA US of A
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 17:27:18
Comments:
Dear Myra Eyefull, your tragically sweet honesty has won my heart. You're new to SD? I assume you've been doing a long jolt somewhere that houses clueless inmates who listen to nazi country or kill-whitey rap. And yes, it is too late to join the club. You are the last chosen and so must henceforth be scarred by the vicious, pitiless detritus who are the bulk of SD fandom. most of us have been driven mad by the lack of new SD creations. only i understand you.
Name: Estaban(steve)v dan
psycho is as pycho does
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 16:48:14
Comments:
hey james:
I post here frequently with either
a. steely related tidbits or b. steely inspired rants and raves, usually good for a few snickers or snappy responses from Roy Scam or Clas or Oleander...and so far none have them have implied that I've lost my sanity........can't we keep this a non-dweeb message board??????
Name: james
James' Final Thought
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 16:40:11
Comments:
At least for today, this is my last note to the wise. Please hold your applause until the end of the message. Anyway, as I was saying, it is time to go home now so I will have to say goodbye until tomorrow. Let me half heartedly apologize for taking up so much space in here with my dumb-ass nonsense. I know that putting a message in here is a sacred ritual which I have debased beyond anyone's imagination. I love Steely Dan as much as any of you ( and I love lisa more than any of you ) so you will just have to get used to me. This is james saying goodnight and may the best of dreams plague your head.
Name: james
back off a little, would ya?
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 15:01:20
Comments:
Let me tell you something, George. I am like a swarm of locusts feeding upon your precious crop of messages. You can beg and you can insult, but it all just fuels my SPPS.
P.S. At least I don't say SHTOOPID
P.S.S someone needs to sing a permanent lullaby to Ruby-- and in the style of James Taylor-- if you're taking auditions, show me where to sign up.
Name: james
just asking
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 14:32:47
Comments:
oleander-- Is there some kind of status that goes along with reading the guestbook before you sign it? YOU are the supreme Steelyite. I'm not worthy!
Name: George
known@the.masters.chambers
Location: familiar places, you know
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 14:30:16
Comments:
RUBY, I read all the way down the GB and then I realized no-one had a lullabye for you. Y'know, I had it in my suitcase, but it never made it to Bruno, although I's glad I's able to talk to your PC. So, to make it short, wants you still a lull-o-bye? Lemme know.
James, wanna break the Clasmaster record (of SPPS which stands for Shtoopid Posts Per Session)? You're pushing really hard here. As for the balance, I really feel with you when you offer your open heart to these ladies. What romance! What a night!
Sigh'n' off. Let George do it.
Name: james
Regarding esteban
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 14:09:54
Comments:
And someone called me psycho?
Name: james
greetings
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 14:07:26
Comments:
Hello Fezo-- I for one am so happy to see a *familiar* face. :=+
Name: esteban v dan
Hollywood @middle name
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 14:07:13
Comments:
Tyrone Power, Victor Mature and Dana Andrews...with special appearances by Frederic March and Chuck Heston in:
The Life and Times of Dan of Steel c. 1998 Fage/Becke Prods.
all appearances done by digital imageryplot: Victor Mature (Dr. Wu) diabolically has plotted to turn William Wright (Tyrone Power) into a zombie....Dana Andrews (Bill Burroughs) is a drugged out book keeper who's secret lover... Rudolph Valentino (Gaucho) is an ardent fascist P2 member who's father Frederic March dances to loud tango music blaring from an old am radio......
Dr. Wu: "Hello William.....I've prepared a drink for you it is called....a black cow...."
William: "Sounds good....will it improve my (s)ex life?!!"....
Dr. Wu: "It will allow you to commune with angels olde boy....dark angels!" (corny music inserted here)to be cont.
Name: fezo
re@dingwithwonder
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 14:03:03
Comments:
Good God, i don't check the GB for two days and it becomes virtually a novel a day. or perhaps better phrased in these modern days and times, a virtual daily novel.
no sage (?) comments, haikus, or harkening back to the glories of Danfest 2, just checking in.
oh yeah, Roy, be glad lisa left you only the head of a NASCAR engine in your bed. I irked her and the next day found the entire set, Yanni, Life at Budokhan, in my CD player.
Name: james
planting the oleanders
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 13:51:53
Comments:
Let me rephrase-- I know how to treat REAL women.
Name: Intrested
Prty
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 13:48:34
Comments:
YGK: D&W received all publishing royalities from the new rap song in addition to the cash payment. Since the rap song sold over 500,000 copies, D&W made out like bandits. It's amazing the amount of money a Top 10 record can make for it's "writers" these days...
Name: james
?
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 13:46:11
Comments:
I'm not interested in what diet pepsi has to say
Name: oleander
in search of ol' blue eyes
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 12:56:28
Comments:
James--HI THERE!!! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW??? then lay off the Jolt and chill. A suggestion to those who think they know how to treat a woman and then dis Ruby: Think again. And ask me how long it took me to post after I started reading the GB.
Clas--I told you! !lrig fo dnik taht TON m'I! PS, ole's home page is under construction, and I don't want to talk about it right now. I will in a week or two.
Myra--you obviously know plenty, judging by your attitude toward Mr. Becker & his axe. I'll talk about Ben Folds Five anytime.
Ruby--you go, girl. I've tried to engage the maj time out of mind about his intriguing theories, even cajoled him with drinks, cigars, and neckrubs, and what do I get? Not even an invite to the reception.
Roy & Schwinn--now that I've picked myself up off the floor, got any ibuprofen for my sore sides?
Name: DanNut
noemail
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 11:36:01
Comments:
Here's an interview with DP.
http://nj5.injersey.com/~joer/bob/palmerqa.htm
Name: lisa
i'll spring for the p@d
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 10:37:29
Comments:
james: i got us a room over on this guestbook:
http://Mercury.GuestWorld.com/wgb/wgbsign.dbm?owner=PursuitOfTheBanal
can you bring a bottle of merlot and a bic?
Name: james
clarifying
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 10:35:40
Comments:
I was crying not calling you a son of a bitch.
Name: james
lonely by lis@
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 10:28:39
Comments:
Does this mean its over? I really don't have anywhere nice to take you. (except to the point of ecstacy) So the other guys were mean to you. I know how to treat a woman. At least I know how not to treat a woman (thanks to Jerry Springer). Well, I suppose all the problems of a pathetic Steely Dan fan and a goddess don't amount to a hill of beans in this world. SOB!
Name: lisa
n@ughty by nature
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 10:14:02
Comments:
james: we aren't allowed to fog up the steely dan gb window with our romance...i did that once, and paid the price.
can't you afford to take me somewhere nice?
Name: james
Moan-a-lisa
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:59:38
Comments:
There's nothing anti-climactic about me, sugar lips
Name: james
Moan-a-lisa
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:53:44
Comments:
Lisa, I was wrong about you. You seem like a decent girl. One thing is for sure anyway-- you kick RubyBaby's ass.
Name: lisa
don't fe@r the reefer
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:51:47
Comments:
james...that was completely anti-climactic!
i've used all my candles hot waxing young male nipples, but thanx for the advice...wanna be my helpful, hardware man?
Name: james
I was smokin with the boys upstairs....
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:41:00
Comments:
Also, Lisa, what you so is light a candle and tip the bowl over the flame and hit it that way-- trust me -- that method is much more effective.
Name: james
Lookin for some hot stuff baby you know it
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:39:24
Comments:
Lisa-- I can't go out with you but we can be friends who have sex if you insist. Actually, I am on a network so I can't get into chatrooms. And that is not a cop out so don't give me any crap..
Name: lisa
scientific @merican
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:38:56
Comments:
come on james, baby...i've got my microscope all ready...
Name: lisa
smoking a bowl with a zippo is h@rd
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:26:36
Comments:
james: come over to the chatroom and prove yourself...
Name: james
to um
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:22:40
Comments:
Dont talk about my girth, just love it.
Name: james
The Dick Clark Conspiracy
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:21:24
Comments:
Haven't you seen American Bandstand? They did not necessarily play their intsruments and it was definetly mindless.
Name: um
yeah
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:20:00
Comments:
big girtha: you truly are delusional.
Name: YGK
Big Apple
Location: NYC, NY
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:19:37
Comments:
Ruby: Quality, baby, Quality
James: Disco is better than hip-hop. Why?
They PLAYED the instruents.
Name: james
!
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:16:16
Comments:
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I am doing something constructive, thankyou very much. Self-stimulating takes a lot of effort. Especially in my case. This overwhelming girth.
Name: lisa
r@w like sushi
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 09:12:55
Comments:
james: don't worry that tiny little brain or yours...i would never put my hooks in a chunk of spam.
now stop self-stimulating, and do something constructive.
Name: james
Amnesty International for equal rights
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 08:58:39
Comments:
Thankyou for the condescending attitude, Ruby. It really made me put things into perspective. Now I know that it isn't everyone on here that is irritating -- it is just you.
Name: RubyBaby
enjoying the ride
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 08:54:44
Comments:
Clas: What's got your knickers in a knot? Yes, it's Little Kawai. And it's not pathetic. They just sing *they don't love you like I do* at the end. NokissNospaceNodotsNocommas
Sweet Baby James: There is a young Dan Fan who lurks at St. Al's. His mouse and his keyboard are his only companions. He works in his comments and he waits for an answer. Waiting for someone, someone to say *you are here*...
You know, there's a certain Major Dude who posts so many endearing things and he doesn't get a response much of the time. And he never complains. Now that's what I call a Real Man.
Yet, now he's going to marry YGK. Why, Major, why??
James: we're going to have to *break you in*.
Rb
Name: james
hip hop inferno
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 08:50:10
Comments:
ygk-- kudos. I think in the future the music of today will be laughed at in the same way that disco is laughed at today. It is mindless and sad. Have you heard the Allsaints with I Know Where its At? They blatantly take a section of the Fez and use it as an intro to their song. It really burns my ulcer when people at work insist on playing that tape. They also cover Under the Bridge by the Chili Peppers which creates a whole new genre of digestive disorders.
Name: YGK
intheCoreoftheApple
Location: NYC,
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 08:40:26
Comments:
KID: While I find sampling to be morally repugnant - from a musician's perspective - it is the basis of most hip-hop, and the 'music' they 'create' using samples of real musicians work, is, in itself, a vacuum. If sampling continues, samplers will, in theory, eventually use up the music that has been made. Hence, eventually, they will have nothing left to sample. While musicians historically have 'borrowed' from other musicians, they have borrowed styles, approaches to an instrument, or approaches to a song. Those musicians still had to make their voice heard: a performed/played interpretation of a solo, or sound, is based on the root of the original created music.
Sampling, and hip-hop, is not music that is 'made', it is one-dimensionally fabricated 'cut and paste' sound.Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz use of "Black Cow" was documented in a recent issue of Rolling Stone, I believe, where the duo complains that they had to pay $120,000 for the rights to use the song. From D&W's perspective, they are getting the clip of BC heard in a different format, and getting paid well for the use thereof. Fans of hip-hop frequently learn the source of the samples, which would, theoretically, expand the original music's audience. This is not a bad idea. However, for Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz to 'complain' about paying for the usage is complete and total ignorance. My take on hip-hop and sampling has always been, "if you like the sound, reproduce it yourself; play the music yourself; learn an instrument and give it your own interpretation - don't sample the work and then rap over it and call it your own. I think thatt's cheap, lazy and stupid.
Have I listened to hip-hop? Sure
Have I dug it? Sometimes, but I accepted it as the form that it was, and not something greater.Legal Usage: My producer's wife is the lawyer for Grandmaster Flash. His most recent work took several years to complete due to his obtaining the rights of various music he wanted to sample. As far as I know, and using "Black Cow" as an example, I guess you have to pay homage and $$$$ when you borrow/steal/sample TWO BARS of a given tune. Note the repetitive pattern used with LT & PG. I hear it as two bars, although, depending on the meter, may be four.
So D&W made some bucks on a piece of BC - good for them. I don't think that price was high enough, though.
YGK
Name: james
lookin for love in all the wrong places
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 08:37:42
Comments:
Myra-- you can do what you like with your sweaty meathooks. : )
Name: james
*
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 08:34:26
Comments:
My stepfather used to go to highschool with Bruce Hornsby. They weren't good friends or anything but he does have yearbooks with Bruce in them. Apparently he was the only white guy on the basketball team.
Roy: I dont need no stinkin' vouches
Myra: Thankyou Ann Landers...
Schwinn: 1. c
2.a
3.d
4.c
5.b
lisa: I'm back-- and there is no way I am cyber-kissing you so keep your sweaty meathooks off!
Name: Clas
c@w
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 07:19:46
Comments:
Myra Eyefull; " Are we still allowed to mention Ben Folds now and then?" No, we are not. And remember; three dots and space after comma.
Name: Myra Eyefull
good,clean ready to be made
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 06:45:22
Comments:
Ive been reading but never posted to this fine site. I've been a little intimidated by the closeness and cleverness of this bunch of Danophiles; but, unlike some others, I am capable of witnessing a conversation without feeling rejected by it. Please take me in. I've only recently started listening to Steely Dan and I know almost nothing. My first ventured opinion: If that's Walter Becker playing lead on Black Friday, then he can do all my guitar solos forever.
Are we still allowed to mention Ben Folds now and then?
Myra
Name: clas
c@w
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 06:10:24
Comments:
James; and never talk down Sweden. Are you a Jackson Browne fan? Bruce Hornsby? What do you think about Ben Folds Five?
Roy; and what do you know about the JULY issue of Musician? July -97? By the way; .esimorp, uoy morf rednaelO laets reven lliw I
Name: Roy.Scam
you.shoulda.come.to.me.sooner
Va
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 05:06:58
Comments:
The July issue of Musician magazine has a one-page interview with bass player Tom Barney about working with Steely Dan. He also throws some well-disguised compliments at Roger Nichols. It's worth reading, and you can probably finish the whole thing in the store before the clerk asks you if you're 'planning to buy that'.
James: There's no reason an ambitious, loyal young fellow like you couldn't make it into the inner guestbook family. You take care of a few jobs for me, I can get you proficiencied out of that quiz of Schwinn's. Follow orders and play a good clean game; maybe you could even be made, if one of the Dons vouches for you. But I wouldn't cross Lisa. I questioned her authority once and found the severed head of a NASCAR engine in my bed the next morning.
RS
Name: Schwinn
marriedtothemamba
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 02:47:41
Comments:
James: You are absolutely correct. People who hog the guest book for their own pitiful motives should be disrupted with other mindless posts until all guilty parties agree to a mutually acceptable "Time Out Period*".
Yes, James, that's the way it would be in a perfect world. And since this guestbook is as close to "El Supremo" as physically possible, all you have to do is take this short quiz to see if you qualify for a place in, "The Room at the Top of the Stairs"!
1. Donald looks like he's going to hurl. Is the date:
a. 5/16/67
b. 11/8/72
c. 01/02/81
d. Can't recall the date but will never forget the smell.2. Walter tricks Donald into believing Yoko Ono has the hots for him. Donald reacts by:
a. Contacting that Hinkley freak he met in Hawaii
b. Changing song lyric from "Fester" to "Lester" the Nightfly.
c. Refusing to become a "Traveling Willbury"
d. Insisting on photographing her for "Aja" cover3. On the day Jerry Garcia died, Walter Becker was seen:
a. At his usual haunts
b. Enjoying a pint of "Cherry Garcia"
c. Beginning work on his own line of ties
d. Truckin'4. On that same day, Donald Fagen was NOT seen:
a. Undersea by rail
b. Under seige on bail
c. Mowing his father's lawn
d. Behind the big casino on the beach5. Donald and Walter are currently:
a. Communicating only through their attorneys
b. Both having affairs with Stevie Nicks
c. Fighting over that "Pez" contract
d. Collaborating on the new song, "Jesus is Just Allright for for a Reformed Jew".
Well, there you have it James. No secrets. No special handshakes. No embarrasing high-school math questions. I'm looking forward to your answers cause, by golly, I want a new friend!
Scholastically,SEMB
*(Does not apply to Clas)
Name: clas
a skinny man with no shoes
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at 00:22:17
Comments:
James; I tried that once. Didn't work. Look out for the censoremachine.
Ruby; After kisses I think we deserve space after comma too.
Not little Kawai? That would be pathetic.Lisa; thanks. Thanks for email, I'll be with you as soon as my Prozac starts to work. What's the address to Ole's HomePage? Is it a secret?
Name: Mock Turtle
Finals
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 19:52:02
Comments:
Must...stay...awake....
Name: lisa
b@r-barella
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 17:29:40
Comments:
come back, james...we could use another psycho around here.
Name: james
snicker
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:49:31
Comments:
Name: lisa
guff@w
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:48:32
Comments:
james: bring it on, mofo...i am the regulator of this gb...think you can take me?
roy(the supreme being)scam: i humbly beg your forgiveness on the eye color thang...i must have been seeing the reflection of the sky in your peepers.
clas: a goatee is an attractive style of beard...you know the one: just enough hair to frame the mouth and cover the chin...oh, and let's not forget the soul patch...that's the sexy little tuft of hair that grows right under your bottom lip.
ole: girl, nobody does oxygen like you...
*i want to send a shoutout to kid*--see you in the chat, homey.
Name: james
A fond farewell
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:46:20
Comments:
I suppose I will go now. My work is done here. However, you will see me here again tomorrow to stir it up once again. This is the time to reflect on what you are doing, my little ones. Donnez-moi le frommage et le chat.
Name: james
being for the benefit of Mr Kite
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:38:52
Comments:
By the way, I will have you know that I have my schizophrenia under control due to medication. I'm the rude one? Who is making fun of a person's mental disorder which they cannot help? Excuse me while I call the United Way police.
Name: james
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:35:13
Comments:
I'm not trying to be rude. It just seems that in order to get noticed around here you have to be obnoxious. I am speaking for the little guy. The one-time signer. Intimidated by your overwhelming circle of friends that have taken over this area. If you aren't a worshipper of this guestbook you are not even replied to. That bothers me. What would Walter say?
Name: james
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:31:40
Comments:
Oh I am so sorry. You people are so wonderful. You are true fans of the Dans. I am so humbled and humiliated.
Name: C.L.
here@laughingpines
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:29:30
Comments:
looks like Clas has a brother
Name: james mind
dipshit@james mind.cum
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:22:44
Comments:
james dont forget to take your prozac. i keep telling you to leave these fine people alone and get a life of your own. remember if you cant say anything nice go fuck yourself then. now get sober and give me control of your body again thank you,
your split personallity
p.s. stop playing with yourself!
Name: james mind
dipshit@james mind.cum
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:21:47
Comments:
james dont forget to take your prozac. i keep telling you to leave these fine people alone and get a life of your own. remember if you cant say anything nice go fuck yourself then. now get sober and give me control of your body again thank you,
your split personallity
p.s. stop playing with yourself!
Name: james
trying to annoy you
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:09:23
Comments:
OK fellow Steelies. I have acquainted myself thoroughly and I am loving it. You people are going to have to scroll past my messages even though I am not one of the elite five or whatever you call your little guestbook clique. I am the biggest fan you cannot touch me I will do nothing but post messages for newcomers to be forced to go through but not dare to touch. I am the SUPREME STEELYHEAD. Hey clas royscam ruby lisa --I'm talking to you! Bring it on! Jerry Springer, I'm coming home!
Name: james
so what are we
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:02:38
Comments:
Are we considered Steelyheads? Dan-O-Philes? Steelies? Dannies? Or just genuises? (probably not me though).
Name: james
Now I own this guestbook!!!!!
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 16:00:25
Comments:
Idalee its you I'm thinking of... I actually used to have a girlfriend named Idalee so that song is quite special to me. Not that any of you care. Just signing in. And yes, I am strange. Did anyone here see Jerry Springer last night? It was a great one; although, I only got to see a total of five minutes or so due to the fact that the entire thing was censored. I have a secret lover. God, I'm in a good mood.
Name: james
No KIDding
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 15:51:46
Comments:
I wouldn't mind the sampling if it was some kind of tribute. However it is painfully obvious that some producer somewhere came up with this bullshit.
Name: james
tsk tsk
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 15:48:44
Comments:
Anyway, what is going on here? I love Steely Dan and I assume you all do too but there is a time when you must move on. There is more to life than the Steely Dan guestbook. Try getting a job or something. I thought I might see what kind of strangers might be signing in here but it appears to be about five people who are well acquainted. Why not retreat to America Online and leave this room to the passers-by?
Name: kid
blunt@gainsville green.com
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 15:44:50
Comments:
can someone verify for me on this whole sampling thing. do these no talent artist acually need permission for the original artist or can any person just take a song dub some words on it and acually copy right it. i dont think that is possible. the reason i ask i just heard some stupid rap song using only about 4 bars of black cow as their music while very annoying lyrics were dubed over it. someone please tell me fagen did not sell rights to black cow to this "rap group" for a quick buck! i like to send some love to lisa, toodles, radar, harshfx, and dustindispear see ya in the room!
Name: RubyBaby
sunmaid@soggy.com
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 15:08:13
Comments:
mWorld (whose ass looks neither whupped nor sorry): I've decided to get Showtime again. The Scot in me has prevented us from enjoying some of those little luxuries. But now I see the wisdom of letting my more *eolithic* side take control a smidge. (That's the Swede in me). Now you know of the battle that rages within on a regular basis.
Tell me about Mose the Fireman, please! Is that WalterBecker on the soundtrack?
Clas,RoyScam: 3rdWM is a good guess, but a miss. Here's a hint: it's on a solo cd. But you both deserve a kiss for trying!
rb
Name: Huh
@
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 14:41:19
Comments:
Come on guys!
It's LAID at Bayside
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 12:22:44
Comments:
Lonnie: LADY Bayside.
Dan Sighting (well, hearing): Guitar solo from "Don't Take Me Alive" on Rush Limbaugh.
Name: Roy.Scam
place.the.c.d.on.my.tombstone
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 11:30:40
Comments:
Sammy Face: I've got two words for me too: JeffBaxter, MichaelOmartian, RickDerringer, ElliotRandall, JoeSample, MarkKnopfler. (How's that for two words?)-- You are correct, but how late and over budget can you risk being? I'm facing a strong actuarial probability of not witnessing the culmination of this album. --Would those Beatles albums still have been just as good without the contributions of Eric Clapton and Billy Preston. No. But would they have still been great?
RS
Name: Sammy Face
doogie.com
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 09:10:32
Comments:
Major Dude and Roy Scam --- I have only two words for you
LARRY CARLTON
Name: Jimmy The
Greek
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 09:05:10
Comments:
Major Pud..I will bet your psychiatrist's bill that the "new one" won't be out till at least 2000, and more likely, 2001.But keep dreaming, we all know you do that very well.
Name: Roy.Scam
your.eyes.sparkle.like.suffocated.geriatrics
VA
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 08:59:47
Comments:
maj: I'm with you on W & D doing the solos. Did they not create incomparable solos on "Fire In the Hole", "Black Friday" and "Bad Sneakers"?
Clas: Yes, I owe you; and I received your package. Thanks. Forgive my deriliction of response. I'll get to it soon.
lisa (or is it a-lisa): Great imagery, and I actually felt complemented having my eyes compared to an oxygen-deprived old bitch. However, for total metaphoric accuracy, the lady would have to turn brown during the strangulation process.
Clas and lisa: Now stop acting like Portnoy and Carrie Fisher, and call your mothers.
Ruby: Was it Third World Man? Was it as effective as Ray Stevens' use of children's voices in "Everything Is Beautiful"?
Babylon Sister: Post again; louder.
Dr. Mu (sub naught(y)): "Time and length approach infinity." --A mighty boast indeed. I hereby withdraw from the competition.
RS
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 06:42:01
Comments:
DUD LOVER: Uh, Kama? That was 1993, unless you're one of the *new* fans who just picked it up. By the time the new one is out, it'll be 1999.
.......new........dan......more........need.......w+d......new...solos......
maj©
Name: clas
cl@w back
Location: Happy Sun Town,
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 05:14:45
Comments:
Lonnie; one strike and you're Volvo.
Name: Lonnie
Late@Bayside
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 04:57:59
Comments:
With his car pointed down Seventh Avenue he questioned whether or not D&W would possibly create a "Second Arrangement". C'mon guys I know you have it in you, how about one last college try. I'm pretty sure it was a good song and would make a great addition to "the new one".
Name: clas
c@w
Location: Mudcity, ptuii, barf!,
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at 02:06:21
Comments:
RubySugar; it's Third World Man?
Little o' you: we don't wear any shoes here in Sweden either.
Lisa; what's a goatee?
Oleander; what kind of girl ARE you then?
Geena; scannerquestion; if you had one you could take a picture of your bike, scann it and send it to me with an email. I'd also like to take a closer look at your fingernails. And when the smellscanner is invented I'd also like to get the smell of your perfume.
Name: kid
rosenair@mindspring.com
Location: st pete,
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 21:35:48
Comments:
i thought i was the biggest dan fan! after reading the guest book i have a lot of catching up to do. i have of course all the compilation cds a few others like royal scam, but if anyone can turn me on to other live cds or things the average sd fan like myself just hasnt heard i would be thankful!
i like to send out some love to lisa,dragon,toodles,radar,and i know i'm leaving people out but ya know who u are.
see ya in the room!
Name: oleander
she's gotta have it
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 20:26:49
Comments:
Dr. Mu-nut--Like I said, never trust a constant.
Clas, Roy--Break it up, boys! I love both those tunes, and I'm available for mediation; my technique is to force both of you to listen to me sing both songs until you run screaming into each other's arms....
YGK--love that fever dream! Talk your own talk, son, and forget those arrogant courtsiders.
Spike--love your movies, but chill. Everyone these days samples everyone else's vernacular.
Ginger--Enough psychopathia already! As I told Clas, I'm not that kind of girl.
Brenda--So how does Viagra work for a female, from whatever planet? Dead giveaway: you are seeing the telltale Viagra blue haze....
lisa--have you no shame?? How humiliating--to reveal my drug of choice--oxygen--and that little vignette at the Danfest when my concentrator shorted out from the spilled Cuervo.... At least we didn't all get blown up.
Name: kid
rosenair@mindspring.com
Location: st pete,
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 20:03:22
Comments:
i thought i was the biggest dan fan! after reading the guest book i have a lot of catching up to do. i have of course all the compilation cds a few others like royal scam, but if anyone can turn me on to other live cds or things the average sd fan like myself just hasnt heard i would be thankful!
i like to send out some love to lisa,dragon,toodles,radar,and i know i'm leaving people out but ya know who u are.
see ya in the room!
Name: Alyssa
The Body Mathematic
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 19:49:05
Comments:
Doctor Mmm, Mmm Good: I'm positive you are lengthy in both duration and mass. But, my intellectual geyser o' love, I AM a constant. A fleshy quantity that retains a fixed value. Steady in purpose and affection.
Now do I qualify or not, Sugar?
Name: Reilly the "Sasso"
trunkofunk@sprint.ca
Location: T- RON-TO, CANADA
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 17:55:06
Comments:
STEELY CATS
PERHAPS DONNNY AND WEEBEY CARE TO LOOK F'DAT BEAUTIFUL SURVIVOR. COME ON DARLING....GET IN LEEYETZ GO!
YEAH I BE PUTTING THE CUT BACK INTO MY STRUT WITH ALL THAT FAT STEELY CATS DIG OUT SHEITEZAJUST. MAN, WHOEVER GIOT A CHANCE TO SEE THEM, YAH YOU KNOW FOR THE FIRST IF YOU 30 AND UNDER; THE BEST SHOWS THIS MOTHERFUCKA HAS SEEN IN A CARREER! THAT IS BEIN' FROM THESE DIGS FOR 26!
I THINK I'LL GO TO THE PARK,
WATCH THE CHILDREN PLAYIN'
PERHAPS I'LL FIND
IN MY HEAD
WHAT MY HEART IS SAYIN'R-FUNKSTA.....THE PHATTEST OF CITY CATS
CHECK MY WEBSITE @
www.sheridanc.on.ca/~saso
later days ,steely ways
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 16:50:09
Comments:
Kinky! I told you the Asian factory was shut down - why don;'t you sell the Ferrari and we can get a fresh start . You never know what you gan do with $15000 .I'll bet you right here that there is no DTS SD show-heads I win,tales I win.
Name: RubyBaby
my raisins need more sun!
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 15:13:31
Comments:
Who was it that suggested D & W use *family* on their next aural candy creation?
To whoever that was: I know you were joking. I think it's mainly the subject matter of SD songs that makes your suggestion so absurd. But since you brought it up, I've been able to hear children singing at the end of one song in particular. They reapeat the short chorus. It pierces my heart.
Can you guess which song?
rb
Name: mWorld
South of the Raisin Capital
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 15:03:08
Comments:
Hi gang,
Just FYI, was debating whether to haul my sorry, whupped ass out bed Sunday morning or watch more Showtime when, to my eolithic glee I heard the Ellington-esque strains of Becker and Beasley's "Mose The Fireman" soundtrack. I was soon treated to the full illustrated version...about twenty minutes worth. 'Hmmm', I cooed, this is a 'must have' for the truely obsessed. I'll just have to pop in to http://www.showtimeonline.com and get the next play time...well suffice to say, it doesn't air again this month, and Showtime isn't gonna part with the June schedule till JUNE, so I can't tell you when we'll see it again. I just thought it might be of interest to you, my friends, to know this is little gem exists since the CD out of print...happy taping(eventually).
Maj©, I think you might be over-correcting on that 'funky one alert'...at the very least I'd get a 'pre-nup'...
mW
Name: THE MAJOR IS
dreaming again
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:57:39
Comments:
OK MAJOR DUD--- I would like to hear Joe Sample on every new tune, also Larry Carlton,Steve Gadd, Puddie,Kahn,etc.I already JUST heard D&W and the record was called Kamakiriad... Now give it to us boys... GAUCHO Part 2
Name: rare millionaire
dropping a line
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 14:32:22
Comments:
Hello fellow Dan fans! Although I am not well acquainted with any of you I am quite sure I have found the best people on the net. I can see that this sight is more than a guestbook for you people. Perhaps I will return with interesting anecdotes as they happen, but then again, perhaps I won't. Who knows, who cares... I'm not sure if any of this matters, but I am currently in a band called Acid Lake. I have always been a fan of Steely Dan but I must say that until you actually play their songs, you cannot understand how truly talented a writer Donald Fagen is. Lately, my favorite cover that we do is King of the World. What a great song! Well, I better go.
Peace, pot , and microdot!
Name: lisa
huh?
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 13:12:27
Comments:
little o' you: what are you apologizing for? is the 'little' in reference to your tiny member? golly, i always get an optical spasm when i see a small package...it's ok though, friend...i have a forgiving nature...and besides, we don't wear any shoes down here in north carolina.
can somebody tell me why no one seems to like YGK? is it because he has a goatee?
Name: YGK
mhunter@bear.com
Location: New York, NY The city so nice they named it twice ...
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 12:57:51
Comments:
Johnny: I don't think there is a 'sound' of today - it's all jumbled and corrupt by 'samplers'.
Name: O' man I'M Pissed!
My neighbors called the cops!
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 12:57:35
Comments:
Hey Macadamia Nuts, I just fried my Cerwin Vegas and now
those fuckin' lamas are distorted!!!
Name: Johnny
the playroom
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 11:51:24
Comments:
John Henry: wait, the worst was the Sun Coast Dome, in Tampa
1996. Sound was a stinker. Guitar player *%#$@ !
Dallas '94. Now that was da bomb.(I'm not from Brooklyn)
When, (that's not an IF),the guys go back out, my only request will be to start the evening out with AJA.I look back on the past work of Dan. Every LP had a sound to match the time. Aja, had that funky disco beat of the 70's, Gaucho had some of that and that early 80's thing, and so on.
What will the new one bring? What the hell is today's sound called?
Name: Little o'me
Apolgies...
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 11:44:15
Comments:
Hi Clas...&...Hi Lisa
If I stepped on your toes,
Allow me to shine your shoes...
Name: Arnold Sniffles
@a LUAU
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 11:19:12
Comments:
Green Acres is the place to be
Fine living is the life for me
I just adore a beach house view
Darlings, I LOVE YOU, just gimme some of those fuckin' fries!
Name: YGK
mhunter@bear.com
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 10:24:45
Comments:
...some things never change...
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 10:16:09
Comments:
IF, (big IF), the boyz are finished the basic tracks for the new one, then by now they're holed up in some studio, out of the rain, laying down their own solos before the session boys are brought in.
WALTER AND DONALD: I'M TALKING TO YOU!! Do your solos and stick with them. It's you I want to hear. If I wanted to hear Joe Sample, I'd buy Joe Sample's albums. Damn it. Play your own shit.
BTW, I'd like to announce that my gaucho amigo, YGK, and I are getting married and moving to Philadelphia to work for the City of Brotherly Love where same-sex partners can now get benefits. Isn't that sweet, honey!!?? I love you. Just wanted to clear the air.
maj©
Name: lisa
@hoy
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 09:21:17
Comments:
roy.scam: thank you for giving a nod to my own brand of sentimental mother/daughter nurturing...i had a swell cursory parental tribute day, but none of that hallmark shit...i stayed holed up in the back room with a revolver and a fifth of absolut...what better way to say "i care" to mommy dearest? really though, i'd rather have you as my maternal unit of measure...i like the way you throw back shots of cuervo...not to mention that your eyes are bluer than a dried up ole bitch with her oxygen supply cut off.
ahhhhhh...the imagery.
p.s. hi mr. fez and oleander
Name: DrMu
beyondthetroubledskyway
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 08:58:41
Comments:
Roy: For those with empty minds then C appraches infinity! - BTW: It must be µ(subscript o) for mu - naught(y). As Ole pointed out nothing (especially Alyssa) is constant. So we must integrate again with respect to time to get flow.
Alyssa: Darlin', I'll see you on that event horizon where time and length approach infinity (not that I need the help).
Name: Spike Lee
antiwhite.com
Location: BROOKLYN, NY
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 08:06:10
Comments:
Hi Gold Keith.. Welcome back! I forgot how big a jerk you really are. Nice dream, sounds like you and Major are sleeping together, that is "the sweetheart" your taking about, is it not?QUESTION: I want to know why you try to sound black when you talk? Is that a Brooklyn thing?
Sorry for so many questions, just trying to avoid all the bullshit here.
SL
Name: The Mayor
down@the ledo
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 06:51:08
Comments:
Dear Mock,
Thanks for the reference to the soundtrack I was looking for. Another question: Is it worth buying? Also, can you regonize the song Leno's Band covers every once in a while just before the commercial break.
Once again, thanks all to much for the info. Kamfire
Name: John Henry
records galore
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 06:48:49
Comments:
Questoin from a Fan: probably not since the Saraytoga show was one of the worst of the '93 tour (the crowd was lame and the band responded in kind...)
Name: YourGoldKeith
@NYC
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 06:18:10
Comments:
Ole-O: hey-yo, had to go, glad to be back and chat some mo'.
There's new art in Brooklyn, O, yes, at the 12SB. Come to Brooklyn, I'll show you around, and show you some great art - interested? Manhattan is cool - spending a lot of time 'developing' artistic voice. I might have the fortune to hire the Jazz Passengers horn section for my trax. Got the Bear job, good day gig, and got e-mail thanx to Bear. Don't surf like I used to, but I'm still here, most likely, ignoring all the BS. And you?and then.....................................
"......I dreamed I was going to a Steely Dam gig, and there was tons of Christmas paraphernalia all over the town, by the shore. Walter had long hair, and sang lead. The background singer chicks were way cute, but I was with my sweetheart and couldn't engage anyone. Walter was bitching that a lot of his guys couldn't make the gig, so he had to get guns for hire, and didn't know where the hell they were.
After I had a few drinks, the band started playin', and they were a bit weak, and fuzzy. But primarily the soundman kept on checking out of the gig, amidst the occasional brilliance, . The board mix was awful, and if it wasn't for the tight backup girl chix shakin' it on Babylon or several other happenin' tunes, I would've left earlier, but I was hoping the mix would get better with the drugs - alas, dude.
At one point, Walter asked the crowd if he sounded like Donald, and got a weak response - 'like, what? man, you sound like what?'
the tunes were cool, the overall night was less than brilliant, but I kept on thinking one of the singers wanted to buy me a beer......"
(A grossly distorted and late remembrance of the STEELY DAMNED gig back in December)
Name: clas
...dad is rich and mama's goodlookin'...
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 05:49:39
Comments:
Should be; ...dad is dead and mama's a pain in the ass... you're on the toilett pissing, you hear the phone ring and you hurry like a fucker (could be a customer) and who is it? Mother. Guilt. Depression. She is so lonely. I never call. And on and on and on and on.
Roy; yeah, you're right. What A Fool Believes is a better song. But way back then, Gimme Some Lovin was the best song ever. Have you received anything from me yet? And you owe me, don't forget.
I listened to Bodhisattva yesterday, the old Civic-version and then I listened to the AiA-version. It's a difference. The old is so much better, there's so much energy in it. They were young and hungry, and a little pissed too I think.
Name: Roy.Scam
take.out.your.false.teeth.and.see.how.they.float
VA
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 05:34:18
Comments:
Dr.Mu: Milano and calculus. Good combination; definitely not linear. The actual constant, as we discussed months earlier, is T/M, which makes Time out of Mind [T/M * M = T].--BTW, is Mu not the statistical symbol for the entire universal population? Tough name to live up to.
Ginger: The dentures they reveal: Life IS unreal.
lisa: hope you had a happy cursory parental tribute day. does hallmark have a card for that? (attention female parental unit...).
Clas: You have to choose one favorite song; it's the rules. Since "What a Fool Believes" is a much better record than "Gimme Some Lovin'", I'm assigning you that one.--As to whether you're required to choose one favorite Guestbook lady, I'll leave that up to them.
O momma,
RS
Name: clas
c@w
Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 at 03:45:01
Comments:
Geena; (you know that Free Man In Paris is about Geffen?) did he really promise you all that? Hmmm, and he dated yoko? Strange, 'cause the guy is a fag.
Willa: that's ok. When YOU do it, it's art. You are a great artist Willa. No problem.
Me Again; sure. And you are... ?
Best groove ever; "gimme some lovin", Spencer Davis Group.
Name: Me
Again
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 20:03:25
Comments:
Did anyone catch Drew Zing and Adam Rogers (Lost Tribe & 11 TOW) playing together with singer Alana Davis on Rosie O'Dykel?Hey Q .. You never know about that suround sound Gaucho show.. do me a favor when you boot-leg that Yes show send me a copy.
Clas.. Do you still love me? I love you!
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 19:07:16
Comments:
RE: YOU GOTTA WALK IT LIKE YOU TALK IT...
Okay, lest people think I'm insane...
The album really WAS available through CDNow! I swear it! I ordered it on Thursday, and got an e-mail confirming my order. I must have hit some kind of "window of opportunity" there, because now I see that it's no longer available. Sorry, guys.
mt
Name: Willa 'C'- Original Gangsta
@faux pas
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 17:50:36
Comments:
Oh shit, Clas. Sorry about the double commas. The shame of it all...
Name: Willa Catheter
tubul@r
Location: An Ax, An Apple,, And A Buckskin Jacket
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 17:46:09
Comments:
Did anyone else see the performance of Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page on Saturday Night Live? My cheeks burn hot with this confession, but I rather liked the song they did. Am I okay? Do I need immediate help?
Agreement and "disses" are both welcome.
Name: Q
FLAROOM
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 17:13:32
Comments:
Recently I noted the newly remastered version of Gaucho by DTS in 5 channel surround sound - I just saw that Yes is doing a tour sponsored by DTS( and Jack Daniels) in full discrete surround sound. Here in Tampa the show is being held at a beautiful performing arts theater. Should be a pretty awesome experience, particularly for Yes material- who knows maybe the Dan are next with this(not) on the Spring '99 Tour. Q
Name: Question
From A Fan
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 14:07:59
Comments:
Does anyone have the bootleg 2-CD set "Steely Dan: Summer of '93" which is from the Saratoga NY show? Is it worth buying?
Name: gordy
g.urquhart@abdn.ac.uk
Bonnie Scotland
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 12:45:51
Comments:
Kashi,
Well thats as good as anything. I dont know if you got it or not, but Cathy Barberian is a REAL porson, she lives outwith the scat. She was married to Luciano Berio, a chum of Stckhausen et al and composer of a series of works called the" sequenza" on hom not to play musical intruments eg hitting trombone of cookie barrel, porking trumpet etc. Number two was the vox humana and the Cath performed it like a women on the verge of a nervouse breakdown - two voices, two mindsets. Erie or what? Check it out. There is another good one by him too, whose name escapes me, but check it out also.
Sir, may I check your cultural baggage?
Gordy.
Name: lisa
yikes!
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 11:45:34
Comments:
is there a place (like stockholm, maybe?) where there's lotsa vodka and no holidays? oh...and absolut(ly) no cursory parental days of tribute.
excuse me while i regurgitate.
schwinn: tell the queen mum she is the one and only maternal goddess...and give her my regards.
Name: Return to Brenda
sunspotbaby
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 03:01:05
Comments:
Gap: You are the sphinx of cervixia--the elastic in my azimuth--the herodotus with the mostesus! I remember you, you sly shockaliese! You stole my panties as a gamma chi and here you are again stealing my heart as easily as you replicated my pheremones our freshman year in sub-atomic particle charming lab. I'll never forget that look on professor sticky's face when you synthesized a hump-backed whale! I sure felt like shamu!
Can you believe the natives of this planet? I see nothing but blue sky and immeasurable positrons while these thick-skulled jungle burners FEEL they have to take a pill in order to deal with their good fortune! Well, you've always said that the aesthetics of gain have nothing to do with pin numbers. Maybe the inhabitants of this rock can't take anything seriously unless they have to pay for it?
Doesn't this whole scenario remind you of the conditions on Dylatia IX shortly before my father bought the entire sector for some glass beads?
We can really have some fun here, you swashbucklin' sheolsian--but first, call your mother and tell her you could not love me if not for her...oh, and bring zeus a bottle of viagra.
Name: Almost Forgot!
Charlie Byrd@lost&found
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 00:11:08
Comments:
I found the Maltese Falcon, under the trestle, a long time ago.
Name: PETER GUNN
@they're gunnin' for me
Date: Sunday, May 10, 1998 at 00:03:24
Comments:
DR MU, I am shakin' in my BAD SNEAKERS!
Name: About those smiles, I mean Miles...
Holdon@lotsmoretocome...
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 23:53:11
Comments:
My favorite Miles? Wait a second,...don't stop me now...
I'll get it. Yeah, maybe it was Tutu, or maybe it was
Porgy&Bess, I think it was Quiet Nights with Gil Evans.
Anyway, that's what's coming. Good fresh things...to those
who wait. Why are you still up, don't you know tomorrow is
Mother's Day? Hay Walt, "Happy Muthas Day", and don't forget,
the captain's not cooking tomorrow, a.k.a. giggles. Maybe you
should spring for some syruppy ORE-IDAS! Same to you RUBY!
Health & Happiness to You all,
O'me
Name: RUNE
No luck with the hunt
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 18:14:28
Comments:
The intro to "Reelin`in the years" from "Alive in America", now that`s a real beauty...
Name: Stranger
SteelyD000
Location: No, yes yes
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 16:23:56
Comments:
Cathy Berbarian Changed my life .....
Name: I. M. Flack
Burb@nk
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 13:18:01
Comments:
Press Release
NBC Television
Burbank, California
May 8, 1998
We deeply regret to inform our loyal viewers that the scheduled airing of the final episode of Seinfeld has been delayed indefinitely. Two of the episode's guest stars retained creative control (they had brillant attorneys) over their performance and have decided that it's "just not right". It is anticipated that many more trips to the studio for retakes and overdubs will be necessitated. Thus, expect to see the final episode of Seinfeld about the time Haley's Comet comes back around.
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 13:07:21
Comments:
RE: YOU GOTTA WALK IT LIKE YOU TALK IT...
But it isn't listed under "Steely Dan," but rather "Becker and Fagen." Tricky, eh?
Glad to be of service,
mt
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 13:00:01
Comments:
RE: YOU GOTTA WALK IT LIKE YOU TALK IT...
Yes, it is now in at CDNow. I know this because I just ordered it. It used to just have the info, but now it is in.
Name: stevev v dan
up on the hill
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 12:09:09
Comments:
re: song interpretaions....my two cents woth for this week....
Your Gold Teeth II: possibly inspired by Burroughs early '70's novel 'The Wild Boys'....and I think the term "gold teeth" is in Naked Lunch, although I haven't looked at that weird book in years......I think there is a lot of Burroughs influence in the early stuff, although I am sure B/F would deny this....
You Gotta Walk It....soundtrack is available at Saturn Records in Oakland...the Original vinyl..for 50 friggin' bucks...they also have the rare 'Dallas' ep for $15...
rumour: Steely Dan will make a cameo on the last Seinfeld show:
Kramer: "Hay Jerry I'd like you to meet my new neighbors...Wally and Don..."
Jerry: "You know Kramer...just get the fuck atta here!"
Name: Geena
home with the hiccups
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 11:15:52
Comments:
yes Clas i do think of you all of the time, but why should i think of David Geffen? I haven't heard from him in years. He made me all kinds of promises, telling me his name would make my career soar higher than ever, that I would be the next Mariah Carey (don't know why i would wanna be), that i would have lots of money and fame, travel to the most exotic places in the world, and then he had the audacity, the unmitigated gall to date Yoko behind my back. PUH!!!! i say!
and no, i don't have a scanner, why?
Name: Biggest fan
south of the border
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 10:31:56
Comments:
What did Mickey Mouse say to Minnie on their honeymoon?
"You may feel a little prick."
A har har har har
Name: clas
x
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 07:12:02
Comments:
Michael Greenberg; so, you're from Göteborg.
Don't you have space after comma where you live?
Name: clas
@ the GBook Cold Turkey
Location: I live to the south of town,
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 06:52:52
Comments:
Geena; sure, I will think of you when I hear that song. Think of David Geffen when you listen to Free Man In Paris. Think of me the rest of the time. Do you have a scanner?
Maxine; do you have a telephone?
Ruby; "hej då", baby. "Hej" when you meet someone. "Vad skådar mitt norra öga" is something you say when you haven't seen someone for a very a long time, like "long time no see". Literally: "What is my north eye seeing". Can you believe that? My north eye. Stupid.
Kam; I got an old whacky vinyl of YGTWLYTI. I can give it to you. But it's old.
Name: oleander
over viagra falls
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 06:26:39
Comments:
Speaking of little pricks:
Viagra will make Steely Dan
Accessible to Everyman
Name: Ginger Vitus
johnnycrest
Date: Saturday, May 9, 1998 at 01:06:43
Comments:
Oleander--see what all this Krafft-Ebing stuff has wrought? Even dear Kashi has Don and Walt peddling restraints when all they really wanted was to do it again with feeling. Oh why must our youngest and brightest feel compelled to extract meaning from a lost retainer? Can't we just embrace the span without bridging the gap? Even Agent Molar knows there's one roulade he can't teethe.
You May Feel a Little Prick,
Ginger "Rinse & Spit" Vitus
Name: Alyssa Mu-lano
Over @nd Under
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 23:25:55
Comments:
Dr. Mmmmmmmmu: Is that you I've been feeling sync-locked around my frequency? The risque roles of late are merely a reflection of my mood. I've been fantasizing about a certain "Big Poppa" on the GuestBook, and listening to Bozz Skaggs (that Dirty Lowdown)
I hope your candle is a large one, because this thing might go on all night.
Adult Chequed,
A M
Name: oleander
some people ain't got no sense
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 21:12:56
Comments:
Docteur Me-you--The constant isn't.
Michael G--What a great image. Not derivative at all.
YGK--dude! where you been? Glad you're back; regale us with tales of the city.
kashi--very cool take on YGT. You're the first person I've seen make any sense of the "tobacco...thing" thing. If you're in an archiving mood, there was a bit of discussion of YGT I & II on 2/21/97 and 2/25/97. And Brian Sweet has a squib on Cathy Berberian on p. 59 of "Reelin' In The Years."
Kamfiyah--I recently bought YGWILYTI at a cd store in Louisville, and have seen it somewhere else since. So it's out there.
Name: kashi
kchavis@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu
Location: phil, pa usa
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 14:35:36
Comments:
I have a comment about Gold Teeth 1 and Gold Teeth 2
About Gold Teeth 1, I had to findout every little detail about this song (my own interpretation), and the people mentioned Cathy Berbarrian (sp).
This song is about a drug woman who has to suport her habit by perfoming sexual actions; they are pure S&M acts. The person singing is there to collect a debt, and the woman offers to "perfom" to offset paying the debt.
"you got to pay today, or pay tomorrow...then you try to tie me down, do we work it off one by one or play the combination."The narrator describes the fine product that he peddles, where it comes from and how the seasons affects the harvest. When a crop fails he compares it to a very difficult and complex roulade (a very difficult vocal piece in which a singer cannot take regular breathing beats, slightly harder than opera, for you never stop until the entire piece is done they can be as long as 45 min.), being sung by the worlds greatest roulade singer Cathy Berbarrian (sp), inwhich she cannot do it and she fails in her attempt to sing it.
After the explaination, he helps her to gather her things so she can clean her debt. she trys to talk her way out of it but to no avail."..all you need to use is your silver shoes, your gift for the run around, use your knack darling , take one step darling, there ain't nothing in Chicago for a monkey woman to do...."
I outta time right now, please is this on the right track?
Just a little something for y'all to nosh on a bit.
Name: RubyBaby
Esq = especially shark-like quality
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 13:52:28
Comments:
Clas: Kådisbellan. I think it's funny that your language actually has a word for Condom Slingshot! But the movie is really good. This kid is faced with a number of obstacles, some just circumstantial, some intended to break him, but they only serve to develop his character. And I've never known a story to end on such a happy note in a reform school. You just know this kid is going to have a great life no matter what. My Life As A Dog was already next on my list. Hei Do, baby.YGK: you were gone, but not forgotten. I was hoping you *got a life*.
rb
Name: DrMu
I'llbetheareaunderAlyssaMilano'scurves
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 12:55:49
Comments:
Roy: What's the Constant?
RubyBaby: I'm only beginning to appreciate that mid 60's quintet. I'm afraid I appreciate more than like Miles' revolutionary foray into fusion...a reals sparse bush with the horn.
AlyssaBaby: You insolent Iberian Tigress! The Paisan in me is is sync-locked to your frequency! I'll light the candle, warm up some Chianti and the projection machine. The silver key opens your door and I'll slide out the workout tape... and you've been so naughty in your roles lately!
Name: Roy.Scam
standard deviate
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 12:39:14
Comments:
Which means that, in order to ascertain the origin of a song, we need merely calculate the integral.
Name: Michael Greenberg
michaelgreenberg@hotmail.com
Location: Göteborg, Sweden
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 12:10:43
Comments:
I've always regarded sd lyrics as sort of a tangent,I mean, mathematically speaking. The "key" to a sd song would be the derivative of an equation, while the actual jist would be the equation itself. That's ok, folks, you don't have to nominate me for the Nobel prise for this brilliant deduction !
Name: YourGoldKeith
mhunter@bear.com
Location: New York, NY
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 06:43:51
Comments:
I'll alive and well, and back on the net.
Good to see some regulars here.
Maxine! holy (black) cow! how are you?
Cheers to you and yours and the DanYGK
Name: Big Fan
here@wworld.net
Location: Anywhere, USA
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 06:00:22
Comments:
Kam,
Don't expect to find that CD anytime soon. I think you'll find CDNow only has info, but it is not for sale. For complete details about the album go to: http://hem1.passagen.se/steeldan/u_gotta_walk.htm
I believe St Al posted he got a copy of the CD about two years ago - maybe he will make a tape of it for you. You are more likely to find a copy of the LP, but that means hooking up the turntable - as in this amp doesn't have a spot for non pre amp cartidges. What do you mean I have to balance it myself - doesn't it do that automatically - didn't they design this stuff to be plug n play?
BTW I've got a Sonus Blue Label and a Shure M95 just waiting for a home
Name: johnboy
l@in.doublespeak
Date: Friday, May 8, 1998 at 02:56:01
Comments:
de minimus non curat fez?
Name: Schwinn your Special Guest
dildoepisode#4131
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 23:43:41
Comments:
Kammy: Bringing up the ill-fated 4130 tubular cromoly crankset won't win you many friends in these parts, and I speak with first hand experience. Yes, I too was bedazzled by the potential of the product--just as I was when Chuck Yeager first swaggered my way touting AC Delco Hell-Fire Spark Plugs. But John Madden feverishly tinkering under his bus with a phallic-like tool just doesn't measure up to a guy who blasted right out of Dr. Strangelove with a sonic boom for a business card. Now that's MY idea of a helpful hardware man...
Fusilladily Yours,SEMB
Name: Geena
She prays like a Roman
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 18:08:55
Comments:
oh Clas, you silly! Are you still listening to Joni? Listen to the song (i think it's called "twisted") and think of me
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 13:55:28
Comments:
kamfire98: Do you speak of "You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It?" If so, you may want to know that cdnow.com finally has it in (on CD, obviously, not vinyl).
-mt
Name: fezo
@attheticketwindow
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 13:26:06
Comments:
Polite, overproduced jazz rock fantasy land?
If there are rollercoasters, I'm there
Name: NoStatic
chris.solbe@dial.pipex.com
Location: London, UK
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 13:17:57
Comments:
I'm new so please indulge me here...
Miles is cool (especially Under Arrest, Tutu), all the other guys you talk about here are cool... but sometimes it seems like everybody here is living in a polite, over-produced jazz rock fantasy land. Oh, and some of you seem to like the Beatles and the Eagles too.
SD is the most important bit (by 1E+06 miles) of a much bigger picture, isn't it? Look at the past (Kraftwerk, Neu, Can, Nick Drake, Robert Wyatt, Byrne 'n' Eno...) look at the not-so-recent past (that little thing called House) and look at now (check Scott4, Gomez, Stereolab, Tortoise)... it's all brilliant.
I'm not being -ve, honest. I'm only saying cos I care. And I love SD and I love you all. Campaign for GOOD music. I know everyone here cares too... and one day somebody will peel off something that comes close to Kid Charlemagne, Babylon Sisters, Dr Wu and Green Earrings. So keep watching out. The future will happen.
Name: oleander
tunnel of bluff
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 10:04:05
Comments:
Ruby--yeah, but they'll take 50% of your joints in fees.
Cupid--You'll have to ask Krafft-Ebing about that.
Roy--Tell you what: send that hoodlum's phone # to my Swiss p.o. box.
Name: kamfire98
kamfire98@hotmail.com
Location: Rochester, NY USA
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 08:03:23
Comments:
Does anyone know where to find a recording of the soundtrack SD did for the Pryor/Wilder film back in Seventy something. Clas, Geena, Dr. Mu, Schwinn(I'd rather ride a Cannondale) please keep posting your hot lips and rhetoric which don't count much for nothing. I find your early morning postings highly amusing.
Walt, Don IF you guys even pay attention to this website, please thank the guys at MRC for appropiately naming their 4130 tubular cromoly crankset after you. Although it's not quite a dildo, necessity is the mother of invention. We'll also have to forgive them for the spelling It's Danz instead of, well you already know.
Wolverine on a new Cannondale.
Name: Clas
The Revenge Of The SSRI
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 07:22:01
Comments:
Fezo; what's Unabomber?
Edd; ok, I got it. A cheap studio for long sessions.
Geena; " ...flirting and flirting, hurting too / you lovv your lovvin' (ba ba ba ba ba looovinn') but not like you lovv your freeedoom..."
Who sings that? Can you answer that, you dark little star with the Opium smell, he he he.
So, why didn't I email you instead of post here? I'm stupid uh? Schmock!
Ruby; yes, you're right, the Hell Freezes Over-version is the best.
Have you heard The End Of The Innocence?
Name: fezo
litig@tion.com
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 06:20:57
Comments:
Yeah Roy, I saw Ruby's lawyer cracks but decided to ignore them. The GB is my (legal) escape from my reality. I prefer not to clutter it with real world pontifications about the purity and virtuousness of all attorneys. We all know, of course, that in comparison, Gandhi was the Unabomber of his time.
Name: michele mcnickle
danny.mcnickle@mci2000.com
Location: wheeling, wv usa
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 06:04:04
Comments:
yahoo...i am happy that i am now the last person to comment on the steely dan page.
Name: Edd
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 03:21:26
Comments:
Tracking is the initial phase in the recording process, where the objective is to get the performance on tape/disc. Once tracking is done you can move on to mixing and mastering...
Name: Daisuke Sakai
aja-asia@mb.kcom.ne.jp
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 03:08:49
Comments:
Hallo!!
I want to imformation about reacent Steely Dan's works. I know they will release new CD someday.
But I want to more details. Please send me The Imformation!!
Name: Clas
Hot Prozac's
Date: Thursday, May 7, 1998 at 02:50:16
Comments:
EDD -- From Steely Official-- "Heimlich Sound - Real bad studio for big tracking sessions".
I see for me an ugly green-grey studio, with equipment from early sixties, located in old EastBerlin.
But, and this is my question, what is Tracking Sessions?
RUBY; was the movie you saw about children? I think I know which you mean, I haven't seen it. I never look at Swedish movies. That's true. Except for "My Life As A Dog", which I think is a masterpiece. By the way, the Swedish name for that "The Slingshot" is "Kådisbellan", "The Condom Slingshot".
GEENA; my love, are you angry with me? I should have emailed you long ago, but I don't seem to get the time. Or maybe it's just my Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors that are fucking with me, I am changing from Anafranil back to Prozac, so hold on. You know what I mean, he he he.
Name: OOPS
Spellcheck@BigbagofDUHS
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 18:27:34
Comments:
Did I say brillent...oh shit...I should have said
.......BRILLLLLIIIIIAAAAAANNNNNTTTTTTTT........
Name: A CRITIC
Somewhereinhere
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 18:07:29
Comments:
A BRILLENT IDEA! "THE STEELY DAN FAMILY ALBUM" EXCELLENT!
I'll bet the better halfs have great voices. MAKE IT SO!
Put the kids in there to somewhere. Why Not? Just think
having the whole Dan Family at least on one track. Instead
of just writing about them, let the world hear them!
Name: Chris Osterhus
su_carbs@hotmail.com
Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 15:53:46
Comments:
So, when, exactly is the new CD coming out??
Name: Roy.Scam
as.we.watched.the.regulars.rush.the.big.pancake.houses
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 13:05:24
Comments:
Oleander: Ide-hay e-thay ictures-pay. Ell-tay Em-thay othing-nay.
Ruby: Good one. (with the lawyer cartilege)
Fezo: Are you going to let Ruby talk like that about lawyers?
Spielberg: Are you going to let Ruby talk like that about sharks?
Name: Alyssa Milano's Distinctive Cookies
Peep Ridge F@rm
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 12:00:14
Comments:
Hey! Who is this Samantha chick, and why do people keep super-imposing my head on her body?
Dr. Mu: After re-reading several of you posts, I've decided you are pretty damn sexy. You wouldn't be subbing for Doctor Feelgood by any chance, would you?
Drinkin' Motley Brew in my Leederhosen,
A M, Baby!
Name: fezo
@believethelie
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 11:25:08
Comments:
Cupid:
It's all a smokescreen. What seems to be clues are only illusions. There was a bootleg tape out there of the whole weekend but I lost it in the subway.
fezo
Name: RubyBaby
sing me a lullabye, somebody, please
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 11:24:46
Comments:
Maxine, is that really you?
Oleander: Thanks for the suggestion. But these days I'm one of the first to turn in. Ah, beautiful bed!
Re: the Miles Davis that I have. It's a French import called Facets. I think it's one of a series. The recordings are from the mid-50s to early 60s. Some familiar names one here are: Wayne Shorter, William Correa, John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Herbie Mann, & others. The songs: Devil May Care, Blue Xmas (that is a unique song!), Budo, Sweet Sue, Three Little Feelings, Jitterbug Waltz, Round Midnight, Wild Man Blues, DJango, Jazz Suite For Brass.
It was Dr.Mu that got me interested in Miles Davis. Thanks, Dr.Mu! I would have more Miles Davis stuff, all our spare cash must go to our attorney.
Oleander: can one substitute lawyer cartilage for shark?
rb
Name: Cupid
bow dr@wn
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 10:41:25
Comments:
I think Roy.Scam and Oleander have a crush on each other!
Now tell us boys and girls, what REALLY happened at that infamous Williamsburg Danfest? I'm sure that somebody knows the truth.
FezO?
Name: Roy.Scam
romeo's.tourniquet
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 09:41:45
Comments:
Mr. LP: This is probably the result of some sort of cell damage, but I used to love Jose' Feliciano's theme song for Chico and the Man (best TV theme outside of John Sebastian's Kotter theme). Also dug Judy Canova's daughter, who played the girlfriend.
Steve E. Dan: My son, 15, says "Glamour Profession" is the weakest Steely Dan song, and 'Brooklyn' and 'Buzz' are both really good. And, in his mind, that settles it.
Oleander: My plasma is already 85% ibupropen and sharks don't have knees; but have I got a former underachieving hood for you. (It's on. You are money.)
Gap Brandy: Important safety tip: If you do get ahold of Lena Olin and, for some reason, handcuff her and throw her in the back of your car, keep on eye on the rear view mirror.
Dr Mu: Your discussion of child rearing attitudes in the 50s made me think of the song "Fire in the Hole". What a great lyric about the negative side of suppressing young people. (Many should be strangled, but never suppressed.)
Schwinn: Hold out for a good price. In some places a totaled Harley qualifies as sculpture.
RS
Name: Gap Brandy
lenaolin
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 1998 at 00:51:07
Comments:
Ole: I would like to hear you extrapolate on "Psychopathia Sexualis". I feel Krafft-Ebing could be your forte'...
The Beat Goes On,GB
P.S. Schwinn: I'll give you $500.00 plus shipping for either of the advertised vehicles. Do you have clear title or must I torture someone to get it?
Name: Schwinn
justasillyphase
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 22:33:49
Comments:
Roy and Clas--take your pick: The Harley Davidson Low-Boy or the V-Cycle Runabout. (The Runabout is $10,000 less and looks like something Herman Munster would drive.) And yes, an 1800cc displacement is rather indulgent but necessary when speed is of the essence. Can I interest either of you in a dirt-cheap "totaled" model? Makes a great gargoyle! Just make sure you've had a tetanus booster before you order...
Big Boys Don't Cry,
Manny, Moe, Jack and Schwinn
Name: oleander
zoot allure
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 22:21:46
Comments:
Doc Mu--Ah, grasshopper; the Mu is revealed--and savored. Suitable for framing.
Schwinn--no, I don't know Robert Kraft. Is he related to Krafft-Ebing?
Hank--Just to hear them on the same tune, together or not, would be a thrill.
Mr La--great zoot story.
Roy--I think a different neo-swing band was in "Swingers," which I liked. Saw Dan Hicks once, with Maria Muldaur I think, but was never a big fan. Ain't got that swing? Nothing a little shark cartilage and ibuprofen won't fix. BTW--know any underachieving hoodlums you can fix me up with?
Ruby--say amen, sister. I struggle with that kind of thing on a daily basis. Try them on headphones with the discman after everyone else has turned in.
Edd--does that mean I'm forgiven? You don't have to answer that.
Name: Geena
checking out the sceena
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 18:11:31
Comments:
Oh Clas, i love you and you know that!
Hello everyone!
Name: Maxine
just bitching
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 16:02:13
Comments:
Has anyone here heard that song by AllSaints that completely rips off the fez? Things like that piss me off.
Name: Edd
Ooops, I forgot and was subtley reminded...
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 15:46:21
Comments:
Gheesh, hit the chill switch. Would you have preferred they not include the encore at all? We ain't talkin' studio production here, y'know?
$ SET MODE/LECTURE=OFF
Brubeck fans, or more specifically, Desmond fans, should make a point to find John Basile's CD called "The Desmond Project". This quartet (guitar, sax, bass, drums) has absolutely NAILED the whole "dry martini" vibe, especially around the time of Hall and Bickert. Included tracks include "Take 5" (how dare they not!) and the sublime "Wendy".
If you're a fan of Desmond, this CD will satisfy. Guaranteed.
And not a dork for a block...;^)
Name: Caveat
Emptor
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 14:29:46
Comments:
Don't buy the Bootleg Steely Dan CD called "Jake of Speed" on Midnite Beat records! Those bastards cut off the live "Don't Take Me Alive" encore mid-song! Everything's groovin' and then it's fucking over! This is unacceptable!
Name: RubyBaby
My raisins!
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 13:25:38
Comments:
Yea!! I made a hit! That doesn't happen every day, you know.
Major(pretend there's a little circled R by your name): I hope your radio show hits one out of the park. I'm sure it will!
Oleander: I'm glad right now that I don't have any Cherry Poppin' Daddies, however great they might be. My innocent baby daughter has been asking where Steely Dan got their name & what it means. (She's 15, hardly a baby, but I view her as such sometimes. I'm allowed). So far I've managed to dodge it, but how long can that last? All I need is CPDaddies lying around... You parents of tiny tots, beware. Your day will come.
Clas: thanks for the compliment! It means a lot, especially coming from you. Btw, I saw a Swedish movie the other day. It's called "The Slingshot". I loved it!! Did you see that one?
rb
Name: DrMu
makeupmymindtolearndesign
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 11:41:59
Comments:
Ole (Edd&Roy, etc.): I've got copies of Time Out and Impressions of the USA at home. Here in the office/lab a double CD, remastered Jazz Collection of Dave Brubeck from Legacy/Columbia. The sound is real crisp and features of his best 28 recordings from 1954-1970. There are numerous pictures of Brubeck, Desmond and the gang.
The hyper-cool dork Buddy Holly thing was indeed a sign of the times. These images were designed to emote reverence not ridicule. The Light Gray suits, not too starched white shirt and thin dark tie suggested a suave, sophisticated attitude; someone who was relaxed yet a professional hard at work. The neat dark hair and horn rim glasses connote an intellectual sophistication. Self-expression in the 50's was a culmination of long hous of study and practice. As the irreverent and hilarious Tom Lehrer once cracked on a recording in the early 60's "If you can't communicate, then shut-up!" As I was born near the very end of the decade, I can only speak 2nd and 3rd hand, but the image of Dave Brubeck (even though few probably had heard actually listened to hismusic) was one that parents of that time would want their children to aspire to. if they did not become doctors, lawyers, or architects. This was opposed to some of the bop artists who were probably seen as dark, sinister, and cavorting with criminal types and certainly much more acceptable that that new rock n'roll noise. At the same time Brubeck was also thought to be cool among the college crowd. The generation of parents survived The Great Depression and World War II and were dealing with the tension of the Cold War. They looked for control of the household and civil environment with what they thought was new and clean modern technology. They attempted to control the children with a combination of the latest views (most of them turned out to be naive non-science) from sociologists, psychologists, and physician on raising young'uns in the best and most modern way possible. At the same time children's lives in many families were highly orchestrated. They were allowed to have lots of fun, but not encouraged to express their views or opinions to adults except for small talk. Self-expression was encouraged in packaged situations...a bit repressive. Families were expected to be well-run and rational (except for the Dads who get to rant when it suited them). Their worst fears were realized in the 60's when everybody "expressed themselves," whether or not they had anything to contribute...today's version of grassy spaces with long hair types rolling under cannibis smoke are electronic venues among these "Superhighways to the 21st Century." Scary, huh.
Steely Dan has seemed to me to be been about a 50's work ethic and approach to music ironically integrated with a 60's social attitude and an 80's vacation schedule. Well, 'nuff rambliin.' Ciao. Ciao. Ciao.
Name: Clas
c@w
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 08:39:37
Comments:
Schwinn; during the day I've made some research. So you mean that Buzz. Hmmm, so they finally got rid of him? Good. He was a German eh?
I hope he finds water.
I agree with you Roy, I've heard about 10cc, but 1800cc! That's a big one.
Major; I forgot your ®, there you got it.
God; forgot Florida, bless that too.
Thanks & goodbye, kisses & hugs kids! See you tomorrow! Don't forget me! Remember; all I want is to be loved!
Clas, homosexual.
Name: MrLP
Zoot Suits & Flat Hats
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 08:38:53
Comments:
Oleander: That reminds me of my college commencement. I was sitting in the hot morning, sweating beer and whatever else I had imbibed the previous evening, reading the list of PhD candidates in the program, when I came across a guy getting his doctorate in history. His thesis: "The History of the Zoot Suit."
General Query: Forget about some Manassas tape. Where can I get my hands on some old tapes of "Chico and the Man"
Name: Bill Krohn
krohn@kalnet.net
Location: Kalamazoo, MI usa
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 07:14:49
Comments:
Lots of classic rock & more albums for sale at Krohn's Boulevard Records at http://www.kalnet.net/krohn. Rock, Pop, Folk, & Country from the '60s to the '90s; Blues & Jazz from the '50s & before; back issues of music magazines like Goldmine, RStone, Creem, Hot Wacks, Musician, Guitar Player, & others; Used But Not Abused CDs & Singles; music movies like Monterrey Pop, White City, etc. http://www.kalnet.net/krohn Thanks!
Name: Tommy Boy
almost.as.much.as.chicken.wings
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 05:21:15
Comments:
Tommy like Steely!
Tommy want Manassas tapee!
Name: Roy.Scam
felicidades.de.cinco.de.mayo.del.gringo.de.virginia
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 05:14:57
Comments:
Ole--Cherry Poppin' Daddies, tasteful name; they must have read the Steely Dan book of group naming. Is that the group that was doing the jitterbug/be-bop music in the movie "Swingers"? Anyway, I ain't got that swing (du-wat-du-wa-du-wat-du-wa-du-wat-du-wa-du-wat-du-wa). [Count those syllables to insure that I sang that correctly.]--Do you like Dan Hicks?
Schwinn: 1800cc! My car's engine isn't that big. Are you pulling an Airstream when you head out on the highway?
Am I incorrect in guessing that "A Little with Sugar" has Messrs. Becker and Fagen harmonizing with one another? Catchy little song I thought.
RS
Name: Manassas CD?
Video?
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 02:56:21
Comments:
Yes, where?
Name: Clas
c@w
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 02:52:46
Comments:
Ahem... ; Yes. Rules.
Maj; yes I am.
Ruby; congrats, YOU are a genius.
God, Bless America. Specialy Bolivia, Mexico, California, Louisiana, parts of Canada, Boston, Virginia and south parts of North Carolina and north parts of South Carolina. And Greenland.
Name: Schwinn the Pontificator
dogmaticaction
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 1998 at 00:17:47
Comments:
Ole: I bet you like Robert Kraft, too. i.e., "Most affairs just go up in smoke but we're going down in flames..." Very zuitish. What did those swingin' cats do before flame retardant? Carry seltzer bottles under those wide lapels?
Special Note to Clas: "Through With Buzz" refers specifically to America's original moon-walkin' maniac, Buzz Aldrin. Have you checked out his official web site? What a....a....Fairy!
*Just found a matzo flavored Pez refill. Now, where in the world can I find a Pocket Donald?
1800cc Rider,
SEMB
Name: oleander
que pasa, vatos?
Date: Monday, May 4, 1998 at 19:02:16
Comments:
Hank & --Thanx for the duet hints. You all & Lester make me jealous.... Manassas CD? Video? Where? Can we have a group listening/experiencing of '74? Where's Mr. Peabody when I really need him?
RS--I thought "time out of mind" was a pre-psychedelia expression which denotes something that happened so long ago, or has been going on so long, a single mind can't hold in all that chronology, or memory. But it does lend itself well to Saturnalia.
Straight Outta Stockton--love that dream.
Jack o'C--thank YOU.
Anybody heard Cherry Poppin' Daddies? Am listening right now to "Zoot Suit Riot"; wish I could be lindy-hoppin' out there on the floor with the pachucos. Some cookin' swing music with a lot of brass and devilish lyrics. I can think of only one other band who might use "pontificates" in a song.
"Wifey loves the tanning booth/ Just a little altered truth" ("Mister White Keys")
Name: Zeke
pouringinfromthefess'
Date: Monday, May 4, 1998 at 14:40:32
Comments:
Another Fess has come and gone.
Didn't read any post before mine, did anyone attend?
Earth?I did see the Doobies, and they were great. It started out with
"Jesus is Just Alright" and smoked the entire show. Tom Johnston was so fired up, (all 4'6 of him), I think he could have started a fight with the National Guard, and kicked everybody's ass. Michael McDonald was there. I think the 3rd or 4th song was "Here to love you", and when he sang the crowd went freakin' nuts! Minute by Minute was awesome. There is no reason this guy should not be on the new Dan CD. He is great.Steely Dan must play this festival. It was designed for the Dan. Don, make it a tour stop for the next tour. Talk to Quint, just do it.
Make plans to go next year, I'll be the host.
Zeke.
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Monday, May 4, 1998 at 11:02:43
Comments:
Dandom: thanks for the music bed suggestions. Ruby scores the big hit for the My Rival suggestion. It has it all, including the channeling. Think I'll go with it, along with Hard Up Case. Sorry, I'm not a Bruce Hornsby fan.
Clas: Did I say I used Nightfly? Are you with the talent and residuals department?
maj©
Name: Doc Kelly
here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Monday, May 4, 1998 at 10:45:52
Comments:
Lester: me too! How does one go about getting a copy of the '74 stuff?
Maj: What's the new direction? What was the old direction?
Name: Clas
c@w
Location: Fucktown,
Date: Monday, May 4, 1998 at 01:34:39
Comments:
Who Are You Kidding; "silly little site"? Who are YOU kidding?
LesterThe N; I really like to hear that one. Could we trade?
Lisa Baby; hang on. Life is a bitch, I know. But remember;
when the demon is at your door/in the morning it won't be there, no more
And you can write, you have a wonderful way with words. Write the shit off your mind. Send it down in a letter. To me or to yourself.
Name: Who Are You
Kidding
Date: Monday, May 4, 1998 at 00:14:46
Comments:
D&W are too involved with making a new album to worry about this silly little site.
Name: Thom
BabyB0Omer@aol.com
Location: Brookfield, CT only one CT!
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 22:21:38
Comments:
Sad as it seems I never paid much attention to the lyrics or the grooves of SD until 4 years ago.......Oh what I missed! If only THEY would view this web site and DO IT AGAIN..just one more time.
Name: dupree
diamondblues
Location: sacramento, ca
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 20:35:04
Comments:
just a little light...
Name: Hank Silvers
c/o Hugo Spaak
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 18:28:30
Comments:
Oleander: Are you referring to DF and WB trading verses, a la Movies in the Art Crimes tour? Or just unison/harmony?
Although there's none of that in the official releases, if we include the pre-Jurassic Steely Dan demos (i.e., taking a pan-Dan approach), then "I Can't Function" would be a splendid example of the latter.
Name: Dan
Fan
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 17:21:06
Comments:
Donald & Walter did a duet on Everyone's Gone To the Movies on their last tour and it ruled like Ozzy! Get the Manassas CD/Video if you don't have it yet.
Name: oleander
reel o'dan
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 17:00:05
Comments:
Just a quick thought: If Mr. Becker is indeed singing on The New One, is there any chance that they--might---sing----TOGETHER? Has this ever happened before?
Name: Lester the Nightfly
CC73647@aol.com
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 14:45:02
Comments:
What is up with all the posts from Stockton? Has Stockton become the new SD think tank? Anyhow, I've had a couple of weeks now to assess the May '74 Memphis recording which my beloved sister forwarded to me. As far as bootlegs go, it is a very good recording. Starts out with Bodhisattva, The Boston Rag, Do it Again, Brooklyn (sung by some Jones guy), Rikki, Pretzel Logic, My Old School (Becker, I believe, on lead vocal), Dirty Work (I don't know who is singing), Reelin', Show Biz Kids, and some song I still don't know the title of but sounds great. Other features: Donald introducing "Mike McDonald from St. Louis, MO," because nobody yet knew who he was; Donald following by introducing himself as Mary Tyler Moore; the band having to make their own sound adjustments that crews now are expected to take care of; the band playing the opening instrumental part of Your Gold Teeth II, but only that part, indicating that they were still working on it. I learned from this that Steely Dan was a great live band, pulling off much of their studio magic in concert. Honestly, the '90's live stuff doesn't quite compare, but I'll take what I can get. By the way, "Time Out of Mind" carries both meanings, which just reminds us of the beauty of DF's lyrical prowess.
Name: RubyBaby
@ a truck stop instead of St. Peter's
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 12:57:58
Comments:
Major: A sign of greatness is knowing when it's time for a change and then having the guts to do it.
I love the beginning of Hard Case. That music bit is timeless! Are you planning on using it? As far as SD music bits go, I like the beginning of Royal Scam a lot. Also, the sharpness of My Rival sounds good in headphones.
non-SD: there's parts of the Wallflowers' version of Heroes that are pretty cool.
But my favorite, under the head set, is Don't Take Me Alive - it's faintly orgasmic.
rb
Name: fezo
sh@rpsinmyhand
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 10:28:50
Comments:
roy: the literalist that i am i always took "time out of mind" at face value; i.e., the time when one is so full of altering substances that they are literally out of their minds, usually babbling incoherently. Think Quality Inn, about three weekends ago, and my attempt to explain the imaginary friend mrs fezo and i share.
allyssa milano? hmmmmnnnn. hadn't thought of that. i was thinking Paula Jones, but now consider that to be a grave insult to Sam's much classier look.
all apologies, sam.
fezo
Name: Roy.Scam
dorkness, dorkness, be my pillow
va
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 09:12:12
Comments:
Geena: The standard definition of "old" is 15 years older than you are at the moment. Or as George Burns said when he turned 100, "I expect the second half of my life to be just as exciting."
maj: The insrumental break in "Time Out of Mind" is as good a lead in as I can think of.---
Which brings up another lyrical ambiguity question: Does the phrase "time out of mind" refer to
1) a period of time spent outside of one's mind, or
2) the state of having no thoughts of time
?fez: My Sam/news gues is Alyssa Milano.
Gap: Deacon Blues=Donald Becker. Clever. You know the Beatles later denied the Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds=LSD intention.
oleander: Now that you've made the dork side of everyone feel better, can you do anything for those who were underachieving hoodlums?
RS
Name: Ahem......
RULES?
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 02:12:51
Comments:
THIS BROTHER IS FREE! I'LL BE WHO I WANT TO BE!
Name: lisa
@bout to crash
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 01:30:36
Comments:
clas: god, i really love you sometimes!
now why am i still up?
Name: Icecat
Little Kawaiho
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 01:29:46
Comments:
Attention men and beasts: From this day forward all plants will be included in these "writing on the wall" sessions. Tell the whales this includes Jonah as well as plankton.
Name: Clas
take some time
Location: and forget, about time
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 01:09:55
Comments:
Silvers; yeah, good idea!
MAJ; how long did you use "Nightfly"?
Hey you guys from Stockton, Ca. There are some rules here. Look at this; "They must have liked it, because they took it with them"........... What's the meaning with the dotted line? Is someone supposed to sign there? Well, that's impossible. It should be like this; "They must have liked it, because
they took it with them..."Have you never heard this song; "Itsy bitsy teenie weenie, yellow polka dot dot dot bikini"?
Name: ALMOST DONE
MYCALL@pop3.concentric.net
Location: STOCKTON, CA
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 00:08:51
Comments:
......and Don said "I guess the regulars just rushed our big hotel". Not one tear spilled because they knew tomorrow they could DO IT AGAIN. By the way, the girls fell down and got sand in their faces. High heels aren't made for the beach.
Name: meagain
for jess
Location: STOCKTON, CA
Date: Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 00:00:05
Comments:
....and imagines a rabbit's foot. "Hey taxi, it's shredding time, set off for peaceful shores!". Back on shore, two architects by their own design. The boys were working on a new one. They used simple tools, smiles, shovels and buckets. They were scooping up the dunes, creating another masterpiece, consulting each other for advice. As the ocean poured onto the beach a starfish tap danced on shore and said "HEY GUYS, CHECK THIS OUT!". Soon the shells rolled up. Lobsters came running up just to get a front row seat. The sand dollars rolled up as if to say "Thanks, here's a tip." The room was sold out. "Don, Walt, time to go" said someone. As they walked away, the champayne foam fell gently over their creation. Then it was gone. All that was left were thousands of sparkling lights. Some say cameras, some say lighters in an amphitheater. Walt spoke first "They must have liked it, because they took it with them"...........
Name: Iamthelucky1
JO@designed4pleasure
Location: Stockton, CA
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 23:45:48
Comments:
At confessions, forgive me father for I have signed,
BEACH BOYS
As the gull floated gently in nature's soft breath, as he whistled his favorite tune, dressed in his best aviator suit, he couldn't help but notice what was going on down at the bottom. The Funway was alive with all the trimmings. Vendors selling what they could just to survive. You had the usuals selling their usual crap, you know, corn dogs, cotton candy, picture booths, objects that anyone could sell. Then you have a couple of craftsmen selling their treasures for pennies just to have bread on the table. Thats when the limosine rolled up and out came five gals with some spicy high heels on. they walked on to the beach, still wearing their shoes. Almost everyone was looking and whistling, the new kids on the block. Now you have to look way past them, way out there. look far out in the big blue pool. There is a daredevil ready to tame the blue beast. He realized it was time for glory. He takes a deep breath ............
Name: Mary Figueroa
Maryfig@pacbell.net
Location: Stockton, CA USA
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 20:24:27
Comments:
Well it is loneliness on the dunes here in Stockton, Come on daddy, get in , lets go. Where are all the serious Donald fans these days out on a Trans-Island Skyway I guess. Love to Donald and Walter, waiting patiently for you to move me again.
Name: Hank Silvers
Down where the air is thick
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 17:47:20
Comments:
Maj©: As long as you're using non-Dan, the bridge to Harbor Lights works for me. . .or piece together the intro to that song (can't argue with Clas' suggestion) with Omartian's solo piano at the end of Throw Back the Little Ones for a more mellow mood. Worth a shot.
Name: Jack of
Speed
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 15:30:26
Comments:
What a great track! We need more! Walter Rules!
Name: Mock Turtle
hey, I'm nineteen
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 14:10:32
Comments:
Hey, Razzzor Boy; of course your music's not "just for geezers!" I guess I would be considered part of the "Post-MTV Generation" or "Generation Y" or something, yet I find myself bored with all the alternative music which clogs the airways nowadays. I am forced to mine the previous decades for music. I have never understood why my contemporaries find themselves limited to current music when buying albums. The Seventies were bar none the best decade for music IMHO. Especially compared to "The Dark Ages of Rock": the Eighties.
MT
Name: Razzor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 11:38:30
Comments:
Proof that Steely Dan transcends to the younger generation occurred in my house on Easter weekend, when I was listening to "A Decade of Steely Dan" while cleaning around the house. My 9 year old daughter was dancing and shaking to "Do It Again" and when it was over, played it again, and then a third time, against my protests, because I was too far away to prevent her from touching the cd player.
Minutes earlier she was listening to (GULP) "The Spice Girls." It only goes to prove that no matter what the music, it has an affect on people, regardless of the age or the artist. It's comforting that not all my music is regarded as "just for Geezers."
Name: I see a
black cow outside my window
Location: but mostly they, are brown and white
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 09:53:33
Comments:
Charlie Tokyo - if you mean what I think you mean, my answer to that is; no, I don't think so.
Name: Dan
dan.benson@castle.net.uk
Location: Basingstoke (something like Anandale I reckon!), Hampshire England
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 09:50:44
Comments:
Can anybody help me out? is there any latest SD news? Are they gonna tour again, I've been to the official web site but it
doesn't seem to have been updated to much really. Also does anyone please know where I can get a "Steely Dan T-Shirt"? or two
will pay hard cash!! particularly ant the FM one, Well that's all, please email me or visit my website at http://www.castle.net.uk/users/danz/index.html
Name: David
dweiss@ifsinc.org
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 07:13:26
Comments:
RE: Black Cow
Vanilla ice cream and Coke (Coca-Cola),
blended...definitely blended.
Name: ClAs
@
Location: Swing Street, Miles Ahead?,
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 06:43:21
Comments:
MAJ; use the intros on Harbor Lights and Hot House. Bruce Hornsby that is.
Lisa; thanks for the help, I finally got my money.
Geena; do you call this intense? And you're supposed to be an Italian?
Ole; no hard feelings? Damn, you were not even spelchecking me! Admiralable.
Name: T McMillan
tbone7@mailexcite.com
Location: Gulf Breeze, FL
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 04:36:09
Comments:
Love the Dan
Name: Charlie Tokyo
iongridlock
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 02:50:04
Comments:
clas finally someone get it1
Name: Jack of Coke
alphabetcity
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 02:44:03
Comments:
oleander,
thank you for a post most toasty.
JC
Name: marti lucas gaucho
lucas marti
Location: buenos aires, argentina
Date: Saturday, May 2, 1998 at 02:26:29
Comments:
hello,my na,e is marti lucas.I'm have ninteen ears old.
I'm the fun n1 of argentina, I'm musician and i have a group, your name is 'a tirador laser',and i have one record,I will publish my second album 'sumburst'.
I wont know whow made for to remittace.
chau lucas.
Name: oleander
dork side of the moon
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 19:54:48
Comments:
Geena--can you imagine after The Next One or (gasp) another tour?
Edd--I must apologize deeply (=grovel) if I sounded like a bigot. Who says dork is bad? Dork is a sociopolitical statement (resistance to fashion slavery--fashion of any kind), and always has been, as you noted with your astute observation of jazz people of yore. Dork is not being able to judge a book by its cover. Dork is being a chameleon, able to go anywhere, because people overlook you. Dork is even in these days, with twentysomething wannabes in hornrims and polyester. Now, I think there's a distinction between dork and geek; geek has some cachet because of the ascendancy of the digiterati, but I think the prevailing view is that dork is geek without the intellectual capacity. Benighted! (I say this of course without any etymological support whatsoever) No, I'm proud that I have a dork streak a mile wide; sort of an Oreo dork--geek on the outside and dork on the inside. A dork in natural fibers. Have I backpedaled hard enough?
Big Fan--great idea. Press on!
fezo--dishes? ironing? Throw out the cats and it's a deal. I'll even TAKE you to the speedway.
Ruby--which Miles?
Minah--I knew it! You were separated at birth!
CritCorn--I agree, but it's all we've got. Anyone know if he really is coming out with a new one?
Clas et al.--I am digging with you. Rave on. Great conspiracy theories.
More great gossip in the latest Digest--Joe Sample yet!
Name: Geena
Any World
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 17:46:17
Comments:
Hey, this GB is getting intense!
Name: me again
duh
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 15:40:16
Comments:
One more thing, if you have Traffic's "John Barleycorn Must Die" on disc or LP, take another listen. IMHO, the bass lines and keys sound dan-ish, especially Freedom Rider and Empty Pages.
Re: Walter sings five.... that would put at least eleven tracks on the new recording. Donald sings the majority, right? Stupid speculation I know, but ......
maj©
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 15:35:13
Comments:
I hear a Dan Decoder Ring handcrafted by Cowboy Frank (complete with hand-scrawled users guide) comes with the first 100 copies of the *new* book. By the way, the ring is still up for grabs and it does work.
Me, I'd rather have the Donald-god Valium Pez Dispenser.
On a sad note, I've retired "Nightfly" as the music bed for my radio talk show. It sure is great stuff for intro, outro and especially segues. Its proving hard to replace but I needed to make some changes as I'm changing the direction of the program.
Therefore, I'm taking suggestions from the Loyal Dandom for music bits to use in place of Nightfly. Think of some non-lyrics passages of music. For example, the intro on Hard Up Case, good beat, Donald kicks in with Fender, oscillating between channels, sounds great with headphones. Any suggestions?
As it stands Im going to use some tracks from The The, especially an alternate version of Helpline Operator from Dusk.
maj©
Name: critic's corner
@algonquin roundtable
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 14:43:42
Comments:
great moments in literary history:
Brian Sweet 'Reeling In the Years (1994)
p199. "Fagen seemed to be blaming his parents and the American lifestyles in the Fifties for his thirtsomething creative problems." "He eventually came to realise that while he could seek perfection in his music, he could not expect perfection in his personal life." (deep)
fact checker: in regard to the formation of Steely Dan
p.35 "First to get the call was Denny Dias ....."
p. 45 "Denny Dias had yet to arrive in California when 'Dallas' was recorded ..."where's Walter: while Fagen's life gets a detailed account, Becker gets less than one page....'You Gotta Walk It' gets 4 pages! A fun book...but needs editing...and where is the index?????
Name: moody bastard
amid the stacks
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 13:12:32
Comments:
'Charlie FreaK' could be used as an anti-drug anthem......I think it is about some old hobo on 44th st. near the port authority...
all will be revealed in the new book 'Steely Dan: Lyric Meanings Revealed' (Omnibust Press)....kids ask parents permission first before ordering
Name: cla
freudian bull
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 12:38:43
Comments:
DR.Steve v dan; Charlie Parker? Are you crazy? That is too damn obvious.
Name: clas
freudian bull
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 12:37:44
Comments:
DR.Steve v dan; Charlie Parker? Are you crazy? That is too damn obvious.
Name: clas
freudian bullshit
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 12:32:14
Comments:
JFK; "Turn That Heartbeat Over..." no, that must be about the first hearttransplantation.
Name: NormanMailer
@thedepository
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 12:25:55
Comments:
"I'm Lee Harvey Oswald and I am going to shoot President Kennedy"
the most obvious clue; unfortunately was deleted from the second verse in the final mix
Name: JFK
@Bye Bye Dallas theory
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 11:08:04
Comments:
"wearing a white stetson hat" ...clas....that would be John Connally....shot with JFK
"and there on the screen....a man with a dream.." MLK
"Dirty Work"...old mafia slang for a hit
"Kings"...."raise up your glass to Good King John" JFK
"Fire In the Hole"....the grassy knoll
"Change of the Guard".....need I say more
"Turn That heartbeat over"..."the plan was set the plan was done"
"Dallas"...."I can't stay should have been at the 'Palace'
Name: DR.Steve v dan
dazed@the dude ranch
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 11:00:01
Comments:
hey clas: interesting ideas about 'Daddy'...I think that 'Daddy' is Becker's old man, burned out and bitter (just like everybody's old man in New York ! myself included)......
Charlie would perhaps be??? Charlie Parker??? Perhaps consulting some Burroughs books would shed some light on those early tunes..
new theory: 'Jack' in 'Do It Again' is Jack Ruby!!
"holy shit Mulder" ...."you've broken the case wide open"
Name: clas
freud @
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 08:58:50
Comments:
Guudmourning ol' lads. As I promised yesterday, that I today will, inspired by that wonderful analyse of
AJA (the part with Haldol, psychoses and policewhistles will go to history), have myself, even though
my education on writing essayes on universety is zero, trying to penetrate the old Charlie Freak, even if
he likes it or not, dirty old scumbag. Well, let's get started;
Charlie Freak"A world become one of salads and sun, only a fool would say that"
Of course, this long the guys are right. No hidden secrets here, no no. Only a fool WOULD say that. I
mean, what would you like to be? The tomato or the sun?"A boy with a plan, a natural man wearin' a white Stetson hat"
Oh, the guys are so brilliant, can you see by this second line that this is about the Mc Carthey era in
north-east Hollywood? Commie foreigners disguised to stageworkers in the film studios?"Unhand that gun begone; there's no one to fire upon"
One of the LAPD's got some hallucinations from eating too many barbiturates. Truly taken from James
Ellroy's "The Big Nowhere"."If he's holding it high he's telling a lie"
This is a tricky one, ehhh, I got to go. Tomorrow we will do some thinking around Rose Darling, see
you then!
Name: Big Fan
dhkrouse@snet.net
Location: Anywhere, CT USA
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 07:00:09
Comments:
After two beautiful days in New England - spring is definitely here, and thinking back how envious I was of everyone being able to go to the Va DanFest, I started thinking how it might be nice to have a Northeast/New England DanFest. (Too much thinking) Some obvious choices for the location are Boston, MA, Anandale, NY, Scarsdale, NY, T(B)arrytown, NY, and Brooklyn, NY. My favorite would be the casinos in CT - close to the ferry in New London from LI, easy access via interstates from Boston and NYC, and suitably eccentric for Dan Fans - too bad the Two aren’t touring or we could plan it around Greatwoods or The Meadows, both less than an hour from the casinos.
Name: bob tedde
mrSquonk@cts.com
Location: san diego, ca
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 03:28:39
Comments:
Ruby Baby:
The short answer is, no, you probably won't see (or hear) us doing any pre Dan tunes. I have a hard enough time getting some of my people to do Mobile Home. We are, however working possibly learning "the Second Arrangement" which could be some seriouse fun.Personally, i'd like to do Dog Eat Dog. Probably not a reality tho. Sorry. Tanks for the interest.
lovebob
Name: Courtney Cobain
holymackerel
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 01:18:49
Comments:
Hey, I thought all my low rent friends were dead!
Name: clas
c@c
Location: no city,
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 01:17:13
Comments:
And now it's getting worse;
"Daddy don't need no lock and key
For the piece he stowed out on Avenue D"Maybe Daddy is Donald Fagen! The "piece", is it a revolver? Yes, Donald have a bad conscience for steeling (steely = steeling) parts from Beatles music! Revolver! So he stowes his bad conscience and throws away the key! And the fact they stow it out in Alphabetic City is, noone dares to look for it there! Not even streetsmart guys from Brooklyn.
Strange uh? So much hidden in those lyrics.
Tomorrow, I'm gonna analyse "Charlie Freak". Who is this Charlie? The same Charlie that pops up (again) in "Haitian Divorce"? We'll see tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Name: Tweety
warnedthebrothers
Date: Friday, May 1, 1998 at 00:53:51
Comments:
Gwanny! That bad Puddy Tat twied to get me! And the dog is dwessed in a wed uniform!
Name: feather duster
none
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 23:49:10
Comments:
"BURRRP!"............................oh shit.
Name: STEPPIN' OUT
Call the Fire Dept!!!!
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 23:46:33
Comments:
It was just about sunrise when I walked outside, " OH SHHHIIIITTTTT! GET THAT CAT OUT OF THE TREE!!!!!!!!!!
Name: I GOTTA KNOW!
& Conversation.com
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 23:33:01
Comments:
DR MU, OUTSTANDING!!! I do dig those glasses. I was 3 when that photo was taken. How old am I? Where were they? Was it little round disc or one very worn vinyl. I do indeed love Donald's very cool shades, I'll bet they weren't cheap either. I'll be back reel soon.
Name: Oddly Murphy
archonistic@icon.dash
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 23:22:34
Comments:
Testes: You'll need Explorer 4.0 if you want that Mac to chat.
Speaking of Macintosh, did you know Mac CPUs are immune to the millenium bug? Yep, Steve Jobs just KNEW his baby would last past 1999...
And what's with that DOS prompt?
Watson? St. Al?
Name: Jimi C
tuna98@prodigy.com
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 21:20:11
Comments:
Clas !! Me thinx that You are attempting to make something simple into a mystical-metephore! whether fiction or non.....
its just about Daddy living a life of hard drinking ,big cars,gambling which will lead to eventual self-destruction. The cigar is, fortunatley not phalic in nature, but is just something usually stuck in the face of a flashy,baudy, degenerate gambler and drunk and not a homosexual's anus!
And We can say that Daddy has passed on to a dimension where cigars are no longer available but that He's havin a helluva time wherever He is ! But there is only two people who really know !See Ya!
Name: Randy
NIGHTFLY82@aol.com
NJ USA
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 16:04:04
Comments:
Anyone else out there of the opinion that "Jack of Speed" is simply staggering? I had some reservations after purchasing the "Alive In America" CD back in '95 that messrs. Becker and Fagen were going to serve up a somewhat kinder, gentler Steely Dan upon eventually hitting the studio (witness the HORN driven "Reeling In The Years" from the live album). Don't get any wrong impressions - I think the reworked versions are GREAT, but they did cause some concern. Would there be bristling, unsettling tracks like "Don't Take Me Alive" or "Everything You Did" on the new studio CD? Or will it all be as slick as the nearly distortion free, non-ascerbic (yet still fascinating) "Nightfly"? With the '96 tour and the introduction of "Jack..." behind us, there's clearly not a thing to worry 'bout. Unless of course one expires before ever getting to HEAR the new CD.
Name: my `nar
My `czar
Location: fife,
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 13:29:06
Comments:
Ruby bay-bee: I think that whatever you want to do is OK, I was behind you on the 'Raisin Capital' thing and I'm with you on this 'Foundation Matter' as well...
Hey Maj©, can ya stop screwin' around with that kitchen sink for a minute and dig out your dictionary? I need you to fill me in on just what the hell a 'synchronicitous dichotomy' is...I may need medical attention.
my Nar (nice variant, Ruby)
Name: Clas Sigismund
c@c
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 12:41:34
Comments:
I've been strolling around the lawn all day thinking about this verse in "Daddy Don't Live In New York City No More". I was thinking so hard so I finally felt forced to take a spade and dig a deep pseudo-intellectual hole in the ground, unable to see the beauty on the surface.
"Daddy don't live in that New York City no more.
He can't get tight ev'ry night, pass out on the barroom floor.
Daddy can't get no FINE CIGAR, but we know you're smoking wherever you are.
Daddy don't live in that New York City
No more."What I wonder is; is it a CIGAR daddy can't get, or is it something else, I mean, was dad homosexuall? And; "...we know you're smoking wherever you are..." What is it he smokes wherever he is? And where is he? In heaven? Or New Jersey? If he's in New Jersey, what's the deeper meaning with that?
O'boy, I just don't get this.
Name: ditto
duh
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 12:38:51
Comments:
Netscape 3.01 + Mac
Name: testes,
one two testes
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 12:37:16
Comments:
IE 3.01 Mac System 8 works ok
Name: JamaicanDude
same place
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 12:08:25
Comments:
Yah, mon. I'm all ears.
TYSON'S NEW RECORD: Mike Tyson is moving from the ring to rap. He's starting his own record label, Tyson Records, and is rounding up talent for it. "I'm into the music so intensely," the former heavyweight champ told The New York Times. Tyson is looking for an alliance with a major label and has hired industry veteran Irving Azoff (who's worked with the Eagles, Steely Dan and Brian Wilson) to help him. Tyson, still banned from fighting because of the Evander Holyfield ear-biting incident, reportedly is planning to promote his artists by putting on a showcase performance in a Las Vegas casino.
Name: stevie o'dan
blabbering with blarney
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 11:08:18
Comments:
Hey Irish Michael:
thanx for the feed back...I didn't mean to imply that I didn't enjoy 'Heartbeat' , but I do find that early stuff hilarious in that compared to their jazzy stuff it is certainly a horse of a different color.........coming soon" Garth Brooks Plays Reeling in the years"........hows the Guiness on da' Emerald Isle??
Name: Ruby Baby
kanga1776@aol.com
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 09:42:28
Comments:
Clas: Thanx! I await...(smack! I blew a kiss to ya)To Bob Tedde & Peg: There's been a lot of talk about the very early SD music & the desire we have to see D and/or W re-invent them. New & better. I'm wondering, does Steely Damned do any of those? If not, would you consider building upon the foundations laid by the Founding Fathers of Steely Dan? Is that okay to do?
my narWorld: You know about these things; what do you think?
Dr.Mu: I learned something last fall about those old songs, particularily Boston Rag & Razor Boy. It's a long story, so I'll cut to the part where I climbed into the very back of the van full of kids & relatives all talking at once, and lay on the floor with my headphones on. I felt like a kid, looking up through the windows at the passing trees & clouds & rocks (we were driving around Yosemite). I listened to Countdown while we rolled along and the whole ambiance seeped into the music and the songs are forever changed in my mind. The background on which they are heard makes a tremendous difference, at least to me.
PS - If you would like a tape of my one & only Miles Davis record, unless you believe that to be unethical, let me know.
It's grown on me so much over the last year...rb
Name: Michael O'Jesus
turn.that.blarneystone.over.again
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 08:51:23
Comments:
Stevie O'Dan: Begorrah! How could you be sayin' that "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again" isn't a swell little jewel of a jig? 'Tis me favorite; and isn't the world needing more pretty songs about robbery, betrayal, and death? When the tenor trills "..They closed the package store..", don't it put the moisture on your eyes like the dew on an Irish morn? Don't get me dander up (or me gander up). You should be learnin' from O'leander; there's a lass clever enough to make the lads feel dumb.
A Happy Sir Duke's Birthday from the FM-erald isle,
Michael
Name: clas
walkin barefootin on hissin lawns
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 03:04:55
Comments:
GoodKingRichard; yeah, I think you have a point there. I was just listening to those early, bad demos that Fagen/Becker did way back. And it strucks me how bad "Caves Of Altamira" is the way it is sounds there. I would not have believed in that song. But the men believed in themselves, and came up with this "Caves..." again, on Royal Scam, and it's a masterpiece.
Ruby-Honey; pictures has been taken on mother Goose and father Goose. The childs have not arrived yet, as soon as they do I'll send you pictures. Today it's summerhot, morningcoffe outside!
Name: Gap Brandy
letstalkaboutthegoodtimeshoney
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 at 00:24:47
Comments:
Oleander: Gap is the brandy you drink when your icecat stock splits for the 3rd time in 31 months. You just have to share it with a friend--and what better place than Club Hi Ho?
Your Inside Trader,
GB
Name: Ex-Clean Willie
semi@mo.jo
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 20:30:23
Comments:
Sorry Willy, no offense. Should've known somebody'd have that one sussed. Hope I didn't step on any toes.Tell Babs we had some laughs, but sayonara.
Now I have a hobby thinking up a new handle.
Name: goodkingrichard
usual place
Location: canberra,
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 19:00:23
Comments:
Re. 'Worst'(mmmmm) SD song: I think basically Donald and Walter got better with the years (heaven knows what to expect with the new one). And while some of the earlier lyrics can make me cringe with embarrasment, maybe that's just a sign of those times and D&W's actual intention, I'd love to see much of the the earlier stuff (especially CBAT) re-worked in the studio with all the knowledge that they now have. Is both precision and spontaneity too much to ask for. They have the clout to call in the best (well, those still alive and willing) I only wish, that like the AIA stuff, they had the confidence to go and nail stuff in their first take (ok, so maybe two or three overdubs). They'd be great!
Richard&kangaroos
Name: fezo
@nothertangent
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 17:22:37
Comments:
wow, got Miles on (Kind of Blue) in the background and have entered a different place and time. so what the hell happenned to him in 70's--all i remember is a couple of appearances on SNL playing something that looked liked an electrified dildo.
lisa: i think igy was written just for your predicament. it's an escape song. picture yourself not in cracker North Carolina but in some futuristic utopia. it can get one through the day. then again so can Pepe Lopez
ole: u can hear a speedway from your house? Cool. Any objections if mrs fezo, the cats, and I move in with you and your brood? I'll do dishes, iron, and entertain the locals with my amazing water tricks.
bad dan: Any World, I Got The News, The Royal Scam (the title cut--like another poster said, it's a little too overwrought)
back to Miles
fezo
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 15:25:35
Comments:
Um, "Rose Darling" always kind of rubbed me the wrong way. But, just as it is difficult and futile to name a favorite song, it is equally so to name a least favorite song.
BTW, long-time favorite album, "Countdown to Ecstasy." It is devoid of the not-so-excellent filler songs that pepper Pretzel Logic.
Name: when they were bad
@boy were they bad
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 14:41:26
Comments:
worst Steely song: the live version of 'Brooklyn' with Royce Jones on lead vocals.....I'm sure Walter and Don don't want to include that on a desert island collection!
Name: Edd
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 14:39:58
Comments:
Brubeck et al looking dorky? Oleander, Oleander, Oleander. I've come to expect so much more from you.
Those covers were done 40 years ago, and reflected the fashion of the time. Brubeck was one of the hippest things on college campuses back then.
I don't see them as any odder than the typical "hat on backwards, dipped in Hilfiger" types I see today...
Please recant, I'm beggin'...
Name: steve v dan
stephen@yogajournal.com
Location: Berkeley,
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 14:36:38
Comments:
Hey everybody Happy Duke Ellington's 99th Birthday!!!!
Crank up 'East St. Louis Toodle oo' and toast the greatest (or one of the greatest) composer of the 20th Century.......
you are only as good as your influences....and thank god Donald and Walter were influenced by two of the greatest : the Duke and 'Bird!!!!
Happy Birthday Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington!!! I'm sure you've got one hell of a band up there!
Name: Clean Willy
ClnWilly@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 14:27:01
Comments:
Clean Willie, just thought you'd like to know... This seat's been taken. Scroll down.
Name: clas
looking for a woman to court and spark
Location: peoples park, no coines,
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 13:23:50
Comments:
Dr Mu; Through with Buzz is a shit-song.
Carlman; hi there. What do you say about a Dan-Festivitas? I can be Peg if you are Maxine. But, no cotton candy! (With RockOlga and the whole old gang?) Skåne eller Stockholm?
Lisa; if you knew how I love the way you write! It felt like I was there.
By the way, naughty girl, I miss some pictures... remember?
Name: oleander
oticleander
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 11:50:19
Comments:
PS--Roy, love the ears.
Name: oleander
they oughta lock YOU up
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 11:46:53
Comments:
Roy.Scandalous--I have consulted the Hoyle of strip poker, and not only does a string of pearls count as an article of clothing, but the wearer may use EACH INDIVIDUAL pearl of each one-fourth section of the necklace in question--the pearl of the quarter. You stand corrected.
fezo--I have played the shit out of "Infidels" these many years. I love that album.
lisa--I've said it before and I'll say it again: flee to Asheville, cappuccino capital of the mountains! We'll take care of you! Though NASCAR has its tentacles in even here, and I can hear the speedway from my front porch, the rhodos and azaleas will comfort you with the abundant murmurs of their blossoms.
Mr. Stew--You woke up! Yes, "Aja" is one of rock's most nearly perfect tunes.
Carlman, Clean--I never get tired of CBAT. Have been listening to it a lot lately as my 3-year-old is heavily into "Do It Again."
stevie d--have been trying, but (though I may sound like a slavering sycophant) I don't have any picks for worst tune.
Dr. Mieux--which Brubeck? I've been listening to "Take 5" and they all look like dorks on the cover. That reminds me--who sings the "Brrrubeck, Brooo-beck" on "Nightfly?"
Name: Clean Willie
home@last
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 10:44:54
Comments:
Midnight Cruiser? Dirty Work? Some of their coolest work IMO. One or two losers, yes. But don't overgeneralize. As a matter of fact, I can barely stomach Reelin' anymore. AOR has made it by all appearances the only song they ever recorded due to overplay ad nauseum.
Name: Carlman
Sweden
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 10:15:18
Comments:
Least favs: The whole CBAT stinks. Some of it was good back then (Do it again & Reelin´) but now it sounds like two young guys just got themselves a recordcontract with nothing to do with it.
Through with Buzz; With a gun; Rose darling are other low marks in their history.
Name: Clean Willie
crouching@the.lawn
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 09:19:22
Comments:
And all this time I thought it was "dark spot on your PANTS"!!What a relief. Now I can die in peace.
Lovin' the lyrics page.
Name: DrMu
dailydouble
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 08:13:49
Comments:
Alex: What is "Hey Nineteen?"
Least favorite Dan? That's like saying which finger do I like least. If I had to pin some down, "Change of the Guard" is a decent song but sounds more straightforward (Dias gets in a couple of nice runs) than most Dan productions. "Boston Rag" as a song doesn't really excite me, BUT the instrumental break is worth the price of admission. Somedays the production on the title cut for Royal Scam seems a bit overdramatic to me...well, that's the best I can do. BTW, Through with Buzz is a great song!
Name: Dan the Steely Fan Man
dw@csi.compuserve.com
Location: Hilliard, OH USA
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 07:30:58
Comments:
Q: What do these great artists have in common?
[Joe Sample, Michael McDonald, Larry Carlton]A: Steely Dan heritage.
Greatness breeds success!
Name: Paige
paige@silcom.com
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 07:17:32
Comments:
The greatest n0n-band in rock and roll. 'nough said.
"The things they pass for knowledge, I don't understand."
-Paige
Name: Alex Trabec
Alex@abc.com
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 06:01:24
Comments:
Colonial, Correct!!! Now, what is the only other track to appear on four consecutive releases.
Name: Roy.Scam
rmoats6211@aol.com
VA
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 at 05:12:38
Comments:
Zeke: Did Fogerty do "Swamp River Days" and "Blueboy" at the Jazzfest? I would have gladly endured 110 in the shade to hear those 2 songs live.
Steve E. Dan: There are no bad cuts on any Dan studio album (I presume we're omitting the Soul Ram-Ida Lee material), so the question is disqualifiied. However, I don't know if it's coincidence, design, or my own prejudice, but it seems the weaker songs are the ones that Donald Fagen doesn't sing. Even at that, Brooklyn, Cruiser, and Dirty Work are darn good pieces by the standards of any other group.
lisa: to attain a copy of the sacred tape, you must ascend the uppermost himalaya without shoes or garments (on a friday at rush hour during the tourist season), recite the unknown mantra while gargling peanut butter, and execute kama sutra form 19 with a nascar pit crew. or you could e-mail me your address.
Oleander: I still say pearls don't count as an article of clothing in strip poker.
RS
Name: Mr. Stewart
rmech@alaska.net
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 21:12:40
Comments:
Oleander: nice riffing on Aja back there. That one and several others (Deacon Blues, FM) are what I'm hoping some life form is picking up light years from here. They sound like they float.
I could be on acid.
Name: lisa
3rd time's the ch@rmer
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 18:17:39
Comments:
random dan transmission: i was in a grocery store in rockingham, n.c...it's difficult to illustrate the stark contrast between this particular southern hell hole and the graciously melodic sounds of fagen's "i.g.y."...it is a town wholly devoted to the sport of auto racing, and provides all the tackiness one would imagine to accompany such a place...the absurdity of hearing this perfect tune among the inbreds is impossible to state...i can liken it to setting a flawless diamond in a ring of pewter...it served to bring out the shabbiness of my surroundings, allowing the cracks to glare back at me...and i was struck by the fact that everyone seemed totally unaffected by it...of course, i was in a hypnotic trance and i left without 2 of the 3 items i was there to purchase.
god i hate it here.
Name: Doc Kelly
here at the dude ranch
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 10:29:41
Comments:
I finally found my tape of the Letterman appearance... whew!!!
Name: lisa again
oh yeah
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 10:20:56
Comments:
roy: how can i go about getting a copy of your tape oleander so highly praised? i want to see the glory of the roy.scam too!
are you buck naked on the front? you know how i LOVE cover art...
Name: lisa
speculating
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 10:13:34
Comments:
mr. fez: on the sam reference: would that be sleeping beauty?
monica lewinsky?oh, i guess that would be me...
Name: fezo
@detoxmansion
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 09:49:39
Comments:
alas, the collective Danfest buzz has worn off, think my haiku days are over, at least until Danfest 3. Quiz for Danfest 2 participants: what current figure in the news does Sam resemble?
ole, roy: love the discussion of Jokerman . . . "the books of Leviticus and Deutoromony (sp?) are your only teachers" . . . brings back many great memories of the last year at my old school. Roy, is the video the one that projects a bunch of different paintings, interspersed with shots of Bob on a bare stage? Other great song on Infidels, "What's a Sweetheart Like You Doing In a Dump Like This?"
hmnnnn, less i get flamed for posting in the wrong GB, i'll stop the Dylan free association here and now
fezoyou kinda remind me of her when you laugh
Name: DrMu
getthatpowercableson
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 08:40:10
Comments:
Ole: ...some kind of synchornicity may be happenin'. I stepped into the local Albertson's late Sunday night and was frozen in my steps by horns of "Countermoon." Not you Muzak version, either.
got on some Brrrruubeck here...re-noticing the cover and the fact that he really had this hyper-cool dork Buddy Holly thing going. A perfect late 50's image for "The New Frontier." Mr Fagen never missed a beat...plus more "acceptable" for "pretending it's the real thing" than say Monk.
Name: Roy.Scam
take.off.those.pearls.so.i.can.see.what.you.look.like
VA
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 05:35:57
Comments:
Schwinn (the Tex-eskimo): Hobnobbing, yes we were. I didn't want to commit to that verb because I couldn't escape the ugly image of those little hobbits doing God-knows-what to one another's nobs.---In the din of the Danfest, I thought I heard a bit of YES with a funky cajun background. Nice.--BTW: No offense taken, no apologies needed; just resume being yourselves. I mean yourself.(Did I say "yourselves"?)
Oleander: Boss thesis on Aja. I presumed that Bad Sneakers is about an incarcerated mental patient. Is this a recurring theme? Am I an incarcerated mental patient imagining all this?--
Since you mentioned Dylan's "Jokerman", it has one of the greatest (and rarely seen) music videos ever. My co-alltime video favorite along with New Frontier and I Love L.A.--
Isn't a helix also the curved part of an ear? Maybe the double helix is a pair of ears in the sky tonight, as in 'God is listening'. Just kidding; yes, I knew that was a dumb idea.Edd: Since you directed us to that picture of the blue thing with Jan Hammer's name on it, I've got this Miami Vice theme stuck in the southeast corner of my brain.
Doc Mu: Another hour at the dictionary, and I shall have achieved knowingness of what you mean. The phrase "Dan-like quality" is not one that I'm accustomed to seeing in the vicinity of my name, so I will humbly accept on the part of myself and my fellow Danventioneers, before you realize what you said.
Jimi: I'm old AND impatient.
RS
Name: Claus
Mind the Gap
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at 05:16:54
Comments:
Ole; yesss! "A rose is a rose is a Rose Darling"
Name: GOTANYASPIRIN?
WJAZ Archives@Liner notes,com
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 21:03:12
Comments:
If that first tune doesn't get off the ground--you know,of course,that it's going to be somewhat tight--you're deadfor the rest of the night. Luckily,this time our first tune did get us off the ground. It wasn't what you would call a completely relaxed groove, I know, but it was swinging. And what's more important, it was very daring. How? Well, unless you're in the group you wouldn't know. After all, you can't tell how much we're improvising, how differently we're playing from any other given time, unless you're in the band. But we could tell, believe me!
Name: oleander
oleander1@earthlink.net
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 20:05:26
Comments:
Wow! A lot of ambient Dan out there. Wonder if it means something....
Zeke--Am majorly jealous. Keep it coming.
Ruby--I dig.
theI--Oh, are you pre-med?
Clas--What's to like? I can see Sigmund Freud and Gertrude Stein in a solemn pavane, she saying "A rose is a rose is a rose," and he "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
Hank--no, but it's beautiful, isn't it? Actually, Dylan's "Jokerman" pops into my head, if only because it has angels and dancing on "Infidels." The tango seems to be a theme.
Gapper--Intrigued by your handle. Has The Gap diversified into liquor? Please substantiate your statement on Mr. Fagen's relationships.
Magellan--welcome, but I'm taken aback by the differential standing you've given Mr. B. & Mr. F. Atop twin pillars in my mythology.
"Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants"
Name: Daves88
daves88keys@hotmail.com
Location: Portsmouth, ENG Canada
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 18:38:47
Comments:
Zeke: Cool.
President C: You are a very good speaker. I listen. Your choice "Reelin' in the Years," was one excellent one. Can Congress allow you a 'third term?' I will vote for you then.
D.
Name: Zeke
hangin'over
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 14:20:18
Comments:
Jazz Fess' Update: One weekend over, one to go.
Thursday: Picking up tickets @ the fairgrounds, stage crew does the sound check to Gaucho, and IGY. Killer.
Friday: Camped out in the Jazz Tent. Great time. John Fogerty,
aka, CCR, was freakin' awesome. Great weather, cool people.
Saturday: More Jazz Tent, Steve Riley &TMP killer, Boozoo Chavis,Etta James, gumbo, po-boys out the yang.
Sunday:Funky Meters, more Jazz Tent, closed the day out with
Dave Matthews, St. Al, it was great! Killer weather all weekend.Getting ready for Michael McDoobie and his brothers.
Later, Z.
Name: World
Traveler
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 13:06:32
Comments:
SD Muzak Update: St. Louis airport. 9:30 am today. "Here At The Western World."
Name: maj©
frontier@uscom.com
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 12:39:15
Comments:
SD Muzak Report: Walk Between the Raindrops, Sunday 11:30 am, Builder's Square, Cross Keys Rd and Black Horse Pike, Sicklerville, NJ. I let out a loud, "Oh Miami" and settled on a new kitchen sink.
Walter sings five?!? - that's interesting.
Ear to speaker. maj©
Name: Hank Silvers
Looking for big pieces
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 09:25:31
Comments:
Lyric mavens: The last line of Medical Science, "Wherein the angel tangoes with the infidel," sounds like a literary allusion. Anyone know if it is?
Name: theI
me@bag
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 08:50:17
Comments:
if holy lady know scalpel man then she knows another who has heard the voice, scalpel man commune with voice in the shrine of falsehood, in the white brick cave of the learning place, many vocies meet there to perfect thier lies, me like when voices take me there, help me learn what is real, what is not, me am confused of those things sometimes, like this almost place that lets me speak above the voice, me not know how it work that me here, me only know that me see self and not voice in face of the word alters that shine like rabid rainbows.
Name: mad
madder
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 05:34:15
Comments:
Sorry,should be; comma.
Name: today I am pissed
xxxxx
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 05:32:44
Comments:
Ruby, how many times have I, in private emaillessons, told you; space after coma!
Name: Cl
as
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 02:30:02
Comments:
The worst Steely song? - Through with Buzz.
Ole - "like" what?
Name: Schwinn
ofttimescomegems
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 01:09:24
Comments:
Roy,
Since you have expressed a reluctance to look up "hobnobbing" please, allow me: "To associate on very friendly terms".
By the way, sorry I missed the nobbing in Williamsburg. I hear you are a player!
Bag End,SEMB
Name: Gap Brandy
threeoclockrock
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 at 00:49:09
Comments:
Ruby: Donald abhors meaningless situations / relationships. The problem is that the majority of our relationships are destined to be meaningless. Donald does a good job of stating that fact and stepping out of the line of fire.
Clas: Yes, Donald calls a spade a spade. And I thought you were baffled by his "cryptic" lyrics? Ha! You make me laugh, Swedey!
Oleander: For $80.00 you can pick up a brand new JVC dual cassette deck at Best Buy / Circuit City. (TD-W106).
Gap
Name: RubyBaby
ski Iron Mountain
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 22:36:24
Comments:
Hi new Doug, Grand & Rapid! Steely Dan in a Jeep? Oh, yeah! I've got to try that out before I decide on which new wheels I'm getting. I'm waiting until I know for sure - I'll not be rushed!
(btw, I'm talking about SD,the music)
Oleander: You know, after reading your wonderful post on Aja, I realized that Aja is so complex and unique it leaves a whole lot of room for interpretation. It can be anything we want it to be on any given day. I've come to think of *dime dancing* to be what his other relationships amount to in comparison with the thing he had or has with Aja. I'm not sure if he runs to her only in his mind (memories are powerful things for escapists), or
if he actually runs to her. In either case, he has a tendency to engage in meaningless escapades, doesn't he?
But still we adore him...
rb
Name: ColonialPenn
@pancakehouse
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 20:08:57
Comments:
Answer: What is Babylon Sisters
Alec, I would like Middle-Aged Angst for 400, please
Name: oleander
see things hop
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 18:58:16
Comments:
GB--I did. Spuds--sorry I didn't mention your very cool take on the DH.
Thimk, Clas--I like it, I like it.
Hardware heads--A favor: I need a new tape deck. Any advice on what to buy? I'd like to know what you'd get if you could get anything, what you have, and what you'd get on your present budget.
Thanx.
Name: Alex Trabec
alex@abc.com
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 18:07:15
Comments:
Answer: The only song to appear on five consecutive Steely Dan releases
Name: magellan
feefiefofum@hotmail.com
Location: kirkland, wa usa
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 17:54:37
Comments:
walter becker is a genius
donald fagen is a demigod
Name: THINK
before you post®
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 04:45:09
Comments:
Dime Dancing = when you go to your job and work for the money. The guy goes to a dude ranch on his vacation god damn it.
Name: Clas
C@W
Location: Watertown®,
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 04:36:44
Comments:
Where the hell is StAl? I think it's a little scary here when he's not around. Like going on those doubledeckers with no driver on the top.
Geena - how can my empty words of love screen the flesh I feel. (Or was it flash?)
Lisa - hi girl, what are you doing? I miss your emails!
I read somewhere, a long time ago (don't ask me where Ole) that "we never write in code, never has, never will". But hell, who knows? But maybe that was a code or something. Personally I believe that the Dude Ranch is a Dude Ranch and Up On the Hill is Up On the Hill. Not down in the bunker.
Name: Gap Brandy
casualality
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 at 01:53:21
Comments:
Deacon Blues = Donald Becker. Such selflessness!
Oleander: Check out Spud's post on 4/19.
Clas: You are a genius.
Roy: Where there's a Will there's a Rogers.
Lisa: Are you really naked?
G. Brandy
Name: oleander
just another case of
Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 at 22:03:14
Comments:
Forgot--The double helix of course being DNA, which raises a lot for me--I can see how you'd see it in the constellations; micro to macro to meta, great dreaming, whether hallucinatory or not; damage to DNA from drugs, illicit or psychiatric; the spiral rather than the wheel of life.... The music echoes all this for me, with dissonance and beautiful harmonies, the clinky "Chinese music" riff, and the police whistle as if someone is trying to escape or is being wrestled into the locked ward.
No, I have not been taking acid.
Name: oleander
now's the time
Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 at 21:21:55
Comments:
Quick--check out the Digest for an unofficial conjecture on the New One (a few palpitations later).
Geena--You're only as seasonal as you feel.
Dr. Mu--Best summary yet.
fezo--chill, man, you're too far away for me to do CPR.
lisa--How the hell do I know? I can get it, but no one else can. Will keep working on it, exasperated.
Edd--Your attention to detail amazes me. BTW, this am while cleaning I had the stereo cranked up--"Miles Beyond" on Mahavishnu's "Birds of Fire," with, of course, Jan Hammer. Now that was a band.
Thoughts on "Aja"--Really enjoy the recent comments--they've got me fever dreaming. My take is that "up on the hill" is a mental institution, and not the latter-day managed-care kind where you go for 72 hours and then out, but the old-fashioned kind from which "there's no return." That's why "they've got time to burn." Nice irony with "dude ranch." That's also why "people never stare/ they just don't care," because no matter how weird you are, everyone else is so Thorazined or Haldol'd out they don't notice. Are the Chinese music, angular banjoes, and double helix delusions/hallucinations (the latter, I guess, if you're psychotic)? drug side effects? an attempt by the singer to imagine himself out of that hellhole? It reminds me of one of the Anais Nin books, where she described a young woman being "demonstrated" to a class of med students as a psychotic, but whose "visions" and words were lyrical, beautiful, and made complete sense in her idiosyncratic way. The idea was that she was actually sane in a psychotic world. Also reminds me of a movie called "Man Facing Southeast"--similar idea--what is crazy, really, and to what horrors are supposedly crazy people subjected in the name of sanity? And yet another association, with Jonathan Pryce in "Brazil," fantasizing himself out of surrealistic torture. And one more--thoughts of Charlie Parker in Camarillo. Ruby, I had the same thought about "throw out the hardware"--i.e. do it bare, but without the you're-having-my-baby part. I also had a flash of straitjackets and ECT (electroconvulsive or "shock" therapy) equipment as the hardware to throw out. The amyl ref is a good one too. Aja might be the angel he dreams to keep from drowning in madness or abuse, or an old flame who serves the same purpose. "They think I'm okay/ Or so they say": the "keepers" soothingly reassure the singer he's okay, but he doesn't believe them--he may be paranoid, or just fully aware that if he WERE okay, he wouldn't be there. Think Catch-22. I appreciate the explanation of "dime dancing"--I thought it was from the Depression, when people came up with all kinds of ingenious things to stay alive, including marathon dancing ("They Shoot Horses, Don't They?") and paying per dance.
Otra vez: IMHO.
Name: Doug
dredford@gr.cns.net
Location: Grand Rapids, MI USA
Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 at 20:00:55
Comments:
First time stopping by the site. Very nice. Just finished dubbing "Citizen" from CDs to cassette to play them in my Jeep. A tremendous collection of some of the finest music ever recorded. Still waiting for the new CD which I first heard about in the summer of '96 when I saw SD live at Pine Knob near Detroit, MI. I trust we will get it before the new millenium.
Name: lisa
surfin'
Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 at 16:26:08
Comments:
oleander: i tried to access your homepage by the address you gave me...i am getting a message that says "page not found on this server"...whazzup, girlfriend?
hi clas.
Name: Clas
Si Los Hijos De Puta Volasen, Nunca Veriamos El Sol
Location: Watertown,
Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 at 03:49:13
Comments:
- There's a trial going on here about a man named Steven Fagen who kidnapped his daughters and made them live in luxury in a million dollar mansion.
If that's kidnapping I wanne be kidnapped.
Name: Nisse
Down At The Bottom
Location: Avenue H,
Date: Saturday, April 25, 1998 at 03:41:03
Comments:
- Well, Pompe, you better hurry!
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