F.A.O. Ms Furtado
Another
''bird''
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-221043,00.html
Spike Milligan's last words were aparently
''I told you I was
ill''
Class act
Info about this Saturday's Dan Fan's Night Out is at
http://www.dandom.com/danfests/milwaukee
Tony and Chris have a great night planned. Be there!
ALSO:
Info on other upcoming Danfests and Danlists at
http://www.dandom.com/danfests
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Joe!--great to see you. I have the screensaver up, and it's cut down on my surfing time.... I just sit there and stare at it instead....
Zeke--Back atcha! E me sometime about the Fest.
RS--Mick Jagger and Don Knotts.... I will get NO sleep tonight.
tones--great blow x blow. Thanks for making it easy for me not to watch. Interesting that for 2 years now the best album winners had almost NO radio airplay.
Bill--agreed. "Love & Theft" rules.
Jimbo--Just a few weeks ago I got out "Nightbirds" to show the offspring how that song is SUPPOSED to sound. Ooh, could they wail. That album holds up reeeeal nice. Also love how Patti Labelle does "Most Likely You'll Go Your Way."
tom--please add one for the Permasqueeze!
Speaking of links, St Al, I never got the e-mail you said you were sending out re: San Diego Danfest. Would you mind sending it directly to me? I signed up for the listbot but missed this one.
Thanks wormy! I'm gonna go put on Dr. John now......
Juluka, that was an interesting group. I still have my "Fever" EP and "Scatterlings" LP. Wish Johnny Clegg would do release something over here!
Over and out,
Aja
You tell him Zeke! Damn good to see you around again.
Speaking of posters from the past... Joe Murtha! How the hell are you?
Joe was the second person to ever post to this message board. That was a long time ago...
I still say Dennis Miller's humor fits Steely Dan's music best. Leary's delivery is too in-your-face. Steely Dan's music is anything but. However, Roy, I see your point. By the way, speaking of old posters...How's the wife?
StAl
blow it out your ass, spike spike...
Zeke, Zeke, the pencil neck geek.....
Zeke here.
It's been a while.
Hope to see you guys at Jazz Fest.
Dude, Bob Dylan is F'n awesome. He was truley robbed last night. I got a chance to see him in New Orleans recently. I don't know, I must be getting old, I'm not into Train at all. My highlight of the Grammys was seeing Dylan play and a short piece on Joni Mitchell.
There was a story on WWL radio recently, a caller for an afternoon show mentioned she brought her daughter door to door selling Girl Scout Cookies and to her surprise, Bob Dylan answered the door. And bought cookies.
Shadowing, not escorting. Interesting difference. Here's the AP story.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20020228/ap_on_re_us/suspicious_flight_2
Sorry shouldn't make light of this. But why me, sir?
Confirmed, sir. Target at 8 o'clock. Waiting for orders. over.
Canadian fighters now shadowing Air India flight.....
http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/02/28/fat.cloned.mice.ap/index.html
Just across Reuters: A person on the Terror Watch List is believed to be on board an Air India Flight headed to New York City's JFK Airport....Boeing 747 involved...from London's Heathrow.......now said to be 50/50% chanse of the right man......
The music industry is a lousy judge of it's own talent.
They'd better
leave that job to us.
Album of the year goes to... Bob Dylan "Love and Theft"
Don't you remember, paul? EVERYTHING on me is perky. After that fateful evening we spent together, you oughta know that. Now what happened to that 8mm reel of evidence? I bet you have it in a vault just waiting to leak it to the press. Okay, okay. What do you want in trade for the film?
Clas
Have the steely bananas split yet ??
Good bye Spike - We'll miss you
lcpaul: That's a good lesson in the fragility of CGI scripts. Never trust them! Best bet is to write your post in notepad, or better yet, Word (spell checker!) and then post it. This always leaves an open copy of your post in the event the script crashes, which it did yesterday. Sorry.
The Grammy's were yesterday?
Jimbo: Come on man, admit it! You LOVE NSync. And I'd rather get a little sugar from YOU than Celine Dion. YUK! DOUBLE YUK! (in both cases I might add).
Wormy and all the rest of you Jazzfesters. I'll bet if you asked nice like, Hoops would fire up a New Orleans mail list for your use. Just an idea if you want to grow it a little bit. Not so good if you wish to keep it *in the family*.
MU: Nelly Furtado doesn't look quite the same without all that makeup and colored contact lenses on. Still, I'd take some sugar from her.
StAl
flame: that was awfully funny. Stevie's pretty slick with that thumb...remember that classic Canon commercial parody on SNL years ago?
LP: Me too...No woman should ever sound like Allen Iverson or
Boomhauer... There's a little hip hop on the first 2 cuts, but it's all
R&B from there AND original notes and arrangements (mostly by Ms Keys).
Duh, no wonder I heard Isaac Hayes - just say on CD.Now that he arranged the
strings...back to work
OK - was it just me, or was Stevie Wonder READING the Grammy award envelope?
As I said to my friends - "Look, Stevie is Reading!"
Roy. Scam- I agree. Denis Leary would make a great host. He's funnier than
Jon Stewart, has a great show that ABC probably is scared of and
although
he only has two comedy Cds, he is one of the most honest comedians to comeout
since Bill Hicks and Lenny Bruce.
Getting back at the show, I would have liked to see Sade accept the award
for Pop Album ON TV! The woman is elegant, crisp, original and
doesn't try
to (sorry MaryJ.) get over dramatic on stage.
I wish I was Stevie Wonder. Not only presenting last year's Album of the Year to our favorite villains of the music industry, but also getting a little sugar from Celine and Bonnie. Wink wink, nudge, nudge. Say no more;)
Bob Dylan: This is how rock was truly born.
Alan Jackson- Ok song, good purpose but kinda dull when you follow up the Soggy Bottom Boys.
I think it's time for country artists to stop sounding happy and plesant and try to follow examples of other Grammy winners as when as past winners such as Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson.
A few years ago when Cash won for best country CD, he never got much airplay from country radio stations and was ignored. He celebrated by putting up a 1960's picture of him along with thanks to the country radio stations for their support. The picture: Him sticking his middle finger at the camera.
Last year was better- Our boys gave their middle fingers to the
industry
and made them look like crap.
That's all!
hey there mu - yes alicia has some talent, but excuse me, is there a speech therapist in the house for her? i know i sound old, but gees, this "in da hood" accent drives me crazy on national television - enunciate dammit! lol!!!!
okay let me have it for not accepting diversity in accents, but come on! get to school, girl!
neil finn - wow - will look for that!
got dylan's cd last night - have not been able to listen to it yet
Roy: I can count on you to bring some Randy Newman/Dan/Dennis Miller quips to the Grammy proceedings...
"That's sort of like reading Salinger to the springer spaniel isn't it?"
Dylan and Boomhauer - Yes!!
Yeah, I bet the ex-lead singer of the Dixie Chicks is saying - "see I
was right all along"
From my perspective, the soul aspect was one of the few highlights. Al
Green still has it fo' sure, and does he seems to grow younger every year!
Brian McKnight was very good as well, a tougher sounding Luther Vandross.
India Arie was solid, though Sade (congrats to their pop Grammy) or Erykah
Badu have a better feel for that style...
I will have to admit that I had not listened to Alicia Keys' album, though I had heard the single plenty. Certainly she wins the "be glad if you can use what you borrow" award for this year...but listening closely to some legal samples - Songs in A Minor is possibly a damn good, if derivative, piece of work. She has great pipes and plays a mellow soul piano styling well. The album is unusually slick for a 20 year old, but not in the pre-packaged Destiny's Child sense. *Professional* is the word I would use. I hear oodles of influences, but to my knowledge no sampling. a little Erykah Badu hip-hop soul, Aretha, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, 80s Urban music (the stuff they would never play on mainstream radio or MTV) is all there. The soundscape is very balanced.
Mary J has got some pipes, but that hip-hop knack for ripping off other folks' stuff - tones picked up on the Y&R theme - kinda cracked me up...
I expected Nelly Furtado to spread her wings, but I thought her
performance with Steve Vai was leaden. Outside the studio, she doesn't have
the pipes or sense of rhythm to pull off subtle or syncopated renditions of
her own material - and I was so hot for her...
Did anyone else find Mr Green's? (the Academy's head) speech a bit
ironic, when there is a whole music genre that built on sampling...jeez, the
kidz are only following the artists' lead...
sigh, all we needed was Ben Folds and one angry dwarf...
any Crowded House/Neil Finn fans: Neil Finn has a new live album "7
Worlds Collide" just out here in the States as a Warm-up to the release of the
American packaged (2 new songs exchanging 2 of the weaker cuts) and others
remixed of "One All" (formerly One Nil) in April. Folks across the pond and
down-under are raving about the live CD (also available on DVD-V) with a
number of guests including Sheryl Crow and Eddie Vedder...
you know you've left the mainstream when you get more excited about the "sidebar" winners, you know the ones that are shown on the side of your tv screen, sometimes not even announced ("earlier this evening..."), than you do about the showcase awards
larry carlton won for his live in osaka and was that marcus miller winning as well?
now that's okay
Symptom 38 of Dan addiction is that one starts to lose interest in annual activities like a Danless Grammy Award Show. I can't seem to muster any righteous indignation or even firm contempt for this parade of musical entries, most of which i will never hear (or , if i heard, quickly forgot).
Congratulations to Larry Carlton. That's the one piece of music to which i was stimulated to listen. A deserving musician who has been accused of post-Dan boringness.
paul~ i agree with gusto on the choice of "Oh Brother ...". Good movie, good soundtrack album. Seems a little unfair , however, to have solo artists competing with compliation albums.-- Gotta like a winner who quotes James Joyce at the Grammy awards. That's sort of like reading Salinger to the springer spaniel isn't it?
What's the story with Janet Jackson getting progressively prettier and her brother, Mike, getting progressively ... not prettier. Wouldn't you think she'd give him some pointers or the phone number of a consultant or something? Aside from being on opposite ends of the the beauty spectrum, they actually look alike. In fact, both have reached the point where their appearance causes people to say "Oh my God!"
Bob Dylan's vocal stylings seem to be aimed lately at emulating the Baumhower character on "King of the Hill". In fact, there was an episode where Dylan and Baumhower conversed. The audial equivalent of Mick Jagger posing with Don Knotts.
Nelly Furtado~ Great song. I also am like a bird. I eat twice my weight daily; i communicate primarily with squawks and screeches; and i buzz around and intentionally annoy people and household pets.
Sorry to see David Gray lose. So far I've loved every pop song with the word 'Babylon' in the title.
My choice for most Steely Dan-like comedian is Dennis Leary. (Steven Wright is more Zappa-like to me.) Leary, like Becker and Fagen, takes characters like criminals, philanderer's, folks with bad habits, etc. and unapologetically humanizes them. He parades his faults and warts in front of the judgemental masses and says, in effect. "Hey. It's the human condition. Squeeze some joy out of it if you can and don't waste your time and energy taking yourself so seriously."
RS
grammies? guess I've been too out of the loop
jazzfesters - I'm getting the following tickets
1) aja 1) jim# 1)YGK
2)auss 2)ole did I forget anyone?
just finished off a lease sale
time to catch up
paul - I hated aliens ate -
then again Dolby's "The Flat Earth" was
excellent
the song screen kiss sends goosebumps
whatever happened to the winwood dolby dan rumour from 2 years ago
wormbrain
Not trying to dominate the GB. Just in a chatty mood.
Thought choice of best album was inspired. Loved the movie. Loved the music. Dig all the Coen brothers' movies.
Just caught the latest one: "The Man Who Wasn't There" with Billy Bob (who's just released his first album - anyone heard it?). This exquisite picture just picked up a major award for cinematography, the forerunner and often predictor of the same award at the Oscars. Also has a beautiful soundtrack, much more in a classical vein though.
I urge you all to see this jewel.
Now it's Dave Matthews who, I proudly hasten to add, is South African.
Listening to "The Key to Your Ferrari" off "Aliens Ate My Buick" by Thomas Dolby. Wow, I'd forgotten how good it is. Man! Great cover art as well.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
that should be "presenters and winners backstage looking into a camera"...
Wrote a long post yesterday, but it wouldn't stick for some reason. Very frustrating that.
jjeff, Juluka/Savuka, no, not together anymore. Juluka consisted of two core band memebers - Johnny Clegg AKA Les Zoulous Blanc (The White Zulu) and Sipho Mchunu (a real Zulu and ex herdboy). Johnny still does some solo work, in fact, performed in Cape Town on Sunday night. Juluka were big in France (no, not Japan!) and all over Africa. When I was in Madagascar in '89, they were the biz. In the movie "Rain Man", at the beginning, where Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman are cruising along in the Ferrari, there's a Juluka song on the stereo. Frost? Nah, temperatures hovering around 38 C at the moment. Airconditioning essential.
Roger Waters played live in Cape Town last night. Heard it was a blast. Personally don't do "Live" anymore. Can't stand the queueing and jostling,, the portable toilets and beer in plastic glasses (plastic glasses? Malapropism or what?)
jimbo, belated happy birthday.
Duncan, you OK bro?
Hey Gwen, didn't you look a picture at the Love Rocks concert. Necktie, no shirt and perky tartan cap. The Blue Banana has ordered in a dozen cases of Bollinger in anticipation of your next visit to our fair shores.
Later.
Oh that's right Jimbo. Latin music was so two years ago. Jazz was last year's prom dress.
test
Hey everyone. Grab some chips and have a seat...
Maaaaaaaaaaaan... Missed U2 on the Grams because I was reading about them here on the gb... and that's pretty much all I wanted to see. Caught the end of 'Walk On'... how was it folks?
Made it through the faux 'Lady Marmalade' only to hear Patti Labelle wasted on a crap arrangement, that left her with nothing to sing! (!?)... That was fucked up.
Now they're giving the faux ho's collaborative product of the year...
sound off...! (playing the new Nitin Sawhney cd while I watch this...)
-------------->Jimbo, glad to hear somebody else remembers Sarah and Nona... and that thing about the Grammy voters and lyrics: that guy had no point. Industry people do the voting. Most of them would only know the lyrics of the songs they worked on.
What's with having the presenters look and winners (all of whom have just performed so far... so much for any semblance of impartiality... oops, wait. Alicia Keys just won instead of Beyonce(tm) Inc. Lmt., all rights preserved. Of course Alicia will probably be performing later...)
Looks like Train...
Hmmm... interesting looking Latin fellow on the tube... ugh! Right before I reached for the remote I saw Beyonce(tm) Inc. Lmt., void where prohibited (for instance, on my tv) and co. Whew... that was close!
------->Hey Mz. Ducky (Hi! )... I think we'd have a Dan-tana sandwich on two slices of Zimmy if Dylan wins tonight...
Tony Bennett and Billy Joel... these guys were nominated agaist the Faux ho's and lost? Obviously eliminated because they can actually sing. They was robbed!!
*NSync? sound off...!
Oh yeah... wanted to see this: the O' Brother WHere Art Thou performance. Now THESE people can sing and play! Too bad they cram all the folk country acts together into some sort of revue... but then again, it's like the "Dream Team" of folk country here... a little stiff though... but it's still good to hear "real" music of the Grammy's ... it's been slim pickin's (heh heh) so far...
sorry...
---------->Don't you just *love* the smell of a cinnamon scented candle?
John Stewart raises a few smiles... Yeah... a dixie Chick says "bluegrass kicks ass!" Yes ma'am...
Now just how are they deciding who gets the O' Brother awards? I think that Batman dude had a lot to do with it... where is he?
-------->Steviedude, I'm throwong Richard Pryer's name in the Dan comic ring... and of course Lenny. Seriously funny views of serious stuff, though fortunately with neither's private life tragedy, knock on wood...
ahh yes... Alicia Keyes... "clever" rewrite of "It's a Man's Man's World"... doesn't sound like she's listening to the orchestra... god awful arrangement/production number... so young, and already so vegas...
Ugh! Where's my 'Dr. No' cd...!
Wow. I'm "shocked". Alicia Keyes just won. She's "shocked" too.
---------->Hey Ba-lazer! When does curling season start? Pssst... btw, don't tell anybody here, but I was rooting for Wayne and Mario...
-----------> Aus, thanks for the CSN&Y (and Cabo) colour. It was a treat, and the addendum about the long outros added perpective too.
Dave Matthews band...
------------->I was going to give my take on the Spearhead show I saw a couple of weaks (sp) ago... but I couldn't get time to throw down my impressions. Short story: I've played the album almost everyday for two weeks since then...
Kid Rock give a shoutout to Waylon... alright. (would have been nice if someone had mentioned Georgr Harrison...)
U2 wins... Edge is hilarious! Who knew? I have to agree with this one...oh no! They're cutting Bono off!! Ha! And he's ignoring them. Way to go! He must not realise they just want him to be *seen* and not *heard*.
This whole production is WAAAAYYYY too stiff!!! Would anybody buy music from any of these people????!!! (except for the people on here I like, of course. And I may be jaded... ok. maybe a bit...) Ooops... forgot to turn the sound off... getting hard to tell the difference between the "show" and the "commercials"...
Bobby D is in the HOWSE! This honkytonk is jumpin'! Hey... he's playin'... odds are he gonna win!!
Wow. Dylan just kicked ass (im-genuinely-ho). Easily my fav so far.
O'brother just won album of the year! yes!!! oh... and they're bum rushing the illustrious winners off the stage in mid-speech. Talk about no respect!! Do the losers have to leave by the rear entrance?
Mary J Blidge... seems like a lot of "drama" to me... Have to hand it to her (arraingers) though... I don't hate this... and they're treading on sacred territory using the Y&R theme...
------------> hey lp, what's the deal with them still showing Ryan's picture at the start and he's been dead for three months? Speaking of which, they seem to be dropping like flys now. Notice how it's only the ones who can actually *act*? Some kind of perverse "quality control".
Ooops... "commercial" or "show"?
This anti-cd burning riff the President of the Recording Association is on totally missing the point. The point is that no one had access AT ALL to some of this music until the internet becuase the record labels do a *lousy* job of promoting and distibuting music. They insist on feeding people music through a tiny straw, and it's the *same crap* coming through the straw, over and over, ad nauseum. Much like this telecast.
Looks like Outkast are the token rap act this year... Too bad. Would have loved to see/hear Michael Franti and Spearhead 'Rock the Nation'... but that would have been too real for this commercial...
What a difference a year makes... best Latin album was presented offstage... of course, next year bluegrass will be tossed aside like a rented prom dress...
whew... I'm getting sleepy...
Alan Jackson...
India.Arie... bringing the rasta-soul... and I like it!! She seems genuine...
Stevie Wonder in da Howse... let him play... PLEASE!!! Oh well...
Hey all right! U2 again... maybe they'll let Larry talk this time... ok, it's Adam and Bono... Yeah Bono... don't let them give ya the hook!!!
Gospel... bad pacing... after all this they think the average joe and joni are going to stay tuned? Even if Rev. Al Green is testifyin' most people got to work tomorrow...
This show kinda sucked. Remember the "good ol' days" when the Dan was winning Grammys?
Thanks for putting up with this. Feel free to initiate legal proceedings if I typed too long...
all typos and misspellings copyright tones '02
The Soggy Bottom Dudes win album of the year over Bob Dylan's
"Love and
Theft"? Man, I give up...
The Grammy's can bite me!
(Unless Don and Walt show up next year...)
Angel- Thanks for the article. With big conglomerates eating up the highly established companies, I think they have to consider that every artist has a mind of it's own and that the artist doesn't have to be brainwash to be the next product of packaged music like the teen acts, Britney,or any flavor of the moment.
I just got done watching the Grammys. And what I have to say is HUH?
Okay, explain to me why those five girls who butchered a Labelle classic would get a standing ovation and not Tony Bennett and Billy Joel.
Patti Labelle only gets less than a minute to throw down on stage.
Worse,
those five girls win the award and not even a thank you to Patti in
any of their speeches. Remember Michael Bolton not thanking Percy
Sledge
after winning for his soppy version of When a Man Loves A Woman, a
song that Percy never won a Grammy for?
Jon Stewart- Okay, who said that he could come back and host again. I'm
sorry, I just think that he's about as funny as Lenny Bruce is today (if
you
know what I mean). Billy Crystal could kick his ass. Same goes for
Eddie Murphy. Both could host the show and teach him how it's done.
NO JAZZ PERFORMANCES! AMERICA'S MOST ORIGINAL ART FORM AND NO TIME FOR JAZZ? Diana Krall could present, but not perform? Evil!
Now for the positives:
Nice speech by the President of the RIAA, a welcome change of pace from last year's sucking up to Enema, I mean Eminem. Right in accordance of what Angel was talking about. Artist's rights and bunch of idiots trying to take away even the livelyhood of some struggling artists.
U2 ruled the Grammys. After 22 years, they still can teach the Show Biz Kids how it's done.
Alicia Keys- Graet night, I hope she doesn't lose her focus with the success she's having.
India. Arie- Rough night, but good performance. Your time will come.
Oh Brother- Now those sorry country artists will try to copy
bluegrass.
Nice to see the Soggy Bottom Boys as well as Emmylou Harris.
Emmylou looks sexier with grey hair, but that's my opinion.
Sade won Pop Album and still kicking N'Stink's asses! WOO HOO!
NO STEELY DAN JOKES! YESSS!
Billy and Tony's tribute to New York. very poignant and strong.
But overall, the tone of the Awards were quite dull.
It didn't have the
satisfaction of last year, when our boys rocked and shocked the entire music
industry and made them pout.
Next year, unless our boys put out a new one in time to get nominated,
I
may not watch the Grammys. That means I'll probably go to a Pitt basketball
game.
If anyone else watched the Grammy's , I hope it was as good as taking Nytol.
See Ya!
Bill -- to answer your question, "How did Don and Walt get involved with Thomas Jefferson Kaye"? Here's the answer from the Mojo interview from:
http://www.steelydan.com/mojo.html
GARY KATZ MANAGED TO GET A FEW BECKER & FAGEN COMPOSITIONS
placed on
albums he was working on - notably Thomas Jefferson Kaye's First Grade - and
he put a little session work their way, but it was obvious to all that as
songwriters their material was too eccentric and personal to fit most other
artists' styles.
Catch you guys in a few days or whenever I'm back online, the computer
is going for repairs any day now so if you don't see me for a few days any day
soon you'll know why.
Dragon
Flamo (Blammo)- I did not make that Nervous Norvus stuff up. If you go on one of those "Napster" type sites, and search for either Transfusion or Ape Call, you can find those songs among others. I remember these from my twisted childhood (now what was it you said about weirdos?).
Gina - that was cute. Just remember that the origin of the Banana comment was based on making fun on my band The Steely Dan Band, which is based in Orange County, California. Someone changed the name to Santa Ana Banana Band. That's where it all started. I am still laughing about this name. Fantastic! In a way, I wish it really were the band's name. But, fortunately, I have no say in the matter, so that's that.
So ... how many Monkees fans does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I suppose they'll let us know right after they finish all the bananas.
Stevee(Day-Oh!)Dan
...jeez, taking a break from the work I could not get to at the office - Dylan's on the Granmammy's. Man, I want him on that wall...I need him on that wall...at the very least so we don't gave to listen to Bono's incoherencies one more time at the end of the night. It's organic...but can anybody understand even ONE syllable Dylan's mumbling??!!!
Hello all,
Yeah, I know... It's been waaaaaaay too long.
Anyhow, I know this is real short notice but I have two (2) tickets available for the Pat Metheny Group at the Warner Theater tomorrow night in Torrington, CT at 8:00PM. The tickets are Aisle 2 Row CC Seats 115 and 117 (right next to each other).
I paid $45.00 apiece for them but I'm willing to take a best offer from
anyone who wants them. I can meet you at the venue before hand at 7:30 in
front of the ticket booth.
Thanks,
Joe
Shea Seger and Alanis Morrisette, two gals who sure know how to make a difference, nice nice music.
Blame it on the Moon, the most clearest of this year so far and nearest to
our own planet, so its vibes reign ... Steveeduh, sorry but you ask for this
now "sir", sigh, that Black Cow wasn't stiff enough to drink and you did
anyhow, now look what happens :-) If craving for fruit is what's eating you,
imagine how the fruit of your choice must be feeling once in your tummy ... if
i were you, i'd be careful around bananas now, for word on the street is they
all stick together. And bananas get around, you know. They're everywhere. Plus
they know how to sweet talk a cherry or an apple, any apple for that matter.
Oh yes, they even managed to infiltrate in the seclusive kingdoms of
strawberries. Bananas rule, they take the cake anytime!
I'm not accountable
for these actions, i'm a victim of the Full Moon and its Tides. Yep. Oh, did i
just hear a peach cry out "bite me"? Steveeduh, that's your call i think :-)
Banyan Banana Tree Bow,
G.
LuckLess Pedestrian: ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially the Bill Shatner bombs....lol!
Aus
I'll be the one in the faux fur parka, clas...send horse and sleigh to
the Hotel to pick Indie and me up. Are there heaters under the tables? Wait..I
guess thats a bad idea..would melt the whole hotel.
Jimbo: Click on the link or use
this.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000014292feb25.story
omg - the url page above is so funny!
william shatner doing rocketman
phyllis diller doing satisfaction
pat
boone doing smoke on the water
enjoy? lol
Angel- I didn't even know there was an Artist's Rights Coalition concert.
Who played on the concert and did the Eagles have anything to do with
it?
By the way, has this coalition have anything to do with copyrights as
well as independence from record companies?
All keyboard players are frickin wierd!!!!!
Hello Doctor ¦ - Let's not forget Nervous Norvus. He's the guy who did
"Transfusion, transfusion, got to get the cotton-pickin' resolution ... Never,
never, never gonna speed again ... pop the fluid to me Louie ..." and,
"Ape
call ... doodlee-abba, ape call ... doodlee-abba. Ape call ... ddolee-abba ...
Ya wanna be cool Jool, go ape."
And to Luckless Pedestrian - forget about the silly Mojo site's Monkees vs. Steely Dan travesty. Those people are so devoid of intelligence and musical knowledge that saying anything to them is a waste of time. You, me and all the rest of us here and at Hoop's place (among many other sites) know the real deal. Let 'em eat cake. Old, moldy cake.
Stevee(Ape Call)Dan
Stevee: Ahhh, that clears it up...
St. Al: Rocky and Bullwinkle, also. Yeah, you can hear Spike J big time in Zappa, or course Weird Al, and dare I say some in Ben Folds, too. The post- post- post- modern group I'd cite for a significant Spike Jones influence is They Might Be Giants. Lincoln is a good album of theirs to find...
I believe the "Spike" who recently passed away is Spike Mulligan, from the Goon Show, and where the mighty Monty Python folks got their start. On the recently re-issued DVD of "Life Of Brian", you can see Spike in the front of the crowd in the scenes where the townspeople are following Brian (the part where Brian loses his sandal).
Howard, the Yamaha S 80 is a keyboard controller with lots of sounds in it, you are right. I am not aware of specific keyboards which are keyboard controllers only. Again, I mention www.musicplayer.com as a great place to post questions about this. You might even find someone there who would be willing to sell you an instrument for a great price. I have seen that happen there.
So Clas is now fronting a Steely Dan tribute band of his own? Called The Steely Banana? Clas in a cover band? Say it isn't so !!!
Now that I think of it, I saw a post on the Blue pages by someone named
Santa Ana Banana Band. Clas were you inspired by that person to start your own
"Banana" band? Does this make you the top banana? Be sure to always let us
know where your Steely Banana band plays. Maybe I will charter a jet to you
(don't hold your breath though).
All this talk of fruit is making me
hungry.
Steveedan
Yeah, St. Al, you lost my post..... sigh....
Yes, gonna be watching the Grammys. What the heck, I need a good
laugh.
I wonder it the dynamic duo will show up? More public floggings? Not
if they can help it, I am sure, but they might not have a choice.
Anyone else hear about the Artists Rights Coalition concerts that happended yesterday? Muddies the water at tonights Grammys, that's for sure.
And Mu -- Spike Jones provided great inspiration and fodder for Chuck Jones's Looney Tunes, as well as the music of Frank Zappa. Listen and you'll hear it everywhere.
HEIL! HEIL! right in der fuehrer's face...
Ducky: My money is on Scenario I.
As I said earlier I think the banyantrees.net transformation is complete. Want to thank MC for providing the previous guestbook header graphic, as well as all of you for hanging in there during the mess. This new host has been almost perfect. That is, up until a few hours ago when the script crashed. Didn't loose anything though, which is good.
1965
Now I am confused. Chuck Jones passed away Sunday. He of course is the quitessential Warner Brothers animator of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and al the whole Looney Tunes gang. His characters with an attitude said a lot about human nature. His works have the unique combination of being smart, sarcastic, topical, accessible, stylish, and timeless. Certainly, the Steely Dan of animators worthy of indorect mention of the other WBs Girlfriend... He also contributed to Walt Disney's *real* animation masterpiece (I know Disney, Inc. loves to throw the term around) Sleeping Beauty (1955). I believe this is the only long format animation ever filmed in 70 mm. It has a unique litograph style and is done more like a series of paintings than Disney's other work. It was a critical success, but was not a boxoffice knockout, so Disney went for less ambitious animation until his death. Chuck Jones also directed everyone's favorite "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1966). Don't think his nickname was Spike, eh doc??
Spike Jones was the wacky producer, conductor, composer of novelty after novelty record and his work was a mainstay of the Dr. Dimento show. He died in 1966:
http://www.hah.net/spike/index.htm
New Foundland too, ultracool, The Naked Bunch, Faboulos Four?
Good to see the Tributes are alive and kickin'!
My name is Clas and I live in Sweden, far north, far out; JukkasjSrvi. I have this Steely Damned Tribute band, "Steely Bananas". We're playing at the Ice Hotel, Kiruna, Saturday - 3-2-02, 18.00
Hence the cold we'll be sure the Bananas are firm! Not stiff though. Just firm.
"She takes the taxi to the Ice Hotel - Soula, salt, as far as she can tell..."
"I jumped out of my icy chair - it was not my own..."
Viva Bob!
C
Stevieedan - I'm still hunting around the web for more keyboard info,
following up a couple of the links that you and others suggested. Thanks again
to all for their input on this - most useful.
The S-80 sure sounds like a nice keyboard. The quality Rhodes sounds definitely got my interest, but I think it's a bit above the price range I'm looking at. As someone already mentioned, it seems it's not easy to find a decent master keyboard that doesn't also come with a big bunch of sounds. I'd prefer to get something with no onboard sounds at all, but with quality keys and controllers. This is harder to find than I'd expected. Bottom line is - I need to try out a few different models and see which grabs me. Hope to do this soon.
Roland JV1080 expansion card may well give me the better electric piano/Rhodes/Clavinet sounds that I'd also like.
Howard
Very sad news about Spike - he will be greatly missed. One of the finest comic brains of all time, no doubt.
Howard
Spike's gone...
Goonless world :(
db
Perhaps, and not because of his particular style, Rodney Dangerfield? i.e..."I don't get no respect"
Listen Oleander, I love LA too, but enough already about Peter Gabriel...though it's interesting that he shares a hat fetish ("You can leave your hat on") with Dylan ("Leopardskin pillbox hat") and the Dan ("The fez").
First- a belated thank you to those who wished me a happy birthday.
second- Peter Gabriel on a Naughty By Nature record? A sampler's dream come true, I'm sure. Hey Peter, can you also take the time to do a Cd for your adoring public? I've been waiting solong, my sideburns are sprouting something gray. Not Good.
third- Is anyone going to watch the grammys tonight. I might.
The quality of the music is a little better, but here's why I might watch.
Nelly Furtado, India.Arie, Alicia Keys, U2, Diana Krall, David Gray and Sade (my ideal woman).
I want Sade to win a Grammy and shock the world as our boys did last year.
I want to see Patti LaBelle clear the stage of Christina, Little Kim
and
anyone of the non-talented waifs who will try to butcher "Lady Marmalade" as
they did last year. That song is Patti's, Sarah's and Nona's. No one else
should touch it. Last years version is like colorizing The Maltese Falcon.
I want to see N'sTINK lose again. See, you knew I'd bring them up.
Finally, who will be dumb enough to make any Steely Dan jokes. If so, we
should go to their houses, wrap them in cellophane, attach them to a big
speaker and make them listen to Christopher Cross, Yanni, Lee Greenwood
and
the antichrist of Jazz, Kenny G.. Make them listen until they can understand
the difference betwenn art and oversentimental crap.
That's all, for now. If anyone does or does not want to see the
awards
tonight, feel free to place your reasons or greivances here.
See Ya!
Jimbo
All hail the excessively talented and fulsomely creative jOker!!
stevieman--Indeed I do. Will buzz before landing.
Rich--um, no French? Et pourquoi? How about Quebecois? I have a reason for asking, and its name is Blaise.
jjeff--PLEASE say it isn't so. Peter Gabriel with NBN? And you're not saying that he's doing one of my absolute favorite songs of all time, "Shock The Monkey," is he? Is he?
La Duck--Apsatively fantastic. Food for many many satisfying vengeance dreams.
wormy--yes yes I said yes times two.
Aus--Man, I have already cashed in my travel chips with upcoming trips--too damn bad, because you make Baja irresistible!
hey mc - is there a correlation in the photo of the katydid in the url above to our honorable katy lied?
or am i just beat from the meeting i was just in?
tranportation improvement requiring takings of at least 30 houses in my community alone - wow - that is serious shit, let me tell you
as the great planner from the city of new york once said:
make no small plans
wow, pour me a pinot grigio baby
jjeff....fortunately I don't work anything as crazy as that....I work a 12 hour shift, monday, tuesday, friday, saturday & sunday the first week then only work wednesday & thursday the next week....then the cycle repeats....I'm on days, 7am - 7pm....the guys on nights are the ones who have it rough.
hope your Spring weather holds up.....it's been very warm here but we're supposed to get some of the coldest weather of the season starting tomorrow....stay warm!
Duncan....not sure what's going on with you buddy but you seem to really be down....I hope whatever it is will turn around for you soon....I'll keep a good thought for you!
ole....not sure about the Dan/Jazz Fest in NC but please keep me in the loop....as plans firm up I'll have a better idea if I can make it....thanks!
the URL above is from a guy I met from New Zealand on one of the photography forums....he does some of the most amazing macro photography I've ever seen....if you have time, I highly recommend checking out his site!!!
Oh yeah...
Peter Gabriel's doing vocals on a track of Naughty by
Nature's new release.
( Shock)
Al ~ I'll help you out...
"This is exciting
I never plooked
A tiny chrome-plated
machine
That looks like a magical pig
With marital aids stuck all over
it
Such as yourself before..."
St.Al: Got Joe's Garage on CD but no way to get it to you. The hospital police have disabled all CD ports except for the business office, besides which I've never E-mailed in my life( yes, i admit it and feel so much better for it) and am not hooked up at home. Sorry, bro. I'll send it snail mail if you're desperate! I trust you.
Steviedan: Your query on most Dan-like comedian(ne) has got to be Richard Wright since he got 5 votes including mine. My most Dan-like WR blurb: You know when you're sitting in your chair leaning back on two legs and you lose your balance backwards, but just in time you catch it again...... I feel like that all the time.
Jimbo: did you have a birthday last week? 33? Some things take a while to sink in. Happy belated.
Rich: (You are). Shameless plugging is fine here and you show some wit too.
Aussie: Include my thanks in the many that acknowledged your revue. I saw CSN seems like 20 years ago and agree they're still masters of harmony. I have to say I wished Stills could have hit those notes on the originals where he jumps octaves with a crack in his voice like the cry of some exotic bird( suite Judy blue eyes).
Duncan: Hope things are looking better for you. Chin up. Think about what you have.
Mu:Your Miss Cleo. was great and I like it better with "face". You can make it too obvious. She's not THAT good.
MC( not Miss Cleo):What kind of shift rotation do you run on? There's a guy at the local Michelin who's claiming workman's comp. for lack of sleep. Now, after Shirl brings you out of your hysteria with a firm slap,apparantly Michelin has taken to changing patterns every couple of days. Ten years ago when I knew people who work there the shift would change every 3 weeks. Workman's comp. say it's a legitimate claim,first in Canada.
lcpaul: Good to see you're still hanging in there. Swimming in agapanthus,
still? Do you ever get a frost? Do Juluka/Savuka still exist? I've got two of
their albums.
O Webbed one: It's a good thing I read that whole recipe
through( Swedish Angels). I was actually gonna make the shit! In consequence,
I made two lemon loaves and a lemon cheesecake( hey, I had'em and according to
the laws in my house I hadda use'em) so the freezers full LOL
Spring is finally coming. There's enough heat in the sun that my shed/greenhouse was warm enough last Sat. to work/doddle in. Get out the seed catalogues.
"till" next week( i wish),or tomorrow morning if I'm up early,see you people.
While I'm at it ...
I know I shouldn't give a shit about the inevitable dissing of the Dan accompanying this year's Grammy hoo-ha, but I just can't help it. I have never been one to suffer fools gladly, and so the sheer blithering pin-headedness of it all does irk the living bejeezus out of me. Enough so that as a means of mental self-defense I've generated a revenge-type scenario. While nowhere near as inspired as the celebrated scenario of Amphibious Assault on the HOF ceremonies, this possible-future scenario still manages to put that evil grin of satisfaction on my face. And so I present it to you all, in the hopes that you will find it likewise entertaining.
Scenario Part I: Tomorrow night, Bob Dylan walks off with this year's Album of the Year award, thus making three years in a row that old-school old farts left the young farts in the lurch at the Grammys (Carlos, D&W, and Mr. Zimmerman--what a combo!)
Scenario Part II: D&W bring out their new New One around January 2003--not only does it stealth its way into platinum just like 2vN, but against all odds one or more songs on it sneak into actual multi-week top-10 hit status like unto the glory days of the 1970s (when, in fact, there were volumes of disposable pop-crap jamming the top-40 airwaves rivaling these dismal days).
Scenario Part III: the long-awaited and equally stealthed-out advent of the Old School Neo-Soul Revival (a la Jamiroquai and this new dude Remy Shand) finally takes off in a big way with several high-visibility acts--all of whom, in numerous interviews, proudly state that one of their fundamental influences is none other than Steely Dan.
Scenario Part IV: 2004, the Grammy Awards--the new New One sweeps the top categories again, including Album of the Year. D&W look just as bemused, just as non-Hollywood as ever up there on the podium--but this time there is a modest but vociferous portion of the Staples Center crowd screaming in glee and vindication on their behalf.
Scenario Part V: Various media pundits once again start moaning about how this second Dan sweep demonstrates the continued out-of-touchness of the organization behind the Grammys--but this time a larger collection of pundits take great joy in suggesting where on the nay-sayers' anatomy they have their heads deeply inserted.
Scenario Part VI: D&W quietly retreat to River Sound to do it again, yet again. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Hey, it's my fantasy world, I can do with it what I wanna.
But if Dylan wins Album of the Year tomorrow night, don't say I didn't warn ya!
/the Mam'zelle
putting away her fantasy Nostradamus hat
Just got off the phone with Malcolm Hunter (YGK) and he is fully booked for the New Orleans Jazz Fest 2002 festivities. He wanted me to e-blast on his behalf here....
Which One's Pink: Cabo San Lucas was spectacular. It is considered their "winter time" there now so the water temperature was at a brisk 62 degrees Fahrenheit....as a result yours truly dove with THREE (yes, three) neoprene suits because the water was that cold.....maximum depth reached was circa 80 feet and visibility was not great (30 feet maximum)because the increased boating activity and the unusual churn in the Pacific Ocean while we were there.
Babes elected not to dive because she's so organically Floridian and has been spoiled by diving in warm as bath water with visibility exceeding 80 feet plus (to wit: French Polynesia, Belize, Florida Keys, Cancun, Cozumel, et al.)....she nonetheless took the boat ride along with me which was nice and ended up documenting the dive with some nice photographs above board. I did manage to squeeze off some killer shots underwater of some rather large Moray Eels (I saw Brown spotted, Green, and white spotted)....there were some cool puffer fish, box fish, sea urchins, and dramatic sand-wall drop offs which were amply documented by the late great Jacques Cousteau while researching the lower Baja Peninsula.
Perhaps the most remarkable item to report from the oceanic side of things was the whales. During this time of year, these amazing mammal mammoths make the trek from the Bering Strait all the way down to the Baja Peninsula where they give birth to calves and otherwise spend their time frolicking in the relatively warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean. One can plainly see, just standing on the beach or even from your rooms (if you had oceanfront vistas like we did)whales spyhopping, breaching, and seeing the water/air blasts that spout from their blowholes when coming up for air. This was a truly remarkable sight to behold, especially when one saw their huge tail-fins emerge and then go under again. There were, I believe, up to four or five diffrent species of whales in this area during this time of year: Grey Whales, Sperm Whales, Humpback Whales, and one or two other species as well.
We badly wanted to take a charter flight up north to Magdalena Bay, where the majority of the birthing whales were AND where one could really see this phenomena really play out to the max but we were slow on the trigger and ran out of time....next time we'll know exactly what and where to go to really witness this amazing piece of life play out.
So we opted for the "poor man's" way to see the whales which is to charter a zodiac and head out to the ocean to see what we can catch.....we did manage to see some sperm and grey whales but just as we'd sneak up on one they'd just as fast disappear and emerge far away from our zodiac.... still it was fun and certainly much bettre than spying them standing on the beach...
The food: terrific. Especially the Shrimp and steak. The lobster was so/so. Fish tacos also ruled as did the cold beers and the rhum drinks. We ate at Mi Casa, The Old Trailer Park by the old lighthouse, and at the super swanky and ultra sexy Las Ventanas....there were a few others but I can't remember those now.
The locals were all super friendly too and the time share sharks weren't too much of a distraction as much as they were amusing after seven rhum drinks walking along the pier with all the local artisans showing their arts and crafts....
Also of note were those really prehistoric looking pelicans which were so beautiful to watch soaring in the skies as were the seals whicch park themselves on the rocks just acroos the famous Arch nearby Lover's Beach.
In spite of the emphatic warnings not to swim on the Pacific side of the Ocean (that's versus the Sea of Cortez side) yours truly did on a number of ocassions as shocked tourists and funny lookin' Mexican dudes watched on....the water was refreshing beyond belief.....
I would recommend anyone go there and enjoy, I think we certainly will re-visit although next time we'll elect to go later in the summer months: then one can see while diving Whale Sharks, Hammerhead Sharks and a much wider variety of sea life not around during this time (The sharks are now about 500 miles to the south)....
Thanks again for the tips pal.....
Aus
Ducky: Send message to majordomo@dandom.com with "subscribe sd" in the subject line. No quotes.
W1P: Already planning on it. I subscribed to both lists for that very purpose.
Oh yeah, I forgot. Mu -- right on about WB. Funniest man in dandom for sure. I remember once he said something and I almost choked on a piece of pizza. Seriously. Can't remember what was so funny, just remember the choking part.
StAl
Hi StAl--
What's the address for signing up for that San Diego email list? Never signed up for that particular one back in 2K, can't seem to locate the info now. Thanks!
/the Mam'zelle
trying to stay on top of the action
St Al, let me also suggest that the message be sent to the LA mailing list as well? Hey Aus, how about a couple highlights from your trip to Cabo Wabo?
Hey gang!
Listen, does anyone out there have a copy of Joe's Garage Acts I, II, II on CD? I know this is illegal, but I've had that CD ripped off from me 3 TIMES. The only disc I'm missing is the first disc and I hate like hell to buy it again for the 4TH TIME. E-mail me if you can help me out. I'll make it worth your while. And no, insurance wouldn't cover it.
Been talking to Hoops and I'm getting ready to send a message to the San Diego mailing list. Many of you are subscribed to it from the Summer 2000 tour, but some may not be. If you don't receive a message from the mailing list within the next 24 hours, please join up! Though I will post details on this GB I've always found these mailing lists were much more effective. If you have any questions about this mailing list please e-mail me.
Rich: Naked Bunch. That's the best SD cover band-name I've ever heard. You don't play naked do you? Would take guts (or something)to do so in Edmonton.
Aus , Everything you have ever written on the yellow has made me stand up and read it??Well done mate that takes some doing bigfella.
Regards Dano
Duncan , Will blast you on the Dog??
moose
Not a deer, you schtunk.
I'm not in a Steely Dan cover band
We shall not be touring soon.
We
shall never release a live CD
so i won't be bothering you withe the dates
from now on.
bye the way anyone coming over to the UK for the Queen's
garden party concerts won't see us playing there either.
Hi Rich of the Naked Bunch - Here's a hello on behalf of three Southern California based SD tribute bands, The Steely Fan Band, Doctor Wu, and ... (name withheld since band has not been officially launched yet ...).
I have a few questions for you Rich. E-mail me, OK? Thanks.
Steviedan -- I agree with those who have mentioned Steven Wright. But I thought that someone would have mentioned Woody Allen. After all, he is a New York native, and also, he had a little "Cousin Dupree" action going a few years back. I figured Woody would be an obvious one. Anyone remember Woody's bit about the deer he ran over and tied to the bumper of his car? Hysterical.
Another comedian I want to mention is Lenny Bruce. Again, a New Yorker, with a drinking and drugging past (and demise ... ala Charlie Freak, sort of). He had a bit that pre-dated "With A Gun" (of course) called "Thank You Masked Man" In this bit "The Lone Ranger" after saving the town wanted to perform a "natural act" with a horse.
Ain't nothin' like some good culture in one's past, Eh?
And finally, to Howard and Bill - how is the search for keyboards going?
Salutations to all ...
Steveedan
Proven marketing recipe. It never fails. I have made a friend
online.
And a doctor, a REAL doctor. Someone with money...
20 dollars
in Canadian currency, that's a measley 11.95 US, friend. Think about
it.
It's a steal! It's a done deal.
See you there!
The only band in your list I have heard of lately is the Israeli one. At last word, they're still very much active on the local Bar Mitzvah circuit. The Taliband was dismantled recently. We used to keep in touch, sure, we were tight. That was then. NOT ANYMORE! Those bastards have booked the Caves of Tora Bora for some time now.
"Harry called, winamp was small
Now I spend my days alone..." sob
There is plenty of room for everyone, eh?
NO problem with that. In
Canada though, when you need that live Steely fix, noone can touch the NAKED
BUNCH. Our all-male (topless) babe choir shakes it with the best of them! HEy,
it's a known fact.
Make no mistake about it.
Sure, The Steely Damned
ROCKS but they're not always out there performing, right? What do you do when
it's a damn cold, boring night, lost in the Canadian wilderness with your dogs
and you need that warm cuban breeze?
You head straight to the
Igloo Bar and Grill
24, West Edmonton Mall
Edmonton, Canada
That's the I-G-L-O-O, for short.
Don't knock it 'til you try
it.
March 24th, 8 and 11 pm.
Yours,
Rich, proud founder of the NAKED BUNCH.
Voted BEST damned canadian
tribute band, all tributees considered.
Ask for it by name: say I want my
NAKED BUNCH.
Accept no substitute.
that's all folks...Chuck Jones R.I.P.
Rich: what happened to the German Steely tribute band Stalag Dan?
or the
Japanese band Sushi Dan? or the Bavarian band Streudel Dan? or the Israeli
band Steely Driedel? or the Taliban tribute band Stinkin' Den? or the
Copenhagen band Skeevy Dane? or Diana Krall as a tribute band: Steamy Dame?
~: Yes, let's keep Diana and send back Wayne Gretzky. Given the trend started on her last one, despite Erskine and McBride being on there, we could suggest a baby grand at a 45í angle as part of the bare midriff section on the next Dan tour... Whaddya think?
Top 3 Steely Dan comedians:
George Carlin
Steven Wright
Walter Becker
was it in Blue someone mentioned the fact Diana Krall was marketed for her
looks mainly instead of those pulling the strings focussing on the music ...
seems it's not just her record company/management aware of it, haha!
makes
me long for the Victoria C. days when WormTom was mesmerized and smitten, it
inspired many frolic posts around here :-)
Rich, you can't be serious, can you?
Steviedan and Z, how come you not part of the Technicolor Motorhome project??????? Steviedan, get your friend to blister his lips on a sax or flute and do us all the honor, as a vet around here you should, you know ... you owe us!! May include cello and cumberbandito reminiscing :-)
Banyan Tree Come On Stevie Get On Board Bow,
G.
Dean Wurmer: Diana Krall...seventh row centre? Yummy. Bring your digital camera...she's a hottie beyond hot....she incinerated the stage at last summer's Newport Jazz Festival and she never looked bettre in her black leather pants.... Also: Doc tix: YES. Can you put me down for two sil vouz plait? Merci. You might want to score one for Malcolm too....I'm pretty sure he's locked in to attend Jazz fest as well....
Steviedan: I hear ya loud and clear brother.
lowercasePaul: waves of nostalgia.....pleasure's all mine. and BTW, your list of first albums is eerily similar to mine.
Glad to see a few of you enjoyed the colour on CSN&Y..apparently (take note dano) the buzz around the rock radio stations here in New York City is that the show was beyond phenomenal....
Chere: Where the HELL have you been girl?
Everybody: Have a great week.
Aus
oh yes: Dragon: Thanks for the lead.
Hi there, fellow Dan Fans!
I'm out of this loop so sorry if I don't participate in the current discussion.
HI HO HI HO! Public Service Announcement:
On MArch 24th, at the Igloo Bar and Grill in Edmonton, meet the NAKED
BUNCH, voted best Steely Dan tribute band EVER in Canada.
That's the
Igloo Bar and Grill
24, West Edmonton Mall
Edmonton, Canada
Shows at 8 pm and 11 pm. 20 Canadian dollars cover charge. No French
people, no pets. Leave your sleigh dogs at the door, please.
All you Steely Dan fans out there will be THRILLED to finally hear your
favorites as lifted straight off the record. Just like the record, yes, minus
the vocals, of course. In that department, our Stompin' Tom Connors dead
ringer does a fine job.
American of all faith and socio-economic status are most welcomed.
Special hello to my friends all over the world, the members of the
Steely Fan band, The Steely Damned, The Danny Steele Orchestra, Stealin' Dan,
Naked Lunch, Stilig Dan from Norway and all those I forgot. Oh... and the
legendary Which One's Pink?, of course. Hi DAN!
Glad to finally join the fray. See you there.
Yours truly
Rich, founding member of the NAKED BUNCH. That's N-A-K-E-D B-U-N-C-H.
Accept no substitute.
aussome color aussie
wooden ships on the water....
too bad they are
not coming here with Neil pulling his rep into things
I scored 7th row tickets to see Diana Krall in late may
steviedan - maybe not comedian
but Hunter S. THompson
obviously the
drug stupor is only part of it
steven wright on the comedy side
or which seinfeld character most embraces dandom?
hands down kramer, or
was that george's father? just kidding
jim# shall I pick up two more DR John/Marcia Ball tickets this friday? auss? ole? Aja has already said yes to funking with the dr and long tall marcia ball
hoping to find the postoffice angel, our lease sale ends wednesday
over
and out
wormtom
Frasier. I'd say Frasier and Niles. SD references such as flaws, mistakes, gloating, the works. And the music is beyond any doubt :-)
Aus, great post on CSNY. Brought back fond waves of nostalgia. First album I ever owned was "After the Goldrush". Always dug Neil Young. Wish I could've been there.
Other "first" albums:
Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep
Paranoid - Black
Sabbath
Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens
Sticky Fingers - The
Rolling Stones
Aqualang - Jethro Tull
Led Zeppelin (can't remember the
album title, or number, but the one with "Stairway")
Guess that gives my age away.
Hm. Happens so mr. Vornhagen spent a week on Maui two weeks ago ... wondering if mr. Becker coincidentally passed by the club and caught some snippets ...
yes Steviedan ... negative reviews ... i am now working on mine for Jazz Now and have to be honest. Lucky for me i liked two out of three. Tried to be positive about the one i doubt will ever find its way off any shelf. Anyhow. This one was cool!!! A pre-post ...
Paul Vornhagen û Heart
Paul VornhagenÆs talents cover a wide range from
playing all the saxes (tenor, baritone, alto and soprano), talking flute and
ocarina and charming his audience when his vocals jump into the beat of a Duke
Ellington composition. And it doesnÆt stop at this. The CD ôHeartö presents
four original instrumentals written by Paul Vornhagen. Wake-up Call, Firefly
Mambo, Motor City Mood and Hunker Down. HeÆs a versatile guide in the realms
of bebop, latin-cubano Jazz, bossa nova, samba, cool ballads and straight Jazz
Standards. Quite stylish! To mix and blend these tastes for rhythm and melody
is an accomplishment showing experience, skills and heart. Paul Vornhagen
reels the listener in with his ôWake-up Callö, all the way down this musical
journey until the last track ôHunker Downö. Freddie HubbardÆs ôCrisisö as well
as EllingtonÆs ôCaravanö entice to embrace the funk in Jazz music while it
flirts with hot latin accents making you tap your feet or at least move some
other part of your anatomy. Credits also to Tad Weed (piano, organ), Kurt
Kranhnke (acoustic bass), Peter Siers (drums, timbales), Randy Marsh (drums),
Jonathan Ovalle (congas, bongos, percussion), Nick Calandro (acoustic and
electric bass) and Cary Kocher (vibraphone). Jazz from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
ôMotor City Moodö keeps the engines running for sure and as soon as ôHunker
Downö fades, you find yourselves hungry for more and more and more à Paul
Vornhagen and company must totally thrill your heart when seen live in action!
Stevie my man, Bill Murray, Andy Kaufman? Are those comedians?
I'd go for Manuel (Fawlty Towers), his English (she is more better now).
-Don't mind Manuel, he's from Barcelona.
And Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) of course: -I jumped out of my easy chair...
And his wife, the Cringemaker.
The comedian/SD thing?
How 'bout Steven Wright? Or Dennis Leary?
Gwen, still trying to wiggle out of that thong. Boy, when I get my hands on that freakin' midget!
... and don't forget comedi"ennes". that red-head on that sitcom with brooke shields that i never watch ? is it kathy somebody ? she's got the droll factor down and just kills me... yes...
dragon... EXcellent !
only...
didn't george recently diss people who listen to sd ?
on the other hand, i think george has been gradually working through the human race and was destined to get to us sooner or later...
yes, i agree.
carlin = dan-edian
Listen ¦, I love LA too, but enough already about Randy Newman...though it's interesting that he shares a hat fetish ("You can leave your hat on") with Dylan ("Leopardskin pillbox hat") and the Dan ("The fez").
AUS -- you might start here with the names of the Australian Winter Olympic Team 2002:
http://www.olympics.com.au/default.asp?pg=winter&spg=handbook
Steviedan -- George Carlin.
Email problem solved will be in touch with youse guys soon.
St.Al -- Thank you again for you help!
Dragon
... with sonny clark
thumbnail post:
aus, as usual... and btw, forget negative reviews. there's WAY too much greatness to waste time on panning ineptness. we'll never have time to get to all the beautiful things on this planet, so why bother with the rest ?
incidentally, this is also the philosophy of my friend, the er... jazz critic who also happens to blow his ass off on any sax or flute. sometimes the axiom applies and there are plenty of frustrated musician critics to be sure and worse, rock scribedom is rife with merely frustrated celebrities. as far as teaching goes i am a performer first and always, and my students make me prove that all day long, from lesson one...
dano, all grand bro'. thanx for askin'. check on duncan for us...
ole, you do have my home number, right ?
here's a new thread:
who is the most dan-like comedian or who's comedy style most embodies steely characteristics ???...
andy kaufman ?
bill murray ?
please don't use seinfield or the simpsons please...
at least avoid it if possible...
Zero Mostel use to eat those chocolate cakes washed in
kirchwasser. I
use to tell him "Zero man, you gotta stop
downing all that chocolate cake
and brand brother", but
he never listened...and look what happened.
Kirchwasser is like a cherry liquor no?
or maybe it's a new-fangled keyboard?
Nah, that would'nt fit with the song....
As if we did not know this already, DanFests and JazzFests add years to your life, especially ones that you'll remember:..or at the very least, you will remember the number of lost weekends...
http://webcenter.health.webmd.netscape.com/content/article/1626.50771?DEST=WebMD_contentSRC_nsmain
Lift up your glass of Kirschwasser, Cuban Breeze, zombie...
Or as a wise composer once said (name is escaping me now, but I think he was Russian)--
"Nobody has ever erected a statue in honor of a critic."
Jimbo,
A wise man once said...
Those who can, do
Those who can't, teach
Those who can do niether,
become critics.
So much for Tommy aye?
jimbo.....you didnt mention britney spears. please go back and post again.
Aus: Superb color on the CSNY show my friend. Sorry that the rumors didn't pan out for Jazzfest appearance by same, but glad that you caught 'em. When in Ramen.....
Demonstratably Worm: Marsha and the Doc on one bill? Are you kidding? We shall need washboard assistance on this one...
I was reading the last page of this morning's life edition of USA Today.
There was a quote from the so-called alleged expert on the Grammys, Tom O'Neil:
"Not a single Grammy voter could quote a lyric from Steely Dan's last album. Don't forget how Grammy voting works: It's not about the music. it's about the artists."
Gee, Mr. O'Neil: How hypocritical have we become? Last year you were sucking to Eminem for his alleged First Amendment rights and not concentrating on the quality of the music.
But in the case of the right Grammy vote, it's about both the artist and the music.
Think about it Tommy.
Dano: stopping in sylvan ave, just off regents park road.
Finchley
central (about 250yds from tube station)
Driving down early sat
morning.
Should hit smoke about 12.00.
Ring me on mob for
progress.
Just in time for when the lunchtime bell rings again.
Mr Shotan;) thanks you saved me a email.
That's it then... just 4 days to fill before the weekend lol
Bum's ok now thank god
db
face = ear
Chris: Yes, and it could work for Miss Cleo as well:
MC: Caller, I can see that Queen of Spades is tellin' dat you don wanna do that dirty work no more, No?
Caller: OoooH, Miss Cleo, you got it...He's got me in a bad way... you go Girl!!!
MC: That is no gentleman loser you got grabbin' you. Does he have a scar across his ear?
Caller: How did you know? That's amazing!!! I can't believe it!
MC: If you gonna get your semi-mojo back - I can see a Haitian Divorce. But who's this with his life and laundry in a gladstone bag I see? Back home they got a four letter word for that, now! Is he the man that you once knew at Biscayne Bay? You know, the one with the two tone shoes?
Caller: That's him...
MC: Those black cards couldn't make him money...he lost his blazer, fine cigar, kirschwasser, thought he was king of the world, all de good stuff....But I can tell you he's smokin' wherever he is, if you know what I mean?
Caller: Is he gone then for good?
MC: I see him lying in the rain our by Hackensack. Hey, were you a roller skater? Wait, I've got Mark Knopfler on the other line...
MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm
just dropped in to see how things are goin' - nice to be here again
daaaaano - we WILL meet in final I think. I wasn't at Forfar - too much cholesterol in those bridies for my diet these days
I've got a record voucher hangin around since my birthday, and I'm looking for a couple of CD's to buy, and am open to suggestion - any recommendations??
Peace
Al
June said to tell you the opera tickets came in the mail today - see you there!
Dano: "Aus , you always make the gigs sound so good , can you go and see someone you dont like so we can hear the flipside??"
Well mancub, I hear you. Either I'm pickin' the gigs so on the money like or I'm so under the influence that I just don't see the downside. Well, that's not true. If you must know, this past Saturday's gig DID indeed have a downside: As CSN&Y would wind up a particular piece, they overkilled it with ending stanzas which were accentuated by electric guitar noise....you know, like the song never ending and the obligatory battle of guitars ensues. That was way annoying, especially as the night wore on because the Garden started feeling like treblinka with the heat....so as each piece went through its endless end, I found myself wishing during the secondde set that the entire show were done acoustically (which when they DID play acoustic they sounded soooo fuckin' good and the chanse for the Lynyrd Skynrd like endings was basically non-existent). But honestly, mancub, that was about the only negative thing I saw...probably would put most others over the edge but not yours truly.
For what I got that evening, which was: second row centre, a genuinely enthusiastic David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young, some truly timeless classics which were played and sung beautifully [except the ending of a few pieces as detailed in above note, a great crowd, and a truly superb evening after the show as well: all of those added up to your truly as near flawless colour to report.
However, in light of your comments, I shall try to incorporate a more "balanced" review (and therefore be more forth coming in a granular way) in the future especially if there were some mitigating shreds of colour dispersed at all.....
Be well matey!
Your faithful and humble narrator,
Aus
ps. Reiterating my bid in search of that way cool Australian Olympic Team cap with the lettres: "AUS"...if anyone out there knows how I can get my hot hands on one please advise.....
the above url is a link to the best pazznjop albums of 2001 as per the village voice - not a bad list actually - the local gb favorite ben folds even made it as well as a personal favorite of mine, lucinda williams - have fun ranting!
dano - yes on a house swap, but unfortunately i'm looking at the april school break 2003 (!) - so keep that in mind for your next popover here for fun and frolic in the boston suburbs (15 minutes to north station on the commuter rail, about a 5 minute walk to train from my house, subway is a 10 minute drive from my house, 2 to 3 hours drive due north, you are well into ocean towns in maine and/or rural vermont but you have to get through new hampshire to get there, so sorry about that - let me know, i'll let rob know that's the plan to get the kiddies over the pond, good deal!
Duncan are we still up for Danny Steel on Saturday mate??Where are your digs??
Paul Shotan , you better play your arses off as the GB will be getting the scoop?? Looking forward to having a swallie with you guys.
TWM , Was in Cardiff yesterday with a couple of Canucks over for the Final.
Did you go to Forfar and will we see you in the big showdown.
Was well aff
the heed on the laughing brew, any alka seltzer bigman??
Cant make it to the States this year , the quare fella wants a new kitchen so wont have any wedge left for a holiday??Any chance Duncan can put me up for a week with the babysitter.
Aus , you always make the gigs sound so good , can you go and see someone you dont like so we can hear the flipside??
Tones , Stevie baby are you guys allright over the pond.
Angel , great weather report , but getting me jealous as i cant come to Americaa this year unless i win the Lottery.
lp , are you still in for a swop or are you over in UK this summer.
Anyone else going to see Danny Steel this weekend??
Leggin it fir ma dinna
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaano
The plan was set, the plan was done
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:35:19
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Anyone ever notice how there seems to be a Steely Dan lyric that is 'just right' for the subject of every email? Ahh, it's probably just me. lol.
Saturday March 2nd we will be meeting begining at 8:00 p.m. at The Estate,
2423 North Murry Ave. This venue was selected by unanimous decision by Tony
and I which made it very easy to be unanimous. Small, dark and jazzy is the
best way to describe it. I will be sending a follow up to this with the exact
directions and a map. I'll also include Tony's cell number in case of a
directional emergency. They do not serve food there so it would be wise to
stop somewhere for dinner. If you're not familiar with this area you could go
to
We look forward to seeing all of you on Saturday.
Peace, love and Dan,
Chris, Tony and the Dandom, et. al.
"The danger on the rocks is surely past"
Sorry for this fleeting visit....VERY busy week..lots of business to be
taken care of gigs to be arranged etc etc
So...short and sweet......love to
see some of you there.
THE DANNY STEEL ORCHESTRA...clearly 'Dan
The UK's most exciting 12-piece
tribute to STEELY DAN
are appearing at
THE BACKDOOR CLUB at THE
TORRINGTON
Lodge Lane / High Street
North Finchley
LONDON N12,
England
on SATURDAY MARCH 2nd at 9.00pm
2 hours of The 'Dan ALL
LIVE.......you CAN buy a thrill!
"close your eyes and you'll be there, it's everything they say..."
"You can leave your hat on" That's Randy Newman...
Wormy: an inservice for Batl Apl si vous plait...
Real busy at work. (Now I sound like the Worm....) :-)
Aus: Great color. Almost got high, just reading it....
Bill: I believe Donald sold Riversound, late last year. Don't think the
secretary had to lie much at all. Though for you, I am sure she made an
exception. :-)
Chatted with the difster on Friday evening. He says hi to
all who remember him.
Went to a Chinese New Year Festival on Saturday evening called the Lantern
Festival. The highlight of the afternoon/evening was a Lantern parade at
sunset. At the beginning of the parade was the traditional Dragon (very
impressive to see in real life.) Then it was followed by all participants,
each carrying a lantern. The Festival was held at a bandstand next to Olvera
Street. So, the parade ended up winding its way through this hispanic area,
where shopkeepers sell their wares to the tourists. Quite a multicultural
contrast and only in LA....
Dean Wurmer: Thanks for heads up on JassFest goodies....counting the days..
This past Saturday night, February 23, 2002, Babes and I caught Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at Madison Square Garden, New York City. Venue sold out and crowd makeup was what was to be expected....very few young ones but plenty of middle aged ex-hippies...
Band starts on time (8:00 PM Eastern Time), no opening act. Clearly aged but excited to be onstage, the band fires the crowd up with Carry On (from their first and brilliant effort)...they sound Grrrrreat.....Neil Young wearing leather cowboy hat and wailing reminiscent of Steve Howe....follow up with Going Home with Mr. Young controlling.....
Seriously sexy blonde sitting just ahead of us in the front row grooves on her feet pretty much from here to the finish...Pillaging Madness the third piece from the set and followed by Wooden Ships...here the group proves that their harmonisation excellence first introduced to us three decades ago has not really gone anywhere...they do sound phenomenal...Graham Nash, by far the most animated is barefoot for the whole show. Burning candles on either end of the stage atop huge amplifiers provide a cozy and warm milieu....
Later Mr. Stills controlling on Please don't Tell me That You're Saying Goodbye, very well done. The seventh piece is a nifty surprise, Three Miles High...Garden transported to trippy hippy 60's and smell of marihuana is everywhere....entire Garden now singing: "...stop, baby what's that sound? Everybody what's going down!!!!...." Wow. Done in slow cadence.
Neil Young throttles audience after a Nash piece with: Southern Man. Brilliantly done. Southern Cross follows deliciously. Just when you thought they'd break: Mr. Young commands anew with Cinnamon Girl. Your faithful and humble narrator now singing along with the rest of the high crowd.
20 minute break in the action.
They are one person, they are two alone, they are three together, they are for each other to open in acoustic manner.....chills running down my spine....Babes loving it.....Our House from Deja Vu: Blammo. Executed nicely. Mr. Young decides to wow crowd YET again: Old Man....entire Garden singing along....head rush.
Mr. David Crosby and Mr. Nash take it higher with a stunning rendition of Gwennovere (cheque spelling)..voices couldn't be prettier.... HarvestMoon by Neil Young amazing...this cat IS the energizer bunny...his harmonica sounds delightful....next, a Crosby piece unknown to yours truly followed by a Booker Jones piece with Stephen Stills singing. Yet another soulful piece dedicated to the victims of 9/11/2001.
Suite Judy Blue Eyes. Incinerates with harmonies intact after all these years. Next Mr. Young re-emerges with Let's Roll. Long Time Gone, superbly played....The Woodstock song is played to a whupped up and frenzied crowd, then Neil does Keep on Rockin' in The Free World (worst piece in the set)....
Encore: Long May you Run. Steve Potts on Batteries, and Donald "Duck" Dunn played bass guitar....great show.
Aus
jim - i will keep you posted on newport - we try to make our mecca trip down there every couple of years and this year we are due to go - would be great to see you there!
happy monday
#448) HaHa...LOL...HAHA!
BillyBob, you are just too funny and
Thanks for starting my day out with fits of giggles and or hysteria.
I know some are thinkin' "Cyn, Stop, don't encourage BillyBob...it only
makes him worse".
Just giving credit, when credits due.
bill keyboards
I bought a kurzweil K2000 used (starving artist) for
$800
very nice keyboard with full programability
sometimes show up on
ebay
JAZZFESTERS
the afterhours shows are now on line (on sale now)
see
www.superflypresents.com
galactic, vida blue, string cheese,
radiators on river boat friday
night (I can't I'll be jetlagged)
tips lineup starts selling 3/1
includes DR john/Marcia Ball saturday
night!!! jim# and aja we're doing it!
auss you don't want to miss the good
doctor!
taj mahal friday
with Radiators at 2 am
www.tipitinas.com or
www.ticketweb.com
gotta get back to lease sale - swamped
cheers
wt
Listen Clas, I love Texas too, but enough already about Dr Mu ...though
it's interesting that he shares a hat fetish ("You can leave your hat on")
with Dylan ("Leopardskin pillbox hat") and the Dan ("The fez").
Mu - of css, you ma speshl frend. Pang.
Bill - whatever your keyboardchoice is - when playing, stick to your own stuff, okay?
C
...long time no see...mom died...but I'm baaaaack...Ball & Chain and I are even expecting our first child August 1....to the tune of "Do It Again"...
In the mornin you go gunnin'
for Osama Dust Bin Ladin
Then you fire
til he's beginnin'
to resemble Dennis Rodman
And the buzzards start to
eat him
but they save you all the best fleas
But you wonder though you
killed him,
"Are those little things his testes?"
It's his jock
strap
not his Depends
real turds should be brown and round
It's his
jock strap
not his Depends
Now you go through those apartments
til you find the Taliban
They're
the ones with little fart vents
in their muslin cardigans
You say "Is
that you, Mohammad?"
and they say "Yes, here I am!"
You can pick 'em off
left-handed
while you read "Green Eggs and Ham"
(repeat chorus)
You're a crying kinda sob fool
that you love your fellow man
Then you
find you're back in Kabul
with an Uzi in your hand
Does your Bible teach
you morals?
Is the Koran just a fable?
It's in hell where they should
store all
fundamentally unstable.
(repeat chorus)
Don,
Now look Don this is getting rediculous ok? You live in
Manhattan and I
live on Long Island and still you NEVER
stop by...What's up with that? What
the HELL is up with
that? Everytime I call River Sound and ask if you
would
stop by and give me a hand working on the house,
you're
"mysteriously" out of the office. How much do you pay
that
receptionist to repeat the same old line anyway?
Listen, if you value me as a fr....if you value me as
a fan then....if
you don't want me to continue to post
messages like this then you're just
gonna hafta drop
this big megastar attitude and give your's truly a
hand
when he needs it. Y'got that Mr. Aint-got-no-time-
for-Bill? Mr.
Out-of-the-office-at-the-present-time?
Mr.
Get-that-squegeeman-off-of-my-windshield?
Mr.
I-don't-know-this-guy-from-Adam-so-get-em'-outta-
here-and-YES-I-DO-want-to-press-charges?
Y'got that?
I need a favor.
I may be planning to go to the Newport Jazz Festival this year. And
especially after seeing some of the performances on PBS, I think that would be
a perfect vacation for me. I haven't had one in three years,
so, here's the
favor anyway:
If anyone knows who will be performing there, let me know.
I would
appreciate it.
Thanks
Thanks Ole, Mu... But don't thank me. Thank Eric (tHe jOker). He's the shit, no?
St. Al--Whoa! Nice new topper! Excellent mix of raison d'etre and content. Whom may we thank?
Dragon--lovely art. I nav'd through with no trouble--hope you could open my email; if not, e me....
Duncan--Follow your bliss, lad.
Keyboardians--I may not know what you're talking about half the time, but I'm engrossed by your discussion.
StevieD--batten the hatches. Got a couple gigs down your way shortly--I'll be in touch.
This just in: there will be a jazz festival in western NC in June which might as well be called "The Steely Alums," and I'm not talking about a metallic astringent: Joe Sample, David Sanborn, the Manhattan Transfer, and Bio Ritmo. OK, 3/4 alums, anyway, and Bio Ritmo is a great Chapel Hill-based latin jazz band, very hot and impossible not to dance to. I'm already camping out for tix. HEY!! Raison de Fest, any of you ACC types?? More to come.
uh, isn't the north american chat time now?
Please mark your calendars for Friday Night, March 22,2002! Join us at the
Studio Cafe ,on the boardwalk,in Newport Beach(Balboa)Cal. at
8:00pm-12:00am
You are invited to our yearly birthday party for our
own,Mr.Sticks! Featuring a full evening of music with The Steely Fan Band!
Admission is Free!!! Get there early for seats as we expect a full
house!
More details soon!
Samson- Our Manager
StAl: Wow. Everything is up and smokin.' Nice new graphics here, and I noticed the Banyan Tree is even better than I uhhh "imagined."
FUCK FRAMES and FUCK ARAFAT!
Duncan: Hang in there...hope it falls together again soon...
Clas: Why worry? Whether it's Hitler or Osama, Sweden remains neutral,
eh? ...not that you need us to prop up the Euro or anything...
Bill ~ The Motif is overkill for your needs; the S-80 is a superb keyboard and seems to be a good match. As for the whole organ vs. piano-feel (and multiple keyboards on stage) quandry, here it is in a nutshell:
1. It's entirely a matter of preference. If you grew up playing a piano, chances are you'll probably prefer playing a weighted keyboard. Your wrists compensate for the additional energy needed to get around, and you have a tendency to PLAY as though you were playing a real piano. If you grew up (or learned) to play on an organ, then you'll probably prefer playing on non-weighted keyboard. That said, it is EASIER to get a piano feel out of a non-weighted keyboard than it is to get an organ feel (with glisses, vamps, etc.) out of a weighted keyboard. When I'm composing music, I find that a non-weighted keyboard is superior when attempting to lay down things like subtle string passages, etc. Once again, it's a matter of personal preference.
2. As for multiple keyboards on stage, many players DO still have two or three keyboards on stage...unlike the days of yore when 12+ keyboard rigs (i.e., Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Tony Banks) was not uncommon ~ it was the only way they could duplicate the albums! These days, if you see multiple keyboards, it's generally because the player's rig is a combination of modern and vintage keyboards. You might see a Triton on top of a Hammond B-3, and an S-80 on top of a Fender Rhodes, because, as good as the today's keyboards sound, purists (such as Donald Fagen) prefer the "beautiful imperfections" of the vintage instruments. On the other hand, if you see a keyboardist with ONE keyboard on stage (on a major tour), chances are that he/she has a keyboard tech back/understage overseeing a rack of synths/samplers...making sure that everything is being MIDI'd properly and, in some cases, playing additional parts.
Have fun with your keyboard, and if you have any problems getting the sequencing software to work, please let me know...
Had a great time up in Mammoth, but them caught the flu from hell and have been REALLY sick for a week...I took the anti-bios and seem to be finally getting better today, but the hep c always seems to make these things drag on forever.
Steveedan,
Thanks for your evaluation of the keyboards I listed.
You're probably
right about the Yamaha Motif 8, it is a
pretty big keyboard and probably
heavy too (I did'nt try
to pick it up). Anyway, if you can't utilize all of
it's
functions then there's NO WAY that I would utilize them all.
If
it's too much keyboard for you then it's WAY TOO MUCH
keyboard for me.
I really liked the Yamaha S80. Yamaha seems to make the
best keyboards
in my opinion (but what do I know...)
The S80 seemed to have most
everything that the more expensive
keyboards had and really had a nice feel
to it. Yamaha
seems to wieght it's keys better than the others. I don't
imagine a grand piano would feel much different.
Just one more question...
Considering what you said about "Piano feel"
VS. "Organ feel",
I would think that professional keyboard players would
have
two keyboards no? One that plays like a piano and one that
plays
like an organ? Seems like when I see keyboard players in
concert they're
surrounded by various keyboards. Is this the
reason for that?
Thanks again, I think I'll eventually pick up a Yamaha S80.
fu dang - which hidious post (or posts) are you referring to?
Do you really care what heads-up-their-arses Monkees fans think? I didn't think so.
Steveedan
StAl -- you're a peach.
stevee, you were flamed on that Mojo because that was a hideous post. Terrible. Thanks for setting us Dan fans back 20 years.
*** WARNING, WARNING, WARNING ***
This is going to be a very long post
about keyboards. If you are not interested in this topic, please do not waste
your valuable time.
Just skip past this post. Thank you.
Hi Bill -
It would be my pleasure to offer some advice. First of all, you may recall that Howard Wright is also in the process of shopping keyboards, and he is principally a guitarist (at least I think he is), so you and he might be looking for the same keyboard.
Before I get into this, I want to submit this little disclaimer. This is just my opinion. I am not a keyboard products expert. I am not adept at figuring out how to create my own keyboard sounds. I am just a piano player who loves the sounds of the keyboards used in the music of Steely Dan, and jazz for the most part. The spacier sounds like Pink Floyd and progressive rock is interesting to me too, but I do not use those sounds hardly at all. For me, I just want to be able to plug it in, turn it on, push a pre-set sound button, and start playing.
OK, here we go ? I have hands-on experience with the Yamaha Motif 8, the Yamaha S 80 (I own this one. I LOVE IT !!!), the Kurzweil K2600, and the Korg Triton.
The lead singer for our new Steely Dan tribute band (the person from whom I purchased my Yamaha S 80) now owns the Yamaha Motif 8. It is an extremely impressive keyboard. It is a weighted-key (i.e., it plays like an acoustic piano, not an organ) keyboard. It is a full-on workstation too. It has one of the best feeling keyboards around. The keybed is better than the one on the Yamaha S 80, but I love my S 80. I get a chance to play both keyboards all the time, and even though I can discern that the Motif 8 has a better keybed, I still totally love my S 80. (I know what you?re thinking ? "yeah, but what do you REALLY think?" OK, I?ll tell ya ?)
What I do NOT like about the Motif 8 is that it is way too much keyboard for me. I would never utilize much of what this keyboard can do. Also, the keyboard is HUGE !! The pitch and modulation wheels are located to the left of the keybed, so the keyboard is really long and it is very heavy too. But, if you like to noodle around with programming, and don't move the keyboard around much, this is a phenomenal keyboard. Try to get the price down to around $2,000.
The Yamaha S 80 is also a weighted-key keyboard and a keyboard controller. It has a lot of great pre-set sounds, and is an excellent performance keyboard because you can call up the sounds easily. In this respect, the layout is excellent. You can get to any sound really fast. You already know I love this keyboard. It comes with a lot of Fagen-esque Rhodes sounds, so if you are after that, your search is over. Try to get it for less than $1,350.
The Kurzweil K2600 is a very good keyboard too. Also weighted-key. It has a great keybed. I know that some people will NOT agree with this, but, I am not that impressed with the sounds that this keyboard can make. Kurzweil's keyboards are not easy to program. My lead singer sold his Kurzweil and got the Yamaha Motif 8. He hated the Kurzweil. We both feel that Kurzweil is way overpriced, and we are not all that confident that this company will even stay in business for much longer if they don?t get with the program and figure out what the keyboard market is doing. I would pass on this one.
The Korg Triton is an organ-touch keyboard. The Triton has great sounds and
it has this really big data window that is also a touch panel(I think it is
liquid crystal, or something like that), that is very easy to navigate around
in to get to different sounds. I prefer my weighted-key keyboard because I am
primarily a piano player and (like YGK has said in the past) I really like to
lean into the keyboard when I play. You can't do this on an organ. I don't
know what you should try to get this keyboard for, but my 2 recommendations
are this one and ? yep ? you guessed it ? the Yamaha S 80.
(Did I mention
how much I love this keyboard ?)
I have not played either Roland keyboards. I have a thing about Roland. I have never liked them. Again, just my snobby opinion. Many people love them. They just don't feel good to me (under my fingers, I mean), and I haven't been that impressed with the sounds that I have heard them make.
For more information, go to www.musicplayer.com, and look for the "Keyboard Corner" forum. There is a wealth of information there for you to find. Also, people there will answer your questions with a great deal more information, expertice, and experience than I have. I hope that this helps you. Keep us posted on your search and feel free to e-mail me if you think that I could help you further.
Steveedan
'cause that's where the action is. and that's the mop, NOT the broom. i has endorsement ideas. think simonize, mister clean, pinesol. one moppin' mofo...
not working nearly as hard as the hardest working sex machine in the biz... jjeff, i had not heard about the godfather's latest run-in with the proverbial mother popcorn in the hottub...
gina meets clas. we want a live report...
get well, sick puppies worldwide...
duncan, it can only get better at this point. like i tell my students, "take the yoga breath". i'm hoping that you can draw some support from us...
lg, i so enjoyed the plush breakdown. you really convey the glee...
dr k, do the best you can...
badsnkrs, "best band you never heard..." is WAY up on my zappa list...
jimbo, i too was impressed with the live sade. enjoyed the grammy flashback. timely and well put...
i'm confused. justin timberlake portrays the young reg in elton's new video. is elton this catty ? i'd be disappointed...
¦ - really? Maybe we'll live long enough to see it. The ending.
If there is such thing as an ending. And if there is such thing as "happy".
Pang, Boom, Crasch!!! God Bless America.
C
I say, I am in mourning - have my girl hold my calls...
Hey Steely Dudes,
Spent some time over at the local Sam Ash here in NY and
found some
pretty cool keyboards. Maybe some of you
pianists (did i spell that right?
Hope so...) can give
me your 2 cents on the following keyboards.
Yamaha Motif 8 (fully wieghted, My favorite, $2599)
Roland XV88 (fully wieghted, #2 on my list, $2199)
Yamaha S80 (another nice one, $1599)
Kurzweil K2600 (nice but REAL pricey, $3150)
Korg Triton ($2699)
Roland RS-9 (nice, seems affordable at $995)
I liked the Yamaha Motif-8 the best but unless you're
a professional
keyboard player I'm not sure you'd want
to invest 2600 bills in a
keyboard...
Maybe the Yamaha S80 or Roland RS-9 would do the job
for the
average player?
Listen Doc, it's not you who is the jerk, it's AL. I'm sure you've got plenty more healin' in you. Now what have you done with z?
I thought I posted this before, but it mysteriously disappeared.
At this
point, I don't even care who's involved in the conspiracy against me, just get
it over with- I've lived long enough, maybe too long.
This morning, as I
was going to feed AL, I realized someone or something had broken the
otterhound cage open and AL was gone.
He left a note saying he'd gone to
England to go back on tour with Baby Lemonade. And that was it.
I went to
my nearest Tower Records store and searched in vain for some Baby Lemonade
CDs. As I was searching, someone played "Sister Golden Hair" and "Daisy Jane"
by America. I felt tingling in my brain. It felt good.
Then they played "I
Can Read Your Mind" by The Alan Parsons Project and again the same thing
happened, tingling in the brain.
I realized then, that my mission on earth
had not yet ended and all the good that I had done for people like Francis
Farmer, Phil Ochs, Tim Buckley and his son, Donny Hathaway and many others in
the entertainment industry, must go on.
Alright, maybe AL has escaped, but
there are more out there like him who I can still help, all I must do is find
them.
So, don't worry about this healer of broken minds, he is not at the
end of his rope yet, not by a longshot!
Heroically Yours,
Dr. Warren
K.-Healer!
Strangely quiet.
Chat?
"So I'm visualizing a cute little bunny
With a fluffy white tail and
long grey floppy ears
Who looks up at me and says, Doc don't you worry
All you got to do is, hide in here ... "
RIP Chuck Jones, one of the co-creators of Bugs Bunny (plus a universe of other beloved Whacks):
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/22/chuck.jones.obit/
http://www.chuckjones.com/
/the Mam'zelle
who has a special place in her heart for characters,
cartoon or otherwise
Had a meeting of directors today...
So nervous this morning threw up
last nights tea in kitchen sink.
The meeting was as i expected.
More
fucking lies.
Time to draft my resignation letter i think.
(after
Monday's job interview though)
Clas: I love a happy ending...
http://www.drparsons.fsnet.co.uk/georg.html
http://www.webmail.tele2.se/agent/mobmain?mobmain=1
StAl -- it didn't work.
Hey SF Bay Area GBers, The Machine, the excellent east coast Pink Floyd tribute band, is coming this weekend! Do yourself a favor and catch their shows this coming Saturday, Monday and Tuesday! Dates and locations below:
Sat February 23 The Mystic Theater Petaluma, CA
Mon February 25 The
Sweetwater Mill Valley, CA
Tue February 26 Great American Music Hall San
Francisco, CA
We went to see them last night at the House of Blues in LA and it was quite good, if lightly attended. I think you will really enjoy their musicianship.
St.Al -- thanks for correcting me. And I still can't get to my email, I login in to oblivion. Please Help!
Snakehips -- my error is probably the reason why you couldn't get to my website.
I wonder if people realize that there are a total of 23 pages of artwork that you can get to by pressing next? Please tell me if you don't so that I can reconfigure the website to make it more accessible. Some of you may already have, but I haven't been able to get to my email. My guestbook is up and now it's working.
Dragon
Alright, now I'm "persona non grata" around here.
First W1P hits me
with the lawsuit, now St. Alphonse (I bet you he's not even really eyetalian)
hits me with an admission charge- just to post!
I'm sure he has nothing
against the good Doctor- you all probably banded together against me and
forced the poor guy to do it!
That darn evil Oleander- she's probably
behind it! Or Fla.david- I didn't tell him to come up from Fla.- Or that Lisa
G.-she never liked me from the get-go-now we've all got colds thanks to her!
Or those two Netherworlders-if you critcize the work of a bona fide rock
and/or roll genius, that's what's gonna happen!
Well, you people should be
thanking me for AL getting rid of you!
You know what has happened to the
original LOVE band? Dead. All of 'em.
Bryan MacLean even became a Jesus
Freak before he died!
Every LOVE album had a different band behind AL, till
in '92 he just got tired of it and got Baby Lemonade to back him. I'm
currently on the phone with their uh, representative and we're gonna do some
business, if they ever get back to me.
You'll be pleased to know that AL
has regressed back to the snarling beast he was before I injected him with
CCK, but I'll leave you with the lyrics to his best song, "The Red Telephone",
so you can remember him as he once was- not what he's become.
The Red
Telephone
Sitting on a hill-si-ide
Watching all the peo-ple die
I'd
feel much better on the o-ther side-or hitch a ride
I believe in
ma-a-gic,
Why because it is so quick
You don't need power when you're
hyp-no-tized- look in my eyes
What are you seeing?- I see
How do you
feel?
I feel real phony when my name is Phil, or was that Will?
I don't
need the time of day,
Any time with me's o-kay,
I just don't want you
taking up my Time, cause that's not right.
Middle Section
I've been here
once,
I've been here twice,
I don't know if the first's the fourth's or
if the
Fifth's to fix
Sometimes I deal in numbers
And if you want to
count me
Count me out!
Interlude
Life goes on here,
Day after
day
I don't know if I am living or if I'm
Supposed to be
Sometimes I
feel so eerie
And if you think I'm happy,
Paint me black/white! (sung at
the same time)
Chanted: They're locking them up today,
They've
thrown away the key.
I wonder who it'll be tomorrow,
You or me?
They're locking them up today,
They're throwing away the key,
I
wonder who it will be tomorrow,
You or
me?
Free-dom,
Freedom
Spoken: We're all normal and we want
our
Freedom (Fade)
In old Black Dialect: All God's chill'un gots ta have
dere freedom.
Now you try to tell me this man isn't a genius after that!
Smugly
Yours,
Dr. Warren K.
Aja--Did you feel the earth move under your feet? The sky tumbling... a-tumblin' down... a-tumblin' down.... a-tumblin' doooowwwwnnnnn???
Yikes. Hold on. 5.4 on the Richter just south of you...
cara mia
Oh, paul. You cad! Go on and keep those earrings, baby. You deserve a special gift- and plus, they were far more flattering an accessory than the studs that matched your eyes. And if I might add- were the perfect compliment for the thong we bought off that wierd midget.
Rock Steady ...
NG: Seattle Wireless is a program that's been around for a few years. It's a grassroots effort to share broadband connections with others using wireless technology (802.11b). For more information go here: http://www.toaster.net. Closest place to you is Durham. But if you lived in Durham, you'd probably have high-speed internet. In your case I suppose the only chance you'd have is if you could convince that fancy golf course you live near to share out their T1 line...It's pretty cool stuff really. We use it at Seattle Lighting to connect a couple of close proximity stores together.
I heard some of that interview with Elton. Though I agree I can't help but think it's a bit of the 'ol sour grapes.
That's http://www.clubhiho.com. Not http://clubhiho.com. Technical DNS reasons...
Man I'm getting tired of this freakin' place. I can count on 1 hand the amount of times I've seen the sun stick around for a whole day since October. So Cal wont come a minute too soon. And if The Stranger is reading this -- I STILL wouldn't want to live down there...
Pat
The gallery is still there..
just not where it used to be, I have the
address if anyone wants to take a trip down memory lane.
:)
LP - sure, i'm in! (yikes - what did i just commit to?)
Duncan - a bit too much information there (re: your stomach)
Anyone - is the DVD of Plush different from the video?
Tones - curling = zen like? hee hee, it's just boring enough to put you in a trance! have you been listening to that soundtrack from "Dr. No" again? ;-)
Heard Gaslighting Abby in a store the other day. had to stand under the speaker til the song was done. if the people who put together music for stores to play listened to the words...
Dragon - can't get to your website from this computer. i'll have to check it out from home this weekend.
Angel - workin' on those pledges are ya?
sh
Tix in my purse now, Clas :-) will call you somewhere in this weekend, back
to work now me goes ...
toodly to everyone else, have a nice
weekend!
G.
other sports that should be in the Olympics is posted above as my homepage, too funny - traying, done it!
stayed up way too late watching the skating - what a win, another one coming from behind to capture the gold! very uplifting!
aja/angel/ge - looking at a chief of staff position, now that's covering someone else's ass 24/7!
sh, you in?
ward? all set for our dinner party tomorrow night? i'll post the menu later dear for your review and approval
Gwen dahling, gosh, that damn platinum belly ring! I hate to tell you but Andy swallowed it! And lacking the services of a proctologist, I'm reluctant to attempt retrieval. I'm sure you'll understand. On the brighter side, I do, however, hold your green earrings. And the Blue Banana will never be the same again.
Legless Foghorn, look at what happened to Bill!
Goodmorning LP! Is it raining in Boston?
The winterstorms are back in Sweden. That's for sure, my hat is gone.
---
GINA! - you did get my email?
---
Dragon - great, it's bookmarked.
Neg Girl - Ha! HA! I'll show you weed my little springchicken! :-)
C
hey foghorn leghorn, get your own gig!
Morning Sunlight On Meadow .. DRAGON .. i like that one!! :-)
Floridavid- Two years ago Elton performed with N'Stink on the
Grammys
and now he's changed his tune. WOW! as Ben Stein would say.
Here's a solution: Write or e-mail every artist that is worthy of skill and experience and encourage them to create their own record company.
Rod Stewart and Bowie don't have a deal at the moment, so maybe they can
take advantage and form the company and have only artists, if they are
business savvy, run it. Bowie should be president, considering how
well
he's done on the business scale.
If radio stations refuse to play their new songs, the artists should threaten to pull their old songs of the playlists. Once these stations get the idea, then they'll accept.
What do you think?
What a way to start this Frying Stormy Rainy Day (9.16 am) .. and definitely in a Radio phase again .. switched it on and as if i put the needle on the record, James Taylor started to sing his You've got a Friend ..
Hi NegG, so you're gonna take care of the Cover Art of this Year's
Technicolor Motorhome CD, right :-)??? haha, please do(n't) fa(i)l(l) us
...
fellows .. hm .. never noticed the kindred sounds to these words before
lol
thanks for the manual :-)
Jim Croce now singing his Leroy Brown ...
soon i expect Bruce Hornsby, and Jackson Browne, a Clas radio wave here on
Belgium radio ... that should be enough for signs, right?
Back to some grind,
Banyan Tree There's No Distance No Distance At All
Here Bow,
G.
Sickly ones I feel your pain. I am now going into week three of a cold, thank God I'm down to hoarseness and a lingering weak cough. Usually I pull out the echinachea root and leaves and make a strong tea adding honey to taste and drink it as hot and as quickly as I can and nip things in the bud, but had none on hand when this started and still haven't gotten any.
I've been lurking, but not posting much because I haven't had much to say and I've been busy working on my website www.clubhiho.com. It's still under construction but I'll let you guys know when it's done.
Dragon
The day, I say the day I let my little Gwen Stefani do the
bump--n-grind
in some South African discoteque is the day
I hangs up my feathers...
I understands she run off with that crazy chickenhawk(paul)
and that
stupid dog over there and been paintin' the town,
i sez paintin' the town
solid red!
Come home girl...yooze imbarassin' the family!
:)
I was listening to talk Radio news on the way to my Gig tonight. The
reporter quoted Sir Elton John as saying "many of todays artists like Britney
Spears and 'N Sync are really lacking in talent and are keeping
many good
artists for getting the Airplay and attention they deserve".
.....Go
Elton.
neg--grrrrrlfriend!
Jimbo--Masterfully put! What a night, as I think I heard someone say once.
wormy--great! then we may have room to breathe--although I may have to camp out in the tent!
Aja--the spring itch is starting to happen up this way, too, as MC said.
Dragon--nice goin'. I'll be checking in....
Gina--omigosh. I may have gotten behind on the parody posting.... If anyone doesn't see their faves there, e them to me!
Howard--You & Edd can come over & cook at my place anytime.
Hi all,
lp-remember Maslow's Hierarchy-first save your own ass, then everyone elses.....
This hot weather really feels like spring, New Orleans, and TvN! Thank goodness there are no blockbuster names at Jazzfest the first weekend, it'll keep the crowds down to about 50,000 or so! Wormy, got the washboard warmed up, bring some forks and we'll do a duet.
W1P-looking forward to the next meeting, whenever it is!
One day left of the workweek............
Gina-swirl outta here,
Aja
saint al: just curious...do you work for or have anything to do with Seattle Wireless? i was reading an article about the company's campaign for a community wireless network. how cool is that? do i need anything besides a willing participant and an omni-directional antenna? this is my only hope for getting broadband where i live and i would love to know more.
dragon: your website is looking good.
gina: remember this when meeting clas- he will defend you against all enemies, foreign and domestic. he will wait patiently while you take several showers. but don't- whatever you do- let him smoke any weed.
hi to everyone...nice to see royscam posting a few pages back.
oleander?
Yes, Duncan, from what I remember, you are one of the better looking ones. Guess the Gallery is gone for good. Where's that wascally Wiliam?
(Don't worry folks, it's a side effect.)
Does this seem right? You go to a doctor. He asks you if you have a prescription plan. You say, "Um, yes, but I pay a percentage." He then prescribes an antibiotic that costs $92.99. For that money, it better, clean your house, do your laundry and take you out to dinner. Now what would he have prescribed if you had said, "No prescription plan."? Would he have just given you samples? Is this a racket? Why do pharamceuticals cost so damn much money?
"Do you smoke?"
"Only when I'm on fire."
lp and Howard-thanks for the wishes. I think I'm recovering, finally, after 10 days of this. Out, out damned cold.
People, if you get this, get drugs! It's the only way.
Doctor, Doctor K-I'm still pissed at AL, if you must know. Where the hell have you been hiding z?
That was Staples Center, Jimbo. :-)
VERDICT ON SADE'S "LOVER'S LIVE" CD:
IT ROCKS!
The intimacy of the music was smooth, soulful and lacking any
commercial
formula that would have diluted it. Smooth Operator sounds as
good as it did the first time you heard it. Stuart Matthewman's sax solo never
loses its' spark. Kiss of Life is as sedate as ever. But my favorites include;
Paradise, The Sweetest Taboo ( in which you can hear the audience
chanting
"Go Sade, Go Sade.) No Ordinary Love,in which Stuart, playing guitar rocks
harder than ever, and Is It a Crime, part big band, part jazz
and part
soul. Complex music from a great band and it's seductive lead singer
Two thumbs up.
Anywho! I read that one of the guys from N'Stink (Yes, I'm back to
slamming them) is willing to pay the Russians $25 million to go to outer space
in November. God, they already tried to get into the next Star Wars film and
failed, happily. I wonder if HAL will be in the shuttle
accompanying him.
If so, can you say FRANK POOLE? ;)
By the way, not that this is a special anniversary, but here goes;
One year ago today, two outsiders walked into the great Western Forum
in
Los Angeles and shocked the world, upsetting the best selling,
cutie-pie
performers, and the antichrist Eminem by leaving there with not
one, not two,not three, but four Grammies.
Couric and Lauer praised them while Gumbel condemned them.
So-called
experts like Kurt Loder and Tom O'Neil scoffed at them. ET,
Access Hollywood and even the entertainment reporter for Regis and Kelly
ignored them. Even Eminem and N'Stink expressed their disappoinment publicly
for not being recognised as legitimate artists, HA HA. Rolling Stone made no
jokes while Letterman and Leno did. (Don't now if Saturday Night Live made any
remaks about the issue.)
All in all, a job well done. The music industry was pissed. Real
musicianship, coupled with little radio airplay and no videos dominated
the night, although the media won't admit it. Christina, any boy band from
Orlando, Madonna and any artist manufactured by the factory were left crying
in their beers or shirley temples.
As the night ended, our heroes left the Great Western Forum, home of Kobe
and Shaq, behind as the audience, glammed in glitter, spandex,
Versaces,
Hilfiger (the greedy bastard)and any overpriced piece of garment
were left crying, spitting mad or scratching their heads wondering with all
the qualifications they had: selling millions, appearing in two many magazine
covers, doing so many videos and endorsing Chili's ( God, I hate those ads),
how could they lose a bunch of Grammies to two aging, leery-looking, talented
gifted songwriter/musicians.
The answer, my friends, doesn't have to be blowing in the wind. It was
there all along. We knew it, but the Show Biz Kids didn't.
Whew! Enough preaching. But I thought that would make a point, as we repeated over, about how for one brief moment, real music outlasts some of the crap of the moment.
See Ya!
Jimbo
Duncan - that palindrome time thing is just a bit strange all round. Kind of odd and quirky, but at the end of the day, it's gonna feel like any other 2 minutes past 8!
Bad Sneakers - I was living in Edinburgh a few years back, and spent some time further north in whisky country. Popped into a couple of distilleries - Cardhu and Glenfarclas I think. Great fun! We were too late for the tours, but they gave us a taste of the whisky. The great thing is, there are distilleries about every mile, so if you plan things right ... !
Lisa G - hope you're recovered soon. Cardamom is a superb spice - goes with everything from sweets, coffee, chocolate to curries and stir fries. Wonderful stuff!
Howard
duncan - yes he has undersold himself - but the important question is, does he have an AGA?
hey angel - maybe i should do that on the weekends - doing one for free for mae's school this weekend, that's pretty dumb of me isn't it? i guess that's why i'm broke
lp's non-subtle secret for today is: i have a crush on the naked chef, but his camera man has got to go!
Hi.
Dano: booked digs for the weekend of the 2nd of Mar hope to see you
in the Torrie about 8.00.
Will call to confirm.
Howard: thanks for pointing out my stupidity on the date thingàso I left
out a few numbers & it didn't make any sense.. That's me all over.
''I
may not be one of the smartest people on the GB but I like to think I'm one of
the better looking ones''
WJAZ: thinking of you recently 2 late to go back to the station.
Cyn: I visited the rock last summer expressly to buy baby food, The place
is a tip.
Does seem incredible that they missed it though.
Mr Shotan: 2VN & Boston Rag will do for London Torrie show.
JJ: good to see you back.. You've been missed.
I forgot to check the 20:02/20/02/2002 GB because I was eating cheese puffs in bed. Far Far better don't you agree.
LP: my brother the chef has started giving cooking lessons for friends
ú120.00 for 10- 2hr lessons do you think he's undersold himself?
( he has
secured a job though, starting in April!!! )
BLOG
I've been feeling very odd lately but their does seem to be some light
ahead, I just can't quiet seem to make it out fully yet.
Will have more
details soon.
Linda is 100% though so that's a fucking huge relief.
Dan
fell over at nursery yesterday scratched & bruised his face.
He will
kiss anyone who asks nowà tongues an all, Don't know where he got that from
;)
Had poorly stomach last few days. Reached crescendo this morning when I
farted & followed throughà oops not a good idea
Still hoping to catch some of you in chat soon.
db
P.S. CD / DVD same size 650mb &2.6gb how is this possible
steviedan
Ordered the Metheney and both the Richard Bona solo discs today so - Can't wait man
Have been converting quite a few Jocks to Dave Mathews recently - he is unheard of over here in GB - Dug out the Zappa "Best band you never heard" CD - Now that is a band !! sheer CLAS / class
Howard - Treat yourself to the 25 - expensive but worth the wait -
Or else pop over to Scotland sometime and I'll take you to the distillery
I'm off to see the people who are certainly not Huns TWM !!! Good Luck
Well, after prying AL off of z yesterday, we finally got around to some
playing. Unfortunately, we seem to be off to a rather inauspicious
beginning.Since imbibing that concoction I devised yesterday (nicknamed CCK-
no relation to cystecokelanine), AL has become functional with a vengeance! I
had thought that I would have to run the rehearsal in much the same manner I
used to run my group therapy sessions- just prying off the sexed up psychotics
from each other if they acted out mating rituals, of if there was a
disagreement, but AL took over from the very beginning.
Here's another
installment of that transcript:
AL- Alright "LOVE band", let's start off
with-
Clas- What's with the "LOVE band sarcasm? If you're going to treat us
like a-
AL- You again? I thought you were the photographer/PR
man/acupuncturist? Doctor, what is he doing here?
Dr.K- I thought we'd let
Clas and Lisa G. play some of the string lines to the Forever Changes songs-
steviedan can't play cello and bass at the same time.
AL- No way- this is
my music, man! I make the decisions about synthesizers. They didn't have any
synthesizers back in the 60s! We used real violinists-listen, call David Angel
or Bruce Botnik, they have the original ch-
Dr.K- I think they're both
dead, or in prison or a mental institution or something.
AL- Well, alright
for now, but keep that damn Swede qui-
Clas- "Damn Swede?" Why don't you
just send me to a concentration camp?! I can't tolerate being treated like
this, by this inferior pop songwriter! He hasn't even written one song that is
classic pop! I could-
AL- That's it Doctor, get him out of here before I
kill him!
Dr.K- He means it Clas- he just got out of jail, why don't you
wait for us in the trailer, with Oleander and her brood?
Clas- Good, I'm
out of here- failure!
AL- Fuck you.
Dr.K-Alright, let's get back to
work! Lisa, do you have anything to add to group?
LG-Huh?
Dr.K- Oh,
sorry-had a little flashback, there-uh,
continue Arthur...
AL-Yes,
alright, I decided we'd open up with "A House Is Not a Motel". I thought
we-
Clas- Those lyrics make no sense, you idiot! If you'd let me rewrite it
I could-
AL- I thought he was out of here?
Clas- Just picking up my
corrections of your insipid-
Dr.K-Goodbye Clas.
Clas-Fuck you too,
Quack.
AL- As I was saying, we'll open up with the drums on "House"- play
the beat.
Fla.D. Uhh uh thack! uh uh thack!
AL- Wait a minute, what the
hell was that?
Fla.D. That was Bernard Purdie's favorite beat, he said he
played on Forever Changes.
AL- What? Get off those drums! Let me show you
how it goes. I taught Snoopy how to play the drums to all my songs!
Fla.D.
Good, get your own set.
AL- Hey, bring back those drums!
Dr.K- Maybe we
better start off with something that didn't have any drums.
What about
"Andmoreagain"?
AL- "I was thinking of doing "Andmoremoreagain" instead,
"Andmoreagain is kind of played out.
Dr.K.-Whatever.
AL-It starts out
with lead guitar playing this lick...
z- I can handle that.
AL- We'll
see. Alright start...
z- oop bop she deedlee doo
AL- Stop! What the hell
was that? It sounded like bebop!
z- Well, yeah- everything I play is from
Bird or-
AL- Listen, man- I taught Jimi Hendrix how to play! I hired him on
some R&B sessions and then he played on my "Vindicator" album! Where the
hell are your pedals? You're not even bending any strings! Doctor, get him out
of here.
Dr.K- z...
z- fuck you, you jive motherfucker!
AL- Goodbye!
Okay, who do we have left? Bassman- start out "House"
steviedan- Boom,boom,
boom boom,boom boom, boom-
AL- Wait! That wasn't bad, but let me show you
how it really goes.
steviedan- You wanna play it? Here, you play
it!
Dr.K- Jesus! Don't throw that bass at him- he just wants to show
you-
steviedan- I'm outta here.
AL-Good riddance.
Dr.K- Well Arthur,
who do we have left? Just Cara Mia and Lisa G.
LG- Can I do that Etta James
song now?
AL- Doctor, get her out of here.
LG- You're really a jerk, you
know?
Dr.K- Well,now we're down to Cara Mia.
AL- Well, come on girl,
dance!
Cara Mia dances...
AL- No! That's not the way they danced on
Shindig at all! Let me show you.
Cara Mia- Go show yourself,
asshole!
Dr.K- And then there were none. Let's wrap it.
So that was our first rehearsal- does anyone know what Baby Lemonade is
doing?
Frustratedly Yours,
Dr. Warren K.
hey angel - i said it was tough, but i assumed we left content out and just based the vote on the graphics of the cover alone - actually i am a big VU fan and how do you vote against warhol graphics?
apologies to pink for not voting for dark side of the moon, but it was in my top list as well as the bob dylan cover (is life any better than that), beatles (b&w as well as sgt pepper's), beastie boys (not content, remember) and duran duran (leading the way in 80's graphic style)
how did you vote?
What? You didn't vote for the Ramones? :-)
bink on the url and vote for your favorite album cover
i voted for the velvet underground - it's a tough choice, really
i was irritated aja was not on the list, but what the hell can you expect from rolling stone?
lisa g - feel better soon!
Or is it "whazoo?" I forget.
That's it. I'm going to the doctor. I can't take this garbage any longer. Called out again today. Last year I missed only ONE DAY of work, so my streak is over.
Clas, I tried some Robitussin, seemed harmless, 'cuz the coughing started last night and kept me up 'till my stomach hurt. Seems everyday I have some new development to look forward to. MC, jj, hope you're feeling better soon. :)
Howard-quite a recipe you've got there. Now if I only knew where to get Cardamom pods...
Yes, H, speechless last night. I couldn't even begin to go on about the Plush. I was so needing that. Worth staying up and forgetting about my sinuses for a while. Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyable. The musicianship alone...WHY DID I MISS THE TOUR?!?!?!?!?
I was humbled by the grooves. Really enjoyed Baker (hair and all) especially his cadenza into Josie, the whole tune of which simmered and created new-found respect in me. Herington was tay-stee, wished I heard more of him. The girls were really awesome in blend and style, although there were a few corny moments like the improv on Pretzel Logic, and some ensemble problems with cut-offs. They donÆt take the chick-singer thing, too seriously. I like that. Calhoun is my new fav. Wished they had ôDirty Workö up and ready to go. Michael Leonhart was/is just perfection in every way--professional, inspired, cool. Chris Potter, with his fresh, solid ideas and chops out the wazoo, was even better live than on the CD. Lawson was crisp and effervescent--he handled everything. Barney, oh my God, Barney. Where has this cat been all my life?
Refreshing tempo on JOS--breathes new life into it although I really like the slower album cut. Trying to get my band to do it, so hearing and seeing that was just enough to get me going. I enjoyed Walter, as always, but most of all, Donald was incredible. I had no idea he still had it quite like that. I was shocked by how much more I appreciated their writing (as if thatÆs possible) after hearing this group perform. Bumpus, besides his stock licks, has a great section sound. And Pugh's trombone solo in Sistuhs was well-suited if you subscribe to the sexual interpretation of the story--a trombone solo, sexual?--I was enjoying LeonhartÆs reaction. The horns were tight, but not too tight. The way it should be. Only complaint--the mix in WASAM, I really didn't hear trumpet high in the mix during the outro, but the saxes were right there. The turns in that horn line are some of my favorite things on this earth. That from just my first time. I gotta see this again and again.
Awesome, awesome, awesome. More, more, more.
Help me, paul! I lost my platinum belly ring at that disco in Cape Town. Can you go back and look for it? I think it got stuck on the light fixture when i was doing the Tilt-A-Whirl with Andy Dick.
jjeff....I like the idea of the me/Walter morph thingy....I'll work on that when I have time....good idea!.....as for the polydactyl kitties, I've seen a few but not very many....none of ours are....it is genetic....maybe it's an extension of natural selection ala Darwin....like you said, a larger foot is better suited to the climatic conditions of the great white north....it's an idea anyway.
like Lisa G & jjeff, I think I'm gettin' the crud here....so far it feels like an upper respiratory infection....hoping it doesn't get any worse....to make matters worse, it's nearly 70 degrees and beautiful here today....think I'm going out with the camera anyway....maybe it'll either get better or worse.
three 12 hour shifts coming up Friday - Sunday yet again....probably catch up with y'all Monday.
Lisa G - speechless after watching Plush is fine, nothing to worry about. It's the nose thing that's the problem. Treat that cough medicine that Clas recommended with caution though. Anything with a name that long must be serious sh*t.
I'd go for a different remedy:
either a good hot & sour Thai soup (has to be home made - LOTS of ginger & garlic, some fish or prawns, chilli, lemon grass, lots of lemon juice, carrot, onion...)
OR (easier option), grate plenty of fresh ginger, add honey, lemon juice, cardamom pod and add boiling water (optional splash of whisky!). Stir, leave for a few minutes, then enjoy.
Bad Sneakers - malt whisky? Macallan is an excellent choice! Probably my favourite. Have only had the pleasure of the 10 and 12 yr old versions though. Lagavullin is another good one - more smoky.
Howard
"Drink Macallan, all night long..."
Gina, watch your dots baby! This that you are actually meeting me is no excuse for messing up the dots. Okay?
Who shall I set up a meeting with? The Prince or King Plum?
King Plum is out Prime Minister, the prince is the young one in the Royal Family.
Savoy or Ritz?
C
I can sympathize, LG, reguarding proboscal wipes. I've been using hospital issue all night and Rudolph got nuthin' on me. Plus the frickin'(thanks steveedan for the spelling) dry air in this place didn't help. I've been up for an hour 'cause lying prone just allows it to pool(euw, gross). Contac C is the only thing that helps me, but I hear scary stuff about it(on par with chromasomal damage). I'm usually so immune to everything due to slight exposure constantly, but last week was a super heavy workload with twice the work and half the staff. I'd go home with a full bladder because there was no time to piss.
Steviedan: James" kiss myself" Brown was charged with sexual harrassment last week and had to "testify" in court. He looked every bit the innocent man;-)
MC: Have you got any double-pawed kitties? Apparantly there is an unusually high percentage here in N.S. My currant two have an extra toe each on the front paws, but I've seen plenty of bigfoots. maybe it's a case of genetic mutation allowing large footed ones to be selected due to ease of walking through snow?
Yes, and Waylon died. He was partly responsible for getting me to listen at all to country music in '77?with The Outlaws. Now that was a cut above the persistant drivel that was heard on the local radio station.
Have yourselves a good week, people. Hug someone.
If the pleasures of the flesh could transcend
then ecstacy would be my
end
-Rough Trade
Gina - yes, I got your email, but I couldn't answer this morning, I'll try again later. Anyday you say Gina, and yes, we need a couple of days.
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Lisa G - Cough medicine - etylmorfinhydroklorid 2,5 mg/ml, Cocillana.
Mighty sedative stuff as well. Ask dr Kruger for a couple of liters. Be cool. But please, record your song BEFORE you hit the cough-medicine-bottle.
C
Okay Clas, i sent you a long one yesterday ... i checked for tix and have two options, SAS or Lufthansa, will leave from Amsterdam and arrive in Stockholm ... is March 8t convenient for you, friday and the weekend .. or the week after that .. 11, 12, 13 march .. let me know!
Doc Mu, i was in a similar palindromic wave yesterday when listening to the radio .. the radio host was babbling about all sorts of stuff and then this 22.22 hour thing he mentioned .. these the kind of magical waves life and Steely Dan stuff thrives on ... tuning into the right channels, hahahaha!
Banyan Tree Palindromania Bow,
G.
B & Gina; seems like my email-stuff is down.
Stevie Dan - absolutely, I think Stern would add something. I just have this feeling he wouldn't be interested in playing with them.
doc Kruger - does this mean I am fired? There's no problemas for me to get back to the original idea, being a PR-man. Libras are wellknown for their diplomatic skills, I go for that if that gives me a seat in the bus. Say hallo to Arhur.
C
the prospect of crashing at the subterrainian worm-bode is SUCH a generous offer, and i had not forgotten ! i need to do some sleuthing and ciphering (dates/ticket prices/gigs). still in the midst of renovations and budget may run tight. i will appeal to the committee known as "phyllis". tom, for a worm, you sure are DA MAN !
bad sneaks, good to be hearing from you sporadically. the metheny will not disappoint. it has that undescribable beauty. you know the one...
and don't worry, no victor covers so you won't need that strap-lock. the repetoire will be vintage arthur lee & love and from the sound of it, arthur will be needing a little "auxiliary" bass here and there. we'll check with the musical/pharmacological director...
you know, the one responsible for that HILARIOUS transcipt earlier today, the man whom we will trust with our well-being and the one most likely to abscond with the receipts mid-tour...
... while jjeff's nostril gently weeps (damn you lp for beating me to it) ! jjeff, JB ? i'm assuming jackson ? james ? junior ? where have you been, anyway ?
clas, i think stern would be given as much freedom by b&f as by miles. he is a prolific sideman internationally and has shown himself to be a team player in projects such as chroma with musicians like... dennis chambers, jon herington, jim beard. the brecker brothers. he has the jazz chops, the rock chops, he's perfection and grace and the smile will be on my face. he's a badass. carlton eats his pickup dust ! herington ? second chair ! how can i make this happen !?!?
maybe walter is reading today...
MIKE STERN RULES (or at least sitteth at the right hand of walter the becker) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lisa G: Hopefully you are speechless in a good way. How about that Green Earrings and Pretzel Logic.... Yum. :-)
Dragon: Nice pictures (from one artist to another). Especially like the Red Lizzard. I hope to get pictures up on my site eventually. Have the page all set, just don't have good copies of the paintings and not much memory on the old computer. Good luck with the rest of your web site.
Hey Aus!
Hello....back from beautiful Cabo San Lucas...diving was great, food,
etc..
Nice to be back. More to come later.
Aus
I just finished watching the Plush video. I'm a little speechless right now.
Mu, you beat me to it....
It didn't feel any different, then the minute before though. :-)
palindrome post? - damn the modem
Okay, I'm posting a bit out of turn, saw that monster post from Warren Kruger and decided to skip the reading and just post now.
You all are invited to a sneak preview of the still under constuction site of Club Hi Ho. URL above in homepage. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday Dr. Walter Becker, thanks for all the great music.
Dragon
First of all, Happy 52nd to Mr. Becker. Best wishes for him in terms of good health and more doses of sarcasm from him.
By the way, on this date:
Charles Barkley was born in 1963.
John Glenn flew around the Earth.
Right now I'm watching TNT anticipating Charles' birthday show.
Boy,
that'll be wild.
Finally, I think both Springsteen and Mellencamp are great
rockers.
The're both from blue collar backgrounds ( like me) and
represent
the complexities and grit of rock.
Will provide a review of the Sade Cd next post. I promise.
Jimbo
"...I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping, while my nostril gently weeps." PuffsPlus is NOT a nosemeat prevention tool.
Blech! Enough of this damn cold already. Time to see the doctor about some serious chemicals. Doc. K., any suggestions would be much appreciated.
You want Etta James? You can't HANDLE Etta James. Now Elton John...oops, sorry, Arthur, it's the Tylenol Flu P.M. talkin.' Honest.
BB Schwinn-Re: TK2K2-did you say SD covers (not necessarily parodies) are welcome, too? Something may be brewing.
Why is it when you have a cold one nostril feels like you have your fist shoved in it and the other just constantly weeps( there's an opening, Steviedan). Then, they alternate.
I gotta tell you about the janitor here in the hospital. He's a little touched, but has a heart of gold( most of us do). He'll sweep a little bit then come back to my door, look in and say," More dirt". Then we both laugh.
Winter shows no signs of leaving this part of the world. February has been a mean mutha. But the South Shore of N.S. has fared better than the rest.
It was a pleasure to read all your posts.
MC119: Why don't you do a morph of you and Becker circa'75? You're getting
closer all the time. Nice pic.
&338:Threebrain was cute. I'm assuming
there was audio to it too. Too bad I couldn't hear it.
213Miz Ducky: I'm gonna try it only because it's so bizarre.ONE CUP of lemon juice and THREE tsp. of baking soda! There just to look at, right?
240Duncan:Stones at Glastonbury. Kind've expected that, eh?LOL
248&278RoyScam: Great parody of Green Earrings. It's a song that lends itself to parody. And mondergreen is a word?
257Snowbound: That call to arms opened all the sluices. Maybe it wasn't meant to be funny but I sure did laugh. Our version of Crips and Bloods.
276Tones(good to see you back): Love curling!!! Have never played myself but have friends that do. It's usually better with a buzz. After the regular season the locals play a Turkey shoot where instead of rocks they throw frozen turkeys( after a few brews, mind you). It's a scream.
303Randy: Good to see you back. If you've been slighted, just let it go.
Stevie: Did you see JB on the tube, swearin' on a bible and lookin' as innocent as he could while wearing the meanest lookin' shit-kicker boots and pants so tight you can see the scar from car accident in'75? He STILL da man!!!
And Prince is touring next month.And I know I saw something about Peter Gabriel, Pat. You're the better snooper. Go for it, then come back. See y'all.
I'm totally swampped and have near zero time to respond BUT -- it was great notching another GB "meet" on the old belt running into Aja at TSD on Sunday. Aja, I apologize for getting dragged away from our discussion because of Jeremy of Government Grown (what a name for a band, eh?) but he has been trying to track me down for months and choose that moment to bend my ear. It was great meeting you and I'm quite sure it will happen again. I thought TSD was really on their game -- Hank Easton continues to amaze. I particularly liked New Frontier, Second Arrangement, Kings, Boston Rag, Gaucho, King of the World and (my request) Caves. Very strange side note -- not one song from Katy Lied was played -- it was a Countdown to Prezel Aja Thrill Gaucho night. 4/13 plans are up in the air -- my anniversary is 4/11 and wife's birthday is 4/12 on top of an insane litigaiton schedule (not to mention Which One's Pink? on 3/30)
Mazel tov on your 52nd, Walter--hope whatever you're up to right about now is suitably entertaining!
Aja--I could do with a couple of hints re cheep lodging in San Diego in April myself. If you wouldn't mind, drop me an email (address is linked above) and we can discuss.
/the Mamzelle
(buzzing awhile like Dr. B--was that Whack #4 or #5, or
what?)
LOL LOL Doc Kruger, those conconctions do the appendix in before it's even
thought of whining and turning into a wiggling little obnoxious for no
apparent reason present in the human body eh ... eh ...
but what's an MC ..
a Midnite Cruiserette?
There's someone else i miss around here. the Stranger. I imagine this deep voluminous voice-over though presented in a poised way and the understating humor. Plus the latest purchases in the Tower something .. CD's nicely priced and all ...
aloha Wormman!! I think we should browse the archives or Ole's pages for STEELY PARODY LYRICS, you were handing them out like eggrolls in Little China's Main Street :-) we got to keep the engine of the Technicolor Motorhome as happy as can be!!! And yes, looking forward to meeting you in April as well!!!!!
Nawlins will be something i am going to experience one day as well ...
Banyan Tree Always About The Music Bow,
G.
Today I introduced AL to all the members of our little "entourage" and we
worked on a few of his simpler songs, to get a feel for the era we were trying
to reproduce. He was at his most coherent in ages, since I gave him a little
of a concoction I've been working on for quite a while.
It's a mixture of
Klonopin, Clozapine and Clonidine, 3 totally unrelated drugs that I combined
because they sound alike. I reasoned (quite correctly, as usual), there must
be some reason the ad agency guys came up with similar names for these drugs,
so I wrote a few scripts and next thing you know, AL was back to his old
spacey self! Psychopharmacology is my life!
Anyway, I taped a little of it
and, seeing how today is a holiday (Beckerday), I transcribed a few minutes of
it:
Dr.K- Arthur, here's the crack team I gathered for the tour- they come
from all over the world to celebrate your greatness with the world!
AL-
Yes, I agree.
Dr.K- Uh, yes I thought you would, now here's Clas and Gina-
we picked them up from the Netherworlds. Gina is going to be your MC and Clas
is going to be your uh, photographer or PR man or acupuncturist, I can't seem
to remember which...
Clas- Arthur, I listened to your material last night
on the web and I can understand why you never had a hit record- you simply
lacked the ability to write a classic hit song. Now, I've been re-working some
of your material, and if we just make it a little simpler, throw in a few
hooks then maybe, just maybe we could finally get you (and me) the hit record
you and/or I deserve!
AL- Listen Chas., or whatever your name is, my band
LOVE hit the charts while you were still in diapers, with "Alone Again/Or"
back in the-
Dr.K- Wasn't that Bryan's song?
AL- Bryan? There was no
Bryan! Bryan was me and I was Bryan- that's like saying Lennon without
McCartney, Boyce without Hart, Becker without Fa-
Dr.K- Yes, I quite agree,
now run along Clas- uh this is Gina, she's going to be your MC.
G.-
Greetings Mr. Lee-ason, may the Banyan Tree always sway to the rhythm of your
heart!
AL- Now she's far out! I don't know about that other fellow, but
she's speaking my language. You know, people wouldn't have spoken like that if
I hadn't spent over a year tripping on acid 24/7 in the 60s. I codified that
type of language and brought it back so people could groove together.
Dr.K-
Oh yes Arthur, I'm sure your influence reached the entire world- now here's
Oleander, she's going to be your kind of new age, voo-doo queen that
AL-
You know Hendrix stole "Voo-doo Chile" from me? I gave him the first verse and
next thing I know, he's cranking up his fuzz-wah and making a hit out of
it!
Dr.K- Oleander has donated her trailer that she and her brood used to
live in and give Tarot Card readings from for the tour!
AL- Kulu se mama
jenais se qua papa oo mow mow?
Oleander- Bwana. Bwana oo mow mow se quana
kuna.
AL- Very nice Doc, you've been doing your homework!
Dr.K- Yes, I
thought you'd like her, now this is Cara Mia. I had her go out and buy these
white go-go boots and mini-skirt. We're going to dress her up as a sixties
go-go dancer to remind the people that you once appeared on American Bandstand
back in the-
AL- Shindig!
Dr.K- What? Oh, yes, whatever, well Cara Mia
say hello to Mr. Lee.
Cara Mia- You know Arthur, I know Pat Metheny very
well, here's a picture of-
AL- Who is Pat Metheny?
Dr.K- Oh, I forgot to
tell you, Arthur has been uh, out of commission for a little while so he may
not be that up-to-date on the current music sce-
AL- More like
incarcerated! We're all normal and we want our freedom!
Dr.K- Uh, yes, that
was "The Red Telephone" wasn't it? Terribly prophetic.
AL- That's why I
wrote it.
Dr.K- I'm sure, now here's my esteemed colleague Dr. Mu, he's
going to be the brains behind the whole project.
Dr.Mu- Now I'm sure you're
aware that the latest skirmish in Afghanistan is a direct result of George W's
complete lack of perspective on the Muslim population's lack of natural
resources that has literally doubled in the fiscal year of-
Dr.K- Uh, yes
Doctor, I'm sure Mr. Lee is concerned with many social issues, why don't you
quote him one of your songs Arthur?
AL- "And the water's turned to mud and
if you don't think so, go turn on your tub,
And if it turns to
blood,
Then you can call my name,
Dr.K- Yes, that's "A House Is Not A
Motel", isn't it?
AL- "By the time that I'm through sin-ging the bells from
the schools of wars will be ringing,
More confusion, blood
transfusions,
The news of today will be the movies of tomorrow,
And
the-"
Dr.K- Yes Arthur, I think we get the picture. Now here's one of your
back-up singers, the lovely and talented Lisa G.
LG- Arthur, I'm heavy into
Etta James, can we do a feature where I play piano and sing-
AL- Etta
James? There would be no Etta James if I didn't walk to school each day and
pass the Capitol Records building and, even back then I knew, I would be as
big as Nat King Cole and own the Capitol Records building.
Don't talk to me
about Etta James!
Dr.K- Uh yes Arthur, I'm sure she was just kidding, now
here is steviedan, he plays cello, guitar, bass, drums, kind of like your
utility infielder.
He can play bass when you-
AL- Do you know I played
every instrument on every record I ever made?
When I was young my mother
took me to a piano teacher. In 2 years I learned all there was to know about
piano.
steviedan- Hey, listen bro, I know the sco'- you don't need to jive
if yo'spirit's alive!
AL- Now that's more like it! He definitely
stays!
Dr.K- Yes, very colorful, I thought you'd like him, now here's your
drummer, Fla.david.
Floridavid- The drums are my life.
AL- Well, I hope
you work out man, Snoopy's in jail or a mental institution or dead or
something, so you better measure up! You know I played the drums on all of my
records, Snoopy was too wasted to-
Dr.K- Yes Arthur, you reminded us of
that before, now here's a special surprise, this is z. We're going to use him
on lead guitar. He was-
AL- Wait a minute! I know that guy! Wasn't he the
one who used to play all my songs on the piano in the rec room of the
HFTCI?
That stupid motherfu-
Well, I have to stop it there, things got a little out of hand- I think
that little concoction I gave him started to wear off and frankly, all hell
broke loose! z has a gig in Brooklyn tonite and after what Arthur did to him,
I think I may have to sub for him.
Narratively Yours,
Dr. Warren K.
okay gang
jazzfest is almost on us
ole - wayne shorter will be in the jazz tent, not the rayban stage!
no really big names the masses would tend to jump on and show up in droves so the first weekend will sport no monster crowds! and I like it like that
last year Dave Matthews brought in 160,000
I was at Van Morrison with
90,000 and it was a bit much
the clubs are also having great shows - a few are advertized now
I will
report back in detail when I get off this crisis at work!
jim# - are you in? and the mrs?
gina - can't wait to hook up on your
side of the big pond!
stevie dan - hitchhike down with ole or cara mia,
I'll change the sheets!
open invite for anyone game to come on down to jazzfest
and Aja I won't
been swamped at work this april AT ALL!
so warm up that washboard!!!
wormy
hey - can i be the cook on the tour???!!!! - i'll lug my AGA onto the bus, no problem!
female performers who got alot of flack for appearing to ride on spouse's coattails? well, people, let's not forget susan dey from the partridge family - hahahahahaha, um, oh, yeah, uh sorry, haven't done an obscure celeb in a long time
possum stew made with dark beer, no problem, Gina, i'll be on the next flight over
back to saving my ass, um, uh, i mean, the world.....
richard bona does play bass on three tracks
Happy birthday Walt
Dano - April is out for the road trip - got a tour in for six weeks - I'll catch the Danny Steels sometime though - Hopefully in Scozia
Floyd at Glastonbury anyone ????
Steviedan - I've been looking forward to the new Metheney for - well a long time - tell me more !!!
The "band from hell" ? - well I have been known to play "a bit of bass" if the seat is still free - What is the tour rider ?? Interesting or lounge lizard ?? - Whats the set list - No Victor Wooten covers I take it ??
Walt, Jackson, Rainey, Lee, Barney, Miller - Tutto bene !!
Favourite Malt whisky folks ? - what about the Macallan 25y - The Dogs !!!
TWM - Huns ?? - Well I heard somebody at the Rovers calling them that - honest !! - Love and peace
Does Dr.Becker make house calls?
I know it's his birthday and all but I
can't seem
to get this guitar neck straight and...
Happy Birthday Walt!
Happy Birthday to Mr.--oops, right, Mu--Dr. Becker.
Isn't the time/date palindrome thing:
20:02 20 02 2002
(at least, if you live in a country that has the day/month/year bit in the right order, that's what you get...!)
St Al - a minor HTML thing I spotted. The link at the top of the GB to "Post Message" doesn't work on Netscape. I think the name attribute that's set next to the forms needs to be "sign" rather than "#sign".
Howard
On Walt's birthday too..
Wonder what time he was born ?
Happy Birthday to the ''Waltmeister''
db
Fun with your digital clocks tonight...
20:02 02 2002 (only happened
once before)
db
except for the avocado mystery, hm, now also wondering how LP would prepare
possum for a hungry party of 12 kids or 6 adults, the "true" identity of
Warren Kruger is getting on my nerve lol.
I might try that Deludin
now.
Gina, Yoko Ono was dissed. Yes, but why? Because she is a total zero.
Linda mc Cartney? I bet nobody dissed her photos. A few dissed her for her lack of singing/playing-skills, but that's pretty fair if you ask me.
Nobody disses Joni Mitchell, Ricki Lee etc etc...
C
Gina! Come on over. Do you mind, between the takes, sharing sofa with Pompe?
No, he can't sleep on the floor, he's very spoiled.
If you're serious, email me. That would be FUN!
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doc Krueger - are we playing Aja? Mind if we change the lyrics?
ôChinese needles always sets me free / angular Sternum / feels good to me...ö
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Stevie - sorry, my mistake. Maybe Stern would fit in Steely Dan but, isn't he very much ôhis ownö player?
And yeah, ôShaky Townö is a great piece. The line ôWrite about the moon and dream about the stars ö is well put.
C
Roy Scam - I hear you.
and that would be "speaking OF which" not "speaking IF which" ... BUT...
"speaking of now"...
... is the title of the new pat metheny group album and since several folks have mentioned it subsequent to it's sdaow status, i might add a few comments on it. it has that perfect balance between lyricism/tonality and dissonance that i like from the pmg. parts of it i see as a continuum of "we live here", more so than "imaginary day" which i liked, if not as much. line-up changes: i miss david blamires and mark ledford, but they have added richard bona who is a killer african bassist and is a solo artist for sony. only he plays no bass here, only vocals and percussion. steve rodby is still the bassist, but paul wertico has given up the drum throne to antonio sanchez and there is someone named cuong vu on trumpet and vocals. no track by track here but suffice it to say, i played it in the store on my four-hour-a-week day at the record store and it drew immediate praise from my twenty & teen-something co-workers and from a diverse sampling of customers. you will not be disappointed, i assure you...
yousayitsyourbirthday !
walter ! high five-two ! dude ! that is trog !
just kiddin', hoss ! you're like a beautiful springtime, man.
[breakin' up here]
speaking if which...
wjaz, thanx for what may be some of the most critical advice one may ever receive...
clas, i know that stern did a bs&t stint, not that i'd question your cred. i just happen to think that he would be a PERFECT sd guitarist and that the journeyman path might continue to lead both players to the same gigs...
... and i caught that "shaky town" reference. great tune written by danny o'keefe, covered by jackson on that album you wove in, "running on empty"...
... which i think was the perfect parallel to the upcoming arthur lee & love(two)r (TM)... dr k, but that WAS the plan. not inspirational or indepth, just greatly entertaining to the entourage (us), while somewhat frightening to the audience. TALK to me...
wormy, garrison keillor ? okay, i love him and his midwest schtick. so comforting. i even have a couple of discs. be curious to get a poll around here on this guy... or maybe i shouldn't ask...
Happy Birthday Dr. Becker!
Kruger, you are about to get on my last nerve. You have got me mixed up with the juju priestess chere, which if you had the sense God gave a goose you would not mess. And if that didn't take all, you mixed up "you'uns" with "young'uns." I be dog if I know how you ever got to be a doctor in the first place. But that don't make no never mind, cause one thing you got right is the possums. Tastes just like... possum.
Mu--Etymologist! [slapping of knee]
Randy--Hey! good to see you.
Fr Wm--It's in the plan.
Wayne Shorter! Cedar Walton! I am STOKED. However, my anticipation of JazzFest is marred by memories of sitting cheek by jowl for hours with, no, amid, a sea of drunk twentysomethings who used our blanket as a can dump and ashtray. Ended up spending most of the time in the gospel tent. There were really good things: Branford Marsalis, Sphere, some zydeco guy in a thong, bread pudding, and Zeke.
Forgot to mention that there was an article in todays LA Times about the
RRHOF inductions. Some interesting comments regarding The Ramones, Paul
Schaffer and Talking Heads. You can click on the link above or copy this
address.
http://www.calendarlive.com/top/1,1419,L-LATimes-Calendar-X!ArticleDetail-51673,00.html
Happy Birthday Walter! 52 Looks real good on you.... :-)
Jazzfest: Wow, what a list! Something for everyone.
I spent President's Day in Simi Valley doing the "Spies: Secrets from the CIA, KGB and Hollywood" exhibit at the Reagan Library. For any Left Coasters, it is well worth the trip. Not only such things as a real A-bomb, an enigma decoder, and umbrella gun. They also had spy stuff from Hollywood, like the shoe phone from Get Smart, the communicator pen from The Man From UNCLE, the leather pants that Emma Peel wore on The Avengers. Unfortunately, we have to wait another 2 years for them to put Airforce 1 on exhibit. Guess I will go then, too.
Ole updated her page, if anyone checks such things.
Steveedan: Matt (of Matt and Amanda) sometimes posts here as Kid Charlemagne. A very nice person, who I met in NYC last March. I felt like I was almost meeting SD royalty, or at least 6 degrees of separation. :-)
Ellegee: Get better soon. Husband liked your jokes btw, said they were sick. :-)
Randy: Welcome back! Missed your SD comments. Don't be a stranger.
Kruger: I think this time you are really going over the deep end. :-)
This is going so great, I can't believe it!
Clas has gone from PR man to
Photographer to Acupuncturist, and we haven't even started the tour yet! I'm
sure he and Oleander can work something out for AL's multiple addictions.
Between acupuncture, faith healin', new age crystals, and snake handling, I'm
sure AL's dependence on heroin, alcohol, and LSD doesn't have a chance. And if
he does OD again, and this time not make it back, I'm sure WJAZ could help us
out there.
I'm very excited about finally meeting the luscious Cara Mia
live- AL has always been very friendly with the women who help him out in his
live shows- I'm sure that was just an isolated incident when he set his
girlfriend's porch on fire after stalking her for all that time. We are trying
to bring back LA in the 1960s and putting white go-go boots and a mini-skirt
on Cara Mia will really make AL feel like he's back on the Strip
again!
Speaking of which, steviedan is quite correct about the mod boots
and granny glasses. AL is ruthless in his condemnation of Jimi Hendrix's
co-opting of his psychedelic style of dress-that he never got recognition for
being the first Afro-American to dress like that bothers him to no end, so
mention of JH should be done only when absolutely neccessary. The fact that
Hendrix played on one of AL's records didn't seem to make up for
that.
Having AL give a testimonial at the end of each concert would be a
great idea if I thought he was capable of uttering even one coherent
sentence.
Unfortunately, AL's cognitive therapy has been going very poorly
and I haven't even gotten a coherent prepositional phrase out of him- not to
mention a whole sentence.
Well, ready or not, we have to begin rehearsals
tomorrow. Steveedan has not even given us a commitment on whether his new
tribute band is up to the task of impersonating you-know-who as our opening
act. I think the added tension of having Clas present would really spur the
boys on to a fine performance!I'm still looking for a
tall,skinny,geeky-looking guy with vampire teeth to mouth you-know-who's
lyrics.
I don't think too many of you are very familiar with LOVE's music,
so it might be a good idea to go to Rhino Records' website and listen to some
samples of their much-hyped re-issue of LOVE's classic "Forever Changes"
album. AL will be very impressed.
Industriously Yours,
Dr. Warren
K.
Hey All, Just a thought here. If someone has a song contribution they would
like me to take a stab at Drums on, please send it to me.
Just tell me what
the multi-track format is and I'll try to accomodate. If your Drum tracks are
already "there"....then, uh....never mind.
Also , It is my opinion that Nigey Lennon is the real deal.We've all done things in our youth that have influenced us. Physically, mentally and well...musically. Her interpretations of the songs are genuine and unique to her. I'm still enjoying her CD "Reinventing The Wheel".
StAl -- It appears that Chat and my email are both down. I don't know if there's a connection but...
only a minute tonight....just wanted to wish Walter a Happy Birthday tomorrow....may you be less than half way through your journey.
WJAZ....DMORT....hadn't seen that one since I last read Patricia Cornwell....fascinating work in the abstact, don't know if I could do the real thing though.
later y'all
Lisa G :-) why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets ... that one had me
LOL
thanks!
can't sleep, insomnia, 2.20 am ... Nigey's Reinventing the Wheel spinning
on repeat thru the headphones ... Listen without prejudice the best listen
always ... it is unique, blending all kinds ...
When first listening to
Walter's 11 Tracks of Whack i had this sudden flash of EUREKA and i could
swear he's a kindred spirit to that of Frank Zappa's ... now Nigey mixed Brain
Tap Shuffle with some Zappaditties .. PERFECT ..
i can't agree she is coat-tailing, with all due respect to JDubz and others
who feels she is doing that ... it's much much more ... her music does indeed
breath the eccentricities typical for FZ, but if one doesn't have the kindred
musical genes, one will sound like a cheap rip-off and that's not how this CD
sounds ... i also hear Steely Dan influences ... Candy Zappa's voice sometimes
has a touch of Diane Schuur, less smoothened though ... the rhythms in some
songs should appeal to YGK, his Wunderground Radio could be a brother to those
songs ...
and if coat-tailing should be an issue, we would have to diss all
Tribute Bands out there, including the Steely Dan Tribute Bands ...
and i am not even gonna bring up the subject of male versus female .. Yoko One once upon a time was dissed, Linda McCartney was dissed,(can i come up with anyone else?) ummm .. women standing by their men just in a supporting role or on their own feet, or participating .. as equal partners .. given credit for their own talents and skills and such .. (Ah, there it is again .. TAKE THE WORST OF THIS UGLY WORLD ..)
and in honor of Mr. Double U Bee's 52d Birthday tomorrow ...
the Blue
Book mentioned his sardonic wit ...
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, their
individuality and what happened when they got together ... i wonder if Mr.
Double U Bee cares for an avocado every once in a while ... does anyone KNOW
what the attraction of those avocados were at that time????????
Clas ... insomnia makes me think of a 2 hour flight to Stockholm and work
on the CD contribution with you ... Blaise suggested Symphony's Blues ...
I
am crazy enough to do this, you know LOL
Off now ..
Banyan Tree Lisa G. What Have You Done LOL Bow,
G.
Cara Mia-just checked out JB and listened in. Ooh, I know that song "Linger!" I really like her ideas, her phrasing. Clearly a goddess.
St. Al-if you want help finding a hotel here in San Diego, let me know. I feel your pain about flying out early Sunday am-I have to leave on a business trip, with my boss, no less, at 7:00 am on April 13.
What a line up for Jazzfest! India. Arie! No Dr. John, but I'm sure he'll turn up somewhere that weekend. I got so excited seeing the official webpage that I bought a poster-must have been deliriously excited.
Oops, gotta run!
Aja
cara mia - i thought of you over the weekend in vermont while listening to "the story" on the cd player - god, what a great release that was, thanks for keeping us up to date on her
went to see harry potter movie with 4 9-year olds today, what a great movie, john williams did a great job with the music - favorite line from the film:
don't live in your dreams and forget to live
back to work tomorrow, heavy sigh
Thanks to all for the VD/BD greetings and wishes. A big kiss to you...
NYC was great fun. I am now back in somewhat rural Tennessee. In the past I lived only a few miles from the TN/GA border and today's infamous crematory in Walker Co., GA. Ugh...
Jonatha Brooke was fabulous last Thursday. She is now immortalized in the Disney catalog for her two songs featured in "Return to Neverland" that opened Friday in theaters near you. Her song "I'll Try" could just get her on the Grammy stage next year. You heard it here first, folks. See/hear her at www.jonathabrooke.com.
That Dan-deludin tour of Dr. K and Kompany has me drooling (and not as
a side effect from the drug). I hereby volunteer my services as one of the
bare midriff-ers. I CAN sing, and if I can lose 20 lbs in 20 days from my gut,
I promise to stay out of Lisa G's way...
L-U-V,
cara mia Marsha (going to check out the Nawlins Jazz roster
now)
Father William drops in from Wonderland with words of wisdom! Weally wonderful.
Well, stevie, if you insist, but my cafe mocha is to die for. I also brew up some pretty strong "Black Coffee."
Happy Birthday tomorrow, Mr. Becker--and at 8:02 P.M. (20:02), nothing probably will happen.
Lisa Gee
"I'm feelin' mighty lonesome,
Haven't slept a wink,
I walk the floor
and watch the door
And in between I drink..."
Yes St. Al ...
JayDubs, W1P (w/cigar) and I got your skinny girls
Here in the Western
(LA) world.
I am planning to take my family to San Diego for the Damned and for Shamu for that weekend. But if anything with the Steely Fan Band or the new one can shape up for that weekend I will let you know.
In the meantime, JWMalibu, I got an idea for Schwinn's CD ... "E" me or call me.
Steveedan
I don't know WJAZ. I realize this is your world but I don' think I
could watch them put a loved one in an oven. Besides, this can't really be a
widespread problem can it? I suppose it is cheaper to bury a body than cost of
running those ovens?
Stevee: No problem at all. I'll just assume a Saturday night Orange County thing isn't going to work out. Actually makes it easier on us since we'll already be staying in San Diego and must catch a flight out of Lindbergh Field at 11:00 AM Sunday. Considering I'd probably be quite hung-over, not sure that sounds like fun. Hung-over on a plane...With a toddler... Oh yeah...
So, can we drum up support for a get together in San Diego instead? Friday 4/12? Grooving to the sounds of The Steely Damned? That's a damn long way for some of you I know. Otherwise I'll be in LA Tuesday - Thursday. Chime in.
StAl
Oh, I don't know. John Mellencamp may not be an icon of rock n' roll, but lines like:
"Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone"
...is somewhat profound in my book. Sort of a simple way to describe our existential angst.
-P
Steviedan...Post #306...
A good bit of advice from this GB's
resident Undertaker, if any family
has any question about cremating a
relative - GO TO THE CREMATORY while
the family member is being
cremated...be there when they are placed in
the cremation chamber and wait
while the cremation is being done. It
averages 2 to 4 hours....sorry it
has come to this, but a reputable
operator will not mind if you ask...and
if they do mind...tell them
to go piss up a rope.
Sorry there's no SD
spin to this, but I couldn't find any lyrics
that fit the occassion...
Hey, happy birthday to Walt - wow
spending way too much time with my kids on this long weekend so that once again (?) i'm getting really obnoxious
oh no, is that foghorn leghorn over there by the water cooler?
sorry for the bad posts, really, i am
b - who blew you in, twas not i, nope
is daycare open today - oh yeah, okay here i go
nmn - were you up in the kingdom? great sledding!
OK, maybe some of you heard it back in 1997.
---
So, the *5-Up* didn't succeed, the investors fled the place, grandfather became sick, he did a last try, borrowed money, changed the name, this time to, not suprisingly;
*6-Up*
No hit, big flop and grandpa fell down to the floor, sonedead, stonebroke.
So close.
Paul,
Walt accepts me as an "apostrophe-challenged" fan,
Why can't you?
Happy B-day Mr B!
hey gang
the jazzfest schedule is up!!!
http://www.nojazzfest.com/
wayne shorter is up saturday!
lineup is filled with jam bands and
sorry , Bonnie Raitt is second weekend
too busy to comment, the schedule has barely sunk in on this end,
big
lease sale meeting next monday, ughh
my goilfriend surprized me with a Garrison Kellor show sunday, then I saw dylan last minute on a whim sunday night, more details when I have time to divulge
Angel, your dan tape has been done for a week, I will mail it tommorrow,
sorry
Blaise and Gina, later this week?
Tom
Hey - just went onto the 2VN 2000 Tour website the young 'uns put together. Thanks for the reference, whoever posted it. Saw a pic of St Al with the fez on. Very fetching St Al, very fetching! You don't look at all like I remember.
Bill, I give up on you. Go to the bottom of the class (not Clas, no). And why weren't you at the book signing at which the esteemed Mr Hunter S. Thompson was kind enough to stand in for me.
Roger Waters appearing live in Cape Town next week and I can't get tickets. Shit!
Did I tell you guys about my Great Great Grandfather (close relatives called him Daddy GGG's)? After a long journey in West India he returned to Sweden 1935, without a clue.
He went on the Soda-Biz-Train.
Started up with two empty hands, but loaded with investors, came up with a decent taste, canned it and called it *Thumbs Up*.
Kept the taste but changed the name a year later to *4 Up*.
Hmmm... have a feeling I've been here before... are you sure you haven't heard this one before?
He went bankrupsy six months later. A broken man? Yes indeed, if you speak money, but his spirit was all-time high. Added a little more gas, a grain of lemon, brought it out on the market with a brand new name and brand new investors.
The new soda's name?
*5-Up*
...
Are you sure I haven't told you this one?
Wait.
BTW, Nice paintings Walt....I was very impressed.
:)
Stumbling through the caves in Altamira, Spain I raised
my trusty
flashlight and beheld an inscription which
read, "Walter Becker was
here...WAHOO!"
He does get around does'nt he?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WALT!!
A "ripsnorter" or what?
"Rare recordings"?
What? They're gonna broadcast outtakes, bootlegs
and/or pre-Steely demos?
Yes indeed, friends, let's explore the weaker side
of the SD catalog as a fitting tribute on this day.
Oh and Happy Birthday
Mr. Becker!
Hope I misunderstood again...
Wednesday, February 20, 2001
7-9 a.m. Eastern time
NIGEY LENNON and
JOHN TABACCO
on WUSB, 90.1 FM Stony Brook, NY
Real Audio Webcast at
www.wusb.org
Nigey and John will celebrate the 52nd (ouch) birthday of Steely Dan
co-founder Walter Becker with
rare Steely Dan recordings, personal
recollections, and suspense-filled random events!
Eternal Vigilance Is Mine!
b, of course, did not include cara mia and/or Ben Folds in those people he
despises.
b was just pointing the finger at Monsieur Lundvkist
"experimentally".
b was just making conversation. poke poke nudge
nudge
b couldn't give two shits about stuff like that, you know...
b
will shut up now.
+hhh, hey now, what's going down... maybe I am a big clod, but that? No way b flat.
C
Mu, the boudoir was merely an "experiment" in online treason. I secured the
required two witnesses, asked for the outmost discretion upfront, let the rats
in one by one, then waited for one to spill it. Didn't take very
long...
Clas, why I am shocked.
I thought you were witness material,
man.
The good thing about having a "remotely Dan" guestbook was that I
didn't have to ask StAl for permission or even, like others, take him
litterally when he says he doesn't mind.
11) Randy the nightfly at aol dot com
Yes, I make it a principal to defend people from unwarrated attacks. Even
those I despise. Go figure.
Doc Krueger - after a second thought, and maybe more than a second, though I just came back from my Acupuncture Session, I am no longer standing accurate to my position as a Tour-Pusher. To hell with Deludin and Xanax, let's try these needles instead:
I give you five needles in each ear and two needles on the top of your bold head, an hour later you'll act like you've been smoking the first paranoia free joint ever.
Nice, kind and no flies-on-me-kind-of-manners are all over the mind.
So, I'll be The Tour's Chinese Whisper:
All I need is 12 needles, a hammock and a quiet place in the back of the bus; it's kitchen clean, no OD's.
And we'll also be able to cross the border to Canada with no worries.
Are you with me doctor?
C
Father William - I drink to that. And furthermore; a man in a streetcorner told me;
-If you can't make it down here, there's nowhere you can make it.
C
Aja , Drone Drone are still doing club tours over here and yes they are still shite??
T, Curling ...........Great Sport and keeps you in touch with the housework??
Regarding 'Nawlins, "If you want to eat and drink yourself to death, that's the place to do it." - Mose Allison
Hey NOW!
NOW we're talking heavy stuff here!
dr Warren Krueger - I am in. Not as a PR-man.
Don't you know I am a CAMERA-owner? I'm in for being the tour photographer! And hell, I could be your Deludin-man as well. I'll be two towns ahead, looking up the best deals and so. Great stuff this is, those girls in daddys cars. Dancehalls... sing about the moon and dream about the stars, coffee in the mornings and cc c c... hmmm, herbtea afternoons.
¦S Deludin the only shit we are hooked on? What about Xanax? I know a good doctor in Cincinnati.
Just let me know (though I am not sure whether you are allowed to write out prescriptions anymore...).
This could be the Running On Empty-tour of the New Millenium. No shit.
I know Pompe is jumping for joy, touring the heartlands of South Carolina before he whacks in... oboy, what a pleasure.
---
StevieDan - accident? I am dead seriuos, Mike Stern DID replace Jojje in Blood.
C
st al & wjaz, the scene that replays itself over and over:
concerned relative calls out: "here's the check, now about grandpa's er... ashes... uh... urn ?
[insert sound of scoop in bag of sak-rete]
unscrupulous crematorium operator returns: "uh, here you go right here."
Hi Lisa G - well, I do feel like an idiot (though after bantering around
with Clas it's not hard) à I thought by "EJ" you meant Elton John. Y'see how
what you want to think dictates your own perception of reality (or lack
thereof). Oh well, I guess that's why they call it the blues.
Yes à new Pat
Metheny. Don't have it yet, but I am sure that it would not disappoint. I am
going to that concert assuming he will hit Los Angeles, to see one of my
favorite keyboard players Lyle Mays à Pat and the group too. Has anyone here
seen the DVD of "Imaginery Day"? It's very good, also the DVD-A of that record
is superb.
Yes Dr. Kruger - Clas would be the perfect PR man for your road Kill, oops,
I mean tour. I am laughing almost as much as Cyn is at the British Marines
hanging with the Monkeys in Gibraltar. Ha-ha!, Chuckle, cough! Weeze. By the
way, we got fangs !!!
(Perhaps, even White Fang !
Oo-Laol-Oo-Laol-Oo-Laol-Oo-Laol-Oo-Laol !!! Thanks Soupy.)
Howdy Mr. Beemer - Friday, 4/12 (according to Aja) is the next San Diego gig for The Steely Damned. Two of my new-band members caught last night's show and our lead singer and LoveBob got a chance to chat with each other. Mr. Tedde might even have a copy of one of our rehearsal CDs, which ainÆt bad à for a rehearsal CD. The Steely Fan Band is taking a hiatus currently, so I do not know if Mr. Sticks has anything in the works, but I will be sure to let you know.
And Randy has come back with a list ?!? Where have you been? How are things with the CSNY site? I know a guy in Hong Kong who is looking for left-handed (strumming hand) guitars. Any suggestions? I think I asked you this a long time ago.
I recently found a site that many of you already know about à but in case
there are others who don't know about it, check this out:
http://members.aol.com/lovethisgig/ .
These two very nice young kids,
Amanda and Matt (22 each), went to a majority of the Steely Dan 2000 Tour
shows. There are set lists, very nice photos, and also a tour journal. For
those of you who haven't seen it, you might like it.
Steveedan
mmmm... there doesn't happen to be an eleven by that last one...
JUST KIDDING, randy ! but really man, "cara mia" (your #1) marsha is ALL OVER this gb anytime she desires... NOT kidding !
clas, that stern link is no accident. the collaboration WILL occur !
dr. k, while we tear-down/pack-up as an encore i think we should have AL give a testimonial, timed perfectly to end with our load-out and subsequent escape, fear & loathing-style. tangentially, lisa g bring coffee ? type ? WHA ? SING diva-chile SING ! since AL has been out of commission wardrobe-wise, i'm gearing up for a totally retro-mod couture. striped bells, beatle boots, and the goatee has been sown ! this is going to be some groovy trippin' shit !
Top ten words, names or phrases not to be used on the 'Sign In Stranger' Steely Dan Fan Guestbook:
1. "Cara Mia"
2. "Britney Spears"
3. "Mellencamp"
4.
"Madonna"
5. "Ben Folds"
6. "Bubblegum"
7. "Shucks"
8.
"DX-7"
9. "Motel 6"
10. "Hubba Hubba"
Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com
"He claims I suffer from Deludin, But I'm so confident I'm sane."--New take on an old shadow.
Naw, Dr. K-You need some soothing herb tea-Gypsy Cold Care has been my main-stay. Had to call off work tomorrow. Only after spending an hour typing up sub plans. Yeesh! If I had the strength, I would just go in already. Although I would have to put a tissue up each nostril and have sit down all day. Nice to have had today off, though. Happy President's Day. Yippee.
So sorry we're missing N'awlins. Always wanted to go there.
Alright angel, so do you think "The Two" would plan any surprises for 2/20/02? Anyone? No news...
Haven't heard the new Metheny, but it's all the buzz among friends and steviedan is giving it a nice endorsement. PMG will be here on April 10. Might be able to go, if we can afford the tix.
Oh, time for Schluffy.
Laters,
Elegy
You see! You see! Even that cajun, new age, voodoo,tongues speakin',snake
handlin',poison drinkin',layer on of hands, crystal ball gazin, juju queen
Oleander wants in on this tour! She's even willing to ditch her young 'uns so
we can use their trailer home for the tour! The possum cages would be perfect
for AL's latrine.
My esteemed colleague Dr. Mu would make a fine production
manager for the tour- as long as he's willing to work for minimum wage,like
everyone else, except for me and AL, of course. I could pay AL in deludin
scripts- one for each concert.
That leaves those two other guys for our
opening act. I don't suppose they're going to work for minimum wage. I only
have a limited amount of script papers left, and most of them will have to go
for AL and myself.
Hmmm... this presents us with our first major problem.
Well, maybe we can bypass that whole thing by getting Steveedan's new tribute
band instead of the real thing. Hell, if we can find a tall, thin guy with
vampire teeth to front the band, nobody will know the difference, and as long
as they and their lawyers don't find out about it, there shouldn't be any
lawsuits for a while and, if there is, we've still got W1P to get it thrown
out of court. God, my genius even amazes me sometimes!
Well, it's been a
busy day, I think I deserve a little deludin.
Brainiacally Yours,
Dr.
Warren K.
St. Al (Post #296)
The entire profession has been following this bizarre
tale for days,
we suspect that D-Mort will be activated, an organization
that deals
primarily with plane crashes and flood deaths. What a
mess....
When Waldo was asked by the teacher to find the origins of hymenoptera, he called his local etymologist...
Y'know the French are still pissed the Angles called them the British...Here's their revenge:
Boudoir
Literally, "a place to sulk in" from the French "bouder," to pout.
Re: Britney Spears: The very worst thing about her is her perpetuation of that abominable misspelling of the French region of Brittany. Unforgivable.
Doc K--Git you a trailer hitch, you'uns can take the damn thing. Got a possum run in the back too.
RS--A little advice: Don't solicit medical or especially surgical consultation in a den of Deludin dealers. You'll lose more than your placenta.
Aja--Wish I could have joined you in getting Damned.
Oh, St. Al. I just booked for 4/12. Now, if only we had an event.... :-)
Tones: Actually, it ended up being a reglue of a cap. Thank Goodness! I still ended up driving to work and back 2 times. What a Valentine's Day.
Springsteen wise, if it isn't Greetings From Asbury Park, it isn't my favorite. Though I do love Born in the USA and Tunnel of Love. I own Tom Joad, but don't find anything worth a repeat listen. I have a tendency to like early albums of artists. Before they go totally commercial. (Look at Billy Joel, for example). I saw Springsteen at the Colleseum in '85 for 2 different nights. What a show! It didn't get much better then that. Billy Joel I saw at my college, just before he made it big with the Stranger. Again, GREAT stuff. Then he sold out. Somehow, the Dan, never did and maybe that is the attraction and difference. The closest they ever came was, making the cuts on Pretzel Logic pop length. But their Jazzy sound and biting/cryptic lyrics still shined through.
W1P: Too weird a weather day to take the trip down San Diego way. Especially since we would have to take the young one and return the same night. Not with possible rain and a 10A appointment on Monday. Enjoy and give us some color.
That album Darkness on the Edge of Town is fair -- just like Mike Keneally last night.
That album Darkness on the Edge of Town is fair -- just like Mike Keneally last night.
Clas: Sorry...Should be Atchafalaya. The current mouth of the Mississippi is but one of many throughout its history. It's path has meandered across over a hundred miles over time. Now nature wants to move West and only the efforts of man have prevented that so far...
Yeah, Nebraska is an album that one appreciates (I guess) more than likes. I prefer Tunnel of Love or the comeback album Springsteen wrote and produced for Gary US Bonds (the one with I'm Out of Work) with the E Street Band - they never sounded tighter...
Speaking of tight, St.Al did you ever see the Human Wheels tour live or
on their TV specials? Oronoff was still in the band, and they played the
tightest and most soulful rock I've heard in many, many years...haven't really
gotten into his last 3 albums, but besides Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee,
and Big Daddy stretch FAR beyond Springsteen...Springsteen's best album IMHO
was way before Nebraska or Born in the USA: The Wild, the Innocent, and the E
Street Shuffle featuring David Sancious...
This whole Monkees/Dan debate has driven me to a soul-scorching confession which i can no longer repress: When i first heard the Monkees song "Cuddly Toy", an otherwise catchy and likeable tune, i commited a mondegreen (misheard lyric) of such frightening Freudian implications that i still whip myself regularly. When i first heard the lyric,
"You're not the only choo choo train
that was left out in the
rain
the day the placenta came."
i said to myself that this metaphor was , well, just a bit too graphic and macabre for my lyrical tastes. Later, i found out that the actual phrase was , " ... the day after Santa came." I was chilled by the realization that my own subconscious had taken that harmless lyric and turned it into something devised by a collaboration of Stephen King and Larry Flint. Holy shit, 'The Day the Placenta Came!!??', what sort of word maming psyche could construct such an anthem for twisted minds, a B-grade horror film shown at a Drive-In on Hell Boulevard. Someone carve this diseased lump from my memory. Don't make me listen to any more Monkees songs. No telling what kind of mutilation scenario i might fashion from, "A Little Bit You, a Little Bit Me".
Some day i may tell you the humiliating tale of how i heard the Weezer song "Hash Pipe " as "Ass Pump".
St.Al~ I personally like Mellencamp's melodies better, but The Band (one of the two greatest North American rock groups) covered "Atlantic City" and, to my knowledge, never did a JCM song. Based on that, I'd give a slight edge to Bruce Springsteen over his country cousin. That and the fact that he never changed his name.
RS
Tones: I agree with your take on Nebraska. The problem with Nebraska, though you can't deny its lyrical merit, is it was stark, boring and tuneless. THAT'S why it never got played on the radio. I'll grant you the fact that Springsteen made it possible for artists like Mellencamp to thrive. Doesn't mean the student can't teach the teacher. The reason why I place Mellencamp on such a high pedestal is he is the *whole* package. Consistent, masterful writer and knows how to craft a 4 minute pop song as good as anyone.
And I still believe Springsteen is overrated. He's given almost god-like status in the rock community. Perhaps it isn't so much that I don't believe Bruce is deserving of the status people place upon him as much as I think it's unfair that Mellencamp doesn't receive similar recognition? Bruce is the shit -- no doubt about it. Mellencamp is even better.
Take it a step further and the reason why Mellencamp never received similar acclaim might be because of what Bill brought up. Bruce is a nice guy and a hard worker. His live shows are legendary. JM on the other hand IS brash and often rubs people the wrong way. Some people just can't see past this. To bad for them...
Gina: Exactly. Etheridge is the ultimate in contrived angst.
Stevie: Thank you for clarifying. Yes, I meant white women.
Bill: Sorry buddy, you left yourself wide open for that one.
StAl
Lol... yeah St. Al, I bought *both* copies, so's I could hear it in stereo! (How's *that* for cypherin') I can understand where you're coming from about Bruce as a matter of preference. I just couldn't let you off the hook with that one... Not to belabor the point (much), I'd put Nebraska right up there with some of the great "American" songwritin'/storytellin' going, and parts of Tom Joad too. The fact that an artist of his stature would release such an album at that time was unheard of, and that radio wouldn't touch it says more to me about how good it was than not (and this was long before they're was a major market for this kind of music, back when "Alt Country(tm)" meant Waylon {r.i.p.} and Willie) And I think Nebraska kind of paved the way for artists like Mellencamp, and later Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams etc.... all kinds of roots rock stuff that came later.
Not that I've thought much about it...
Saw Kenny Aronoff back the reunited Jefferson Airplane in '89... 4 tymes... thought he was great. Great enthusiasm too.
Btw MC... maybe what you're hearing is the effects of rehearsing in South San Francisco...
Hey Dano... you and the mancub break out the cold cereal and soda's for dinner?
steviedan and angel... you both went under the drill on Valentine's day? Hope you're doing well, and don't let your friends have all your vicodin... unless, of course, you can get good money...
On the Steely tip, my take on Royal Scam is that it sounds like more ensemble playing with fewer overdubs, which would account for the "looser" feel, but I don't have any real facts to back that up... as usual...
One thing I'm sure of. Davy Jones was the "Hendrix" of the tamborine. He had *serious* chops: the palm slap, the hip slap, and he pioneered the diffcult and somewhat dangerous alternating palm and hip slap. A true virtuoso.
last bit: been watching the Olympics, and much to my surprise I'm now a curling fan. I'm not even sure it's a sport, but it's fairly zen with the sound off...
hittin the button...
t
Hey, I collect empty packages of bubblegum too. Maybe they'll be be worth
something someday, hey? Who knows?
"tasting!" lol
Clas, you're truly
the funniest.
Indeed, that yellow sign up there says "gourmet buffet" but
all there is to be found around here is canned ham, darn... ;-)
Cassandra Wilson's "Take the Last Train" ain't bad either :-)
Melissa Etheridge sings like she has purposely swallowed pins & needles
to damage the vocal chords in a way they sound like she's a natural when
singing. Somehow it doesn't sound like it's really from "within".
Bonnie
Raitt has an ease and tranquillity which can't be anything else but a gift,
voices like hers make you drop whatever it is you do just to listen .. and
fine musicians to accompany her as well :-)
And her rendition of "Love has
no Pride" co-written by Libby Titus ...
Clas, i just saw a wonderful movie on TV, made in Australia. About a pup retriever named Napoleon who left home to be like a Wild Dog out in the bush-bush. Lots of animals, so cleverly trained, acted soooooo perfectly. Parrots, lizards, pinguins, a giant turtle, a kangaroo ofcourse, a stray cat thinking every animal she encountered was a mouse ... there's no such thing as a movie with real animals to brighten the day, hahaha! You would love it too :-)
Banyan Tree What's The Musical Flavor Of The Banyan Day Bow,
G.
...Mellencamp is good painter as well.
What did Fagen say apropos Springsteen?
-Ashbury Park? We used to go there on vacation.
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dr Mu - did a search on Atchafalaoya. No hits, spell?
C
Hey, you got me scared there for a minute, the GBook was down for a while.
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I can hear an early Fagen sing "Take the Last Train to Clarksville". or "Then I Saw Her Face". Great songs, simple, but great.
Like "Barrytown" or "Dallas".
---
Dr MU - hey, THANK YOU! I think my mind was too occupied with that 140 kilometer long delta south of New Orleans. As you say, of course, that big river influence the land large around. (Is that English?)
tasting!
monkees = boyce & hart = songwriters = becker & fagen = steely dan = [dial # 1492, miss cleo's ACTUAL extension, hold please] = mickey mouse = max martin = britney spears...
st al, i'm assuming when you say "hard time with women singing the blues"... you mean WHITE women ?
medieval lute music = rainbow = blackmore = deep purple = steve morse = one of the few that could fill ritchie's strap.
St. Al,
I don't smoke, don't drink, don't drug, don't have a Napoleon
complex,
and I'm not an ass. (You, on the other hand...)
Don't take my trashing of everyone of your musical selections
so
personally ok?
Hey, I liked Blackmore's Rainbow too.
:)
Tones: So YOU'RE the dude who bought Nebraska? I always wondered...
Here's the deal....
Springsteen: 1973 - 1980
Mellencamp: 1979 - present
Springsteen hasn't put out a track worth a shit since The River. Well, maybe one or two. Mellencamp cranks 'em out as naturally as he breathes (or coughs), year after year after year after...
Bill: Perhaps you dislike Mellencamp because he's too much like you?
MC: I've tried to like Melissa Etheridge. Honestly. I've said this before but I have a really hard time with women singing the blues, with obvious exceptions like Janis and Bonnie Raitt. But Etheridge is one of those artists I constantly turn OFF when they come on the radio, and I don't channel surf. Don't know why?
StAl
Boy oh boy oh boy...
The Monkees Vs. Steely Dan?
Now that's a subject that even I would'nt
bring up as a joke.
The Monkees were'nt even a band. They were T.V. sitcom
actors
who were thrown together by the show's producers...
The songs
were pretty good for the time as many of the songs
were penned by Niel
Diamond (who I have tremendous respect for).
Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith
were pretty good musicians but
that's were the story ends.
John Mellencamp is up there with Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie?
I've
always felt lukewarm/tepid about the music of John
Mellencamp. Maybe it's
because I just can't stand him
personally...him and his smartass Napoleon
complex.
Smokin' cigarettes like a banshee, drinkin' and druggin'
like a
fool, tryin' hard to be a man (which he aint...).
His music is at best O.K.
and NEVER more than that.
He personally is an ass.
Brittany Spears aint no Madonna and Madonna aint much to
speak of.
Madonna is a dance club act, always was
probably always will be, but she's
made a fortune off
of it so who can blame her?
So there...
about Britney....I'd be surprised if she ever really turned out to be anything....Madonna can write at least and she's smart....Britney to me seems to be a pretty face with just enough T&A to draw in the teenage boys but the music is just mediocre pop written by some hack.....so typical of most American music, pretty packaging but very little substance.
Mellencamp & Springsteen on the other hand are both the genuine article....each one is able to relate to a different class of "working man" but both are valid artists....good singers, songwriters and performers....I've seen 'em both and enjoyed what each had to offer.
I hope to see Kenny Aronoff play live again as I think Melissa Etheridge is also a valid artist and a great singer/songwriter....she seems to have lost some of her edge in recent years but she's written and performed some great songs over the years....when she played solo with just her 12 string on "Storytellers" she showed me she had the goods....I admire anyone who can take the stage and sing and play an instument and entertain a group of people for an hour or two....some of the greats don't even have that ability.
guess my current favorites are Train....still listen to the Drops of Jupiter CD at least a couple of times a week....never would have pegged them as Bay Area boys though....thought they had a more southern sound.
eLLe....hope you're feeling better !!
Mellencamp better than (overrated?!!!) Bruce?
St. Al, I have an extra copy of Nebraska I'd like to send you... I'm sure J.C Mellencamp wore his out right before he recorded Scarecrow...
t
Ahhhh Rainbow
Never was much of a Dio man my self..
I prefered graham
Bonnet myself.
(dio ruined my first ever gig i bought tickets in 1980 to
see Sabbath & Ozzy & got poisened dwarf dio in stead)
Also could
never forgive Bonnet for what he did to Michael Schenker.
+ he wore
horrible hawian shirts, definatly not metal.
p.s. where's my spandex jacket i was led to beleive there's one for everyone
mine must still be in the post
db
Waydda minute...Christine Aguilera can clearly out sing or out f*** Britney
Roy: Don't make yourself so scare...looking forward to hearing you
again on TM 2002...
Clas: The Lower Mississippi Delta is a tremendously large from a
geological standpoint and is a diverse area encompassing all or parts of seven
states bound together by their ties to the Mississippi River. Broadly defined,
the Delta region spans the entire lower portion of the river beginning in
southern Illinois, covering portions of Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and
including all of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. As the fourth largest
drainage basin in the world, the Mississippi drains nearly half of North
America. It contains the most important bird and waterfowl migration corridor
in North America, and the lowlands make up the largest wetland area and
bottomland hardwood forest in the United States like the Delta National Forest
near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The silt deposits makes for great farmland as
well...
The Delta also contains many nationally and internationally significant heritage resources. The Mississippi and its tributaries provided major prehistoric and historic transportation routes and stimulated extensive habitation along their banks, as evidenced by the many distinct cultural influences and traditions.
When we drive over, say eastern Arkansas - I'm struck at the 100 miles of Mississippi flood plain, the rich black loam a signature of ancient floods of biblical proportions. It Louisiana, 1/3 of the water coming down the Missisippi spills into the Atchafalaoya basin, full or swamps, bayous, and water moccasins. The river would like to divert most of its water that way, but only the US Army Corp of Engineers prevents New Orleans from looking down at a creek by the Riverwalk. There is the classic delta shape at the end of the Mississipi just past Venice. With dredging canals for tankers and cargo ships, the silt that would normally depossit there - spiils way into the gulf, while freshater glades and estuaries are invaded by brackish water - losing both plant life and land area.
W1P: And let's not forget about Madonna... I remember when she first hit the scene I had the same basic thought about Madonna as I do with Brittany -- sex w/o substance. I was wrong about Madonna. I suspect I'll be wrong about Brittany. However, I do see one major difference. I see Brittany's talent and direction coming from smart people in her organization, whereas Madonna (mostly) was always her own girl. I wonder if Brittany will evolve into her own?
The Mellencamp parallel is a good one too. He was the very first rock and roller I ever saw live. Opened for (don't laugh) Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (remember them?) at the Long Beach Arena. At the time I sloughed Mellencamp off as a middle-of-the-road bore. When Scarecrow came out I saw the light. Since then, in my opinion, he's one of the great "American" songwriters/storytellers of all time. Up there with Dylan and Woody Guthrie and way out of Springsteen's overrated league.
And while we're on the subject of Mellencamp... For a very long time he had one of the greatest rhythm drummers in his band -- Kenny Aronoff. Last I heard he was playing in Melissa [BLECH] Etheridge's band so I guess I'll never get to see him live again...
I digress... Music history is rife with apparent no-talent's struttin'
their stuff as time rolls on. Be careful who you label a no talent cuz it may
come back to bite you...
Brittney is obviously talented. I suspect that, like the Beatles, she will evolve from pop hearthrob to one of the most influential artists in the history of music. Hey people thought little Johnny Cougar was a flash in the pan.
Happy Steely Damned live in San Diego tomorrow night 3-Day weekend to y'all --
Snowbound wrote on the Mojo board - on the topic of
Monkees vs Steely
Dan *The GREAT debate*
"A lot of people are put off by the perfectionism that Don + Walt insist on in the studio, which subsequently makes them the antithesis of so called "rock and roll."
As a big fan of Steely Dan I am happy with the endorsement that is given by musicians,producers and critics worldwide which can't be diluted by a few badly worded pops by certain people within these boards.
I can't even begin to defend something that is so blatantly obvious. Anyone who has heard Victor Feldman's solo on "Black Cow" or Miles Davis' sax player Wayne Shorter on "Aja", or the sublime drumming of Bernard Purdie will tell you that they don't belong in the same breath as four knobs thrown together for a T.V. show for the sheer purpose of acting like cunts."
Well said Snowbound. I added the following ...
" Well, by the looks of my name you can probably guess who I think is the better "band". I don't mind if some of you prefer the Monkees to the Dan. There's nothing wrong with exercising one's right to choose. When I was I kid, I loved the Monkees (and my older sister was in love with Davey Jones). Steely Dan didn't exist yet.
So much for the time line.
There is no debate ... discussion ... maybe.
If you do not like Jazz, or sophisticated music, then a band like the Monkees is for you. If you hate simple pop music, then the Monkees is not for you.
The Monkees had some of the best producers in pop crafting their albums and sound, and some of the best writers, including Neil Diamond, so there is no mystery why they were successful for their time.
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (along with Denny Dias in the beginning) built their own sound, wrote their own songs and produced themselves. As their songwriting and producing abilities became more sophisticated, they learned how to play another instrument - the studio.
Steely Dan became more of a production and less of a band, although during their live performances of the 90's and beyond, they were able to recreate the magic that they orginally created on their albums of the late 70's.
I do not dislike the Monkees. I recognize their impact on the music of the 60's, and as a novelty act, they can't be beat. But to compare them with Steely Dan is a bit silly, don't you think?
Hey -- while we're at it, why don't we compare Miles Davis and Britney Spears, after all, they have absolutely nothing in common too.
(More specifically, race, sex, age (alive and dead), fashion choices, audience, impact on music, and, oh yeah, MUSICAL ABILITY AND TALENT.)
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. My rant is over."
No really, it is.
Steveedan
Cara Mia ( hubba hubba ), Hope you had a lovely birthday and you enjoyed yourself with Malc and Aus . One day i will be there to toast your good health and have a few sherberts.
Jimbo , Hope you had a swallie as well mate , did you neck a few??
Very quiet weekend in prospect , wifey has legged it and left me and the mancub to fend for ourselves?? Now how does that cooker work??
Bill...Reference Post #254....
You are in partial luck...and I am
moderately excited to report my
findings from the pages of Hemmings Motor
News...while I didn't locate
your Babylon Sisters...
1. There's one of
those little aerosol type cans that sounds like the
intro to "Walk Between
the Raindrops" when you spray it, toward the
motoring public or whoever
you wish. Actual raindrops are not included.
2. A pair of fuzzy Pretzel
Logic shoes to hang from your rearview
mirror....
3. A car alarm that
sounds like the beginning of Blue Swede's "Hooked
on a Feelin'"...
4.
Moody Blues autographed "Nights in White Satin" seat covers.
5. The "I
Can't Drive 55" radar detector, while critics debate the
usefulness, some
users have established that it makes a wonderful
projectile in a case of
road rage....
As you can imagine, this stuff is cheap but it ain't
free...
There's currently a debate on the mojo music bulletin board entitled "the monkees vs steely dan" anyone who wants to defend the boys go to http://ubb2.mojo4music.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=001814
YGK - I got a perfect place for you: Motel 6, Slidell. It's cheap but it's not free. Rent a car. And it's pretty cool having a big joint while passing that looong bridge over Lake Ponchartrain with that big, sinking orange sun in your eyes. Be sure to bring some beers for the road too.
Going for a nite on the Town!
Damn, that's one of the beauty things with the deep south. And the crickets all around while you're sitting at the front porche summing up the night.
---
Lisa! My Spring Chicken, those Big Easy Nights! Do you remember how I saved you and Sunny Sam from those nasty marines? I recall they were 24 of them. And I floored them one by one. Darn, did my fist ache the day after? Or what!
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dr Mu - why are the land in the state of Mississippi called a delta? There's no delta in Mississippi! There's a delta south of New Orleans, that's for sure, but Mississippi? No way.
C
Many thanks to YGK, Steve Chernove and Gina for answering the call and promising a submission to the upcoming guestbook compilation CD. We now have six scurvy brothers on board and are looking for at least a baker's dozen so PLEASE, if you want to share your music with Dandom, please contact me at the above e-mail address and let me know. The deadline is 4/1.
Schwinn aka Brett
P.S. Don't forget we're also looking for an SD parody song!
Does anyone know how I would get my car horn to play
"Babylon Sisters"?
I'm kinda tired of the same old
plain-jane horn sound... Maybe the intro
to "Dont
Take Me Alive" would work also.
Happy Birthday Jimbo!
YGK-By last count, there are about 6 GB'ers confirmed for New Orleans. Get a room ASAP, anywhere, they sell out fast! If you want to pay under $150/night, you won't be in the French Quarter. The Garden District had some good deals last year, so if money is tight you might try there, and it's only a short cab ride to the Quarter.
chere baby, I've missed that blast of juju! Any chance you're in for New Orleans? I thought of you last year when I saw a Madame Erzulie candle in a voodoo shop-I've just GOT to get it this time......
Hi Stevie! Happy B-Day cara mia!
Another long weekend-YEAH BABY! Swirling on outta here, it's party time!
Aja
Today's a great day. The Canadians got justice and I just turned 33 today.
I'm not getting any younger, but I refuse to grow old.
Anywho, I just got the new Sade CD "Lover's Live' as a present from
my
older brother. I haven't heard it yet, but when I do, I'll give you my
verdict.
Yeah, let's hope Eminem doesn't file an appeal against the Grammy
judges.
After all, this was different from what the skaters had to go
through.
Gotta go. Peace!
Jimbo
Hello.
hey, slow day on this board or what?
off to the northeast kingdom of the green mountain state of vermont, away from tv and computer screens, have a great weekend all - nmn, you heading up there too? call me on my cell...
kisses, malc - when are you coming up here to play?
Malc - are you trying to get me into trouble again on this Board?
In the aftermath of the controversial pairs figure skating judgement, the alleged misconduct, and the resultant public outcry, the International Olympic Committee just met and declared that the Canadian pair will "share" the gold medal with the Russian pair. While they were at it, they also declared that Al Gore will share the United States Presidency with George W. Bush. Let's hope Eminem doesn't stir up the same notion in response to last year's obviously unjust Grammy voting.
Angel~ Thanks for sharing the high beam glare of oldness with me, even if you haven't actually put in the time. I'll make a motion at the next fossils meeting to have you declared an honorary old person. I've never heard of anyone lying about their age to get into AARP. The "My Generation" reference to the Dan of Steel was, indeed,in that poem about the history of rock and roll. As I recall, their name was rhymed with the 'Detroit Wheels".
Dr. Mu~ Clever Tyson/Lewis Gold Teeth spin. As Tyson once said, apparently
right after someonehit him real hard,
"He himmee hawud; he himmee reeya
hawd." [Where else on the internet can you get written impressions of
celebrity's voices?]
I also recall that Mike Tyson did a version of "Green Earrings" wherein he
used the lyrics:
"....Sorry, Evander, I get hungry like a
child.
Greased earlobes, I remember, the ring is where I dine.
I
dismember...."
Okay, I'm sorry , I've exhausted all the scarce comic possibilities of combining Steely Dan music with Mike tyson's mamings.
Schwinn~ Thanks for the update on the compilation CD. Now if you can, not only transfer cassette to CD, but, while you're at it, replace my voice with yours. ---Hutch, Malc, Cruiser, David, Ken, Mr. Chow, LisaG, Gina, et al? Surely you can throw something together with at least as much professionalism as I did.
RS
Anyone going to New Orleans?
I have a great airfare for the week, but
seemed to be getting killed on hotel $.....looking for advice and potential
roomies......
PLEASE Let me know......I need to books as soon as is possible.....
ygk
YGK and Jaydubs - One of the keyboard players in the Steely Fan Band has a Korg Triton. It is a very good keyboard. I like the large data window and its touchscreen navagation capability. It is not a weighted key keyboard, and it does have some nice sounds, but just like you, Malc, I am a piano player, and (like this was a hard one to guess) a Steely Dan fanatic. As a result, I am happier playing a weighted key keyboard, and the Yamaha S 80 has, to my ear, the best Dan-ish sounding Rhodes sounds that I have heard. It is better than the Kurtzweil that our new band's lead singer had (he sold it and got the Yamaha Motif 8 - awesome keyboard !!! Too much for Howard's range though.) and has an even better keybed than the Yamaha S 80. But the Korg Triton is a very popular keyboard right now.
I do not use organ sounds very often, but, the Yamaha S 80 has a few nice ones. I do not feel a limitation playing organ patches on a weighted key keyboard, but that is probably due to years of physical conditioning behind the weighted key keyboard. If you intend to use a lot of "lighter touch" uses, as you mentioned, maybe a weighted key synth is not for you. Be sure to try the keyboards you are considering. The opinions of others are not always going to be useful to you in your search. Let us know what you are considering once you start to narrow the choices.
Lisa G. I am not familiar with the EJ song "Tell Mama". What CD is it on? Say hi to Daddy G. for me.
W1P - Two of our "new band" members will be at the Steely Damned show on 2/17. Our lead singer, and one of our guitarists. I will tell them to look for you. Will you be smoking a cigar? Or will you be floating around like a pig on the wing? I want to be there but I can't, alas.
Have a nice log weekend Gb-ers.
Steveedan
I believe they do. Especially when they are getting lied to, on top of the obvious "psychic" information. Deliberately deceiving to up the phone charges is a crime, pure and simple and should be regulated. On the psychic side, they are on their own. My take.
Snakie: It was a funny piece and I got a laugh out of St. Al's comment, too. (you too Lisa G) :-)
So I'm wondering... Is it the government's responsibility to make sure stupid people don't do stupid things?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020215/ap_en_ce/miss_cleo_lawsuit_15&printer=1
I say yes (in most cases), however, anyone dumb enough to call Miss Cleo get's what they gets.
What do you think?
StAl
PS. Snakehips -- didn't mean to reply to everyone on your e-mail list with that little razz I sent last night...
OK, folks - I am now planning on making the trip down to N'awlins for the fest.....
N'awlins and other funky southern folks - any ideas on hotels? good rates? and Festival ticket situations?
I want to get workin on bookin it for real.....this is going to be good!
ygk
Next scheduled W1P show is 3/30 @ The Canyon in Agoura
Roy Scam: You wrote:
"Anybody see the brief Steely Dan reference in "My
Generation" magazine, the baby boomer edition? Or am I the only one
chronologically qualified to score that particular publication?"
There I am
sitting in the dentist's office and what should my wandering eyes see, but the
latest My Generation. So I check out the article on Les Paul, figuring that is
what you were talking about and realize that SD are not mentioned. So, I try
again and find the reference to Dan Steel in the one on Music of My
Generation. Man, I would have been real upset if they had not been mentioned
there. BTW, to make you feel better, I have received MM since I was 38, so we
get the real deal at my house. UGH!
Actually, after looking at My Gen, I am
glad we do. Though I am still far from the demographic that they are aiming
at. :-)
Lisa G: Sent an email around regarding that at 8:02P on 2/20 it will
be:
20:02 on 20/02. Then they go on to say that the last time something
like this happened was on 1/10/01 at 10:01A or 10:01 on 10/01. An interesting
Donald and Walter trick. We always knew they were unique.
Ohh dear..
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2002071319,00.html
Fatar is actually DOING the keyboards to synths as Korg, Ensoniq and Kurtzweil.
Triton is good stuff.
Howard - really, go for 88 keys.
Happy Weekends, see you in an hour.
C
Thanks to all for the feedback on keyboards - all very useful. I'll
follow up on those links to do some more reading...
The advice to go for 88 keys over 76 makes sense. This will be my only keyboard, and I want to get something decent that I can use for pretty much everything in the studio. May as well go for the real deal with 88.
I've done some reading/browsing for makes etc. Lot of different (and strong!) opinions around. But Kurzweil, Roland and Yamaha are certainly names that crop up a lot.
The main thing I need to make up my mind on, before I pin down a particular
model, is the weighted/semi weighted choice. Some interesting views on this -
hadn't heard or thought of the "velocity settings tweaking" as a possible way
round the problems of fully weighted action.
I'm used to piano playing, and
want at least some of that feel in the keyboard. BUT - I worry that even with
suitable tweaking of velocity curves etc, using a fully weighted keyboard for
glissandos or fast moving parts (flutes, sax - whatever) might not work out.
The thing that will probably make my mind up is trying out some different
keyboards.
Thanks again for the comments. Once I've got the keyboard, all I'll need is a decent microphone. Oh, and a mixer. Oh, and a proper soundcard. Oops - forgot about the pod pro for the guitar. Anything else?
How about some of those nanosecond delays that Donald likes so much...?
Howard
Schwinn - ha! Yeah, close shave. Even my chest and legs now.
C
Holy Smokes, Flame !
You try so hard to "dis" certain posters here. But, You come off sounding like nothing more than a mere strike of the match. Go back to arsonist school and come back when you actually have learn the true art of burning someone. Doesn't take a fire extinguisher to put you out, spit works just fine.
Years later:
ôI comb the ruins of your stompin' groundsö
---
paul - I am talking about the sun man. If you go north of the equatorial belt you'll have the sun shining in the south canopy/vault of heaven.
Hmmm...
Dr Mu - can you help me out here, proper English?
C
It will be my honour to stand in for paul with a lower case p, @ Borders Books @ 6pm, February 15 2002, as he will be otherwise engaged with vital charity work in Rwanda.
Flame - I like the way you think.
Andy Rooney - nice one.
Bill - I'd heed paul's warning if I were you. Take it from me, I know.
Gwen - Hey Baby!
It will be my honour to stand in for paul with a lower case p, @ Borders Books @ 6pm, February 15 2002, as he will be otherwise engaged with vital charity work in Rwanda.
Flame - I like the way you think.
Andy Rooney - nice one.
Bill - I'd heed paul's warning if I were you. Take it from me, I know.
Gwen - Hey Baby!
Woo Hoo! Many thanks to Roy Scam for getting his submission(s) for the upcoming guestbook compilation CD to me by the original deadline which was 2/14. Now that just leaves Lisa G., Howard, Florida Dave, Mr. Chow, YGK, Doc Kelly, Ken Vogel, JK, Gina, Ruby Baby, JW Malibu, F#MAJ7, Hutch, Tycoon Dog, and YOU to get yours to me pronto. The extended deadline is 4/1. Please let me know if you plan on submitting a song or two by e-mailing me at the above address. Based on your response I'll decide whether or not it's feasible to expect a TM2K2. Fair enough?
Schwinn aka Brett
happy birthday cara mia !
how COULD i forget ?
stevie
i knew i'd leave someone critical out:
chet baker and nat cole...
DAMMIT !
waylon...
DAMMIT !
not quite a no-show jones, hank or hag, but nonetheless a black-hat day for good ol' country. he was just a good ol' boy never meanin' no wrong, and to top it all, his momma never let him grow up to be a cowboy...
between all these apostrophies and tri-dots, someone needs to start a punctuators' club. all extra-curricular like, in the spirit of say... the a-v committee in jr. high school. tres exclusive and extra credit to boot...
"steviedan album tie of the week" (patent pending):
new pat metheny group and new niacin (novello/sheehan/chambers).
finally got my deep purple "australia '99" dvd with steve morse. dvd number five. i attempted to play them in the 2x4s being installed upstairs, but it wouldn't work... i know ! but that's where my player is !!!
Did ya ever noootice that the Victorian writers used two apostrophes?? As in the Mock Turtle has'n't got his soup yet...or the Mad Hatter sha'n't celebrate his un-birthday today due to the fact that it is'n't his un-borthday, but is indeed his calendar birthday...
Do ya want to hear a poem over the weekend? Well, you don't have a choice:..
Mike's Gold Teeth Too
Whack to this chillin'
He screams and runs wild
Gives da trainer a
chicken wing
and velociraptor smile
Slashed through the sequins
His
hams 30 grams shy
and why does Lennox tremble
When Mike opens wide?
Throw down those gold teeth
and watch his eyes roll
The answer's easy
to see
Lithium I.V.
Who are these gamblers
Who show us the door
The prison
over-under
Says month maybe one more
Hotlanta's feeling lucky
The
rest just refused
In this game they're no rules
If Mike wins, we lose
Throw down those gold teeth
and watch his eyes roll
The answer's easy
to see
Lithium I.V.
¦scelage
Gwen,
Here in bed with Nelly Furtado and Natalie Umbrulia and
not thinking of
you at all actually...
You'll be beggin' for me back in no time.
:)
And if you hear from my Louise...
angel-no set list worth posting, 'cept for a few new grooves. Maybe I'm growing tired of the same ol' same ol R&B'. I'm singing that old King Floyd tune, "Groove Me" and the popular EJ peach "Tell Mama."
JUJUchile is in da house, or at least spotted in yellow. Stop by again and spread a little happiness, dear chere.
Miss C. Mia-sorry we're missing your tour of NYC--have a blast girlfriend. YGK-Nice to hear about your Wednesdays. Wish I could be there, too. Aus, thanks for the color.
stevie-SD V-Day song--"Pearl of the Quarter"
I think I'm getting the flu...
LG
This is the week that was in matters musical...1941, Duke Ellington makes his first recording of the classic "Take the A Train"...the recording receives a Grammy Hall of Fame Award 35 years later...1956, The Platters hit "The Great Pretender" peaks at #1 on the pop charts and this writer goes out and buys the record...1958, Jerry Lee Lewis performs on "American Bandstand" and later in the day appears on the debut of a new rock & roll program "The Dick Clark Show"...and also in 1958, Walter Cronkite reports that the Iranian government has banned rock 'n' roll because it violates concepts of Islam and is generally a health hazard...1960, Elvis receives his first gold album ..1961, Frank Sinatra unveils his own recording label, Reprise, which releases recordings by The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix among others ..1963, "Please Please Me" by The Beatles hits the top of the chart in Britain, their first #1 hit...1965, Jr. Walker & the All Stars enter both the pop and R&B charts with "Shotgun"...1966, The Rolling Stones appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show"...1967, Aretha records "Respect" which was written by Otis Redding, and also in '67, the first anti-bootlegging recording laws are enacted...1968, legendary blues harp player Little Walter is killed in a knife fight in Chicago ..1969, a woman named Vickie Jones is arrested for impersonating Aretha Franklin at a night club concert but her performance is so convincing that no one in the audience asks for their money back... 1971, James Taylor makes his prime-time television debut on the "Johnny Cash Show"...1972, Led Zeppelin is forced to cancel a Singapore concert when they aren't allowed off their plane because their hair is deemed too long by officials...this same year John and Yoko begin a week-long gig as co-hosts of "The Mike Douglas Show" and Neil Young receives a gold record for "Harvest," which includes "Heart of Gold," the only #1 song in his lengthy career...also in '72, jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan is shot dead by his wife during a break between sets at, ironically, Slug's Saloon in New York...1974, The Bob Dylan/The Band tour comes to an end at the Forum in Los Angeles and gets rave reviews from many of the celebrities in attendance...Ringo Starr says, "It was bloody fantastic"...also in 1974, Kiss makes its TV debut on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert"... 1975, Gino Vannelli becomes the first white artist to perform on "Soul Train"...1976, Donna Summer's first hit, "Love to Love You Baby," goes gold and Bette Midler bails seven members of her entourage out of jail after they are arrested on drug possession charges...also in 1976, Rich Stevens, a one-time lead singer for Tower of Power is arrested and charged in the murders of three men in San Jose, California...later he is convicted on two counts...1977, The B-52's make their performing debut at a party in Athens, Georgia, and Sid Vicious joins the Sex Pistols as their bassist replacing Glen Matlock...in 1978, Dire Straits begins recording its first album in London...1979, George Harrison's eponymous 10th album is released and will stay on the charts for 18 weeks reaching #14...1981, Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of Moon" becomes the longest-running rock LP on the Billboard chart, finishing up its 402nd week, only topped by Johnny Mathis' "Greatest Hits" album and the original cast recording of "My Fair Lady"...1981, Billy Idol leaves Generation X for a solo career...1982, a 300-pound granite slab is stolen off the grave of Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd...1986, Frank Zappa appears on "Miami Vice," playing a crime boss named "Mr. Frankie"...1988, Buster Poindexter's "Hot, Hot, Hot" peaks at #45 on the chart...1988, Michael Jackson buys a ranch in Santa Ynez, California, and names it "Neverland"...1990, Ike Turner is sentenced to four years in prison on cocaine charges...1992, Motley Crue announces Vince Neil's departure...1995, Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee marries Pamela Anderson...1998, The Rolling Stones conclude their Bridges to Babylon North American Tour in Las Vegas...1998, Madonna performs her first night club gig in over 10 years at the Roxy in New York...1999, Elton John plays an animated version of himself on "The Simpsons"...and that is the week that was.
Please Bill, give it up. If you don't know about apostrophe placement, I seriously doubt you'll be able to find my belly button. It's best that I turn a henna-decorated cheek to your shoddy punctuation and seek the refuge of paul's spellchecked utopia. Nice trying to use Pat against me, though. But he sprang full grown from my head and now can afford his own condo payments.
Coming up @ 8:00 pm on VH1>>
Behind the Music featuring No Doubt
Now go get your Gwen on.
W1P ~ I'm off to Mammoth for the long weekend, but please keep us apprised as to when W1P is playing next!
Way busy. Shucks. Who's going to the Catamaran on 2/17? See you there!
Last night, at Coogan's Bar and Grille located in beautiful downtown Washington Heights, Manhattan, your faithful and humble narrator caught the sweet/funky/soulful sounds of our very own YGK. Of course with appointments, appearances and other outstanding obligations, yours truly missed out on the first set of playing which by judging by the faces of the patrons already there, was terribly entertaining.
I was greeted instantaneously with a sincere bear hug nearby the entrance by Mr. Hunter as he readied himself for a second set assault on the very racially diverse crowd around the bar and towards the back. Wearing a black knit fisherman's cap and a black sweater, Mr. Hunter more appeared like he belonged in the caves of Afghanistan hunting for our new enemies in the midst of a black-ops takedown versus being behind a Roland sweetie pie with black and white tickler keys which of course, he was.
No surprise to see the stunning and radiant CaraMiaMarsha holding court near the head of the bar as some beefy ex-cop seemed to be having thoughts of Valentine's Day type sensual exchangues about four hours too early before midnight ushered in "lover's day" in earnest. Still dressed in the day's Wall Street uniform and with a smearing of black ash on my forehead, I bee lined to Cara Mia and gave her the big hug and kiss I'd promised dano I'd give her in an earlier post on these very pages. And what a delight folks....sheer pleasure catching up with her and her globetrotting adventures...great beaming smile and a desire to excel at being social puts this lady in a very special place. She quickly gets her digital camera working and within no time manages to squeeze digital images of yours truly and a few of Malcolm in action...there was also a group shot taken of the three of us...perhaps she'll post them somewhere in cyberspace for those who care to sneek a peek-a-loo at.
Anyway, the music was indeed terrific but your faithful and humble narrator was suffreing the tortures of the damned with a pounding headache from only having had four hours of sleep within the last 72 hour period. I managed to tough it out, although Cara Mia has a magical way about making you forget that you're exhausted simply by exuding her energy and everything else she brings to the table.....accordingly, I did not, nor was I mentally able to give the gig the proper colour it deserves......suffice it to say that the sets rocked as did Malc's singing and did his very talented Bass player Billy (who also sang arousing rendition of "Summertime")......
Stuck around till most of the crowd left and shared a cab with Cara Mia downtown, where upon your truly promptly passed out and slept like a baby...
Kiss someone you love today. See you all when I get back from Cabo.
Aus
ps. And of course, today being Valentine's Day, a big wet kiss on the lips to my dearest June from her loving Ward.
"You're not listening!"
Dear Lame or Flame or whatever,
You're correct! I am annoying...
Did I misplace that apostrophe again?
Bill, you're a dick
an annoying little prick
Please take your
shrivelness and Scatter!
***** Public Service Announcement ******
For those of you who may be having problems with the proper
placement of
apostrophes, The Center for Advanced Apostrophication
has appointed "paul"
as it chairman and CEO. Please direct
all inquiries to the office of the
chairman.
Incidently, paul (with the little p) will be availiable for
book signing
on Feb. 15, 2002 @ 6pm at Borders Books.
He will offer a frank discussion
of his book "The rise and
fall of modern civilization as it relates to
misplaced
apostrophies".
Thank You
Listen Flame, don't start throwing my name around over here ok?
I have
an image to uphold.
Don't say anything about me playing my Korg keyboard in the
nude ok? If
you do I'll never let you watch again!
Looks like you really stepped in that pile of shit, YGK - maybe you were
referring to the old Korgs and their crappy systems.
Or maybe you're just
not pro enough to play a Triton! And I know Madonna, and you ain't no
Madonna!
Happy Valentines Day to Donald and Walter...
2 of the coolest people ever made!
YGK ~ Korg...a joke? Funny, last time I looked every Tom, Dick & Harry in professional circles has been using a Triton as their live master keyboard! The ubiquitous silver keyboard was ALL over the 9/11 fundraisers, Madonna tour, etc. The Korg Karma is a different story. Korg screwed up and used a Yamaha keyboard, and it leaves a lot to be desired...but is MORE than made up for by the KARMA algorithms - so much so that none other than Herbie Hancock (as he noted in the latest Keyboard Magazine) is using it as one of his master keyboards (he has a second keyboardist who is ALSO using one live...) on his current tour. Pete Townshend & Phil Collins are two recent Karma converts...asked when what he uses the Karma for, Townshend replied, "Orgasms!" I tend to agree, and have been using the Karma as my master studio keyboard despite the Yahama keyboard simply because it's such a cool instrument!
As for a master keyboard (for playing live), I'm partial to Alesis...but the Rolands are certainly equal, as are the Korgs.
StAl--I totally appreciate your need to deactivate HTML. I wouldn't wish editing all that broken tagging on anyone, especially when they're doing it for free in their "copious" (ha!) spare time.
So, in honor of Valentine's day, I'll repost that URL for the Dangerous Swedish Lemon Angels in plain text (it's also masquerading as the "Homepage" link on this post):
http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/cookies/01/rec0162.html
Spring these babies on someone you love! (But only if they have an equally warped sense of humor--and you're ready to help them clean up the mess afterwards).
/the Mam'zelle
(Mistress of cooking experiments)
My Olympic Kingdom from NASA in the URL above - click on the picture for a blow-up.
Hey, not a bad job/project for a LOSER like me!
CARA MIA............................................................HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU SWEET THING......................................................
Howard:
I totally missed the 'board discussion.....
I was nearly
sold on Yamaha in 92, when they had such fat synths/boards and digi
models......they have great sounds for libraries....
My friend had a
Kurzweil and I was turned on for a while, until I sat with it - couldn't dig
deep enough.....
and then I played the Roland......Welcome to Sold City.....
Listen,
Yamaha makes weighted, Kurz makes weighted - shit, even Peavey makes
weighted......
but for my sense of feel - I have a Yamaha upright - the
Roland - to me - is the best weighted action keyboard to take out live.....and
what it really does is bring the studio sound out live.....
my bass player
was phreakin on how nice my axe was sounding......
For some reason,
Yamaha's boards never really felt right to me.....but it may be different in
the studio.....for your purposes.....
First off, get 88.
Second, realize that by buying the weighted action,
you'll be buying extra stuff you don't need, synths, etc on board......you
can't help it.
Third, don't fret about Midi and 'weight'. When you play an
organ, the sound will be even, unless you're running processing/leslie effects
on it.
and if you use a piano patch for your Midi setup, you can always set
a range of levels for the sound.....
Just don't quantize too much,
friend......
Keep in mind I'm a piano snob - believe mightily in my opinions - but you
don't have to adopt them.....
Now - Fatar? puhhhhleeeze.....other jokes are
Peavey and Korg - I never bought into the "M1 is Awsome"
Theory......
Kurzweil hasn't made a board in 7 years that had me asking for
the headphones in the shop.....
Yamaha.......maybe.....it's not my touch
but definitely worth it......
Roland - the shit....you understand my slant?
so Play a Roland, Play a Yamaha......
decide.
Case closed....
ygk
Special Shout Out to the Seriously DANNED......
Last night, Eric Warren (sp?) came and sat in on a few tunes (All Blues, I
can't Pay you No mo')......said he worked with DF during the early
90s,
right about the time of the R&Soul Revue.....
even played at a
club called Hades......hmmmmm
I think I saw him......
Sweet
guitarist.....
So - does anyone know/remember Eric Warren?
Fogel? you were there, too......
ygk
To YGK - I am glad to hear about the great review of your Wednesday gig. Sounds great (it must have).
lower-case-paul - appostrophies-ooppps, an extra "P". I guess that's what happens when you're "P-O-ed" at a Sheep Shagger.
Even though one of my favorite expressions is: "I may be getting older but I refuse to grow up", in this case, I felt that I already have (well, except for the aforementioned Sheep-Shagger quip). See post #185.
And to fellow-Steely Dan cover band-keyboard man Paul Shotan ---
Plug
away my friend. It is good to know that you still can buy a thrill these days
... on either side of the pond.
Howard - haven't seen your face in a while. Try reading up on the abundant reviews and opinions by professional and semi-pro keyboard players from all over the world at www.musicplayer.com. When you go there, look for David Bryce's Keyboard Corner, and start reading through the appropriate threads of discussions. You will find at least three factions of opionions. The Yamaha camp (that's what I have, an S 80 that is an 88 key weighted keyboard controller with lots of patches, roughly $1,300 new these days), the Kurtzweil camp, and the Roland camp. But many mentions of Moog, Alesis, Fatar, and lots of other new and vintage keyboards. Since you asked here about this, I would place a question there. You will get more qualified responses at this site. Happy hunting.
St. Al - that question that you asked earlier remains unanswered.
"...
springtime for Hitler, and Germany ..."
Steveedan
YGK: Malc, try this for a starter link: http://www.mindspring.com/~jfleming/neen/neworleans/fest02/jfclub1.htm
Love (L-U-V) to the scurvvy brother and esp. the comely Babylon sisters of dandom on this fine Valentine's day.
The Coogan's gig sounds great, up there across the river from Fordham Road. Great to hear that YGK and cousin Cara Mia are in such fine form. I am inappropriately jealous of such fine hangtime with the team...
...Aus, was that a DOMC governor you were shaking hands with? Was it the one that does all the serious deliberations?...
Currently have a crush on the groovy little half-step-down, half-step-back bridge modulation in Wet Side Story. Just another fine moment in the history of recorded music.
Waylon Jennings R.I.P.
Self promotion time...for a starving 12 piece Dan tribute in deepest, darkest England!!!!! come on you Danfans....come out of the woodwork....Spring is on it's way!!!
THE DANNY STEEL ORCHESTRA (Birmingham)
The UK's most exciting 12-piece
tribute to STEELY DAN
are appearing at
THE STUMBLE INN
Walsall Road,
Bridgetown, Cannock, Staffs
on Saturday February 16th at 8.30pm
2 hours
of the coolest music on the planet....LIVE and HOT!
You CAN buy a
thrill.
http://DannySteel_Orchestra.tripod.com
"close your eyes and
you'll be there. it's everything they say..."
I'd like to hear from the N'awlins Contingent.....as I am way due some
Vaca-shun......and think that would be a good week to hang.....
Looking to
learn some local things, hotels, best spots, etc......availability.....
FloriDave? you goin?
Aja?
Aus? we should have some tea and
cookies....
Mu?
wormy?
anyone else?
ygk
I want to give some shout outs to Aussie and Cara Mia for coming way up
town to check me out.....great time last night....and thanx Cara for the
complimentos.....I'm almost becoming prolific writing wise......
Today is
February 14th - just another fricking day.....
Hopefully, there will be a recording soon......
Howard: A few thoughts:
For real time, full blown performance-76 keys okay if you transpose an
octave so you don't run out of bass notes. You lose the highest octave, of
course- which, depending on style, is not likely to matter as much.
If,
however, you are constructing in the studio and "inputting data", you can
layer those notes on another track and then merge.
That said, my advice:
don't do it.
Get an 88, spend the money, it's worth it, you will never regret it. 76 keys will become a thorn in your side. You can work around it but you will wish you'd purchased the 88.
When you compare weighted/semi/weightless keep in mind the "velocity" parameters. I have an Alesis QS8 which has 640 patches but I love the fully weighted keys so much I use it as a midi controller with modules. Keep in mind that I came from Pianoland, have a heavy touch and need that chunky, massive stuff- but, if I try a nice gliss on a B-3 patch it will be staccato stabs only.
A simple tweak of the velocity solves that. I can set it so that if I breathe too hard a note triggers. This way, I can straddle the line with the one keyboard.
They upgraded the QS series.1 Used prices drop significantly! Even if you
don't think you need hundreds more samples it is awfully nice to scroll
through them on a rainy day. You never know.
For a little more than a new
controller... well, that's what I did. It was the most comfortable 88 key
instrument I could find below $1,000 American.
...hope that was useful, love your website- least I could do.
Hi Paul
A Little busy at the mo, Will catch you later.
LP: u talkin
to me ?
And my choice for favorite Valentine song is from Donald F's hopeful ballad "Maxine"...
"We'll move into Manhattan and fill the place with friends..."
along with one of the prettiest melodic bridges ever written:
"Mexico
City is like another world..."
smax back to Ole and stevie
Hi from The Big Apple.
Had a marvelous and Danlicious time with Aussie and Malc at YGK's Wed. gig at Coogan's. Very receptive and friendly crowd made it nice also. Too many "Blue Wednesday" Curacaos made my head swimmy, and the light is too bright this a.m...
Thanks, Aus, for your hospitality despite sleep deprivation. (Ever mindful
of our Faithful Narrator's penchant for rubbing elbows with the glitterati, I
got all neck-stretchy and smoothed my rumpled hair when Aus announced he had
to go "shake hands with the governor" across the way. But soon I learned that
must be the NY vernacular for our southern version of
"gotta go see a man
about a dog", so no, Petaki was not in the house)... Bon Voyage to you and the
Mrs. for your R & R in Cabo. Always good to see you, and this is feeling
like old friends.
Malcolm, your new songs are gorgeous. I hope to have them either live or from the studio sometime in the very near future. You are one talented man. Enjoyed meeting bassist Billy B and hope to see him visit Banyan Trees too.
If these fine gentlemen really make it to New Orleans in April, you will see my happy mug on Bourbon Street too...
Birthday bash planned tonight with another VD-born love baby, Mr. J,
AKA
"Big Jim" at a tourists' mecca restaurant in Central Park, then on to
Irving Plaza for Jonatha Brooke's show.
Kisses, hearts and flowers to fellow-Guestbookers...
L-U-V,
cara mia
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO THE MEN OF THE YELLOW!
KISSES TO YOU ALL, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE...
may the women of the yellow be bestowed upon some romance today!
need some juju and swirlin' on the Board today in honor of a great saint, valentine, as well as the great gods and goddesses of love from ancient times
AND IN THE LEFT CORNER...
Hey,hey, hey. Guys! C'mon (Bill, note apostrophe use please). For fuck's (Bill, different rule applies here, but that's for the advanced class) sake (Also kind of japanese Rice Wine). Steveedan and Clas. I wasn't going to get involved in this juvenile fray. But it appears you insist on persisting. Drop it. GROW UP! And get on with it, for God's sake chaps.
Clas - My trip to Scotland postponed for the moment. Expect to be in Europe a bit later this year. Didn't understand your other question. Want to try again? Otherwise, hope Sweden's treating you well and that you see the sun sometimes. Apropos of nothing really, I'm a big fan of Saabs.
Dragon - Thanks for the info re Mellencamp. Am off to the www.
Steveedan - First Bill can't use apostrophes, now you can't spell apostrophe. Where will it end! Was I that evil in my last life?
Duncan - Oh Brother, where art thou? (Apologies to Joel and Ethan)
Bill - This is your last warning. Leave Gwen alone. Or face the consequences. You can run. But you cannot hide. The US isn't that big.
Gwen - Dig that 3rd i sparkle girl. Shine on you crazy diamond.
p :]
Happy Valentines Day Y'all!,
A nice song for today is "Confide In Me" by DF.
www.studiologic.net
that's the URL
C
Howard - I have heard about Fatar, Italian stuff, they're doing the keyboards for Ensoniq, Korg etc. They have two models that I know of;
Fatar Studio Logic, 88 keys, weighted (kind of hammer-technique, don't ask). Price in Sweden cirka 780 bucks, probably cheaper in Britain.
Fatar Studio Logic 76 keys, half/semi-weighted, I think, about 650 bucks.
Italic stuff, el era del terzo mondo.
C
There's been a bit of keyboard chat recently, so maybe this is a good
time to ask my question.
I want to buy a decent master keyboard for my PC/midi setup. I've got a
Roland JV1080 synth, so I'm not interested in keyboards that have great
sounds.
Thoughts/recommendations etc all very welcome. What I'm after is:
* decent size keyboard (76 notes probably OK)
* weighted or
semi-weighted keys
* basic controls (pitch bend, modulation etc)
I havn't made up my mind about weighted versus semi-weighted keys. I guess I need to play a few keyboards to make up my mind. I want some "weight" to the keys so piano parts etc will feel reasonable, but I'll be using the keyboard for all kinds of midi stuff, and I thought fully weighted keys might not be so good if I'm playing an organ part or something. What are your views? Do semi-weighted keys give a reasonable compromise?
Let me know what you think - info on models and prices etc welcome!
Howard
Jackson Browne? Isn't he born on Clas's birthday?
Hey Danophiles. Pucker up for the 31st Valentine's Day since the formation
of Steely Dan (any historical corrections on that enumeration?).
Sorry I've
been absent; thanks for missing me. -- Happy V-Day to you all on the sweetest
or saddest holiday of the year, depending on your status, and last chance for
us Americans to act giddy on a commemorative occasion until President's Day
,next week.: [A fine holiday in it's own right, but one that seldom involves
the exchange of confections and lovemaking]. I'm still going with Feb 14 as my
favorite. If your loved or in love, don't you dare let that person be taken
for granted; in fact, I may just post again in August sometime to remind you
that you're letting that V-Day spirit slip.
I'm anxiously looking forward to that one-day-only special Valentine's Winter Olympics event, the 120m Pairs Ski Jumping, perilous but very romantic.
Speaking of Steely Dan, one of the local radio stations (I believe 106.9, please correct me Jim# if I'm errant) has a promotional musical byte where they run clips of a number of rock classics together for about 20 seconds; and the words "Oye como va" and "do it again" are run together. It's a perfect fit. I'm not trying to put Santana in the same clas as the Dan of Steel as a studio group , but early Dan definitely seemed to show that influence. In fact, in my unenlightened pre Danfan days, I thought "Do It Again" was just a really tight Santana song.
Anybody see the brief Steely Dan reference in "My Generation" magazine, the baby boomer edition? Or am I the only one chronologically qualified to score that particular publication?
Kiss somebody today,
RS
Fuckin' A, Barn! We're preparing a tune that's deep, rich, delish and loaded with vital nutrients. Have you seen the most recent food pyramid? We did that! Easy $$ baby.
Clas--I guess that means you had a close shave, eh?
BTW, your submission to the unknown GB compilation CD is awesome. Now, if only a dozen or so other GB musicians would send in an offering we might have a TM2K2 on the horizon. As it stands the deadline is today and you are the only one prepared. I guess the fire is gone since SD released Two Against Nature and killed us with their kindness. "Yep, there's nothin' left for me to prove since Don and Walt did it for me..."
Frankly, I have the audio/mastering tools to make this the best compilation CD EVER. You audiophiles drop me a line if you want to know what I've got as I don't want to be a bore. Yes, you will pay for the priviledge but only at cost (no more than last year) and you're worth so much more, right? Honestly now, don't you want your own likeness on a Pez?
New Deadline is 4/1/2009, (Or whenever your cool has been restored)
SEMB
Go back to bed cover-boy, it's past bedtime.
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You guys will never believe this:
I forgot to shave this morning and guess what happened when I was walking down to my office? An US-missile exploded two meters away from me. Holy shit.
C, Plain and Tall
Floridave: New Orleans = April 26, 27, 28.
Chere: Hey! Phone tag, I'm it!
St Al: No loss for me on the HTML. I never did figure out how it works in any case...
You're right Clas. I don't get you. And I don't want to get you. Where you are concerned, I will simply go back to lurking ... and laughing.
I will continue to post what I feel like posting, and simply ignore you and anything you have to say.
Steveedan
dr mu - can you imagine the mess around the console during the mixdown of, for example, The Fez? A lot of arm-crossings, keep the tongue safe in mouth, and here we go with the clavinet to the right, damn, rewind, take it from the top, and hey, don't forget to turn over the bass to the left at 3.18...
That was before those fancy automatic computer-controled consoles where you
could "record" the mixdown and lean back and just watch the
regulators/controls move up and down...
and maybe have a smoke while
watching them.
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StAl - in that case, why did you ask?
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Stevee - I think Eurolurker clearified what I was trying to say, but you still don't get it. And you are still calling me an anti-semite and a nazi? What's wrong with you?
And you're saying; ô...my comment to Clas has to do with the past, the present, and also with conversations with other guestbook regulars whose identities shall remain private.ö
If you're standing on the truth you don't have to turn around to see if you're alone.
And you're flattering me, do you really think Pete Fogel's avoiding this Guestbook because of ME?
And by the way, this ô is alt 0147, and this ö is alt 0148.
C
Since HTML on the GB is a thing of the past I had to put the Valentine up on a page. Check out the link above.
Dragon
for valentines day i send you all a lovesong or two each by bread, the carpenters, bill evans, a little earl klugh maybe, arias by puccini, rachmaninoff's piano music, ben webster with strings, james taylor shower the people, edith piaf, frank sinatra in the wee small hours, otis redding, debussy, coltrane ballads, jim croce...
beauty...
steely dan...
what would be good v-day songs ?
aja ?
haitian divorce ?
dr. wu ?
rose darlin' ?
janie runaway ?
maxine ?
cousin dupree ?
Happy Valentine's to all my peeps here on the GB. Been lots going on here with me, too much to type, and I just don't have the energy. I have missed you all though, and am sending warm waves of JUJUlicious karma. Hope your day today is full of sweets, smooches, and smiles. Have a fantastic day everyone! ALL love, dat juju chile'da sugabearchere
Duncan -- Advice for meeting Dano? Watch your back! No, really he's a dooser of a guy.
paul -- John Mellencamp has recently released "Cuttin' Heads" the album and "Peaceful World" the single which was nominated for a Grammy. Check out more details at www.mellencamp.com.
Dano -- I'm not sure about Church St. I haven't been down there lately. Church Street Station is now apparently a place where you can book a banquet or lease a place. I still have the same flatmates.
Dragon
Got a nice answer from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, saying that they fixed the Katy Lied being the 5th album problem. Kudos for their fast work. Still no Royal Scam, but I guess there wasn't anything on that album that was worthy of being on the timeline. Sigh....
Got a KLON tee shirt today. I don't listen to their station, but the black shirt and cool graphics may change my mind. :-)
I have a midday Dental appointment, so I will be scarce tomorrow. Happy big V to any who care about such things.
St. Al: I don't even want to think about how Bill could be your dad.
I've just been a busy little beaver (my favorite "animal" by the way)...
I've put up the archives for November, December and most of January. I had a copy of the database file current to 1/28. All post between mid-day on the 28th through 2/7 were lost unfortunately.
Also, I've activated the Banyantree.net maillist. This list is not to replace (how could it?) the Dandom Digest. It is merely an information mailist I'll use to communicate important matters to users of this website. Like what to do when the GB crashes... I highly encourage you to sign up for it. Full information contained at http://www.banyantrees.net/mailist.html.
I'll be giving away a copy of Steve Shapiro's latest CD to a lucky subscriber in the next few weeks. Sign up today!
No spam - I promise.
StAl
Gwen,
You can't just walk away from this relationship now can you?
I mean
we've already dedicated quite a few posts to this
thing. Are you just gonna
throw that all away for some guy
who happens to have better punctuation
skills than me?
I'm sorry but that's just not fair. And what about our
son
Pat? Are you just gonna walk away from him too? I mean I
can be alot
of things to him but I can never be his mommy,
only you can do that. Pat
and I only hope that you will see
the logic of us staying together...
I messed up the apostrophes again didnt I?
Sorry gang but it has just become evident I can no longer allow HTML on this guestbook. This decision has to do with the archive function and the fact this archiving function doesn't distinguish between good mark up and bad markup. Meaning, the archive shows all the bad HTML just like the old Seanet guestbook would. If someone forgets to close a tag properly it affects everything else below it. And believe me there was TONS of it. I just spent about an hour going through the previous 3 months of posts -- deleting passages with bad markup...
Think of it this way. This guestbook treats each post as its own HTML document whereas the archive script dumps everything into one big HTML file, which is why all this bad markup wasn't noticed before.
Bill, I never loved you because you can't see the deeper meaning behind my songs. However, I believe lower case paul DOES understand. As an added bonus, he criticizes your apostrophe usage. That makes my third eye sparkle!
Ducky: That is just too funny! Don't try this at home, definitely applies
in this case. :-)
Penn and Teller are wonderful people, btw. I sort of
worked with them both, back in the mid 80's.
And now for something a bit more lighthearted: in the spirit of D&W's
beloved Swedish ginger cookies (especially the spirit in which they planned
to, erm, bestow them upon certain people associated with a certain Hall of
Fame), I present a pointer to an entertaining recipe for
Swedish
Lemon Angels. Before attempting to make these lovely-sounding confections,
though, note well the warning at the end of the instructions, as well as the
originators of the recipe. Have a blast!!!
/the Mam'zelle
(sorry, angel, I get silly like a child ... )
Lots of good points all around. No doubt.
Clas: I never considered you an anti-semite. I don't pay close enough attention to your posts to judge so harshly (or anyone's posts for that matter).
Stevee: Clas didn't run Pete Fogel off this message board. When information or activity warrants I'm sure we'll see him around again.
StAl
The text editor here interprets my hyphens and appostrophies as question marks. So that should have been "hello E-Lurker - not (?).
The appostrophies should be obvious. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Stevee-'-Dan
Hello E-Lurker ? The only thing wrong with your logic about my calling Clas an anti-semite is that you may not be aware of all of the things he has said many months ago on a similar subject. I do not want to ask you to go back and find all of his archived posts, but, my comment to Clas has to do with the past, the present, and also with conversations with other guest book regulars whose identities shall remain private.
Clas is too easily provoked into a caustic, accusatory, and insulting stance. If I encountered a guy like this in a bar, or at a party, I would have walked away from him after the first conversation that went like this, never to repeat it again. Here on the guest book though, it is sort of like a party that has no end in sight and everyone has the right to be present at the party at any time.
If a person loves R & B, and gospel, and even spirituals, but hates rap music, and says so, is that person being racist?
You wrote that Clas does overreact and get personal himself (sometimes making you shake your head in bemusement, particularly when directed at blameless posters who then reduce their contribution) but to your mind this is more than made up for by his colourful presence, which helps to give this board its personality.
Do you remember his attacking Pete Fogel, accusing him of self promotion or trying to make a buck off of the board? This is a prime example of someone giving up on the guest book who had a lot of great Steely Dan information to contribute to this board. Pete is gone, probably never to return, and many here believe that Clas is to blame for that.
I have met a lot of great people here, some of whom I have met in person. I have been on the receiving end of much generosity from people here. I have also learned a lot about things that are tangentially related to Steely Dan that I probably would never have known about if it were not for this place. It is for this reason that I have tolerated more than my fair share of criticism and attacks from others. After all, it?s just words, not physical blows. I can take it.
I do feel, however, that being stubborn, caustic, and insulting is not the same as being colourful. But hey, that?s just my opinion. I could be wrong.
I appreciate your mature and courteous views on the subject.
Please don't feel reluctant to post.
Steveedan
oh yeah=bill
Eurolurker,
You referred to this GB as a "U.S.-centric" guestbook...
I believe that
makes you a Pinko.
I do admire you sticking up for your son though.
eurolurker: you should post more often. very diplomatic and well stated on all accounts.
Gwen you flirt!
I turn my back for 2 minutes and you're over there
messing
around with Paul? I thought that we had gotten over
the "Hey
Baby" song comment I made last month but
apparently not...
(I just know there's a misplaced apostrophe in here somewhere)
Stevee Dan
Yes, Clas can be intemperate, but look at your logic.
>Clas
criticizes Israel
>You call him an anti-Semite
>He replies that
criticism of Israel is not necessarily the same as anti-Semitism
>You
agree (I think), but say that because he has criticized Israel/Ariel Sharon
and because he has not commented positively on Jews or Israel you consider him
an anti-Semite.
By analogy, derogatory comments about rap music could be deemed racist, as they were by one touchy individual on the Yahoo board recently.
I am loathe to send this as I don't want to start off, or needlessly prolong, a thread on this and I generally enjoy your posts and admire your bonhomie. Also, as a serial lurker but very infrequent poster, but one who is thrilled about the existence of a board dedicated to a band that means so much in my life, the back and forth personalised attacks just depress me.
I admire Clas as a fellow European who continues to brave this US-centric board and because he isn't afraid to express his own views, even though they go against the prevailing wisdom here. He does overreact and get personal himself (sometimes making me shake my head in bemusement, particularly when directed at blameless posters who then reduce their contribution) but to my mind this is more than made up for by his colourful presence, which helps to give this board its personality. The board would be a more serene but undoubtedly far duller place without him.
Gwen is Elle in her dreams...
So, paul. Did you enjoy my interview? I know you want me, but I can't possibly give myself to each and every guy who longs for a bit of my magic. So here is a taste, just for you. Keep me in your dreams.
Love,
Gwen
Dano - a lot of Americans agree with your views on ex-Mayor Rudolph Guiliani. Time Magazine named him Man Of The Year last year. A lot of people were sorry to see his term as Mayor of New York come to an end, but that's the law. We'll see what kind of job his successor, Mr. Bloomberg (of the Bloomberg Financial empire) will do.
Clas - I find myself reluctantly responding to you. So you've visited steelyfanband.com. That's nice. I was not the keyboard player on the sound files, FYI. I had left the band when those recordings were made.
Now, tell me what this means: "p>SO".
Also, regarding your words: "answer my question: Are those people who's
criticizing Israel and Ariel Sharon anti-semites? Just answer the
question."
I have two comments:
(1) you take offense to my inviting you
to do something, but you demand that I 'answer (your) question ... just answer
the question'. That's quite hypocritical on your part.
(2) I am not commenting on other people's criticism of Israel and Sharon nor their beliefs, just yours. And so far, you have refused to write anything even remotely positive about Jews and/or Israel, so my assessment of you still stands. You have done nothing to prove otherwise.
And to YGK - Soulsisters or soulbrothers, what's the difference? You still nailed Clas so humorously and so masterfully, that I am still laughing about it. Way to go Soul-whatever!
The Steely Damned are playing in San Diego, CA this Sunday night, 2/17. A couple of my new-band-members are planning on going to see them and meet them. I can't go - once again. The 17th is my wedding anniversary.
Seeing the Damned has become my own personal "Holy Grail". Now where are my minstrals ... and my cocoanuts?
Stevee-Knights of the Round Table-Dan
Happy Valentines Day to all the GB Girly's.
Dano- The Voice is back 100%...unfortunately so are the Ciggies. But I'm gonna try and beat them again.I'd hate to have the surgeon's handiwork be in Vain.
Someone tell me again what the New Orleans dates are.
Aus!- Leg up!
YGK-glad your back Tickleing the Black 'n Whites
Bro'.
Dano: I have had drinks and smokes with Sir Rudolph Guiliani on a few occasions, and yes, he is a "dooser".... Also: I'll be sure to give CaraMia Marsha a big kiss and a hug just for you mate...we will be teeing it up tonight to catch Malcom's gig up in the Heights tonight.
LuckLess Pedestrian: Dear June...your intraday blasts gave me a real rise...love, Ward.
Beemer: What goes on brother? We need to catch up....
Counting the days to Cabo.....
Great day everybody.
Aus
And doc Mu - isn't "The Fez" the only Becker/Fagen song that had a co-writer? After some struggle Paul Griffin got his well-earned credits.
(Oh yes, Keith Jarrett too (Gaucho), but that was a hard up case, he had to call in the Lawyers)
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Paul - are you going to Europe? Isn't it scary getting used to having the sun wandering from east to west on the SOUTHERN vault of heaven?
Know what I am saying?
I'd go nuts if I had the sun burning my neck when I was looking south.
C
Aus , Ygk , Mr Guiliani was in Britain today recieving Knighthood on behalf of all New Yorkers. Gave a great speech and very funny to?? He sounds like the kind of bloke you want to have a beer with in Brooklyn , you have a real star there guys.
Malc , hows the music coming along mate.
Where has Elle gone , she legged it or what?? Cara Mia ( hubba hubba ) and all you lassies have a great valentines day. My wife asked me to get something with Diamonds in it ?? So I"ve bought her a pack of cards.
Duncan , it will be hard not to have a swallie as i will be in the jam jar??.
Dragon , how are things in Church St, any new flatmates.
Catching up with Nightfly as i sit here, that is such a good album.
Flori Baby , how you doin bigman is the voicebox back to normal mate.
Tones is back , but still need more from the Tonester , so keep blasting on the yella buddy.
Lp , been to see Monsters Inc with the Tinlids yet??
Doing some serious bonding with the mancub at the weekend , as the quare fella is away with the lassies on a bender!! Will probably get a couple of hookers in , some Budweiser , few bets on the horses, and a trip to the movies , Shit it"s great to be of the male gender.
Later Doosers.
Danooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Bill, Bill, Bill. Don't give up. We're going to get this thing right, together. The word 'cannot' is abbreviated to what? Not cant Bill. No, no, no. That's something entirely different. It's abbreviated to can't. Why? Because conspicuously absent from the word can't are an 'n' and an 'o'. And they are replaced with what Bill? That's right Bill, an apostrophe! Good lad. Now I know replacing TWO letters with ONE apostrophe is probably a lot to get your head around all in one session. But, Bill, for the sake of the sensitive amongst us, please persevere. Kay? :]
It all started about a week ago...
I bought my niece a 76-key Yamaha
keyboard just because I'm
a good uncle (at least that's what I keep telling
her and
my sister). It was only 300 bucks so what harm could it do
right?
Wrong! Along with the keyboard I bought her some books that
I
thought might be helpful in learning to play. One of the
books was
"The Keyboard Grimoire" by Adam Kadmon. This book is
turning out to be
problem...a real problem.
It started off innocently enough, the kid was asking questions
like
"What is the Major Scale?" and "How do you make a C chord?".
These
questions were easy to answer as i've spent over twenty
years learning just
that on the guitar. Unfortunately the
questions did not stop there. Next
came questions like;
"What are inversions?"
"How many pentatonics can be derived from a
7-note scale?"
"What does Phrygian mean?"
"When would you use the
Hirojoshi scale?"
"What note is suspended in the Enigmatic Minor scale, 4th
mode?"
"If you take an "E-flat-delta-augmented-13th-sharp 11th"
chord
and flat the 7th, what do you get?"
Needless to say, my understanding of music theory was laid bare...
which
pissed me off! Who the hell could know all this stuff besides
Don, Walt, or
maybe Steviedan? On the guitar, chords are moveable,
you don't really have
to know EXACTLY what notes make up what,
If you can form a Cm7 chord in the
3rd position then it will be
a Dm7 in the 5th position. Who's bright idea
what it to make the
keyboard different? NO, you cant move the chords like
you can with
the guitar...you've got to actually KNOW the scales and all
the
fingerings on the damned thing! Now I could be wrong but isn't
that making things just a little too damned difficult?
This is the last
keyboard I'll ever buy until the music theorist
assholes decide to change
the layout of the keyboard so that
dumb people can understand it!
P.S.) Paul, did i get all the apostrophes right? Of course not.
:)
paul: Not ignoring you. At least not consciously and yes, I forgive your
wild and wacky comment from long ago. Well, maybe not totally.... :-)
I
thought tee shirts from SD concerts were expensive here. That is much worse. I
don't own one, so I can't help you, but maybe someone else will take pity.
Yeah Mu: Can't get some of their best albums right! Should I let them know, or leave them wallowing in their inaccuracies? I didn't see an email address, but maybe I will try again. I loved your second by second comments on Fez and Co. Made my day.
St. Al: First ads on my new email address. UGH! :-(
The move seems to
have gone well, btw. Anyone interested, can access via the address on the
email line. Take out "TAKE OUT THIS PART" and you have it.
Hey, Gwen, jsst heard you being interviewed (recorded) on the radio. Here in 'lil ole Cape Town, SA. Wild.
Incidentally, thought I'd be the first to wish you all lots of LOVE for Valentine's Day tomorrow. So, lots of LOVE!
Relieved to note that the petty bickering has simmered down. Surely this is not a forum for personal attack, but rather one for healthy, constructive debate about Steely Dan, music in general, anything else, philosophy, humour and an occasional exchange of personal (not intimate) information. Oh alright, if you want to send me intimate info, that's fine. My e-mail's attached for just that purpose.
Bill, hope your absence from the GB is because you're busy brushing up on the approriate use of apostrophes.
Angel - hi, miss you. You ignoring me since that (in hindsight) foolish comment of mine.
Duncan - hey! Whassup?
One of the disadvantages of living at the southern tip of Africa right now is our exchange rate vs the US$. It would cost me R11.47 (R=rands, SA's currency) to buy $1. The reason I'm bleating about this is it makes buying a Steely Dan T-shirt prohibitively expensive. So, any hand-me-downs would be welcome.
Watched Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" two night's ago. Soooo American. Or what a lot of people presume, vicariously through the medium of film (Hollywood specifically), America to be like. I haven't been fortunate enough to visit yet. Got a feeling I'd really enjoy NYC, Chicago, Boston and Seattle. Maybe someday soon.
Caught a TV programme called "Titus" with Stacy Keach last night. Great show. Anyone else seen it and liked or hated it?
John Mellencamp on the radio. Used to quite like him. Has he done anything recently?
Discovered a great American slang word yesterday: "lollapalooza".
That's it from the REAL Third World (that's for you, Third World Man).
Should be 1971 - 1979.
C
Idi Amin was a dictator in Uganda (that's Africa) 1971-1079.
C
¦ - I'm pretty sure it's Purdie on The Fez.
C
dr Mu - you see? And you're absolutely right about the difference in recording-routins between Katy Lied and Royal Scam.
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StAl - no I am not. Would you have called me a racist back when I called Idi Amin a gangster and a murderer? Don't be so clueless gringo.
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Stevee Dan - I heard soundclips on your website. p>SO, answer my question: Are those people who's criticizing Israel and Ariel Sharon anti-semites? Just answer the question.
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YGK - The reason I wondered was: I bought the RD 1000 (RD 600's big brother)back in 1986. It still kicks.
So, go have a grogg with Stevee Dan, you're the perfect match. Soulsisters.
C
kayaking the root canal tomorrow !
dr. k, you will be thrilled to hear the blurb on arthur lee in the new mojo. in so many words, apparently mister lee is anxious to get back out there, bringing the love to the people...
gina, george duke's "brazilian love affair" is schweeeeeet !
hello aja...
hello tones...
great visuals there, mc...
listen, cara or anyone who loves that david wilcox style. just discovered this kid named andrew peterson. album "carried along". beautiful. he is a christian artist but i'm not holding that against him too much. kid is good...
peace y'all ! be kind !
angel: Perhaps it is because the R&RHOF thought Katy Lied was their FIFTH album...
Hi Gina -
How are you?
No offense taken. I was amused by the fact that Justin Morell was mentioned here (I had not heard of him before), so that when I told my guitarist about him and that he (my guitarist) should check him out, instead, I get this whole story (just today!) about how well he knows Justin, and that they both taught at Dick Grove, and that Justin opened his own music school and my guitarist taught there as well. That is what I find amusing.
I hope that the foregoing serves to illuminate the spirit of what I intended to convey in my previous post and not to further annoy or sour the sweet Black Cow of your soul and sensability. (Gosh, I hope this works!)
Be well.
Steveedan
Well, I went searching the RRHOF website and never found a mention of a specific exhibit for Steely Dan. I think I would have to buy the book of permanent exhibits, to tell me more. While I was wandering around, I read the entry the have for Steely Dan. It was actually quite interesting and they even mention on the timeline that the award was auctioned off on their Website. I thought that was kind of interesting. By the way Mu, they did not mention The Royal Scam in the timeline at all. http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=1144
Blaise: I can see that you are no stranger to the site. :-)
Hi all,
Starting again, just WHAT is the chairs deal on the ODP??????? Temptations and tantalizations............
The Santa Ana winds are back again, humidity around 12% and 40 mph winds. 2VN sure sounds great in hot, dry weather. Reminds me of the concert here in June 2000.
New Orleans can't come fast enough! Happy Mardi Gras, laissez le bon temps roulez, baby!
Aja
Gina -- how do you drawn such a conclusion?
chat?
nice .. shake it .. Justin M portraying a perfect afterglow :-)
Babylon
Sisters now playing ... nice, other projects, Yellow Jackets Russel Ferrante,
Peter Erskine ... tasteful indeed!
and no offense here Steveedan, but i kind of don't like the bite of that "being amused" bit you referred to about Justin M's music is being talked about here ... must be the Full Moon On A Tight Girdle, but to me it sounds like the typical teacher's kind of envie. One shouldn't be amused, but enthused ... the taste of the word "amused" is that of a Black Cow left on the counter for a month or so ... hm ...
Back to surfing the Steely Jazzed Waves,
G.
lots of Jacks & Jills now exchanging pants LOL
good one, LP!
hey Jaydubz, no offense taken! i first heard ms Lennon on dandom radio and i liked the song, it did indeed remind me of Zappa .. then GE sent me more info and i checked out the website, they must have emptied the cookies jar i guess :-) i wouldn't know about the personal stuff and understand your hesistance regarding ms Lennon. I've mentioned the band Jango a few times here, a NYC band sounding like Steely Dan ( a lot), always tough to step into someone else's footsteps, unintentionally or intentionaly for that matter .. i am really curious about Candy Zappa now, though!
YOU TTTTT, woke up again?
Spinning Duke's Brazilian Love Affair right
now ..
Doc Mu, if you ever think of retiring early and chill on some deserted island with lots of time to kill .. you'd do perfect writing manuals-making-sense .. cleaning out the Banyan Kitchen drawers coughing up Pluto & Moon talk on how to use a microwave or solar energized screwdrivers .. does anyone ever read manuals anyway i wonder ... try and decipher how to use certain software manuals, brrrrrrr ...
Banyan Tree What's In A Milkshake Bow,
G.
crunching data - got SIS on the background - damn, the drums are tight here - tightest recording on the album - then realize - that's gotta be Rick Marotta not Purdie (am I right?) on SIS and Fez...damn these unbrella credits on PL -> RS ...I've seen the credits to Fez somewhere...
Feeling much better today..
Dano: looking forward to our meet..DON'T DRIVE .. up the Yidd's
Bad
Sneeks: check your dates we're meeting in London
Dragon: meeting Dano any
tips
P.Shotan: Put me & 3 guests on the list (we'll buy CD'S)
strange as it may seem my mum's here & might visit chat soon !!!!
StAl: same to me / Can't say i noticed a difference.. was their -is
their a difference.
Justin Morrell / spool back a few posts
Lowercase P: Hi
SH: sorry for the confusion..don't forget i'm stuupid
Winter Olympics???
db
Here's a Justin Morell fact --
One of the guitar players (the one who is having his 335 worked on by Larry Carlton's guitar tech( in my new band (not the SFB, still under wraps) used to teach at the Dick Grove School of Music here in the Valley of Los Angeles. Justin Morell also taught there. After that, Justin taught at his own music school in the valley. My guitarist taught arranging there too. He was amused when I told him that Justin was being talked about here.
Steveedan
I forgot to mention... I'd highly recommend you stop by Justin Morell's website and take a listen to the CD. I sent away for my copy last week and am listening to it right now!
12 bucks -- you can't go wrong!
StAl
hey cyn, that's me!
just remember who wears the pants in the family - lol
hey ward, black miniskirt today, going out on a limb on the dress code
MC (coz)..saw your pic and the first thing that came to mind was a
verse in John Mayer's song....
lp...sing it with me here:
"Shes always buzzin' just like neon,... neon,
Who knows how
long,...how long,
She can go before she burns awayyyy........"
Very COOL pic!!!!!!!!!!!
Clas: Lucky (errr maybe - well there goes 15 min) for me at work RS is here and so are my Harmon Kardons hooked up to the iMac. I don't have headphones here, so here goes - hope I get these instruments right... The right hand of the piano is about 2:30 (o'clock) in the soundscape. The rhythm guitar at 9 o'clock, the clavinet at 10:30 o'clock, the synth about 11 o'clock and Fagen's vocals about 11:30 o'clock. The horns are about 1 o'clock, but about time 2:00 they shift way to the right!! (Carlton's tasty guitar is at about 11 o'clock). Normally Chuck Rainey's bass is at 10:30 o'clock up to the guitar solo then moves inexplicably to 9:30 o'clock (there's a nice effect at about 2:15 where Chuck's going down the strings) and stays there.
At 3:12 they've just finished the "I wanna be your Holy Man" line and we go to a quick break/coda...announced by the right hand Rhodes? quick descending phrase. Before they go back into the vamp I hear both the left hand (bass) of the piano and low end of the clavinet together at about 10:30 o'clock but NO bass at time 3:14. The low end of the clavinet is vibrating back and forth at time 3:14 and at time 3:17 - BUT at 3:17 the Clav swings it position WAY LEFT (with the next chord that's a little lower) to where the bass has been since the start of the guitar solo, while the piano stays in the same place!!! When Rainey's bass kicks back in at 3:19 it picks up where the low Clav left off, as we go back to the main vamp,. Wow, I hadn't noticed that before! - these guys got more tricks than a Reno hotel after Viagra was invented...
You don't hear the Clav vibration thing at 1:56 because they go into Carlton's solo - damn it's nice against the horns...but there's something similar at 2:22 or 1:02 or the INTRO, but that last Clav chord doesn't swing as far left and in the INTRO there are 4 descending chords instead of two.
I've noticed the same thing about Royal Scam being just out of sync lock. This was the first album where the musicans were isolated and insulated in rubber rooms while Donald and Walter said either "Yeah, that's OK. Do it again" or "Next!" In contrast, Katy Lied was more of an ensemble of fewer musicians so it's a certainly tighter....
I really hear it at the beginning of Kid C and Green Earrings. I'll tell you what I think is going on. Purdie is laying his shuffle on thick and it's just a tad behind the rest of the instruments - a drummer, LATE? Who whudda thunk it? It's not a big complaint, but if Purdie just DRIVES the thing a little more instead of laying back, it would be a tighter sound...
Notice if you focus on Rainey how things on Kid C tighten up and Rainey's bass on GE is WICKED. Part of it is probably a purposeful effect to get a bad-ass (for white guys) sounding thing with the clavinet (Griffin), Rainey, and Purdie. There's a lot of tension created.
Listening to Carlton and Rainey, they may have recorded together on Kid C (listen to the outtro) or at least are more in sync, except for the solo - which was recorded in two parts - you can hear the splice job at 2:39.
The re- re- re-master does sound much better on RS, probably more of a boost than any other album - the album's so damn thick that today's technology with Roger's guidance is a real benefit - can't wait to hear it on DVD-A!
Damn, I've blanked out on the piano on the original SIS - is that Grolnick?? Works well with Walter's guitar.. the Purdie shuffle really kicks it here (ex. 2:28-2:29)!!
St. Al - How about I regard you as our consumate host.
I use a DSL connection. This page loads extremely fast. I think it is faster than the previous one, which was much faster than the one you had the guest book on before thatfor a long time.
I hope this helps.
Steveedan
Frank has a sister?
MC and Walter separated at birth?
JDubz robbed of Olympic snowboarding gold?
I used four dots two posts in a row and Clas didn't notice?
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan... .
Pass the bong St. Al...
Smax back to Ole!
Yo G!
& all...
t
"Nigey Lennon is a former musical collaborator of Frank Zappa..."
If you call being a "substitute" guitarist on one tour that no one seems to remember whether she even actually played in (and who then went on to write a tell-all book about her sexual exploits with FZ...and yes, I've read her book) a "musical collaborator", then I think Nigey needs to choose her words a bit more carefully...no offense, Gina! Nigey's music may be well-worth listening to, but I find her "coat-tailing" on the FZ legacy rather weak...
Stevee -- I ain't the leader of anything, except maybe my 16 month old daughter, but as soon as she starts talking that'll probably change too.
I'm just curious if anyone notices a difference in the speed of this website? Do pages load faster? Are there longer/shorter pauses between pages? Does this page disappear like the old one did?
StAl
A great day to you all --
MC - That photo ! Wow ! Who needs mushrooms. Just look at that one. The fireplace is ... breathing ...
YGK - You are my hero. Too funny. If there is ever anything that I can do for you, never hesitate to ask. Simply great. Or, "You're Great Keith !"
St. Al, our fearless leader - Your point is very well taken. As far as Clas is concerned, oh well, I guess I will address him directly -
Clas !! - I'll tell you what. See or hear the SFB before you dispense of this band. We might not be all that we're cracked up to be, but unless you have heard or seen the band, you have nothing valid to say about it.
Now about that Nazi crack (no, I am not referring to your ass, Clas), if you can write ANYTHING even remotely positive about Jews or Israel, I will gladly retract that anti-semetic Nazi comment I so firmly nailed on you. Until then, hear this loud and clear: THE HOLOCAUST IS OVER !! AND SO IS THE NUREMBURG TRIAL - many people hanged for their crimes.
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET. (Avenu Shalom Alechem, ...)
Despite some of the heated things that I have said to the guy in the previous paragraph, I would much rather simply talk about music, and Steely Dan, and promote peace, love, and understanding. This is what I practice at home, and I will try to practice this more here on the guest book.
To the others whom I might have offended, I offer my apology with complete contrition. Other than that ... be excellent to one another, and rock on Dudes !!
Steveedan-Bill-&-Ted
Hey Gina: MC already told us his secret. He uses the same stuff I do. :-)
MC: Great photoshop artwork.
St. Al: Somehow I knew you would comment on Mu's message.... :-)
Yes, LA is indeed hot and dry today. Ugh!
Ole: Ok, I won't bomb the RRHOF quite yet. Maybe I should check out their website to see what info I can get. Be nice to know what might be there already, so as to fix any problems in the Steely exhibit.
Good doggy Gaucho, bringing us the mail:
DINGHY RECORDS
For photos, press information,
or to schedule an
interview,
contact: dinghyrecords@hotmail.com
(631) 261-4453
Fax
(413) 803-8054
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LENNON/TABACCO/ZAPPA IN NYC FEB. 23, 2002
The Lennon/Tabacco/Zappa band will make a rare appearance in an intimate space on Saturday, February 23 at the C Note, 157 Avenue C (at 10th St.), New York City; phone (212) 677-8142.
Lennon/Tabacco/Zappa is fronted by vocalist Candy Zappa, guitarist/composer Nigey Lennon, and vocalist/composer John Tabacco. Candy Zappa is the younger sister of American musical and cultural icon, composer/guitarist Frank Zappa, and is carrying on her late brotherfs legacy in her own music. Nigey Lennon is a former musical collaborator of Frank Zappa, a composer, producer and performer whose genre-jumping music has been described as 8a movie for your ears.e John Tabacco co-produced Ms. Lennonfs recent release, 8Reinventing the Wheele, which in addition to himself and Candy Zappa also features appearances by former Zappa band guitarist Mike Keneally and vocalist Victoria Berding. Besides recording numerous CDfs of his own music, Tabacco has engineered, mixed and/or produced releases for hundreds of artists including Bob Marley and Reggie Jackson.
As their live performances readily demonstrate, Lennon/Tabacco/Zappa have been inspired -- how could they not? -- by Frank Zappafs biting social commentary, absurd humor, onstage hijinks, intricate arrangements, and blatant disregard for the boundary between 8highe and 8lowe art. (What other non-orchestral band can you name that prominently features a virtuoso tuba player, and sometimes even a tuba trio?) But in the end, whether theyfre belting out a blithely pantonal blues, growling a surreal sea shanty, wailing away on a politically incisive klezmer tune, or blasting the phenomenon of the 8weekend warrioregarage guitarist, the music they create -- individually and collectively -- is strictly their own.
Other players in the Lennon/Tabacco/Zappa band include Joe Meo (saxes, clarinet), Jay Rozen (tuba), Teddy Kumpel (guitar), Anthony Pomes (bass and guitar), and Jim Kober (drums). The band will be joined by the tuba trio Three for a tuba interlude.
There will be two sets, at 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Admission is $15 (each
set; includes $5 drink ticket). (Note: Due to the size of the venue and the
anticipated interest in this event, it is highly advisable that audience
members arrive at least 30 minutes prior to each set.)
Mu: I prefer a bong actually.
Clas: YGK has been here all along. Why you gotta be such an ass? That comment you made regarding the SFB was just plain rude. And no, I don't think it's the same thing as Stevee calling you an anti-semite. Defend yourself or don't bother. Personally attacking someone when they've made a statement you disagree with -- instead of addressing the issue -- is the same thing as admitting defeat in my book.
Are you anti-semite?
HTML tags have been turned back on. Sorry about that...
StAl
Oh dear .. MC .. i think the GB-gals are gonna sit you down so you can tell us all about your hair .. the shampoo, conditioner and all that hairjazz .. couldn't see it thru the Windows, the Mac however :-)
real nice pic. so you and RoyScam (where is he indeed) are gonna sit out
front, this Banyan Trees House and sway the GB-ers into a coma?
so you're
gonna contribute for the Compilation 2001 as well, right?
Banyan Tree Is Ange caught in an L.A. Heatwave Bow.
G.
almost forgot....
Happy 50th Birthday to Michael McDonald !!!
hope to hear another 50 years of that sweet, soulful voice!
Okay, everybody except MC (do you think you get those pictures up before
tea/coffee, black cows and brownies break?) out on the porch, time to clean
this Banyan Kitchen :-)
Who's responsible for all those charts stuffed on
the table? And doesn't take out mean you gotto take the leftovers out instead
of dumping them on our Banyan Steelitzer? Now we can't push the right buttons
for some variety in Dannered Tunes ... Oh and Steviedan, you sure you got all
your Downbeat Magazines in your own basement? Doc Mu and Z and Hutch seem to
be doing a good job fooling Doc Kruger .. that chaise longue .. not the shape
of a GB-er i see ... nice cover(s), though :-)
And can anyone call for
help, the dishwasher seems to be stuck again ...
Just one of those days!
Banyan Tree Watch The Kitchen Sink Bow,
G.
hey cyn - i can't freakin believe it! i have meetings on the nights of john mayer's shows - actually i'm okay with it since he's 24 and june cleaver is feelin a little old lately, waahh
savin the world big time today - have a good one
like I said, or not....
http://users.sitestar.net/~jtalbott/12StringBlend.jpg
woop, there it is....
later
okay, so things are a bit slow while we wait for more news to "the next one"....indulge me (or not) while I post a little photoshop fun from this morning.
back to work in the AM, it's been real.
MC
Clas:
The RD600 is an 88-key, weighted action Master Keyboard - has a
great feel, very nearly like a real piano - it bites back when you dig into
it.
The RD700 is an 88-key, weighted action Master Keyboard - has a great
feel, very nearly like a real piano - it bites back when you dig into it, and
they made key improvements to the acoustic piano sound and the Rhodes, two of
my favorites.
The Wurly on the 600 is better and more real than the 700 -
the Organs on the 700 are much better than the 600....and there are other
tradeoffs/advantages to owning both.
The Nord II, however, is a Swedish made digital synth with analog-sounding
presets, and the ability to create your own multi-layered sounds for live
applications.
For my needs, the Nord was pedantic, cheesy and virtually
useless - just like you.
Which is why I traded it in.
But I got $500
for my Nord - where can we trade you in? We'd probably get nowhere near
$500.....
if only it were that easy
You said you worked with dumbfucks, and then you opened your own business.....so I guess you still do.....
And you're the last person who should talk about self promotion......
ygk
First I have to say...Canada was robbed of the gold last night!!!
Missed the actual performance (cuz I was watching Westminster Dog show)...But
saw it all this am. What the HELL were those judges thinking..er..wait..they
weren't thinking now were they?
And those Snowboardin'
dudes?...awesome!!!!
Back to Westminster...Standing ovation for all the search and resque dogs from WTC..I cried..again. I don't know who the judge is for the "Best in Show" final, All I know is ...I'm tired of seeing little ity bity dogs win. I want to see a big dog, a hunk o' dog, a dogs dog win.
Out to dinner with the "girlfriends" tonight...Send bail money.
lp..are you going to any of John Mayer concerts up in Boston???
Steeve Dan my my man, is it being Anti-Semitic criticizing Israel and Ariel Sharon? If it is, can you explain why? No, I bet you can't.
---
Paul - no, used to work with dumbfucks, then I started up my own biz so I could mind my own biz.
C
Does anyone else around here work with idiots. Or is it just me.
Bill - like the logic, but you still haven't cracked the apostrophe thing. Haven't, not have'nt. What's missing is the 'o' in not. Simply replace it with '. OK. Please.
God you're a frickin' idjit. An invitation is not an order. Who said "Fuck
Israel", and "Fuck Sharon"? Darling it's you ... Clasie Jerk-away.
By the
looks of things, it appears that you are a Nazi.
I invite you to come to
the Simon Weisenthal Center ... and turn yourself in.
Paranoid doesn't begin to explain you. Inglewood is beautiful splendor compared to the bleak world that exists between your ears.
You also have accused me of being lazy, that I can't spell, like what you think makes any sense. It's Stevee, not Steeve. You haven't gotten it right yet.
Do you have anything to say here that is of any redeeming
value?
Probably not. No one here gives a hoot about you or your sternum.
Your existence is nothing but an endless parade of misunderstanding half-truths, and unmitigated BS.
See you in the funny papers, Alley Oop.
Stevee-(could eat Clas for breakfast but would probably puke)-Dan
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
And more about the Royal Scam album:
At the time, back in the 70's, I thought Royal Scam was the ultimate album. It had everything, those guitars, those drumfills, and those cool horn-sections and, of course, Fagens nasty voice. And those amazing lyrics.
Today I am bewildered over the fact that the music is so "untight". And the sound-picture is so different. Everything is panned over to the right and the left fields. I had a discussion about that with the younger one in my family, no, not Pompe, the other one, and he's saying:
-You are saying it's not tight. I am saying it's swinging. And for the mix; at the time the mixdown was supposed to re-create the set-up on stage: hi-hat to the right, the guitars to the right and left, the toms from middle to right, the choire to the right (listen to Royal Scam, the song)
And maybe he's right. During the 80's and 90's our ears are so spoiled with those metronomic, ultra-tight, drums and and basses, it's so hard going back to the 70's and the music that was recorded then, without sequencing and quantizing, without pro-toolish cut, paste and copying.
And this brings me to the piano-solo on "Sign In Stranger", on the Alive in America-album, played by Warren Bernard. Is it just me thinkig his solo is untight and hollow?
C
Goodnight Stevie.
dr Mu /Howard/anyone - I noticed a couple of nites ago, when I listened to Royal Scam with headphones that the bass in ôThe Fez", cirka 3.17 secs in the song, is moving from middle out to the right side in the soundpic. It sounds pretty weird. Are there something wrong with my Cd-copy or what? Anyone?
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Steeve Dan - you're telling me what to do? That's funny, coming from a man calling people anti-semites, for no reason at all. Shame on you, you paranoid little clod.
Go back to Inglewood and stay there.
Ha!
---
Cyn - I have bookmarked her site. I'll go there and look for updates.
---
YGK - well now, you have a gig so now you're back on the yellow pages! It's promotion time! Is that RD 600 a mini-version of RD 1000?
C
Hi oh Name-saked one --
The chord you mentioned is both Major and Minor at the same time.
...
I'll take the high road and you take the low road ...
I think the chord which would more aptly sum up the situation at hand is a
Minor 7th Add 4 because it is not a very happy chord and remains
unresolved.
Well, well, well ...
... a deep subject for shallow minds ...
Stevee-Devadip-Carlos-San-Dan-A
full pipe, half pipe, one-hit pipe, whatever it takes to get the gold...
blaiser ju berry punny wit dat true wit buzz tang...
ole, the charette idea and page are simply mahvelous (same to hoops). now i must churn the mental sturm und drang to participate, although i believe miz d has already nailed it ! your colour on the great brubeck is amazing in that i saw him MANY years ago and at the moment i shook his hand, he seemed really aged. this impression of course, was not borne upon the music which had preceded it and it's really wonderful to hear from you that the fire has yet to be extinguished. it's like seeing stephane grappelli at 80 years. that is music at it's finest vintage. a profound gift...
stevee, you and clas need to stick to chords. the origins of the seven sharp nine. discuss !
Tones! cara! YGK! Smax to you.
JDubs! Congrats. Must have been wild.
Fladavid! too funny.
~! listening to "Tell Me Something," the Mose Allison tribute album w/ Van Morrison, Ben Sidran, & Georgie Fame; Dave Brubeck Octet; and Patti Austin "Street of Dreams," or at least her version of "I.G.Y." Very sweet and cookin'.
Incidentally, Dave Brubeck was wonderful. He came onstage with three other white-haired moldy figs (Bill Smith on clarinet, Michael Moore on bass, Randy Jones on drums) and they just tore up the place. They played "I Hear A Rhapsody" and a bunch of other lovely classic tunes, and actually got WAY down on some. He was playing ragtime, boogie woogie, classical riffs, the usual unusual time sigs; they played around with that echo thing on the clarinet (what do you call that? It doubles what you play and then you play over it....). Their ease with each other was inspiring--the time they've played together varies from 20-55 years! Yet they were so fresh. Randy Jones played a wicked drum solo. They finished with "Take Five," so I'll go to my grave having heard it by the maestro. Speaking of going to my grave, if I can get to where he is and still do what I do as well as he does what he does, I'll be the most fortunate hothouse flower ever.
angel--I don't know if there's an exhibit up or not. If there is, well, we'll just have to replace it! I don't even know if there's a t-shirt that includes them yet.
R.Scam, goddammit, man, where are ya?
Ahem: charettecharettecharettecharettecharettecharettecharettecharette
Hey, out there: please don't post as me. I'm in enough trouble as it is, though that was funny.
Aus!
YGK!
See you Wednesday!
L-U-V,
cara mia
Okay, having read back, it appears maybe it's the transitional state of the GB as St. Al vanquishes the bandwidth gods.
The old fashion way for now...
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/danman1/RIAAtribute1.jpg
/RIAAtribute.jpg
gee whizz, I wanted to post a pic through the URL option, but no go. Any help out there on how to?
Record Industry Association's instant charette!
Miz Ducky wins the charette contest! Great idea.
YGK= You Got Kool
still searching...
Q
Men's Snowboarding/Halfpipe results in ~ can you say, "Gold, Silver AND Bronze, Baby!!!" Amazing!!!
Here it is ... the new Post # 100
Whoopie !!!
Stevee-Century-Dan
DVD-RAM installed..check
Backed up last 5 years work..check
Arrange
meeting with insolvency practioneer..check
Visit solicitors..
check
Write resignation letter..check
Call shareholders
meeting..check
Remove personal belongings from workplace..check
Locate fan..check
Arrange buckets of crap..check
Cross fingers & hold tight
Throw crap at fan...
(wish me luck)
db
StAl: belated sympathies on your struggle with the (dis)organization previously hosting this GB, and congrats on getting even a temporary solution up and running so quickly.
Hoops and Oleander--I have no idea what the charette displays in the RnRHOF generally look like, but in my mind the choice for Steely Dan is obvious: an exact reproduction of the interior of one of the studios they recorded in during the 70s. Since Don&Walt spent so damn much time in such a space, that would best represent their natural habitat, right? Plus it would provide a natural and obvious place to display at least one of those frickin' tape machines they've been so generously trying to donate to the HOF. Of course, this studio-replica would have to be equipped with the Maggie-whatever speakers and Bosendorfer piano and all the other highfalutin' equipment they mention so fondly in liner notes and other memoirs (hell, maybe even the dreaded DBX machine that screwed up the "Katie Lied" tapes should be in there). Plus, for full authenticity, the studio should be given that unique, "lived-in" look which only these two Masters (and their cohorts) can inflict on such an environment: the random Coke can-dented speaker screen, various loops of tape run on out the studio door and back, stray food wrappers from Fatburger and other dens of fine dining, some discreetly-placed tools of relaxicant consumption ... hell, maybe even a disembodied hand haunting the control panel, I dunno. If nothing else, such a display might silence once and for all the recurring question of whose hand that was. Or just produce a general silence of awed comprehension.
/the Mam'zelle
(who doubts her friend who works for the Experience Music
Project gets to have anywhere near as much fun as this)
My first post was one year ago, yesterday. I actually accessed the archives a few weeks ago to find out what date it was. I followed W1P, so a happy 1 to you, too. Thanks to all for some exciting times and some unforgettable moments. More to come.
JDubs: Please post the url to the pictures. After reading that LA Weekly article, I would love to see them in action.
Blaise: I can definitely see that.... LOL
"You know I'm through
(quadruple salto, keep smiling) with Buzz"
Ole/Hoops: What a great idea! My question is this. It has been almost a year since the RRHOF induction and there is STILL no exhibit? What is with these HOF people? Does anyone know? Why would I want to make a pilgrimage to Cleveland sometime in the future, if there are no Steely ones on display. I thought everyone gets one, if they are inducted. :-(
Steveedan: I got rid of my Nord II - I'm really not a techno axebro - but now, the 700 compliments the 600 - Roland is sweet.....play on.....and watch out for the Meatballs.....
Actually (Your Gold Keith)
ygk
Aussie ~ I'll post a bunch of photos that I took at OSSJ II Saturday evening over on my website this week ~ along with TA, I got some great shots of Eddie Elguera, Eddie Reatugi, Duane Peters, Red Dog and many others...
YGK also stands for You Got Keyboard.
Stevee(YGK2)Dan
Hey YGK -
Thanks for your advice. I know that you are right. I just wanted to see how far this "character" would go down the pointless road. Pompe won't even "go" there.
I think "YGK" stands for "You Got Knowledge". I wish someone else here had the "YGK" too.
Congrats on the RD-700. Play it in the best of health and great grooves.
Groovy(-oops-I-Mean-)Steveedan
Aus, Jdubs: Same result here....."Forbidden" - make me REALLY want to see......
new tunes are a poppin, now folks......hopefully, wack trax burnt cd crisp soon......
And if anyone wants to check me out live in Manhattan, I'm steady every
Weds uptown at Coogan's 169/Bway - near the A Train - 8:30 set
times.....
"Blue Wednesday" they call it.....jazz and conversation.....
FlaDave: my new axe kicks - Roland RD-700 - sweet, sweet Rhodes and meaty piano for starters.....
Ole: smiles and good vibes your way....
Schwinn - hope I can make the cut
Steveedan: I wish people would learn, but engaging certain personages here is pointless......not that you need to hear advice from me, but I wouldn't pay it much mind......
ygk
Clas - Well, I must admit that your response did not surprise me. After all, only you can sling insults, right? You are perfection defined. You are beyond reproach, etc., etc.
You took a pretty low shot at me. There is nothing that I need to say to you that could be more telling than that which eminates from your own mind.
You might try to realize that the expression "I invite you" is just a less severe way of saying "you should", or "why don't you" or "you better not do this anymore". It is a way to gently nudge you to more appropriate behavior. Clearly, it doesn't work with you. I wouldn't invite you to your own funeral, or anyone else for that matter.
Pink Floyd coined it perfectly on Animals in Pigs (track #3 at
2:16):
"You're really a laugh, you're really a laugh, but you're really a
cry."
Who's laughing now?
I invite you to play this section of the song over and over and over again.
Someone with an attitude and a tongue like yours has very little to contribute to this guest book and the world at large.
I invite you to have a nice life.
Steveedan
J Dubya: Green with envy bud. Would love to come with if I had the chanse....I'm sure you'll have a ball. And please send Tony my warmest regards....also: the link in your last post was not accessible. I received a forbidden to access message....weird.
Aus
Aussie ~ Here's a link to the shot:
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/GalleryImage139127.jpg
Kelly Clark ~ way to go, Baby!!! Let's just hope Americans Danny Kass or Ross Powers can take the gold home in the men's halfpipe as well!
Aussie ~ I scored a much-coveted invitation to the second annual Old School Skate Jam, which was a virtual calvacade of skate heroes. Here's a shot of your childhood fave, Tony Alva ~ still stylin' on the coping at 44!
Jimbo, Tony Slattery ??? Geez where did you dig him up from mate???That did
make me crease.
But I think the obvious choice should be Phil Daniels ,
after his stint in Quadrephenia he is a dooser for the part , but probably
Myers will get it??
Duncan , will call you Tuesday night mate.
Steveedan: "and to ThirdWorldMan, please get Aus an AUS hat. It seems like the decent thing to do."
Why, thank you sir. Very kind indeed.
Aus
Greetings Y'all,
Ok, so the popular view is that "perhaps" DF/WB will release
the next
one this year. After giving this some thought I've
decided not to give it
anymore thought. Here's why...
WHY THEY MIGHT RELEASE IT:
They might release it because it would make
sense to release it.
They're riding high on the success of Two Against
Nature so
releasing the next one now would make perfectly good sense
as
Steely Dan is still fresh in the minds of John Q. Public.
They may also
release it because we want them to release it,
you know "strike while the
iron is hot" or the whole supply/
demand thing...
WHY THEY MIGHT NOT RELEASE IT:
They might not release it because it
would make sense to release it.
Since when did these two guys EVER do what
people might expect
them to do? After all, aint they all hung up on that
irony
thing? Also, they may not release it because we want them to
release it. Have'nt they always enjoyed teasing us like that?
Therefore the reasoning is as follows;
If we expect them to release it
then they might release it
but only if they think we don't expect it.
Alternatively,
If we don't expect them to release it then they might
not
release it because we don't expect them to, or they might
decide to
release it because by releasing just to prove us
all wrong. Additionally,
they might decide to release it
and then change thier minds on releasing it
in order to
fill a large irony void which has recently been
discovered
by the psychomusicology people at River Sound in NYC.
In conclusion, the best decision that one can make at this
point is
expect the next one to be release this year...
but don't hold your breath.
:)
Yep .. Full Moon Rising .. you know, every time i listen to Donald singing Sun Mountain it becomes more and more clear this song says it all ..
A Banyan Tree Count to Ten before High Tide Grabs ya Bow,
G.
Hey, did they give Kelly Clark a gold medal for smoking a half-pipe?? I know that for instance St. Al could do a Full pipe easily!!! ..or JDubz snowboarding with a full pipe...
How about the downhill with 73í inclines - now THAT's ACTION! The American won the ski jumping contest - too bad he was in the downhill at the time...boy did he get some air though...
"The Roman Empire didn't last for ever." A few more half-pipes and
Britney Spears ads and we'll be done for sure...
Ah, there you all are! I actually missed you. Anyway, good to be back on-line. Remember posting some stuff in the old GB. Now I guess I'll never know whether I got any responses. C'est la vie.
Believe all thanks must go to StAl for this site and getting it back up again. Thanks StAl, really appreciate it.
Bill - how you doin' with those apostrophes there my good man?
Over and out from darkest Africa.
My money's on the swedish tag team!
Steveedan meets the Good Doctor. Hmmm... you guys know how to keep this interesting. Woo-hoo!
Skating to Through With Buzz. Sure. Yes... huh huh... picturing this as part of a male, single, free-style program, of course.
Stojko Synopsis:
He takes all my money ("woosh woosh" hand gestures, then double-flip,
smile)
He's not very funny ("conch con Jacques" signature cartwheel or
"Charette", spiced up with multiple arabesques upon landing)
Maybe he's a
fairy (jump, triple tailspin, hold extension, yes!)
You know I'm through
(quadruple salto, keep smiling) with Buzz
Oh yeah huh huh alright
(spin-o-rama, release, knee bow, tears of joy)
öI invite you one last time to try to be a little more thoughtful and tolerant here. Many others have given you that same courtesy.ô
Are YOU inviting me?
Holy Christ, you are a fucking laugh, and so's your fucking coverband.
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Oleander - enough of charette now for a while, okay?
C
Lars - it's useless. Don't bother. The Roman Empire didn't last for ever.
And that "musician" with a daygig is babbling in tongues.
C
swing low, sweet charette, comin' for to take me to cleveland...
angel, did you mean "i.g.y" for a skate piece ? if so, perfect ! i am really curious to hear the take 6 interpretation because these guys could really do the harmony justice. album definitely not out yet, no date, not listed at cdnow, although they do list the eponymous debut which i thought was out of print...
gonna be a real frame-bang in the a.m.'s starting this week, a real startler for vampyricals. if i get a little scarce, it's just the carpenters raining on my charette. hammer-induced sleep deprivation. the charade of my new facade. i hear my train a'comin'...
In my previous post I wrote: "... and to ThirdWorldMan, please get Aus and AUS hat." It should have read, ... please get Aus an Aus hat. It's not meant as an order Al, just a nice request for a fine New York gentleman.
... Out of respect for TWM and Aus, I need to separate the preceeding
from the foregoing ...
Clas - mind your manners. What inspires you to write crap like:
"SteeveDan - isn't that great, you know a guy that has been standing next to a
CELEBRITY!" in response to my mentioning that my new band's guitarist played
Larry Carlton's guitar?
You're too old to be so petty. Your comment seems to expose yourself, so get your clothes back on, it is not a pretty sight. I've seen your picture ...
Dr. ¦ aptly wrote: "It is a non-progressive system that screws the poor and inhibits productivity." Does this inhibit intelligence and grace? Apparently so. So in case you were wondering why I do not respond to your music theory questions any more, maybe you can catch a glimpse now.
I even gave you another chance after your repeated anti-semetic comments from a few months back. This I will no longer tolerate. Oh, and one last thing. Your opinion about things is no more (or less) valid than any one else's here. So don't tell others what they should or should not say. You have done enough damage here to warrant being permanently banished 100 times over.
I invite you one last time to try to be a little more thoughtful and tolerant here. Many others have given you that same courtesy. I am not perfect, nor do I claim to be so. I have admitted to making previous mistakes here and have apologized for them. I wonder, do you have this ability? I guess only time will tell.
Steveedan
Last night's show at Paladino's was great. I was just talking about it with my drummer. He was so inspired by the Yes band "Roundabout", Led ZepAgain, and of course Which One's Pink?, that he has been playing music all night, getting his already awesome chops up a notch or two. I have already jammed to the song "Aja" with him, and he has the Gadd drumming technique down.
I would like to congratulate DJ and Which One's Pink? on their 4th Anniversary of existence. By the way, the giant "Happy Face" baloon, was provided courtesy of my son, and yes, it was yellow. I inflated it and handed it to Pink keyboardist Larry, who was a little taken aback by it.
In the aftermath of that event, I got the idea (unfortunately, too late) to find a big pink pig baloon for the band to string up above the front of the stage. Wouldn't that have been special.
Supa Dave's sax solos in "Money" and in "Us And Them", were great. Marvette Williams' vocals were shockingly spectaclar. The entire audience was cheering her. It was the equivelant of at least a dozen curtain calls (an apt comparison since she has a principal role in "The Lion King", currently being staged at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood).
Considering that I for quite a while now have been touting the Steely Fan Band, which makes the members of that band, through me, members of this esteemed guest book, I am now proud to announce, that while I am developing a new group of Steely musicians, the members of my new group who came to Paladino's last night (drums, sax, trumpet, guitar, and me) brings the total attendance for the non-publicized LA DanFest last night to 6. So there you have it.
Mr. Pink, I need your address so that I may send you a PR CD of the new band. E-Mail me or call me so that I can dash it off to you.
Thanks to Snowbound for the blurb on Justin Morell. I gotta get mine hands on this CD.
Have a great week everyone, and to ThirdWorldMan, please get Aus and AUS hat. It seems like the decent thing to do.
Steveedan
DAN FAN FUN, SATIRE and PRIZES!
If you're not groovin' on the Olympics, or if you can't wait for The Next One and/or The Next Tour, then here's a fun little distraction to reel in the years and stow away the time...
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THE STEELY CHARETTE
...a Dandom-wide opportunity to design the Steely Dan Exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A charette isàisàwhy it's difficult to describe, and architects, artistes and designers have an even harder time spelling it. But don't let that intimidate you. In everyday terms, it's a brainstorm of an idea drafted or jotted down for a casual presentation. Supposedly, the term comes from Parisian architecture students in the late 1800's who used a cart, or charette, to rush their drawings to l'+cole des Beaux Arts. Charettes are often very time-limited and intense. As far as we know, the Steely Dan exhibit in the R&RHOF has not yet been erected, so a charette is the perfect opportunity to come up with our own quintessentially Danesque design ideas.
Think about it. Given the DuoÆs apparent sense of ennui about their election to the HOF, is it likely theyÆll spend much time designing their exhibit? And do we want them to, anyway? NO!! WE WANT THEM TO STAY IN THE STUDIO AND FINISH UP THE NEXT ONE ALREADY!!
So with a profound sense of civic duty and sincere helpfulness to Our Heroes and the Greater Community of Steely Dan Fans, let us put our collective idiosyncratic talents to bear. Let's design an exhibit to show the world, or at least the slackjawed tourists shuffling through the R&RHOF, what Steely Dan really means to us!
FULL DETAILS, EXAMPLES, and Much, MUCH MORE are at:
http://www.flathat.net/charette
Join the charetteùBEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
O + h
P.S. In case you don't make it to the site, this is for fun. There''s not a snowball's chance in hell that your idea will actually become the official Steely Dan exhibit. At least we don't think so...
| Floridavid | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Wow, I thought it was time for me to post something to show I'm still kickin' and it gets the attention of that wacky Quack Warren Kruger! By the way Doc, it's my wife that's afraid to fly. I've played drums for a living since I was a kid...I ain't afraid of Nuthin'!
| Doctor Warren Kruger | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Floridavid- It's nice to know someone else is scared shitless of flying- I'm in my uh I'm pretty old and I've never been up there!
Of course, I never used to tell my flight-phobic patients that- i just tell them to stop being sissies and get the hell up in the plane! Works every time.
They've finally reported AL's(I think I better just use initials from now on- all I need is another gosh darn law suit) release from jail in the Feb. issue of Mojo. I noticed they did a feature on that Steely Dan fellow back in '95-very impressive. The problem now is that they want to retry AL on the same charges- the judge has 60 days to decide.
I don't think we can even change AL's sexual preference in that time- not to mention stage a comeback. The lesbian vampire films didn't do the trick- can you imagine someone not responding to "Daughters of Darkness" AND "Sisters of Satan"? I don't know what went on in that prison, but it must have been unbelievable! My last chance is to try sexual aversion therapy with AL. I usually do this in connection with something the patient is most comfortable with- in this case, rock and/or roll music.
Since I'm not too familiar with that popular music you kids listen to nowadays, I might as well use some of that Steely Dan fellow's CDs I was lent in Canada for that trial.
While I can find latent homosexuality in virtually all of this Steely Dan fellow's lyrics to his songs, one seems to really stick out- the one they simply call "Gaucho".
The procedure is familiar to most of you by now- attach the electrodes to the patient's temples- wait for the homo-erotic content to appear, and then shock the hell out of the poor bastard!
Sadistically Yours,
Dr. Warren K.
| ╡ - more fun the the Prime Minister's Questions | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Lars: I think my right honorable friend should read my post carefully, I think you'll see that a) the figures are not mine, but from public information sources.
b) Also from my post:
"if social security fees are taken into consideration, tax on salaries may amount to approximately 64%."
I think this is in line with your payment last year of 60%.
Remember, my post was in response to Clas who refute my claim that he paid 55% in taxes (this was from memory at the time). Clas claimed far less and associated my thinking with his redneck friend...
As for health care from post 2: "If I add my property and my health insurance premiums together (shared with my employer), they add up to 2.6% of my income, which is very modest...In total, 20.5% (2000 #s) + 2.6%" I pay still far less INCLUDING health care and schools.
The payment method for health and schools is different - we avoid the federal bureaucracy. I have choice when it comes to health care. You do have more choice when it comes to schooling, and I would agree that this is an important advantage to both students and parents. The resistance to this plan by the extreme left and the teachers unions is baffling except to maintain power not to change mediocre to bad schools - you may remember the howls of protest here in this forum and nationwide when this logical idea is mentioned...
Since you have NOT refuted or provided any evidence that Sweden a) does NOT have a non-progressive flat tax system b) that rates are NOT much higher than the US (by your own testimony swallows up the majority of your income), c) that citizens are NOT double and triple taxed through business and valued added taxes on the same incomes, and that d) the high rates paid by all businesses will NOT impede business productivity and economic health then you have been the best witness for my conclusions (based on the tax system) that I could imagine!
My previous conclusions: "In summary, citizens of Sweden are double and tripled taxed. It is a non-progressive system that screws the poor and inhibits productivity."
The evidence before us then indicates that the non-progressive VAT, business taxes, and high income and social security in Sweden would take far more from a lower middle income family in Sweden than the in US.
I think it would be fair to acknoledge that the advantage of school choice in Sweden may be a contributing factor in the success of those schools or failure of some of our schools. Since the US is so large and federal bureaucracies spend so much money on adminsitrative costs, their role in the US should be one of guidance and support of school funding rather than federal control, especially in needy areas with money and nuts and bolts decisions on how to make school choice work in Texas or illinois or New York or California made at the local level. Since Sweden is smaller and more homogenous, then it is possible that federal school funding there could be accomplished more effectively than federal funding in the US...
| Duncan | Day: 10 | Month: 1
heard ''do it again'' in DIY superstore today..
needless to say did'nt do it at all.
did nothing with family instead ( much better i think)the meaning of life dont't do it all, just do SOMETHING db
:)
| Lars | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Mu: Please read what I said again - As I said, your (?) calculations are wrong (too old) -I pay about 60% in direct income-tax (not 30-33%) - so the total taxation is much higher than your figures. But that was not my point. My point was about your conclusion, and there¦s where you¦re far out of point. I can pay for my medicine, school's and whatever - so can you (I think). But in Sweden you still have (more or less) free healthcare (& medication); your children can attain any school of their choise and so on. You don't have to have a (well-paid)job to get the basics of your life.
L
| W1P | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Ironically last night our encore was the very same Shine On -- I missed the Olympics last night because I sent 6 hours at Paladino's in a retro fest beyond belief. In addition to the 3 tribute bands that performed, I observed members of Smokin (Boston), Bonfire (AC/DC) and The Steely Fan Band in attendance. A dude came up to me and told me he was the manager of Canned Heat and wants to book us for festivals. Another Italian dude told me he booked Floyd in Italy in 1968. Anyway, I had seen (on TV) the skating pair using Shine On at the US Championships and to my knowledge this is the first time anyone has used Floyd for their background music in the Olympics. Steely Dan for skating background? I'm thinking an edited version of Glamour Profession -- let me stew on that one. (What about Great Gig in the Sky?)
| ╡ - It wasn't my idea...never was my idea | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Lars: I am sorry my friend, but those % of GDP numbers are facts provided by our Congressional Budget Office and the Swedish equivalent - not calculations. They are correct and easily obtained.
What if I add in school fees and health insurance? That's a fair question. Our public schools in Texas are paid for in property taxes. This is a very progressive tax - the more expensive house one can afford, the greater the tax burden. There is also a homestead exemption so that those with modest owned homes pay little or none.
If I add my property and my health insurance premiums together (shared with my employer), they add up to 2.6% of my income, which is very modest...In total, 20.5% (2000 #s) + 2.6% << 56.8%, ergo still nowhere close to Sweden's burden. That's not to say that we here don't need health reform - we do! But federalization and taxation is not the answer, IMO...
Aussie: Damn! I was finishing a book and missed it...musta been way cool on the ice...
| Dano | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Still recovering from The Who , Plant And Paige and a great night was had by one and all , those guys can still do the business after all these years
and all the old wrinklys and young team had a dooser of a craic.TWM , Did you see that goal from McCann!!a real stoater but we keep scoring as well mate so its back to the drawing board for big Alex , I would have liked him for the Scottish Manager Alan, but not to be mate though i do think he will be a good manager for the Gers.
Duncan , I have your number so i will bell you this week for sure??Where are you staying??
Bad Sneakers , The date is March 2nd for The Danny Steel Show , so get yir arse in gear bigman??
Have to go , got a raging hangover and tapping these keys is daen ma heed in.Talk more when feeling a bit better.
Dano
| angel | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Aussie: You stole my thunder. Was that not the coolest thing to see? I could be wrong, but John Zimmerman looked like he LOVED skating to Pink Floyd. W1P, all I could think was that you were missing this. Now, if only we could come up with a Dan song to skate to....
steviedan: I.G.Y.?
Lars: I promise you, I wish this country would get its act together about health care etc. It is a real shame that one has to stay with a job they hate, just to keep their health benefits.
| Aussie | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Oh yes. One more thing. To our friends in Australia: During the Opening Ceremonies of the Nineteenth Winter Olympiad in Salt Lake City, Utah, your Australian contingency marched in with these way cool knit caps reading "AUS". Any way I can get my hot little hands on one of those bad boys???? Will pay CASH....
Aus
| Aussie | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Last night at the 19th Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, the short pairs team from the United States of America, Ms. Kyoko Ina and Mr. John Zimmerman, skated beautifully to Pink Floyd's "Shine on you Crazy Diamond". Your faithful narrator was literally alarmed from a post-sushi induced coma accompanied with REM 2-like slumber on the couch of our living room when I heard Mr. Gilmour's unmistakable licks booming across the speakers....what a treat! I was sooo pumped, I exclaimed to Babes that these cats were skating to, and treating the collective world to some of the finest baker music ever made.... thank you thank you thank you!!!!
Quick query to Quentin or own resident Floyd dude, Which One's Pink: Was that the first time that Pink Floyd music was used in Olympic Competition?? Just curious........
Great Sunday everybody...
Aus
| Lars | Day: 10 | Month: 1
Mu: Thanks for telling me that I pay more taxes than you do. But I don't mind doing so!But,as most people do you also miss the whole point - what do I get from taxes. You have to pay your hospital-fees; school-fees (most of them); university-fees; and so on. In our system we pay these fees on our tax bills and a very small amount when we use it. Your calculations are probably wrong - the average swede pays even MORE taxes. But your conclusion is wrong too - " a system that screws the poor and inhibits productivity" - we take care of the poor man and the productivity in the swedish industry is best in class (in Europe). Maybe you have to feel
safety before you can produce and live well?L
| steviedan | Day: 10 | Month: 1
weekend update:
"... while its reinterpretation of donald fagen's 'i.g.y. (what a beautiful world)' burrows into those glorious lyrics to punctuate the belief that you've got to open your eyes to ugliness to truly appreciate beauty... "
what ?
i was going to beg forgiveness for my recent numerological sillyness, what with the "number 9" on post nine or the equally or more obvious "hey... nineteen" on post nineteen. and yes, there's less investment in quick thoughts in this fragile environment. yes, "fragile". they also interpret sting's "fragile" and doobietune "takin' it to the streets". my (hopefully) final numeral reference:
"beautiful world" - take 6
the new album as reviewed in jazztimes march 2002. i don't think it's out yet but i'll know tomorrow...
| angel | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Yes indeed this angel did fly by.... That is so cool that Beasley remembers you, St. Al. :-)
Listening to Justin Morell's CD "The Music of Steely Dan" while posting. Takes this rocker a bit to get used to, but I like it. I really want to hear the original composition based on "Kings". Now that must be interesting. What blows me away is that every time I think there are keys being played, it is actually Justin playing guitar.
Good job (not like you need me to tell you how talented you are.)Opening of the Olympic games. A bit overdone on the patriotism thing, but all in all, quite beautiful. I hear Yo-Yo Ma refused to play his cello in the freezing weather, so he recorded it in advance. I wondered how Sting could play bass with freezing fingers.
Lisa G: Wish I could go. :-(
Is it possible to get a mini review of what you played?
| Steveedan (Pink Floyd Fan) | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Hey everybody --
I'm off to the valley to see W1P's band, Which One's Pink. A Yes tribute band and a Led Zep band will open for them.
All of you LA based folks, get in yer cars and come to Paladino's, located in Reseda, CA on the NW corner of Oxnard and Reseda.
Steely Fan Band saxist Supa Dave will be playing with Pink. I will be there along with our new band's drummer and one of our guitarists.
Fun, fun, fun, (but I will be thinking of all of you who can't make it ... yeah, right.)
See ya later in the yaller.
Steveedan
| Duncan | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Talking of the winter olympics ..
Didn't princess margret get the gold for hot water foot diving in 88?
or was it fag & gin balancing i forget
| ╡ - please cook my steak again | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Snowbound: They WERE tasty clips indeed. John Guerin is a superb drummer and really "filled" in well. The sax player (John Pederson?) had a Joe Henderson thing going on Home at Last. Justin Morell I saw played with Pete Erskine on a couple of releases...
Clas:Sweden+s tax burden is **56.8%** of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (1988 numbers).
http://www.ncpa.org/studies/s159/s159.html
On the other hand, the US tax burden was **18.9%** of GDP as of 1988:
http://www.cyberhaven.com/taxlibrary/taxlevels.html
(2000 #s were 20.5% of GDP, the highest ever - source = Congressional Budget Office)
In Sweden, personal income taxes are collected locally at roughly 30-33%. In other words, in Sweden there is a non-progressive flat tax, except for a surcharge on the riches. In addition if social security fees are taken into consideration, tax on salaries may amount to approximately 64%.http://w14.scb.se/eng/ekonomi/oe/komfinans/komskatt/komhogskattab.asp
http://www.hg.org/guide-sweden.html
Business: The general principle in Swedish tax law is that Swedish companies are taxable entities and liable to pay taxes on their worldwide income. Partnerships and limited partnerships are legal entities but not taxable entities; therefore each partner is taxed on his share of the income. Businesses pay a 30% national income tax on their taxable income.
Or course, business taxes are simply passed onto the consumer as a "lundered" TAX in the form of higher prices.
It gets worse: Value added taxSweden applies differentiated VAT rates. The general rate is at present 25% of the price of the merchandise and services. And 21% on FOOD. All people pay this monstrous tax on food. Anyone who commercially trades taxable goods or services in Sweden is taxable for VAT. Every two month period, the difference between the VAT received from the selling of goods or services and the VAT paid for the acquisition of goods or services is liable for payment to the State.
http://www.hg.org/guide-sweden.html
In Texas, we pay NO taxes on FOOD and ESSENTIALS
In summary, citizens of Sweden are double and tripled taxed. It is a non-progressive system that screws the poor and inhibits productivity.
| Lisa G | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Since we're shamelessly plugging...
Ahem! Testing, testing, is this thing on?
Tonight. Vitamin S Band. Surf and Turf Ale House, Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ. 9:30-1:30. New sets! New songs! E-me for info.
| thirdworldman | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Bad Sneakers; huns??
I take exception my man, you should concentrate on your own team my friend.
Is that no' right dano??
Steely Peace
Al
| Jimbo | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Clas- I think a better choice for the Keith Moon role is Tony Slattery.
I don't if you ever heard of him, but he's on the British version of Whose Line I s It Anyway on Comedy Central. He has the look and probably acts it in real life. I may be wrong, but let me know what you think.Cyn- About Princess Margaret, I think that the equally stiff and rigid Prince Philip also publicly objected to her wanting to marry her true love. And forbade her to do so. Not even her own sister would stand behind her or defend her. I hope, in death that she found some happiness
rather than the misery that she lived through.
| Bad Sneakers | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Hi all
Dano
I might have a day aff to go to thon gig aswell - when is it exactly ???
Right St Al - Well done with the new site - looks as good as a pint first thing in the morning !!
Aw Ra best to all ma' neebirs fae the chat room - What aboot those huns winning the semi - Barstewards !
C'moan Raith Rovers the day !!
| Cyn | Day: 9 | Month: 1
clas...Yes, that is very Lynnie....she heading off to the Islands at the end of Feb. I can't wait to see what she does out of that trip!
(Did I tell you she has what "might" be a Basset/ Lab mix ? She calls her a "Low Tide Labrador" HA! But she beats up my "boys" whenever she comes around. Look for portrait titled "Happy Spring"...thats her)
God....just heard the news, Princess Margaret died. She never did get a fair shake. Not being allowed to marry the man she truley loved because he was divorced. Guess it really hurt her when all the Queen's children were allowed to divorce their spouses. Maybe the Queen will crack her "steely" resolve and cry.
OK..I cried at the Opening of the winter Olympics..But only for the flag that flew over the WTC, and didn't the Mormon Choir do a GREAT job with the National Anthem?
| Clas | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Cyn - Lynne is saying on her homepage:
"What I want to say is always just ahead of my ability to say it. This puts me in a position of being an eternal student. I like that."
And I like that too, she's not standing on the edge of routin, she's aproaching her next painting as if it is the first time.
Yes, I like that.
C
| snowbound | Day: 9 | Month: 1
check out www.justinmorell.com for some pretty good interpretations of dan songs (compatible with real player)
| Gina | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Howdy GB-ers ...
St.Al, Beas says hi- he called Emiel yesterday and i spoke to him briefly, he just finished recording with Lee Ritenour, Paulinho da Costa and drumanimal Vinnie C. An angel flew by whispering you had his link in the links department and i mentioned this to him, he remembered meeting you, "nice guy, he lives in Seattle, right?" ...
Wormy, we will have a great time in April :-) Get well soon and enjoy the music!Have a nice weekend everyone,
Banyan Tree No Time 4 Dilly Dally Bow,
G.
| Clas @ work | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Duncan - Mike Myers? A stupid fool with an irritating face, I hope you're kidding.
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dr Mu - I suspect he's sequencing and quantizing his piano too, his playing sounds unnatural, that Ben Folds.
And hey, suddenly you sound like my Redneck Louisiana Friend, he's been to Sweden for 4 days back in 1980 and still he is able to ôabsorbe the whole socialistic lifestyle hereö. He use to be wrong when he's talking about Sweden, and so are you.
It's 33 percent.C
| Duncan | Day: 9 | Month: 1
Just heard that Mike Myers is to play Keith Moon in bio pic..
Not since man in the moon has there been such an inspired piece of casting, can't wait.Dano: It's in the air as we speak
Off to watch 22 grown men kicking an inflated pigskin today
db
| Bill | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Well, Well Guest25...
The fact that you thought that you could fool me into actually
believing that you were the reincarnation of Richard Nixon's
dog "Checkers" just shows that you do not understand the
depth of my knowledge of the subject...Of course you're not Richard Nixons dog...
You're Billy Barty, anybody could see that!Yer gonna hafta get up pretty early in the morning buddy, hehehe.
| Justin Morell | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Check out our new CD Justin Morell Quintet "The Music of Steely Dan" featuring new interpretations of some of the great Steely Dan classics by Los Angeles' finest jazz/studio musicians. Real audio files available.
| Jaydubz | Day: 8 | Month: 1
LP ~ I watched it, and it made ME cringe a few times as well!
| ╡ - now we're back to normal | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Clas: Yes, the pace of Losing Lisa and Happy Together are quite similar - LL does indeed, on purpose, have that 60s bouncy pop feel that are in clear dichotomy with the lyrics where a man who's love has gone bad largely through his fault. But that's where the similarity ends - far better melody and.lyrics than the Turtles' song. "Black tears are falling, falling" - Ben shows almost a Pat Conroy-like Southern knack for poignant descriptions that elicit powerful imagery.
The pace of The Luckiest and Your Song are similar and. of course. both are acoustic piano ballads - However, note how Ben's Song sounds much more like Beethoven, where Elton's tune starts verry repetitively with a slightly better chorus - one of my least favorite of his early songs. As for the lyrics, the second verse of Ben's Song speaks for itself - timeless.
I'll take you out of your misery. Buy a freakin' dishwasher!!!! - at least you could if you weren't taxed at 55%...
| angel | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Glad to be back.
A Saint indeed Pat and truly appreciated.
W1P: Sex on the Blue. What an image.... :-)
| Aussie | Day: 8 | Month: 1
In re New Orleans Jazz Fest: Locked and loaded. First class tickets purchased and accomodations @ Le Meridien Hotel for weekend of April 26-29. Babes will accompany faithful narrator. Very much looking forward to finally meeting Aja, Sir Jim#, and teeing it up with Dean Wurmer once anew....I'm so excited I can barely cope.
Everyone: Have a faboo weekend.
Aus
| Jim# | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Kudos to Pat for yet again performing the bailout...and as Bullwinkle used to say, "This time for sure?" heh
Wormy, Aus, et al: Rumors being what they are, there are strong indications that CSNY and String Cheese will be at Jazzfest on opening day...we'll know for sure in a couple weeks.
| Cyn | Day: 8 | Month: 1
That " I " looks like a T...but its an I.
| Cyn | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Gracias..Sanctus Al! For your hard work and dedication....and for saving the world as we know it. I think if this GB had been off one more day there could have been a uprising.BillyBob...A good way to get rid of the evidence is to take him down to the U.N, and drop him off....I hear theres a big crowd down there.
I think "I" got an A on Eiann's report on hounds...I deserved it!
Dunc..2 words for the cats "Pepto Bismal"
Thanks to ALL the posters for the funnies this morning...
Watching "Cops" and looking for Bill HA!
| Duncan | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Dragon: the chicken was still in it's packaging the cats ate that too !!!
Forgot to mention that.WJAZ: sorry it's squirrels that don't have opposing thumbs not fish,
ThatÆs why squirrels are not the masterace, a consequence of having no opposing thumbs means that they cant masturbate either.
A good thing as they spend most of there time in tree's.Mr P.Shotan
The Danny Steel Orchestra
Expect me & some friends to join you & the guys on
Sat Mar 2nd @ the TORRINGTON. North Finchley London.
Expect Linda & I on
Sat June 15th @ the Fleece ''Fibbers'' York.
I'll be the one in the Giant American XXXL GB tee-shirt/mini skirt near the bar.StAl. Thankyou for this place also.
Any sign of some new Tee-shirts yet?
(what did you do with all the old ones)Dano: fancy a night out (see above)
Wormy: single of the week check out Cornershop's new disc
Lessons learnt (from Rocky 1 to 3)Bill: you win bought new No Doubt single, I'll let you explain why to Linda (thinks I've gone mad now)
Floridadave: I like your post too
MC: Jim you talking to me ?
LP: Vanessa in the UKà when..where
Must dashà
db
| Clas | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Dr Mu - I have to admit that I have listening to mr Ben Folds a couple of times. Pretty good "listening while doing the dishes-music".
But isn't the song "Losing Lisa" (the refrain) just a rip-off from that 60s song "So Happy Together"? And "The Luckiest" is very much a carbon-copy of Elton's "Your Song".
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SteeveDan - isn't that great, you know a guy that has been standing next to a CELEBRITY!
C
| Duncan | Day: 8 | Month: 1
Hello
Millennium bug ?
| steviedan | Day: 7 | Month: 1
nineteen
| steviedan | Day: 7 | Month: 1
hey
| steviedan | Day: 7 | Month: 1
hey
| Jimbo | Day: 7 | Month: 1
What's with LiquidNet and this bandwidth thing? Everytime you go to a website these idiots from these internet companies want to put us down saying were exceeding bandwidth.
Nevertheless, I'm glad to be with you guys and gals again.
First off: What's the word on the Joni Mitchell tribute CD?
Jimbo
| StAl | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Bill: Uh, you've got the wrong guy. I'm gunning for the owner of LiquidWEB.
You'd better let him go before you go to jail.
Again
StAl
| ╡ - Yellow Peril | Day: 7 | Month: 1
St. Al: Exemplary! ...and with great dispatch
For any Neil Finn fans out there
The USA/CANADA release of ONE ALL will feature two newly recorded tracks: Lullaby Requiem and Human Kindness. Two songs from the Australia/NZ.UK release One Nil, Elastic Heart and Don't Ask Why were replaced. Don't Ask Why was the weakest track, but Elastic Heart is unique - why not a 13th track? ONE ALL is being mastered from Feb. 6th and is set to be in stores April 23rd. The cover art for ONE ALL is similar to One NIL with a little bluer backround shading (less earth tones)...
The tracks:
Ñ The Climber (new mix)
* Driving Me Mad (new mix - was Track 11 on One Nil)
* Hole In The Ice (new mix)
* Last To Know (switched places in the order with Wherever You Are)
* Wherever You Are
* Secret God
* Lullaby Requiem (new track!
* Human Kindness (new track!
* Turn and Run (new mix )
* Anytime
* Rest Of The Day Off (was Track 2 on One NIl)
* Into The Sunset
Last I heard Francisco Franco is still dead, and Tchad Blake is still mixing Peter Gabirel's UP...
| oleander | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Whoa! Baby, it's cold outside! Glad to be back in the warm yellowish glow.
All hail the Herculean St. Al.
| Bill | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Hey St. Al,
I've got the owner of LiquidNet tied up my living room, what
should I do with him?Man, I never realized how much driving you all crazy
really meant to me...Thanks for still being here Pat!
| Osama Bin Laden | Day: 7 | Month: 1
hey! wats up my oommies I LUV AMERICANS! I luv sexy mery gals luv ya like my sole sistas
| Steveedan | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Sorry to learn about the hassles, St. Al. Just like everyone else, I thank you for your steadfast dedication to providing all of us with this site.
You are the man !!
April looks good for a San Diego rendezvous, hopefully The Steely Damned will be playing when your family and mine are down there.
W1P - 2 more days until the Paladino's gig. Yay Which One's Pink? I will be rehearsing with Dave tonight and tomorrow night with our new situation. If you have any messages for him, feel free to send them to me and I will tell him. He will be on the road to Los Angeles probably by about 2 PM today.
My guitar playing friend told me that yesterday he met Larry Carlton and LARRY LET HIM PLAY HIS GUITAR !!! Don't tell me that isn't the coolest !!!
It is a beautiful day in Los Angeles. I hope that everyone is doing well.
Steveedan
| steviedan | Day: 7 | Month: 1
number 9... number 9... number 9
| wormy | Day: 7 | Month: 1
been sick with the flu but still working away
hope all is well in dan land
looks like Danfest Jazzfest New Orleans is shaping up
April 26-28 although I'll be just getting in and jet lagged overgot a call from Auss - looks like he and babes are joining us down here
anybody heard any nice new discs lately?
wormy
| jjeff | Day: 7 | Month: 1
did I just turn around too quick?
| StAlphonzo | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Angel: Please e-mail me at the above address. Use your work address. It involves your banyantrees.net e-mail address.
| W1P | Day: 7 | Month: 1
It's great to have the yellow back -- sex with the blue just wasn't the same?
| Midnite Cruiser | Day: 7 | Month: 1
St.Al....sorry to hear of all the hassles with your web hosting company....hope the new one works out better for you....on the plus side, the new Banyan Trees homepage is a vast improvement over the old one....I really disliked the frames and navigation on the old one....love the layout on the new one....good job by you & Eric.
hope things get back to normal soon.
| StAlphonzo | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Please bare with while the dust settle around this place. This new site will work with all the old banyantrees.net links soon. Until then it is temporary and I wouldn't recommend linking to anything until DNS issues resolve themselves. However, you can click on the "home" link above and see the new site. Just keep in mind some of the links may be broken.
We decided to go with a stripped down version for the new design. Wanted to make it more easily navigable and get rid of the frames. Plus it loads a heck of a lot faster.
Thanks for your patience.
Pat
| Aussie | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Good work St. Al.
Aus
| StAlphonzo | Day: 7 | Month: 1
Well, here we are again... New hosting company, new website. All is good...I think...
Continue on with your discussion. I am in the process of archiving the previous postings from Novemeber 19th 2001 - January 28th 2002. I lost everything after that. Or should I say the old hosting company lost everything after that...
I'm sleepy. Time for bed.
StAl