User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 30
Message: Aja: check out the Rolling Stones riff on Randy Newman's I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It) from Bad Love (1999)
Lyrics (It's a Lizzie thing - they work even better with the music):
I have nothing left to say
But I'm going to say it anyway
Thirty years upon a stage
And now I hear the people say
Why won't he go away?
I pass the houses of the dead
They're calling me to join their group
But I stagger on instead
Dear God, Sweet God
Protect me from the truth
CHORUS
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I don't know
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
Please don't tell me so
Let me, let me go
I have a family to support
But surely, that is no excuse
I've nothing further to report
Time you spend with me
Is time you lose
BRIDGE
I always thought that I would know
When it was time to quit
That when I lost a step or two or three or four or five
I'd notice it
Now that I've arrived here safely
I find my talent is gone
Why do I go on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
I didn't know
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
I didn't know it
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
How would be so cruel to tell me so?
(You're dead!)
When will I end this bitter game?
When will I end this cruel charade?
Everything I write all sounds the same
Each record that I'm making
Sounds like a record that I made
Just not as good!
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I didn't know
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
Please don't tell me so
Please don't tell me so
(YOUR"RE DEAD!!!)
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 30
Message: Aja: check out the Rolling Stones riff on Randy Newman's I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It) from Bad Love (1999)
Lyrics (It's a Lizzie thing - they work even better with the music):
I have nothing left to say
But I'm going to say it anyway
Thrity years upon a stage
And now I hear the people say
Why won't he go away?
I pass the houses of the dead
They're calling me to join their group
But I stagger on instead
Dear God, Sweet God
Protect me from the truth
CHORUS
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I don't know
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
Please don't tell me so
Let me, let me go
I have a family to support
But surely, that is no excuse
I've nothing further to report
Time you spend with me
Is time you lose
BRIDGE
I always thought that I would know
When it was time to quit
That when I lost a step or two or three or four or five
I'd notice it
Now that I've arrive here safely
I find my talent is gone
Why do I go on and on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on and on
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
I didn't know
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
I didn't know it
(He's dead He's dead He's dead)
How would be so cruel to tell me so?
(You're dead!)
When will I end this bitter game?
When will i end this cruel charade?
Everything I write all sounds the same
Each record that I'm making
Sounds like a record that I made
Just not as good!
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I didn't know
(He's dead He's dead)
I'm dead but I don't know it
(He's dead He's dead)
Please don't tell me so
Please don't tell me so
(YOUR"RE DEAD!!!)
User: steviedan | Month: 8 | Day: 30
Message: angel, fortunately you're right. tonight's episode was a home run. i guess it was all wim wender's fault. tonight i was feeling it. it was great to see roscoe gordon getting some well-deserved recognition...
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 30
Message: Loved that article. Mick, Keith and Ronnie are characatures of themselves. I don't think they can help it at this point, though. Can you imagine Don & Walt doin shuffle? Hilarious, I wanna see a dance version of The Fez.
User: Aja | Month: 8 | Day: 30
Message: Funny interview with Don and Walt in the San Diego Union last Friday. They were seriously basing on The Rolling Stones, saying they looked preposterous. I couldn't have been laughing any harder, or cheering any louder that someone finally said it!
www.signonsandiego.com and follow the links.
Aja
User: angel | Month: 8 | Day: 30
Message: Steviedan: Regarding your comment on The Blues being "hit or miss". The Blues is a look at a style of music through the lens of several different directors (including Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood). This makes it different from something like Ken Burns Jazz, which was looking at a type of music, through one person's eyes. Clint's episode (airing Saturday) is on Piano Blues and that one I definitely want to catch.
As I was walking down Sunset Blvd yesterday, I was wondering if the two were in town yet. I haven't had this feeling since the Grammy's in 2001. Definitely getting excited.
St. Al: After that concert, there must have been some wild and crazy border crossing activity going on at Blaine..... :-)
User: fife | Month: 8 | Day: 30
Message: Hi St.Al
Blue Rodeo is very popular here, as is, The Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies, Colin James, Jeff Healey, Bruce Cockburn, Sarah Maclauglin, the list goes on. You can check out Blue Rodeo's web site, www.bluerodeo.com and find out about Jim Cuddy, lead singer. They play here in Ottawa often to great crowds or rather as great as you can get in a government city.
fife
User: steviedan | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: yes jimbo, obviously i've been trying.
User: steviedan | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: is anyone watching the blues series on pbs ?
alot of the footage is quite good.
lou reed singing the blues ?
now that just plain fucking SUCKED ! an ABOMINATION !
no one is whiter than lou reed ! NOW CONFIRMED !
but it sure did give me the blues, i will admit...
fortunately they did have lots of j.b. lenoir, who should have never been sharing the same screen with lou reed and nick cave.
honestly, i don't know if i can recommend the series or not.
hit and miss.
User: Jimbo | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Has anyone been watching Martin Scorcese Presents The Blues on PBS lately?
It's on this week thru Saturday at 9pm E.S.T.
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Open missive to Don & Walt:
I know you guys must be getting a bit tired considering your advanced years, not a dig, just a fact. Three shows over the weekend must have taken a toll. We've heard rumors of people being a bit under the weather. But now you've got two days off and no one is playing Universal tonight or tomorrow so you guys can have a decent rehearsal Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoon. We also appreciate what playing the old stomping grounds means: the old friends in attendance, the glitz, the pressure, assholes from the record labels, avoiding the women you cavorted with all those years ago, the midnight suppers on the westside at Mr. Chow's, oh no, sorry, you don't do that anymore. It's a pressure packed set of gigs, we realize full well.
But boys, it's time to stop cogitating your receding hairlines and think of us, the loyal Fandom, keeping you in the black and on course for that retirement in the Azores. We have to have the Gina AND the EMG. We heard the Mall in July and while we think it's a snazzy little number, we hear it a lot at the supermarket, but we are ravenous for diversity. Thanks for listening.
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Sainted One - you've got a point there, but on the other hand, you never know what you're gonna get. With the Missus, you know exactly.
User: StAl | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Saw a fun Canadian band play on Saturday night. Anyone out there familiar with Blue Rodeo? My wife is a big fan. I've seen them 3 or 4 times but I must say the Saturday show rocked hard. My ears were ringing for hours.
Ringing is a good thing, right?
The show was in Bellingham Washington so needless to say we were the only Washingtonians at the show. Bellingham for those who don't know is only 30 minutes from Vancouver. The full house was packed with crazy Canadians.
Sure was nice to hear some live music after all the misses this Summer. Live music is almost as good as sex. In one respect it's better because you can sample all the different bands without getting in trouble...
StAl
User: christine | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: i have also seen that article in Rolling Stone that Jimbo speaks of. And yes the fans did sing along with hey nineteen in New York, but there is a sad story about the Mohegan Sun show in Connecticut and that song. I'm very bitter about what happened. Don was singing then he stopped and pointed to the audience who was singing along the whole time already, but when he pointed everyone stopped singing and Don and Walt looked disappointed and never seemed to get too much into the show after that point, so basically the crummy audience killed the show themselves. May i just point out that I DID sing along like a true fan! I still can't deny that the show was awesome just because it was Steely Dan and they can't help being Great.
User: Dr. Fill | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Advise from Dr. Fill:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or click the URL above.
/C
User: Spike's Moll | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Blonde & The Coke Machine
It was a really hot day and this blonde decided she would go buy a coke. She went to the coke machine and when she put her money in, a coke came out - so she kept putting money in.
And since it was such a hot day, a line had formed behind her. Finally, a guy on line said, "Will you hurry up? We're all hot and thirsty!"
And the blonde said, "No way. I'm still winning!"
User: Snooooooort.... | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: ...ahhh... right on the highway.
Been listening way too much on "Running on Empty" this weekend.
And now I could use a cig.
Does anybody get a Lucky Strike?
---
Christine - *sigh*
Schwinn - thanx for email, I am patiently waiting.
Gaucho - great shit! And thanx for the Aja T-shirt!
Howard - I guess it's not easy, tuning a piano. OK, now you've got that done, please send me the song for the Under the Banyan Trees CD?
Molly Dear - more like, a picture of the Nasty Redhead?
Miz Ducky - are you going to send me something for the CD?
User: duncan | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Angel
Will that ASCAP site tell me who wrote a song & how may times it's been covered & by whom.
it's quite famous i think
''have love will travel''
User: Chris in the mist | Month: 8 | Day: 29
Message: Dan chords! I'm trying to work out those for "What A Shame About Me". Anybody can help me with the chorus ("I'm still working ...")?
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 28
Message: LA Danfolk! It's Camacho's at 6 PM Wednesday at Universal City Walk. Leave that stank attitude at home with the kids and be prepared to party. We're going to practice yelling for Pixeleen.
We'll decide where to be for Thursday when we meet. LOL my brothers and sisters, let's bring this puppy home where it belongs.
User: Gina | Month: 8 | Day: 28
Message: hey Steviedan :-) LOL
love this.
User: steviedan | Month: 8 | Day: 28
Message: !!! JAY & SILENT CARL STRIKE BACK !!!
had to return while i am listening to "forward into the past: becker & fagen early years" on boomerang records out of the uk.
"TECHNICAL NOTE: these early recordings were experimental and specifically created as songwriter demonstrations. the sound quality of these tracks is primitive and in no way reflects the immaculate aural creations that have become the becker and fagen trademark. this is merely a historical document, and an insightful journey into the creative terrain of becker and fagen. digital remastering has been employed to 'clean-up' these tracks without sacrificing their quality"
that's a frickin' mouthful to say we cashed in and flew by night like bloodsucking bats... only ten tracks, but sound IS good. i'm glad they fleshed out that "caves" arrangement.
you've heard it all before, but HEY ! it has a different blue cover with slime-green colored lettering and that's enough for me.
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: angel: seems low - for Dr Backer I count 13 (11 ToW - Japanese) + 10 (CBAT) + 9 (CTE) + 10 (PL) + + 10 (KL) + 9 (RS) + 7 (Aja) + 9 (Gaucho) + 9 (TvN) + 9 (EMG) = 95
...AND then
+ Horses (RLJ) + Rapunzel (Woody & Chick album) + I Mean to Shine + You Gotta Walk it... (5?) +song for a movie that escapes me + pre-Dan Mock Turtle Days (~19) + not to mention the Gaucho outtakes + Katy outtakes + The Steely Dan show + more out there...
>120
some are BMI?
User: Dolores Del Ruby | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Bluz,
Of gator of ~ to never smile posterior to a crocidile. Be not taken
inside by him is the welcome grimace! Just never to smile to a
crocodile!
Delores
User: Essence of Incense | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message:
Arlean you are so crazy you make me look sane. I really mean it please leave me alone!
User: steviedan finds his mojo... | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: not THAT mojo ! it NEVER gets misplaced !
talkin' bout the new mojo mag that wormy presented from the topsoil awhile back. talkin' bout "the erudite jazz-pop funsters on kate moss, touring hell, and dental floss". 10 questions for steely dan. a bonus free roots of hip hop cd. BE THERE !
"universal music alert": you can't beat a saturday night spent grooving to two FULL discs of jimmy reed with your twelve year old daughter. some mojo can't be generationally supressed. jimmy reed is a good detector.
mu, that's RIGHT ! i conveniently forgot about "my ride's here", and i meant to get that. thanx for reminding. i also want to dig into a few of those 70s/80s things represented on the rhino anthology. prudent vote on kenny garrett. impeccable. miles always knew and tweetsie never changes. two proven cosmic principles...
User: angel | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Tones: According to the ASCAP search I just did, there are 106 songs attributed to Donald Jay Fagen and 85 attributed to Walter Carl Becker. So, I do believe those are the official names for the dynamic duo known as Steely Dan. I remembered that I had done a search for them earlier this year. (I believe Boston Rag gave us the link to that ASCAP data base).
User: Fan '59 (wse) | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: zen zen and again tools life bunt to first slidding home here and thair
on the foot lookin past and true
User: The man from Mars | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Not far at all...
"Don't move to slow, 'cause the man from Mars
Is through with cars, he's eatin' bars
Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour, through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
I said don't stop, do punk rock!"
User: DACW - END OF DAYS? | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: The CUBS have won the Division crown today!!!! and Geoge W. Bush is more popular in Iraq than the US...
Can the Rapture be far away?
User: Laura's Ghost | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Mama let me start all over again,
Cradle me, Mama cradle me again.
I never thought that I'd be going down the stoney end.
User: Highwire | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: We sell 'em missiles, We sell 'em tanks
We give 'em credit, You can call the bank
It's just a business, You can pay us in crude
You love these toys, just go play out your feuds
Got no pride, don't know whose boots to lick
We act so greedy, makes me sick sick sick
So get up, stand up, out of my way
I want to talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, whose gonna pay
I want to talk to the man right away
We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
Hoping they don't catch the hell fire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
Sending the men up to the front line
And tell 'em to hotbed the sunshine
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Our lives are threatened, our jobs at risk
Sometimes dictators need a slap on the wrist
Another Munich we just can't afford
We're gonna send in the eighty-second airborne
Get up, stand up, who's gonna pay
I wanna talk to the boss right away
Get up, stand up, outta my way
I wanna talk to the man right away
We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
And hoping they don't catch the shellfire
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
Putting the world out on a deadline
Catching the bite on primetime
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Get up! Stand up!
Dealer! Stealer!
Hey!
We walk the highwire
We send all our men into the front lines
We're hoping that we backed the right side
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
We walk the highwire
We send all the men up to the front lines
And hoping they don't catch the hellfire
With hot guns and cold cold, cold, cold,
cold nights
We walk the highwire
We walk the highwire
With hot guns and cold, cold, cold nights
With hot guns and cold, cold nights
Jagger/Richards 1991
User: Shegot! | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Aja, I think ygk has completely evaporated, disappeared, just plain vanished, and last seen wobbling down West 50th mumbling to himself, "Mingus, Mingus, Mingus". He's just gone - broke, dejected and thorougly rejected, his 'friends' don't call, and he's just plain off the wall. A sad short life of someone noone knew.
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Your honor I object: Last Laugh would only be a legitimate candidate in Texas, where we would have executed him by now, especially as he appears a bit mentally challenged!!!!...no, some Kentucky whack job from Springer will marry him by text message...a few conjugal visits and we have a future McDonald's fry cook!!
User: Jimbo | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: I just got the new issue of Rolling Stone with the cover of Mr. Johnny Cash. On page 40, There is a picture of Donald and Walter and a commentary on the New York shows they did there. There was no mention of where the concert took place, but I understand that the audience in on show sang Hey Nineteen. Cool!
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Stevee-baby: Whatz up with The Last Mall? Playing it is one thing, forgetting you played it in front of a lot of the same people is....well, senile.
User: Shegot! | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: And now............the latest Darwin Awards:
The Darwin Awards honor those who improve our gene pool... by removing
themselves from it. These men and women gave their "all" in an effort
to improve the human species. Of necessity, the honor is
generally bestowed posthumously.
Shooting Blanks
2003 Darwin Award Nominee
(11 March 2003, Spain) Early one morning, police received a call
warning that three robbers had invaded the bar of a Madrid brothel. The
police dispatched several units, and confirmed that the call was true.
Officers surrounded the building, and used a bullhorn to coax the
offenders from the premises.
The robbers, understandably frightened, found themselves in an
untenable situation inside a building surr! ounded by dozens of
policemen. Their subsequent actions may have been influenced by the
ready availability of alcohol. Instead of surrendering, they decided to
go out in a blaze of glory, and tried to escape while shooting at
everything in sight.
The policemen ducked, covered, and proceeded to shoot back at the
running robbers. Two were fatally injured, and the third was wounded in
his right leg.
Why was the gunfight over so quickly? The three robbers were carrying
REAL guns loaded with FAKE ammunition. They were firing blanks, making
enough sound and light to fool the police into shooting back, but not
enough to actually help them escape.
Cock Fight
2003 Darwin Award Nominee
(12 January 2003, Philippines) Cockfighting is a popular gambling sport
in the Philippines. Roosters are aggressive creatures that fight one
another in the wild to establish a "pecking order." When their natural
arsenals of claws and! beaks are supplemented with sharp steel spurs,
these feathered animals are transformed into deadly weapons. A trained
rooster is an extremely vicious creature.
Usually the fury of an enraged rooster is directed against another
rooster in an arena surrounded by avid spectators. But at a recent
match in Zamboanga, a cock owner was the target of his own bird. He had
just strapped razor-sharp gaffs onto its legs when he lost control of
the animal. The bird turned on him, and in "one rapid shuffle," its
gaffs sliced through major arteries in his thigh and groin.
Despite routinely handling razor-wielding roosters, the man was not
wearing protective clothing. He bled to death en route to the hospital.
The Last Laugh
2003 Honorable Mention
(January 2003, Virginia) Paul Powell is not yet out of the gene pool
but he will be soon, thanks to his own efforts to enable prosecutors to
prove a capital murder charge against him.! He had been tried and
convicted of the murder of a 16-year-old girl, but his conviction was
overturned by the State Appellate Court based on a lack of evidence
that he had robbed or raped the woman.
However, due process was not yet done with Powell.
Thinking himself immune to further consequences, Powell wrote a
gloating confession and sent it to the prosecutor's office. "Since the
Virginia Supreme Court said that I can't be charged with capital murder
again, I figured I would tell you the rest of what happened on January
29, 1999, to show you how stupid y'all are." He went on to explain in
graphic detail exactly what had happened on the night he murdered the
girl.
But Powell did not have the last laugh.
He overlooked a catch. The Court had only ruled that there was not
enough evidence for the capital murder conviction, leaving open the
possibility of a retrial for lesser charges, or for capital murder
shoul! d new information surface. The second time around, Powell's
boastful letter gave the prosecutors precisely the evidence they needed.
Powell's lawyer "portrayed his client as a bright young man." Bright as
a burned-out light bulb! Powell was convicted of capital murder on
January 15, 2003.
Where's the Chute?
Historic Darwin Award Nominee
(North Carolina, 1987) Ivan, an experienced parachutist with 800 jumps
under his belt, was videotaping a private lesson given by an instructor
for a single trainee. He had attached the video camera to his helmet
so that it would capture the entire day of instruction, and the
supporting power supply and recorder were in a heavy satchel slung on
his back.
The group went up in the plane, and the instructor led the enthusiastic
beginner through preparations for the jump. Ivan carefully documented
the lesson, which needed to be perfect for the sake of posterity,
When they reach! ed the jump site, Ivan jumped from the back of the plane
and filmed the student and instructor jumping from the front of the
plane. A few heartbeats later, tape still running, Ivan realized that
he had been so focused on filming the jump that he had forgotten to
strap on his own parachute. An FAA spokesperson said that the video
equipment strapped to his back may have been mistaken for a parachute.
In the footage salvaged from the camera and spliced together, the
student and instructor are shown in freefall befire they pull their
ripcords and recede rapidly from view. Then the cameraman's
hands reach for his own ripcord. When Ivan realizes he has no ripcord,
ergo no chute, his hands are seen to flail about wildly, then the
camera pans down towards the approaching earth...
Film from the final stage of the plunge was destroyed on impact.
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: t: No, That's Dee Jay Jazzy Fagen
and Walter Carl Marx Becker
User: is this for real? | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: Among the credits for the film Laurel Canyon:
"Do It Again" written by
Donald Jay Fagen
and
Walter Carl Becker
Jay?
Carl?
User: the flower & i | Month: 8 | Day: 27
Message: we went back this evening...
Outstanding!! San Diego
bluz
User: SD in SD seeing SD (SteveeDan in San Diego seeing Steely Dan) | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Well, ... I just got back from the San Diego Steely Dan show at the Coors Amphitheater ... I'm here on the hotel computer because sleep is simply out of the question.
It was a great show. I got a chance to see Bob Tedde, Peg T., and Miz Ducky, Pete Fogel, Sharri Fogel and her Mom, Ed Beatty, SouthOfHollywood (thanks for the ride, Brother), and the lead singer of the Yes tribute band "Roundabout".
The band sounded tight as a drum. They played their typical 2 set concert with a few change-ups ... Slang Of Ages was swapped out for Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More (and the band introductions were placed in this song just like they were on the 2000 tour), and they played The Last Mall instead of (what we thought was going to be) Lunch With Gina.
Donald said that it was the first time that they had played The Last Mall on tour, but a few of us yelled up to the band that they also played in at their kick-off gig in Costa Mesa on July 23rd. But alas, we were not heard.
No problem. The band sounded great. The on-stage graphics/light show was great. The sound was pretty darn good too.
I had a run-in with one of the event rent-a-bouncers, but I exasperated him, and he went away empty-handed ... I cannot expound further on what exactly I am talking about. Let's just call it a "momento".
It was a great night. But of course, any night spent with a live bona fide Steely Dan band would be a great night.
Write this one into the record books folks. This one's history and so am I ... for a day and a half ...
Santa Barbara County Bowl on Sunday night ... here I come.
SteveeDan
User: Paige | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: This Sunday I will be attending my first Steely Dan concert at the County Bowl here in Santa Barbara. Tomorrow night, I will be seeing Ian Anderson. Throughout the years, if I wasn't listening to Tull, I was listening to Steely Dan. Sometimes in the midst of all the slings and arrows, the planets align and life is good.
-Paige
User: Paolo | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Anyone have the correct chords and lyrics to "Yellow Peril?"
:~)
~~~
Chinese Food - Comics - Tiki Swingin' - Dinosaurs!
www.pablobrazil.com
User: Paolo | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Robert Palmer:
I remember driving with my Cajun-girlfriend-of-1994 to visit some of my relatives in Texas one summer break, listening to Robert Palmer's Pressure Drop. A sobering reminder that our time on this planet is precious and short.
R.I.P. Mr. Palmer.
User: Paolo | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: test
User: glute of earl | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: dallas.
sublime.
d'mu, great coverage. doesn't Cornelius just look like a sax? and
YES!!! Keith Carlock (sp?) ... WOW. The man makes his drums sing. fluid, graceful ... cirque d'ervish.
Grand Master Walter and Donald ( that voice - man, he hits those highs) must be the most gracious and grin inspiring of all artists. tweaky as all get out, too. cads, those two.
Great band.
what was that moment tho ... twice ... same song ..like some loop got dropped? anybody?
the lights, the graphics, the MUSIC, the angel girls.
new favorite instrument ... trombone.
Naked Lunch Saturday night was super swell, too.
sorry we missed ya, StAl
So Fine,
User: Is true | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Double Felix: What worked? The lawn at the Dallas show was empty. May be 100 people out there. Just a shit crowd!
User: AKDJ | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: A not so seamless Segway.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030926/ap_on_re_us/segway_recall
User: Jimbo | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Robert Palmer R.I.P.
George Plimpton R.I.P.
Too many great talents gone.
Has anyone rented a DVD or video for The Kid Stays in the Picture? Just in case you haven't, it's a documentary of legendary film producer Robert Evans and how he achieved success in The Godfather, Love Story, as well as his personal life only to be brought down by divorce, drugs, studio politics, and a movie called The Cotton Club. Evans, of course rebounds
and is still making movies.
I wouldn't be telling you this had it not been the fact that while watching this movie, they were playing "Dirty Work" and "Do It Again" in the background during his 70's segments. Guess the filmmakers are big Dan fans themselves. Other than that, it's a damn good film. Check it out.
Robert Palmer R.I.P.
George Plimpton R.I.P.
User: Satan | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Bob - don't listen to Him. There's a spot down here for you. I'll leave the light on.
Rajah
User: God | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: lovebob: You need to return dilaudid you took from St. Christophers medicine cabinet. If you keep this up you'll have to sell your soul to the *other* guy because I simply wont stand for it any longer.
Robert Palmer is with us now.
StAl
User: duncan | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Robert Palmer's gone
I'm stunned
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: Stevie: Check out the one in between Life'll Kill Ya and The Wind. It's called My Ride's Here as in a Hearse...the Hockey Song alone is worth the price of admission...Kenny Garrett - he's a good one...I loved the Tweetsie Railroad as a kid!!
Double: hey...So that was you tripping over me...oh, yeah those graphics were...uuuhhhh classic, LOL...I figured that's what the concert experience in Dallas was like ...after seven or eight beers!!
User: one more stevie hit | Month: 8 | Day: 26
Message: oh and wjaz, don't leave out tweetsie railroad as a possible venue. up on the hill on the cloggin' stage...
rajah, regarding your near dismissal of the soprano sax there raj, clearly you are not listening to the right players. a few like errrr... say... john COLTRANE, wayne SHORTER, kenny GARRETT (the real G), steve LACY, sidney BECHET... i can stop right there, i think...
User: steviedanilow | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: i made it thruuuu the rainnnnn...
and thanx for shinin' the scam-cam on me, roy...
but just after that, a week bout with pnuemonia ripped me from the mast. and following the warren zevon story (btw, "the wind" is the "steviedan-album-of-the-week(TM)"), i was feeling this illness a little differently and was enjoying every sandwich just a bit more. you know, i always under-rated warren zevon. until i got the rhino anthology and the album "life'll kill ya". yeah, that was his last album before this one. such sad irony, even he could not have scripted it better...
i'm trying to catch up a bit, but y'all some verbose muthas.
i trust that st al is better...
"colour of the week award" goes to mu...
nice to see gina back...
seriously though, heartfelt sympathies and concerns directed at nyb and jdubz...
User: duncan | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: lovebob
WAKEUP your dreaming
User: Double Felix | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Reporting from the Dallas show--it started way late because they were trying to get as many walk-ins as possible and it worked because the place was packed. The opening number, Aja, was lame as it mis-fired with both vocals and guitars. In fact, Donald's vocals were weak the entire first set and Walter was noodling as bad as he did on TAN for just about as long. They could have used Jeff Skunk Baxter who was in Austin at the time backing up some other group at the ACL music festival. Finally, Herrington was allowed to rock in the 2nd set and everything got better.
The graphics were extra cool and it was clear the art director was a Dan Fan--or just getting enough money to love himself in a whole new way. I myself bought an official Steely Dan visor for $5.00. They weren't for sale but nobody wanted to give their social security number and apply for a GM credit card and get one for free so I took advantage of the situation and paid an undervalued college student for the priviledge. Steely Dan and GM together in the same space reminds me of that time I got a blow-job from Stevie Nicks just to piss Lindsey Buckingham off...
Go See the Show,
DF
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: I'd really liked it. Add Kulee Baba, Wetside Story & This All Too Mobile Home. But you'll notice we still haven't gotten rid of FM just thought I'd mention.
User: | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Was that fear and loathing in Phoenix?
Pass the ether...
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: yes!!!!!! I made a typo on "grammar" or is that Kelsey Grammar?
obviously subliminiminimable delayed rebellion against my Dad who taught English for 30 years and received his doctorate from U of C...
...back to my dry technical writing...
Crap, did anyone see the CalEEfornEYa debate last night?? I was ROFLMAO...as Ahhnaud and Arianna traded sniper fire in what sounded like a merging of The Dirty Dozen and Green Acres...
...I'll be baaahk to pump you up Arianna unlike your Q-eye husband in Governator IV...
...I have to tell you nice folks on the left coast, but I was stunned that McClintock made clear logical point after logical point backed by facts and with ease...take my advice - elect him to clean up the mess for 4 years, then elect that Green Party whacko just for fun...
User: Miz Ducky | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Rajah: no, he's just an ordinary guy, and they've finally gotten to him.
Sorry, that was too easy, wasn't it?
Heh. My boss-man, he one heck of a guy.
One more day, though, and I might be sounding like that myself.
Those of you I'll see at Coors, well, see ya then!
/the duck
(still in sandy eggo)
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: lovebob: Wait, that's my dream 2nd set!!! - just needs Dr. Wu and Pixeleen and Your Gold Teeth II...they must have gotten a little antsy after Dallas
Throw Back the Little Ones - Watch out for Greenbook at Universal??!
RS: ...well, there is this song called Florida Room...I dunno if it's a funny one...glad you made it through - i would have been in the nearest electrified motel...25 million without power. That high pressure in main put the squeeze on the isobars
We had a flood...in the house in 1994...20 inches of rain in less that 36 hours...no cyclone, just got "trained: ...will never forget kicking down the fence to let the water out of the back as water got into the slab and in the house...added gutters (that's key!)...tiled the bathrooms...and finally this year tiled the kitchen and entrance (and have the knees to show it) and carpeted the remainder of the house (I had 300 lb men do this...I hopw it takes you orders of magnitude less time to set things square...
Hey did anyone catch the joke re: the "amenities" that Cindy Mizelle, Carolyn Leonhart, and Cynthia Calhoun were reading? The Chicago Manual of Style...the Bible of English Language style and grammer in all things written technical and otherwise put out by the Modern Language Association (MLA) published at the University of Chicago...ABSOLUTELY RIVETING!!;-) sounds like Fagen's joke, since he was an English major...
...Damn, that thing could kill a good sized badger...I wonder if how many times the Syndicate used the Style Manual as a blunt instrument?!
THAT'S CHICAGO!!
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Bob - Are you crazy, are you high?
User: lovebob | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Goood mooooooorning Steeelly Daaaaaahn,
I was 30 hours into Phoenix on a 1 day drive...
Actually, I'm still in Phoenix and i think I'm in trouble...
The second half of last nightÆs show was so random, and as far as i know, way unlike any second half so far this tour.
Hey 19- Darkness shattered by "snare.../TWANG" and slide projections of a very young Marylyn Monroe. half the audience was still in the lobby.
Everthing Must Go- Had heard about this from Peg. Not bad for the second time out. I missed Walter's quip... something about N-Ron Hubbard?
Here's where it gets weird... A heckler is yelling "Play The Rag... Baaaah Stuuuhn Raaaag" and "Hey Alpha-Don, Standard operating proceedure babey" At this point Fagen sits up straight pulls his shades down to the tip of his nose with his left hand and sheild his eyes from the stage lighting with his right. Becker leans in with a smiley smile pointing and shaking his head. Fagen stands up and addresses the band off the mike. When he returns to his seat behind the Rhodes he says "Here's one for one of our favorite ex- girlfriends. It's The Boston Rag and it's nothing like the 2vN Tour. HAD to be unrehearsed. Becker wails on the solo. All band members are grinning like little kids and watching for hand signals from Donald. Becker's solo is to dye for. It ends abruptly and the band goes right into
Jack of Speed- Is this the first time this tour? It was definitely rehearsed and I was actually excited at the prospect that Walter might sing it again. Fagen wasnÆt a let down however, and the horns just rolled right over me and right intoà
Roll Back The Little Ones!?!?- Where the hell did THIS one come from? Having NEVER imagined this as a contender for a coveted slot in the touring set list I never wouldÆve suspected in a million years it would sound this good, or get this kind of reaction. One of 2 standing ovations of the evening (the obvious other being My Old School)
FM- I liked this better this time around. Sounded like Donald sang ôFeed for some funky reggae/ wet bag of mice?ö Whatever that means.
ReelinÆ In The Years- IÆm finally warming up to this version. Am I getting older, wiser, or both?
Do It Again- only one verseà Becker begins introducing the band. Fagen waves him off during the intro of the girls, and the guy who was yelling from the audience appears on stage with three plastic glasses and a champagne bottle. Becker says ônow?ö and Donald says ôabsolutely nowö. A toast ensues off the micÆs and when itÆs ever, DF heads for the acoustic piano, and Walter grabs the bass from Barney. Barney looks puzzled and Becker says something like- ôJesus, this thing got enough strings on it?ö
Donald almost shouting, almost shouts ôThis is æold schoolÆ before there was anæold schoolÆ
ôItÆs Pre Schoolö adds Becker and the stage and audience erupts into laughter. What happens next is inconceivable, à a piano, bass, and drum version of "Dog Eat Dog!!!!"
IÆm stunned. The audience in general all have blank expressions on there faces. Blank that is until the choruses where their looks of utter confusion turn to those of gleefull recognition and thousands of Phoenixians begin singing along as if this were the moment theyÆd been waiting for all night. As if this werenÆt Twilight Zone Enough they punctuate the end of each chorus with a hand/mouth motion that looks like a mime eating a Slim Jimà
Damn I gotta goà more later
lovebob
User: Roy.Scam | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: If you're not listening to JAZZ 88 (88.3 in San Diego), you should be. It's called The Jazz in Steely Dan. Jim Pugh is being interviewed right now. Available on the internet on http://KSDS-FM.org thru 9 PM Pac time.
User: Aja | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: YGK-how was your show? So sorry I missed it!
Aja
User: G. Harrison | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message:
Puma is getting out there and Dave in there! Things change at the drop of a dime?
Anyone else going to see the Doobies in Las Vegas besides me?
Singing doo doo doo to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
G. Harrison
User: YGK | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Stevie: got it - on it's way - probably early next week.....
Whore: thanx again - likewise to you.....
Anyone who wants to jump on Core NYC's "Tryin' to Sort It All Out", email me.....
Also, there are limited 2nd Edition WUNDerground Radio's available....
ygk
User: Randy | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message:
Howard - In response to your post (#4969), the emphasis I'm hearing is on the three and the six (one, two, THREE, four, five, SIX) for "Two Against Nature"; I see your point, but as it's clearly not a waltz (3/4), I take it as a 6/8 - count it while the song is playing (the easiest point would be from the top before the vocal comes in) and you'll see what I mean; 6/8 time definitely gives it a different feel from a waltz-
Randy
NIGHTFLY62(at)aol.com
User: angel | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Royscam/Jim #: Glad you are both OK. Why was my first thought about Mary Passage? Either of you know it's status?
Thinking of driving up to San Francsico for the final show in the lower 48. Will see how next week plays out. Sheesh, couldn't I feel like driving to Santa Barbara or San Diego? No, I have to pick San Francisco. St. Al, thanks so much (not) for putting this thought in my head. Can't get that Golden Gate Bridge out of my mind....
Howard: I am not surprised at all that the strings would tune that way. You shook everything up and it takes a bit for them to come to order again. Glad that for all the work you did tuning it, that it is bring some joy to you.
Lovebob: Sure, leave us in the middle.... :-)
User: Howard | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message:
It's been a while... too much to do recently!
NYB - I'd echo Randy's comments about the songbooks. They're useful as starting points, but the Piano/Vocal/Guitar format ones in particular are usually not that accurate. Piano parts are horribly simplified (so the melody is always in the right hand), and the guitar chords are usually some way off. BUT - I believe that there will be a songbook for EMG - don't know when it will appear though. (Just as I don't know exactly when I'll add some EMG guitar tabs to my site - soon, I promise!)
Randy - shouldn't the time sig. for "Two Agaisnt Nature" be one that has three strong beats per bar, not two? I hear three main beats (*two* against *na*-ture *don't* you...), so I'd opt for 3/4 rather than 6/8.
Clas - piano is now at concert pitch (give or take a few cents). Took a while to bring it up from two semitones flat - didn't appreciate how much strings would slip/drift as you tuned up their neighbours! It took a few passes... I still need to do the fine-tuning, which is the hardest part.
I've been learning the intro to Gold Teeth II - great fun!
St Al: Waht the hlel was all taht stfuf you wree wrtiing the otehr day? I cuodln't udnrestnad a dman tinhg!
Howard
User: lovebob | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: Phoenix Report:
lovebob here. Anyone who has known me for 3 or less years knows about my ongoing pissing match with that bastard God. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a rush to engage the almighty in such a way as to force his hand in a battle of cheap shots (lightning, for example being a hollow victory for the omnipowerful)and I'd be sinning ommissively if I didn't add, utterly amazed with my continued ability to come up with meaningful goods when the ball's been in my court. Granted I chose the weapons for this duel, but so far, MY sucker punches have been clean and acurate with nary a civilian nor high spirit casualty. There have been no comments with regards to the son, the HG, the angels, evangelists, preists, Popes, etc. So I say here, and everywhere else I can, that using my S.O. and her life situation to get at me was the act of a pussy. There, i said it. God's a pussy. Pulling Dallas out from under Peg and I makes YOU look bad, big guy. Yeah it hurt like hell, and the tag line was super effective, but obvious to the point that it don't count. Go ahead, take a few more shots, I'll even lob you a couple of soft balls.
Anyways, Tuesday night a ticket emerged, my southwest rapid rewards coupons arrived in the mail and I poked a hole in my no-schedule schedule with just enough time to slip out of San Diego and into Phoenix on a last minute whim. The show was un fucking real. Trust me when I say this. I'm working the unfucking real side of the street this week.
I'll get to as many as I can before chem #1 finds Chem #2 in my bloodstream and the Vortex Tango begins.
It was an awesome, AWESOME show, and anything critical I have to say aboutit is nit picking at best.
1. Aja-Hello world, here's our boy Keith Carlock. No warm up period, no ading in through the shallow end of the pool. Boom, bad, Boom. "Ok that's done, now whats next?
2.Time Out Of Mind- Cool choice. great execution. Yeah girls. DF's melodica was shrill, but i loved the part.
Godslammer- I'm too close to this one to be objctive.
4. Caves.. I also too close in a distantly related way to be any good other than to say I shook with chills.
5.Black Cow-"so outrageous" on the 2 it was on 2 yes?) Little trails of intentional twist low key yet profound.
6. Bablawn- Fun delivery from the most relaxed, confident and playful Donad. I'd prefer Don sat out on the line "Tell me I'm The Only On"
7. Daddy Don't Live- Daddy sounds a bit to fiesta for my taste... Horns and vibe scream mid to late 70's SNL bumpers. Becker,s vocals reache in and instant transformation. Especially cool pronounciacion of the word "ligger" (as in Liggerztore)
8 Peg-JH strikes a good balance on the solo. The bvox seem different yet familiar.
9. HOME AT lAST -lillte newer than neer thgings meana kt
That's code kids for log off now before it gets anymore too later
lovebob
User: Jim# | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: RoyScam: Hey brother. Having provisions and lots of beer takes on new meaning, eh? And my right arm is going numb from goosing the chain saw every 6 hours, but yeah, we're still standing. A lot better off than many in the area too. Next time a Cat2 hurricane blows through, I'm staying at somebody else's place. Somebody farther west.
StAl's, maybe.
User: C | Month: 8 | Day: 25
Message: This morning I deleted an email, too late I saw it was from someone saying "...ok give me your address and I'll send the CD..."
I get so much spam, and I usually delete them pushing Alt and Delete which means that those emails are gone, forever.
Whoever you are, please email me again!
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Roy Scam - good to hear that.
So, you've had wind in your hair?
I wish I had that. Hair.
Don't forget to compose, record and buy stamps and envelopes, and if you wanna get inspired, check in on Dr Fill's page:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or click the URL above.
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Have a great weekend everybody, I know I will, I am going down to the C-House with Donna Tartt's latest novell.
User: Gina | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: A quick one now :-)
Hey Beerberian! YES, Concarneau indeed. It's a surprising place, at first it seems deserted and when you follow the curve along the seashore you suddenly enter a genuine town, the Ville Close is typical ...loved it there. Golfe de Morbihan must sound familiar to you as well then :-)
Ange, see you later :-)
Roy.Scam, the 19th century?
Mmmm. I for one wouldn't mind if they had you travel in a timemachine, you'd be a reliable and humorful eyewitness :-)
User: Dar Chorfas | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message:
Please drop in on Marian.
She is begging for a visit with H.S.
She is so "sweet" don't you think? A extremely nice gal. The best!
If you do I will be forever indebted to you!
XXXXXXOOOOOOXXXXXXOOOOOO
Dar Chorfas signed sealed delivered I'm yours!
User: Roy.Scam | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: Hello fellow yellow dwellers,
I haven't kept up with these distinguished pages recently for reason of really foul weather.
Hurricanes blow. I just spent 12 hours in a wind tunnel and seven days in the 19th century. Somewhere in the midst of the fear, damage, and inconvenience, my wife astutely opined, "I HATE disasters!"
When the electricity finally came on, I could hear voices of elation echoing up and down the block as if it were Armistice Day.
Is everyone in hurricane land still standing? Hutch, Jim#, fezo, lisa, StevieD, Joker, Altamira?
DACW~ Clever retort to my unintentional linking of Steely Dan and C-batteries. Would you have risked that quip if I had inadvertantly linked Steely Dan with some other hurricane related item like 6-volt batteries, masking tape, sandbags, generators, bottled water or chain saws?
Clas~ Don't give up on me. I'll tape something as soon as near-normalcy is restored and I'll have it to you on time and under budget.
My son (who insolently had electricity days ago) said that he heard the version of "Third World Man" from "The Music of Steely Dan" on the radio and liked it a lot.
RS
User: Slinky_Redfoot | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message:
When will they add Deacon Blues? I believe the 2003 tour will be incomplete without this very wonderful SD tune. "I'm ready to cross that fine line, learn to work the saxophone, I play just what I feel drink scotch whisky all night long and die behind the wheel". I hope Donald and Walter hear my prayer.Slang me!
User: Aja | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: Speaking of Marie LaVeau, has anyone heard from chere?
Aja
User: Zeke | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: yeah, I know it's late, but.....
I really had a great time in West Palm
The weather was great (thx Marie LaVeau) no threat of a hurricane.
Same show as all listed below.
Donald had the funky "head groove" going all night.
He looked so fucking cool. Walt was collective.
The band was awesome. period.
No complaints.
These guys should play every year.
There are so many bands that sound like a shit sandwich.
These guys are so clean.
been listening to String Cheese Incident - Outside Inside.
It's time for this South LA. hot weather to go away.
User: Duncan | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: Great Stage visuals up on the ODP
User: Randy | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message:
'NYB' - Songbooks are not always issued for every album; it's usually dependent upon the sales of the album in question. Thus far I have not seen the songbook for 'Everything Must Go.' The transcriptions for Steely Dan's material are almost invariably wrong in all the songbooks (off the top of my head the 'Two Against Nature' songbook had notation for the title track with the time signature given as 3/4, when in actuality it's in 6/8), but they can make for good jumping off points for at least getting you in the ballpark in regards to chord transitions. Hope that helps-
Randy
NIGHTFLY62(at)aol.com
User: angel | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: Peg: Thanks for the set list. If you do decide to come up to LA, with underage daughter in tow, let me know. My whole family will be there on Wednesday and would love to say hi to you.
Gina: Wow, I really got a post out of you. Thanks for the color on France. It all sounds so nice. Especially from a painting point of view. Yes, they do Lunch with Gina and in my opinion, it is the best cut from the album. It is done very close to the original and of course, so very cool to dance to. Not to take anything away from EMG (title cut) itself, but it is not quite as easy to dance to. (must be that bump, double bump thing...) :-)
User: firemop | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: Normally I post on the blue, but I thought I would share some photos that I took at the Dallas show on Sunday night. The security guys were pretty cool and let me take all the photos I wanted as long as I stayed in my seat.
http://members.roadfly.com/firemop/page_01.htm
Enjoy!
-fm
User: Beerberian | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: Gina; Did you get to Concarneau - another lovely place . I quite agree on the Carnac thing very thought provoking place - almost spiritual I found. We also got off the beaten track and found some of the less well visited menhirs and dolmen ... Maybe if we offered to take Don & Walt to see 'em they might come over and tour !!
GB; Guesses which solo Mr Herrington is playing on the latest tour pics ...I vote for Kid C ?? any other offers
User: Gina on the couch 'til suppertime | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: hey Ange, thanx for getting my mind in a grin again :-)
right after my birthday (40, geez ...) we left in the car and spent some time in France, Bretagne, wherever the wind took us (read, my old ford fiesta 1989). so i didn't really got to say thanks to those who sent me their birthday wishes :-) Bluz, Wormy, T, Steveedan and my Wiggy-buds (lol) mucho gracias.
And hey hey hey, good for "them" they decided to put the LWG-song on their playlist. Hmmm. Makes me feel a little better, still protesting they're not crossing the Big Pond...
Bretagne is a beautiful part of France. Never too keen on that specific country, but this trip had me change my heart. Bretagne is rich, rich in history, their ties to the Celtic culture, a (dead?) language of their own and mysteries all over the place, down south in Carnac, thousands of stones, megaliths which make me "see" the druids and ancient pagan ways very vividly.
By chance we drove into Quimper, the museum had an exhibition of Paul Gauguin and his friends such as Emile Bernard ... during their stay in Pont-Aven. It was a neat exhibition, works from all over the globe, some from New York, Japan and private collections. What struck me the most were Gauguin's playful sketches and his carving on wood!!!!
So we just had to drive down to the village Pont-Aven and see for ourselves what's so special about the place. Must hand it to the village they didn't sell their town out for touristic profits, it's a quiet little place and it's balanced, it's all balanced.
Beautiful environment ofcourse, all along the French coast in Bretagne.
Sigh. We had to go back "home" or else we would have just kept on driving :-) earning some bucks along the way, we figured we wouldn't mind living our lives that way, hehehe ...
hey T, speak of synchronicity ... Gauguin makes me think of Michael Franks and his Objects of Desire (the paintings we saw were pre-Tahiti) and just now a dragonfly was outside my window here :-) Mr. Franks somehow has this feel for life and nature and whatever boosts up imagination :-)
Bluz, Rickie Lee will soon release her new album!!!!
Okay, will leave this space and my off-Dan talk so you can resume your giggy (do i sound envious now, i guess so LOL darn, they MUST cross the Big Pond and come to Europe ....) revelations :-)
Banyan Tree EMG Spins FINE Today Bow,
G.
User: Dr. Fill | Month: 8 | Day: 24
Message: I've been up all night, trying to find the right words... I am trying to get you guys excited about your life!
Visit my page and get inspired:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or click the URL above.
User: C @ W | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Ken V - great! Got your CD and the lyrics this morning.
Guys, come on now, FlaDave and Ken V has shown that it is possible to send CD's over the sea. It can't be that hard to take a walk down to the post office?
YGK? You mailed me and told me you should send your CD, but that was months ago.
Hutch - hope everything is going fine with your new house, and maybe you could join us now when you have got a little more time on your hand?
Schwinn - your vacation is over, get down to it now, please.
Lisa G? Is she around? Anyone's got her email address?
Howard - have you tuned that piano yet?
Well, everybody:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops
Or click the URL above.
User: John Ortiz | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Hi! Iv'e got tickets to the Oct.2 show at The Universal Amphitheater and would like to know if anyone has a set list for this tour? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John.
User: peg | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: From Albuquerque:
Just a list for now; maybe Wormy will post the details later (and he'll remember every single detail, I know). I've got an early flight back to San Diego to face my "real job", so this will have to be quick. I hope I have this in the right order.
Started at 8:10-ish
Band playing intro
Aja
Time Out Of Mind
...DF making fun of being in Albuquerque...noting that "wierd unconcious things were appearing", including "rodies with glowing horns on their heads"...or something like that
Godwhacker
The Caves of Altamira
Black Cow
Babylon Sisters
Daddy Don't Live In That NYC No More
....band intros (why do each of the guys do a little solo when introduced individually, but the girls only wave and smile when their names are announced? More on that later, maybe, if I have an attitude and the time)
....lots of moths flying around the stage; DF making jokes about pausing to do a "bug sweep", and then engaging the audience in a discussion to tell him what kinds of bugs were flying around...everything from "BOGS" to "moss" to "floss"....he decided they were "oggs"...then WB said "nevermind about the moths"...and they moved on to
Peg
Home At Last
INTERMISSION
"The Steely Dan Show"????, complete with horn guys singing through their horn mics...way fun and cool
Janie Runaway
Hey Nineteen
Haitian Divorce
Lunch With Gina
Everything Must Go (for those of you who know me, no, I actually didn't break out into tears as I predicted)
Parker's Band
Josie
Kid Charlemagne
Don't Take Me Alive
...the only encore was FM.... that's it. Done at 10:30 pm.
Can't wait 'til Friday in San Diego. Maybe I'll disappear from work and sneak my daugher out of school for a day to go with me to LA, too? Her latest questions:
If Banyan trees are in Hawaii, why is he singing about Chinese music and Aja (=Asia)?
and
If you're supposed to follow the laws, how come they're singing about making up laws and breaking them just because Josie is coming home?
and
Is Peg about you?
Special thanks to Becci (my sister) and Wormy (from New Orleans).
And that Keith drummer kid...geez, he actually had Albuquerque folks standing and clapping and screaming!
Hopefully more later - goodnight for now.
User: John | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Hysterical advance/interview in tomorrow's Arizona Republic: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/calendar/articles/0921steely21-CP.html
All best,
John
User: NYB | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Here's a question for Steveedan or any of the other instrumentalists out
there...
It seemed that the Two Against Nature songbooks were released shortly
after the cd was released. When do you think the EMG songbooks will
be availiable?
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Hypo - go to andymetzger.com, hit 'sounds' if you never have, he's got dozens of obscure old stuff on there which you can download. Oddball stuff that wasn't ever released, great Y2K live cuts, demos, etc. That could keep you busy for quite a while, but, no there aren't any new songs over which to obsess. Carlock mentioned one track which was very fast that they worked on a bit but that stuff is guarded like the bullion at Ft. Knox. Have you experienced 2nd Arrangement?
User: hypothetical friend | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: let me pose this question to all the dan experts out in TVland... are there any outtakes, secret songs, hidden tracks, etc from EMG? i have rocked this cd 24/7 since its release... the only reprieve being a stint with the audioslave disc. i need another steely dan track to obsess over before i am forced to buy elephant, new one from the white stripes.
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Rajah, angel: Thanks. I've heard good things about Universal before...Beacon's a great one...keep 'em coming folks...
How's the Gorge?
...not that I can afford to travel to any of these places...YET...
StAl: Kinda like Elmer Fudd designing one of the Robert Trent Jones executive courses, eh?
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Yeah Christine, Pixeleen will be played for a long, long time.
Hey SteveeDan: where are we all meeting for the Universal shows?
User: Christine | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Hey thanks for the compliment C@W i will assume your name is also christine? anyways i'm really glad i found this web site i love talking to othe Dan fans. My dad has made me a Steely Dan fan since i was in the womb and for that i thank him
i agree pixeleen as the next single. Godwhacker would be cool too
User: Spike' s Moll | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Molly, I'll be glad to share names with ya. Welcome to the yellow ;-)
Clas, you are sooooooo bad! I like that in a person. lol lol
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Universal Amphitheatre is a very good concert venue here in LA. Not as good as the Wiltern which I compare favorably with the Beacon in NYC, but still an excellent sound system either up close or way back.
User: Missy Mateo | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message:
411 regarding Shoreline - it was build over toxic land fill. Bill was always one to save a buck on any purchase.
User: angel | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Mu/DACW: Universal's acoustics are good (I believe). At least my audiophile work Dan Friend is hoping for a good sounding show. :-)
Gina: If your work didn't beckon so much, maybe we could have Lunch sometime....lol
Thanks for the nice words on my review.
Cool San Diego Radio station interview coming up. Bluz, did you set that up?
Just as a point of information to the people who might be coming from far away for the Universal concerts. The Amphitheatre is at the entrance to Universal Studios. In order to get to the venue, you park in a structure and have to walk through Universal Citywalk (their way of getting foot traffic for the shops). Think amusement parks, since that is what you are dealing with, and all the related (parking) costs.
User: StAl | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: MU: I meant the Starplex's design is a Bill Graham style shed, originally conceived in Mountain View California as Shoreline Amphitheater (with the Grateful Dead in mind). Shoreline's top is different and I'm not sure exactly how Starplex came to be, but I am pretty sure it was part of "Bill Graham Presents" before they started selling off to various entities. This weekend I'm supposed to attend Widespread Panic at the new White River Amphitheater (which similar to Starplex). I'll be sitting on the lawn. Curious to hear how it sounds.
StAl
User: lp | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: thanks guys - also birdy is a nicer way to say the outdated "chik" - lol - but that's reaching maybe
lol
and a happy tuesday to you...
User: sunrise sleeper sofas | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message:
Hey Oz Men Not.
Thank you and stay out this time. I just heard the door close at around 5:40 a.m.
Be gone with you.
User: Gina skipping Lunch | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: sort of as a protest "they" aren't crossing the Big Pond and strut their EMG and other stuff on European soil ...
but nice to read reviews or be a witness to a fine Angelic perception in Roseland :-)
Best regards to the familiar and new GB-crowd,
(instead of "our" Jaap de Hoop-Scheffer becoming the new boss of NATO -as if we don't know who really runs that show- i'd really rather have Steely Dan plant their nuclear music waves and re-design the dutch landscapes :-))
Banyan Tree Bow,
G.
User: Bab Dekaken | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message:
"GEM - I think you got yourself mixed up with Pompe."
Why does Pompe seem to be following you around? You must be a Pompe magnet. I can't imagine why? It begins with an e and ends with and o and is 3 letters. Figure it out and you win a Snickers bar.
Petit Mechouar
User: Bab Dekaken | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message:
"GEM - I think you got yourself mixed up with Pompe."
Why does Pompe seem to be following you around? You must be a Pompe magnet. I can't imagine why? It begins with an e and ends with and o and is 3 letters. Figure it out and you win a Snickers bar.
Petit Mechouar
User: Marrakesh | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message:
C@W,
I really do want you out by noon. Check time comes early. Crime does not pay. I don't think you and Dave would be very compatiable. I am pretty sure he is a Republican. You might trying listening to what I have to say not that I really want to talk to you anymore. You really do not bring out the best in me.... oil and water.
Marrakesh
User: Hot Lava | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message:
C@W,
I keep telling you I have Aries rising and am part Hungarian yet you continue to try and get my goat what do you expect?
Caution: combustable hot lava and dangerous sparks when continually annoyed ~ stand back!
How many times do I have to tell you if you can't stand the heat stay out of the volcano dude? Pay attention.
User: C | Month: 8 | Day: 23
Message: Does everybody know that there are post ponees over at the GBook CD-page?
Check it out:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops
Or click the URL above.
But this Post Ponee doesn't mean you can slow down 'til after Christmas...
User: C @ W | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Christine? My oh my, 17 years old.
You have a very beautiful name Christine.
Molly - ÷hhh... sorry, I don't remember.
GEM - I think you got yourself mixed up with Pompe.
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: angel: The Keytar was out - Herington provided some licks as well...now the fog is really settling in...must...get ...rest
I think I forgot to mention that TOOM between Aja and Godwhacker was another spot on performance in the first set...I think my head was spinning in awe...
Lunch With Gina, Herington's guitar on DTMA, FM, Cubana Chant, Aja, TOOM, Caves, Babylon Sisters, and Home At Last were the highlights in my opinion...it was all great although Baker chose a different take on the Black Cow Feldman solo - interesting...
the band overcame what I think are pretty awful acoustics...St Al told me that Bill Graham designed Starplex/now Smirnoff for the Grateful Dead...I think we all know what Bill Graham was smoking when he designed Smirnoff (I guess all this goes without saying)
...the problem is the roof materials - old beer cans it seems, how high it is, slope relative to the floor...
t's an inverse funnel effect - the narrowest part is just before the grassy knoll...errr pasture...err lawn seating...like playing acoustic tennis...stuff gets out of phase fast especially at high volume (this may explain why the treble on TvN and EMG are mixed so high) - do a bunch of these venues in the 90s and there's goes the high end of the hearing frequency response...it reminded me a little of the University of North Carolina's old Charmichael Auditorium...any of our friend back in the Old North State know exactly what I mean...Heard Elvis Costello and Squeeze there - like listening to a tinny radio real loud inside a can of tuna...I'll opt for arranging to see in a better acoustic venue somehow someway next tour...
In fact, I'm asking for thoughts about the best acoustic venue that Dan frequents!
In contrast, Cameron Indoor Stadium (designed for Ella Fitzgerald), Carnegie Hall, Beacon Theatre, Performing Arts Center in Austin, Paramount Theatre in Austin...man, those are acoustics...I finally found a half-finished version of the Norah Jones concert review from last year rescued from a damaged hard-drive (and we know how painful that can be) that I might finish finally in October...Norah and the band were so good (considerably better than the album - which is darn good) with the exception of the guitarist who was just good enough... and the acoustics crystalline and permeant it was literally like getting slow f*cked for 90 minutes...fortunately, (I guess) my daughter was there or I would have been arrested.
User: Vince Outlaw | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Something dedicated to all you Steely Dan fans...
Thursday, September 25, 2003 from 6 to 9 pm PT on Jazz 88 San Diego (webcast at http://KSDS-FM.org), we'll be exploring the Jazzier aspects of the music of Steely Dan with the Jazz musicians that play it everynight on the Everything Must Go tour. We'll also be finding out what these fine musicians are doing with their own musical careers by featuring music from their solo recordings. In addition to live, in-studio interviews with members of the band, we'll be playing some classic Steely Dan tracks, some newer tunes from Everything Must Go, and some of the classic Jazz tracks that Walter Becker and Donald Fagan have mentioned as influences throughout the years. And special guests may still make their presence known. It can all be heard live this Thursday, September 25, 2003 from 6 to 9 pm PT on Jazz 88, KSDS San Diego, 88.3 FM and world-wide webcast at http://KSDS-FM.org.
Confirmed guests include Carolyn Leonhart, Michael Leonhart, Jim Pugh, Jon Herrington, and Walt Weiskopf.
More information on The New Jazz Thing website:
http://thenewjazzthing.com/2003/09/21.html#a1101
Join us on the radio Thursday and see you all at the SD show in SD on Friday!
Much Love...VO
User: angel | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: On jury duty this week. Ugh!
I don't know how you lawyer types make it through the boredom.
DACW: Glad the kids liked it. Did you catch what instrument was trying to do the synth solo during the ending of Lunch with Gina? I was so busy replicating it in my little corner of Roseland, that I never did find out.
Aussie: Oops. I guess my question about Daddy was a no no.... :-)
I didn't mean it as a criticism, just an inquiry. In good news, it does add a cut from Katy Lied to the set list.
User: Tafraout | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message:
Aussiegem,
Not into this two step any longer it is almost like a hop scotch being played by your rules only. Life is too short and I am too old to be interested in this pathetic dance any longer. Looking for someone else to dance with that does not get off on continually stepping on my toes. it really is not any fun and no you have nothing to offer me so tired of wasting my time. Not going to LV to see you. Why would you even think that? Get real!
Tafraout.
User: DACW - if you paid attention, you'd be worried too | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Jive Miguel - sales have been steadily slumping since week one...no TV appearances...very limited promo by AOL Time Warner...it may not go Gold whose limit I think is back to 1 million
...that is UNLESS PIXELEEN IS RELEASED AS THE NEXT SINGLE!!!!
We were listening to EMG on the long road to the concernt and back...the whole album stnds up well after numerous listens...I'm particularly fond of GreenBook, Pixeleen, Lunch With Gina (which soundeded great live last night), the title track which grows even more than the others with continuous listens...Slang of Ages I think is underrated and Godwhacker is snappy...the blues synth harp into the guitar solo are just remendous...
Start pleading, begging, requesting PIXELEEN - let's have a nationwide PUSH
BTW, during the intros, Walter mentioned ...or at least it sounded like it! they'd like to have Weiskopf (who's a stud on the sax) on FUTURE albums!!!
...but then in that shed acuostic enviro - i may have been hearing things...but i don't think so...
User: Rumpy | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message:
bluz ,
The truce is officially over.
Rumpsfield
war not peace reigns
User: The Original Jive Miguel | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: I haven't posted in years...you know, the divorce thing...nasty divorce thing! However...I'm back, sort of...anyway, I went to the Gorge concert and, of course, it was awesome! The new album might be their best...to me anyways it is incredible...I was just wondering if anyone on this site is aware how well the album has done commercially? I mean, I have bought it 3 times (DVD, DVD Audio, CD)and although commercial success doesn't mean shit to the overall greatness of the album...I was still wondering...All their albums have sold well (even Kamikiriad, which some reviewer stated that it didn't sell at all, sold over 1 million copies) and based upon how good, and relatively accessible, the tracks are I thought it should have sold a ton! Any news? Thanks!
P.S. I am heading to Vegas for the show (all the way from Canada) and I look forward to seeing some of the brotherhood there! Take care!
User: the other one | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Moll-Sorry Moll the one and only-how about you be the Mistress of Mayhem and I'll just be
Honestly, this is the first time I have posted here-usually I am on the BB but I know what you mean-no worries, I'm not the faux molly, just another real deal
Are we cool?
Unless we want to think of my own personal moniker
User: Moll, the one and only Mistress of Mayhem | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Stop posting under my name. You'll give poor Aja a nervous break-down trying to keep up with all this. ;-)
Clas, you lost me Babe. Do ya want a photo of Spike? What exactly are you saying yes to?
Wild Bill, nice to see your messages. I hope you are doing okay.
Bluz, where you been?
BB, alway good to see you.
Dr Mu........great review of Show
User: molly | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: no Christine not at all odd-wouldn't even be odd if you found Walt attractive either
probably being that they are so talented ups the attractive factor-and sister if you're only 17, even better yet in their book
User: Christine | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Is it odd that I, a seventeen year old girl, finds Donald Fagen extremely attractive? Steely Dan was amazing at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.
User: t | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Raj - I'm crushed! And I was trying to say the same thing you were about the "birdie"...
actually, I like lp's take better too...
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: lp - I like your take better.
User: lp | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: i thought the fling with the birdy was after the break up - as a way to drown his sorrows - but it was short-lived and merely a fling and now she's gone - adding to the emptiness of the scene and its shallowness...
that she was a sweet bird but left him too
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: I get the impression that the little birdey friend is the gal he was fooling around with briefly but his wife caught him and ba-boom.
User: Aussie | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Once the 2003 Everything Must Go Tour was well underway, many (not all) posters here and on the Blue cried, begged, and pleaded for the Dan to "vary it up a bit". Now that they are doing that, albeit switching maybe one or two numbers, (see Dallas, Texas reviews) people are now asking why.
No wonder, even the most well meaning Dan enthusiast can get pretty darned annoying. Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't.
Aus
User: tones | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Another "better late than never" EMG observation - could the
"I had a little birdy friend
By morning she was gone
Birdy Good-bye
Birdy bye-bye"
bridge in TTIMTM be a reference to the Beatles "Norweigian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", and by association an admittance to a fling, maybe the fling that ended the relationship that the narrator misses the most?
I think maybe...
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DACW - most excellent report... inspired me to play EMG (LOUD) as soon as I got to work today...
laina - welcome to the (in)famous yellow... sit a spell... take your shoes off... oh, just be sure to step over the occasional poop left by strays...
sno cones
t
User: Aussie | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Dan Audio Crack Whore aka Herr Doktor Myu: Bravo! I was slurping those sno kones right with your kids the entire night. Thanks.
Aus
User: YGK | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: I ran into "our Man Abu" today........nice guy, but a little mysterious.....
ygk
User: Peg | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Missed Dallas...but I'll be in Albuquerque tomorrow night. Are there any pre-show gatherings happening?
User: NYB | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: DACW,
Thanks for the review of the Dallas show last night.
It's nice to see that your kids enjoy The Dan too. Great music easily
overcomes any generation gap. I noticed this phenomenon at the James
Taylor concert back in July and at the Bob Dylan concert last year too.
Here's a question I always wanted to ask...
In the song "Throw Back The Little One's", we have the verse;
"Lost in the barrio, I walk like an injun so Carlo won't suspect
something's wrong here."
I always wondered if D&W were referring to the 1960's/70's mafia kingpin
Carlo Gambino when the wrote that verse. Think so?
User: U know | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: laina: re: the theme of the night...what a bummer!
oh, kids, especially son were really into it...daughter was the big fan for years, but son has come on strong and was singing along to Lunch with Gina...
...My daugher was estatic about Babylon Sisters (her favorite song in the lexicon) and was pumped in set 1, but she faded a bit near the end of the second set - coming down from that sno kone and coke buzz..."these songs are longer than the album!" and "are we there yet...err is it over?"
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: angel: that's my best at 3 am...too bad my best at 3 pm is only marginally better...re: Daddy - it was "That 70s Show"...my hypothesis is that this is a Dallas only thingy...
I think security must have anticipated bellows of "PIXELEEN!!!!!" eminating from your truly if they had allowed folks in the aisle...
...or maybe it was the Sanata "Abraxas"-like video effects that had inebriated stuck in the 70s (for a night at least) Texans thinking: "must...tear...down...goalposts!"
User: laina | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Hey folks! I found my way from the BlueBook over here; nice to see some familiar posters. Great review, DACW. It's too bad that security wouldn't let people dance. It was like that at the show I went to as well, and I just think to myself, "What is it to them if a few thousand people are standing up and dancing instead of sitting?" Angel I was wondering the same thing regarding the switch of "Slang" for "Daddy..." Why? Glad to hear that Walter did it well, though. Maybe I'll get to hear that this Sunday!! *grins*
Good morning!!
Lainalove
User: angel | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: DACW: But did you like it....LOL
Great review, spelling errors and all. How did the kids like the show?
Why the switchout of Daddy for Slang? Any ideas?
User: Gem | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message:
C@W,
Didn't you threaten to pee on my puter? That ain't my idea of foreplay dude.
That is just plan crude!
Gem
User: C | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: MU - Tom gave Peg the thumb? He did that in Stockholm on the previous tour too, I thought that was some running-joke-in-the-band kind of.
I mean, he really overdid the slapping on the Peg refrain.
User: Dr Fill | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: JayDubz and others, there's a new deadline:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops
And this is a thing I think you NEED to hear:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or click that URL above.
User: duncan | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: DACW:cheers !!
User: Xanax? | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: NO! Your Xanax days are over Mu, you have to realise that.
As Dr Fill would put it:
û I am not telling you what you WANT to hear, I am telling you what you NEED to hear...
User: C | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Sorry Mu,
I didn't mean your Steely Dan review :-)
User: | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Oh, I forgot. The Security Nazis stopped any hint of dancing in the aisles or near the stage near the end of the show...they looked glaringly on my mini Magnalite with the power of a triple sun which subbed for a lighter as the crowd clamored for encores...
User: C | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: pearl power in CAPITALS - my guitar?
User: DACW | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: Band Uber Alles
àmade the 3 hour trip back in 2:40 in a Steely Dan haze through patches of fog and skunkàWe left this enclave in the middle of nowhere Texas about 3 pm û turned out just moi and the kiddosàstopped at a Whataburger 30 miles from Dallas for some hearty fare on the way into fair parkàI eased the milk truck in the spaceàas crowd control made collecting the $7 dollar usual parking fee null and voidà
DanFest seemed to be disbanded in the North parking lot but the time we got there û sorry I missed whoeveràThe wait after the gates opened was not badàmade a cell phone call or tow, but couldnÆt see my shadow with the cell phone on the ground. I think in Texas that means 6 more weeks of Summer!
àwe skipped the long beer and hurricane lines and went for the Hard stuff û sno cones with self-serve syrup. This proved a challenge as a mini-swarm of killer bees hovered over the syrup dispenser islandà
àWho found our seats 11 rows deep on the left/WalterÆs side of the stageà the Security Nazi (see below) responded to my query of 7ö30 show time by handing me a folded piece of security talking point with sure enough a time of 8 pmàBy now it was 7 pm and we wiled away is what turned out to be a very pleasant evening (80¦ down to 70¦ by show end) by playing name that state/country. My 8 year old son got on a roll a creamed me with Brunei and Swazailand. Other entertainment was finding seat positions and strategies to peer around a guy in front of us with a combined size of Hoops and St Alàvery amiable with a nice wife who was happy to see my kids there getting a real musical lessonàHe swerved half-drunken half music possessed throughout the show and we had a clear view 87% of the timeàwe spill purple grape sno cone mush on the floor û now our clothes are tie dyed to fit tonights theme! then a much drunker guy and wife constantly apologizing was attempting to find seats 12 down from us. HeÆd take 2 steps, then would have to ask us 4 times what our seats were to regain his bearingàall this reminds me û it may the beer of a Dallas thing. There were heads bobbing indeed with the songs. But half were side to side!
The place was just teeming with aging boomers, as well there should be in a beer buzz that took them back to the 70s, and the band gladly obliged
A snazzy jazzy CUBANA CHANT began and the band took over the night air.
A number of things struck me immediately: (1) how tight and in sync the entire band isàabsolutely cohesive without a weak linkàthe swung, they rocked. Truly Amazingà
From left to right: Cornelius Bumpus had his earty, soulful groove going and took a number of tunes home like the final encore FM
Walt Weiskopf had the right combination of chops, blues, and soul that gave the Steely Dan sound a core we all know and love
Michael Leonhart on unmated and muted trumpet swung from smooth accompaniment to early Maynard Ferguson stratospherics without the excess
Jim Pugh provided an extra dimension û he gets better and betteràthis was acknowledge by Walter in the intros before he slipped in another trombone jokeà
Jon Herrington flat delivered the good tonight. Going from Larry CarltonÆs rhythm guitar from Aja to the Dias solosàand ripping it to shreds on DonÆt Take Me Alive and KidCàWOW!!! DonÆt understimate this man!
WalterÆs playing was outstanding û a lot of confidence in those blues/jazz chopsàa no noodling zone tonight
Texan Keith Carlockàwhat can you say? HeÆs got jazz and rock chops..reminds me a bit of a slightly more jazzy Stewart Coplelandàexcept Copelandquicked jabbed on that high hadàalmost sounded like 2 drummeràcome to think of it Keith sounded like 2 drummers on ParkerÆs Band.
Tom Barney û on the chair or stool (is that dreadlocks?) is rock bottom solid with a bit of jazzy fuzz in the bass
Dr. Fagen was all over the Rhodes, melodica, keytaràvery animated and good sound. Primarily the vocals were outstanding! Strongàgood toneàgreat phrasingàblending so tightly with the babe choirànever noticed a flubbed line û but who cared??
Ted Baker was solid with some flavorful arpeggios
The Babe choir: Cindy Mizelle, Carolyn Leonhart, Cynthia Calhoun had just the right blend..did some semi-choreographed dancing, with lost of individuality thrown in
(2) Walter and especially Donald REALLY seemed to enjoy the show and performing. The Donald was really in the zone whether doing hi Ray Charles on the Rhodes or strutting and bobbing with the melodica or keytar/midi thing
(3) The wanted to give the folks in Dallas what they wantedàand it was a 70s flashbackàalthough far better than I remember the 70s!
(4) arrangements massaged û not a note for note copy of the recordings û which is a very good thing for many reasons
Set List:
Set A
Cubana Chant û very nice, jazzy, summeryàhorns show their tightness as a unitàCarlock know when not to overwhelm a band..almost a John Guerin tough hereàJim Push sounds just great
Walter strolls out like a jolly brown-haired Santa with a guitaràmaroon or brown shirt û hard to tell with the 70s lighting.
Donald comes out with a blue shirt û not tucked in
Kudos to the guy who mixed the instruments û nice balance û could hear the whole band and each individual, although Baker might have been mixed a little low (however see below)àthis is especially true as Smirnoff is a TIN BOX with big speaker sets probably there from the Boston concert in 1976àI new the place and that the acoustics would SUCKàplus someone had turned the AMPS up to 11àCredit the band for being to tight, cohesive, and spot on throughout the concert
Aja û Donald very animated on the Rhodes first, then pulls out the melodica
Vocals are stellar, phrasing and use of space never betteràin fact considerably better than TvNàDonald really knows how to SING a conversation! This piece is open enough to hear Ted Baker..dreamy movementàWeiskopf absolutely nails the sax solo and Herington and mentioned is superbàWalter gets in a few good licksàCarlock muscular!IÆm ALL tingly!!!
Godwhacker û very solid version àDonald almost apologizes at the end for the subject matteràmy son digs this one û I told them itÆs a cartoon (which is close to the truth)
Caves of Altamira û one of the shows highlightsàPugh has an amazing soloàFagenÆs vocals are in the zone
Black Cow û Fagen and now Babe Choir in the zone togetheràBumpus and Michael Leonhart with very since work
Babylon Sisters û a surpriseàthe Babe Choir ôShakes it!ö Pugh with a monumental trombone soloàFagen reaches for the Keytar. Ted Baker with very nifty organ workàWalter with a gripping blues outtroàI yell GO WALTER GO!!!! From the 11th row
Yeah, I was the guy with the wearing the neon orange color shirt 44 û looks 24 æcept a few gray hairs in the temple (have a Dorian Gray Portrait in the atticàor is it I;m starting my second childood early)àby this timeàIÆm desperately trying to reach Clas on the cell phone to get a kilo of Xanax, IÆm so excited!
àthought he looked over to us û nah, itÆs that stand with the lamp he keeps looking atàIs it one of those prompters that W or Clinton use when pretending to connect with people, when theyÆre actually reading the speech?
IÆm ready for Slang of Ages û but the chords in the intro donÆt sound rightàand thereÆs a good reason! ItsÆ DADDY DonÆt Live In hat NY City No More!! WalterÆs vocals are very good û IÆve been singling along for a time and WalterÆs right in my rangeàa number of people leave here for more beer û RUDE BASTARDS!!!
Walter introduces Band - ..I have this wicked dream of Walter hosting the Miss America Pageant!
Peg û Herington slashes masterfully through the Jay Graydon soloàcrowd drunker and more pumpedàFagen starts to mention more and more about the 70sàand thereÆs some lava lamp whit or something on the monitorsàmy daughter asks me later about what is some negative color images of a canyon flying pastàWhereÆs my pet rock? Tom Barney is givinÆ it some REAL THUMB now
Home At Last û feature Walter and a Michael Leonhart on muted hornàcan this cong get any better??
What a set!!! Am anticipating more EMG on Set B
Set Bàafter a drink and bathroom break IÆmhaving some trouble separating then instruments as we start the Steely Dan Showàrealize because IÆm half FreakinÆ DEAF from the ôBost Acousticsö ànice ôgrove that never quitsö Dr. Fage has fun with thatÆs a little tribute for usàthat we wrote for ourselvesàwe should feel guity àbut there ya goö
Funny line re: SD t-shirts, hats: ôitÆs only promo stuffàbut hey itÆs good enoughö
Donald comes out in a White Dinner JacketàheÆs lighting up the entire stageànow wonder he has thos shades on!
Janie Runaway û horns cookinÆ
Into Hey 19àcrowd even more animatedàdrunk girlfriends singing along nowàWeiskopf and Herington shine
Walter takes the mike again for Haitian Divorce..Herington nails it on the wah wah
Lunch With Gina û Donald swinging the keytaràreally cooks û really peppy sax takes tome of the soloàanticipating EMG or dare I say Pixeleen??? Fagen keeps alluding to the 70s thoughà
ParkerÆs Band û the Babe Choir, Weiskopf, Bumpus and Fagen on the Rhodes û sounds better live than PrretzelàCarlock all over the kità
Josie û Wlater duels with Herringtonàthe dreaded 70s drum soloàbuilds Carlock shows his chops
And itÆs EMG!!!!!à.nah from the Jurassic Period itÆs the tour staple Kid C. No real big change in arrangement from 2000àhowever, HeringtonÆs guitar is sharp. Carlok has his own shuffle, and unlike the great Purdie, heÆs NEVER lateà
Herrington then take no prisoners on DonÆt; Take Me Aliveàmaybe better than Carlton!!!àcrowd drunker and happier than everàlesseàdrunkàhappyàstupidà70sàBush countryàoh now I get it!
Encore: you know æem you love æem
My Old School àreally nice intro Rhodes from The Donald
FM
My Mood Ring sezàTIME TO GET TO FUCKINÆ SLEEP!!!!!
User: Clas @ Work | Month: 8 | Day: 22
Message: JayDubz - oh man, I can understand your lack of inspiration. I'll let you know the new deadline.
Wormy - so maybe you're in? Good.
Molly - yes, of course, how silly of me.
Dr Mu - I am away for the weekend and now you have me scrolling half of this very Monday.
User: Rose Beaver | Month: 8 | Day: 21
Message:
Hey Erase,
Who is who?
Rose Beaver
User: John | Month: 8 | Day: 21
Message: Just in from the Dallas show. From a fan's perspective, this was a great show. I thought the audience was hugely responsive. I saw a show earlier in the summer in Philadelphia, and by comparison, tonight's performance sounded much tighter. The three changes from earlier in the summer were Walter singing "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More," "Home at Last" closing out the first set to great effect, and, thankfully, "Lunch With Gina" with the female vocalists ripping the close harmonies. A thing of beauty. I brought a friend who is only 32 and who listened to much of the concert with his eyes closed, raving about the topography of the music. I'm sure he must be right. I don't think I will have much voice at work tomorrow. Sorry not to see you this time, Jim and Pat! All best, User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 21 Message: Who da boyz? User: Rose-Bearer
| Month: 8
| Day: 21 Message: I saw "the boys" last night in Las Vegas. They were great! Almost as good as the Doobies who I saw right accross the street as well. Just a bit more practise and a shift in attitude and the dudes might be some serous competition for the Doobies some day. Rose - Bearer User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 21 Message: Whcih jsut geos to sohw, dno't swaet the tpyos. User: StAl
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| Day: 21 Message: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. StAl User: bassicinstinct
| Month: 8
| Day: 21 Message: Beerberian: This guestbook you`ve been imagining...........you know where it is, do`nt you??!! N User: Mr Chow
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: YGK - FanofDan (Alan) asked me to provide my e-mail address to you. It should be listed here now (just leave out the "LEAVE OUT" part). Your new CD will be making it's official Australian debut this Wednesday night on VOX FM 106.9. Once again, it is brilliant stuff and I look forward to the positive reactions of the public. Congratulations Malcolm. Cheers, User: Home at Last
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| Day: 20 Message: BB..may she fill the hall with her talent & soul for the moment, please talk with her...and send her my best" flower.."driving sunset to the sea"...hang on" played Friday Gerald Wilson..New York, New Sound..'blues for the count"(new) Zan Gardner..Heres My Heart.."exactly like you" Louie Bellson..Cool Cool Blue.."smedley" James Harman Band..Two Sides To Every Story.."my little girl" Junior Wells.."give me one reason" Terence Blanchard..Bounce.."on the verge"(new) Cedar Walton..Latin Tinge.."latino blue" Grant Green..Blues for Lou..'title" Kenny Burrell/jim Rainey..Two Guitars.."blue duke" Rickie Lee Jones..Pop Pop.."bye bye blackbyrd" Joe Chambers..Urban Grooves.."surrey with the fringe on top"(new) Donald Byrd..Byrd In Hand.."here am i" Bobby Darin.."that's the way love is"..b-side to beyond the sea...and it swings"..always did... The Deacons w/ Kenny Schopmeyer..Straight Up".."what have i done"..Deacons begin european tour in november Count Basie..lp Atomic Basie.."silks and satins" Jimmy Witherspoon..'you aint foolin me" Lester Young..In Washington D.C. 1956 vol . 4.."db blues" David "Fathead" Newman..lp Fathead.."title" Johnny Adams..Walking On A TightRope.."look the whole world over" David Bixler..Show Me Justice..'tenor envy"(new) Sonny Clark..Sonnys Crib.."with a song in my heart" Andy Bey..Shades Of Bey..'midnight blue" Lizz Wright..Salt.."title" Ron Carter..The Golden Striker.."on and on"(new) Chris Connor.."sr. blues" Horace Silver Quintet..lp Six Pieces Of Si;ver.."sr. blues..June 1958 Arthur Blythe..Exhale.."night train"(new) Yuseff Lateef..The Gentle Giant.."nubian lady" Hank Mobely..lp The Turnaround.."title"..February 1965' Kenny Garrett.."hole in one" Lou Rawls..At Last.."room w/ a view" I can sit here, think a thousand miles away. Memphis Jug Band User: DACW
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| Day: 20 Message: looking for Dallas tix? e-me? User: t
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: angel - it would take a lot more than ND to come between us... (psst... don't tell snakie... but "I'm a Believer" rocks ;-) I saw a link for Senior Year when I was looking for the lyrics, but it didn't know what it was... User: t - retracting/amending
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| Day: 20 Message: After re-reading the lyrics to TATMH, I retract my theory about whose point of view the song is written in. Actually, it seems to me to be a more desperate take on the search for the lost brother/friend (or possibly lover?), but from the same perspective (the searcher) as the first song. User: Beerberian
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| Day: 20 Message: I worry ... Imagine a guestbook where ... I know it's a bit both kinds BUT check out THE THORNS ...maybe I'll see tomorrow User: t - looking for clues...
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: angel - On a show you did? Could you extrapolate? (using that word as much as possible these days...) btw, snakie and I are worried about you. We're thinking about doing a Neil Diamond intervention... with l-u-v of course... :-) I've tried everything to find the original lyrics to "Brother Where Are You?" with no success. Apparently somebody rewrote the lyrics recently, but here are the original lyrics as I hear them: Brother Where Are You? "Brother where are you? Brother where are you? A small boy walked down a city street Brother where are you? The eyes of the people who pasted him by Brother where are you? Now there are many who will swear it's true Brother where are you? Oscar Brown Jr. from Mr. Oscar Brown Jr. Goes to Washington, 1964 I get four or five miles a gallon in this old car/I don't care as long as it takes me to where you are. you get thirty miles out of Phoenix on a three-day crying/when you left to find the end on the number five* well, they say it's only cheating, but now we're man on man/take your hand outta my pocket, don't put it in again. (outro) well, this all too mobile home is killing me/and there's nothing that you can do to set me free. Steely Dan 1974 tour, never officially released So it seems the Dan tune might be from the point of view of the "lost" brother, if any of this actually relates. Again, it's the piano vamp that makes the most direct reference to the earlier song. That all the news I'm fit to print... User: W1P
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| Day: 20 Message: A Report from Stanley Recordings. I never seen YOU look so down my yellow one. Any Miner world comes together again -- Go UTEP User: Moll
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Re: post # 4876 Let's hope your dick will work with Spike Lee. I always figured you were so into mind-fucking women because you were impotent and couldn't do it physically. Maybe you have found your true religion at last.. User: angel
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Tones: Did a query on Google for that Oscar Brown Jr. tune "Brother where are you?" and found out that the song was on a show we did. Damn, I could have owned that CD, too.... :-( User: Medinet Fes
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Spike Lee, I will be leaving for Las Vegas on Monday. Seems I am wanted for a small heist here. It is all a miss understanding. I cut my mattress tag off a couple of weeks ago. Who knew I would become a wanted man? Meet you there at the Doobies. We have a better chance of getting free tickets from Tracy and Keith then from SD. Love, Medinet Fes User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Wormy, Zeke: e-me User: Hey... maybe I'm wrong...
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: ...maybe our own Aja is releasing her debut album next week. In that case it might be pretty good... Fess up Aj... are you starting a new career? User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Schwinn, other Texas regulars, guests of Texas, e-me re: Dallas show tomorrow User: tones over easy
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Couple of dan-esque observations: 1) Beware walking into your local cd store (if you're lucky enough to still have one) next week. There's a new band called "Aja" who is releasing a self titled debut, not to be confused with the masterpiece recording of the same name by The Two, or, God forbid, the sound-alike band "Asia" from the early 80's that gave a bad name to prog rock musicians everywhere. No report yet on the potential quality of the band "Aja", though apparently originality isn't one of their strong points... 2) Listening to the new Verve Remixed 2 cd (both volumes are great if you're at all into tasteful electronica remixes of jazz standards - blasphemy in some circles, but it's done well) I came across a song by Oscar Brown Jr. called "Brother Where Are You?", and it has a piano riff in the beginning that reoccurs during the song that sounds almost identical to the opening/reoccuring piano riff on "All Too Mobile Home". I think it's even in the same key. I'm thinking that - a) it is a musical salute and reference to one of their heroes, ala "Rikki..."; b) the theme of ATMH could be the response to the question, "Brother Where Are You?"; and c) that this may be the reason ATMH never got released, considering all the hassle they got for the previous tribute/reference. After hearing it a few times I think it's too close to be coincidence, imho. ------------------------ JDubs - really sorry to read about your brother. Take care man. t User: Frid and Fred
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Frid and Fred are off to Memphis for ribs at Rendez-vous before the show. We'll be sure to post a set list. User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem
| Month: 8
| Day: 20 Message: Actual School Excuse Notes 2) Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot. 3) Dear School: Please exscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29,30, 31, 32, and also 33. 4) Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating. 5) Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip. 6) John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. 7) Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part. 8) Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins. 9) Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side. 10) Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels. 11) Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre) (dyrea) (direathe) the runs. [words in ()'s were crossed out.] 12) Please excuse Burma, she has been sick and under the doctor. 13) Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust. 14) Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault. 15) I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don't know what size she wears. 16) Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday. 17) Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral. 18) My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the Marines. 19) Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well. 20) Please excuse Mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps. 21) Maryann was absent December 11-16, because she had a fever, sore throat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night. 22) Please excuse little Jimmy for not being in school yesterday. His father is gone and I could not get him ready because I was in bed with the doctor. User: male-on-sunday
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: favorite quote 14-10 ''you can take away my MP3's when youpry my mouse from my cold dead hands'' User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: ATTN DR MU: Urgent message awaiting you at your work email address having to do with the Dallas show. If you're not checking work email this weekend, please send me a message from your home address. StAl User: fife
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| Day: 19 Message: Thanks St. Al for pointing it out, it came up with www. lol Hope you enjoyed them. User: Paige
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Gotta believe that Neil Geraldo is one of the unsung heroes of "lead" guitar. His work in the early years with Pat Banatar....Hell Is For Children, Promises In The Night...etc. All during a time when disco was threatening to ruin R & R forever, Neil held his ground. -Paige User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: I'm so STOKED that DAN STILL HAS MAJOR GAME...please don't leave it in the mud of Memphis... ...this in light of sampling Mr. Sting's NEW ONE I'm a big fan of 1978-1993...and Mercury Falling and Brand New Day have their moments Like A Thousand Years... ...I'm not kidding...SACRED LOVE MAY BE THE WORST PIECE OF SH*T I'VE HEARD IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!...in vain have attempted to email a breif note the Jaguar backseat lounger and beg him to cancel release in order to avoid major embarrassment as an artist, but it costs f*ing 40-80 bucks to join his f*ing clubs first!!! ...one would suppose he'll be seen next playing tonsil hockey with Madonna or releasing a children's book soon... the tripe, the drivel. Somebody who's rust. The Jaguar XT. The castle unbreached... User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Frid and Fred: Aja is correct. Many of us have been around here since july 23rd...1995. However, don't let that disuade you from jumping and talking up the great time I'm sure you'll have at the show. I, for one, am really loking forward to seeing Carlock again. Hopefully this time Donald wont be blocking my view... StAl User:
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| Day: 19 Message: am i missing something... or is DACW Doctor ¦ in drag? User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: StAl: from free on-line encyclopedia http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Clark Documents the The Kosovo airfield incident - this is why I can't support such a loose cannon: "During the Clinton administration, Gen. Clark tried to prevent Russian forces from occupying an airfield in Kosovo. While attempting to carry out this ordered, Clark was stymied by the refusal of a British commander to commit his troops against Russia, then considered a "non-belligerent power". According to a BBC profile of the General, at the conclusion of his command in Kosovo, which followed the end of the military campaign, there was an incident involving Russia's use of an airfield in Kosovo. After a token Russian force took control of the Slatina airfield (also called the Pristina airfield) on June 10, 1998, there is said to have been a "battle of wills" between Clark and and the British NATO commander, Lt. Gen. Michael Jackson. Clark ordered British forces to resist Russian troops that occupied the airfield. Jackson did not comply, reportedly later saying: "I'm not going to start the third World War for you." Clark, in an NPR interview, said that the incident was a surprising moment for him. Clark indicated that his order to block the runways was refused by an emotional Jackson and that he took the matter up the British chain of command. Despite Clark's claims, Jackson could not have obeyed the order without reference to the British Government. Its result would have been to commit British troops to action against a non-belligerent power without the consent of the British Government. That would have been firmly against the British Constitution, and would have resulted in the dismissal of Jackson for gross insubordination. The situation would have analagous to the behaviour of US General of the Army Douglas MacArthur with respect to China, during the Korean War. Clark stated that General Sir Charles Guthrie, British Chief of the Defence Staff, said that he agreed with Jackson. Guthrie also, according to Clark, told him that Hugh Shelton the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also agreed with him. Clark remarked that this was very surprising to him since the original suggestion to block the Russians came from Washington. Clark called the Pentagon, looking for support, and was told by Shelton: "We don't want a confrontation, but I do support you". Clark said that he told Shelton: "Then you've got a policy problem". Clark maintained in the NPR interview that the matter was a difference in the perception of the policy between the US administration and the British government. Clark's position is that he was carrying out the suggestions of the administration in Washington. " User: Hank Silvers
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: I think a more accurate description of "eschatological" would be something having to do with final things. I've also heard it used by religious fundamentalists to refer to the end times, the events to take place in the last period before Christ's return to Earth. Jaydubz: hoping for the best for your brother. Take care of yourself, too... User: Aja
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Because we've been talking about it since July 23. User: Frid and Fred
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Hey everybody, Frid and Fred are getting all geared up for the show in Memphis. Wondering why no one is talking about Steely Dan and all the positivity that should surround the tour. User: Paige the latest Paige and real one
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Iameez of cape town, doll I have a reading I must deliver to you girl! Paige User: Paige the Real one and Reel one too!
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Walt really does have a diablo on one shoulder speaking in his ear besides the ones residing in his head that is for sure. I have the flu and feel lousy so be forwarned NO ONE should try and mess with me today! Paige User: paige the real one
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: W meaning Pecker of course? P. User: last thing
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Pat, It's funny...I sometimes have this image of an angel (Powell) on one of W's shoulders and the devil (Rumsfeld) on the other shoulder whispering in his ears...during the UN phase he swung with Powell...once France and Turkey were not delivered he swung with Rummy...with problems stabilizing Iraq he swung back to Powell... User:
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: in Iraq User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: StALl: I would agree that the Bush administration besides Powell is not adept at handling the media, and they've made some mistakes post initial military phase in. However, the military aspects of taking cae However, by "alienate the figgin' planet in the process?" you mean Kofi, France, Germany, and Russia? - they were in on the food for oil UN/Iraq Shakedown SCAM...and simply had no intention of giving that up. Tony Blair, Italy, all of Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, Japan, South Korea (who's suddenly back on board once we threatened to withdraw out troops), Afghanistan and the central Asian countries, India, the Pakistani gov't (though no the war lord in western Pakistan, and the Iraqi peope (according to the Zogby poll) and more are on our side!...besides the war on terrorism is not a popularity contest - I see no signs running for 11th Grade President (although many on this board probably feel that's where W belongs)... Note that the latest rash of terrorism (all of course orchestrated by Arafat) in Israel followed our recent problems in stabilizing Iraq...a sign of weakness has cost us and the peace process...now that things are stabilizing more, notice the the frequency of attacks has dropped...I think when Howard Dean called Hamas "soldiers" that was pretty much the END of his campaign... Besides lack of clarity by the administration in articulating (as has been done irrefutably by numerous reporters, soldiers, etc.) of the battle with Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in Iraq both during the initial phase (the US captured and killed many in NO. Iraq and the British fought them alongside the Feyadeen in the Basra area) note: I suggest reading newspaper columns well-known generally left of center and atheist journalist Christopher Hitchens on this - he has a new book out as well...the difference between Hitchens and the NY Times or CNN is that he's brutally *honest* in his rants...Pat, you will enjoy his rant on the Ten Commandments in that Alabama court! My major problem with W is on the economic side...maybe the economy is on the rebound, maybe not. The tax cuts are a good start, but where's the REST OF THE PLAN??? (I mean besides eliminating terrorists). Clowns like Harvey Pitt(s) and fossils like Jack Snow do not exactly confer great confidence tin the Business community... User: Paige
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: I am really named Paige so stop shoveling horse pucky on me please! Paige - for reals! User: tones
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Hey, aren't I enough? How many friends must I have to begin with to make you laugh? lol... Btw... what Concord list? User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: I never thought for a moment that person posting with the handle of "Paige" was the *real* Paige. Mu: regarding the three options. You're correct, and the option that was chosen was the only clear answer if we ultimately want stability in the middle east even though I'm convinced it will never happen. My problem ALL ALONG was the way in which the Bush administration totally and completely mishandled the situation. How can an administration take what was universal goodwill toward America after the tragic circumstances of 9/11 and alienate the figgin' planet in the process? Now were' saddled with unmentionable debt our grandkids will pay for while the same administration has dug a hole so deep it can't get out. BUT WAIT! Why in the world would the world want to help those jackasses in Washington? So, coupled with their complete fuck-up on Iraq, add Ashcroft, The Patriot Act, Kyoto, environmental, economic and social boondoggles and you have the most ineffective (and destructive) presidential administration since Hoover. Ok, maybe Carter but at least he got Israel and Egypt to sit down... On a lighter note. Concord is a go for me if I can overcome one last hurdle. Besides Tones, anyone else going? I'll be signing up for the Concord mailist next... StAl User: Rajah of Erase
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Paige - my apologies on behalf of the jerk who made you feel horrible. Thanks for coming back, most of the folks here are not using this forum to act out and lash out at people. Let's not let them spoil it for the rest of. User: Paige
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Please do not use MY name on your posts. It is one thing to be an "anon" and quite another to use someone elses name when you post...giving them words that they never said. I left the GB and the chatrooms here for a while because of some jerkwad who made me feel horrible and unwelcomed. It appears that there is at least one more jerkwad here that lacks integrity. I come here in "good faith" because of my love for Steely Dan. No more and no less. -Paige User: Robert Zimmerman
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| Day: 19 Message: accdrnig to rseacerh at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it User: DACW
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| Day: 19 Message: ~: children we have it right here: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ae/content/auto/epaper/editions/sunday/arts_entertainment_f3067df636c7d0a210a1.html?urac=n&urvf=10639060138170.7129247232293547 User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Regading Fife's address. Just remove the www from the line and you're good to go. http://pages.ivillage.com/bratfille/steelydantoronto2003/index.html User: IHPF
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| Day: 19 Message: Fiffe- "The addy" isn't correct. User: worm tom
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: oleander - waiting expectantly for your blooming color on Atlanta JDubs - sorry to hear of your brothers ailments Clas - if extended deadline I may get stuff down on disc good Dr Mu - where did you find that article on the dan? walter's the sandpaper - what grit was that??? going to sneek my olympus digital recorder in to the New Mexico show next week. probably not complete audio nervana but better than nothing has anyone seen any 2003 shows circulating - cd or dvd? the wave of dandom hits me next tuesday - wt User: fife
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| Day: 19 Message: Hi Beerberian, User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 19 Message: DACW, I liked the article. There is something very different about appreciating Steely Dan music. I love lots of music, but there is just something about those guys... User: Beerberian
| Month: 8
| Day: 19 Message: Fife; Can't open that link babe ... Is it me ? Do ya have to be a mad ice hockey crazy lady from Canada to access that website then ? Bluz; Usual appointment ? User: Paige
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: Leave Lilly out of your cast of goons! She is not any male Leo either. User: Fab4
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: "Paul in Red Square" - I feel honored to have lived in the time of the Beatles. User: fife
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: want to see some great pics taken by yours truly? www.pages.ivillage.com/bratfille/steelydantoronto2003/index.html User: Pearl Queen
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: Alright who took my guitar marinate post? What do you have against recipes if you are writing a cook book snook? Geez this seems just as rigid as Shirl's place - hurl. Pearl the Queen of Burl User: Jaydubz
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: Clas ~ please let me know the new drop-dead date on the GB comp. Having a hard time getting inspired; my brother's just been diagnosed with lung cancer and it's not looking good...haven't been able to focus on much else. User: Moll
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| Day: 18 Message: Mu, no worries babe. *kiss* User: help...
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| Day: 18 Message: Somebody explain to Linda that a No1 all over is NOT a SEVERE haircut. User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: NYB: You're spot on. Lieberman is fair, but needs a Major B-12 shot... User: NYB
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: Pat, The Democrats have had some very exciting presidential candidates in the Maybe if the democrats can come up with someone who seems like they have Joe Lieberman seems like a fair candidate though. User: Rajah of Erase
| Month: 8
| Day: 18 Message: Moffett is brilliant. Finally, evidence of somebody who gets it. He's in the ballpark. User:
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| Day: 18 Message: Fritos User: DACW - strung out on Firtos and Slim Jims
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| Day: 18 Message: StAl: I gladly would if Clinton were not still trying to control the Democratic Party OK, PS may have it right anyway, back to surreality - the following may just be the best article I've ever read about Steely Dan: It is an experience like that of the monk on the mountain who chants his prayer each day, every day, when suddenly, one day, the words take hold as never before. And he becomes the prayer. There are as many epiphanies as there are fans of Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen -- allowing for psychological disorders, there are probably a whole lot more. Mine occurred at a tavern in a place called Mifflin, Ohio, during the waning months of the waning Carter administration. The woman who would become my ex-wife had just commandeered the family Pinto and was speeding to her mother's house in Cleveland. I was staring at a Sunday breakfast of Fritos and Slim Jims, in the company of bikers nursing hangovers and softball players waiting out a rain delay in a 24-hour tournament. I put a dollar in a jukebox infested with the work of Ronnie Milsap and Merle Haggard. I found a Steely Dan tune and punched it hard. This is the day of the expanding man, Fagen sang, and the music played as never before. They got a name for the winners in the world. I want a name when I lose. They call Alabama the Crimson Tide. Call me Deacon Blues. How could I have ever done it without the fez on? I had been a Steely Dan fan for close to a decade. But this was the first time I needed to be one. The more absurd life gets, the more sense Steely Dan makes. Everyone knows the world isn't fair -- if it were, Muhammad Ali would have gotten the grill deal -- but at least with Becker and Fagen there is always a standing invitation to question the relevance of reality to anything particularly important. I have always wondered what the air felt like when the two locked eyeballs 35 years ago at Bard College in Annandale, N.Y., and immediately knew they were riding the same weird wavelength. It must have been like Shirley MacLaine meeting Shirley MacLaine. Becker and Fagen are the Lennon and McCartney of what Frank Zappa calls "downer surrealism." Their best work always has been based on escape fiction. A catchy musical phrase quickly grabs the listener's ear, and then a story line pops up that makes your mind wonder what it's hearing. If neurologists scanned the brains of someone watching a Coen Brothers movie and someone listening to a Steely Dan song, the images would look the same. I think Jeff "Skunk" Baxter explained it better than anyone. The legendary guitarist was one of the original members of the band, and he also went on to play with the Doobie Brothers, before embarking on a consummately improbable career in aerospace engineering. Someone asked Baxter once to compare the music of the two groups. "I think Steely Dan went straight to the brain," he said, "and the Doobie Brothers went straight to the heart." Steely Dan was the only rock group that made me do research on lyrics. I actually looked up stuff about Cathy Berberian's career as a radical mezzo-soprano after hearing the oblique reference to her in Your Gold Teeth. I amazed friends with stories about the behavior of squonks in Pennsylvania after hearing Any Major Dude Will Tell You. In the days before Internet chat rooms, I surveyed strangers about the true identities of Chino and Buddy Gee, often at my personal peril. Lyrics crept into my speech. "Well, I'll just sing that Ghana rondo" became my "yadda-yadda-yadda" response to any unanswerable question in the 1980s. Part of Steely Dan's allure is simply complexity. The lyrics are an artistic backlash from the mainstream drivel of the '70s (Hold me tight, it'll be all right, I can see the light... ), and the music itself is a technically complicated mix of jazz and rock. You might not like a Steely Dan song, but it won't be because it's too derivative. I've always found it amusing that the more Becker and Fagen do to break the industry rules and ignore commercialism, the more successful they have become. They make songs that are too long and too abstract for radio play; for years they refused to tour; they have gone through dozens of studio musicians, turning them over every couple of years as if they were leased cars. Then they disappear for 20 years, return to win big at the Grammys and get voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is like the NFL team that has no playbook, won't show up for road games, cuts all its players every season and yet still wins the Super Bowl. Steely Dan attitudes have gradually worked their way into my life. I make it a point not to read stories I write once they are printed in the newspaper. The words you are reading I will never read. This is a personal homage to Becker and Fagen's reaction to the release of their Katy Lied album. Though it was a critical and commercial success, they refused to listen to it, because they were unhappy with the fidelity of the master tape. I believe the world needs more eccentric perfectionism. I started thinking of Steely Dan music the way my parents thought of the St. Christopher medal and plastic Jesus they had on their car's dashboard. As long as Becker and Fagen were on the stereo, I was protected. I was driving on Interstate 95 one day, listening to Gaucho on a headset. A highway patrolman pulled me over and told me it was against the law to drive wearing a headset -- something about not being able to hear emergency vehicles' sirens or other motorists cursing you. "What were you listening to?" he asked. "A little Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, some Steely Dan," I said. "I'm just going to write you a warning this time," he said, smiling. "I like Motown, too." Who can figure? There was something eerily Steely Dan about the moment. I considered the incident evidence of protection and drove off as quickly as I could. Not only highway patrolmen have a hard time getting a fix on this music. The jazz and literary roots stretch back to the '50s. Becker and Fagen grew up listening to jazz virtuosos -- Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck -- when the rest of their peer group was fixed on Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Beatles and British invaders. In college, the two read the literature of Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller and Thomas Pynchon. The writers' subversive surrealism and despairing awareness of the comic state of the human condition found their way into the music of Becker and Fagen. Take some Ellington and Vonnegut and killer rock guitars and keyboards, add complex chord progressions and arrangements, then some tight vocal harmonies -- and you have the makings of the Steely Dan formula for breaking the formula. No one has tried to cram more into a recording track. Steely Dan's music is built on this technical paradox: Brilliant musicians and backup singers are fronted by Fagen's raspy, lisping whine -- a tenor that often makes noises that belong in an emphysema ward. If Glenn Frey had strep throat and didn't care about being a rock star, he might sound like Fagen. On any given night, Fagen's voice is the weakest instrument onstage. Yet its interpretive power becomes the group's strength. It turns out to be the perfect world-weary instrument to explore the darkness and absurdity that Steely Dan is compelled to explore. Who but Fagen could capture the theatrical desperation of Don't Take Me Alive or the social satire of Third World Man or the subversive undercurrents of The Royal Scam? Fagen has the perfect instrument to parody the self-pity of 1990s yuppies in Shame About Me or to express resignation in the recently released Everything Must Go: It's high time for a walk on the real side/Let's admit the bastards beat us/I move to dissolve the corporation/In a pool of margaritas. Quirkiness, the '90s version The new album is a moody ode to the finite or, as Fagen puts it, "eschatological themes" -- which I liked having to look up. It means dealing with irreversible destinies. The corporate collapses of the '90s provided the right metaphors. The Last Mall tracks a final shopping spree at a declining American institution. Godwhacker expresses the crazed ramblings of a celestial hit man leading a search party to track down the Almighty. Pixeleen tells of an unhealthy romance between a video-game fanatic and his cyberqueen. Lunch with Gina starts off harmlessly enough, until we learn Gina is a stalker. Things I Miss the Most is a wonderfully sardonic look at a jilted husband who laments the loss of his Audi TT, the good copper pans, the house on Martha's Vineyard -- and, OK, yes, the sex, too. (I caught myself rewriting the song in the more modest terms of my own surreal misery a quarter-century ago: the Pinto, the Fritos and Slim Jims, the house in Cleveland, but, no, not the sex. Probably proves that, over time, life does imitate quirk.) I suppose all great collaborations become more difficult to untangle as they mature. The partnership between Becker and Fagen, after more than three decades, appears so seamless that it's difficult to isolate individual lines of contribution. And they have fended off repeated attempts to unravel their writing methods. But their solo albums offer titillating clues. Fagen's critically acclaimed The Nightfly in 1982 was a breezy wonder of tight jazzy keyboards and harmonic riffs. His is the more accessible side of Steely Dan's split personality. He supplies the lotion and his partner the sandpaper. In 1994, Becker released his only solo offering, 11 Tracks of Whack, and fans immediately understood who has given Steely Dan its abrasive, sometimes angry, edge. I love how the songs simmer with a snide disdain for the inadequacies -- real or perceived -- of just about everybody. In This Moody Bastard, memories of a college girlfriend torment a borderline suicidal loner; in Junkie Girl, a hooker dies of an overdose before the eyes of an admirer; Cringemaker charts the unhappy evolution of a "college belle" into a "wife from hell." Becker's Book of Liars is deliciously acerbic: "Santa Claus came in late last night, drunk on Christmas wine. Fell down hard in the driveway, hung his bag out on the laundry line.... They hung a star in the book of liars by your name." This is the Christmas carol you need to get rid of in-laws, a song that's a parallel universe and a million Prozacs removed from the pop innocence of Rikki Don't Lose That Number. Without Becker, Fagen's music would be too breezy and nice; without Fagen, Becker's music might touch off an epidemic of manic depression. It's easy to see why the partnership works. That first meeting in Annandale must have felt like a Tom Cruise-Renee Zellweger "You complete me" moment, come to think of it. Becker and Fagen rely on humor to keep their angst and fatalism from slipping into gloom and self-pity. Because Steely Dan (the name comes from the steam-powered sex toy in William Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch) doesn't take itself seriously, it is free to treat the world the same way. Becker and Fagen pulled off one of the great comebacks in pop music history in 2000 with the release of Two Against Nature, their first new recording in 20 years. Besides its commercial success, it won four Grammy Awards, including beating Eminem and Paul Simon for Album of the Year. The CD offered another character study in offbeat perversions: Cousin Dupree, a tale of rural lechery, tested the boundaries of political incorrectness. When Becker took the stage to accept the Grammy, he threw the floor open to questions instead of making the usual sappy thank-you speech. The audience was dumbfounded. Industry shills went into pretentiousness withdrawal. It was wonderful. When Steely Dan was snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and 1999, the two used their Web site to begin a campaign that promised crates of honey mustard for hall officials willing to lend their support. On learning that voters had inducted them as part of the class of 2001, Fagen immediately demanded a recount. Many within the industry worried that he was serious. Like other idiosyncratic geniuses -- a class that includes Thelonious Monk, Roy Orbison, Warren Zevon and, OK, perhaps even Cathy Berberian -- Steely Dan is largely an acquired taste that tends to be memorable in the acquisition. It is difficult to categorize outside of itself. Many musicians borrow from Steely Dan, but no one even thinks about cloning. I look at Becker and Fagen as the Lewis and Clark of rock's darker side. They have explored some strange human wilderness and come back alive, triumphant even, with their senses of humor as warped as when the journey began. I consider myself part of the expedition and am always ready to strike out again. Hey, sue me if I stray too long." User: t
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| Day: 18 Message: St. Al... Dude!!! If you come to Concord we *have* to hook up! Danfest or not! I'll even bring you "security patch" for your shoulder... ;-) User: StAl
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| Day: 18 Message: There are two ways in which religion subverts. One, as in the case with totalitarian regimes -- it can be used as a weapon against oppression which is why those regimes squash it. Two, as in the case of Dubbya and a whole host of other assorted politicians it can be used as a moral soapbox. Which is why it's B A D. Religion by itself I have no problem with. Only when politicians use it to guide their legislative compass. Then I have a BIG problem. And Mu, when are you gonna let the whole Clinton thing die? Jesus. It has no bearing on my objection to Lieberman. Who, by the way, I'd still vote for if he were the Democratic nominee. He's just not my first choice at this stage. Oh, and have fun at the Dallas show this weekend. I'm still very bummed about the situation. So much so, in fact, that I'm actually considering driving down to the Concord show now... I could get there and back and not miss a day of work... StAl User: tones
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| Day: 18 Message: Can't block all the Mac IP addresses - who's gonna warn you all about the daily windows security patches? Hi St. Al... heh heh... Seriously, hope you're doing better. And hope all you "wet siders" on the east coast are safely battoned downed. President? Gary Coleman in 2004! He'll fix California first, then the nation!! I even have a slogan: "Standing small, but walking TALL for America" or how about "It's time for Diff'rent Strokes and Diff'rent folks in Washington" ok, ok... maybe you *should* block my IP St. Al... lol... User:
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| Day: 18 Message: Stay away from my iMac dude you already murdered the mousy. See you are not nice! I am going to pee on your guitar so stop threatening me and that means plural guitars dude. First I will eat some asparagus so my urine really reeks! I do not threaten I doo! Pearl Purrfect Power User: DACW
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| Day: 18 Message: "You don't become a 4 STAR GENERAL in the Army without knowing a thing or two about politics..." That is indeed true... "Seems overly concerned about legislating what I see, hear and do..." Religion? that's really a motivating tool - it's about power and control...one of many - land, manifest whatever, Aryan nation, gold, world domination, there are many motivators... Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, Kruschev banned religion, headed totalitarian states and Killed 100 million People....like the famous Georgia Tech vs. Cumberland football blowout (pop quiz: what was the score?) ...only the naughty Nazis (6 million) and Saddam (1.5 million) are in the ball park when you go scoreboard... I would agree that the most repressive and dangerous regimes that are woven into the Al Qaeda & Co. mesh are the (a) remaining theocracies and jihad states in the Middle East and oh yes... the atheist regime of Son of Some Ill Kim...thus we can see region has nothing to do with terror!!!...Lieberman has it right...and even W identified state and Al Qaeda, Hamas, etc network support of terrorism Look there were only 3 options: (a) capitulate to terrorism and live Israel does every day (we coudn't even take 2 whackos with a rifle in a blue car around the beltway) (b) build a wall with armed guards on both the Mexican and Candian borders and remove ALL illegal aliens (c) take the fight to the network and supportive states. negotiations, combat. It's like fighting the Mafia - remove support systems in citeis (e.g., Chicago, Vegas) and attacked the network... Frankly, although Pat Buchanan would choose option (b) most Americans and Iraqis (see the Zogby poll) and I choose (c) with limited monitoring. It was a political decision. Pressure Pakistan, Saudis, bring Son of Some Ill Kim to the negotiating table, topple the taliban, remove Saddam, try to get Isarael and the Arab Palestinians to negotiate without Arafat, and a covert operation to finish off Iran whose theocracy has the support of 18% of its people. Have there been mistakes? Yes! Rummy had no post-war back up plan when we were not able to use Turkey as a base - wepaons, Al Qaeda, Sadddams Feyadeen escaped dispersed and reformed...progress is simgin, just slower that intended...also Bush should have asked for more sacrifice from the American people (a John Kennedy moment was needed) in what unfortunately is WW IV (if the Cold War is WW III)...finally, while W's proposal to get fuel cell R&D cranked is laudable, he should have set a Kennedy-like goal to remove America from foreign oil by 2010 or sooner...but then he's no Jack Kennedy...however, overall I would give the effort a B... Both sides of Congress have not been helpful and must make an effort - that includes drilling in Alaska and off the coast of Florida PLUS fuel cell implementation (either alone won't do it)...also the spending spree led in a bipartisan manner by Trent Lott and Tom Daschle has in no small part contributed to the budget crunch, which also suffered from reduced revenues due to the tech bubble burst and 9/11... ...I heard it was you angel: Isabel's eye is on Ocracoke Island between Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras - I know that area well. The north east quadrant of the storm is probably trying to create an inlet (yet again) on Hatteras Island just north of the Cape...The Real natives live in beautiful tree -filled villages at coves on the sound side of both Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands...the sqatters live in houses on stilts in front and in back of the dunes on the barrier islands...hopefuly the squatters are gone when their pathetic houses are deservedly washed away...barrier islands are designed by nature to be moveable...ever see a map of the outer bands from the 1700s? You wouldn't even recognize it! User: Leo Clinton
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| Day: 18 Message: That leaves the GREEN PARTY. User: politics scholitics
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| Day: 18 Message: the republicans are clueless and the democrats are a whining bunch of babies with no directive God help this country User: StAl
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| Day: 18 Message: Lieberman? Nah... Seems overly concerned about legislating what I see, hear and do... It's that damn religion again. But MU, you bring up an interesting point. There is no doubt that ever since Dubbya stole the election I've become much more politically aware. I was lulled during the Clinton years of prosperity and had grown disgusted at the completely warped volley going on between the Mepublicans and Clinton. After all, cum stains on a dress isn't tantamount to national security so I fell asleep... Shame on me. I hate to say it but Dean is gonna fuck it up for the Democrats. Though I like most of what he has to say, the Mepublicans are going to eat his lunch if he's the nominee. Simply because the Mepublicans can sling shit better than the combined cow population at the Ft. Worth Stockyards. It's really cracking me up though. The one thing everyone is saying about Clark is he has no political experience. That's the most absurd thing I've heard (short of just about everything that comes out of the Bush administration). People. You don't become a 4 STAR GENERAL in the Army without knowing a thing or two about politics... Lastly. I am asking everyone on this message board to NOT respond to the person posting all the crap about Walter. It is very important from this point on that we ignore this person. StAl User: W1P
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| Day: 18 Message: Things are very hectic but a quick update: Saturday 9/20 -- I will be heading into Stanley Recording Studios to cut my contribution to Sketches & Strangeloops backed by my powerful band "Tortfeasor" I will attempt to not ruin Any Major Dude. John Would will be doing the arrangement and I will attempt not to ruin the song. Regardless of what the vocals sound like, I promise that the music and the arrangement will be interesting (if you heard what Yortoise did with Money on A Fair Forgery, you know what I'm talking about). Wed 10/1 -- the Dan @ Universal -- see you there! Fri 10/3 -- Which One's Pink? @ BB King's Universal City -- this is a free show so if you are coming to LA for the Dan shows and are staying for the weekend, I expect to see you at this mob scene Sat 10/4 -- Arrowfest 2003 @ Verizon Amp -- featuring Yes, Cheap Trick, Journey, Foreigner, Eddie Money AND Which One's Pink? & Led Zepagain (I kid you not, just listen to "Arrow 93" and you'll hear us mentioned 3-4 times an hour!) User: YGK
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| Day: 18 Message: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY BAYSIDE!!!!!!!! Have a fabYlous Wonderful Day and Celebration....!!!! ygk User: DACW
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| Day: 18 Message: lp: Yes m'am, see 4812 .. User: lp
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| Day: 18 Message: DACW - wasn't that Westpoint for Clark? User: wha??
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| Day: 18 Message: With DACW's inane ramblings growing tiresome, I put in one vote for blocking ALL Mac IP's. Anyone with us? User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem
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| Day: 18 Message: Hey Mu, I can't help it that I go through men the way most women go through shoes. I'm mentally disturbed. Ask Aja! ...lol lol Don't be mean to me Dr Mu, I won't send ya anymore boob pictures if this continues...*wink* User: DACW
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| Day: 18 Message: MB: You are correct...should have checked that news story, because that would have made Clark an Admiral instead of a General...doh...makes the comparison with Ulysses S. Grant for fun...and Eisenhower compatible; MSIE 5.22; Mac_PowerPC) User: Uncle Donny
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| Day: 18 Message: Aint Dr. Fill the funniest guy under the sun? I am still picking up myself from the floor after reading his latest: http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill User: C @ W
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| Day: 18 Message: A week? I have been sick for nearly 49 years. And I am not complaining. User:
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| Day: 18 Message: I've been sick for nearly a week now User: C
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| Day: 18 Message: Oh yes, I forgot, StAl, my man! I was thinking; If it's your left shoulder that's been broken: Do a Right Hand Boogie, if it's your right shoulder, just Roll With It. My snailmail is down below. User: C @ W
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| Day: 18 Message: Wormy - please, try. The deadline I sat to Oct 9 has to be a little postponed. So, you have a little more time and... ? Ken V - good to hear! I am looking forward to get it! Molly - Spike? As Spike Jones? I thought he was long gone. Pompe - I am going to take your Power Mac and pee on it if you don't stop those silly postings! Bloody dog, should have bought that tractor instead. --- Everybody now; http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops And Dr Fill is motivating you; http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill User: Running Toilet
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| Day: 18 Message: Remember to flush afterwards. User: Hillary Clinton
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| Day: 18 Message: I guess the only one's wanna be with Pompe now is Clas. User: Madame Pearl
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| Day: 18 Message: I think you need a new astrologer. User: Pearl
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| Day: 17 Message: Take your Mickey Mouse vitamins dude. Pearl User: steviedan
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| Day: 17 Message: i shall remain tied to the mast User: Jimbo
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| Day: 17 Message: Pearl, or whoever is constantly making these inane posts: DON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO THAN TO POST SHIT ON WALTER? Look, we don't know what happened with his marriage and we never will. If he doesn't want to talk about it then it's none of our business. This isn't a Ben and Jen thing. Whatever it was, it's behind him and he's moving on which is what you should do. If you prefer to see one side, allegedly of Mr. Becker and not bother to see his positive side, then you don't deserve to be on this post. If St. Al has his way, he'll flame your ass outta here. So, on behalf of St. Al, Molly, Clas, DAWC, Rajah, Lady Bayside and the rest of our resident regulars, I have only one thing to say: If you don't have anything nice to say about decent people, then shut the hell up. User: pilgrimsoul
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| Day: 17 Message: a woman is beautiful but you have to swing and swing and swing and swing like a handkerchief in the wind User: Military_Brat
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| Day: 17 Message: DACW - That would be first in his class at West Point...not the Naval Academy. User: DACW
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| Day: 17 Message: StAl: OK, OK I'll bite if it will take your mind off that shoulder - MY candidate is still Joe Lieberman... User:
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| Day: 17 Message: CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP! User: Tropical Pearl
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| Day: 17 Message: Spike is mine Molly and if you try and steal his name I will take you to court! Pearl Island User: Island Pearl the XXX rated Disney movie from Touchstone
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| Day: 17 Message: Walter is the rhino as well. IP User: Queen Jane
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| Day: 17 Message: He is the only person who posts at this website Walt possum get a life hon!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sin Q Jane User: plain jane
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| Day: 17 Message: Walter is Good Golly Miss Molly. pj User: kv
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| Day: 17 Message: Clas: The cd is on it's way to you User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem..........still laughing
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| Day: 17 Message: uh huh Spikey is my imaginary boyfriend.... lol lol..The guy who answered the phone all those times you'd call crying and whining about your problems dog drunk was in fact my parrot Sam. ;-) Fife, Diane the guy with the nipple ring and tats were actually me in disguise... lmao sssssshhhhhhhh! Don't tell. However, If you'd like to contact Spike please leave your address next time, he's been itching to meet you for some time. User: angel
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| Day: 17 Message: LP: LOL!!! Wormy: My humble thanks for the poem. I love it! Major Dan depression going on today. If I wasn't so busy dealing with the fallout from a hurricane making landfall, I would be real sad. User: lp
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| Day: 17 Message: so, um, does anyone want to talk about the lyrical meanings in godwhacker? User: *Molli*
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| Day: 17 Message: Thant's right Flashback Smack. Molls User: Lava Lamp
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| Day: 17 Message: Flashback just leave Spike out of this! I think Molly is your walter ego. Sorry freud dan slip I meant alter ego. Lava Lamp User: subsurfacing again
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| Day: 17 Message: I for one left banyan trees completely cold turkey for over a year with no lurking due to the "Molly and friends" show. When all were considerate of their fellow posters this place can be an oasis, shelter from the storm or cave of altimira don't fuel the fire - ignore it and it will go away Q - nice to hear from you here - do elaborate on the ever evoling tour performances where's Blaise? Midnite Cruiser? hope the storm weakens and spares our NC and Virginia dan contingent wormtom User: FlashBack
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| Day: 17 Message: I think Tex has been reincarnated as Spike User: FlashBack
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| Day: 17 Message: That being said, Molly (and anybody else) is free to discount anything I've written. I can't believe how seriously some people 'nuff said on that. | Tex | Day: 15 My dearest Molly Nothing's changed Tex | Day: 14 Women like Molly see people with their hearts My Little One User: Tex | Month: 7 | Day: 16 Message: WEber I never let anyone hurt what is mine September 3, 2002 03:17 September 2, 2002 10:00 All of the posts to Molly like the one above are from Molly's own computer. That's sad, really, really sad. Matching the Blown away. What a Pandora's box. Message: And who could forget this retcher, again from the same computer: Devious Turnip [Homepage] [Email] [] [M] August 21, 2002 09:22 I have told many folks about the Banyantree pages. I related that there are a few jerks, but for the most part everyone seems Molly | My Titian-haired Sorceress | Day: 3 I used to piss you off just so I could watch you walk away. The You're knockout gorgeous, and way out of this guy's league. Tex | Day: 14 Tell me your name pussy Tex | Day: 1 My little wild one: Nothing has changed | Bite me Tex.......... | Day: 1 Here's a verse for you: Violets are blue, Roses are red, Whatever we ever had between us is dead. I was never yours. Why Molly | Day: 2 Facey, I'm ok! I made the mistake of sharing my enthusiasm about the BanyanTrees web site with some of my close friends. | Tex | Day: 2 Little One You obviously are sexually frustrated, so here an example of a personals ad for you to help you get a woman: Message: And who could forget this retcher, again from the same computer: Devious Turnip [Homepage] [Email] [] [M] August 21, 2002 09:22 User: Molly | Month: 9 | Day: 21 Message: Yes Aja, they were at my house. Awful that I'd have men visiting me isn't it? A certain guy actually spent a couple Message: Are you trying to say that these "men" were at YOUR HOUSE on YOUR COMPUTER when they supposedly User: Molly | Month: 9 | Day: 21 Message: BTW they didn't state they were with me to keep a certain psychopath from harassing the crap out of me even We have someone who has either too much time on their hands, or someone who has enough support mechanisms - financial So Molly - assuming her handle is gender correct - either has - as Aja pointed out so emphatically today, a) written adoring Molly's interaction with others has been flirtatious to some, annoying to others, and mundane to the rest. But lest we forget that The severity of any one individual's condition is always a matter of degrees and depth. If Molly has a varied group of men who I'm not here to pass judgment, but rather just look at what we do know based on the interactions and statements made and User: Q
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| Day: 17 Message: Back at you Dave. A great time was had by all. The shows just keep getting better every time. It's amazing how these guys gel more and more each show. Dave, you've got me baffled on the last comment on "the goods" though... Everything Must Keep Going! User: Blk Japanese Brazilian Hungarian
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| Day: 17 Message: You better not be making fun of my Hungarian heritage Avis! Stop earsing my posts you are starting to piss me off again. BJBH User: Molly
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| Day: 17 Message: Clas, we all know that Pompe wouldn't be that petty or mean-spirited. Moreover, He isn't gender confused.... I will try to write again after I am finished writing one of my epic, very explicit (and I hope erotic) love letters to Spike. ;-) User: YGK
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| Day: 17 Message: IF anyone happens to see the Fogel in Florida for the Dan Shows, can you please ask him to call me re: 9/18 at Le Bar Bat thanx ygk User: Hertz
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| Day: 17 Message: Avis you need to try harder. Take your dialing finger out of your arse buddy and try using it! Hertz User: Floridavid
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| Day: 17 Message: I'm still Reelin' after last night in Tampa. Our Hosts Quentin and Debbie did not disappoint us. As they regaled us with stories from the previous shows they saw this tour.Their informed opinion of last nights show was greatly seconded by myself and a musician friend Rick who also went. Donald and Walter and the entire band were on Fire.Talking , Laughing between songs...and putting in stellar performances.EVERBODY on stage had moments of Inspired singing and playing. My biggest hope is that they continue to write, record and tour.From our seats on the floor, row 25, the sound was very good for the Tampa Ice Palace Hockey Shed.Now, newly renamed The St. Pete Times Forum. Again, Thanks Q and Deb for hosting us and delivering the goods (and rumour has it, the goods were the same as what certain un-named band members were curently enjoying). Floridavid User: crack a doea
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| Day: 17 Message: No YOU try again. volcanic ash User: wormy
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| Day: 17 Message: clas - doubtful I'll give you a composition this year angel an angel descended and hailed a cab ole and Cara Mia Marsha - enjoy atlanta!!! User: C @ Work
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| Day: 17 Message: StAl - Mac_PowerPC? That's Pompe, I gave him that computer, and he can't behave. I'll set Miss Thompson on his case. --- Ann? That's a beautiful name. Roy - where's your song? Ken Vogel, and where's yours? http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops --- Molly - oh please, my Readheaded Deer, try again. User: duncan
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| Day: 16 Message: that rosland show pic has gone someway to cheering me up Ole have a blast tomorrow !! db User: SteveeDan
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| Day: 16 Message: DACW- Dr. Mu ... that's just priceless ! User: DACW
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| Day: 16 Message: RS: C-batteries and Steely Dan? ....uhmmmmm, nope I just don't see a...uhhhh... connection... User: DACW
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| Day: 16 Message: RS: C-batteries and Steely Dan? ....uhmmmmm, nope I just see a...uhhhh... connection... User: Roy.Scam
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| Day: 16 Message: *Great commentary on the concerts and get togethers lately. My compliments and appreciation Aussie, Ole, Steve, et al. -- Roseland night sounds like the Steely fan get together of the millenium so far. I curse my absence and the wicked cosmic forces that precluded my attendance. I've decided to punish myself by re-creating the final scene of the movie "Pi". *There was a funny SD reference on the TV show "Reno 911" last week: One of the lady deputies was talking about her affair with a guy named Steed. She said the first night they met, she had his name tatooed on her back; then the next day, when she hated him, she had one of the letters x-ed out and changed the tatoo to "Steely Dan". *I thought i was having an ambient-Dan experience yesterday; I looked at the chalk board in the kitchen and saw the note "CBAT". I joyously concluded that my spouse had not only converted to a Dan freak, but had mastered the lexicon of my obsession to the point of using the traditional danfan acronym for "Can't Buy a Thrill". Unfortunately, the note was an abbreviated reminder to buy C-Batteries in preparation for Hurricane Isabel, the lovely lady who plans to visit my shore this week. -- By Thursday, you West coast people should be referring to us Easterners as the Wet Side. *NY Bill~ My sympathies to you at the loss of your brother. I hope I'll be survived by someone who remembers me as fondly and articulates my memory as well as you. *St.Al~ Best luck with your still-ailing shoulder. I have no helpful advise resulting from my only-partially succesful rotator cuff surgery. (My former racquetball brilliance has been diminished by at least half.) I do, however, have several layers of character and lots of excellent pain-fighting pharmaceuticals to show for the experience. You're welcome to avail yourself of either. I wish you all no hurricanes for the next 72 hours, User: Lil Clam
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| Day: 16 Message: Please tell us how an exciting and rewarding career in advertising can afford so much free time? Where can I sign up?? LC User: lp
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| Day: 16 Message: yeah aus, thanks - it was like i was there in spirit! User: kenvogel
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| Day: 16 Message: I caught up with the great Pete Fogel during the intermission at Roseland on Saturday. He told me, ôDude, this is the best Steely Dan show IÆve ever been to!ö High praise, indeed. Fifteen minutes later, Walter tells the crowd it may be the best show theyÆve ever done.ö I concur. Unbelievably great show and we danced the night away on the floor at the famed Roseland Ballroom. Le Bar Bat was the perfect nightcap. Great music and drinks til dawn. Thanks Pete! User: Zeke
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| Day: 16 Message: DAMN, She skipped dimensions! Not so good for our nice folks along the East Coast. Well, I'm really stoked about tomorrow night! Zeke User: Ann
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| Day: 16 Message: You have a nice site. Stop by & check out my site sometime at www.uniquegiftsandbaskets.com User: Aussie
| Month: 8
| Day: 16 Message: EdBeatty: No that wasn't you. That dude was of Middle Eastern origins. And he knew all the lyrics except for the ones for Parker's Band, which I thought was interesting. He was also behind both myself and the drop dead gorgeous redhead while he shouted in her eardrum. Finally after having suffered through a few numbers, she re-positioned herself closer to the stage and just behind you to your right. The Roseland shots on the ODP are amazing, especially the one of the boys in action in the midst of a jam packed Ballroom. With the right software, and using zoom in tools, you can pick out EdBeatty very easily, LadyBayside, Hoops, Hat2Flat, Myself and Utah, and a few others. As Angel mentioned, the picture was snapped during the Saturday night gig as is evidensed by Ms. Carolyn Leonhart's absence. Also, I was able to deduce that the band is playing Aja by the flowers in the backdrop images...I clearly remember those flowers to the Aja performance. When you right click on the ODP pixel and save it on your harddrive, it saves itself as Aja-flower or something like that. YGK Malcolm: I'm glad more and more people are starting to wake up and smell the coffee in re CoreNYC's "Tryin' to Sort it all Out". I'm very excited for you that it will get radio play down under too. If there's anybody out there who hasn't heard this masterpiece of jazzsoulblues, do yourselves a favour and BUY IT. Only a music loather would regret doing so. LuckLess Pedestrian: We sang your name outloud at both Roseland gigs sweetie pie. I'm still waiting for Jim McKay to greenlight me for sending pictures out to compile in a comprehensive Roseland/LBB pictures web site. User: lp
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| Day: 16 Message: yes st al, i must admit, i have bailed out of the edwards caravan and have hopped on the general's bus i hope we democrats don't get so bent on getting rid of w that we get desperate - but it's still early, right? the lone horse in the rising sun hasn't entered, maybe, anyway i still have my "draft cuomo" button from 1990 for the 1992 election - lol User: edbeatty
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| Day: 16 Message: Aussie, "To the stunning red head with the freckles standing beside us near the stage on Saturday night: never got your name, but I needed to apologise for that creepy fellow shouting the lyrics in your ear drum...a tad over the top was he." It it was I apologize to all that were close by... Ed (still stunned from the best SD shows of my life) User: StAl
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| Day: 16 Message: Wesley Clark enters the race. Hmmm...Now I might be able to get excited... In the meantime, these suckers are selling like hotcakes... http://www.thetexasidiot.com User: Molly
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| Day: 16 Message: Clas, opps sorry Sugarman... I'll try again. Hell yeah they were naughty! ;-) It was from me after all....lol User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 16 Message: To the person posting under a 100 different handles who is an Earthlink dialup customer using a Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.14; Mac_PowerPC) setup. Please, your posts are out-of-line and we would all appreciate it if you stopped. I mean really...don't you have anything better to do? If they don't stop I will be forced to report you to your ISP. And believe me, Earthlink listens... StAl User: Joe M
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| Day: 16 Message: maj, As best as I can remember from Roseland (both nights)... Set I Set II Encores My Old School User: The Doctor is In
| Month: 8
| Day: 16 Message: DX: Erotomanic delusion. Subtype: Resentful, with mixed Simple Obsessional features User: Hutch
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| Day: 16 Message: Pics from Roseland now up on the ODP http://www.steelydan.com/emgtourpics.html User: fife
| Month: 8
| Day: 16 Message: What the hell is going on in here? I come here cause i love the Dan, their music, their lyrics, I couldn't give a rat's ass on whether Walt is nice person or not, whether he treated his wife well, what business is it of mine? I always kind of liked cynical, smart guys anyway. Moll, honey you got one here that loves you so don't listen to the other crap. Bluz i tried your other e-mail it came bouncing back, e-mail me with your new address. Wild Bill I was thinking about you at the show, big hug. WJAZ i got some photos don't know how good they are but i'll e-mail them to you. User: C @ Work
| Month: 8
| Day: 16 Message: Molly, my darling Deer, no, actually I'm not. Are those letters naughty? User: Sweet Heather
| Month: 8
| Day: 16 Message: Molli you just don't ever walk the talk babe: "Couldn't we just get along, love each other?" Obviously not. Think about it. You are incredibley sick in the head and no one but no one likes you! Heather User: Eleanor
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| Day: 16 Message: Buy a T-shirt like the beer head says you may want it to clean the toilet with at a later date. E. User: Beerberian
| Month: 8
| Day: 16 Message: StevenCT; This was the 2000 ver a la euro - not sure if this time out is any diff ? BUT WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT DON, WALT ? THE STEELY DAN SHOW If you got backpacks So buy a program User: pearlpower
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Someone really does have their head clearly up their uranus. I think I will start wiping mine with your t-shirt. Sweet Heather User: Sweet Heather
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Major doo doo just can it beer sausage (actually a little chew of gum as Lisa's aunt use to say). No one gives a shit what you pretend to want. You have no idea what you really want except to be bummed out and play on your computer all day. You are not and never will be the Wizard of Oz so get over that fantasy dude! Go to hell. You are swell cause you are Matell. Plastic and phoney assed! Heather User: Stanley Owsley
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| Day: 15 Message: Steely Dan concerrts suck. Walt and Don are so old and senile they mumble the words beyond recognition, and you can't really tell which song they are pretending to sing but it's okay cause neither can they. BearZ User: major dude
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: SET LISTS ! PLEASE ! is it to much to ask for someone to post a friggin set list. thank you in advance for your kindness and cooperation. User: trixie trout
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| Day: 15 Message: I have to agree Walter is a rather disagreeable odd ball best left alone but his computer privilages should also be taken away from him. One who knows! TT User: Popo the Rat
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: You forgot Popo you no named demon from Hell monster = Wall Crawler Becker You mom just wishes she had aborted you. Your post was brillantly unfunny. Popo User:
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| Day: 15 Message: Bitches/Sausage/Paul/China/Polli/Spike/Chilla/Monty/Burt/Betsy - your mom called. She wants her DNA back. User: betsy
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Walter Becker is a Pecker who does not have a clue how to communicate. He hates women and just likes to torture and be mean to them because that is how he gets his rocks off. If he was a nice guy his last wife would still be with him. Obviously he is not nice. He should have been drowned at birth or at least born swaddled in caution tape! Some people are just mean, cruel and are giant chain yankers. I guess it takes all kinds of slime to make the world go round. I prefer spiritual men myself that know how to communicate with and treat a woman and hey actually enjoy women. He really needs to be on antidepressants for his mood swings. He is proud of that fact that he is an annoying controlling and oppressive hacker. Long life the king of dark depression and moody murky chat rooms where you can get slimed for free. What an honor, and by someone so frinkin' special too that spends his life inventing posts and fans for his website. Long live Walter Pecker Becker Ki Jai! Betsy User: oleander..................................................Hotlanta!
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| Day: 15 Message: DANCE ON THE BONES TIL THE FANS SAY WHEN Yes, Virginia, there is a Fest brewing in Atlanta Friday, September 19. The itinerary: -- 4:00 - 7:00 -- Pre-party at MALONES GRILL & BAR ATLANTA AIRPORT AREA **Appetizers and drinks on the patio is the plan for Malone's. There's also -- 8:00 - 10:30 -- STEELY DAN --11:00 --------> (pick up what's left by daylight) Jammin' with MUDCAT down at the Northside Tavern **This is the house of the best blues in Atlanta. Mudcat especially will be **PLUS, thanks to Kid C, bring your concert ticket stub and you get a FREE DRINK **DOOR PRIZES from the ridiculous to the sublime, and as ever, PRIZES and the **Get directions at mapquest.com or email the Atlanta list at atlanta@dandom.com User: fife
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| Day: 15 Message: Toronto, Sept. 14, molson amphatheatre. User: diviaruba
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Another vote for the Saturday night Roseland show as one of the best ever. Nothing compares to seeing the boys and the band in a small venue, even if the arena and amphitheater shows over the year have been stupendous. Went to the Novotel's Cafe Nicole before Saturday's show, even though it was not an official DanFest venue for that night. I was wearing my "Slang Me" t-shirt from the Boston DanFest and got several nice comments (Thanks, guys!) and lots of inquiries on how to get one (Sorry, limited run of 100, and they all sold out in Boston - except for one that Walt B. had draped over his shoulder at the end of the show, courtesy of the Boston crew). Sat with my wife at the bar there next to a couple great guys from Jersey and the City, and had a lengthy conversation with a gent from the north of the UK who has been a fan for 22 years and flew over on Air India from Heathrow to JFK Friday to see his very first SD show - can you believe that?! He was going to the show again Saturday. UK accents were in abundance there when we were chatting up with another fellow from Scotland, again flew over just for the show, but it was his 17th time seeing the boys. Talk about your fans! They were disappointed that there were no Euro dates on this tour, but "hopped a (Air)bus to NYC" and were not let down. After Boston, which I thought was one of the best stops on the tour, and one that the band seems to clearly enjoy, I knew I had to trek down to the Big Apple to see the band on what turns out to be home turf for almost all of them (Cynthia C. from Orlando seemed to be one of the few exceptions). They played like they owned Gotham - it was incredible. In Boston, I screamed myself hoarse yelling for "Gina", which I knew had not been played on the tour yet, just hoping against hope that it would be, but to no avail. I was thrilled when I saw the re-worked setlist from Syracuse forward, but it wasn't until I read Aus' review of Friday's show that I saw EMG added to the mix. I was in heaven! If you're on the fence about trekking the 50 or 200 or 500 miles to see the Dan at your closest venue, just think about those guys I mentioned flying across the Atlantic just for the show(s). I'm sure they'll tell you it was well worth it. User: huh?
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: IHPF finally coughs up a steely related post, and a positive one ta boot? Apparently there's a sale on ice in hell too... User: IHPF
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Cara Mia: Bar Bat smoke free? I guess you weren't there on Saturday night. The smell of weed was more intense then it was at Roseland. Hey...not that it bothered me or anything. That Saturday night show was just amazing. You had to be there to believe it. The party at Le Bar Bat wasn't to shabby either. Let's "do it again" next year...what you say? Let's lay it all on Don & Walt! User: Aussie
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| Day: 15 Message: With all the good vibes of our boys and sharing the incredible experiences that their current tour has yielded, it is utterly amazing to me that we have to read the shit that's posted directly below. What a shame. Yes, Donald let out a James Brownian SHRIEK during the FM coda. This underscored the truth that the entire band fed off the ballroom energy, which was nuclear driven. I remember thinking to myself over and over as I spied on Walter Becker while he was playing of how much he reminded me of ex-hippie turned Harvard professor...he's got that look for sure. To the stunning red head with the freckles standing beside us near the stage on Saturday night: never got your name, but I needed to apologise for that creepy fellow shouting the lyrics in your ear drum...a tad over the top was he. Conversations held with members of the Steely Dan band 2003 incarnation are not celebrity whore driven. Rather, they are terrific opportunities to let them know on an invidual and personal basis that their professional efforts as the outstanding musicians that they are, are fully and whole heartedly appreciated. Nothing more, nothing less....its really that plain and simple. To those posters whom I missed the chanse of meeting (like Green Earrings, for one): So sorry we missed each other. So much going on at the same time...perhaps we can connect again in the future. To those who appreciated the Roseland colour raves: My pleasure. The magnitude of both evenings was so, that I'm still digesting everything that went down. Flirting with catching the Dan in Hawaii....it could happen. Aus User: Mistress of Mayhem
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Hey Dickhead, I still have some duct tape with your name on it. You must have forgotten all the personal information you gave me during the 9 months you were chasing my ass. You happened to mention what sort of PC you had. (and your address btw) I guess you feel real proud of yourself for hurting the other lady you met on the Yellow. But make no mistake, I am not like her in the least. All those times you called at 3:00 am drunk.... Spike Harrison was in my bed. I'd like a nickle for everytime I asked him not to kick your head in for waking us up etc... He and I could see Steely again. I'd tell him you were just a sad fucker mourning your youth and that you didn't have anything I wanted. That still holds true. So why don't you crawl back under your rock. User: monty
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| Day: 15 Message: Monty User: monty
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| Day: 15 Message: Sorry another un SD posting but who is Steely Dan anyway, a heating airconditioning company or what? I am writing a book called: How To Ruin An Open House in 3 Minutes. I noticed you did have some rather interesting yet geeky/odd ball writers hanging out at this website. Perhaps if one of them could help me with my book I could trade them some French Copper pots and pans or a deep sea fishing rod or something. I did hear mention of a deep need for some copper pots and pans somewhere here at this site but I can't quite remember where. I do have an excess of copper and would like to trade. So if any of you writers are interested please reply. Monty User: angel
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Steven: Here you go. Lucky Henry reminded me on Friday (at the Novetel) that I had posted this link for him, a few weeks ago. So I do it again for you. Scroll down to the third song. Can't believe I am back at work. Sigh.... User: Aja
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| Day: 15 Message: Thanks for all the great color from Roseland, all! Sure wish I could be there; I'm still having New York withdrawals and can't wait to get back. YGK, I sure wish I could be there on Thursday. Please play "Eye to Eye" for me, okay? Knock 'em dead! If you don't have Malcolm's CD yet, order it ASAP. It grooves! User: chilla vanilla
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Loud ferret style stinky burb! User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 15 Message: Oh, by the way, does anyone have the lyrics to "The Steely Dan Show"? I thought it was silly the first time I heard it, now I'm thinking it should be released as a CDingle. User: charlie with the lotion
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| Day: 15 Message: Anyone planning a pre-concert bash in Tampa? dj User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 15 Message: Excellent colour and vibe from the Roseland show and post-show show. Kudos to Aussie, Heather, angel, Lady Bayside and Joe M !!!!!! I will admit to being 'Steely Dan'ed out immediately after the last show, your words have me hungry for more!!! I love NYC and wish I had the freedom to attend those shows. But I shouldn't get greedy. I feel for the fans who miss out on this tour altogether. One addendum to the Wallingford show. During 'Hey Nineteen' when the crowd was singing the line about "'retha Franklin" Donald and Walter looked at eachother and out at certain members of the front row audience and Walter, I believe said,"Don't you mean Otis Redding?", a reference to the frequently used alternate lyric. Both gents seemed genuinely pleased to have an audience so "in" on the music, that they could joke in this way. I guess I always pictured D & W as witty but distant, not wanting to be close to the fans, to preserve some mystique of coolness. But this most recent tour showed them to be wholly likeable and appreciative of the unique place they have in the music world. User: YGK
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| Day: 15 Message: Damn! She skipped Dimensions.......... I had a legnthy post to that and shout out to you all who I have met and hung with this past weekend.....it was truly memorable, but I will not attempt to recreate my post...... BUT, Fanodan - SOH and I spoke of it, but it never happened - last I saw of him, it was 5AM Sunday......what's Chows email? Stevee, ALL: if you want to get a Copy or several of Core NYC's "Tryin' to Sort It All Out" you can write me at the above....all we need to do is figure out shipping (domestic $3, Intenat'l: tbd) Shoutouts to as many as I can remember, and those I can't: Queen Bayside and King Pheph, SOH, LWW, Danfiend, Mr. Sam, GE - what happened? sorry we missed, Angel, SueDave and cute friend ;-), Angel, Hoops, Moonflower, B'Way Steve, and the newly crowned Janie Runaway.....(hope your back in IN safely....)apologies if I missed you.... FlaDave: Looks bad for me for Ft. Myers unless some bread falls.....I need to relo..... Also, Tri-staters: Don't forget........ It's we will feature songs from our recently released album Don't Miss it! This is a Big Night for us for reasons I won't go into yet...... Chat soon...... ygk User: cara mia with NooYawk feeva
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| Day: 15 Message: Just got home to Tennessee from SD in NYC and LBB. And very proud to be probably the first nearly 50 year old woman to get kicked out of a Steely Dan concert (during the last song, so I had this sea of parting people making way for my "escort-cum-bouncer" and me. I might not recommend this for being the first out of a somewhat large venue in order to catch a cab in NYC, but it worked this time! HAHAHA!)... all for my little sin of a bunch of flashless digi pics about 30ft away from The Donald. Rather than give up any piece of anything out of my precious Canon G, I OFFERRED my departure during FM. Yeah, yeah, the concert was great, (sorry but I beg to differ about the Roseland acoustics. I walked all around the place... they left a lot to be desired. I know Lisa G said near the sound board was good, but all of it was much too muddy from my stances in 3 different areas and at front stage. I know I will get Steely burned at the stake for this, but I know what I know. And as Forrest Gump sez: that's all I have to say about that. I liked Coors Amp in San Diego best of all from 2000 for good sound. But nothing beats gathering with friends at my favorite bat bar on the planet... now smoke free! Good to see everyone, and with very special appreciation to Pete and Shari for making TWO nights such a wonderful thing. The names have been dropped, and we know who did what to whom and when... kiss, kiss!! Will post our collective smiling mugs soon and a reference addy for those interested. L-U-V, User: Spike Lee
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| Day: 15 Message: Moll where and when? Spike User: Joe M
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| Day: 15 Message: Roseland Saturday night 9/13/03... As has been stated by others - unique to most Dan shows, it was the mind blowing audience participation that stood out here. It's no doubt what got Walter to rate this show as one of his favorites. Donald's reaction to the crowd's vocal on "Don't Take Me Alive" was amusing as hell. This was indeed one for the books. The set list was the same as Friday night. EMG is an incredible live tune. It's breadth and scope now fully realized in the live setting. Aja, Godwhacker, Black Cow, Caves, Home At Last, Parkers Band, Lunch With Gina, Kid C, Don't Take Me Alive - all were absolutely flawless. Carlock's pyrotechnics on Josie were stunning. Herington's guitar solo on Haitian Divorce was utterly transcendent. Out of the myriad number of shows I've been lucky enough to witness this time out, this was indeed at or very near the top. (Oakdale being another consideration). It was great seeing Pete, Shari, Hoops, Brian Sweet, Jon Herington, Keith Carlock, Ted Baker, Cynthia Calhoun, Tom Barney, Jim Pugh, Cornelius Bumpus, Bernard Purdie and a host of other Dan fans over at Le Bar Bat after the show. A Dan related experience for the ages, to be sure. Tom McLoughlin (of Brew Against Nature fame) and I have been fans since 1972. After nearly 31 years of keeping the faith, it doesn't appear reasonable that we will ever fully comprehend a night like Saturday. Only the wildest of imaginations could have envisioned an event such as this. Special thanks to the amazing Mr. Pete Fogel for not only having that vision, but for actually pulling it off! Keith Carlock is not only a fine drummer - he is an engaging and affable human being as well. His deference to drumming legend Bernard Purdie during a decidedly rigorous "Home At Last" from the Le Bar Bat stage was laudable. Thus demonstrating that the mentoring system is alive and well in the 21st century. Thankfully. Cornelius' bluesy and lyrical tenor lines were on display all night as was the virtuoso 'bone experimentations of Jim Pugh. Our man Jon Herington also took a quick turn on telecaster for a lively "Knock On Wood". This was the house band for our little after Dan get together folks... Fucking pinch me! We had a long chat regarding all things Dan with Brian Sweet as well (Thanks Jim). The former publisher of Metal Leg and author of the much talked about "Reeling In The Years" volume was in attendance with two other Brit's (both music columnists) who flew over just for the occasion. Nice folks all. Unbelievable. Still buzzing... PS - I'm currently working on a Tour 2003 utility for a new Rev. 3.10 CDSD due out some time in November. More sidemen bio's as well. User: Spike Lee ~ Kamel
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| Day: 15 Message: Dear Moll, Flying kisses back at you but I am a boy Kamel and not a homo Kamel and I know you are mail or lost mail or something like that. That would make things difficult. I might beable to fix you up with my friend Pearl but you would have to promise to be nice to her. Let me know. XXXXXXOOOOOXXXXXOOOXXX Spike Lee User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem
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| Day: 15 Message: Clas, are ya gettin my naughty stalker-type e-mails? ;-) User: Chilla Vanilla
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Hey Burt none of your damn bees wax dude! Mind your own damn damn business! Sincerely, Chilla User: Burt's Bees
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| Day: 15 Message: Curious in the hive, Burt's Bees User: Floridavid
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| Day: 15 Message: Hey Aus, Great Roseland color, brother.Tomorrow night in Tampa,I'll see what you speak.And don't worry, I'll be closely checking out Keith Carlock. I saw him play with a band of unknowns last year at the L.A. NAMM show. My nephew and I were saying "who are these killer dudes who play like that and then sound like HillBillys when they talk on the mic?" YGK, Malcolm...I just wanted to say I'm really enjoying CORE NYC "Tryin' to sort it all out" Well Done Buddy! Has a real NY jazz/Blues sound and feel. Proud of you man. David User: lp
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| Day: 15 Message: so Joe Sample brought Larry into the scene? User: Randy
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| Day: 15 Message: DACW: In reference to your post [#4687] ("Latest iteration of a long-term project on ciphering the credits to PL, KL, and RS. Still have a few queries, and welcome comments suggestions on any part..."): I did receive word firsthand from Larry Carlton concerning his work on 'Katy Lied' (1975); he told me he ONLY PLAYED RHYTHM GUITAR ON ONE TRACK (song), but couldn't recall which one considering it was so long ago. He told me to send him a MP3 of the song I thought he was on ("Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More"), but due to his schedule, he was unable to get back to me (according to a source in the Carlton camp). Various sources (including Brian Sweet) have indicated that the song in question IS "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More," as the rhythm style is very much in line with Carlton's playing. Carlton was utilized much more extensively on the "Royal Scam" sessions partially because he was a late addition to 'Katy Lied' (which explains why he is only on one song), having just been introduced to Becker and Fagen as those sessions were ending (though not one for speculation, in all likelyhood he was introduced to them through one of his fellow Crusader cohorts who also later played on various Dan recordings). Just trying to offer a little clarification once again- Randy / NIGHTFLY62(at)aol.com User: lp
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| Day: 15 Message: great colour below all, even the phantom postings! post pics soon aussie!!! User: Polli
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| Day: 15 Message: Molli what are you doing up so late? Love, Polly Ester User: China and Popo
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| Day: 15 Message: Molli The idea is appealing but then again..... you can't be trusted to be nice for more then 5 seconds at a time try being consistant for a change that might help User: Molli
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| Day: 15 Message: Who is molli? User: Paul Chambers
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: go to bed fred you are bothering me with your dumb fake posts. User: Mollie
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Couldn't we just get along, love each other? User: Freud
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| Day: 15 Message: Fucking slips. User: P @ W
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| Day: 15 Message: Nobody called anyone "celebrity whores". User: Pompeee!
| Month: 8
| Day: 15 Message: Fucking dog, he's my co-worker and he can't behave on a Steely Dan Fan Guestbook. Sorry Stevee, sorry Aussie, it wasn't me calling you celebrity whores... I'll kill that dog! /C User: C @ Work
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| Day: 15 Message: Stevee - you spoke to south of Hollywood? How do you do that? Are you pointing your car down Inglewood and just start talking? --- Awesome Aussie, absolutely AWESOME! Did you really speak with Pete Fogel? I can't believe this. Did you get his autograph too? User: Beers deprived & depraved in the UK
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| Day: 15 Message: For those confined to europe this year Take solace in the fact that fine fine renditions of all the old faves can be sourced locally ... www.thedancollective.co.uk I took a ride to Robin Hood country last sat nite and robbed the rich sounds eminating from these guys... Dbeefy Next Time ??? Bad S survived ?? How went the gig ? Le cheval qui couris û Nottingham Sept 13th 2003 You guys were Sh*t ààà. Sh*t-Hot!! - As usual à So Outrageous !! And IÆll tell you soà ôJosieö û Is now THE number of the ôBeestö I swear that solo is expanding man ! ôNight by Nightö so tight , ôDonÆt Take me Aliveö with drive à A man of my mind can do anything. I will never tire of ôPretzel Logicö Dan Collective stylee. You can play that one @ my funeral û As I set off to meet Napoleon, in my new shooooooooooes à Loved the venue û compact and bijou, authentic, grotty & chic all at once !! Apparently Barry (The Boss) expected a ônormalö Dan audience to be Naked & Stoned? , sounds like a good title for the next CD - But I donÆt get my kit off on a first date Bazza û Maybe in January if you promise to respecÆ me in the morning LOL à Great to greet the travellers from near & far Debs, Steve & Lorraine , Steve J et al à I hear (above the mechanised hum) there WERE other bands on in Notts, butà You were the BEST in townà And so to Friday Nov 7th à Merengue @ The Museum anyone ? User: Sausages & Beer
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| Day: 15 Message: Last night's concert was awsome. Even the popcorn was good! 10 of us from one dorm all had seats together third row from the stage. One guys dad works for a record company so we did not even have to pay and had killer seats. We loved it and sang along with every song except Slang of Ages because we were busy throwing spit wads for that one otherwise we would have sung along with that one too. I don't quite get what that one is all about can someone please explain it? Cheers, Sausages and Beer User: Bitches Brew
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| Day: 15 Message: A good omen happened to me at Roseland and I just want to share it with all of you! One of the band members must be psychic too because even though I am just 19 and flat chested with braces he kept starring at little old me! Oh gosh I just had to tell someone. I am starting to notice boys more too. Oh yeah I almost forgot the concert was rad! BB User: Fanofdan @ Downunder
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| Day: 14 Message: SteveeDan How you going cobber ? I believe that South is going to pass on the CDs at the Hawaii shows. Boy, I am looking forward to those shows ! After reading everyone's reviews of concerts they have been to I am hangin' to seeing them play again. Any chance you could make it to any of them ? Also try this to get a hold of YGK.... Contact@corenyc.com I am glad your son likes his Koala and I hope you have drunk the beers by now. If you ever make it to Australia be sure to look us up. Alan User: SteveeDan
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| Day: 14 Message: Hi Alan from Down Under -- I spoke to South Of Hollywood this morning after the 2 Roseland shows and he was raving about them ... just like Aussie just did here on the guestbook. These were THE shows, no doubt. SOH was not able to get Malcolm's CDs for me ... so ... YGK ... I want to order them ... please let me know how to contact you and set the transaction motion. Alan, I gave SOH a couple of copies of our Baked Potato gig to be sent to you along with some special buttons custom made by a fellow Dan fan which were handed out at the Costa Mesa show. SOH will send them to you and Scott. May I say again what a pleasure it was to meet you both, and I am still grateful and happy to hear you say how much you enjoyed seeing Pretzel Logic play. Your timing in arriving in Los Angeles was great! My son loves the Quala Bear and the boomerang ... and I dig the beer ! When you both have had the time to go through all of those CDs you got, I would love to know which ones are your favorite. In the meantime ... I wish you both well, and I will talk with you guys soon. User: angel
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| Day: 14 Message: GE: Ack! I knew I missed someone that night. I was the one in the very loud hawaiian shirt. I found the Aussie/Beatty/Metzger, etc. crowd on level 2 of Le Bar Bat and ended up having a great time with them all. YGK: You didn't tell me you did the rework of Amor Siempre. What a treat!!! My favorite cut from the Wunderground. Getting into it all. Good luck with the group. User: DACW
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| Day: 14 Message: StAa: Ouch - sounds like your glenoid labrum is laboring...way too bad User: GE
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| Day: 14 Message: Dammit! Just getting back (to Utah) from Roseland Friday night and reading that I missed meeting a bunch of you folks at the show and at Le Bar Bat. Angel, I didn't even know you were going. Malc, Aussie? Where were you guys. I spent some time with BroadwaySteve, Mo, SoHollywood Hoops, EdB and so many others but would like to have met you all. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to do it again eh? Had a fabulous time the whole night and we closed Le Bar Bat. Spent some time talking with both J. Harrington and Mr.Tom Barney. I asked Tom if it was tough going out on the road all the time and he said touring with SD is a vacation as far as he is concerned. All the band members were frindly and great. (Hoops, I gave then shirts, wondered if they wore them Sat. night?) BTW, I think the James Brown award for Hardest Working Man in show business goes out to Pete Fogel. He was a superb host (w/Sheri)at LeBarBat and I felt bad that when he finally got a chance to sit for a minute, they had run out of Beer. Sorry Pete, I feel we did our share of the damage in cleaning them out ;^). Anyway, had a fabulous time and sorry I missed meeting so many of you. My friend wanted to get something to eat so we left the Novotel at about 6:00 and missed the bigger crowd I guess. See ya next year! User: Fanofdan @ Downunder
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| Day: 14 Message: Steveedan GÆday mate, Hows it going ? Was South able to pick you up a copy of YGKs Core NYC for you? If not you are going to be disappointed. It truly is a sensational album, Malcolm is a thorough professional and how he hasnÆt secured a recording contract by now is beyond me. Also looking forward to receiving my copy of Pretzel Logics performance at the Baked Potato, can't wait to relive that night again. YGK, Core NYC will make its radio debut in Australia on Mr Chows program Jazz Alive on 106.9 Vox FM on 9/24/03 . I have no doubt that you will receive a few enquires from people wanting to purchase it. Cheers for now Alan User: Aussie
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| Day: 14 Message: Roseland/Le Bar Bat Part Two (a severely truncated account): Saturday night's Evening With Steely Dan was singularly spectacular. The second time around we decided to park ourselves right in front of the stage directly below Mr. Donald Fagen and his trusty Angel Babe Choir. Blocked from our line of sight were Mr. Keith Carlock and Mr. Tom Barney. We were standing with Hoops, DanFiend, Ed Beatty, Little Wild One, LadyBaySide, Jeff, Hat2Flat and the rest of our Dan friends who made this weekend incredibly memorable. The crowd seemed even larger than the previous night and there was palpable electricity flowing throughout the Ballroom. The odour of marihuana, even more pronounced than the previous evening, so much so that at one point Mr. Walter becker commented that the Ballroom smelled like a Hindu pot house or something to that effect. We managed to befriend a charming Japanese lady who traveled all the way from the Land of the Rising Sun just to see Steely Dan...she barely spoke English so Utah and I decided to adopt her as chaperones for the balance of the evening. She stood and danced beside us the entire length of the show. The set list showed no variance except for the way the band performed: They managed to sound even better than Friday night! Hands down , the best I've seen them ever. During Hey Nineteen, the crowd wa singing in perfect unison so loudly that Mr. Fagen actually stopped singing and laughed as if to say, geez guys, you really don't need me here when you have the rest of the band and have been all singing at the tops of your lungs......great moment. The synergy between the babe Choir and our group directly in front of them was not to be believed. Plenty of eye contact, acknowledgement, waves, winks, and exchange of pleasantries throughout the gig. Ms. Tawatha Agee was the stand in for Ms. Carolyn Leonhart that evening.....she did a splendid job too. Ed Beatty and Hat2Flat were equally notorious flirters with the choir...too funny. During the band intros, Mr. Becker really lays it all out and lets everybody know that this was his best concert ever.... During a lull in between numbers, the crowd starts hootin' and hollerin', some yelling "Pixeleen!" and others hurling cries of appreciation and love....Mr. Fagen comments here: "This is getting Scary!" Amazing show. Pete and Sharri host Le Bar Bat after show festivities featuring The Hudson River Rats with Bernard "purty" Purdie, Jim Pugh and Cornelius Bumpus. Spoke with Mr. Purdie at length and snapped a few shots of this amazing drummer....so friendly and jovial. Would not give up his drum sticks after the show after yours truly groveled for them. Many great numbers performed, including Steely Dan classics. Crowd dancing and grooving all night long. Mr. John Herrington, Ms. Cynthia Calhoun, Mr. Ted Baker, Mr. Tom Barney, Ms. Cindy Mizelle were also there and very available to all attendees there for pictures, conversation, company...etc. Awesome party. Kudos Pete Fogel and Sharri. Truly a weekend so unforgetable....one for the ages. Aus User: Heather
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| Day: 14 Message: Just have to post my feelings about the SD ôRoseland Weekendö. It was truly one of the most incredible events ever!! No doubt the two shows were magic, especially Saturday night, when the whole atmosphere was charged with the most amazing electricity. All this is elementary so I digress. The real reason I wanted to convey my thoughts is about the post show experience at ôLe Bar Batö. Most of the band members were there and were so very gracious to we Danfans who had traveled many miles to be here to see our musical heroes(Bumpus and Pugh playing with Purdy last night and Herrington sitting in too!!! Is this heaven or what??) Cindy Mizelle and Cinthia Calhoun looked like they were having such a good time, Cinthia was dancing to the Hudson River Rats. It was 'very cool' to meet so many people digging the vibes including Malcolm and John from the UK. Pete Fogel went above and beyond to make everything perfect for all of us, not just people related to the tour but ALL of us! Having the SD related musicians in attendance AND the awesome live music was sublime. But, what is the icing on the cake is for true Danfans to be able to meet and mingle with some of the best musicians alive today AND know they are up on that stage with D&W night after night!! Truly a crowning end to a fabulous weekend .ààà. Thanks Donald, Walter, Pete and Le Bar Bat! User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 14 Message: Angel - again, great review, great color, thanks for the effort. User: SteveeDan
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| Day: 14 Message: Angel - I just read both your Paso Robles and your Roseland Ballroom reviews. Well, they were great! I had a feeling that Roseland was going to be the best venue stop on the whole tour ... and I think that this will prove to be true. Very smart move of you to grab a plane ticket and get out to NYC. I spoke to South Of Hollywood who is still in New York this morning. He told me that Saturday night was even better than Friday night at Roseland ... and that he thought (after seeing the Friday night show) that it was the best show he has ever seen ... and with 25 plus shows under his belt, he certainly would know. Then he said that he couldn't believe that Saturday night was even better. Well, if we weren't such good friends, I'd be really jealous. To all of you who had the good fortune and timing to be at the Roseland shows I congratulate you. I'll have to settle for San Diego, Santa Barbara, and a pair of Universal Amphitheater shows ... all large halls. It could be worse though ... it could be raining. User: StAl
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| Day: 14 Message: Well gang, this shoulder injury/surgery has really taken the wind out of my sails. Re-injured it last week and have spent the better part of the last 5 days in bed. I'm disappointed I didn't have a chance to talk to the party-goers at the Roseland show, as Hoops was kind enough to call, but I was in the middle of solving a crisis at work. I'm sure everyone had a great time. Wish I could have been there. But because of the re-injury I'm afraid Dallas isn't in the cards for me this year. So Mu, Schwinn and the others I was hoping to hang with, maybe next time? StAl User: wormtom
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| Day: Message: wow aussie - AUSS some color on the roseland show Maybe Miss Cave will do the honors saturday night my countdown to dandom is 10 days - thanks for making it salivatious might even burn the setlist on discs for the road trip Ole - thanks for the Nightfly J&C bOL 7.0; Windows 98) User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 14 Message: Angel - again, great review, great color, thanks for the effort. User: SteveeDan
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| Day: 14 Message: Angel - I just read both your Paso Robles and your Roseland Ballroom reviews. Well, they were great! I had a feeling that Roseland was going to be the best venue stop on the whole tour ... and I think that this will prove to be true. Very smart move of you to grab a plane ticket and get out to NYC. I spoke to South Of Hollywood who is still in New York this morning. He told me that Saturday night was even better than Friday night at Roseland ... and that he thought (after seeing the Friday night show) that it was the best show he has ever seen ... and with 25 plus shows under his belt, he certainly would know. Then he said that he couldn't believe that Saturday night was even better. Well, if we weren't such good friends, I'd be really jealous. To all of you who had the good fortune and timing to be at the Roseland shows I congratulate you. I'll have to settle for San Diego, Santa Barbara, and a pair of Universal Amphitheater shows ... all large halls. It could be worse though ... it could be raining. User: StAl
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| Day: 14 Message: Well gang, this shoulder injury/surgery has really taken the wind out of my sails. Re-injured it last week and have spent the better part of the last 5 days in bed. I'm disappointed I didn't have a chance to talk to the party-goers at the Roseland show, as Hoops was kind enough to call, but I was in the middle of solving a crisis at work. I'm sure everyone had a great time. Wish I could have been there. But because of the re-injury I'm afraid Dallas isn't in the cards for me this year. So Mu, Schwinn and the others I was hoping to hang with, maybe next time? StAl User: wormtom
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| Day: 14 Message: wow aussie - AUSS some color on the roseland show Maybe Miss Cave will do the honors saturday night my countdown to dandom is 10 days - thanks for making it salivatious might even burn the setlist on discs for the road trip Ole - thanks for the Nightfly J&C backdash goodies caught in my reservation.... wormthomass User: Lady Bayside
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| Day: 13 Message: Woof. What a night. No way I can top Aussie's multiparagraph epic of last night. All I can say is that tonight's show was phenomenal (even Jon Herrington voiced that he thought tonight's show was even better than last night), and that my fellow Danfans are the best ever. Le Bar Bat's after parties are the perfect cap to a Dan show, and I was lucky to see many folks that I had not seen since the Hall Of Fame festivities in 2000. Hat2Flat and CaraMia, especially, it was lovely to spend time with you both. More will come. Aus was still at LBB when I finally left, so if he posts it will not be for another couple of hours. The post-Dan depression starts tomorrow. LadyB User: angel
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| Day: 13 Message: Back from NYC. A tired, but VERY happy Dan Fan. Had a blast at Roseland Friday night. I wrote this at 4AM at Kennedy Airport, so I apologize in advance for the rambling nature of the document. I think it gives the flavor of my experience. I also apologize for the ads that are on my free web site. I find that ad on Steely Dan, very interesting. Do they read what I am writing and place appropriate messaging on it? Whatever.... Click the link, or copy this. http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/bart/angel8.html Off to bed for some well needed sleep. Hope all had another steller night at Roseland. User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 13 Message: Where are our reviews of night 2 @ Roseland? It must be breakin up by now? C'mon give. User: DACW - Clear Channel Whacker
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| Day: 13 Message: The RIAA is looking out for Record Company control and nothing else over downloading and internet radio issues: This sez it all: '...It would be nice if record companies would include artists on these decisions," said Deborah Harry of Blondie, adding that when a grandfather is sued because, unbeknownst to him, his grandchildren are downloading songs on his computer, "it's embarrassing." ' ...no lobby, no enforcement...and the students WONDER why text costs are high!...and normally when I publish I have to fork over $500 per article - sometimes a grant will pay for it, but my employer doesn't...and I have zero chance at filling Roseland for a lecture on Biomechanics or Free Radical Biochemistry...or as Red Buttons once said not even a dinner...at Le Bar Bat... User: DACW
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| Day: 13 Message: Latest iteration of a long-term project on ciphering the credits to PL, KL, and RS. Still have a few queries, and welcome comments suggestions on any part... ...and as usual, no wagering! Drums: Jim Gordon Drums: Jeff Porcaro Any Major Dude: Drums: Jim Gordon Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jim Gordon Drums: Jim Gordon (right channel) & Jeff Porcaro (left channel) Through With Buzz: Drums: Jim Gordon Orchestration by Jimmie Haskell Drums: Jim Gordon Drums: Jim Gordon Drums: Jim Gordon Drums: Jim Gordon All lead Vocals: Donald Fagen Orchestration by Jimmie Haskell Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jeff Porcaro Drums: Jeff Porcaro Any World (That IÆm Welcome To): Drums: Hal Blaine Drums: Jeff Porcaro Horns arranged by Jimmie Haskell Drums: Bernard ôPrettyö Purdie Drums: Bernard Purdie Drums: Rick Marotta Drums: Bernard Purdie Drums: Bernard Purdie Drums: Bernard Purdie Drums: Bernard Purdie Drums: Rick Marotta Drums: Bernard Purdie User: DACW - close your eyes and you'll be there
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| Day: 13 Message: Aussie - What a night! What a colour commentary! Ivy has some nice texture in their recordings - much different than FoW. Dominque Durand (sp?) has an interesting voice, but i don't think I could make it through a whole album...a little thin, but the main problem is she's consistently flat without being cheeky like the Waitresses... Adam's verstaility is amazing and I can hear it on the few FoW tunes I've scanned or loaded up (yes, RIAA - I will buy their stuff now - see how it works?). They're a tight version of They Might Be Giants with less Spike Jones goofiness...not that they're not funny. Stacy's Mom is a hoot. Just when you think it's a retro Cars song those off-balance chord sneak up when singing "Stacy can't you see, you're not the girl for me..." Tight harmonies - I'll start with Utopia Parkway and then Interstate Managers... User: Jimbo
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| Day: 13 Message: Aussie- Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. You rule when it comes to concert reviews. Sorry I couldn't be there, if I was, at this time, I would have been enjoying my first New York pizza in New York sighting for either Kim Cattrall or Drea DeMatteo. But I'm glad the concert went well, I just wish the PR people at Reprise would see to it and promote the Cd. Right now it's #174 on the charts. Good news though, two days ago, I finally got the July issue of Jazziz Magazine. With the cover of the lovely Carolyn. Congrats to Michael on his nuptials today. Maybe we can go to Carolyn's website and offer our congrats to her and her brother. Carolyn's still single happy to say. Gotta go. See Ya! User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 13 Message: Great reviews from Aus and Bwy, many thanks for sharing those great personal observations and details of how it all went down. We look forward to more of the same. User: t
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| Day: 13 Message: Btw... so the Rude Waitress is moonlighting as a bartender? User: t
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| Day: 13 Message: Aus - you are so DA MAN! Halfway through the setlist I had to get up and walk around like it was intermission! I feel like I owe you for a ticket! Better than a webcam. Really, many thanks to a major dude! User: duncan
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| Day: 13 Message: holy shit aussie. that was fabulous !!! User: C
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| Day: 13 Message: Aussie - LISA G! She's got to submit a song to the CD. Someone got her email address? User: C @ W
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| Day: 13 Message: Zeke - I can't understand why they don't play New Orleans. Strange. --- Stevee - it's OK, but try to hurry up a little? Send it via ordinary snailmail; http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops YGK, have you sent your CD? Roy Scam? Come on now, remember there's a life after the Steely Dan tour. User: Aussie
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| Day: 13 Message: Holy Christ. Just got back from the Roseland debauchery session. Oh where to begin? The Novotel pre-show DanFan festivities were terrific save for the bitch bartendre who had a despicable attitude. Hoops McKay, Pete Fogel and Sharri, Malcolm Hunter, Lisa G, Broadway Steve, Little Wild One, Andy Metzger, SouthofHollywood, CaraMiaMarsha, DanFan, Ed Beatty, Hat2Flat, Jude, Mr. and Mrs. Q from Tampa, and a whole cast of others (sorry I can't remember everybody now) including myself and Utah drank our potent potables on the hotel terrace overlooking Times Square and the Roseland Ballroom directly across the street. The mood was giddy and notiseably upbeat as we all knew we were all in for the treat of an Evening With Steely Dan. Noone cared much about getting to the line which formed around the block....we were all just basking in each other's excitement and recounting past shows we have been lucky enough to attend before this most magical evening. As we entered the ballroom, your faithful and humble narrator was subjected to having my digital camera's memory disque confiscated in keeping with the spirit of their rule of no cameras allowed inside the venue. They made me sign an envelope where they placed the disque inside and told me I could claim it aftre the show provided I produce identification. Just to the right of the entrance were some people from the General Motors Credite Cardde Company offering these groovy Steely Dan Visors in black with "Steely" embroidered in white and "Dan" embroidered in baby blue....underneath embroidered was the GM logo and the words GM Card.......on the top of Steely Dan was embroidered "2003" in white and "Tour" in baby blue....very nice visors indeed.....all one needed to do was fill out a form/application for a GM credite Card....and the visor was yours to keep. I walked with away with two of these. The vendors on the left were hawking the Steely Dan tee-shirts and all other paraphenelia....we got our fill of stuff at the Jones Beach bacchanal. The Roseland Ballroom is a beautiful venue with outstanding acoustic properties. It is rich in history and Mr. Fagen alluded to some of the greats that have played there before in some onstage banter during the show. There may have been tickets still available for those eleventh hour Charlies out there, but from the look of things once we hit the hardwood floors of the Ballroom, the place was JAMMED PACKED. Even the seating upstairs was damned nearly filled to capacity. The crowd was actually a nice mix of older 30s, 40s, 50s and some notiseably younger kids. There was open and notorious marihuana smoking and there were at least a half dozen people that managed to smuggle cameras in, as was evidenced by the intermittent flash bulbs going off. Of course, yours truly was more than peeved seeing the injustice of this since my plan to take photos of the band in action to share with you all was foiled at the entrance. The lights dim and the Steely Dan orchestra comes out to roaring appreciation. It is eight twenty-one post meridien Eastern Standard Time. The ticket stubs incorrectly stated eight of the clock post meridien. I did notise a few things. The second time around for me personally, I was able to pick up on far more nuances than the first time which was a sweet bonus. But also, I think they played even better, dare I say exponentially better, than the Jones Beach show which at the time I thought could no way in hell be topped. Mind you, we had front row center sets for Jones Beach and at the Ballroom this evening we stood the entire time dancing and singing our lungs out....maybe that's where the "extra fun factor" kicks in. When you're sitting in the front row, you're basically relegated to grooving in your seat, which is not a terrible thing in itself.... but indeed there's something to be said about a few thousand New Yorkers dancing and singing together to such an awesome band. The set list: Cubano Chant. With horns like these, I could freakin' play the spoons and be just as famous (not a swipe at D&W....merely an exxagerated tip of the cap to these awesome horn payers). Aja. Blown away. Deliberately delivered slowly, on purpose so it pierces your heart. Mr. Keith Lockhart, as I mentioned in my Jones Beach colour post earlier is simply EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. No ifs ands or buts about it....simply out of this world....robotic yet filled with emotion and energy. KaBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! Mr. Walt Weiskoppf also shines brightly here in the solo. Time out of Mind. Well done. Mr. Donald Fagen takes the lead...beautifully executed. Godwhacker. The Babe Choir shines here. They are all wearing black with Ms. Cynthia Calhoun and Ms. Carolyn Leonhart showing midriff....Ms. Cindy Mizelle was more covered. Grooved super hard, and responded very well to the adoring crowd. Each Horn takes a solo. This night, Mr. Michael Leonhart was not there, as he is getting married tomorrow. Unfortunately, Ms. Carolyn Leonhart will miss tomorrow night's show to make her brother's wedding tomorrow, this according to Pete Fogel who shared a bit of insider scoops with me before the show. The stand-in was superb, your truly erred in not noting his name, but take my word for it, he rocked the house nicely. Caves of Altimira. By now, the entire Ballroom is singing every word of this tune (at least those who knew the lyrics, which were the great majority of the crowd) and ALL OTHERS after this one. This is precisely the reason I was a tad quiet as a mouse at the post show at Le bar Bat...I lost my freaking voice singing and cheering. Again, Mr. Fagen shines...has terrific backup. Black Cow. Babe Choir bathed in red light. The graphics and background movies and images were stunning. Mr. Walter Becker leads beautifully. So into it. Grins and means it. Mr. Cornelius Bumpus induces goosebumps on every inch of my body during his solo here. WOW. Babylon Sisters (shake it). Incredibly performed. Like Aja performed before it, a deliberately slowed up tempo......just to make you cry. And cry yours truly almost did. Heart wrenchingly awesome. Mr. Jim Pugh executes a mindblowing trombone solo. I think I went numbre one in my pants here. How amazing is Mr. Pugh? I mean really.... Slang of Ages. Walter sounds great. Babe Choir shines again. Mr. Becker's introduction of the band, tastefully done and fully imbued with dry wit and humour. Peg. Mr. John Herrington incinerates The Roseland Ballroom. Wearing a plain white teeshirt, this seemingly inocuous looking, Clark Kent-like cat can play a mean lead guitar...with the very best of them out there....delicious chops, delivered smoldering hot and with a killer smile too. Amazing. Home at Last. Peformed with the image of a red Empire State Buiding behind the band, this tune really struck home. Home was were the boys were, and home was where they played. Emotionally buckling. INTERMISSION The Steely Dan Show. Babe Choir sounds outstanding. Even Mr. Pugh joins in the singing. A very catchy tune with infectious groove....hilarious too since it is self serving (to wit: read the lyrics). Janie Runaway. Mr. Barney on Bass....holy guacamole! On fiyahh. Hey Nineteen. Becker solo...amazing. Crowd fills in 'Retha Franklin for Mr. Fagen....he gestures comically as if to say...."see? YOU said it, NOT me!" Mr. Bumpus solos here too....smoking hot. The man barely moves but wow-wee, the sounds that come out of that man's horn are fit for heaven's band. Haitian Divorce featuring Mr. Walter Becker on lead vocals. Beautiful black and white photography of old school Haitian couples dressed in white dancing.....touching images set to the gravely voice of Mr. Becker. Mr. Herrington nails the leads with scary precision. Very well done. Lunch with Gina. Malcolm nearly shits a Nokia cell phone here from the excitement. Faster paced than on the compact disque, played exceptionally well with an interesting ending....a tease of a drum solo to come from Mr. Keith Carlock but one never comes...almost but not quite as abrubt an ending as The Last Mall. A great treat to see this added to the set list. Thank you guys! Everything Must Go. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW. Mr. Walt Weiskopff is a freaking genius. Almost brought to tears. Again. Mr. Ted Baker too....simply amazing. Parker's Band. Babe Choir's extra sexy rendition. Mama Mia...definetely not a gun in my pocket. Outstanding. Oh yes, many numbers before this one, MANY folks dancing, grooving, singing. Josie. Becker shines in this timeless classic. The back drop images are of a beautiful azure sky flanking a crimson red moving flame....which interestingly enough was directly superimposed on Mr. Carlock (the red flames engulfed him).....this was very fittingly symbolic because during his drum solo he was literally and figuratively ON FIRE. Somebody get me a couple of those clearing paddles from a hospital. Floridavid, and other drummers, if you are reading this: make sure you get front and centre of this kid phenom when you see the Dan down in Florida...seriously, he fucking rules. Kid Charlemagne. Is there gas in the Car? This was shouted at the tops of everyone's lungs there. Groovalicious all around. Mr. Herrington solos here, again setting the Ballroom on fire with reckless abandon. Don't Take Me Alive. The Ballroom is one big party by now. Everyone joins in the singing, and Mr. Herrington AGAIN whallops the crowd with a stirring solo. GOODNIGHT. It is 10:47 PM now. Encores. My Old School. The Ballroom is literally shaking. Incredible. Donald Fagen has removed his shades here. Herrington takes you to school anew. FM. I'd be surprised if the Ballroom is still there for tomorrow night's show, to which your faithful and humble narrator will attend. Great ending. Got a chanse to meet Angel who posts here...delightful. LadyBaySide and her SO made it there too......the band at LBB was sooooooo good, but I can't possibly write anymore now as your faithful and humble narrator is exhausted. It's just after four thirty AM here now and my eyeballs are bleeding from all the partying and hobnobbing..... Tomorrow night we'll do it again. Very truly yours, Aus User: Boston Rag - FoW
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| Day: 12 Message: DACW - See Post 2821 Utopia Parkway made over 100 top ten lists 4 years ago. They were rewarded by being dropped by Atlantic for slow sales. I've been saying for years that Adam Schlesinger might be Gen X's Donald Fagen. The guy is a melody freak who writes choruses that explode over you like fireworks. All 3 FoW CDs are great and have no weak tracks. Adam is a pop chameleon who can change colors effortlessly. He was asked by Tom Hanks to write an early 60's wannbe hit and he penned "That Thing You Do". My fave FoW tracks from each CD: Welcome Interstate Managers: "Hally's Waitress" - Beach Boys meet Boz Scaggs meet Steely Dan Utopia Parkway: "Go Hippie" a rockin' tribute to The Zombies Fow: "Sick Day" - The best song Simon and Garfunkel never sang. Pick up all 3 CDs - it's all good. Mark in Boston User: DACW
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| Day: 12 Message: Hey, finally stumbled into Fountains of Wayne while scrambling around the Clear Channel infected airways...Stacy's Mom...pure Clearasil Power Pop. Checking Out Welcome Interstate Managers and earlier stuff....while keeping ahead of RIAA. Great stuff overall sounds a lot like Squeeze with a bit of the Cars, a group called the Records from the late 70s power pop revival and even Prefab Sprout from the Two Wheels Good days... So far the remarkable stuff is on Utopia Parkway. The title track is clever, but Hands and Feet and Valley of Malls are classic cuts standing well against the best of 60s pop. Why the hell did Sanatana's "Supermarket"...err Supernatural make the big time and Utopia Parkway not??? It's rhetorical...how do the FoW fans out there compare Utopia Parkway in its entirety with Welcome Interstate Managers? User: Beers
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| Day: 12 Message: Fingers; get yourself off to bed ... lord knows YOU need your Beauty Sleep !! lol User: Shotan
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| Day: 12 Message: THE DAN COLLECTIVE - UK Steely Dan Revue Band 2 hours of the coolest music on the planet...STEELY DAN. Hope to meet you there, all the best from all in the band User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 12 Message: Roselanders - I can feel the excitment from all the way out here. Go for it you guys, be loud and crazy for the rest of us and sing all the lyrics out loud. Show our boys the love. User: Aussie
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| Day: 12 Message: Off to the Roseland gig and pre DanFan festivities at the Novotel. Looking forward to a smashing evening and meeting a few of you for the first time as well. Be back tomorrow with some colour on all the goings on. Aus User: Audi TT
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| Day: 12 Message: Lesse... 1 week puts it right over Atlanta just in time for the show. Rest Easy Johnny I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide I fly a starship across the Universe divide User: DACW - ring of fire
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| Day: 12 Message: Zeke: It's working! Isabel's projected path has just shifted north according the www.weather.com....don't alter that frequency Kenneth! Weather in Dallas on the 21st should be partly cloudy - high 84¦ Low 66¦...upper to mid 70s during concert time...sure beats August!! RIP Man In Black User: SteveeDan
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| Day: 12 Message: YGK - If you can read this before the Roseland shows ... Joe (aka South Of Hollywood) is going to try to find you to buy your CD for me. If it's not too much of a hassle bring them to the show ... If you still have your previous CD available ... bring both of them ... I'll take both please. Steven in CT -- great commentary. I forgot that Michael Leonhart sang "Steely Dan Show" along with the choir. I hope they'll still be playing Lunch With Gina and EMG when they get back out to California. Next weekend, we will have an informal reformation of The Steely Fan Band. The 3 original founding members and our bassist Henry will be playing next Friday and Saturday night at the rustic and scenic The Pines Resort nestled along the shore of Bass Lake (just south of Yosemite). Anybody finding themselves in this beautiful locale next weekend are more than cordually invited to come on down (or up, or over) to the lake and check us out. We'd love to see you. Clas -- I am still trying to get our Pretzel Logic band recording done for you. What's the deadline? I hope I don't blow it. Have fun at Roseland this weekend you lucky people. User: Zim
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| Day: 12 Message: Steve in CT-Thanks for the Oakdale review. I was the one in the rear balcony with the wafting aromas! Wasn't that just a great show? You Roseland attendees will have your heads spinning tonight if they perform like that again. I think you conveyed the feeling of the venue quite well. You could just feel the joy in the air... User: Zeke
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| Day: 12 Message: Dear Don and Walt, Ya know, I'm really trying to see the 2 of you and your band this year, if it's not one fucking thing it's another. Let's talk about this hurricane "Isabel". She's barreling down the Atlantic straight for West Palm Beach. I just got off the phone with the "Marie LaVeau" folks here in New Orleans, and we've put a hex on this Bitch. Now, I speak from experience. She may look like a big, mean, powerful "Josie" of a hurricane, but we can ride this baby out. So when you get done in Tampa, have no worries, the weather for the South Florida show will be great. Thursday morning you and I will leave in plenty of time to get out. I've spoken to all 10,203 ticket holders and only 2 have backed out. See you in West Palm. Zeke User: Jimbo
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| Day: 12 Message: JOHNNY CASH- The King of Country R.I.P. JOHN RITTER- R.I.P. Sorry I'm not in New York, as I should be, but give me the details on either tonight's or Saturday's concerts. Take care User: W1P
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| Day: 12 Message: Your Honor Wormy Tom -- yeah that Dark Side DVD is pretty cool -- its done by the same people who did the "Classic Album" series on Aja. Clas, my recording session is scheduled for 9/20 -- are you going to distribute ear plugs with this compilation? Hey there's a band called Yo Flaco that combines elements of hip hop with jazz and they're coming to NY (and other points east). There's a lot of Dannish elements to them (despite the hip hop influence). Anyone interested in checking them out? User: cara mia
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| Day: 12 Message: Here in the Big Apple I may have an extra ticket for tonight's SD show at Roseland. That's the trouble with dating lawyers... the court wins every time in the competing-for-attention dating life. Email me if interested. Thanks, Cara Mia Marsha User: db
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| Day: 12 Message: amen User: Moll
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| Day: 12 Message: Johnny Cash, another member of Heaven's Angel Band. Rest In Peace Man in Black Some bright morning, when this life is over I'll fly away, oh Glory When The shadows of this life have gone I'll fly away, oh Glory Oh how glad and happy when we meet I'll fly away, oh Glory I'll fly away, oh Glory Just a few more weary days and then I'll fly away, oh Glory User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 12 Message: Addendum: 1. As corny as they might be, I love the sing-along portions on 'Hey Nineteen' and 'My Old School'. I got the sense that the band, Donald especially, enjoyed the audience participation. The second half of the second set had lots of sing-along in addition to those two tunes. 2. The Steely Dan Show - When I saw this ditty at the NJ show, I wasn't sure what to expect. It seemed odd. As is the case with those rare Steely Dan songs that I don't instantly love, a second listen impressed me as a kind of a funky, cool little throw-away that I really enjoyed. The Angel Choir just sound (and look) soooo good and was that Trumpeter Leonhart singing too?!? At the end of this intro to the second set, Walter and Donald took the stage, joining the rest of the band. Donald accepted the applause and then said something like,"Thank you. That's a little tribute we wrote to ourselves." The audience cracked up and even the laconic and normally deadpan Fagen cracked a wee smile before launching into the next tune. Random note: Did I mention that Herrington totally rocked on his Telecaster? At one point, he and Walter (on his Stratocaster)would have made an effective ad for Fender standing side-by-side wailing on their respective axes. (I hope Walter's Sadowsky hasn't gone the way of the 54' Strat!!!) Again, thanks for the kind words on my review. User: RIP
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| Day: 12 Message: John Ritter User: Moll
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| Day: 12 Message: I measure every Grief I meet I wonder if They bore it long-- I wonder if it hurts to live-- I note that Some--gone patient long-- I wonder if when Years have piled-- Or would they go on aching still The Grieved--are many--I am told-- There's Grief of Want--and grief of Cold-- And though I may not guess the kind-- To note the fashions--of the Cross-- User: Beerberian
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| Day: 12 Message: bluz; Mate your email addy is bouncin stuff back !! - In the green tonight -wilson pickett time ? User: angel
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| Day: 11 Message: In the Big Apple, "A" Train and all. Steely Dan and 9/11 all tied up together since Bill was the one who gave the call on this board. On a 9/11 theme, flying out on Tuesday Evening, I had to pass check points at LAX (they were not manned at the time, but I am sure they are now). Had someone leave a bag on a chair and got to watch airline panic in action. Definitely just a bit on edge at the airport. In good things I am glad I am sharing this day with my Dad and family. Never take anyone for granted and enjoy the time you have on this earth. Bill: Godspeed. LP: I will try to find GE for you. 3 degrees of seperation and all that. :-) Roseland! I am so ready for a great show. EMG last night!!!!!!!! User: YGK
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| Day: 11 Message: Bill: Again, terribly sorry to hear of your loss - he certainly sounded like a great brother......peace........ ygk User: Jimbo
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| Day: 11 Message: Bill- Sorry to hear of your loss. This to happen on an already emotional week. Right now, I'm sleeping most of the day so I won't have to put up with media saturation of 9/11. This is still a very sad day. I still hope to visit New York someday. Even though I can't be there this weekend. But I will be there. User: lp
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| Day: 11 Message: great colour steve! green earrings - sorry i am not going down to roseland to see you! User: WJAZ
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| Day: 11 Message: NYB...we are all thinking of you... "Sometimes when one person is missing, the whole world seems User: YGK
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| Day: 11 Message: EM: hope to see you soon! ygk User: YGK
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| Day: 11 Message: IHPF: Asshole! User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 11 Message: enimen - It was my pleasure to meet you. duncan - CT = Connecticut, a tiny US state just east of New York. I'm glad that my 'colour' is appreciated by at least a few. It was a pleasure to relive the experience. I can still hear the music... User: enimen
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| Day: 11 Message: Steven in CT...thanks for the account. I'm Box's pal! Great summary, great meeting you, sorry you guys couldn't join us for dinner. Looking forward to seeing all the usual suspects at Roseland tomorrow!!! User: DACW
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| Day: 11 Message: Steven: EMG AND Lunch...oohhhh, I'm tingling YGK: Remembering those lost souls from 2 years ago User: Dano
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| Day: 11 Message: Bill , Our thoughts are with you on the yellow mate. That was also a lovely story , keep the happy memories. Duncan , The Darkness sound , have you heard also The Kings Of Leon?? Today is the day to listen to The Rising , the haunting "Your Missing" and Paradise says all there is to say. Dano. User: duncan
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| Day: 11 Message: Thank's for the colour Steve in CT User: IHPF
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| Day: 11 Message: YGK- Yeah, and if you haven't noticed, they've been missing for two years to the day. User: YGK
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| Day: 11 Message: 8:11 AM 9/11/03 User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 11 Message: Just a few thoughts on last nightÆs (Sept. 10, Æ03) Steely Dan show at the Oakdale Music Theater in Wallingford, CT. 1. Great show. Kicking off the second leg, the band seemed refreshed. There was a bit of æroad rustÆ, but it only showed up for fleeting moments. And the overwhelming impression was of a relaxed band who really enjoyed playing with and listening to eachotherÆs work. While they seemed looser in the sense of enjoying the gig, they were in general as tight musically as ever. DonaldÆs voice was strong and evocative and he seemed to take a few more liberties with the rhythm of his delivery. On the other hand, a few of his entrances could have been crisper. But I preferred to see him loose and having fun. Walter smiled throughout the show. As Donald readied the keyboard/harmonica thingie, Walter was chuckling and seemed to be getting in a few good licks by way of friendly harassment. User: C @ Work
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| Day: 11 Message: Well, you lazy bastards, is it so hard to send in your songs? Dr. Fill has been up all night trying to inspire and motivate you guys: http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill Or click the URL above. User: wormtom
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| Day: 10 Message: NYBill - so sorry to hear of Gary's passing WIP - just picked up and finished watching the new classic albums dvd of Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon. It's chalked with extras - and for those guitar freaks - Gilmore lays out his warm methodic string work - a nice piece even if you have to tolerate Roger's psuedo metaphysical take on everything. less than 2 weeks from my bout with dandom scored the rosie vela lp the other day - also found a pristine Nightfly for $2 in a goodwill bin worms away User: DACW - enjoying every sandwich
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| Day: 10 Message: "I'll make you a deal. I'll open this alligator's The Crowd murmured their approval. The man stood After a minute, the man grabbed a beer bottle and The crowd cheered and the first of his free A hush fell over the crowd. After a while, a hand A Blonde woman timidly spoke up. "I'll try it - User: hoops
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| Day: 10 Message: Not that you should leave your kids home alone or whatever, but if you have any last minute thoughts about whether you should come to NYC and Roseland this weekend, consider this story. Before the last SD shows at Roseland, in 1995, I had been up pretty much every other night working on projects and a building opening ceremony. There was no way I was gonna come. And then the night before, Pete Fogel asked me if I was coming. Of course, living about 15 hours from NYC at the time (between Chicago and St Louis) and having worked like crazy, I said "no way." Well, on 24 hours notice, Pete talked me into coming, explaining how great it was going to be, like I wouldn't believe or imagine. I got a good night's sleep and pretty much drove non-stop, arriving at noon the day of the show. It rained a downpour all the way from Illinois to NYC. And damn, if Pete wasn't more that right. It was all worth it and more It was one of the best times I ever had in my life. SImply, fucking amazing. Then I turned around and went straight back home for work. I still tell stories about it years later. So if you are on the fence, DO IT! GO TO ROSELAND! This time will be even more amazing than '95. User: This just in:
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| Day: 10 Message: Laywers representing over 10,000 black holes filed suit in federal court today alledging NASA illegally broke copyright law by recording and distributing data of the black holes producing a ultra-low frequency sound, or "singing." The data was taken from radio telescopes and distributed to astronomers around the world for analysis, apparently without first seeking approval from the extraterrestial sources. Lawyers for the inter-stellar gravitational giants said in a statement that their clients are seeking, "compensation for royalties and damages," and that such practices were, "killing astronomy." The black holes could not be reached for comment. User: GE
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| Day: 10 Message: Off to NYC for the Friday Roseland Show. See ya at the pre and post parties as well. I'll be wearing the Steely Dan T-Shirt. User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 10 Message: The more I think about this last tour thing, the more I think that D&W don't even know if SD will continue. User: Zeke
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| Day: 10 Message: C: And who might that be? Steven in CT: I disagree on the phoney tours. I think of all the bands I've seen (I've seen many), there are so many bands that don't exsist anymore. Call me a wus, but I'd give my right arm to see Cat Stevens the way I did in the 70's, or maybe Jim Croce. I try to catch all those "last tour" shows, I think there great. Late 90's at the Jazz Fest here in N.O. Michael McDonald joined the Doobs. It was freakin' killer! I'd see Pete Townsend anywhere. I was able to see John Prine not long ago, I don't think he'll be out much longer. Play and they will come. Zeke User: Molly
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| Day: 10 Message: Wild Bill, I am so sorry to hear of your brother's passing. I pray God will comfort you and your family during this time. *many sisterly hugs* John 14: 2-3 User:
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| Day: 10 Message: It's probably a note Phil Lesh hit back in 1978 just now being detected... User: There once was a note, pure and easy...
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| Day: 10 Message: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20030908/soundwaves.html User: duncan
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| Day: 10 Message: Help is at hand everyone NYB, Sorry Dude User: Floridavid
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| Day: 10 Message: NY Bill, Keep thinking the things about Gary that make you smile. Condition yourself to do this and every time something or someone reminds you of your loss, you will think of a good moment in his life. Keeping your brothers life alive is much better than the alternative. It has worked for me. Peace Brother, David User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 10 Message: NYB, I wish you and your family peace. I think both you and your brother were lucky to have eachother and loving family (families?). Oops, it seems I have something in my eye. *deep breath* User: suedave
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| Day: 9 Message: Sent to me by a friend, for all of us How Do You Live Your Dash ¬1998 by Linda Ellis I read of a man who stood to speak He noted that first came her date of birth For that dash represents all the time It matters not how much we own, So think about this long and hard. If we could just slow down enough And be less quick to anger, We could treat each other with respect, So when your eulogyÆs being read User: Aussie
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| Day: 9 Message: NYB: Peace be with you and your family. Yours truly in DanDom, Aus User: almost gothic negative girl
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| Day: 9 Message: Lovely story NYB. Beautifully told. {{((( G A R Y )))}} User: fife
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| Day: 9 Message: Thanks Bill User: DACW - accidentally like a martyr
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| Day: 9 Message: No, the bozo's not moi.. User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 9 Message: lp - The "Who would Jesus bomb" bumper sticker would probably spark a violent incident on our motorways and should probably be avoided. But it's FUNNY. And it could easily sneak into one of Dubya's spontaneously staged news conferences. User: t
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| Day: 9 Message: Lol... how big was that bumper anyway? User: lp
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| Day: 9 Message: hey i can top that button with a bumper sticker seen here recently: BUSH + DICK = SCREWED and WHO WOULD JESUS BOMB? also: Gun control means using both hands and finally: AA is for quitters welcome to maine! User: button of the week:
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| Day: 9 Message: ANOTHER BUSH User: SteveeDan
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| Day: 9 Message: Bill -- I am very sorry to hear about your brother's passing. You and your family have my most heartfelt condolences. There's not a whole lot that I can do over here on the west coast, but, at least you know that I and many others here at the guestbook are thinking about you at this time. Take it one day at a time. I wish you well. User: Stella Dan
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| Day: 9 Message: I like your way of thinking, Rajah. Just thinking what the Don Fagen Trio sans guitar would sound sends tingles up my steely spine. Hope against hope! Stella User: Shotan
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| Day: 9 Message: THE DAN COLLECTIVE - UK Steely Dan Revue Band are appearing at 9pm on 2 hours of the coolest music on the planet...STEELY DAN. Hope to meet you there, all the best from Paul and all in the band User: NYB
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| Day: 9 Message: Very sad news about Warren Zevon. It's strange but everytime I think of my brother I laugh. He was a funny, Now Vernon was a simple man, which was okay because my father was a simple My father laughed. "Well...", Vernon said, "my wife and kids really love Gary alot and if "I sure will Vernon.", my father said. I'll never forget that as long as I live. At a time when whites and blacks Bill. User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 9 Message: I get the impression those Dan-haters are pulling our leg, yes? It's probably Walter himself. Hutch - it makes perfect sense that EMG is their last effort as SD. It would be a class move to do the last album and last tour and not tell anybody. It's so them ain't it? I'm all for it and bring on the Don Fagen Trio, no guitar, appearing bimonthly at 55 and LeBarBat. Walter hires a band and tours doing mostly his songs and an encore of Slang. User: Hutch
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| Day: 9 Message: As I suspected David Letterman paid a very nice tribute to Warren Zevon on his show last night. After the monologue he talked about how he and Warren had become good friends over the years and how much he liked his music. He said it was hard to describe exactly why he liked it so much, but that the music was energetic and exciting and the lyrics evoked images so vivid it was like watching a movie. He played a short clip from Warren's appearance on the show a year ago. It was during the interview at the desk and Letterman asked him if, in the face of the situation, he had any wisdom to impart concerning life and death. Warren replied, "Well, you know Dave, the only advise I can give is... enjoy every sandwich." User: Steven in CT
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| Day: 9 Message: Sudden death is harder on the survivors. Knowing that you are going to pass away soon is hard on everyone. In the years before my father died, knowing what was coming, he showed us all such amazing courage that we were awestruck. Warren Zevon apparently showed that kind of strength in the end as well. Witty, talented, productive, sincere, he was an artist who seemed to see so clearly through the party-haze of the 70s and 80s. Which of us hasn't worried that our wild days of abusing our bodies would someday catch up to us? Old to soon. Wise too late. Rest in peace, WZ. All things must pass. Everything must go. As I was listening to the title cut of EMG and trying to synthesize some overall meaning, I kept concluding that ultimately it's an optimistic view. After the Last Mall closes, after God gets whacked, after the corporation dissolves, after the divorce, after the summer (at Blues Beach), after it all, life goes on. There is a morning after for the survivors. The sun rises today even on the Enron pirates. Maybe the CFO becomes a deli man and trades Niemann-Marcus for Costco. He's a little older and wiser. Maybe he even has the secret smile of having gotten a few good licks in. I think Warren got a few good licks in that he shares with anyone who cares to listen. And if my friend is right and Donald and Walter have sung their swan song (God forbid!)I'm glad I got to hear their licks too. A wise man said that no one gets out of life alive. Maybe living with style and good music makes the futility seem less futile. Who knows? If tomorrow night is the last time I ever see Steely Dan, then let the music play. It's better to have lived and died, than never to have really lived. User:
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| Day: 9 Message: another long night in texas? User: C
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| Day: 9 Message: Zeke - hi! If your lucky you'll meet an old regular at the West Palm Beach show. User: Slinky_Redfoot
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| Day: 8 Message: User: Walter Felon Melon Man
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| Day: 8 Message: Lose the dancam it is just like so mid life crisis! Walter what happened to you dude you use to be so private now a marketing ho-- I guess they all are hollywood. Goon night I have much better things to do pooH! User: hey jude
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| Day: 8 Message: Did I metion since skunk left and M. McDonald you guys have gone down down down hill! Not a fan of steely dan. Hack and stalk out walter grow up and get al life. So long farewell gettin' indifferent to you as hell. Jack and Jill Hill User: The Orange Caution Tape Panther
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| Day: 8 Message: I forgot to mention I am no steely dan fan! Do they really exist or is it just a marketing ploy for two ugly old men? Tina Turner User: special pixie
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| Day: 8 Message: Hack back out will you mr stalker walter by the way your new CD is weak - not much to it. I will say this your voice is improving you must be taking voice lessons. Phil Leash is but he lies and pretends he is not like anyone cares about you vain dudes. I do I think the whole thing of you thinking you are important is LOL funnier than all get out! You have nothing to offer me dude your kind is a dime a dozen in these parts. You don't impress me in any way shape or form. i use to like your sense of humor and talking to you but the fact you continue to act like you are 3 and not be real boars me to tears oink oink! My life is way more interesting than yours. that is why you have always been facsinated with what I am up to and always tried to impress me (sorry you have no heart to impress me with and no communication skills). You talk spirtuality but don't act it. A dude who can't pick up the phone will never get a gemini girl. All you want is cyber sex anyway like howard huges. Later gator you are starting to boar me to tears - i am getting real indifferent to you! Faith Hill User: walt pecker
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| Day: 8 Message: Walter Becker grow up mr hey 19 you are only 5. I would be generous if I said you were 19 but we can't say that you are 19 when you are younger and make less sense then Caroline. What a control freak!!!!!!! You are not getting my goat any more you are too pathetic! Off to do something more constructive then to pretend to have a conversation with a moron that does not have a clue how to communicate or be nice to a woman. Why do you hate women? We can't help it that your hair is falling out nor do we care.It isn't about that! XXXOOOOOXXXXOOOO Pink User: Jimbo
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| Day: 8 Message: WARREN ZEVON R.I.P. I've heard enough samples courtesy of FYE from the Wind that I'll buy it this week. A fitting farewell from a legend. User: DACW
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| Day: 8 Message: Sleep in Peace Warren User: fife
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| Day: 8 Message: I was just talking about Warren Zevon a couple of days ago and I was amazed that he had lived so much longer then predicated and achieved so much. The joy he must of felt for having that time and the strength to continue. Knocking at heaven's door, He answered. User: Zeke
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| Day: 8 Message: Thought I might catch the Dallas show, but it didn't work out. As far as the set list, freakin' bring it on. User: Randy
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| Day: 8 Message: Some months ago I mentioned that Steely Dan-alumni John Beasley (keyboards) and Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) were working with Andy Summers on his next recording. Apparently the album ('Earth and Sky') is finished and is set to be released sometime this October; here's a link to the new album page on Andy's site: http://www.andysummers.com/EarthAndSky.html Summers will also be putting in a four-day run at Birdland in NYC in October as well, as he did back in 2001 (which, incidentally is when I had the opportunity to talk to Dennis Chambers 'bout Steely Dan, as well as meet with Andy). You may now return to your regularly-scheduled Steely posting- Randy User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem
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| Day: 8 Message: Hutch, my bud that works for NPR let me have a copy of " The Wind". It is an amazing example of Warren Zevon's talent. It saddens me he is no longer with us. Yet , I'm sure he must have been enduing a great deal of pain. He is free now.No more pain, no suffering. I'm sure he is in Heaven. Playing with our Devine Father's band. I am Weary (Let Me Rest) by the Cox Family Kiss me mother kiss your darlin' Seems the light is swiftly fading Kiss me mother kiss your darlin' Through the years you've always loved me Kiss me mother kiss your darlin' User: angel
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| Day: 8 Message: St. Al: A message for you, from your trusty angel girl. User: Hutch
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| Day: 8 Message: I was in Tower Records browsing around yesterday and I saw Warren Zevon's cd "The Wind". Looking at the song titles, and his face on the cover, I wondered how he was doing. Then this morning I woke up to the news that he died yesterday. Ironic timing I suppose. Rest in peace Warren. User: StAl
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| Day: 8 Message: Warren Zevon R.I.P. After watching the VH1 special I started thinking he might prove the doctors wrong. Sigh... User: Appleblossom Art
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| Day: 8 Message: Awesome website, Excellent band, Excellent music. Keep expanding the website, love to see more. User: hoops
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| Day: 7 Message: ROSELAND 2003 AS STEELY DAN PLAYS A ROUSING, HEARTFELT RENDITION OF 'HOME AT LAST' ON ITS 2003 'Everything Must Go' tour, bright red images of the Empire State Building serve as a proud, Steely declaration of home for the spirit of STEELY DAN; NEW YORK CITY. If you are like me, you can't help but get chills of pride & excitement up & down your spine & a huge grin on your face. And of course, I live in Chicago! All upright Steely Danizens & major dudes have to make a pilgrimage to NYC the week of September 11-to share & celebrate the things we know & truly love with those of our kind-the great city of NYC & all of its premier nightlife & music, and especially, STEELY DAN. Without question, there is absolutely no better setting for this than a STEELY DAN CONCERT at the legendary ROSELAND BALLROOM & PRE- & POST-SHOW PARTIES with hosts PETE FOGEL + SHARI at LE BAR BAT and more. "à52nd Street's the junctionà" -------------------------------------------- Be sure to check out the following URLs for the lowdown on all that will be Roseland this upcoming weekend: http://www.dandom.com/danfests/nyc http://www.dandom.com/danfests/nyc/events.html and other great links to Roseland, Le Bar Bat, sd.com, hotel and travel maps, etc from there. "à52nd Street's the junctionà" BE THERE! hoops User: oleander
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| Day: 7 Message: t--grins... User: Pompe
| Month: 8
| Day: 7 Message: Master, the neighbor has an iPod that operates on a telemetry frequency range above human hearing. We canines have a foci of iron oxide in our skulls that not only allows us a studendous sense of direction, but that we can vibrate in a frequency range which would make cesium blush. I have learned to sync-lock my messages into the iPod and I am now wired to the World. Please expect a delivery truck full of Alpo beef chunks in the morning. User: C @ Work
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| Day: 6 Message: Being an expert on almost everything, I strongly recomend you, StAl; don't hire a car. Bicycle is the keyword. Trust me on this one. --- THAT'S Chicago - that's impossible, he's with his mother down at the country-side. He has no access to a internet connected computer down there. User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 6 Message: Attention all UK experts! In the early stages of planning a vacation to Ireland. I need some help. Anyone care to offer opinions, links to websites or any pertinent information I'd be truly grateful. Please email me directly at: pat(AT)banyantrees(DOT)net. Here are the things we're most interested in. Mrs. StAl = Mystical side of Ireland. Not interested in crowds or other touristy destinations. We will rent a car and drive. StAl User: THAT'S Chicago
| Month: 8
| Day: 6 Message: Q: 3 elderly ladies attend the Cubs game. they bring a bottle of whiskey to mix with their cokes. The whiskey is almost gone, but there is plenty of baseball left. WHAT INNING IS IT,AND HOW MANY ARE ON BASE? A: The bottom of the fifth and the bags are loaded! Sorry, Pompe just sent me that one by e-mail... Finally saw Chicago last night on DVD. Holy Cow!! What a movie and clever adaptation of the Bob Fosse play. Sure, Catherine Zeta-Jones is HOT, but Queen Latifah and Richard Gere (and I'm not a Gere fan) stole the show...they got screwed out of Oxcars...back and forth between prison (or trial) and the stage was Don in a slick Dan-like manner User: DACW
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| Day: 6 Message: t: On a snowboard eating It's Pretzel Lugeing User: Dr Fill
| Month: 8
| Day: 6 Message: I'm been busy all night long, trying to find the right words... it's hard, but here's some words of wisdom, I hope you get inspired and motivated: http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill Or click the URL above. User: SteveeDan
| Month: 8
| Day: 6 Message: Clas -- why would a pooch be talking about pussy? Sounds like the animal kingdom is going askew ... so that's what I ask you ... I'm working on it ... waiting, waiting ... Bill -- I am glad to see that there is a warm supportive outpouring of messages here for you. Always hope and pray for the best ... but, prepare for the worst. We are here for you. Please keep us updated. Cheresh the happy memories ... the funny stories ... and be well. (As well as one can be under the circumstances my friend.) User: C @ Work
| Month: 8
| Day: 6 Message: I am so sorry for that "Sinatra - Pussy" -post, posted under my name. It was NOT me, it was my co-worker, Pompe. Bloody dog, no manners. But what could you expect from one who was born on the floor of a poodle shop? User: angel
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| Day: 5 Message: Bill: Must be that firewall that Microsoft made me put up to keep worms out. ;-) Ole: Wow. Peter is a great addition to your Fever Dreams. User: JustKatyDanFan
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| Day: 5 Message: Just lurking to see news of other shows...Those of you heading for Roseland, have a great time~~ I posted earlier on the Tweeter Center show in Philly which was so very awesome. To Bill ~~~ my husband Michael and I don't know you -- we used to post here a lot a while back but now mostly check in only now and then these days. Our heartfelt prayers are with you at this time. I work in counseling and I can say that surely you have found comfort here, and it's not only the people here, it's the way you allowed your deepest thoughts to flow onto the board so naturally......not many of us can do that while we're right in the middle of experiences like the one you're going through now. You've expressed what is deep inside of all of us; you've reaffirmed for us the importance, the joy, and yes, the pain that accompanies knowing and loving the people closest to us. Thank you for that. To love so intensely is well worth the risk. We'll pray for a miracle for your brother, for strength for your family, and we'll be here with the others to help hold you up later if need be. Special hugs to you and your family, User: NYB
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| Day: 5 Message: Angel, I recieved your email the other day and replied to it but it came back I hope all those attending the Roseland Ballroom show have a fantastic I know this superhighway Bill User: oleander
| Month: 8
| Day: 5 Message: Hey there-- New to fever dreams: Peter Q, a Blue Book denizen, has written a number of highly interesting essays about the Dan as part of a larger work: "Mortal Inquiries." Go thence and be edified--www.feverdreams.net and click on the stiletto. User: t
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| Day: 5 Message: If you do that on a skateboard I believe that's called a Double Helix, right ole? User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 5 Message: t: How about X-Games Yoga?... where you put your own head in a leglock while rolling down a steep incline User: I'm learning how to meditate... so far so good...
| Month: 8
| Day: 5 Message: I just heard about competitive yoga. Isn't somebody missing the point? Hey... it it too late to set up a webcam for one of the Roseland shows? User: Beerberian... turning verde
| Month: 8
| Day: 5 Message: Yeah Sneaks call me too ... So I can hang up on you in a fit of pique !! LMJAO ... Danoooooooooo we will rock the bar (kas) in Burtone YES ? User: RoselandRoselandRoselandRoseland
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| Day: 5 Message: The Roseland show starts at 8:00 and the doors open at 6:45. The Novotel Hotel is across the street from Roseland (52nd & Broadway). We were originally going to have people meet at the Novotel around 5:00. However, some people are going to want to start lining up early before the doors open at Roseland so they can get up front. I have no idea when/ifáa line will start forming, so those people may want to meet earlier at the Novotel, so maybe we'll say people should show up around 4:00 or 5:00. User: RoselandRoselandRoselandRoselandRoseland
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| Day: 5 Message: The Roseland show starts at 8:00 and the doors open at 6:45. The Novotel Hotel is across the street from Roseland (52nd & Broadway). We were originally going to have people meet at the Novotel around 5:00. However, some people are going to want to start lining up early before the doors open at Roseland so they can get up front. I have no idea when/if a line will start forming, so those people may want to meet earlier at the Novotel, so maybe we'll say people should show up around 4:00 or 5:00. We will be hanging out on the terrace in the Novotel lobby. You take the elevator to the lobby, grab a drink at the bar (I doubt they will have waiter service on the terrace) and walk through the glass door onto the terrace. From there, you can see Roseland and keep an eye on the line. The parties at Le Bar Bat will begin immediately following the shows. Walk to 8th Ave, then 5 blocks north to 57th St. Le Bar Bat is on 57th St. just west of 8th Ave. Make sure you mention "Steely Dan" for reduced admission ($10). Le Bar Bat serves food until 2:00am. You MUST be 21+ to enter. http://www.lebarbat.com User: Dano
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| Day: 5 Message: Hutch , Keep in touch nearer the time mate?? Sneakers ,Will you blast me on the mobile bud.Are you at the game Saturday. Not long before Steely Dan play in Burton?? Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaano. User: YGK
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| Day: 5 Message: Bill: My warmest regards to you in a time of heavy hearts - be well...... ygk User: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
| Month: 8
| Day: 5 Message: Hey, I'm up to my proverbial something-or-other in my ....face.... When you gave me no reply........ User: Steven in CT
| Month: 8
| Day: 5 Message: Bill, I don't know you, but it sounds like you are going through some very tought times. I'm sending my prayers for you and your brother. Steven User: C @ Work
| Month: 8
| Day: 5 Message: Oh yes, those poor Rock Stars on the road, that's a heavy load. Worse than being a mine-worker. Apropos Rock Stars, don't forget the Guestbook CD, send in your song and you'll get more pussy than Frank Sinatra ever had; http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops User: Bad Sneakers
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| Day: 5 Message: Bill We have had our differences but my thoughts go out to you and your family during this tough time - Stay strong man, your brother would want it that way Heading to NYC in 1 WEEK !! Can't wait for the show User: oleander
| Month: 8
| Day: 4 Message: Bill--My sad and heartfelt condolences for what has happened to your brother. I hope you find comfort in your family. Take care of yourself. User: Hutch
| Month: 8
| Day: 4 Message: StAl - Direct this one over to Dano if you would. Thanks. Dano - We'll be staying at the Thistle Kensington Gardens Hotel on Baywater Rd. (I know. It's right in the tourist district lol!) We arrive there at about 7:00 AM on Friday the 26th. The room will probably be under the name Jay Taylor or it could be under Thomas Pearson. I'm in the room with Tommy. And my real official name is Michael Hutcheson. So, if we can hook up it would be great! Celebrating the closing of my first house with some great California Cabernet Sauv. Cheers! Hutch User: Hutch
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| Day: 4 Message: Dano - We'll be in London Friday morning the 26th and fly over to Dublin on Wednesday. You bet I'm up for a beer! I might even have two. Can't wait. I'll need a break from all the house buying craziness. Hutch User: Dano
| Month: 8
| Day: 4 Message: Bill , So sorry to hear about your brother. My thoughts are with you mate. Hutch , When are you in the UK?? Fancy a beer. Dano. User: Hutch
| Month: 8
| Day: 4 Message: Bill - I'd like to express my sympathy to you and your family in the face of this devastating situation. Try to keep your spirits up the best you can. I know it's not easy. And Happy Birthday to our own Gina from the Netherworld! My house closing is this afternoon. I won't be able to move in until the 23rd though because the current occupant needs extra time to move. Hutch User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 4 Message: Bill, Thoughts and prayers are with you - another of the constant reminders there are things much bigger than us. Hang in there User: Rajah of Erase
| Month: 8
| Day: 4 Message: Flor - thanks for getting it. I agree completely, there are times when a live performer screws up or misses and nobody even realizes it, other times you're consciously doing something a little "different" by choice and later you get, "what was that"?? from somebody. So anything can and does happen in a live setting. I think the most important thing for an audience member is to listen as carefully as you care to. Some people listen very close. As I get older, I know for sure that my own ability to listen, truly listen, to a performance of any kind has gotten a lot better than when I was in my 20s or 30s. Older folks are generally tougher audiences, they're listening, and they demand more. Unless you're partying like you were 20 or 30 and then it doesn't matter what anybody does up there. User: Jimbo
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| Day: 4 Message: Bill- Hang in there ,bro. I've lost two relatives this year. Both to heart attacks so I can understand. My only hope is that your brother makes a full recovery. User: Floridavid
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| Day: 4 Message: Rajah-I respect your temerity and at the same time stand by my thoughts on the subject. I still hope they are not reading those comments. Keep up the vigilence...your Pal, Floridavid User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 3 Message: NYB - Apparently, we're here for each other. Thank you for reminding me. User: NYB
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| Day: 3 Message: I'd just like to say thanks to everyone for your kind words. In any case, thanks to all of you for your concern. Bill User: almost gothic negative girl
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Raj, I agree. I call 'em like I see 'em, and appreciate it when others do the same. Thoughtful insight and/or criticism should always be welcome in an open forum like this. I find it to be not the least bit out of line. Different views and opinions tend to help open up my mind. And that's a good thing. Keep it all coming folks. The two dudes from Australia rock! Wish I could have shared a show with you. Thanks for the wonderful posts and the joie de vivre. I used to manage the bars up at Squaw Valley USA, and each winter we would have several people from Australia and New Zealand join our crew of bartenders, barbacks, waitresses, etc. Most of them liked to work hard, ski harder, and party hardy, and really knew how to have fun. Great employees, friends, and frolickers from down under made our work experience very memorable. We did some crazy shit, on the job and off. I'd love to be in Hawaii for those shows with you folks. An apology ~ Not sure how to say this but here goes. I am not good about responding to people who have welcomed me back here, or asked a particular question of me, etc. It is not meant as a slight and I don't mean to be rude. I am just not a very regular poster here and not in the groove of "conversation". I think wormtom welcomed my return here awhile back, and someone asked recently if I was going to be at Concord in Oct. Thanks for the kind words wormy, and yes, to the other poster, I am going to Concord. Anyway, sorry if I have been unresponsive to people who deserve better treatment. {{(((Bill and family)))}} User: fife
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| Day: 3 Message: Just wanted you to know that I'm thinking of you Bill User: t
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| Day: 3 Message: Finally some motion from the status quo: Universal Cuts CD Prices World's largest record company to charge $12.98 With album sales in a multi-year decline, the world's largest record company, the Universal Music Group, announced today that it will be drastically cutting the price of its CDs. Starting as early as October 1st, the Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for new CDs by Universal artists -- which include U2, Eminem and Ashanti -- will be $12.98. Releases currently selling for between $16.98 and $18.98 will receive the same discounted sticker price. The pricing change will also apply to the company's back catalog of venerable artists including Bob Marley, the Who, Hank Williams, Louis Armstrong and numerous others. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18620 While this seems like mostly good news, I have to wonder who's getting screwed by this. As a small retailer I think it's long past due, but I've already had one distributor mention they might not carry Universal product, (though he mention other reasons that might be happening), which due to Universal's size, probably means they're soon to be history. So as a music buyer it's good news, but it should be interesting to see who gets screwed this time... cynically yours t User: t
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| Day: 3 Message: Lol...!! No, actually I meant Late night drinks, *room service*, and breakfast with snakie... :-P User: sh
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| Day: 3 Message: User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 3 Message: Hey Flor and Angel - here we go again. I shudder when I think of the phrase "out of line" when describing someone's opinion of an artistic performance. There is no such thing, the reviews of the paying customer may be informed or stupid, overexuberant or just plain negative, reverent or mean-spirited. Taken as a whole, they are all valid. If we are here to merely infuse Don & Walt's butts with large volumes of heated oxygen then we should turn off all the lights and commence cranking up the afterglow. If we have learned ONE thing listening to Don & Walt all these years it's that they've shown us a heretofore very rare professional standard of always striving for perfection. Never settle for less. Hell, they almost totally lost their minds around the Gaucho days and I think that perfection thing had a big role in it. Now you are asking us, the loyal ones, to smooth over whatever imperfections we witness in a live show. How can we do that? It would be a repudiation of the very artistic identity these guys have forged for thirty years, that self-effacing truthfulness, an identity so strong and well defined that they were able to come back -and I mean truly come back - to being relevant and vital twenty years after the fact. Mindblowing. So if I or one of our other Strangers has the timerity to say, "wow, Don blew a clam there" I would hope you know where it's coming from. I keep hoping. User: angel
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Amen, Floridavid. You said it all. It definitely has to be tough, living on the road for 3 months. I remember one of The Rolling Stones (I believe it was Keith Richards) mentioning that you did whatever you had to, to prepare for the next nights gig. Your whole life revolves around it. lp: I thought when I read that list, that Tones was wrong and that you had to be the main course. lol User: Floridavid
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| Day: 3 Message: Just a comment here-I hope Don & Walt and the rest of the band are not reading the critiques and comments on the current tour. I can understand some of the song list requests. But,some of the comments on solos,vocals, up and down attitudes etc. are IMHO out of line. User: Moll
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Wild Bill, I read your post with tears streaming down my face. I am so very sorry to hear about your brother. I will pray that God will lessen the burden of your pain and sorrow my friend. *many comforting hugs and kisses* :-( User: lp
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| Day: 3 Message: good save, tones! *** User: t
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| Day: 3 Message: Lol... Um, sorry lp, I think I meant to say something else? Uh, how about... Gormandizing with lp though sometimes the hor d'eourves are the best part... User: tones
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: St. Al - My other thought was that it might be hard to pay for the best talent to back them on a smaller venue tour, but that could be offset somewhat by playing two or more dates in each city. Maybe they would only have three horn instead of four, and maybe 2 supporting singers instead of three. As for flying, maybe they'd have to fly coach... imagine finding yourself sitting next to Walter on a red-eye flight. Wouldn't that be priceless? Ok, it won't happen, but I'm sure they could borrow someone like Travolta's or Harrison Ford's private jet. Hell, I'll drive them from place to place. (D & W - it's an '87 Golf, but it has a sunroof...) I don't know... the logistics might take some work, but I think if they were to play smaller places the rewards would compensate for the tighter budget. --------------- Bill - no words to offer, but my thoughts are with you. User: lp
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| Day: 3 Message: NYBill - prayers will be said for your brother - i'm so sorry... belated birthday wishes to gina tones, i am hardly an appetizer... User: Aja
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Bill-my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time. I lost my 30 year old sister 5 years ago this month, and she was very much like your brother-one of those people that this world needs, yet they are taken way too soon, and for no reason. Life can be cruel. Again, my thoughts and prayers are with you. User: SteveeDan
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| Day: 3 Message: W1P -- You know I ALWAYS fly the flag for Which One's Pink? I still marvel at how you consistently pack 'em in gig after gig. I will do my best to get to the Canyon Club next weekend ... Gina -- Happy Birthday ... talked to Beaz lately? User: P1W
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: IHPF = SoCals? Uhh, no. Even if you hate Pink Floyd, you would absolutely love Marvette Williams doing The Great Gig in the Sky -- ask anyone here who's seen her -- Steeve, angel . . . They hired her for the Lion King because she has a moderate level of talent. Her solo CD was one of the most requested albums on KCRW this past spring. ILMW User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Walter Becker and Donald Fagen do not do tour buses... Do you think small venue tours could sustain their penchant for flying from gig to gig? Me thinks not... Everyone keeps asking me how I'm doing -- how's the arm man -- generally making a big deal about it. THough I appreciate the concern everyone has shown me my answer is always this... Could be worse... Bill, brother, hang in there. User: Rajah of Erase
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: NYB - I read your post just now and have a major lump in my throat. I think of my own people who aren't here anymore or who are going fast. But 47 is just too young for this kinda stuff, my prayers are with you. David User: WJAZ
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Bill: You know to keep in touch. Keep us posted. KD User: Floridavid
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: NY Bill, hang in there man. Having lost my brother Michael I know your pain. It will be 2 years this October and I still find myself thinking it's not real. He was 50 and I'm 48 now...sometimes things don't make sense User: Beerberian
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Bad S; You Lucky B ... shout out for us will ya . Edinburgh was great fun - real nice city, Great atmos with the Fringe on too ... User: C
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Bad Sneakers - good. StAl - is it the left or the right shoulder? User: wormy
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Bill - so sorry to hear of your brothers condition, I will pray fervently for his recovery. God bless your family at this time. Psalm 55:22 - Cast your cares upon the Lord and He will sustain you Aussie - thanks for the photos my Albuqueque date with the Dan may be up in the air Tom User: bad sneakers
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Clas - I will do the CD as we had spoken about - I will contact your email address soon as all of mine have been incessantly spammed sinced posting them here Rainbow room for drinks prior to the 13th Roseland show anybody ??? Dano, Dunc, BB, fingers etc will be in touch - problems with broadband connection recently User: C @ Work
| Month: 8
| Day: 3 Message: Howard - check your mail. W1P? - good. JayDubz - aha! A 3D program. Gina - happy birthday! User: Duncan
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| Day: 3 Message: Bill User: IHPF
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| Day: 2 Message: W1P: Thanks, but I'll be at Roseland watching Steely Dan on Sat. September 13th. User: SteveeDan
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Bill -- I read your post about your brother with a heavy heart. My thoughts are with you too. SteveeDan User: W1P
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Life's totally insane right now BUT I'm still working on my GB CD submission! SoCals, we have a very special show on 9/13 featuring the return of Marvette Williams fresh off her stint in the Lion King in Chicago: You don't want to miss this one! At 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, September 13, 2003 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, Which One's Pink? presents an incredible Pink Floyd tribute show chock full of VERY SPECIAL performers and guests! MARVETTE WILLIAMS, fresh off the release of her new CD and her Lion King engagement in Chicago, will appear with us for the first time in 11 months! MICHAEL FORBES, the saxtraordinary horn player will join us for the rippin' sax parts designed to blow your mind. THE "101" Freeway KIDS CHOIR will pay tribute to the Islington Green School's backing vocals on Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2. And, of course, this will be the first time many of you have seen JOHN STACK as our new lead guitar player and vocalist. All this on the incredible sound system and atmosphere of The Canyon Club. And wait, there's more! The Canyon is charging $15 at the door UNLESS you present a printout of this e-mail at the door in which case you will be granted admission for just $10! This is an ALL AGES show! The Canyon is located at 28912 Roadside Drive in Agoura Hills (just past Useful links for the September 13 Canyon Club Show: The Canyon Club (including directions) http://www.canyonclub.net/ Marvette Williams' new CD "Tomorrow Changes Everything" http://www.fatslice.net/Album.htm A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd -- 2 CDs, 30 songs by 29 artists including Dogs and What Shall We Do Now? by Which One's Pink? http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/afairforgery Which One's Pink? http://www.whichonespink.com User: Jaydubz
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Oleander ~ Thanks! Got some oleander, growin' outside my door! Clas ~ Here's some info on Bryce: http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Corel/Products/productInfo&id=1042551234521 User: Aussie
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| Day: 2 Message: NYB:Our thoughts and prayers go out to your brother and family. Sincerely, Aus WormTom: Cheque your email. User: Bill
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| Day: 2 Message: Bill hold on bro. User: NYB
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Haven't been around much lately, unfortunately I recieved a call last He is my favorite brother, mainly because he's so much fun and his spirit This is going to be bad. My father died when I was 12. I still think of A shelter from the storm User: t
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| Day: 2 Message: I'm hoping after this tour that if they decide to continue playing live that they play more intimate venues. I long to hold a ticket in my hand that says "Steely Dan at the Fillmore" or "Steely Dan at the Warfield" or "...the Greek". Not only would the nuances of the music and performances be better served, but there would be more interaction with the audience energy-wise. Maybe Roseland will inspire them to want to experience that more in depth. While I'm dreaming, I'd like the price on that ticket in my hand to say $20. Now, if they do decide not to tour again, maybe they'd hunker down and put out another 6 or 7 albums. I agree with whoever wrote that they have more gas in the tank creatively. As a matter of fact, more so than they did after Aja, and I think their songwriting is still growing and progressing. If EMG had shown signs of creative stagnation then I would be thinking they were winding it down. But much to the contrary, they broke new ground in songwriting *and* execution, so to pack it in now would leave the rest of the story untold. And I think likewise that until they tour smaller venues they won't have experienced their music and audience on that level. Of course it's completely up to them. Jeez... I'm out of GB shape. Two posts in one day and my typing muscles are sore... pizzas t User: major worm tom
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Corpsy V - we salute you on your birthday wt User: Slinky_Redfoot
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: I don't believe Steely Dan will just easily let go of their craft. As both of them had said in previous interviews that they're not getting any younger. I predict that maybe Donald Fagen will create the 3rd installment for his solo album in order to freshen the outsider status of SD for awhile then it will be a new SD album once again. I believe they still have the creative streak to create more sophisticated music for the sake of arts and financially as well. They have a mentality that "If they are gone, they are really gone but if they are here then you can really feel their presense no matter what" User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Dr. Mu, have you heard " The Wind" by Warren Zevon yet? It's fucking outstanding!!!! Searching for A Heart Darkness in the morning And I'm searching for a heart Leaving in the evening And I'm searching for a heart They tell me love requires a little standing in line Searching high and low for you And I'm searching for a heart They tell me love requires a little standing in line Warren Zevon User: B-Day..G-Day
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| Day: 2 Message: A great one Gina! User: Rajah of Erase
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| Day: 2 Message: DACW - I also liked Blue Turtles and Sun. I guess my aversion to all things Sting and soprano sax emerged after that period, all of a sudden it was everywhere and yeah, Kenny G absolutely killed it. Shove over Zamfir. I also liked the Thomas Crown with Pierce way better than the Steve McQueen version, heavens, blasphemy. Has anyone ever played the soprano sax on a Steely album? Sting covers the standards well, always has. User: Bodacious Cowboy
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Stella: Are you proposing that D and W become the next Flo and Eddie? User: duncan
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: ''Eight days til Wallingford'' FANTASTIC User: Rajah of Erase
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Stella- thank you for raising my spirits after that devastating blow by StAl. It must be the pain-meds-pain-meds cycle he's suffering through right now. Yeah, I mean they pretty much said f*** off to the record company this time round, who was it that owned Giant Records (2vN) and sold it to Warner/Reprise? That didn't serve SD too well coming when it did, so they got sucked back into the vortex of the big conglomerates and ...well, we've seen and felt the result of the EMG partnership - we can all spell - THUD as far as buzz and marketing. Hey they both contributed to the ball being left on the field, though. So where do they go to record now? It would have to be a special relationship cause no other big company is going to touch them what with the fiasco EMG turned out to be - from a business standpoint. The Grammy winner can't sell albums? Look at Santana's follow-up to their Grammy monster, well, it sucked, not to put too fine a point on it, but it sold pretty damn well. The song remains the same: Our Boys just don't fit in on any level - thank goddness. User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: If you were afraid of FoxNews or CBS depending on your politcal persuasion, here's something really scary - the French taking over US television: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14339-2003Sep2?language=printer User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Rajah: Ironically, I enjoy Sting's Cover of Windmills or your Mind from the engaging remake of The Thomas Crowne Affair which I found far more likeable and clever than Brosnan's middle two Bond movies (I actually dig the last one with Haile Berry)...I guess we part company on Dream of the Blue Turtles and Nothing Like the Sun (featuring his most lyrical melodies except for the dreadful single) - Branford has real soul unlike Kenny G and (expept for that mind-rum "solo" Englishman in New York is as fine as he's done. The underrated and moody Soul Cages last half of Ten Summoner's Tales are quite interesting. However, Mercury Falling and Brand New Day (with the odd exception of the haunting minimalist A Thousand Years) are chock full of just awful stuff...seems that when he saw thousands and thousands ooooohing and fainting over Fields of Gold, the only vision Der Stingle had left was in the back seat of a Jaguar... User: Stella Dan
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Just because there is a possibility that "Steely Dan" may not be doing any further albums/tours does NOT mean that our beloved Donald and Walter wouldn't be doing any further albums/tours. Think about the level of intimacy that could be obtained were the Two performing under another name -- smaller band, smaller venues, more new songs without the need to play the old favorites for the ten thousandth time...? 20 days 'till ABQ User: Steven in CT
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: angel, I think Don and Walt live their public lives somewhat tongue-in-cheek and a Beatle-esque shared-mike duet would be a hoot! But, perhaps you are right, it may be an idea best left as an idea... I have my fingers crossed for some other video-type offering but I didn't see the cameras as I have at other SD tours. St.Al say it isn't so!!! Like most of us, I buried Steely Dan after 'Gaucho'. I mourned their passing through the 80's and pretty far into the 90's. I remember how my pulse used to race at the rumors that they were out there working on an album. It was almost like Elvis/Bigfoot sightings. And like many of you, I felt unrestrained joy as 'New York Rock and Soul Revue', 'Kamakiriad', 'Tracks of Whack' and finally 2vN emerged. Now that I have read a bit about what Donald and Walter were doing during those years and seen the way they approached 2vN, the tours and EMG, it seems to me that they should just be entering the 'golden times'. No longer must they worry about the record company weasels, and fulfulling quotas, etc., right? If they want to make an album full of 8-minute long jazz-filled orchestral pieces, they don't have to worry that 'the kids might not like it'. Like many great performers of their age, I think they are poised for the most satisfying years of their careers. I grant that this is all wishful thinking and faith on my part, but having seen them rise from the grave once before, I won't pronounce Steely Dan over until I read their two obits, and I hope that's many, many years away. ....waiting for the DVD-A release of all the SD canon (except Aja due to missing master tape).... User: Rajah of Erase
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Hey DACW - interesting what you bring up about Der Stingle. And even more so when we think of his career and output as opposed to Our Boys' meager catalogue. I was a huge Police and Sting fan up until around Live Aid days. Maybe it's just that he's been in our face constantly for a quarter century. His music is very moody and every album has at least a coupla engaging tunes but overall he has disappointed in the last decade or so. He got so far away from the punky rock 'n ska and into this dreamy world jazz thing that he just lost me. That and the obnoxious soprano sax. And what is it about writing for the movies that just knocks the guts out of everyone who entereth there? User: tones
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Good (west coast) morning everyone... just passing through on my way to work... seems like I'm *always* on my way to work... Just wanted to check in. Did anyone else catch Skunk sitting in on the Jimmy Kimmel show last night? I sat through the show just to catch his playing on the intros and outros to the commercials. He still has his chops, that's for sure, but for all of you complaining about Walter's vocal stylings, you haven't known true terror until you've heard Skunk "singing" "Reelin' in the Years". No amount of missile defense technology could have saved that audience. Talk about "shut up and play yer guitar"... Roy.Scam - jeez... you're older than you look... unfortunately, you're not older than *I* look... Ok, so they add "Lunch with Gina" right before Gina's birthday? I think something's going on here... I mean, that along with the Netherland references on EMG... after awhile the laws of sychronicity break down and all your left with is cause and effect... meaning, I think our miss G has a couple of famous fans. Happy B-day G! I think this may be the start of a new trend in songwritng for the Two. More songs in this style could be: Breakfast with snakie Dinner with angel Snacks with oleander Hors d'oeuvres with lp PowerBars with Aja See? Half the next album is already written. Read you dooziers later... t User: DACW
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: StAl: Hang in there - hit that med pump and swing the guage way to the right on the Happy meter!...Walter has declared for what it's worth that they'll continue...I think they've got at least Una Mas left in them - perhaps a more Experimental One - way out there... With any luck AOL Time Warner Without Ted Turner Whatever will have the sense (yeah, right) to release Pixeleen or Lunch With Gina as the next radio single... User: Rajah of Erase
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: C'mon StAl, don't depress me, could it possibly be we're in the last days of the cool part of the summer? What the heck are Don & Walt gonna do for the next 10 to 15 years? You mean they come all the way back like this, it's been over ten years since they've resussitated the cadaver, and then chuck it all? They must have more money than I thought. User: angel
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Steven in CT: Uh, no. I can't see Donald and Walter sharing a mike. What I do see is the 2 of them rolling on the floor laughing hysterically at you for even suggesting it. :-) User: StAl
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Clas: Um, yeah, shoulder bad. Stephen in CT: I'd be willing to lay down a Jackson on the bet there will be no more Steely Dan albums/tours. Enjoy 'em while you can IMHO... Dano: I saw Green perform on TV not too long ago. Sounded just fine to me. User: Dano
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Wormster , Just interested to know ???Is Al Green still pulling in the public , he hasnt been about for long time in UK. Is he still sounding good mate. Had a long drive in the Jam Jar today and had Showbiz Kids all the way there and all the way back...I am all Danned out!! Dano. User: Steven in CT
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: I was thinking forward to the next new album. Given Walter's singing on EMG, I wonder if a Donald/Walter duet might be in the offing. As some critics like to describe Donald as the narrator of the 'stories' told by Steely Dan's music, perhaps Walter could provide the voice of the protagonist (or antagonist). I was just imagining the two of them standing at mikes trading lyrics back and forth the way they do licks on guitar and keyboard. I can even imagine them sharing a microphone (a la McCartney/Harrison in the early Beatle days) for some future tune. As far as set list improvements, I would love to hear the title track from EMG and Rose Darling from 'Katy Lied', but what to remove? I guess I'd have to sacrifice Kid Charlemagne and Home at Last. I could see EMG as the final encore. I even had the thought that they might conclude the tour with a single performance of EMG in Hawaii. And what a great treat for the musicians (and crew) to get to perform in paradise (Hawaii). I only wish I could afford to go and see them there. I imagine a 'tour wrap party' at Walter's place. That's a party I'd like to attend. That's it for me. Eight days til Wallingford. User: duncan
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Couple of thingsà Welcome back Howard, check your computer settings & protection. The tour I'm glad there trying out a few new tracks, hopefully it means there all having fun. User: DACW - any word that I'm welcome to
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:24:46 -0500 (CDT) The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the 2003 winners: 2. Reintarnation (n): Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 4. Foreploy (n): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. 6. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 7. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. 8. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 9. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness. 10. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (Ths one got extra credit.) 11. Karmageddon (n): It's like, when everbody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, the Earth explodes, and it's like, a serious bummer. 12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day 13. Glibido (n): All talk and no action. 14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidently walked through a spider web. 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the 18. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an ass. User: angel
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Since a little birdie whispered in my ear today, one day late, but what the heck. Happy Birthday Gina!!!!!! Donald and Walter gave you a nice pre-birthday gift, by putting "your" song on the setlist. ;-) Howard: I thought you gave up on us. Glad to have you back. New, please. I love your guitar work (and your vocals, too.) Wormy: Yeah, King of the World in Albuquerque. That would be so perfect. I keep hoping for Green Book in NYC. (I'm so in love with this dirty city....) User: Howard
| Month: 8
| Day: 2 Message: Back from a great 3 weeks in Greece... Got my birthday present from the missus - an oud! Great sounding instrument, the only trouble is there are no frets. Slowly learning where to put my fingers... Lots of positive reports from the tour. Can D+W be pursuaded to continue the tour over in Europe? Probably not, but I'd love to be proved wrong. Wormy - I can appreciate your concern over losing a favourite tune from the set, but I doubt that emails to the sd webdrone will do anything. At the end of the day it's D+W that call the shots. Personally, I'd much rather hear "Gina" anyway! Great song from the album, I'll have to imagine how good it sounds live... Piano tuning continues (finished the first semitone pitch raise, 30% through the second one). Would like to have this complete in time to use the piano for my CD track, but time is running out and I seem to have a hundred other jobs to get through. If all else fails, I could fall back on something in the "low-fi cassette archive". Howard User: wormy
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: here's a note I sent to steelydan.com (website email - hope it works) lets flood them with emails - maybe a week later things will change setlist wise ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ I see the last few gigs Lunch with Gina was substituted for Things I Miss the Most well, PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THAT SONG! rather here's a suggestion add Lunch With Gina, Everything Must Go, and Greenbook if you must condense dig into the old stuff don't mind the half hearted fans that don't dig the new stuff also I'll be in Albuquerque and would love to hear King of the World in it's proper setting thanks from St Als Yellow - Wormy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ auss - try this addy minus the BLAHs for screen dumps after a slow gig summer in the Big Easy, my three weeks out west has me ending up missing the new Radiohead is a nice spin - more heartfelt less experimental topsoilant tom User: cara mia
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: the edited version of all the taxi confessions is now on HBO this very minute. L-U-V, User: Roy.Scam
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Ole & Aja~ Coincidentally, I have an octogenarian mother-in-law available this September 12th and 13th to act as the fictional recipient of requisite grandmotherly care in your complex Steely Dan attendance plot (also available for fictional weddings and Bar Mitzvahs). Re 4494~ What's "My Three Sons"? And why would it have a cheesy musical theme accompanied by the tapping of a cartoon foot? Hank Silvers~ I was hoping that my use of the word prophylactic as an adjective would supply the appropriate cue for its jocular use as a noun. Yes, prophylactic (the noun) warnings are rare, though advisories thereof are quite common. Which I say only for the purpose of bringing up the Dan-related question: Is "The Fez" indeed about the use of such a preventative rubber sleeve or just a fetishistic tribute to headgear? To anyone who hasn't heard "Time Out of Mind" live on this tour~ The middle instrumental break, with this all star horn section performing that gorgeous laughing melody on top of Barney and Carlock is defiant of description. It is just beautiful. It's deserving of one of those Kerouac paragraphs in "On the Road" when he gets all mystical and moist over some jazz performance. RS User: oleander
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Hank--Well of COURSE! Most excellent pickup. The (~other~)coffee tunes: TIS--"brew up some decaf" Nitefly--"plenty of java" Confide In Me--"We'll sit in my kitchen babe/ And drink lots of coffee babe" Lunch With Gina--"coffee and a kiss" Woo, fezo, Hutch, & the inimitable R.S, thanx for more and richer angles on Manassas. What a pleasure to share it with you. WJAZ--Or Dollywood! Listen, is Atlanta too far away for you? Hmm? There's a caravan a-brewin'. E me if you're interested. JDubz--congrats on the new digs! ... oleander as Citizen Dan... as the last light fades from my eyes... whisper my last word... "...Roseland..." User: Aja
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: ole-if you have to take care of your grandmother Sept. 12-13, I just might have to take care of mine as well on those days........ User:
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Hmmmm... does this mean we're going to hear the theme to My Three Sons before the end of the tour? caution: acknowledgement of the preceding joke may seriously date the reader User: angel . . . . . . .Where did you get those shoes
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Hey, check out the cool pictures on the front of Steelydan.com. New pics on the touring page, too. I wonder whose in that one shot with the 6 shoes in it? ;-) User: Eurolurker
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Bad Sneakers, I too am travelling from Europe for the Roseland show (Saturday). Had to promise the wife some shopping in Manhattan to make the trip a reality. I look forward to meeting some of the NYC danfans who are active on this board. User: C
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Gina on the Bill last night? Well, I must say that things got downhill since I left for the weekend last Friday. User: angel
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Gina on the bill last night. No one night wonder.... :-) http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1030439871186280.xml User: ggggggggg
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Did Gina arrive again at last night's show at the NY Fair We'll take what we can get, eh ? User: C @ W
| Month: 8
| Day: 1 Message: Stevee - just make it happen. I allow no excuses. StAl - my man, haven't I payed attention? Are you hurt?? Your shoulder??? How come? OK, whatever it is, I hope you're recovered when it's time to send in your song. JayDubz - what's Corel Bryce? | Return To Archive Index |
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John
Mr Chow.
"Beale Street Mess Around"
bluz
Hope was in his eyes
As he searched the faces of the people he'd meet
For one he could recognize
They told me that you came this way
Brother where are you?
They said you came this way
As cold and as hard as stone
And the poor boy whimpered and began to cry
Because he was all alone
They told me that you came this way
Brother where are you?
They said you came this way
that brothers are we all
But it seems there are very few
Who will answer a brother's call
They told me that you came this way
Brother where are you?
They said you came this way
This All Too Mobile Home
You ain't leavin' no tracks to follow, it's drivin' me mad but what else can I do?
This all too mobile home is calling out for you.
you slammed the door behind you/you walked out on the life that we once knew
This all too mobile home is calling out for you.
(instrumental bridge->guitar solo)
you get married in San Diego/and these times that walk out need to be brought on through*
This all to mobile home is crawling after you.
darling, oh now, darling, come back to me...
lyrics courtesy http://www.angelfire.com/il/babel7/sdrare.html#Home
You can catch a 30 second snippet at amazon, but I don't think it is the beginning, but I think I am catching, what you hear. I can't see that fact alone, stoping Donald and Walter. They always take whatever they use and go somewhere cool. Current fantasy, driving up to San Francisco for a weekend in the (very near) future. Thanks a lot St. Al for putting that ridiculous thought in my head. Then again my little ones favorite place in the world, is looking at the Golden Gate Bridge, so maybe not such a hard sell.... lol
Geez! Need to blow this town.
These are excuse notes from parents (with their original spelling) collected by schools from all over the country:
1) My son is under a doctor's care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.
fife
Liked Dan Moffett's article a lot -- thanks for posting it, Dr. DACW.
Aja
That's why I support Lieberman on the Democratic side. He would do the right thing in dealing with the terrorists, and I have confidence he could put together a better domestic/economic team.
deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist
and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can
be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe and the
biran fguiers it out aynawy.
Wried huhh.
Cara Mia as well
splendid - the best long post in a long time
then off to the desert, mountains and solitude...
The addy for the pictures are correct i checked. E-mail me your address and i'll try sending them that way. The hockey season is just beginning, had some fool trying to tell me the toronto mapleleafs are winning the cup this year, hahaha, I think not. Give me a shout beers.
fife
other then those which i appear take a guess.
duncan
Rajah: It's remarkable to read a newspaper article authored by someone who knows how to hang ten with the English language! Kudos to Dan Moffett
past; Frankin Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, heck even
Bill Clinton seemed like a breath of fresh air when he first took office,
but somewhere along the way the Democratic Party became boring. They
began offering candidates like Walter Mondale and Al Gore.
I mean candidates like these just don't excite anyone.
some balls they might be able to return to the kind of political dominance
that they used to enjoy. Take a look at Franklin Roosevelt, the man had
balls. And John F. Kennedy? The man stood toe-to-toe with Nikita Kruschev
and forced the soviets to back down. And we all know what Harry S. Truman
did. After what happened on 9/11, the American people want someone in
office who presents a strong image to the world. Candidates like Al Gore,
Walter Mondale, and Dick Gephardt just aren't going to fill that need
in the national psyche.
"Riding the weird wavelength of Steely Dan
By Dan Moffett, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Many Steely Dan fans confess to a moment of epiphany during which they ascend through an unexplored portal to a higher level of quirky enlightenment.
In a flash of electric insight I understood it all. It was as if Bodhisattva had taken me by the hand. I felt Razor Boy's pain. I knew that the bookkeeper's son really didn't want to shoot no one. Show Biz Kids repulsed me. I understood why Katy lied, where Kid Charlemagne went wrong and that Doctor Wu was just an ordinary guy.
Music of the mind
A Steely way of life
Partners in time
Outer Banks
C@W,
No, that's Hillary...remember, Clinton used FBI files to spy on individuals, blackmail them, and go after bimbo eruptions within 24 hours
W&D got it right on the first album in their possible? reply to John Lennon's Imagine or hippies in general...
"A world become one
of salads and sun
Only a Fool would say that...
talkin' 'bout a world where all is free
it just couldn't be..."
OK -- back to Danfests and other miracles
YOU ARE THE QUEEN!
Moll: No disrespect to you intended...besides I live for dirty pics...
Clas, nah... My Spike is much more handsome and certainly more masculine. ;-) Wanna see a photo of his nipple ring. ( psssstttt. It's me in disguise. I glued the chest hairs on one at a time for a more realistic appearance )
StAL: with your good shoulder block the ip of
and the rest of Molly's EX's if they show up
no i didnt write that but you beter git it in your soul, soul eyes
Wesley Clark finished first in his class at the Naval Academy in 1966...but what I do remember is Clark coordinating a micromanaged NATO antiseptic (from our standpoint) War against Kosovo (who of course had bombed NYC with pastries of mass indegestion prior ;-0)...funny, I remember only Clas and I opposing THAT War...because the only plan was to throw darts from 40,000 feet and with no ground troops, the Serbs promptly gathered up 900,000 Muslims and sent them on a Bataan death march to Albania (No, I bet that didn't piss off Osama - the USS Cole a year later and 9/11 two years later were just a coincidence)...then they bombed the Chinese Embassy because they were late with the Steamer Heaven takeout order...but the real kicker was how Wesley Clark ordered the attack of Russian troops at the Belgrade airport, which of course would have resulted in a devastating international incident. Fortunately, the commander at the site refused the order, and Clinton fired the bastard after the war for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty...However, in the end Clark will never be as famous as a man who finished dead last in his West Point class: Ulysses S. Grant
Hey Raj who did you end up bringing with you to Tampa?
Duh plain jane we all already knew that.
Through the US Mail & Posten.
take this place sometimes. For those who care, I was going through the archives looking for a specific post I'd written a while
back when I happened to notice that all the "love letters" and posts from "Tex" were all generated from the same address as
Molly. I decided to post it because I couldn't keep looking the other way every time one of those posts came by when I knew
the truth about its origin-what good does that do, anyway? And I signed my name to it. I didn't expect everyone to agree with
my decision, but so be it. I have nothing personal against Molly. How could I? I've never met her.
I'm so sorry
I don't know how
to tell you
I've run off to San Francisco
with my gay lover.
I loved you then
I love you now
Not their eyes
The police would be the least of your problems
If you ever hurt her
You would pay
If I had to follow you into hell
To settle up the debt
You would pay
Nothing's changed
I loved you then
I love you now
Tex | Day: 3
I would never hurt you
I am not trying to cause you any distress
I only want to talk
This is the only way that I can communicate with you
I love you
You are mine still
Leave her alone
Or I'll hunt you down
and cut your fucking heart out
Nothing has changed my wild one
I loved you then
I love you now
Message: The archives are an interesting trip now that each one identifies the computer's each post came from, especially in
light of the fact that the sender (at the time) thought they were posting anonymously. This confirms the hunch I had:
My Titian-haired Sorceress [Homepage] [Email] [] [M]
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\/ I used to piss you off just so I could watch you walk away. The You're knockout gorgeous, and way out of this guy's league.
Keep your chin up babe. I'll see you soon.
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
Molly [Homepage] [Email] [] [M]
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\/ Re: post 773 I suppose it would be a matter of perception. I was 12 when he fixated on me. I remember being much more
interested in softball and gymnastics then boys. Sexual Predators usually have certain triggers.It can be a look, something as
trivial as seeing a woman's pantie lines through her clothes. It tends to vary with each individual. I'm not sure what their's were?
Moreover, I really don't want to know.
You obviously are sexually frustrated, so here an example of a personals ad for you to help you get a woman:
Wanted female..ect... MUST BE SELF-LUBRICATING, WITH AN EXTREMELY SHORT ATTENTION SPAN.
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
computer origins with the all the anon posts (yes, it was a slow day at work) made my jaw drop when I was able to identify
the GB'er, and see a side of them they didn't reveal under their usual handle. Dr. Know, I had no idea you knew so much
about psychology. You must be having a field day with this.
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\/ Mistress Molly- I'll belay you anytime darling. All I ask in return is that you let me kiss that tiny mole above your Mickey
Mouse tatoo. See ya soon D
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
nice. Because of some of the things that have been posted here to me, and a few people that they've encountered in chat; most
do not perceive the Banyantrees the way I do. I am sorry if I have offended you or anyone else here. You seem like a pretty
good guy. But as far as I know, St Al allows anyone who wants to post something here to do so. If my friends want to post
me a message that is their and my business. You and anyone else here can believe what you want. As I've stated before, why
not just scroll over them if you find it that tiresome. I certainly do the ones that I find annoying. In addition,at least my friends
have enough stones to own what
they write.
Molly
It's hard to tell
on here. People seem to be nice to you one time, then hateful the next. Posting anonymously, using different names, lying. After
awhile, it all appears to be bullshit.
Keep your chin up babe. I'll see you soon.
and I'll show you how real I am
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I still get a hard-on when I think of you
You are still mine
don't you go do a job on your pillow;leave me and everyone else here alone.
Tex was one of the people I told. He is trying to hurt and embarrass me with his posts. I've blocked his phone calls and
changed my e-mail address. This is his way of exacting revenge. I appreciate your concern nevertheless.
Molly | Day: 2
Facey, I'm not worried about Tex. He's an asshole that isn't worth a response. I know that he is trying to embarrass me into
leaving the Yellow with his vulgar remarks. It isn't going to work....After having Newspapers and such give out all the sordid
details of my assault,I'm not about someone like him best me. Thanks for your concern and kindness Face. It means a lot to
me.
I have loved you since we were kids
The rhyme was just a joke
Once you laughed at things
You seem to have forgot all we have shared
But I remember Wild One
The times you would come to me after they beat you
The times in the hospital
when I brushed your hair
and held your hand
Tell me that they don't matter to you
I made one mistake
That doesn't erase everything else
You are mine
You always have been
If you would talk to me
I wouldn't be writing to you this way
I know you
You're running away
Nothing has changed
I loved you then
I love you now
Re: post 773 I suppose it would be a matter of perception. I was 12 when he fixated on me. I remember being much more
interested in softball and gymnastics then boys. Sexual Predators usually have certain triggers.It can be a look, something as
trivial as seeing a woman's pantie lines through her clothes. It tends to vary with each individual. I'm not sure what their's were?
Moreover, I really don't want to know.
Wanted female..ect... MUST BE SELF-LUBRICATING, WITH AN EXTREMELY SHORT ATTENTION SPAN.
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\/ Mistress Molly- I'll belay you anytime darling. All I ask in return is that you let me kiss that tiny mole above your Mickey
Mouse tatoo. See ya soon D
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
of weeks ... We're friends, friends do that....hahaha. Very terrible that they'd feel the need to flirt or defend me on here.
posted all that crap??
Oh please......can't you do any better than that?
more...... I know enquiring minds will want to know.
Facts are facts, and what we can honestly say about this most recent situation here regarding Molly, her 'faithful'
anons, and other posters can be summarized in the following manner, although this is not the only answer or analytical
perspective.
and otherwise - which allows her to post lengthy posts several times a day, meet up with others in chat rooms, and talk/post
about whatever comes to mind. My analysis of yesterday still holds true: I believe we're dealing with one who engages in
Narcissitic Collectivation.
love notes to herself under different handles, or b) had gentlemen visit her home and write adoring love notes to her, thus
justifying the same IP address and Tag.
every response she garners from anyone, in any fashion, is a recognition; someone who has stirred the psychological pot of
someone else; and any response is a verification of existence for the stirrer: I exist!
feel compelled to visit her and type adoring messages to her, in her virtual or real presence, then not only should we question
how she obtains these visits, but whom she is obtaining, and how? If, on the other hand, she is merely writing under different
aliases, and in doing so, massaging her own ego, then I think we have a different degree and depth of psychosis and perhaps
some personality split; the latter explaining the various 'arguments' she's had within herself that she has published for our
perusal.
published. What I can say is merely repeat my post of yesterday regarding Narcissistic Collectivization, to which Molly seems
to be engaged in some fashion of degrees
I think it was the guy sitting next to you who told reeled off that one(?)
Cell: 9178460007
funds are tight after the $3k on the turntable to afford a patch in and software on my computer
a six string wonder beckoned jestures graceful
a memory instill that night
Anyone see any evidence of the shows being recorded ?
SteveeDan
RS
you can always trust Marie LaVeau to make shit happen.
Voodoo- good for some, bad for others.
From the looks of things, not many from here are going.
Can't top the party at Roseland, but I'll get smashed.
Don't look for a post concert report anytime soon!
Gift baskets for all occasions. Corporate gift baskets, gourmet gift baskets, snack food items, holiday baskets, chocolate treats and more.
Aus
ed, are you up to no good again - were you just hoping i would "streak by" - LOL!!!
That redhaired beauty was just behind me at Roseland..
I'm not the guy you describe
Beatty
Bway Steve, thanks so much for my mail. *hugs*
Fife, I love you too. I'm not worried about the messages from weinie-boy. I figure he's off his anti-psychotic medications again. Please send me photos too.
St Al, hope you're feeling better *kisses*
Cubano Chant
Aja
Time Out of Mind
Caves of Altamira
Godwhacker
Black Cow
Babylon Sisters
Peg
Slang of Ages/Band Intros
Home at Last
Steely Dan Show
Janie Runaway-Hey 19
Lunch with Gina
Parker's Band
Haitian Divorce
Everything Must Go
Josie
Kid Charlemange
Don't Take Me Alive
FM
Long live Don and Walt your voices were just fine by me
Fife
Boys and Girls
They come from all around
From dear old Stockholm
To Copenhagen town
Forget their troubles
In tasty riddum n' rime
So here you are
And now it's party time
Wrap your mind
Around this sound
And let the goodness ripple down
Goodbye to Lonely Street
You're in the Catbird Seat
At the Steely Dan show
And pointy little shoes
Late-model roadsters
Or just those walkin' blues
A case of heartache
That you're too numb to fight
A secret sorrow
That keeps you up all night
Well don't you fret
It's not your fault
Just lay it all on Don and Walt
Just trip out on these hits
The groove that never quits
At the Steely Dan show
And/or a hat
You don't pass up a deal like that
It's only promo stuff
But hey it's good enough
For the Steely Dan show
Your shit really stinks!
at the ATLANTA DANFEST!!
1258 VIRGINIA AVE, ATLANTA, GA 30344
Phone: (404) 762-5577
a full menu of great food straight from the grill if you're interested.
Prices are reasonable.
Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre
1058 HOWELL MILL RD NW, ATLANTA, GA 30318
Phone: (404) 874-8745
(www.northsidetavern.com) Check out their awesome Web site!
burning down the house -- not to be missed!!!
at the Northside!!
approbation of your peers for the most meritorious Dan-related costumes!!
(Disclaimer: These will depend on the conduct of Hurricane Isabel. Don't ask.)
(don't forget to sign up)
The show rocked, the wait was worth it. The boys seemed to be totally into it and the music was tight and lively. My only gripe was the lack of movement from the bodies seated, i realize that most of us are getting up there but really, how could one contain themselves? Man I wanted to dance; this was discouraged, though eventually i found a small pocket of dancers and joined them: there is strength in numbers. The first Canadian Danfest was small but great, dan fans are the coolest. I do have pics and hopefully will be posting them in the next couple days. Don and Walt thanks for the great time and I'm waiting patiently for the next tour.
fife
Anyway, some other afterthought remnants:
Charlie your name is a bit peculiar. What is with the lotion?
http://www.steelydan.com/lyrmisc.html
Aja
Stevee/Others: email me here for costs and shipping configs for Core NYC: "Tryin' to Sort It All Out"
Core NYC
NewsoulJazz&Blues
at
le Bar Bat
Thursday, September 18th at 7PM
$10 Admission/no minimum
Full Kitchen available
"Tryin' to Sort It All Out"
as well as new material for the New Album
Such a good time. Great to see and visit with you all there.
Do ya' blame me? :-)
The results speak for themselves. Cynthia C liked them and wants her copies.
Now the visuals at the low stage at Roseland, those were something... well worth the little compromise in sound. Yet, it could be that my hearing on this nearly other side of 50 is starting to go... ;-)
The band was hotso. We danced...
cara mia
King of the World, your messages bounced! Are ya still pissed at me? :-( I'm sorry Sugarman, c'mon how long are you gonna stay mad at me?
Danorak, I've missed you too Babe, thanks for your kind words.
St.Al, sorry you are still hurting... *kisses*
Den, BB,Duncan and Bluz it was lovely chatting with you all *mmmmwwwwwaaaaaaaahhhhhh*
Spike, you can be my bunny boiler anytime babe. *kisses~~~~~~~~*
Hey Popo and China where did you get such exotic names?
I had no Idea he would turn up as the new Steely Dan Bus Driver....LOL.
Those MPegs of him with Oz Noy and Will Lee were great too.
(This is being posted here for the benefit of those readers/posters who do not also peruse Dandom.com's 'The Bluebook,' where it was previously posted - apologies to DACW.)
Are you some sort of weird transvestite?
I got my PERIOD! It happened yesterday. I don't know it was just like I had this strange feeling that something like this would happen. I got it today too. I just can't believe it! It's also scary though. I mean, if I wanted to, I could actually have a baby! And also your stomach hurts a lot. Plus, I couldn't go swimming!"
SteveeDan
Malc - e me! I need to order some Core, dude
Talk about a double header. Steely Dan was GREAT! as has been so well put and hi-lighted by Aussie and others but I have to say the capper was Funk Filharmonik (sp?) after the show. They Rock and as a fan of ToP it was better than the many times I've seen ToP. They had a great time methinks.
GE
Since I have been back home it has been in constant rotation on my stereo and is definitely one of my favourite albums at the moment.
My advice to you is to get in touch with Malcolm yourself and get him to send you a copy.
SteveeDan
only thing missing was my name on the attendents list
as I wish I was there and practically was with your indepth foray!
SteveeDan
only thing missing was my name on the attendents list
as I wish I was there and practically was with your indepth foray!
one is proudly on display - the other ponders the next set of wheels
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/technology/14MUSI.html?ex=1064116800&en=5c9a7eb79932d782&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
Meanwhile, college textbooks are blatantly bought and resold in a racket where author and publisher get nothing and there are Feds and state law enforcement DO nothing against this aggregious infringement of Copyright law...The downloading is literally the equivalent of just Xeroxing some pages out of a book you don't want as opposed to a high fidelity recording that a consumer desires...
PRETZEL LOGIC
Rikki DonÆt Lose That Number:
Bass: Walter Becker
Acoustic Guitar: Dean Parks
Electric Guitar & Solo: Skunk Baxter
Piano: Michael Omartian
Flapamba: Victor Feldman
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit
Night By Night:
Bass: Wilton Felder
Guitars: Skunk Baxter (solo)
Walter Becker
Clavinet: David Paich
Percussion: Victor Feldman
Sax: Plas Johnson, Ernie Watts
Trumpet: Ollie Mitchell
Trombone: Lew McCreary
Clarinet: Jerome Richardson
Backing Vocals: Tim Schmit, (Sherlie Matthews, Carolyn Willis, Myrna Matthews???? û uncredited)
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Acoustic Guitars: Dean Parks, Ben Benay
Electric guitars: Denny Dias (left channel); Skunk Baxter
Fender Rhodes: Michael Omartian
Percussion: Victor Feldman (tambourine):
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen
Barrytown:
Bass: Walter Becker
Acoustic guitar: Ben Benay
Electric Guitars: Denny Dias, Dean Parks
Pedal Steel guitar: Skunk Baxter (last verse)
Piano: Michael Omartian
Percussion: Victor Feldman (tambourine)
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit
East St. Louis Toodle-oo
Bass: Walter Becker
Wah-wah Guitar: Walter Becker
Banjo: Dean Parks
Piano: Donald Fagen
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Alto Sax: Donald Fagen
ParkerÆs Band:
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitars: Denny Dias (left channel), Dean Parks, Walter Becker
Piano: Michael Omartian
Organ: Donald Fagen
Dueling Saxes: Plas Johnson, Ernie Watts
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit, (female - Sherlie Matthews, Carolyn Willis, Myrna Matthews??)
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Piano: Donald Fagen
Fender Rhodes: David Paich?
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen
Pretzel Logic:
Bass: Wilton Felder
Guitar: Walter Becker (solo)
Piano: Michael Omartian
Fender Rhodes: Donald Fagen (left channel), Michael Omartian (right channel)
Sax: Plas Johnson
Trumpet: Ollie Mitchell
Trombone: Lew McCreary
Backing vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit
With a Gun:
Bass: Walter Becker
Acoustic Guitars: Dean Parks, Ben Benay
Electric Guitars: Skunk Baxter (good Western flavor)
Percussion: Victor Feldman (tambourine)
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit
Charlie Freak:
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitar: Walter Becker (left channel)
Piano: Michael Omartian
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen (left channel)
Percussion: Victor Feldman (tambourine, sleigh bells, triangle @ 1:52 mark)
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen
Monkey in Your Soul: (a very underrated song)
Fuzz Bass: Walter Becker
Guitar: Dean Parks (right channel); Walter Backer (solo û left channel)
Fender Rhodes: Donald Fagen
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Saxes: Plas Johnson, Ernie Watts
Percussion: Victor Feldman - handclaps
Backing vocals: Donald Fagen (great echo)
KATY LIED
Black Friday:
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitars: Walter Becker
Fender Rhodes: Michael Omartian
Piano: Michael Omartian
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald
Bad Sneakers:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitars: Hugh McCracken
Walter Becker (solo)
Piano: Michael Omartian
Percussion: Victor Feldman
Vibes: Victor Feldman
Backing vocals: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald
Rose Darling:
Bass: Chuck Rainey or Wilton Felder???
Guitars: Larry Carlton (acoustic & electric û left channel), Dean Parks (electric & solo û right channel)
Piano: Michael Omartian
Percussion: Victor Feldman (tambourine)
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald
Daddy DonÆt Live in That New York City No More:
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitars: Elliot Randall, Walter Becker, Larry Carlton?
Piano: Michael Omartian
Organ: Donald Fagen
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen
Doctor Wu:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitar: Larry Carlton
Piano: Michael Omartian
Fender Rhodes: David Paich
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Saxophone: Phil Woods
Percussion: Victor Feldman (chimes)
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen
EveryoneÆs Gone to the Movies:
Dorophone: Jeff Porcaro
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitar: Walter Backer
Fender Rhodes: Donald Fagen
Organ: Donald Fagen
Saxophone: Donald Fagen
Percussion: Victor Feldman (maracas, congas)
Vibes: Victor Feldman
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Sherlie Matthews, Carolyn Willis, Myrna Matthews
Your Gold Teeth II:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitar: Denny Dias
Piano: Michael Omartian
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Vibes: Victor Feldman
Backing vocals: Donald Fagen
Chain Lightning:
Bass: Wilton Felder
Guitars: Rick Derringer (both? 9 and 11 oÆclock)
Fender Rhodes: David Paich
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitars: Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall
Piano: David Paich (something reminds me of ô99ö)??
Organ: Donald Fagen
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Percussion: Victor Feldman (tambourine)
Backup Vocals: Michael McDonald
Throw Back the Little Ones
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitar: Walter Becker. Elliott Randall
Piano: Michael Omartian
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Horns: Jimmie Haskell, Bill Perkins
All lead Vocals: Donald Fagen
THE ROYAL SCAM
Kid Charlemagne:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitar: Larry Carlton
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Clavinet: Paul Griffin
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews
Caves of Altamira:
Bass: Walter Becker
Piano: Donald Fagen
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Trumpet: Chuck Findley, Bob Findley
Trombone: Slyde Hyde
Sax: Plas Johnson, Jim Horn
Solo Sax: John Klemmer
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Timothy B. Schmit
DonÆt Take Me Alive:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitars: Larry Carlton (solo)
Dean Parks (rhythm)
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Timothy B. Schmit
Sign in Stranger:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitars: Elliot Randall, Walter Becker, Denny Dias (outtro)
Piano: Don Grolnick or Paul Griffin????
Trumpet: Chuck Findley, Bob Findley
Trombone: Slyde Hyde
Sax: Plas Johnson
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Timothy B. Schmit
The Fez:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitar: Larry Carlton
Piano: Victor Feldman
Organ: Paul Griffin
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Trumpet: Chuck Findley, Bob Findley
Trombone: Slyde Hyde
Sax: Plas Johnson, Ernie Watts
Percussion: Victor Feldman (maracas)
Backing Vocals: Donald Fagen, Timothy B. Schmit, Michael McDonald
Green Earrings:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitars: Elliott Randall - left channel
Larry Carlton - right channel
Denny Dias û 1st section
Elliott Randall û 2nd section
Clavinet: Paul Griffin
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Percussion: Victor Feldman (tambourine, triangle, maracas)
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Tim Schmit
Haitian Divorce:
Bass: Chuck Rainey
Guitars: Dean Parks (solo talk box)
Walter Becker (talk box voicings)
Larry Carlton (rhythm)
Piano: Donald Fagen
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
Sax: Jim Horn, Plas Johnson
Backup Vocals: Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews
Everything You Did:
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitars: Larry Carlton (solo), Walter Becker (left channel)
Piano: Donald Fagen
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Organ: Paul Griffin
Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen, Timothy B. Schmit, Michael McDonald
Royal Scam:
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitar: Larry Carlton
Piano: Donald Fagen
Organ: Paul Griffin
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Percussion: Victor Feldman (blocks, tambourine)
Dueling muted trumpets: Chuck Findley, Bob Findley
Trombone: Slyde Hyde
Sax: Jim Horn, Plas Johnson
Backup Vocals: Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews
Mark: Hey Thanks!! - not very NYC savvy out here in the stix. Adam Schesinger is one busy guy!! That Thing You Do? That is one tight pop song - and it had to be, the Wonders played it 15 freakin' times during the movie. I had no clue he was the bassist and tunesmith of Ivy. Their version of Only a Fool Would Say That I think is mentioned by Walter in a recent interview as his favorite.
many thanks
LeBarBat. More excitement. Ran into Mr. Barney and let him know how much we appreciated his playing....very nice gentleman. Mr. Herrington was also there and I spoke with him as well....he remembered me from three years ago...what a great bloke, so down to Earth and unassuming. Also chatted it up with Ms. Cynthia Calhoun and took some very pictures of her with Utah....she wanted to know if she could use the digital images on her website....no problem I told her. She also thanked me for the dozen roses I presented to her at Jones Beach and told me the the other girls were equally appreciative.
Adam's also the leader of Ivy who covered "Only a Fool WOuld Say That". The Ivy CDs "Apartment Life" and "Long Distance" are pop masterpieces.
are appearing at 9pm on
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13th
at
THE RUNNING HORSE
16 Alfreton Road, Canning Circus
Nottingham, NG7 3NG, UK
tel: 0115 978 7398
In the absence of the real thing this tour....
close your eyes and you'll be there, it's everything they say..."
www.thedancollective.co.uk
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive.
And with the sea I did abide.
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still.
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around..I'll always be around..and around and around and
around and around
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..
SteveeDan
since the "marketing genius" has decided to skip the Big Easy this go round (I'm still pissed BTW), I've decided to make the West Plam Beach show. I'm pretty sure it wasn't your idea to skip the biggest party city in the country.
I'll Fly Away
I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away
I'll fly away, in the morning
When I die, hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
I'll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly
I'll fly away
I'll fly away, in the morning
When I die hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
I'll fly away
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
I'll fly away
I'll fly away, in the morning
When I die, hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
I'll fly away, in the morning
When I die, hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
I'll fly away
I'll fly away, in the morning
When I die, hallelujah by and by
I'll fly away
I'll fly away
Emily Dickinson
I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing, Eyes--
I wonder if It weighs like Mine--
Or has an Easier size.
Or did it just begin--
I could not tell the Date of Mine--
It feels so old a pain--
And if They have to try--
And whether--could They choose between--
It would not be--to die--
At length, renew their smile--
An imitation of a Light
That has so little Oil--
Some Thousands--on the Harm--
That hurt them early--such a lapse
Could give them any Balm--
Through Centuries of Nerve--
Enlightened to a larger Pain--
In Contrast with the Love--
There is the various Cause--
Death--is but one--and comes but once--
And only nails the eyes--
A sort they call "Despair"--
There's Banishment from native Eyes--
In Sight of Native Air--
Correctly--yet to me
A piercing Comfort it affords
In passing Calvary--
And how they're mostly worn--
Still fascinated to presume
That Some--are like My Own--
Steven in CT: Good color. I enjoyed hearing it.
I knew it! Especially after all this going on today, it is so appropriate. Hopefully, they will go long tomorrow, since they play again on Saturday. I have high hopes. See some of you there.
depopulated..."
-Lamartine
(what does CT stand for ?)
Manhattan whispers its quiet morning ritual as it wakes up to its roar, and if you look south down on 5th Avenue, they're just not there no more
2. Set changes!!! Take the æstandard set listÆ for the first leg and substitute æEverything Must GoÆ for æJanie RunawayÆ and æLunch With GinaÆ for æThings I Miss the MostÆ. EMG was so great. A bit looser than the recorded version, the horns sounded enormous. And I may be wrong, but Herrington and Becker split the McCracken part between them. Donald sounded strong and confident and gave this tune the emotion and energy it deserved. The recorded version of æLunchÆ is remarkable to me for the custom-molded meshing of the guitar and rhythm section. Live it was more remarkable for the way it involved the whole band especially the well-rested-and-raring-to-go Angel Choir (Are we still calling them that? I am.) .
3. The crowd. Compared to the NJ crowd, the group last night was there to party. Much more dancing. Much earlier in the show. The crowdÆs energy may have been greater than the bandÆs! And there was this aroma permeating the rear orchestra seating area. Not sure if it was fine Columbian.
4. Personal. My friends from Boston braved multiple rush-hour traffic jams, a high-speed blow-out, subsequent help from Triple A and joined us a minute into the opening number (a flawless æAjaÆ). We used the 20-minute intermission to meet one of their friends and had a mini-DanFest with first-person accounts of meeting Walter in a Vermont pharmacy and lucking into 16th row Mohegan Sun tickets!!!!
5. Banter. Honestly, it was hard to decipher some of the on-stage banter. I fault the sound system that conveyed music peerlessly, but seemed to muddy spoken words (?). Donald mentioned the flak he took for ôpolitically incorrect remarksö made at the Mohegan Sun (Native American) Casino show. (The finale æFMö was called the ôlast of the Mohegansö.) He pretended to have trouble pronouncing æMohegan SunÆ. Even if I couldnÆt make out every word, the friendly jibes and open warmth and respect of Walt and Don for all their fellow players was genuine and marked almost every break between tunes. Walter was effusive in his kind words to Donald, his ôpartner for over 30 yearsö.
6. The stage set. The projected visuals looked 50% better at the Oakdale than they had at the PNC Arts Center in Jersey. I get a sense that bands love this venue.
7. Random notes. Donald was doing his best Thelonious Monk stage perambulation impression strolling across the stage to appreciate the horns and then back over to Professor Baker. WalterÆs sideways glances at Carlock, Herrington and the ladies showed his enjoyment and appreciation of their talents. Herrington was intense and showed consummate flair, restraint, skill, the whole nine yards. I waited for the final words and was not disappointed to hear Donald tell us that they would see us next time. I believe there will be a next time. And if there is, God willing, IÆll be there for sure.
let your fond memories carry on his legacy
and may God comfort you with His grace
fagen's influence isn't that huge a stamp
and like Walt's restrained guitar
complete with audiophile protective sleeve
in amoung the loverboy, scorpions and lionel ritchie lps
A guy walks into a bar with a pet alligator by
his side. He puts the alligator up on the bar. He turns to the
astonished patrons.
mouth and place my genitals inside. Then the gator will close his
mouth for one minute.
He'll then open his mouth and I'll remove my unit
unscathed. In return for witnessing this spectacle, each of you will
buy me a drink."
up on the bar, dropped his trousers, and placed his privates in the
alligator's open mouth.
The gator closed his mouth as the crowd gasped.
smacked the alligator hard on the top of its head. The gator opened his
mouth and the man removed his genitals unscathed as promised.
drinks were delivered. The man stood up again and made
another offer. "I'll pay anyone $100 who's
willing to give it a try".
went up in the back of the bar.
just don't hit me so
hard with the beer bottle".
http://www.dandom.com/danfests/nyc
GE
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
THE DARKNESS
''I believe in a thing called love'' has everything you couls possibly need in it.
Bad Sneakers, Have a great trip
The run-up to tonight's concert in Wallingford has been and will be very hectic. It included a blackout last night in my neighborhood, an eye doctor appointment right before the show (the better to see them with), and our friends coming down from Beantown cutting it very close. Please, all you Steely Fans, hold a good thought that we hook up and enjoy the show, whether it's the last time or not.
I agree that phony 'last tours' by (even some of my favorite) bands are distasteful. The Doobies, Eagles, and Who all owe the fans an apology for the fake-outs. Hey, I'm glad to still hear the music, but don't jerk people around. Long live Steely Dan!
At the funeral of a friend.
He told of the dates on her tomb stone
From the beginning to the end.
And spoke the following date with tears.
But said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.
That she spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved her
Know what that small line is worth.
The cars, the house, the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.
Are there things youÆd like to change?
For you never know what time is left,
That can still be rearranged.
To consider whatÆs true and real,
And always try to understand
The way that people feel.
And show appreciation more.
And love the people in our lives
Like weÆve never loved before.
And more often wear a smile
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.
With your lifeÆs actions to rehash,
Will you be proud of the things they said
About how you spent your dash?
Peace to you and your family.
Bill: I cannot imagine a better tribute of a man.
...speaking of which. I'm sorry I missed that last night, Hutch
...fading into mostly lurkdom until Dallas - only 12 more days!
and, get this, the stickers were on the same car...
another recession
and another war
to cover
it up
Steve C.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13th
at
THE RUNNING HORSE
16 Alfreton Road, Canning Circus
Nottingham, NG7 3NG, UK
tel: 0115 978 7398
In the absence of the real thing this tour....
close your eyes and you'll be there, it's everything they say..."
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As it happens, Warren and my brother Gary passed away on the same day.
I think both of them will be remembered for who they were throughout
thier lives; not by the last few days of it.
happy person in life and that spirit washes over every thought I have of
him now. Just to let you know what kind of a person he was, I have this
little story from when we were kids...
It was 1968. You remember 1968 don't you? Vietnam? The cold war?
Race riots? Anyway, we lived in a town called Copiague here on Long
Island back then and around the corner lived a black man named Vernon.
Vernon was one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. He was about 50
at the time. He was married and had several kids. Anyhow, one day Vernon
shows up at my house and wants to talk to my father.
"My daddy's in the back yard", I said (hey I was only 6 years old okay?).
"How are you Vernon!", my father said.
"Doing fine John, but I want to talk to you about Gary", he said
"What did he do now?", my father said.
"He didn't do anything John, I came to talk to you about adopting him.",
Vernon said.
man too, having been born in 1915 and only going as far as 8th grade in
school.
"Well now Vernon", he said "I'd let you have him but his mother might
start to missing him, but he can go over your house anytime he likes and
play with your kids. How's that?"
you change your mind you let us know okay?"
They shook hands and Vernon left.
were so completely divided, my brother was able to overcome it all without
even trying. But that's the way my brother was. Vernon eventually retired
and moved to Kentucky to be near his brothers and sisters. A few years
after that we heard that he passed away. To Gary it was as if he had lost
a very close uncle. He never forgot Vernon. The people who knew Gary won't
forget him either, and maybe that's what it's all about.
And Warren Zevon? I think he'll be remembered too.
Then at the end of the show they replayed his performance of "I'm Your Mutineer" from that show a year ago. And David mentioned that it was Warren's last live performance.
Paul and the band played a WZ song at each commercial break of the evening.
A very nice tribute.
Attention: Walter Felon Whatever,Hey Jude,The Orange Whatever,Special Dicksie,et.al.
If all of you assholes are not Steely Dan Fan then what the hell are you doing here in this fan site?This makes me think that all of you are former members of the Steely Dan Orchestra who unfortunately didn't got the chance to be included again on the gig. This is not the proper place and forum for all of you to make a blubber about you inadequacies and lack of talent. This place is reserved for fans that truly appreciates the skills and musicianship of the duo after Skunk Whatever or Michael Whatever left the group. And they got a lot more better after those 2 had left.I guess all of you are really bored by your frustrations to become a successful musical artist and I can't blame all of you for that!Self-Ponitificating assholes!!Egads!!!Long Live Steely Dan!
Walter Melon Felon Man
not gone with the Wind - but he lives on in his music
I'm booked to see the West Palm Beach show.
Anyone going?
I'll take whatever is thrown at me.
I personally dig the AJA beginnig.
Steely-folk,
NIGHTFLY62(at)aol.com
Lay my head upon your breast
Throw your loving arms around me
I am weary let me rest
Brighter scenes they do now show
I am standing by the river
Angels wait to take me home
See the pain upon my brow
While I'll soon be with the angels
Fate has doomed my future now
And my life you've tried to save
But now I shall slumber sweetly
In a deep and lonely grave
Lay my head upon your breast
Throw your loving arms around me
I am weary let me rest
I am weary let me rest
A Grateful Dead show is coming up in December (you know where). It says that it is the only recorded concert video of the Grateful Dead produced in the 70's and was broadcast live, by a local San Francsico station. Sounds like something you might want to watch, if it comes your way. They are using the original 24 tracks and are remixing them for optimum sound quality.
He was a great artist and he was taken from us way too soon.
I'll never forget the very touching appearance he made on Letterman a few months ago. The whole show was in his honer. I'm sure that, if the show is live tonight, David will have a few words to say.
The "HOME AT LAST DANFEST"
NEW YORK CITY
Spetember 12 & 13
STEELY DAN + DANDOM: HOME AT LAST
Mr. StAl = Pubs, Guiness, Exploring the countryside.
SteveeDan
I am sorry you won't be going to Roseland, but I do understand why you don't feel it is appropriate. Good luck.
Just Katy and El Supremo
as undeliverable. I'll attempt to re-send it now. Thanks again for your
kind words.
time. Unfortunately under the circumstances I won't be attending but I
still have my memories of the Jones Beach show back on August 22nd and
if it's half as good as that it'll rock. Enjoy yourselves, and don't
forget to light up the guestbook with your reviews.
This bright familiar sun
I guess that I'm the lucky one
We will be hanging out on the terrace in the Novotel lobby. You take the elevator to the lobby, grab a drink at the bar (I doubt they will have waiter service on the terrace) and walk through the glass door onto the terrace. From there, you can see Roseland and keep an eye on the line.
The parties at Le Bar Bat will begin immediately following the shows. Walk to 8th Ave, then 5 blocks north to 57th St. Le Bar Bat is on 57th St.ájust west of 8th Ave. Make sure you mention "Steely Dan" for reduced admission ($10). Le Bar Bat serves food until 2:00am. You MUST be 21+ to enter.
http://www.lebarbat.com
http://www.dandom.com/danfests/nyc
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Now, my memory isn't what it used to be, but I want to say you're Ian Monckton. Or is that Beerberian?! I'M JUST SO CONFUSED!!!!
I've got a couple of pals of mine that I play music with going along plus a sister and her husband... six of us all together. We went to London and Paris in 2000 with basically the same group and really had a great time. It was my first trip overseas and I have to say it was really fabulous. London is a beautiful city and we wouldn't take another trip without going there again. Great people, incredible city and an absolutely outstanding subway system.
Knowing my buddy Tommy as well as I do, I'm sure the Guinness Brewery tour will be the big highlight when we get to Dublin.
I can't believe they waited till two shows after the one I saw to do Lunch With Gina. Oh well. I still love 'em!
Get this... I move in on a Tuesday and leave that Thursday for a vacation trip to London and Dublin. Nothing like coming back to a house full of boxes to unpack.
The very essence of live performance is "all things left to chance".The internal clock (heart rate), the vocal chords at that moment, the sweaty fingers under hot lights all contribute to this phenomenon. If it produces a "Clam" so be it. We're not talking multiple takes as in recording.One chance at each song.
So, enjoy your perspective and also remember to fully enjoy their efforts
in trying for perfection in the face of uncertainty. I play live nightly and strive for perfection...and some of the audience believes I reach my goal. I know different. And I guess you do too.
Spoke to the nuerologist again today. It's time to do the right thing.
My brother would have wanted this way I'm sure. I guess it's better
this way. At least we've had time to deal with the situation. I'm sure
it would have been much worse if he had lost his life in a car accident
and we were left with no time to brace for the shock of it.
Now I know why I hang out here so much.
Bill, my thoughts are with you and your brother.
Fife
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So does this mean the distibutor is taking less of a cut? The artists? We here at the retail level make the same mark-up we did on a cd or tape, as we did when I first started working at a store in 1983 so it can't come from us...
tones - you really meant "late night drinks AND breakfast with snakie" didn't you? ;-) heheheheh
But, in honor of what Tones decided to give me, I definitely guarantee that "angel food cake" will be on my angelic menu, for dessert. Write away, Don and Walt. ;-)
This fine group of Pros are living out of suitcases , performing almost nightly. That is not easy. If you've had a taste of it you'd know what I mean. All the time offstage is spent trying to "Save" yourself for showtime. Watching what you eat, how fast you eat it,not hurting yourself physically (anybody with a trick Back out there?).Trying to sleep on buses, planes etc.
Seriously, it's a tough job and as much as we want perfection and grace, they are demanding it of themselves nightly.
I can't wait to see them in Tampa in a couple of weeks. And I'll take whatever songs and performances they can muster that night. I know I'm in for a treat.
David
Aja
SteveeDan
but you have to roll with It. Peace, D
major stuff stirring
Thoughts from across the pond.
D,D&L+bump
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gary
thursday that my older brother Gary suffered a very severe stroke and
lies very near death in a local hospital. He's only 47 years old.
It seems that he had high blood pressure that went untreated for quite
a long time and last thursday it finally caught up with him. I'm not
sure if he was aware that he even had high blood pressure but it doesn't
really matter now.
is so free. He's also one of the kindest persons I've ever known.
The grief is so heavy it's unbearable. It comes and goes in waves.
The report from the attending nuerologist is grim. I've never planned
a funeral before. I always thought it would be my mom first, not my
brother. I have no choice but to see it through to the end. It's strange
so see him in that hospital bed hooked up to a ventilator. Strange to
see a person who was so helpful to others now recieving it himself.
him every day. This is going to be the same. The nuerologist has assured
me that the outcome is quite clear, still I'll get a second opinion
tommorrow. Enjoy this day while you can. Enjoy your friends and family,
and never take any of it for granted because nothing in this life is
for certain.
A room without a view
A place where you belong
And like a mother's kiss,
That carries you to sleep
The ignorance is bliss (A. Parsons)
Bill.
Hey Gina!
Happy Birthday Gina. *hugs and smiles*
I tend to agree with St. Al...... we're going out of business, everything must go.
Shadows on the land
Certain individuals
Aren't sticking with the plan
Searching everyone
They say love conquers all
You can't start it like a car
You can't stop it with a gun
Traveling at night
Staying inconspicuous
I'm staying out of sight
Searching everyone
They say love conquers all
You can't start it like a car
You can't stop it with a gun
And I've been waiting for you, lover, for a long, long time
I've been pacing the floor
I've been watching the door
Meanwhile I'll keep searching for a heart
Trying to track you down
Certain individuals
Have finally come around
Searching everyone
They say love conquers all
You can't start it like a car
You can't stop it with a gun
And I've been waiting for you, lover, for a long, long time
I've been pacing the floor I've been watching the door
Meanwhile I'll keep searching for a heart
Searching everyone
They say love conquers all
You can't start it like a car
You can't stop it with a gun
bluz
I'm getting me a tee shirt with dat on
Expecting reality shows with bidets, Jerry Lewis judging Comedian contests, the Fina Answer Man, ads for Royale with Cheese...
...shows the wisdom of sitting out a decade. I agree with StevenCT - that D&W are getting on a songwriting role. The song in EMG seem to me considerably better than TvN and the best since Gaucho (I like Nightfly and Aja far better as a recording, but Gaucho's songs with the exception of the tune for My Rival are sligthly more interesting)
On Radio&Records AAA chart, Things I Miss the Most debuted at 29. Unfortunately, Der Stingle debuted at 10 or 11 with a really awful song - sounds like Madonna or somethin'
Good thought on them playing EMG as the absolutely final song they perform on the tour. I thought of it the other day, while checking out tickets for the Hawaii show (I can dream, can't I) and totally agree with you. I can see it happening.
There's been some nasty bugs flying around lately.
(http://securityresponse.symantec.com)
Any evidence of the shows being filmed or recorded ?
1. Intaxication (n): Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
realize it was your money to start with.
consuming
only things that are good for you.
fruit you're eating.
I've also got an "Oud Method" book, but it's in Turkish! To complicate matters, I'm having to get to grips with all the micro-tones used in eastern/arabic music. How many notes are there between F and G? 3!!!
all the divorces in the audience will kill for that one (1/3 of the audience guys)
can't drop it - it's on the t-shirts and that audi tt just might disappear
no guarantees on the 54 strat either
use the new math - you know - addition - a slightly longer set
(Peg, Kid Char, or Hey 19)
blow them away with it please
I may be up in NYCNY over thanksgiving again
Lucinda Williams, REM, Randy Newman, Al Green, Radiohead and John Scofield
oh well the Dan and God's big country will more than compensato
cara mia
Aja
What an experience trying to book through Ticketmaster, whose online and voice systems won't deal with you if you don't have a zip code in your address!
Slightly disappointed in the setlist, even though "more of the same" was always by far the likeliest option. Pity there's not more of the more melodic mid-period mid-tempo numbers. What I wouldn't give to hear any one of Bad Sneakers, Doctor Wu or Western World.
Roll on Roseland. As Donald once said (about someone else)"If New York ever had a hometown band..." I reckon we're going to get a hometown performance.
It is too bad TIMTM had to get booted, but then it would be nice if they were doing EMG itself as they did rehearse it.