Hey, the drunk on the live Bodhisttva on Citizen Dan is "truck driver and drunk Jerome Aniton", man, I "Cant Buy A Thrill" like he must have had. I sometimes chat for hours on the net, using only Dan lyrics in the conversation!! What a trip! Before we know it, we have people chatting the lyrics all over the place! Gotta study up on Citizen Dan before you can hang with us though....Any world will do
StAL; Nyquil? After 25 years in the business I have never heard about them.
Nyquil, a band, that's funny.
Lucky: Out with Meet My Pet, in with Nyquil©.
molding tomorrow's citizens,
maj©
I'm not sure StAl, but I think Tony Levin is a phallic symbol...and coupled with a reference to King Crimson...the mind reels...
(laughing...)jeez, maj©...surface to air missles?...
'I can't keep up with you no more...'
mW
GoodKingRichard--I always liked that Fireman Sam theme when I lived in London. Some cool changes and a tempo/rhythmic structure reminiscent of the re-arranged "Reelin' in the Years" on AIA. Being a theme song from a childrens' program, it's cheery and completely irony free, so that's obviously where Maldwyn Pope (I think that's his name) parts ways with Don + Walt.
This is a silly confession, but I'm among fellow Danheads, so here goes: when I was in my first couple months in London, struggling at work and feeling homesick, I used to get strange comfort from sitting down with my two-year-old and watching the opening and closing credits to Fireman Sam. I didn't understand the healing power of Fireman Sam back then, but in noting the Dan-ness of the theme song, GoodKingRichard seems to have put his finger on it.
Ole Ander; literary notes, thanks.
Maj; "Nyquil, a band, that's funny". A band? I thought those were sleepingpills. And may I ask you something? How do you manage to make that copyrightsign here in the GBook? Doesn´t work for me. Let´s see, alt+138= ó.
You see, shit happens. Let´s copyright this shit.
mr Stewart; I thought you would like to know, talking about enigmas. I love your posts, but don´t understand zero. Love em anyway.
Not a Riddler--Expound!
Hankers--I don't know if any of "Day of the Locust" was BEHIND any of the lyrics; it's read in zillions of high school & college English classes, but I have no idea if it ever lurked in the Dan's backpacks. Maybe it's just a "folding space" of the zeitgeist, but it sure gave me the grins. BTW--you can't grow oleander outdoors in New York. It's a zone 7 plant (Ca., the South).
Clas--"I own my wife"--here's hoping that's a translation glitch like "were" and "where...."
maj--aaahh, Grasshopper, a great interviewer groks what to ask. To paraphrase Rene Daumal, the last question depends on the first, and the first question depends on the last. So...?
St. Al--a birthday's NEVER just another day! A chill one to you, and get well fast so you can properly celebrate! Great to hear you mention Sweetpea Atkinson. I know him from his work with Don Was (Was/Not Was & Orquestra Was). I just love him on "Born To Laugh At Tornadoes" & "What Up Dog."
Roy Ol' Man--Now that I think of it, the growing zone of oleander gives us more ammunition for the Annandale, Va. theory. I haven't read Styron's book--too depressing. (Not!) But my Fun reading is on hiatus for the time being; only Quest reading (work & project) for a while. What do you think? Tell me about it. And how's your son's band?
Any other coffee fans? Check out http://www.tmcm.com/
oleander: i got plenty of java..but i feel like crying!
janine: that's "DanSpeak".
"Oh Michael, oh Jesus, you know i'm not to blame..."
Oleander: No, we don't know, but from the way you described it, the subject matter sounds like something that WB and DF would have read and remembered. More'n likely, anyway.
Also, regarding interviews, the one from Mojo was excellent. While the interviewer says the expected about how hard it is to get straight answers from them, he was able to do just that on some personal questions.
Ah, Was (Not Was) -- twisted pop music. Ozzy Osbourne, Doug Fieger, and Mel Torme all on the same album. For a member of the Loyal Fandom, what's not to like?
Happy b-day, St. Al. Hope you're feeling better. Keep us posted on those Nyquil dreams, willya?
"Nietzsche died a lonely madman --
Jerry Lewis has his own telethon."
THIS FUCKING SUCKS!!!! WHERE'S THE GODDAMNED NEW ALBUM???!!! JESUS H. CHRIST, DONALD & WALTER, STOP FUCKING WITH US!!!!!I WANT A NEW ALBUM AND I WANT IT NOWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on Guys - I know we all have days that we are just sure that if we were to run into our beloved musical gurus that we would be prone to shaking them by the collar, demanding that they fork over the goods, rather than thanking them for sharing their genius with us, however, we must not rush genius!
Oleander, not sure what debate you are having concerning Annendale, but I lived in VA for many years and until I happened upon the official site I thought they were speaking of that Annendale. Oleander grows all over the place in VA (and a great deal of it is wild) . Another reason I thought it was the VA Annendale was the mention of Wm & Mary (while not in Annendale it not too far from it). On an unrelated note, I see Stranger had an effect on your vocabulary too.
Aja
Hank and My Dogbane friend, another Was (Not Was)fan here, saw them at Slims in SF New Years Eve '90(?)...(had to close one eye towards the end of the evening, but I saw 'em...)Doug Fieger made a cameo, and they twisted My Sharonna beyond recognition...
mW
Re: An Interview.... Well, it's clear that they prefer to talk about the present or future than to rehash the past, so something along those lines would be a good start to an interview. Something like, "When's the fifth Pocket Donald going to be released?"
I hope Charlie Rose pulls through.
BTW, I emailed Ed Feldman of the Furniture Guys Show recently to ask what's his favorite Dan album. (If you recall, I ran into him -hard not to- at the Camden NJ show in 96). Haven't heard anything, haven't watched his show either. I was thinking of asking Clinton the same thing. You can email him, ya know. I bet he's a Countdown fan.
maj©
Maj(+alt+138=ó): Released? Didn't you know he's just got out on parole... and he's comin' to get ya!
Ha!Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Clas:
Nyquil= A really tasty nightime cold medicine found in the U.S.
©= the & symbol and the word copy with out spaces -- &"copy" (man I hope this works...
StAl
©
I get the copyright symbol buy holding down the ALT key and typing 0169.
I shall now attempt it...
©
There's a bunch of others (assuming they're defined in the font of your choice.) for you to ammuse yourself with.
Edd
Ole Ander; no, I don´t own my wife. That was a joke. The reason I wrote that was;
what I have seen, it seems to me that a lot of US-husbands think and act like they own their wifes. And the wifes play along. Remember now; I said SOME US-husbands. My wish is not to insult anyone here, or elsewhere.
I guess it´s the same situation in, lets say, France?
StAl; it takes a clear mind to make it, quit all those sedatives. You got to be sober in your MIND you old, well, not so old... whatever. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
C
Edd; Yes, look at this; ±, ~, $ or this; ñ.
But why can´t we italicize here? Or make headlines in 18 points when we have something extra heavy to say.
StAl; why?
Why Jey K?
C
PS "A really tasty nightime COLD medicine found in the U.S." What does that mean, cold medicine? Are there warm medicines? Eggnog? Oleander?
Hey Clas!
Edd's method relies on fonts. The method I suggested is an HTML tag. It doesn't give a rats ass what font your system is using. It also works with the registration® symbol. Type: &"reg" without the quotation marks.
Enough of that crap.
mWorld: I always thought Tony Levin looked like G. Gordon Liddy, but now that you mention it...
Clas: All of that stuff you mentioned is possible. The problem I have is people have a tendency to
Hey Dan heads...in case you haven't noticed this week is the 25th anniversary of the release of Steely Dan's debut 'Can't Buy A Thrill'!!! so let's all wish Donald & Walter congratulations and reflect on the awesome-ness of them being able to survive in the major bull shit world of the record biz...maybe the guys will reward us with a three song ep for christmas!!!!!
25 years ago: Nixon had just been re-elected (despite Watergate)...the Reds played the A's in an exciting World Series...All in the Family and The Waltons were the top rated shows on TV.....FM radio was starting to get hip with hours of commercial free lp tracks (remember 'Starship Trooper'!) and ABC Records put it's publicity machine into action and turned a stragglin, bunch of cynical (and shy!) New Yorkers into a top rock act....speaking of old video clips...has anyone ever seen Steely Dan's first tv appearance from American Bandstand, I believe it was from a show in Dec.'72..now THAT would be something for the Hall of Fame! (I always wondered what David Palmer was doing during this song?!?) So go home , get high and crank up Can't Buy A Thrill!!!!one more time.......film idea 0081 ...smoke filled room...LA 1972.....steely music in background...news flash about the Pentagon Papers...."I was attending USC in the fall of '72 when my life took a peculiar turn....." cut to USC library...(from the forth coming volume : fiction inspired by steely dan {penguin paperback})
steviedan: 25 years! makes you feel kind of er... matured doesn't it?! And proves that adage that class and quality never go out of fashion... time to break out the afghans and lune pants!
Not My Nancy: SD - a healing power indeed. But, 'Fireman Sam' irony-free? I think not! Thesis on irony and post-modern influences in 'Fireman Sam' to come when I can stop my son from watching Thomas the Tank Engine (now that is Irony Free). Thanks for the link to AIA Reelin' in the Years: will try to test that one out between barbeques and football matches over the long w/e (they should call it No Labour Day).
Have a good one wherever you are.
Richard, with nothing to do but feed all the kangaroos...
Yo! "This ain't funny any more." I use to reply, to any reference of a scarcity of something, 'As rare as a Steely Dan concert.' I can still say that because I've never had the pleasure of seeing them. It is unfortunate that I'm not a lover of that pseudo funny man David Letterman, or I could have at least caught them on the tube. So when one take's into account the release of Gaucho in 1979 as their last studio album, what's another 6-8 months of waiting. Any of their material is timeless, so that should hold you (me) until then.
Charlie Rose - Yeah, that would be a good show for the lads to appear on - But what if Tom Snider has O.J. on as competition on his show? Complete with the Bronco? Charlie will probably try and keep it quiet and I'll miss that show as well.
I was in Keene N.H. last weekend at the Clarence DeMar Marathon - Driving to catch the bus to the start line in Gilsum, N.H., heard "Everyone's Gone to the Movies." Oh babies c'mon.
love the music, gotta go
steviedan: 25 years ago there was Me & You & A Dog Named Boo. Also, A Horse With No Name. By some wind of Providence, I found Countdown To Ecstacy. It was the album cover that got my attention (can you believe that?!)
GoodKingRichard--Here's hoping Don + Walt don't get in a Jarrett-like plagiarism battle with the BBC. We may be seeing a "Becker/Fagan/Fireman Sam" songwriting credit on "Reelin'."
Whoops--make that "Becker/Fagen/Fireman Sam." No flames, please.
Sam is the hero next door.
Skinny Girl: Countdown to Ecstacy was my first SD album also. It had no hit singles to draw attention to it, so part of the appeal was the album cover; but mostly, it was because I'd heard this odd, post nuke song called KING OF THE WORLD on one of the "progressive rock" stations. The tune was beautiful but lurched like a rolling weevil. Burt Bacharach with the hiccups couldn't have written a melody that catchy. When I saw that song on an album I bought it. I'm not usually given to overeaction but thirty seconds into MY OLD SCHOOL I had a lifetime jones for the music. I told a friend of mine and he said that their first album was almost as good. My response was "Yeah, right." Not wanting to spoil the reverie by listening to some rookie effort, I didn't buy CAN'T BUY A THRILL for a long time thereafter. Dick Nixon and I were damn clever that year.
Wasn't that the year that Neil Diamond was placed on Richard Nixon's drug song hit-list? Did SD ever make that distinguished honor roll?
I guess I won't be using the © symbol anymore. I started using it when some loser was posting under my name. Can't imagine why. Internet is still very anonymous, an equalizer like an automibile,and it baffles me as to why a person doesn't take ownership of their thoughts or feels the need to post under another name.
maj.
StAl; yes, it makes me sad to hear that. In the end there are us, normal, decent (sometimes christian or/and phillosifiullus) people who have to pay for their terrorism. And probably we pay their taxes too.
I got an idea, a kind of a new saying that we all should pay attention to in order to keep this fine book in order;
BRING THE MESSAGE TO THE GUESTBOOK, TAKE YOUR MESS TO YOUR ANALYST!
So, I think that will put things straight for a while.
But StAl; it´s Windows, not the fontchoice, that says which numbers and which keys und so weiter...
And kids, look up your MIME-control! åäö
C
testing testing 66666666666666reggg ® &&&&&&&®
is that HTML? If it is, I will never use it.
GOOD KING RICHARD; I have always wondered, but have been to shy to ask, where you live, does the sun stand up in the north all day?
Here's something for the McDoobie fanz:
"http://members.aol.com/MMcDld/index.html"
Enjoy. maj.
McDoobies?
Well it was... Neal Cassady that started them to travelin', and they're still out there humpin' away to this day. Although they've been reduced to playing the State Fair circuit of late. The present incarnation (sans Mike McDonald and Skunk) but with original members Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons, et. al. appeared at the "Big E" (Eastern States Exposition) in Springfield, MA last Sunday (Sept. 28, 1997).
What a boon for old McDoobie fanz (like myself), eh what? You get to hear "Cheat the Hangman" in between treks through the kiddie rides, arts and crafts booths and the horse pulling contests. A real slice of Americana (or something like that).
film idea #0082- Fagen and Becker as regular characters on Seinfeld... Jerry: "You know what George...Steely Dan just moved in next door."
George: "Really! You mean Walter Fagen and Donald Becker?" Jerry: "You know George I think you're wrong..that's Dan Fagen and Walter Baxter.." (enter Kramer) Kramer: "Whoa!...Jerry did you know that Steeleye Span moved in next door?" Jerry: "You know Kramer..I did know that...and they want you to be their lead singer!" Kramer: "whoa..oh yeah!" ....I think I've had too much coffee this week!
Thanx for the music, W & D. D.
curses... stuck at my desk on a Saturday... the benefits of this are that I can download photos of my New Haven friend's recent firstborn and ponder the saddness that is the passing of maj © but rejoice in the rebirth of maj.
Not My Nancy: Yup!... it goes East - North - West... same one and same burnt slaphead. ...and, yes the water does go down the plug clockwise. Two people wrote the music to 'Fireman Sam' (D&W under pseudonyms?) and that Pope fella did the singing (the Welsh do indeed have a deep sense of irony, but I do feel a lawsuit coming on after another listen)
steviedan: I wonder how Elaine will dance to the fine sounds of SD?... maybe it's best to leave that episode on the drawing board!
A quick teaser for those with vinyl: Which SD track has been spellt in three different ways? (this may just be on the UK versions)
Enjoy your w/e
Richard&kangaroos
Richard, would that be Barrytown?
Speaking of Dan related music similarities, fans of Conan might see a resemblence of his demented lullaby and WB's Little Kawai.
Aja
R: MSG to M. What else? Quantity?
'93 Dan hornsmith Chris Potter has a new CD out. The Chris Potter quartet with John Scofield, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. I've heard some good things about it. Chris penned most (if not all) of the compositions and apparently features some excellent soloing from both Potter and Sco throughout. Gotta pick this one up! How can you go wrong with a lineup like this?
Vinyl questiom: I've long since replaced all my old Dan '70's era ABC vinyl with other formats but I've still got the originals tucked away in mothballs. I don't know how rare this is - or how many albums were pressed this way - but I've got an original ABC Records, 1975 "Katy Lied" with a "B" label on both the "A" and "B" sides. The "Everyone's Gone to the Movies"/"Your Gold Teeth II" side. No "A" label whatsoever. Anyone else have one of these oddball pressings?
Tasting, tasting........
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How many times do I have to say this...
SEPTEMBER 1998
Ok?
Clas - How is you fucking guy. If you still think US natives are full of shit, take a lok at a movie called "Big Night". You might enjoy the ride.
Chogau
Hey you......yes, you. Do you like MMW ? What do you like about it ?
Chogau
GOOD KING RICHARD; thanks for answering to NotMyNancy.
Chogau; "Big Night". OK.
Hank Silvers; thanks for the link to Mojo-inteview. It was a real good one.
David Letterman show on swedish TV yesterday; JACKSON BROWNE. Yes, a little Miles there StAl, this guy never stomps on the same spot for very long. And the CBS-Orchestra did a decent job for a change (maybe because that guy, ehhh, Ppppppaul Schaffer played the piano this time).
Kill your darlings honey,
the next voice you`ll hear
is your own...
Ugh, Ugh.
Steviedan: Will we ever actually get to SEE the elusive duo, or just the back of their heads as they get onto an elevator, or walk out of the cafe? And what evil plans will Newman have in store for Waltdog?
Question: On which daytime drama did Chris Potter & his pals make an appearance lately? (They actually performed a number, but somehow I missed it - Rats!) The 1st one to correctly answer this will win the brand new, '98 Pocket Donald, which includes it's own Pocket Major and tiny 9 Iron.
SFK: I'm intrigued by your/Chloe's page. I couldn't wait for it to come up all the way - had to take the dog to the vet. But I'll be back!
rb
Don´t tell me he crashed the window again? Damn birds. Killem!
DanFans, the URL listed below will take you to a place where you can add your own music reviews. I say we should post a few Dan related reviews and hopefully we can convert the musical heathens. Or you could just have a little fun.
http://home.pacific.net.sg/~tengo/contempo.htm
Hank--wild & crazy interview. Loved the reminiscences. Mentioned West, as it happens. Just shows, I guess, that 25 years ago I was reading what all rebellious youth were--but my vinyl-identified brain is skipping back to that groove these days. Funny that I've been reading regressively as the 25th anniversary of "CBAT" arrives.
Mynah--I figured there must be more than a few W/NW aficionados around. Seeing them must have been a blast.
GKR--lune pants?
StevieD--I've got a stitch in my side from the Seinfeld scenario.
Roy--wonderful story. I remember...being similarly smitten by "MOS" from the first snide piano strains with the marching-band brass on their heels.
Aja--Stranger than what? The Annandale thing--Roy & I discovered geographical kismet as former denizens of Northern Va. And we too were convinced at one time that "MOS" was about our stomping grounds, for the same reasons you mentioned, plus going to high school there (where I for one never went back). Where in Va. were you?
Joe--ever alert!
voulez voulez voulez vous
justice = just ice
What ever happened to David Palmer? Dirty Work is on local 1O4.5 regular playlist. Just curious!
How touching! Dylan named his new album in tribute to the Dan!
Oleander; no, he did not. He named his album in tribute to How To Chase the Dragon. Sorry Proffessor.
People have asked me if I got the lyrics to Jacksons latest, here it is;
THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR
Gather your deeds and your possessions, Whatever certainty you've known, Forget your heroes, You don't really need those last few lessons.
Stand in the open; The next voice you hear will be your own.
Well alright, they knew how they could hurt you, And you let them cut you to the bone. But God forbid, you allow them to rid you of your virtue!
Forget their laughter; The next voice you hear will be your own.
The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear will be your own.
Throw down your truth and check your weapons. Don't look to see if you're alone, Just stand your ground, And don't turn around -- whatever happens. Don't ask directions; The next voice you hear will be your own.
The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear... The next voice you hear will be your own.
(c) 1997 SWALLOW TURN MUSIC, ASCAP
Did Jackson Browne really beat up Darryl Hannah? (Also known as "the question that won't go away".)
Answer: NO. Both Jackson and Darryl have denied those old tabloid reports at one time or another. The fact is that Jackson phoned the police that night. The details of that infamous night will never be known by anyone except for the two parties involved. Jackson is a very private individual and we should all respect his desire for privacy. Whatever really happened that night is none of our business. To those that are stuck for an answer when someone raises the question, I usually respond with a statement about not believing what you read in the tabloids and being amazed how otherwise intelligent people can believe the kind of trash they read there.
Did Browne "beat up" Hannah? Dunno. I do know he slugged her at least one good one, though, so the rest is a debate about semantics. (He *has* admitted to as much, by the way (but justified it because he "loved her so much" and "just went crazy")). I respect his privacy plenty. But I also reserve the right to judge him as an asshole. No conflict there.
ONE OF THE FUCKHEADS; "no conflict there".
But there sure is a conflict in your stupid fucking head, fuckhead.
Can you read or can you not read?
Ptuiiiii, mudcity...
c c@w: yeah, I can read just fine. What you seem to have the problem with is my reserving the right to evaluate what I read. But then again, you would.
Bye, sweetheart.
I would have slugged Jackson too.
the real fuckhead™
FUCKHEADS; what I believe is; you don´t think Jackson is an asshole because you think he beat Darryl up. You think he is an asshole cause he tells the truth about USA in his lyrics. Hannah is just an excuse. Allow me to believe that you don´t give a fuck about Darryl Hannah. Or men beating up woman.
BOD DYLAN gets the Nobel Prize? Well, that´s what Eric Zorn in Chicago Tribune wants. Ok, if they could give the Nobel Prize to Pearl Buck I think Dylan should have it. It make sence, Dylan is a bigger bullshitter than Norman Mailer.
Next voice you hear...
Stevie: Seinfeld excerpt #83: "Who ARE these strangers and why are they coming through the door? Does Newman know they're coming through the door? I mean, I don't think I WANT my action covered. I'm not even sure I have an action. And if I had one, I'd certainly already have it covered if there were strangers coming in. And what's the deal with these 19 year olds? We can't dance; we can't talk..."
Oleander of Old Lee Highway--You are one thorough doctor. Did you research the geographical zone of oleanders just to assess the technical accuracy of a Steely Dan song? Or is that the kind of info you keep in top tier memory? Now that you've started this flower thing, the rest of your assignment is to find out: 1) Do dahlias bloom in Key Fontaine? 2) Do marigolds grow near Sant Fe, New Mexico, or anywhere along the Rio Grande? 3) Do Greenflowers grow in the street?
Oui, je voule, je voule, je voule, RS
Clas: I respect Jackson for his writing ability. His music bores my freaking BAG off. Saw him play with Shawn Colvin at a small winery and I fell asleep. I laughed out loud when I read you comment about how he's always changing. That, is a freaking joke.
And another thing. Any man that hits another woman is a piece of shit. I don't care what the reason is. Plain and simple.
StAl
Chogau: I've never been so HUNGRY in my entire life! Punch, kiss, and tell on the dunes...two brothers so different, yet so intelinked.
FH/Clas: uhhh... yeah, he missed and knocked a hole in the wall that he sang about in "Shape of a Heart." Yeah, that's it. BTW, GREAT song... the rest of that release is septic tank run-off...like Oliver Stone after a lobotomy.
Dear Dr.Mu
I have always STARVED like this! Touch, turn and tell on a shack .... three cats so similar, yet so distant.
Dear Mr. Clas
There was a man from Mendoza, with a dick so long he called it HOSA.
This amigo had no friends, except for a Vikingo who drank to no ends.
Time and time again you have been told, he said with a grin as he addressed the cuckold,
September ninety eight, that and nothing else is THE date.
Ok? You fucking guy.
Chogau
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RoyScam: You forgot the Rose,darling.
Clas: No dog through the window this time. My other doggie just needed a look-see by the Doc. She'll be just fine.
St.Al: Sorry I missed your birthday, old man! I hope this year will be especially good for you. Hey, I would stay clear of that coughing, sneezing, stuffy-head, runny-nose, achybreaky, fever reducing SoYouCanRest shit. It doesn't work!
Or is it just that yummy flavor that you crave?
rb
Is that why these walls are green?
Bye, bye Dallas! NYG 20-17!
the Walls almost look like JET Green - Thanx St. Al - Always Knew You Were a New Yorker!
Jon: Where art thou? Got PMG 11/26/97 today... You?
StAl: Katy dyed?
I can't decide on just maj with out the dot or maj. with the dot.
A pocket major with a tiny 9 iron.... better come with a pocket ricky lawson to carry my clubs and to refill my pocket one hitter between sand traps. look there, there's a pocket waltdog....
maj
Major - although maj is visually more pleasing, I have the urge to pronounce it like Maahj (kind of like Marge with a New York accent) so I guess I prefer maj.
StAl; Glad you laughed cause that was supposed to be a joke.
You think he is an asshole cause he tells the truth about USA in his lyrics.
Chogau; I got it. Sep 18 -98. That´s a year. Uhhhhhhh.
Audio from a US sattelitestate, Clas
Joe M.-Hey there. I'll be making my way up to the Orpheum (Boston) box office today for tix to the 11/21 show here. (Tape to follow!) Where's new release, though? Also hosting an overseas contingent of fan club members who are attending about a half-dozen shows. Backstage passes are promised, but what do you do once you get back there?
Stay in touch.
J.
StAL; "any man that hits another woman is a piece of shit. I don't care what the reason is. Plain and simple." You tabloidreader.
Any man that supplies another teenager with coke and than have sex with her (is that a kind of rape?) is a piece of shit. I don't care what the reason is. Plain and simple.
C from a US-satellitestate
Maj,er, Maj. : Just so ya know, I had one of those pocket ricky lawsons (it came free with some Tide-e-bowl I picked up at the 98 cents or less store). Anyway, it was kinda bulky and didn't fit into my front pocket so I tried keeping it in a back pocket, but...(and I know you're way ahead of me here...) it ended up being kind of a pain in the ass...
...its a glamour profession...
hey maj, can I have these gym socks?...and what about this sink?
mW
What you need, minah, is the Official Dan Colorforms kit. Not bulky, but two dimensional. You can dress Walter in a light colored shirt and dark tie!! Right the fashion wrongs on the Art Crimes tour.
Sunday I was doing remotes for the radio station from a walkathon. The studio DJ, knowing my propensity for Dan, popped all Citizen discs in the CD player in advance of my remotes. How cool. maj.
Jon: Tape sounds great! Release due out Oct. 17, 1997. The Beacon show is gonna smoke... Have fun at the Boston show... Backstage passes! Just mingle, Pat and company are supposed to be genuinely genuine folks from what I hear...
Green w/envy,
Joe
Green....Earrings, I remember, rings of rare design, I remember, that look in your eye, I don't mind. I don't mind...
I HAVE to have that Colorforms kit! Oh, the things I could do...
Hey, if Charlie Rose really interviews D and W, do you think he could find out who they preferred: Ginger or Marrianne?
rb
St Al: to quote another great: "It's not easy being green..." Sorry, but my screen and eyes can't cope with the new background - too subtle I guess.
Clas: Kind of you to be so gracious about my mistake. Apologies.
Not My Nancy: Music by Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson.
Aja: Nope, try again (you have 24 hours).
Maj. : I like the period . Understated, yet firm and classy.
Finally, those of you who like a good Skunk story, sorry to disappoint you: I met up with an old associate/friend yesterday in Melbourne who remembers a post-gig bash with the Doobies some time ago. The details are a bit blurry (well, they would be) but ended up with the Skunk giving his guitar away to a mate of my friend. Warms the heart, doesn't it?
Richard&kangaroos
Steely Dan is to music what spam is to food.
Good King Richard - I don't feell like playing games right now, I give up, no actually I don't care
Aja: Oh. That is a shame.
Anyone else out there want to play? And cares which SD track has twice been spellt incorrectly? No biggie... it was just something I'd never noticed before.
Sadly yours
R&Ks
GKR - I'm sorry, I really angry and a little of it got misdirected. I shouldn't post when I'm that upset. I know that Barrytown has been misspelled Berrytown. Bodhisattva?
St. Alphonzo - you are a St. and a good listener, it helped a little.
Aja
St. Al: Y Ty Ochen krasivaya Ya Lublu Ya Lublu Tebyce ( Teba)
One of the fuckheads @already straight, thank you = Edd Cote, always popping up without writing his real name. What are you afraid of? Stand your grounds pal, next voice you hear...
Dr Mu; "like Oliver Stone after a lobotomy", do you still lobotomise people over there? It makes sence. Always wondered about Rikki Lake.
Did Jackson Browne really beat up Darryl Hannah? (Also known as "the question that won't go away".)
Answer: NO. Both Jackson and Darryl have denied those old tabloid reports at one time or another. The fact is that Jackson phoned the police that night. The details of that infamous night will never be known by anyone except for the two parties involved. Jackson is a very private individual and we should all respect his desire for privacy. Whatever really happened that night is none of our business. To those that are stuck for an answer when someone raises the question, I usually respond with a statement about not believing what you read in the tabloids and being amazed how otherwise intelligent people can believe the kind of trash they read there.
Howdy banjos
Gaucho; I´ve lost your email adress. Please email, scznuppster.
I seriously doubt any of the regular readers here believe I post inflammatory entries under a nom de plume.
Edd
Edd, YGK, Joe M, etc.: Yesterday, I was listening to a copy of the GRP All-star Big Band release "All Blues." It cooks hotter than a cajun chef's gas stove! The title cut is a killer. A CD copy is now top priority. Alas, no CD/record sotres have this in town, so I'll have to go through Tower, CDNow, the usual. The copy I borrowed is missing liner notes, so my general QUESTION is which jazz/blues luminaries grace the release (besides B.B. King on track 2)? Any ideas?
DrMu: Other guys on the All Blues release: Tom Scott, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Findley, John Patitucci, Ernie Watts and a bunch of others I can't remember right now.
welcome to the STEELY DAN ultimate trivia test (or it's a slow day at work....and... the boss doesn't know I'm on the internet!!!)
all questions verified by STEELY DAN: ALL THE FACTS (Barrytown Press) (now out of print)
1. Which track was inexpilcably edited by one minute when it was re-issued on vinyl for it's second run ...only to have it's full version restored when issued on cd many years later?
2. What were Steely Dan's only 2 Top 40 hits in the UK?
3. Which track recorded by Steely Dan had previously been a Top 10 hit for another artist?
4. What other famous songwriting duo had a popular song called 'Do It Again'?
5. and for 25 bonus points and an autographed picture of Bob Eubanks......What do Donald Fagen's mother and Billie Hollyday have in common???? all correct responses will be rewarded with the warm knowledge that they are one of the few....the mighty..who are Steely Dan Educated!!!! (an accredited degree program, not available in Nebraska, southern New Jersey or Kentucky)...kids ask parents permission first c.1997
That's Billie Holiday (aka - Eleanora Fagan).
Re: steviedan's trivia....
Dan's only 2 top 40 hits: #39-Do It Again, 1973; #17-Haitian Divorce, 1976. Source: The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, 1983.
(for those fans of Talk Soup) ...Sorry Tennessee!
with a period,
maj.
Trivia results (#1)
AJA:Congratulatons!!! On answering #5.....next we're gunna find out that Becker's father's real name was Charlie Parker....
maj.: Very good research...did you happen to notice that for some reason that books places 'Babylon Sisters' at US #2...and fails to mention 'Hey 19' and 'Time Out of Mind' both of which were US Top 20 hits...as far as I know 'Babylon' didn't chart in the US....also I wonder if anyone knows of any other foreign Steely Dan hits....did 'Black Cow' chart in India?....Did they go crazy for 'Hatian Divorce' in Haiti? Did 'Bodhisattva' shine in Japan???? you'll both get your honorary degrees in Dandom soon...but there is still 3 more questions...."Steely Dan for $500 Alex".........
StAL: Please forget my problem with the background:someone's been doing a bit of fixing on the network here and screwed up my parameters. It is now a very nice relaxing shade of green indeed.
Aja: apologies accepted... I have days (ha! weeks) like that too. Hope a little SD was adequate therapy. On the down side, no to Bodhisattva too (though I had to check the spelling)...
And this trivia answer is... (rustle of envelope) break out your UK pressings of Royal Scam: The Caves of Altamira spellt 'Altmira' on the label (!)... plus the misspellt 'Altimira' version on the 'Sun Mountain' early years LP (or at least I think that's right) and who knows, also mispellt on the CD version, Catalyst and Roaring of the Lamb. If you haven't heard it, the early version has that great raw demo feel about it that makes you appreciate the final version even more - oh that D&W weren't such perfectionists and released a few demos now and again.
Back to the personal stories again (running out of them): while I was seeing my folks back in the old country, I dug out a few pieces of memorabilia (and a heavy pile of toy cars for my son to lug homewards, but that's another story) including a much-prized Steely Dan concert poster for Leeds University (early 1975 I think)- featuring Desperate Dan(!) running along carrying a copy of Pretzel Logic... It kind of shames me now to think I didn't go, but at the back of my mind I have the feeling that the concert was cancelled due to illness. Can anyone help? (it's probably in the Sweet book, but I haven't got that far yet).
Richard&kangaroos
Just another stretch of perfect Asheville fall days--75 degrees & sunny, the color easing into gorgeous; nights 40 degrees and crystal clear....
Royski--1) they grow anywhere; 2) marigolds are the pigeon of the flower world, which makes them a good pick for a song about the post-apocalypse; 3) greenflowers open only when illicit love is in bloom; 4) je veux, je veux, je veux aussi. And Ruby--Rose darling is always close at hand.
Not a--Kak dela, chelovek? Russian must have the most awkward way to say "I love you" of any language. I'm partial to French--"je t'aime"--so breathy and intime; or Spanish--"te quiero"--longing, pleading.
Jon--I'll be in Boston next Wed. thru Fri. visiting friends in J.P. E me your phone # so I can at least leave you a cryptic message or some heavy breathing, or hum "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To." Bring back the B-town Rag....
St. Al--I'll just have to green & bear it.
Nom de plume.
Pretentious? Moi?
GoodKingRichard; yes, Donald got the influenza and the concert was cancelled.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON BROWNE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN LENNON!
C
who was in frankfurt at the art crimes 96 concert.....shocking how
oleander--read leno:
What is your email address? It's not like I'm averse to posting my phone number on the guestbook or anything...What brings you to Boston? And from where? I should probably know this but my Guestbook Attention Deficit Disorder (or GADD) has been flaring up lately.
gram ana
Jon--oleander@buncombe.main.nc.us. Got old friends in JP and a niece-in-law at Harvard's architecture school; thence to visit number one son for parents' weekend in New Haven. So e me! (you know, my handle ALMOST anagrams to "Dan lore!")
Roy--Busy busy busy dept.: The woodwork squeaks, and out comes Eric Bogosian in the 10/5 NY Times Magazine interviewing Chris Rock.
Rube--another Danmoment--a Muzak instrumental of "Countermoon" in the lingerie department--tres apropos, I thought.
Traveling Dylburys notes--Dylan is coming here AGAIN, the third time in less than 5 years, on 11/1! He may be perseverating on death and resignation these days, but the guy is relentless! I'll be dusting off my leopard-skin pillbox hat again and rushing the stage.
These multicultural kids, or something--My three-year-old has been running around singing "John Jacob Jingle-Bawa-Zee."
That's my name too,
o.
Stevie Dan: Here's my guesses for trivia questions #3 and 4. EAST ST LOUIS TOODLE LOO and Brian Wilson/Mike Love. (Wrong again Beach Breath?) Now you tell me what Donald Fagen and Levon Helm of The Band have in common.
Oleander--Thank you for correcting my attempts at French without actually using the words 'dumb ass'. Regarding that muzak in the lingirie department: Perhaps that cruel Countermoon often blows into places where people are standing in front of mirrors in their underwear. It shows up whenever I do it.
Ruby: The Rose, so I hear, has moved to Spanish Harlem where it grows right in the street, right up through the concrete.
Ida Lee yours, RS
Wishful thinking department: I am taking the stagnation at the official site as an indication that Don + Walt have put away childish things (like the web) and are laying down tracks with the utmost celerity. Anybody care to similarly self-delude?
What's going on in Boston that I should know about? Who's at the Orpheum? Do I need to dust off my pillbox hat too?
oleander-dear leon:
After writing a huge missive and attempting to send it off, I got mail failure (not to be confused with MALE failure). In any event nothing like this has ever happened to me before. I-I don't understand what could have gone wrong. Maybe my mail server is just not concentrating enough...
Are you off to Yale for Parents Weekend? I grew up right around the corner from those venerable ivy-covered walls, but it's been awhile since I've been back.
I will attempt one mor hook-up.
jon
oleander-dear leon:
After writing a huge missive and attempting to send it off, I got mail failure (not to be confused with MALE failure). In any event nothing like this has ever happened to me before. I-I don't understand what could have gone wrong. Maybe my mail server is just not concentrating enough...
Are you off to Yale for Parents Weekend? I grew up right around the corner from those venerable ivy-covered walls, but it's been awhile since I've been back.
I will attempt one mor hook-up.
jon
Jon et. al.,
Scratch previous release date info. PMG's "Imaginary Day" was released on Tuesday, October 7th... Get it! And tell me what you think of "Follow Me" and "The Roots of Coincidence"...
RS - Levon Helm & Donald Fagen common denominator - Libby Titus
Clas: Thanks for the info, which counselled my consience... Only hope that D&W put Oz on their tour intinerary when promoting the new album this time next year.
Friends of Fireman Sam: a new 'single gun' theory - it's actually an outtake from Karmakiriad!... From a track interlude where the traveller hears a jingle in a bar or on the radio. It's not just the music, the words too seem to fit. Have a great w/e... more thoughts on this hot topic on Monday... betcha can't wait!
Not My Nancy: both above items might be of interest - yes I too live in a self-delusional world, but based on the 'outsider-looking-in' approach. Romantic, grandiose and egocentric? But of course.
I love to watch (and listen)
Richard&kangaroos
For football-heads only, from Richard Littlejohn in today's Soccernet:
'If there was one player you could pluck out of history to play for England's future tomorrow night it would have to be Bryan Robson. This is the man who played with a leather harness to keep his dislocated shoulder in place in 1986. He was a world-class player in a moderate era.
Robson and Glenn Hoddle represented two different strands and philosphies. Robson's substance generally prevailed over Hoddle's style when the Engand team was chosen. Robson was Captain Courageous, the first name on the teamsheet. Hoddle was considered - not by all of us but by most of those who matter - a fancy-dan luxury player.
Now they are managers, Hoddle is the main man. Fancy Dan becomes Steely Dan'.
!
R&Ks
I'm trying to come up with a complete list of the early Steely Dan tour dates (1973-74). Can anyone come up with a list of date, places and cities for those tours. Please email me even if you know of only one show. I will attempt to consolidate all responses into one detailed list. Thanks
I can't type well today this is my correct email address not what was on the prior post. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Not my Nancy: According to Hoops McKay, the guys are "in seclusion" working on the upcoming opus. In my imagination I see Mssrs Becker and Fagen at River Sound with 5 days of stubble. foutons, and Chinese take-out.
Saw Fagen jamming on the Fender Rhodes last night in New York.
Aja: Correct trivia answer. Libby Titus is the common link between Donald F. and Levon H. (I hope they don't call her a common denominator). That lady must have something that attracts great rock and roll vocalists
On the subject of vocal harmonies: Since the harmonies are among Steely Dan's most unique signatures, and no one seems to discuss them in this forum, let me throw out some general questions to the resident experts: 1) Did Donald Fagen devise all the harmonies and meticulously teach them to the other vocalists a la' Brian Wilson? 2) Did the harmonies just come together from everyone doing their own ideas. 3) Did DF harmonize with himself a la'Neil Sedaka? 4)Why did the groups first two successes, DO IT AGAIN and FIRE IN THE HOLE, make no use of their great harmonizing abilities? 5) Why didn't they ever re-use that Zombie-like harmony from TURN THAT HEARTBEAT...? My guess is that there's some Fagenistic perfectionism behind every note.
RS
Hey SECLUSION - OK, hotshot, WHERE in NYC?
Seclusion - You were there too?! Pretty cool, huh?
Len - You were right about that hotshot drummer, he'll sound great on the new album.
Gold Keith - It wasn't in Brooklyn
JGMurtha - You're always there to tell us about these bullshit sidemen shows, where were you last night when it counted?
Kink/Seclusion: OK - so you were there. Now where's the bootleg?
WHERE was the show, you hep cats you.
Kinky, Seclusion: Hey, let's give it up. What was played, where, and with whom. Don't PT us now.
"Here" was at the 55 Bar. DF jammed with Wayne's trio.
Kinky: you were there? we missed each other -- hard to do in a place that size. Glad you agree about the kid drummer; I guess you are educatable :-)
Yet another for the Dan related musical library...
Horace Silver's new quintet recording, "Prescription for the Blues" was just released (10/7) and features Dan sidemen extraordinaire Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker along with the incomparable Ron Carter on bass.
It's been a great month thus far!
Joe
Hey Roy.scam...you are correct on Trivia #3- 'East St.Louis Toodle-oo was a previous top 10 hit ...for Duke Ellington in 1927!
#4 g by that title in the 1930's.
and #1- 'Your Gold Teeth' somehow had about 1 minute lopped off the end an all lp pressings afte 1975, only restored when issued on CD. Good King: Those Steely Brit shows were in May 0f 1974...and some were cancelled due to illness. I once had a bootleg of the Manchester show..awesome!
steelydave: Tomas Broberg and myself combined on a web page that lists almost all of Steely Dan's conccerts..their first shows were in late 1972 at small clubs....etc
Ultimate Steely Bullshit Trivia: What track was the final cut on two consecutive lp's???
Kinky, Len, Seclusion - I'm greener than this page!
RS, LT - I didn't mean any insult by the common denominator remark, merely being a smartass. Sorry if I offended anyone.
Aja
Not a Riddler - OK, now I know what "y ty ochen' krasivaya ya lublu tebcye" means. Is that from anything? Or are you just paying St. Al a compliment?
Aja
Grouse Point, near Bard, I will leave an answer.
Grouse Point, near Bard, I will leave an answer.
DanDog - your spanish is just as bad as mine, well never get anywhere with that. My Italian isn't much better. But I think were on the same track. Meet me tonight for a chat? same time?
See you stranger.
RUBYBABY; "Hey, if Charlie Rose really interviews D and W, do you think he could find out who they preferred: Ginger or Marrianne?"
I know wich I preferred; Ginger Ale.
Watch out guys, Steviedan is a Swedish fella.
Who wrote this;
"Me, I miss the frozen stuff of Steely Dan´s glory days - the grim comedy and clinical precision that sheared away all the bullshit of rock´n roll. I just hope Donald Fagen doesn´t thaw out completely."
I think all is gone forever, we are just sitting here babbling like those Tommy Steele/Elvis Presley-jerks did in the seventies, those we thought were real losers, losers who tried to stop the clock.
Time is running, got to go, C
Io: Mention Europa, You're on. Clas: I will laugh at frozen rain, maybe swear by each and everyword, treat as those from another world, and protect, for Love, Peace, Walter is the one, fore...
jon--Yep. Can't wait to see the boy. Keep trying!
Roy--middle age--it's a bitch. Hint: if you're going to look at yourself in the mirror, choose your underwear carefully.
Dr. Mu--Circling your hook: I can read "For seven seconds it's like Christmas Day/And then it's dark again/ooooaah/And then it's dark again" as a metaphor for the unpredictability and evanescence of inspiration, especially with the repetition of the latter line. That bereft moan in the middle gets me every time.
Kinkmeister et al.--Brevity may be the soul of wit, but if this gig really happened, there are slaverers galore who want details.
Not a--But you are.
OLEANDER; "...and then it's dark again" as a metaphor..." PLEASE!!! For Gods sake!
What is this big deal Fagen jamming? He is not a musician, dull chops, the thumb in the middle of his hand. Can´t be much to listen to. Like to have to listen to Woody Allen and his Black Pipe.
NOT A RIDDLER; What ARE you talking about?
Who wrote this;
"Steely Dan were reflecting the Zeitgeist, talking about the way the world seemed to us in the seventies. But by the end I think both Walter and I were down and had to make changes."
C±
I was just thumbing through my latest BMG catalog and noticed they had the Citizen Dan box set on sale for $24.98 (U.S.). Even with the charges for shipping and handling you save $30.00. Not bad. Here is their piece of shit web site: www.bmgmusicservice.com. I say piece of shit because it takes over a minute before anything appears on the screen, plus it is a nightmare to navigate. Other than that they have great deals sometimes...
StAl
A recent issue of Car&Driver magazine, Nov. 97 I think, has a story in it's "Trends" section about the automobile of the future. It was describing a Kamakirriad.
maj.
Clas: What's the big deal about Fagen jamming? I guess not much to a person that lives in fucking Sweden!
Oleander - I hadn't really thought about it 'til you brought it up: "For seven seconds it's like Christmas Day...", but now that you have isolated that phrase from it's context, well, what came to my mind (no pun intended) was a metaphor for sex. But then again it's been so long since I've had sex, what the fuck do I know?
WARNING: Prolonged celibacy may have possible adverse affects on one's mental health. (and definiltly on one's mood!)
BTW - What the hell is that sound in the background, about 4:42 into the song, while DF sings "...frozen..."?
Aja
GOD BLESS southAMERICA;
What's the big deal about Fagen jamming? I guess not much to a person that lives in fucking Nebraska! Or Kentucky, Washington, Boston... Knoxville.
You are so stupid. I knew that a moron like you would come up with crap like that. Pay attention to what I said instead, Fagen is not a musician, keep that in mind schmuckfrizer. But, maybe you are that kind of guy that shit in his pants when you see a celebrity in real life. And if you have the guts, stick to your real nickname next time.
Speaking about stupid, did anyone see the guy on Letterman/Jackson Browne "Next voice you here..." who played banjo with a bow? That must have been R.O.C.K. the Horseface!
I mean, look at that smile. Right down from the Appalachians.
MAJ; cool. But Kamakiriad is the journey, Kamakiri is the car. Thought you´d like to know.
AJA; that sex-thing is exaggerated. Don´t worry, be happy. (And what! Seven seconds? It just stings like pissant for a nanosecond and THEN its dark again)
madder than a motherfucker
Trivia question: Which John Denver song was #1 when Steely Dan was in the Billboard Top 5 with Rikki?
DANNUT; I will live, shit, eat, fuck and die in Colorado? (if not someone break my legs so I have to die in Wyoming)
The hardest working man in Jazz/Dan sideman Michael Brecker and his quintet will be at Birdland, NYC Wed thru Sun... Joey Calderazzo is the only holdover from the "Tales From The Hudson" quintet though. What a righteous lineup that was!
Birdland? You must be kidding. Is that joint still there, at 52nd street? Well, it´s non of my business, I live in Harlem.
Dan Nut: My guess is that BACK HOME AGAIN was the John Denver song that out-sold Steely Dan's biggest hit back in 1974. That was perhaps the best year ever for classic albums (we old people still call them albums): Blood On the Tracks, Pretzel Logic, Good Old Boys, and Southern Cross/Northern Lights to name a few.
Aja: I don't think Libby or I would take offense to her being referred to in mathematical terms. You, however, may be experiencing some hyper-sensitivity for reasons that you implied in your last posting. You may find yourself putting sexual connotations on many songs lately. I have no good advice for that dilemma but keep in mind: The risk is great; the pleasure is momentary; and the position is ridiculous. You are, after all, posting to a website dedicated to a group named after a sexual device.
Oleander--SNOWBOUND doesn't strike me as a particularly metaphoric song;I thought it was just a mood. But that seven seconds of light may subconciously refer to the elusive muse that hides in the darkness causing an artist to go 11 years between works.
RS
Dan Nut: My guess is that BACK HOME AGAIN was the John Denver song that out-sold Steely Dan's biggest hit back in 1974. That was perhaps the best year ever for classic albums (we old people still call them albums): Blood On the Tracks, Pretzel Logic, Good Old Boys, and Southern Cross/Northern Lights to name a few.
Aja: I don't think Libby or I would take offense to her being referred to in mathematical terms. You, however, may be experiencing some hyper-sensitivity for reasons that you implied in your last posting. You may find yourself putting sexual connotations on many songs lately. I have no good advice for that dilemma but keep in mind: The risk is great; the pleasure is momentary; and the position is ridiculous. You are, after all, posting to a website dedicated to a group named after a sexual device.
Oleander--SNOWBOUND doesn't strike me as a particularly metaphoric song;I thought it was just a mood. But that seven seconds of light may subconciously refer to the elusive muse that hides in the darkness causing an artist to go 11 years between works.
RS
Dan Nut: My guess is that BACK HOME AGAIN was the John Denver song that out-sold Steely Dan's biggest hit back in 1974. That was perhaps the best year ever for classic albums (we old people still call them albums): Blood On the Tracks, Pretzel Logic, Good Old Boys, and Southern Cross/Northern Lights to name a few.
Aja: I don't think Libby or I would take offense to her being referred to in mathematical terms. You, however, may be experiencing some hyper-sensitivity for reasons that you implied in your last posting. You may find yourself putting sexual connotations on many songs lately. I have no good advice for that dilemma but keep in mind: The risk is great; the pleasure is momentary; and the position is ridiculous. You are, after all, posting to a website dedicated to a group named after a sexual device.
Oleander--SNOWBOUND doesn't strike me as a particularly metaphoric song;I thought it was just a mood. But that seven seconds of light may subconciously refer to the elusive muse that hides in the darkness causing an artist to go 11 years between works.
RS
Dan Nut: My guess is that BACK HOME AGAIN was the John Denver song that out-sold Steely Dan's biggest hit back in 1974. That was perhaps the best year ever for classic albums (we old people still call them albums): Blood On the Tracks, Pretzel Logic, Good Old Boys, and Southern Cross/Northern Lights to name a few.
Aja: I don't think Libby or I would take offense to her being referred to in mathematical terms. You, however, may be experiencing some hyper-sensitivity for reasons that you implied in your last posting. You may find yourself putting sexual connotations on many songs lately. I have no good advice for that dilemma but keep in mind: The risk is great; the pleasure is momentary; and the position is ridiculous. You are, after all, posting to a website dedicated to a group named after a sexual device.
Oleander--SNOWBOUND doesn't strike me as a particularly metaphoric song;I thought it was just a mood. But that seven seconds of light may subconciously refer to the elusive muse that hides in the darkness causing an artist to go 11 years between works.
RS
Sorry. Please let me take back the last 3 postings.
DanNut: Did you know that John Denver had died in a plane crash when you posted that question? Wierd.
Could someone please explain what the cover art of "Gaucho" is all about.
Was "Aja" left out of the 1996 tour for a reason?? It wan't played the show I caught. Real bummer.
Dean Parks plays a big part on a recent Linda Rondstadt CD. Blah.
On a trip to Orlando, I stopped by the Hard Rock. Hanging on a wall near a stair case was a white Ovation guitar. The note below said something about the guitar had been used while recording "Ricki" Can anyone confirm????
RS:
Bingo! Although Snowbound was written in the nid-80's and not a part of the songs framed in Kamakiriad, it works in that it expresses a creative struggle which blends with the expression of apprehension and excitement of renewed collaboration say on Trans-Island Skyway. DF was mired in writers block, looking for diversion and even inspiration, and was probably having a difficult time getting to the "heart" of the matter. The subconscious-driven imagery in "Snowbound" is rampant and thus fits in nicely with that approach which I believe shapes Kama...or of course, Snowbound can alsways be taken at face value.
Ole: I'll try not to get caught counting...
DanNut: The answer to you nice question is....."Who gives a FUCK. The fag is dead and his so called music was born dead...OK?"
Twilight Zone: You MUST be one studid mother fucker. What a stupid question. Shit.
DrMu: Such brillant thoughts. A fucking cow with a PhD, perhaps?
Clas: You fucking guy. I love you man. These gringos are great, don't you think. They love to hide behind their fucking flag. "Greatest Country in the World"..."Number One" "Uhg, ugh". They remind me of a fucking flea that thinks its soooo awesome just because it lives in a lion's ass.
VIVE LA FRANCE LIVRE !!!!!
VIVA CUBA LIBRE, VIVA FIDEL !!!!!
Gaucho poderoso y libre. Macho, cabron e hijo de puta, pero LIBRE!
God Bless America:
Let's go back for a moment to your ridiculous attack on my illustrious friend Clas.
Let us suppose that, yes, the United States of America is a great country. Let's stretch this even more and make the assumption for the sake of this argument that the USA is the greatest country in the history of the world.
Now please illuminate me, you fucking moron.
In which way were you a participant in the creation of this great paradigm of social structure? What have YOU done that would deserve a mention, eh?
Is it because........ you are an AMERICAN. Got it!! I see! The fucker was born in the USA so naturally he get's the glory by inheritance. OK!!
So maybe you are a brillant scientist about to get the Nobel prize and you logged in from your lab, or maybe you're an outstanding artist merging visuals and sound in an electronic medium and you were just taking a break from your creation when you decided to browse these pages, or maybe, just maybe you are...a burger eating, Coors guzling, franchise loving, history handicapped mediocre FUCK from Joeville, USA, with a salary that gives you just enough to pay the lease on that fucking japanese car and the rented apartment, and you still believe watching CNN and reading USA Today gives you a pretty good picture of the world.
Gaucho
Clas: See the neat thing is that the fucker is going.."Yea, yea, right on!!!"
Clas - Guess I wasn't thinking about the guys when I wrote that, orgasms are completly different for us females, hell different from one orgasm to another. Some are slow waves of bliss, others ripping through you like a convulsion. I'm glad I'm not a guy, we don't have to worry about holding off on having an orgasm and are apable of unlimited number. And why are you so angry, dear? Come here honey, looks like you need a hug. XOXO
On the dead - why is it that so many feel that we must revere someone just becuase they are dead (or a celebrity for that matter)? When I was just a baby my parents had some sort of run in with John Denver. Of course I was too young to remember and I never bothered to ask for the whole story since I have rarely seen my mother more angry than when his name was brought up.
More on sex - one of the reasons I have been celibate as long as I have has been I didn't feel the pleasure would be worth the risk in many cases. However, there are times when it seems to be the only thing on my mind. I guess it's not entirely about sex, a lot of it is about intimacy.
Gaucho -Before I saw your last post I was going to say: not all of us gringos define ourselves by territorial borders. I'll still stand by that, even though I realise you were making that same point. As, for your last post, LOL, you are correct about that idiot!
Aja
Ok boys and girls. Can we cut the nationalist posturing? The argument cannot be won. I admit it is easy to want to tear into the fact Clas is consistently bashing the US, yet he rarely acknowledges the most definite weaknesses in his own society.
Gaucho is just plain funny, but obviously watches way too much U.S. television.
Regardless of borders, we all belong to once race (except Clas of course...). Let's just leave it at that.
Now that the warm/fuzzy shit is out of the way, what about John Denver? I mean, it certainly is a shame he had to die that way, but I've heard from MANY different sources that he was a complete and utter asshole. Is this true? If so, should his death be treated with reverence similar to they way we treated that jerk-off Nixon when we buried his sorry ass?
Thoughts?
StAl
Oleander: Why are Dan moments so ironic? Well, the last one I had was in the grocery store. They're playing Glamor Profession (for the first time ANYWHERE probably) and they interrupt it with a loudspeaker annoncement: "Will Amy please report to aisle 5, and bring a mop, please. Amy to aisle 5. With a mop." I swear...
mWorld: Albertson's plays Steely Dan! But not often.
DanNut: Yeehah, thank God I'm a country boy! (Is that what RS meant?) They still play that at the 7th inning stretch at Camden. They tried something else once, but the fans would have none of it.
Aja: While the lyrics to so many SD songs are anything but sexy, the music is still persuasive. How do they do that?
Clas: I'm still working on the last thing you sent. I want to see what Nichols looks like. Don't know why.
rb
Now that's funny. abbababy correcting MY english.
Caught the Stones in Philadelphia last night. Killer-diller show and Walter and Donald could stand to pick up a few things from the Glimmer Twins on how to put on a show. The horn section was laughable though. I'm sure Walter would be able to slide into retirement with $249 million or whatever the Stones made off of Doodoo, uh Voodoo, Lounge. Plus the female singer was one hellava Babylon Sister. Check 'em out on MTV Live, Tuesday night 10 pm.
maj.
Wow. had some bad moments this week. Couldn't find CBAT anywhere, and just HAD to listen to it. Finally found it--Misfiled!! Between Talking Heads and Toure Kunda!! WHO...hell, probably me in one of my fugue states. Anyway, now I'm better.
Clas--Are you drinking again? Please stop. Really.
Dr one-Mu-three...--You know, I've been rolling that wonderful phrase around in my mind lately. Now, are you saying that Mr. Fagen's pet name for Mr. Becker is "Snakehips?"
Tjornado--The front is a couple doing the tango--an Argentine phenomenon, like gauchos. The back is a booted foot in a highly stylized stirrup--a gaucho's, perhaps?
Aja--that's some lightning foreplay. Now girlfriend, save it til you KNOW, and take care of yourself--I can tell by your posts that you can cook up a good fantasy or two. It does muddle the mind--did you see the Seinfeld episode when Elaine wasn't getting any and got real stupid? I think that hit the nail on the head (again no pun intended).
Roy & St. Al--Confession time. In my (thankfully long lost) early pubescence, I was a big Chad Mitchell Trio fan--saw them at the Cellar Door. We went back & saw them again after Mitchell left the group and was replaced by that dead guy. I still have, buried in a musty trunk somewhere, a photo of my beaming face with John Denver's arm around me. Blackmail material.
jon--Hey man, I'm leaving Wednesday am. Try again tomorrow. BTW, remember those Pepe LePew cartoons where the cat always crawls under a freshly-painted white fence and gets a skunk stripe? I have this vision of you crawling under a yellow one....
Edd--Is that a mandolin in the background in "My Waterloo?" Or the ukulele?
Hi to St. Al et al
Regarding Dr. Mu's comments, I urge you to interpret what I have put in the Dandom Digest about D & W as meaning, last rumor heard, they were working on the album in NYC. It's really menat quite vaguely as I pretty much know noting about what they are up to. There are folks here and elsewhere on the Internet who know more than I. It's hard to believe that it is coming up on two years ince AIA and the Roseland gig. Time certainly flies! Nice chatting with all you folks of finer Dandom.
Peace.
Oleander - there was a time back when Seinfeld was good. My friends sometimes called me Elaine. I had the hair some of the same mannerisms etc. My theory on why the show has gone downhill - It used to be a show we could relate to, as in,"hey, wait a minute, that's me! They' ve made my life into a sitcom." Now the unbelievable plot twists and ridiculous (but not funny) situations have turned a top rate comedy into an assine farce.
Aja
GAUCHO; What can I say? You are outstanding. Wish I had said that.
RUBYBABY; slow computer? Have patience. Waiting while a screen updates is good for your nerves.
professor OLEANDER; "Clas--Are you drinking again? Please stop. Really."
For the time being I am working my ass off, days and nights, walking the dog, making love to my precious one, earning money, hating the autumn-rain, emailing and receiving email from a couple of funny and sweet regulars on this GBook, eating pizza at late nights, solving problems in my daily work, listening to Cruise Control - B Hornsby and picking up the bills in my postbox at mornings. I would not have done nothing of all this if I was drinking.
And why am I defending myself? I guess it´s just the nature of the alcoholic-character. You really got me there, and I guess you knew it.
I think that was an "under the belt"-line, and it will take me a long time before you are off my shit-list, you southern chick.
AJA,; I am not angry.You haven´t seen me angry. But let´s do this hug-thing. Sorry, but the mail I sent to you came back, was to heavy! You´ll get a new one.
StAL; "I admit it is easy to want to tear into the fact Clas is consistently bashing the US, yet he rarely acknowledges the most definite weaknesses in his own society."
And what do you know about the weaknesses in my society? Can you locate Sweden on a map? Have you visited Sweden, have you lived here? What do you know? Nothing.
And you are saying that I am consistently bashing the US, that is not true, and you know it.
And about that John-Denver thing, didn´t know he was dead. He´s not so famous outside America, sorry, should be, USA.
Gaucho; I am still laughing out loud;
"They remind me of a fucking flea that thinks its soooo awesome just because it lives in a lion's ass."
ugh ugh
Clas - How are you fucking guy!! Hope you are taking that "big bitte off the ass of life".
Note.
I'm glad some people think my posts are funny. They're supposed to be funny. Their also supposed to piss of those who don't understand shit.
When Clas goes "For the time being I am working my ass off, days and nights, walking the dog, making love to my precious one, earning money, hating the autumn-rain, emailing and receiving email from a couple of funny and sweet regulars on this GBook, eating pizza at late nights, solving problems in my daily work, listening to Cruise Control - B Hornsby and picking up the bills in my postbox at mornings." you'd think there goes another Joefuck Something from Joeville, USA, and he probably is just a normal guy, just like StAl, and the rest of us.
My point is this.
In the realm of ideas there is little space for the "my daddy is going to beat up your daddy" or "my country is bigger than your country, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah". Only the logic of your thoughts and the acceptance of your premisses by the people you are addressing count. The rest is bullshit.
In the realm of ideas it doesn't matter where you are, who you are, what color you are, or how big you like it. Only the soundness of your thoughts will make you prevail.
So quit giving us this crap about how cool the US is.
Gauchissimo
God Bless .... My lawyer is more corrupt than your lawyer.
StAl - US TV is DEFINITELLY NOT where I get my news, dude. For a reality check on the US pop movement I read The Enquirer.
It's kinda funny (tragic) how the guestbook exhibits cyclical trends...
DOC KELLY; ehhh, do you mean the menstruationcycles of some regulars or that you are popping up now and then? Or both?
Gauchissimo or Gaucho writes, "In the realm of ideas it doesn't matter where you are, who you are, what color you are, or how big you like it. Only the soundness of your thoughts will make you prevail."
Since you have exemplified no sound thoughts, it's comforting to know that you won't (prevail). You read the Enquirer? Well, that explains it.
Anyone who bashes the U.S. has got to be atleast slightly drunk. the greatest country this world has ever produced merits respect....and i do mean sobering respect. in it's founding inception , the U.S.A. gave reverence for rational self interest......i.e. individual rights. enough said. besides, any nation which produced a band(s) named steely dan warrants much comendation.
P.S. do you think "surf and/or die" was written for/about john denver?
peace out A.J.B.
Clas: You're right! You hit the nail on the head! Most of us here have probably never visited or lived in Sweden. Get a clue fuckhead, why the hell would we want to? When most people visit Europe they they don't go to Sweden. Nobody gives a shit about Sweden.
All you fucking foreign assholes are so obsessed with the US. Why is that? If it's such a bad place, why all the interest in Americans and their customs? You're obviously bitter over the fact that you were born in some Scandinavian shithole. Why would you want to know all about some place that sucked? We wouldn't! That's why we DON'T know about Sweden.
Viva Amerika!!!!!!
Hey steelydave: the url for the steelydan concerts web page is: http://hem1.passengen.se/steelydan/sd_concerts.htm Steely Dan's first concerts were in late 1972 when they performed in small nightclubs at the behest of ABC Records executives..these gigs were done mainly to promote the group for the rock press..in much of 1973 they were used as the opening act for people like the Kinks, the James Gang and even Elton John....Becker and Nichols claimed to have recorded all of their gigs and in 1975 Fagen and Becker pitched the idea of a live lp to the mafia at ABC but where turned down...twenty years later we got Alive In America...
if Steely Dan tours again I vote for China Crisis as an opening act...their last lp ( a hard to get import) has steely influence all over it...I was able to see them in concert when they collaborated with Becker in '85 and they were spectacular....
Doc Kelly - Funny thing about life, how it's cyclical. What a tragedy...
Hello all. I'm looking for any or all of the following CD's:
Shades - The Yellowjackets Arthur 2 Soundtrack Glenngary - Glenross (sp?) Soundtrack Dead City Radio - Burroughs Tribute Welcome to the Club - Monkey House
They all have a common thread that I'm sure you/ve noticed.
If anyone has any idea where to purchase these, PLEASE E-mail me.
Thanks!
Ax
StAl: I've heard much the same about John Denver's personality, and I was never a fan (especially the brief -- yet not brief enough -- period when I lived in Almost Heaven West Virginia). To be fair, his songs helped my SO through the time when her husband was dying, so the man also did considerable good in this world...
oleander: First time I heard the term "snakehips" was in a song from the Love and Money CD that Gary Katz produced. Maybe DF liked it too.
steviedan: Are you talking about "Warped By Success"? Is it worth the effort to acquire? The two China Crisis albums that WB worked on are pretty good. They helped me get through the long years between "Nightfly" and "Kamakiriad," anyway.
"All of my life it's as sharp as the
Bigger the punch I'm feeling..."
GOD BLESS (ok) AMERICA;
yeah, you are right, it´s pretty cold here now, too.
And yes, maybe it is a kind of obsession, this US love and/or hate. Or fascination, that a country that produces so much crap (talking about culture/showbiz, food here) also produces so much damn good things. Steely Dan for example. Bruce Hornsby, Parker, Bud Powell, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Cristopher Walken and MEG RYAN! And on...
A fascination that a country with so many great authors also has a lot of shitwriters. And Hollywoodcrap - damn good movies.
But, I think it is just how it must be, minus - plus.
Things get more obvious the bigger they are. And I believe you can take some of my criticism for what it is, a kind of jokey tongue in cheek-thing.
And remember, I wouldn´t piss on your country if it were smaller than Sweden. I would probably not know about it either.
Peace Brother, and remember, Gaucho is a damn funny motherfucker. And bright too. We don´t see that kind of thing too often on this GBook.
C
PS Hank; "All of my life it's as sharp as the Bigger the punch I'm feeling..." a good song. But did Becker really produce two China C-albums?
The other day this cute and funny woman told me this crazy story; (she´s so cute so I may not have payed attention to all she said but I think I can recall the story in a decent way)
There´s a handyman strolling around in a neighborhood looking for a job. He has no jobb, theirfor; he is looking for one. Ehhh... eh, yes, and he bumpes into this couple who have this nice house down the block. He askes them if they have anything that is in need to be fixed. The couple look at each other and... and... (what the hell was the story now again) ... yes, THEY HAVE something. The male part of the couple says to the handicap, no, the handyman, that the front of his Ferrari should be painted. And in the same breath he asks the handy man how much money he wants to do the job. The handyman says he is satisfied with 52,50 bucks. So, the deal is done and the male part of the couple shows the handyman where the, where the, paint and brushes and stuff are. When the male part comes back to the female part the female part says to her husband; - How could you be so cruel, 52,50 bucks, our Ferrari stretches all around the house...
No, I don´t remember. Something is wrong here.
Ruby, can you help me out here?
Clas--I only wish to support you in your sobriety, shit list or no.
Later
o.
Clas: try substituting Porsche for Ferrari in your joke. Then I think it works. Tee hee. Funny.
White: yes, 'twas a year ago... lunch... the Mingus Room... art history review... wine... a warm embrace... then... goodbye.
...a guy I know runs into Libby Titus frequently, and the last time he saw her (this past weekend), she said that Donald couldn't be with her 'cause he's workin' on the album. It's good to hear he's in NYC and working on what we think he's working on...
Oleander; I think you said what you said to take the edge of what I was trying to say. And I also think you are thinking that I am Gaucho. SO, it´s an old trick, and it was an under-the-belt line, coming from you.
Think this; dear Oleander, having this menstruation again, well well...
But, I forgive you, we are all human, AND I AM SOBER damn it.
Clas
you're still an asshole
Clas - I like your joke with Masseratti instead of Ferrari.
Just for the record. I AM AN AMERICAN.
Simply Amazed = Simple minded (You just don't get it. Do you ?)
God Bless America - I'll tell you a secret. God doesn't exist, just ask that fucker on the wheelchair who speaks with a computer.
A Steely Dan story to share with everybody. This is the third time this happens to me. I'm driving back to my house from the office and I really need to go to the bathroom to take a dump. Just when I'm getting into the driveway, the radio station starts playing a Steely Dan song (the last one was Peg) and I can't stay in the car and listed to the whole song because I need to take a shit. This sucks!! So I rush inside, take the quickest dump in the history of mankind, clean my asshole in the bidee, wipe my butt with the Bill Clinton towel I have specially for that purpose, rush out to turn on the radio, but the song is over.
Now, has this happened to anyone before??
Thanks
Gaucho
Hank: that would be 'Warped By Success' although I picked it up in Singapore (of all places) under the title 'Wishful Thinking' as double album (half live/half studio)...they're kinda like a cross between steely and stevie wonder...
other steely sounding acts worth checking out: Nik Kershaw circa 1983, Nick Heyward circa 1986 and a now defunct Brit pop band: Orange Juice!
Clas:Becker worked with China Crisis in 1984/5 and then again in 1989 on an album that was released (briefly) on A&M called 'The Diary of a Hollow Horse'...the album sold so poorly that China Crisis got dropped from their UK label!
a quick, interesting, inquiry...we all know that Donald Fagen is Jewish (depite his Irish sounding last name)...I've always thought that Becker looked slightly Asian?! although Becker of course is a German surname...anybody have any thoughts on this??!!
YGK- Saw Becker on the Upper East Side at 92nd & Park this past weekend. They must be recording in NYC. You'd think they'd do it in Maui now that Winter's coming. But whatever it takes. Maybe they'll have that NY edge back on the new one.
It's called "Chris Potter - Unspoken" on the Concord Jazz label (CCD-4775-2). 9 tracks, all by Chris. A couple of standouts - "New Vision" with John Scofield and Chris providing some exceptional soloing - "Time Zone" a real free form number with Jack DeJohnette in top form on drums (as always) - "Amsterdam Blues" a Parkeresque ditty, Scofield and Potter take a couple of fine solos here - "No Cigar" Dave Holland gets to stretch out on this one - "Hieroglyph" - Potter shows his Ornette Coleman leanings.
The liner notes included a list of previous Chris Potter appearences but (oddly) failed to mention "Alive In America". An all around fine CD IMHO...
Off to get Mr. Silver's latest.
Oleander: I meant to ask this a while back... Does the leopard skin pill box hat outfit come complete with the powder blue librarian reading glasses, the wife-of-an-Astronaut hairdo and the Jackie-O stirrup slacks? Please to comment on "Time Out Of Mind" as I'm on the fence as to whether to plunk down a Jackson for it.
Joe
Edd, Sorry didn't hear you come in, I just missed you. You've missed some really nice chats. Hope to catch you soon.
Aja
Steely Dan Tabs - check out Danman's music on the web.
Red: When can we do it again?
White
Gaucho; Mazzeratti? No, this joke is not about no conductor, must have been some limo or something, a long car...
Stevie Dan; Thanks, there´s a special place in my heart for that first album. We came off the ferry from Sweden in to Fredrikshavn, the danish town, an early morning, China Crisis was on and it we was heading north to Skagen, the northest town in Denmark, famous for its special light.We were driving the coastway and it was so beatuiful, the sea and and the rising sun and the speakers went;
"All of my life it's as sharp as the bigger the punch I'm feeling..."
Then my son, at the time 11, puked on the mines (on the dunes) from the war is another story... maybe a kind a of Steely-moment, what do you say Gauch? My son is vomiting on german mines while China Crisis is pouring out from the speakers? Make sence, somewhere.
Ha det!
Clas
GRAUCHO; I must ask you about this Glamorous Steely-Moments you have. Do you really mean that you, after the szechuan dumplings, wash your ass off in a budoir? That is kind of luxurus I think, where do you live, Bel Air?
Hey, I use to go right on to the towel that hangs under the sign "GUESTS and other assholes".
a review of Steely Dan tracks recorded by other artists (or it's a real slow day at work, and the boss is on vacation!!)
'Do It Again' by Eumir Deodato 1973: A great live version that featured Billy Cobham and Stanley Clarke..check it out on 'Live at the Felt Forum' cd on cbs/cti...
'Time Out of Mind' by Grover Washington Jr.: Although I'm a big Grover fan I found this version flat and uninspired... 1990 cbs/columbia
'Reeling In The Years' by Donnie & Marie Osmond...adds new dimension to Bard College memories...but perhaps Barrytown would have been more appropriate for these two?!?! from ABC TV program
Green Earrings/Aja by Woody Herman & the Thundering Herd Awesom big band arrangements by Alan Broadbent...check out Vic Feldman's very cool vibe solo on 'Earrings....I have this on vinyl from circa 1980..does anyone know if this was issued on cd???
'Bye Bye Dallas' by Poco circa 1974...pretty good rendition with Tim Scmit on lead vocal...weird song about a tramp and JFK's ghost...ABC Records
'Black Friday'/medley by David Garfield 1997 just came out ...funky with great percussion solo ...he also does 'Babylon Sisters' cbs cd
gotta go back to f*&%$ing work!
Nothing spoils the perfect moment like trying to share it with someone, however, we're pretty Damned happy, and you folks are the only ones who might be able to appreciate it.
The wife and I are from Northern California but we commute to Dallas every week for work. Dallas is not necessarily a cultural Mecca, and it has been said that it is a place where it's more prestigious to buy a piece of art than to create one. (Although I work in a building called the Renaissance Tower, and it maintains it's renaissance theme by piping in Muzac 24 hours a day (and there is the occasional Dan toon in that mix)). But, I digress. Anyway, we're on vacation next week and were spending it in San Diego. As LUCK would have it The Steely Damned, and I assume boblovesbob, will be playing on Friday night (according to the cannibal bar answering machine message, which I have chosen to take as gospel.) A night of living Damned could not come at a more appropriate time, and I'm squeelin' like a stuck pig, as they say here in Texas. (Disclaimer: "squeelin' like a stuck pig " is a metaphorical construct, no actual pigs were harmed the posting of this message.)
Pink drinks for everybody!!! We'll maybe not everybody.....that's a really big band, and the holidays are right around the corner....
Moody Bastard: Sure, that's what they said about the filming of "Carrie" too, then the next thing you know its BLT's on the set for a week...Say - If you're in Northern CA, as in SF, The Damned are at the Paradise Lounge tomorrow nite 10.17...at least they're supposed to be...you could get a double helix kinda thing goin'...
Peg, Come in Peg, confirm?...
mW
Oh, yeah, we'll be there. Where the heck is boblovesbob? He's told me the show starts at 9:30pm. Rockola will be opening with their Beatles B-Sides set, and The Steely Damned will follow.
So, mW, what are you gonna do with your $150?
um...I was thinking about picking up a spine?...
mW
Well I'm freshly back from the Donald gig- and luckily for all you out of town/out of the scene Danfans, I have also just emerged from the studio- with my first bootleg CD specifically to be made available to all Dan Guestbook hipsters- for a mere $39.95 + shipping and handling/no COD's please. After that I willl then stock the shelves at Specs & Borders,etc. in order to disseminate yet another Steely Dan bootleg CD(complete catalog available upon request- discounts available for purchases of 50 or more titles)- so anyway- like wow- the gig was so cool-but of course I too will not respond to any requests by 2nd rate Danfans to know what material eminated from the "Donald gig(with the hip young drummer)" as-well, you scurvy bro's just simply don't deserve to be privy. As a final concession regarding your patronage of my Steely Dan bootlegging business I just want to say that if you order before midnight OR prior to Don&Walt being inducted to the beloved and artistically vital institution known as Rock&Roll HOF- then you will recieve a free 20X10 poster(shot live from "the gig") of Kinky hanging on to Donald's Rhodes screaming(caption provided)-"please tell Walt to give me an active Email account too!!!"
St. Al - Please check email re: HELP!!
Tomorrow is the big Red Ribbon parade and I'll be marchin', you betcha. Users are losers.
Trivia Ques; what has Libby Titus and Carly Simon in common?
PEG; goodafternoon Peg. I have never had the honor to address a post to you before though my wishes on that one has been quite opposite. First I wish to compliment you for this wonderful name of yours. Maybe there is no need for me to tell YOU that a very famous Jazz-Lounge Band named a song after your name and is describing your life in it as well. But I am not stupid, I guess you already knew all that.
When the slow mind of mine today realiesed that you, dear Peg, are singing and playing the tambourin with mr Tedde and his Combo, things where put on there heads. I am very sorry for not paying attention to you before and doing this now has nothing to do that I now realise that you are a rockstar.
I wonda, wanda, no, wonder if you could ask mr Tedde, in all this nice tenderness you can gather, with those tiny but, ack, so cute little hands of yours, a question tonight or in the weekend when you are "giggling " with him on that hotell in San Diego?
Question:
What does mr Tedde think is most important nowdays; spend time with his little newborn daughter or POST POSTINGS ON THIS GUESTBOOK?
sincerely yours, Clas
PS I am not so sure about the word "giggling", I am not familiar with the rockterms, maybe it should be "playing" or "gigging" or "jamming"?
This is to plead for support of my new coalition (DADM) to ban the use of the very dangerous chemical substance known as "dihydrogen monoxide".
This nasty stuff has, among others, these known effects:
>> 1. it is a leading killer by accidental inhalation
>> 2. it is a major component in acid rain
>> 3. it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
>> 4. in stady state can harbour many different germs and bacteria
>> 5. it contributes to erosion
>> 6. it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
>> 7. it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients
>> 8. it is a crucial component in the production of cocaine
If you care to participate in DADM - Danfans Against Dihydrogen Monoxide - please send your congressman a letter of write to bill@whitehouse.com
Clas : I might be an asshole, but I am a clean asshole. By the way, have you read that most outstanding of literary essays called "Goedel, Escher, Bach: An eternal golden braid" ?? I should say it belongs in your library, dearest of friends.
Yesterday I saw Robert Fripp, 245 cm away from me. He was playing eleventh gitar to G3. I love the weird fuck so much I think I will buy the first life size paraphine Fripp statue to be produced.Kenny Wayne felt good, Vai put a tipical gringo show, fan and all, Satriani has more feeling. Almost got nailed in the head by Satriani's drummer, but even though I was no longer the designated driver, a quick reflex got me the prize. Just what I needed, the drumstick of somebody I don't give a fuck about, like getting the ugly bitch (could have been Bruford, could have been Nastasia)
Any more scatological tales? How about a good fart joke ? Anyone ? Oleander ?
Ok
Girl says: I have a little yellow bird that sings. Man says: And I have a big black bird that spits!!
Gaucho: Is this your answer to the anti-landmine efforts? You forgot to mention that some 2/3 of the planet is polluted with the stuff. When did you get a wheelchair?
Wow, now I have water on the brain. I finally recieved the CD of the Manassas show in 96 (re: The Video). So what if it's made in Luxembourg. The sound quality is excellent, almost on par with the KTS version of the Riverbend concert in 93. It is truly amazing to hear the differnce in the arrangements between the two concerts. The 1996 tour was definately more jazz oriented and D&W definately more vocal with the crowd. The 1993 arrangements sound so much more like the studio releases. (I sort of like them better) Since I sated up all night to listen to both concerts back to back twice, I now feel like I am starting to get over the Post Concert Tour Blues and am coming down with the Pre New Album Shakes. At least I can listen to Jack of Speed and Wet Side Story.
I was at the OSU/PSU game last weekend. 7 hours of SD both ways. My ears are still ringing from the noise that 97,000+ screaming manaics can make plus my seats are two rows behind the OSU band. Yes that is me in the blue sweatshirt you see when they score in that endzone. They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call Penn State #1.
Steviedan - I could never get that url to work for the concert info
Why Gaucho, you forward-looking, metric-using fellow, you...
ooooooooo-MIAMI!
I need some advice. my girlfriend goes to school 700 miles away from me. she is very special. i have traveled the distance to see her twice in the matter of one month. yet today is her birthday. i am writing to you people because as steely dan fans we share a common interest. what I'm asking for is some advice. thank you.
If you wanna read something about the Fagen appearance, there are a couple of posts from folks who were there at the Dan Usenet Group. They apparently don't feel the need to use the opportunity to prove how hip they are or to thumb their collective noses at the Dan fans at large like some obnoxiuos fucks around here.
See_Here Oh Q, Oh Q, Oh Q - And what a great show it was!! Well, there's one person that posted on the usenet about the Fagen/Krantz show, and the only extra info given there was that Will Lee played bass and that Donald played the Wurlitzer. That's funny, it looked like the same Fender Rhodes he played on the tour. How enlightening. Nothing like accurate info, huh?
Hip? Yeah, it's real hip to inform some of the resident psychos here where Donald may be likely to show.
Oh yeah Q, the tape sounds good, it's unfortunate that you won't be receiving a copy to add to your "collection".
The Obnoxious Fuck
Hey Big Fan: try http://hem.passagen.se/tomasbro/index.htm
any 'Dan fans into 'zines my 'Steely Dan' file can be had for $5....e me for my mailing address....my history is only on 'Steely Dan' and not written in the obsessive tone of Brian Sweet (just the facts ma'm)...
old steely memory circa 1979/80 : one day me and my brother were walking home from school in Babylon, Long Island, when we noticed a scruffy looking Victore Mature-esque guy drive by dangerously close to us....just as I was turning to my brother to say "that looks like Donald Fagen..." both of us did a double take as right behind Fagen was none other than Denny Dias and Walter Becker....they all looked stoned!! but then again so was I!!....I think they were trying to find Belmont Park...........
when you know as much about steely dan as brian sweet does, i'll pay your $5.
Kinky, don't be so sure- in fact wanna bet?
But more importantly Kink- I won't be in a rush as I really am not a cult of personality freak like you- I'm into Steely Dan- you know- the group. On the more productive side of life.......A specialty label out of Germany(Alto) is coming out with a 180gram vinyl reissue of Katy Lied. The people involved in this project have an impeccable reputation for putting out great sounding discs. -Remember, its the sound/music that counts- not the EGO's(Kinky/Hal/Swami Jr. wannabe). Q
excuse me: Boona vs Brian? Kinky: talk to me. Aja: What Questions?
Gaucho: You're full of it - about 70%. Rest easy, Al Gore will sign a treaty limiting the use of it in non-developing countries...Fripp=God?...the smile on my face, and the methane on your brain.
Stevie Dan: The release of "Diary of a Hollow Horse" prevented our phono needle from literally finding China as it traveled through the grooves turned gulleys digging Century's End-from the Bright Lights-Big City soundtrack.
Oleander: Some of that Old North State "Indian Summer" weather snuck down here to Tejas. Finally got those windows opened! the tropo ozone is safe, for now. Hey, I think I did see Walter swaying back and forth about half an inch on the Old Grey Whistle stop clip while singing back-up on "Reelin...
Hoops: mea culpa...but then faith, rumors, and random sightings are gripping me...
StAl: Just what is the *minimum* number of times a POST must contain the words "fuck" or "fucking" to be funny???
example: 'Holy FUCK! John Denver's fucking homemade experimental plane is on a collision vector with my fucking boat! Oh, fuck! the impact caused all of those half empty Jack Daniels bottles in the cockpit to generate a fucking fireball hotter than the interior of the fucking son!! I guess I'll have to rechristen the boat remnants "Time Out of Fucking Mind"'
Peace(s)
GAUCO; clean asshole, OK. But how do you manage to keep it clean if you have to take a shit in, for example, the public toilett at Raw Oyster Smash in Biloxi, LA? Or when you, after having a burrito at Santa Monica Pier, must use the joint`s not so tasty toilett?
And why the fuck do you call it BATHROOM?
"I´m must go to the bathroom mama."
"That´s ok sweety, take a shit, no problem."
"No mamy, I do love you but I am going to take a bath."
"That´s ok sweety, I love you too, and don´t shit in the water."
C
PS PS PS
Ahhhhh, I got it Gaucho, you always shit AT HOME, theirfor this hurry when Steely is on the radio! Damn me. I AM slow.
PS PS PS PS PS
Dr Mu; fuck? Ask Al Pacino. If you can find him.
Klaus down @ the ledo; regarding to your lack of capital letters in your post, could the name of this very special girlfriend be Amanda?
Or worse; do you now, Amanda, use the nickname Klaus?
Yesterday I tested a few things here on the net. Someone here said he was going to buy Silvers latest and I was wondering if it was THE Hank Silvers (a very bright man I should say, in case he is a rockstar or has a dad who is) who use to write here. (writing this I am struck by the fact that the motherfucker maybe meant Horace Silver).
Ok, I went to the searchfuckers, picked Yahoo and searched on Silvers. Up came Sign In Stranger Aug -97! I got amazed and searched for RubyBaby, and among 23 hits; Sign In Stranger, Aug, June, bla bla, -97 came up. Same thing happened on Clas Lundkvist. Sign In Stranger aug 97.
Then I got real fucked up and search on Kinky. How many hits? 20435.
Kinky, you ARE an internet junkie!
Oleander, some times you are funny!
ooooooops!
I have been a member of internet communites for 27 years. This too shall pass. It´s only a phase.
Kinky
Gaucho, I am very disappointed. I would not mind if the bird was a redneck. But BLACK! You know there´s a law against that where I live?
o
The above post was not entered by me.
Edd
Clas Is Drinking Again
That Manassas 96 CD sounds like a good one.
maj.
let me get this straight Gaucho, you have a bidet and wipe your ass with a towel, but the only radio you have is in your car?
can't we all just get along...?
besides the sign asks for one post.. oops..dammit
Zebra Records has a brand new Jeff Porcaro tribute out. Aside from Jeff's obvious connection to our heros, there are a number of other session players from the Dan's albums on this one. 70+ session folk play on it although D + W are not among them as far as I can tell. Has anyone purchased it yet? How is it? (Sorry if I missed this in earlier posts.) "Hi" to St. Al and Mrs. Al.
GUESS WHO?; did Gaucho say that he was running out to the CAR to continiue listen to the Steely-song? Read closer kid.
well sue me, I am just defending my best friend.
LOOKS LIKE; don´t project your own shortcomings on me, vino.
c
weioh, weioh, weioh... hell, tellem ove in Watts! Ha ha ha ha ha...
LOOKS LIKE; it´s OK. Get well now Edd.
I used to have a boss who was an alcoholic. I simply ignored his ravings and he became so ineffective that he eventually went away (got fired). I suggest we try that on the Guestbook's resident lush and perhaps he too will go away.
StAl
Yeah well, Aja, MY life has become an asinine farce as well so I still relate to the Seinfeld characters.
StAl;
uuh ehhh, yeah, right on! I have never cared much for that sucker. Go on, fire him!
c
PS, Aja, forgot to thank you for the information of the female orgasm.
And for the record, Donald Fagen have three (3) Fender Rhodes.
So, Gaucho, what did you say about StAl? That he was an extremely balanced guy? For me it looks like he is staggering on the edge right know. Trying to keep a straight face in front of his people.
StAl; I have a number; I guess it´s ten percent of the population in USA, and in Sweden too, that are alcoholics, or having problem with booze. How many on this GBook-members did you insult with your last post? What do you think? About ten percent, Mr Becker included?
C
After awhile, it gets easy to scroll!
maj.
Becker?! But he hardly ever drinks, almost never wants to. Not quite a teetotaler, but damn near.
Just the latest in a very long line of similar gambits from our classy friend:
"To speak or imply evil of for the purpose of injuring and without regard for the truth"
"A false report or insinuation maliciously uttered and tending to injure the reputation of a person"
"Spoken or written statement, representation, or contextual speculation that gives an unjustly unfavorable impression of a person or a thing"
Most curious. I wonder why he does that--don't you?! I very much doubt his problem with alcohol is a sufficient explanation.
Did get that injured and hurt Pete? Don´t think so.
OK So call Penn State #2. Since the Cornhuskers are #1, I thought a little bit of Univ. of Nebraska home town Steely Dan trivia was in order. In 1972 (I think) the last stop on the tour was - you guessed it Lincoln, Nebr. The Boys opened for Frank Zappa and played Bodhisattva twice (Can you imagnie such a thing in the early 70's). To quote messr. Fagen: "That was the last show of that tour, That was utterly strange" I didn't think Zappa did drugs raising that dental floss. For those of you who haven't been to Lincoln, after the stadium there isn't much except corn fields and the roller skating hall of fame. There is a pretty good restraunt called Misty's that roasts whole cows and serves a great steak sandwich - if you can tolerate all of the U of N paraphernalia. Do you think Don and Walt had the longest hair in town. Maybe there is something to going to LA via Omaha.