So finally Pete Fogel shows up in chat tonight and everyone
is there as
themselves and guess who i'm logged in as?
You guess it, Godzilla...
Everyone got to ask Pete all sorts of interesting questions
but I got
totally ignored because nobody takes a large
B-movie dinosaur seriously. I
tried to show him that I was
more than just a highly agitated million year
old T-Rex with a
spite against the city of Tokyo, but he just could'nt
see
through my overwhelmingly massively scaley exterior. He
did'nt
realize that all I ever wanted to be was a dancer.
From my earliest years in Dinosaur Ballerina School I strove
to prove
myself. After many years of painstaking lessons and
performances I had
finally reached the threshold of my
dreams...the Tokyo stage. But did i
recieve the recognition
I was due? Was I allowed to be part of a Tokyo
dance troupe?
NO! All they did was put me in those stupid dinosaur
movies...
Well naturally I was bitter... Bitter with the city of Tokyo
for robbing
me of my one true love...dancing. It was then
that I turned. If I could'nt
be on the Tokyo stage then
NOBODY would be on the Tokyo stage!!
And the voices in my head said "DESTROY TOKYO! Repay them
for what
they've done!", and so I did... The rest is history
but still people like
Pete Fogel judge me. Still they
only see the noise and distruction and
numerous battles
with sea monsters and giant moths. Still they refuse to
accept me for the premier ballerina that I am.
One day, I swear, one day the world will see that I too
have feelings. I
too wish to paint and make music and
cook like Pat Beemer. Someday...in the
world to come I'll
be accepted as an artist and not just another B-movie
has been.
Thank You.
Just enjoying the family atmosphere at my youngest sisters place(so why am I on the Net? My neice was cruising).
Steviedan: Noticed you speaking nicely of Sakamoto. Love his stuff but never know when there's something new. Has there been any thing since Heartbeat, besides 'smoochy"? Musical Encyclopedia is my favorite.
checking out
Happy Easter and Passover..Good Steely Folk!
Condolences to my Brit friends....The Queen Mum...What a lady. What an example of strength....She really did her job well...She will be missed on both sides of this great pond.
Duncan and Linda...am keeping you in my prayers.
Now where did I hide those damn chocolate eggs?????
Clas and/or Ruby - will you send me your current email? Thanks.
StAl, why is the get_a_banyantree_mail_address cgi not working? I was in for george@banyantrees.com or reheller@.. but no luck
From my good friend Charlie ~
You want to see this if you can.. and please forward to others (it won't
be
advertised in the papers..)
where: TUVA
3192 Adeline St.
Berkeley (Located across from Ashby Bart.)
510 655 9755
when:á April 4 * 8pm
$10 donation
Wayne Krantz, ex-sideman with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham and
others, gave it all up to lead a band in NYC with Tim Lefebvre and Keith
Carlock. With a growing, cult-like, underground international following - the
band has shunned mainstream label involvement - a new album, "Greenwich Mean"
(available only on the WK website) and an extraordinarily powerful and
creative live show, the group defines the current state of the electric
improvisational art. Deeply grooving and interactive, highly individualized
and relentlessly innovative, this music undermines Establishment complacency
at every turn. For further information:
http://www.waynekrantz.com
fezo: Can't say 7 Worlds Collide *floored* me, but darned good for a live rock album with Johnny Mar of the Smiths, Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway of Radiohead with Sebastian Steinberg on bass as a very good band. I'll have to admit that Eddie Vedder singing the Tim Finn songs is fairly weird, but Tim's so eclectic it kinda works....and i do skip over Lisa's turn... The highlights are Neil's version of the Smiths' There's a Light that Never Goes Out," his own Loose Tongue, originally from Try Whistling This (1998) and Turn and Run from the import One Nil (2001). Have you seen the DVD Sessions at West 54th yet? It's essentially a live version of the album Try Whistling This which has that 11 ToW anti band feel...
I can more highly recommend the studio albums One Nil (soon One All in
release in the US/Canada either April or May?), Try Whistling This, CHs
Together Alone (1993) (which features Neil's best songs) and Temple of Low Men
(1988). Woodface (1991) is the best engineered album, but more pop oriented as
the edge that Tim and Neil have on their own compositions is missing when they
write by committee. Neil's own songs Fall at Your Feet, Whispers and Moans, As
Sure as I Am and Four Seasons in One Day recorded before Tim joined CH for the
rest of Woodface are superb where Tall Trees and Weather With You are pleasant
nonsense. They do harmonize well on Woodface and on occasions subsequent
albums including 7 Worlds. I can't recommend Finn (1995), the Finn Brothers
"demo" collaboration album...
It is rumored that the first US single will be Driving Me Mad, a slow burn song with a soaring melody that lifts into a classic Neil Finn powerful chorus, and reminds me a little of Love This Life from Temple of Low Men...Great song - way too good to be a hit in the post- post- modern Clear Channel dayz...
Elvis was more than o.k., but unfortunately our memories are clouded by the controlled substances sated dirigible he became in his later years. In the beginning, his charisma and almost osmosislike adoption of the r & b sounds of Mississippi and Memphis made him a groundbreaking performer of his own creation. Colonel Parker was not in sight--yet--and Sam Phillips "only" provided the studio time and his marketing genius.
There's an excellant book recounting this time, which I believe won the Pulitizer. Unfortunately, the name fails me at the present. It's a great read; the bits on Phillips schleping Sun's discs throughout the south are almost worthy of their own book. And you'll want to strangle Parker when he intervenes and stops a dream team collaboration between Elvis and Lieber and Stoller.
Mu: I've been trying to get into the Finn live set you recommended, but it hasn't floored me like I thought it would. Vedder just doesn't work as a collaborator and the mix of Lisa Germano's song stops the CD in its tracks.
My favorite purchase of late . . . the latest (2001) release from Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros. The words are only a little more comprehensible than his Clash stuff but the eclectic world music vibe propels you just to roll another one, not toward anarchy in the streets.
Steeve, she's really blowing off Wu in favor of W1P ;-)
Steveedan: I have Easter related activities going on today and tomorrow. Always busy at my house around any Christian/Jewish Holidays. No Wu for me. Have a good time and drive safe between the gigs.
Duncan: I checked out your site (nice site, btw) and never found the pictures by the sea. Where are they? Good luck to Linda (and you).
very limited for DVD-As....unlabelled
StevIeDan: I was in our local Best Buy scoping out for "Dig." The slection was very limited, the section unlabbeled and mixed up with CD DTS 5.1s - they have a similar size jewel box (a little bigger than CD boxes with the long side up - the disks are oh so slightly wider as well). I would be interested to hear Dig on DVD-A.
I don't have the CD, but many of the songs on Liquid Audio or other MP3s. In contrast with the organic Come on Home (Grammy winning tribute album) and Some Change, Dig goes for a hyper-produced funk-soul groove thing in the Erykah Badu/Sade mode. None of melodies are not as lyrical as Harbor lights or It's Over...and many just lay down a groove like the latter Sade albums. Dig starts off real strong with the funky Payday, then soulful on Sarah, and jazzy on Ms. Riddle, featuring Roy Hargrove's accents. David Paich's end of the production really help here. Some of the rest of the songs like Vanishing are quite good, but there's a questionable try at hip hop "Got it on the Natch" and a few of the songs just lie there. Perhaps they might some alive on DVD-A. I could be the escessive urban drumm loops (the late great Jeff Porcaro is sorely needed) or co-producer Danny Korthmar's linclination for a "flat" sound. He produced Don Henley and Jackson Browne in the 80s. I better put my asbestors thermal suit on. But Building the Perfect Beast (DH) is a collection of darn catchy songs. Korthmar gave it a stale 80s feel - and it's a shame now. It was more apparant on End of the Innocence has 4 great (title track, Heart of the Matter, Last Worthless Evening, and New York Minute) and a bunch of modest ones made pretty much unlistenable by Kortchmar's unimaginative production where he tryies to get the Heartbreakers to play like the Cars...it would be bizarre if it wasn't so boring...
Anyway, after the first three songs, don't expect comeback production that shines like the golden days of Miss Sun, Breakdown Dead Ahead or Jojo (my favorite Toto song - nevever liked their own songs much except for 99 and Africa and their lead singer was irritatiing)
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Happy Birthday going out to Eric Clapton (57) and Willie Nelson (69) today.
Duncan....hope Linda is doing well and everything will be alright....be there for her to lean on right now....just got through checking out the new pics on your web page....very nice! Dan is really growing....keep the photos coming!
Good morning everyone --
I still gotta go to sleep. It is a late one for me (4 AM in Los Angeles and I gotta get up at 9 AM and take the little one to his music class).
Duncan - I still haven't listened, but I KNOW it's going to be great. Thanks again. I am still blown away by the package nonetheless. My family's thoughts and prayers are with you and Linda. Everything will turn out for the best. I still have not taken my son to see the seaside yet. I must do that this spring and summer.
W1P - thanks for the heads-up on Dark Star Orch. I spoke to Super Dave 30 minutes ago. I hope you all knock 'em out tonight in Calabasas. I might make it since you are playing till 11 PM and Doctor Wu ...
SHAMELESS PLUGGING !!!
Doctor Wu is playing at the world famous Whisky-A-Go-Go tonight from 8 PM to 9:30 PM. It's $12 to get in, but with the discount coupon, it's $10. If anyone wants to go, let me know and I will e-mail a coupon to you, or go to the Doctor Wu website and you can download one yourself. Many of us Los Angeles Steely Dan tribute band people will be there to cheer our bretheren on. It's gonna be GREAT!!! Angel, can you come to this one? Let me know.
Molly - I did respond to your e-mails. They did find their way to me. Did you get any of my replies? Let me know.
And finally, to Schwinn -- My still-under-wraps-band CD is on it's way to you. Further details are in an e-mail to you.
OK, off to bed for me.
SleepyDan
Elvis was ok, considering the times.He borrowed quite a bit from the black performers,but white America, for the most part had very little exposure to blues or jazz back then.I talked with my Dad about Elvis once.He told me stories about people's reaction to Elvis.Most were pretty unkind.I think ole Elvis had soul,that should count for something.
got the things you sent jj.where did you find the 3 ft.Tigger?He loved it.S showed up, you wouldn't have had anything to do with that?I keep imaging him at gallery with all the little gay guys fawning over him.It's official, he's a mountain with tatoos.I feel like we're 11 again.All we need is the secret hand shake.I'll be home after 1:30.It's ok,people love who they love.
Duncan-good thoughts and prayers out to you....I hope everything turns out okay.
Jim#-String Cheese on Friday, Dr. John on Saturday night, and Jazzfest all weekend long, man, can this get anymore fun?????????
Aja
Ohh dear i like an Elvis single after all
db
G10 sorry later
Hey Aja: Let's catch String Cheese at Jazzfest, first Friday, and send StAl nudging little notes afterwards ;-)
We could do the Radiators and Phil Lesh and Gov't. Mule too but that would involve staying an extra week. Some hardship.
Stirring the roux in my gumbo, dat's fer sure...
I forgot to say that this broadband thingy is on 24/7/365 so if your in
chat just make a noise & if i'm up or not at work...
I,m ya man
(of
course that's not the only reason i got it.... just one of them)
db
CHRIST... this broadband connexion is fast.
What a shame about
me...typing speed
Took dan to the Seaside today for the first time, the sea
scared the pants off him, He cried all the time from the first miniute he saw
the land's end.
(if the world is flat why would the sea come in & go
out?)
He had cod & chips for lunch followed bye ice creme.
I took
pictures all day.
sea them @ www.lindunk.co.uk
Built a garden fence this morning to stop him falling off the patio (600mm a big drop for a small lad)
Linda's been spotting all week & had a failed scan on
thursday.
Clotting this morning.
Fetal sac in place.
No sign of a
baby stubb.
Going back next Thursday.
Not holding breath.
Don't really know what to say... Linda's OK though mentally & physicaly
Baby / No Baby they have asked us to check our dates again (Wine Time)
Still clotting's got to be better than the scrape they described.
Winco-Sdan: listned to any good cd's lately.....
I've seen the Radiators too. Lots of fun for sure. Although I liked the opening act better -- Mother Hips.
But, by far the best band for obtaining the Dead vibe but retaining their
own sense of style is String Cheese Incident. I know I've been babbling about
them for some time now but they are the real deal and I'd HIGHLY recommend
them to all DanHeads. They're like the Dead except they are honestly hot
musicians. Blending Jazz, Bluegrass and Rock rhythms into familiar but unique
sound. They do an AWESOME cover of Weather Report's Birdland. It's fantastic.
Vocals are a little weak, but otherwise they're a gassss.
Hey AGNG and DSO fans-if anyone is missing a Dead-style concert, I HIGHLY recommend catching The Radiators! I saw them out here a week ago, and the place was packed with ex-Deadheads and sundry others who just loved to dance. The Radiators play an ecclectic bunch of tunes with loooooong, extended grooves that you just can't sit still for (except for the deadbeats who accompanied me to the show, but that's another story). Anyway, catch them if you can!
Sorry Steviedan, but yes, I did!
Dime swirl,
Aja
Where the hell have you been, Elijah, with that Emma again?!
Honeycake, I'm home.
FARRELLY brothers film...
indulge me, i just had to see that in print as i am listening to a fairly steely-vibed album called "ryuichisakamotosmoochy" by you guessed it, ryuichi sakamoto. some of his stuff is ass, but this is the best one i've ever heard. even rundgren-y. sporadically brazilian. it's got a great beat and i can dance to it...
z, as you recall or maybe not, we have discussed tommy harrell before and i was previously aware of his condition(s), but thanx of course. i agree totally that this team is the height of mainstream jazz and have every available recording and more than a few that no longer are. i would fully expect phil to be absolutely eaten up with the classic cynical genius syndrome. you know, where you are normally driven to suicide over how ignorant and banal humanity can be and ultimately is. he would be a prime candidate for this and thank god he's hanging with us... not literally, of course...
mu, now i remember you discussing this album (boz new) some. please, if you don't mind, remind me of your overall impressions. dvd-a would be an excellent choice if only ol' stevie weren't still livin' in the 20th video century. i do have a few dvd's, but no player yet. i did the same thing with cd's. i'm perpetual old school...
dano, wasn't me, myself, & irene a coen brothers film ? and yes, i remember reading that they were fans. actually i think it may be some other brothers (ferelli or sumthin'?). anyway, there were two of them and yes they are dan fans. the soundtrack is a trifle, a novelty. worth having, but many of the artists on there were not the best choices and played more music on that one dan tune than they will in the entire rest of their careers combined... harsh but true...
aja, take yo badu self and go get the first two, "baduizm" and "live". you'll love 'em both. pick up angie stone's first one while you're there. not the new one, the first one. all Bee-Ayyy-Deeeeeeee. now, as for lumping christopher cross with milli vanilli, i know you didn't mean that...
methionine ---> S-adenosylmethionine -----> methyl groups + homocysteine
homocysteine + no call from the Governor ---> atherosclerosis---> heart attack ---> death
" AGNG--it is EXTREMELY unlikely if not impossible for there to be a cd or tour this week, from what I can tell."
Oleander ~ Thanks for the response. I assume you mean "this year". Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing, since it's getting a little late. However, always the optimist, I can hope. Thanks also to the other person who responded awhile back; I think it was aja? There are a lot of kind, intelligent, helpful people on this GB, and you are appreciated.
On the Dark Star Orchestra topic, St Al asked a question, and I tried to answer it briefly, without a lot of detail, because I know for whatever reason a bunch of folks here have some anti-Dead sentiment. Then comes a comment "dirty..fucking..hippies" and something about a "shamless (sic) plug for DSO." Real nice, folks. Perhaps getting out and shaking your bones would do you some good. Remember live music? Dancing? Laughing? Having fun? Smiling at strangers? Sure beats sittin' around sniping at people on the internet!
So, probably another summer without Steely Dan. As it is, there is so much great music going on this spring and summer, I won't be able to even go hear half of what I'd like to.
music, magic, love, and light ~
linda
(1) methionine ---> S-adenosylmethionine
(2) S-adenosylmethionine + guanidinoacetate ---> S-adenosylhomocysteine + CREATINE
steviedan- Harrell is a schizophrenic who is always on some drug for his
illness. That is the reason for his spaced-out-ness. I've seen him play twice
and spoke to him both times and was surprised to see him more animated when in
conversation.
Phil is normally a nice guy when he's doing his own gigs,
but LG and I were talking about how he was at a jazz clinic and as a private
teacher, where he seems to "act out" a bit. That anecdote about my ex-friend
(don't ask)offering him 10% for his "life's work" (as Phil put it)and PW's
reaction, make sense to me. I'm familiar with the arrogance of this person and
I'm surprised PW didn't beat the shit out of that jerk!
PW is, without the
slightest doubt, our greatest living mainstream jazz improviser, but he's not
happy with people like Wynton Marsalis, etc... getting all the recognition. I
just came from a local Tower Records and was amazed to see not one PW record
there, and not even a PW section!
You have to be pretty masochistic to try
to make a living as a jazz musician nowadays.
AGNG--it is EXTREMELY unlikely if not impossible for there to be a cd or tour this week, from what I can tell.
lcpaul--YO!
Hutch--Next time Dennis Chambers hits your place, let me know.
LG- Okay, but I think we should have a chaperone for our historical
mating-I mean meeting. I've heard many stories about you cruel Pennsylvanian
women taking advantage of poor, innocent NY boys such as myself.
The
otterhound has just boarded the plane to his new home in Michigan, so he won't
be available anymore- I was thinking that Clas could let us borrow his ?hound
for the day. ?hounds generally travel 2nd class, so I'm sure most of the GBers
will be happy to pay for his round trip ticket to Newark Airport.
hey molly, no apologies necessary, we understand. you've been stressed out, we've been stuck undergoing the same enzymatic pathway and got a little punchy......as long as we keep making ATP it'll all be okay in the end.
Dano- I didn't see the Jim Carrey movie, but there is a soundtrack Cd
ot
Me, Myself and I featuring some Dan tunes. One of them is performed by Smash
Mouth.
No idea if the director is a big fan. But I wouldn't be surprised if he was.
amino acids rule!
(1) L-arginine + glycine --> ornithine + guanidinoacetate
(2) guanidinoacetate + S-adenosylmethionine ---> S-adenosylhomocysteine + CREATINE
An addendum to the recent thread on Los Bros Marotta: last night I heard a surprisingly good song on eMpTyV by one John Mayer--cannot for the life of me remember the song title, but the album is called "Room for Squares." Despite the album name, the song was not squaresville at all--quite jazzy in a low-key way, with some excellent playing. I just got a breather here at work (very busy day) and went to look up the album on CDNow. Guess who's on drums? Jerry Marotta. Way kewl.
/the Mam'zelle
(ever on the quest for fresh non-bling music)
greetings from hooterville! I spent most of my day attending a workshop on mediation..kinda apt don't ya think?sorry I was so touchy.. as I explained, I'm computer-challenged.I'm not sure what is etiquett on here..probably not cussing like a sailor,and showing your butt :}I hate the fact that I'm having to post messages instead of contacting my friend in a normal way. yeah..I should probably leave cell phone on.I refuse to detract from the things that I'm passionate about.I'm an artist..I wouldn't get anything done with the constant interruptions... in any case I will try to veer away from such personal things....You guys have probably already discussed this way back when, but I love the fact that Rikki has two melody lines intertwined.. "The Look Of Love" by Sergio Mendez,and the other one simultaneously.It was very interesting to read about Paul Schaffer's cousin being the subject of that song.I always assumed that the song was about Rickie Lee Jones.She had that wild,yet vulnerable persona that our boys seem to find so attractive.Just saw another critter in yard, I just know a buffalo is going to appear any time now.Everything else has shown up..
Stevee if I can figure out how to send you mail,I'll do it..
been
considering the Elvis thing ,thanks for having me always...M
Angel ,Razor Boy, Thank you for all the help on that soundtrack .Wedge is on the way to Amazon. Much Thankyou"s
Late at night and just got the info on the box that Billy Wilder has just died.Top Guy ,Top films ,Great Director....nuff said.
Dunc , Easter weekend see you in church , or see you in the boozer...your call ma man.
Dano. Aff tae ma kip.
Randy, Duncan-amen! I wasn't expecting Ridley Scott to get any nods from the Academy, being as Oscar is the acting equivalent of the Grammies: a lot of Milli Vanilli's and Christopher Cross's, with the occasional Steely Dan breaking through. I believe Ridley Scott will be more appreciated for his work as time goes by and people see how innovative and visionary he is (especially against the backdrop of crap being churned out). "Titanic" as Best Picture? Yeah, it's right up there with "A Beautiful Mind"!
Aja
Sorry to hear of the passing of Milton Berle and Dudley Moore.
Milton
Berle was one of the funniest human beings ever born.
Who can forget Dudley
Moore in the movies "10" and "Arthur".
Wasn't Dudley Moore married to a
woman named Tuesday Weld?
Oh well, two of the really great ones gone...
Time sucks.
Randy:
Ridley scott's a local boy ( too me ) from Newcastle upon
Tyne
Started his career making Hovis bread commercials in the UK.
Strange two brothers working in the same field & yet there films be so different.
Still that's sibling rivalry for you...
Dano: MMR went ok bye the way.... amaizing what a few white chocolate buttons can do... I even gave Dan a couple
BOOM BOOM
Dud thanks for the lobsters up jayne mansfields arse bye the way.
off work for 4 days now might be in chat later... after all it Thursday
db
Steeve -- Dark Star Orchestra 4/17/02 @ HOB Sunset Strip.
Cheers to 'Aja' for her hailing of (director) Ridley Scott... Anyone
with a directorial history that includes "Alien" (1979), "Blade Runner"
(1983), "Black Rain" (1989), and "Thelma and Louise" (1991) is clearly someone
to be reckoned with. In an era of rampant commerciality, style over substance,
and the impending extinction of artistic integrity, Scott stands out as a
director a cut above the rest.
Now if only there were more directors with the artistic vision of Stanley Kubrick instead of the overtly commercial James Cameron or Ron Howard, there might be some hope for the film medium aside from product for mere entertainment and revenue.
Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com
Arginine:
You've been reassigned for expansion purposes:
L-arginine + NADPH + O2 -----------> L-citrulline + NADP + ÑNO
Dano: For
you.
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molly, no offense, that wasn't directed at you, it was a random spin off. never take an amino acid seriously.
dano, stick around!
Dano- Go back in your hole.
steviedan-I'm sorry we'll miss you. All music lovers gotta have the Jazzfest experience once.........
28 days 'til I'll be boarding that plane!
Gray day today (sorry Seattlelites, I'll try to do a sun dance or something for the 12th) got Erykah Badu "Mama's Gun" on. I can't get enough of this CD, she is so expressive. Anybody know if she's coming out with something else soon?
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br>Aja
Guys , Last night i got a copy of Jim Carrey in Me,Myself ,And Irene. I am
not a big fan of his but decided to watch it for free on Sky TV , And i expect
you guys have talked about this before . But I didnt get to see the Soundtrack
listing but there was an awful lot of Steely songs on there.
Who were the
band doing all the Steely songs and why was there such a tie up with all the
songs.Was the Director a big Fan or something??Has anyone got any info on this
, as it would be appreciated.
Regards Dano.
1265 - SD, classic rock of steely dan guitar summit?
funny it's the
skunk all out frenetic guitar rockers that I skip
1259 JJEff - thanks for asking, should know on custody in 2 months or
so
do pick up making of aja, now if they'd do a lamb lies down on broadway,
or London Calling classic albums they'd have my jacksons
and don't forget
Elvis's Imperial Bedroom a gem in the otherwise dismal early 80's.
1253 Jim# new jazzfest security measures? at Voodoo fest in late OCt
01
no folding chairs, let's hope it's not too restrictive
1267 1271 sorry the good doctor Mu and Stevie won't be making it
maybe
next year, Boz disc? last EJ disc? still waiting for Phair and Gabriel
releases this year. the neglected gem of Peter's catalog, the second disc
produced by one mr fripp indigo is worth the price of admission
glad to hear YGK is cranking out new tunes
I've been sick and will try
to submit a tune for the techno moto homo
can schwinn read mini discs?
could go to hifi vhs or cassette
damn I need a few more weeks with
everything else on my pallet
wormy
Happy Easter.
Happy Passover.
Love the earth.
Love each other.
StevieDan: Boz's Dig is now available on DVD-A. This might be the way to go - it's much more studio heavy than his last one - some rumor about being recorded on a like a 100 track master...
The MP3s sound good mostly...more laconic. Don't have it yet, but if my ship comes in...plus I'm thinking about purchasing Neil Fiin's Sessions at West 54th of DVD...
Remasters of the classic Peter Gabriel albums should be out shortly and probably available on DVD...
Wormy, Aus and/or those heading to NOFest - sorry I won't be able to make it...the bulldog is barking at me...
hey - did anyone watch the west wing last night?
i feel so dirty now posting, where's my lithium?
Molly --
Please e-mail me. I cannot seem to get to you through the St. Al's Mail.
Steveedan
I would love to see Dark Star Orchestra. A Grateful Dead tribute band. Maybe I can do some shamless plugging for them. I wonder if there is a "bizarre bazare" outside of their shows with the hippies and etc. selling their wares.
I wonder if they will come to Los Angeles. The adapted quote might go something like this ...
They are not the best at copying what they do, they are the only ones who do justice to copying what they do.
And to Pass the "Doobie Please" ... just remember ... One man gathers what another man spills.
St. StephenDan
all i will add to the recent debaucle (since chips doesn't care) is that i am so glad that it ended the way it did, with clas and ygk on the wetside making peace...
worm, aja, et al, despite all the warm invitations and a huge desire not to know what it means to miss new orleans, at this point bookings, finances, sexual politics, what have you, will preclude my festexperience this year. next year could be different. thanx SO much, tom. your offer(s) have been so generous...
shirtless, thanx for reminding me of the boz album. i still haven't heard it and was subtlely influenced by a friend who said it wasn't good. i'm now recalling that that same friend is periodically full of... it...
i missed you... well you & YOU, anyway... not so much YOU, though...
tones, am i fusion II late ? the "steviedan album of the week" goes to the incomparable (and that's what aus called ME !) steve morse with his new "split decision" and i'm waiting for holdsworth's new cd & dvd to show up along with the "road games" reissue. is there such thing as too many notes ? not if they're the right ones...
yeah, this side of the screen has been busy. in terms of gigs we have seen the economic recovery, though the agent i talked to today hasn't seen it yet. he's a good guy, but it's nice not to need him and to keep that twenty...
some cool folks have dropped by in my absence like hutch, lady-b, origlester...
lisa g and z, i saw phil woods maybe 15-16 years ago and aside from playing brilliantly of course, was quite cordial and friendly to the small club crowd. tom harrell, aside from playing with equal mastery, was the human version of stonehenge... but who gives a shit anyway. the nice person stuff is not requisite for me. it's always nice, of course, but the beauty of the music transcends...
be rite back...
seattle
july 7-12
national guitar workshop presents:
classic rock summit
classes:
music of jimi hendrix with michael johnson: [in the words of jimi, insert blah blah woof woof here]...
classic rock guitar gods: [ditto]...
steely dan with richy stano and guest jeff "skunk" baxter: "designed to offer guitarists total immersion in the music and style of steely dan, this course helps guitarists better understand the techniques and harmonic concepts behind their music. topics include a focus on solo transcriptions (kid charlemagne, reelin' in the years, my old school, rikki don't lose that number, etc) and recording concepts. taught by performer, educator and session musician richy stano, the course surveys the styles of such guitarists as larry carlton, jeff "skunk" baxter, jay graydon, and elliot randall. richy stano divides his time performing with the florida-based band "mindwalk" as well as recording and teaching. richy is authoring a book on "studio gear" for alfred publishing."
www.guitarworkshop.com
stupid.....fucking....hippies
St Al, I've seen Dark Star Orchestra twice. First time was in 1999 at Palookaville in Santa Cruz, CA, second time was at the Fillmore in SF about a year later. Both shows were very good, and I would definitely go see them again. John Kadlecik is extremely adept at getting the Jerry feel across. The whole thing worked pretty well for me, with just a couple of minor rough spots at each show.
The crowds at both shows were wonderful. Dancing, spinning, smiling, happy happy happy people. You just close your eyes and lose yourself in the moment, and I swear, it almost takes you back there. The vibe, at least at the two shows I attended, was near perfect. I was afraid that the whole thing might weird me out a bit, but quite the contrary, it was very sweet and reverant, yet high-octane, too.
Check 'em out ; )
Enimen: What would Ward say..... no worries.
L-U-V
Ward
no worries, molly. we forget quickly around here, too.
Sorry to be such a jerk....Don't know if it's sleep
deprivation,stress...hell maybe it's hormonal.Things aren't going so well here
in Hooterville.My sense of humor seems to have left me...Sorry :)
Molly
Thanks, wormy. Any advancement on full custody?
Molly...Clas
Molly=eLLe?
welcome to the guestbook. and lighten up, honey, or you'll become prime fodder around here.
You were being pretty F**king nasty.Sorry if things sounded a little soap opera-ish.There is a pscho-girlfriend, we do talk on phone whenever we can catch each other.He lives 3 states away,I have an autistic child and my own bussiness.Whatever free time I have usually is real late at night.Since we'd been playing phone tag for about 3 weeks,the message seemed like a good idea.His brother is my bussiness partner,We have a show coming up in 2 weeks.I have been working 16-20 hours a day to hold things together.So you nasty prick...Fuck you
jjeff - yes the ian dury thing was the "Making of Aja"
why ian? I ponder that myself, late 70's punk admires jazz hipsters
I
believe Dury haspassed away within the last year
the making of aja is great, although I for one would love to see all the footage, not just snippets
those poor musicians that laid that guitar track to peg
wworm ttom
StAl: Kudos and a wave for the long overdue "Elvis is not God" nod.
Of course, in this area of the south (and you well know where) that is akin to merchandising prophylactics in Jerry Falwell's garage.
Aja, Wormy, Oleander, Aus, Lady B: Check out the Jazzfest main site for an update on security measures.
That DVD Audio page Randy mentions is interesting. Reminds me of so many places on the net where a few opinionated people manage to cloud the overall picture.
Hmmm...sounds kinda familiar.
At least they scored higher than Hootie and the Blow Chunks did.
Ok you Deadheads. Anyone catch Dark Star Orchestra yet? This is the tribute band that recreates a Grateful Dead show in it's entirety each night. Listening to some clips on their website -- the dude is channeling Jerry. It's a beautiful thing. Hoping I can catch them when they're in Seattle but it's the day before we leave for vacation so I don't know...
http://www.darkstarorchestra.net/
Saw a "classic album" bit on SD's Aja with a few comments by Ian Drury throughout. Can someone explain the connection? Was this the much-discussed "Making of Aja " that I've never seen?
been quite sick since saturday, getting better now
endured an hour or so of the oscars - could someone please wash Cameron Dias' hair? invite Roberto Belini next time
tied to the couch monday and dragged out the October Tribute to America concert on DVD (the 2 disc er)SOrry don't have cable and vh1, so missed it earlier. The film contributions were great, thanks Woody! That family standing with Meg Ryan had me in tears and Bon JOvi actually did a nice stretched out version of Living on A Prayer and Dead or ALive, only to blow it with typical bombastic stuff. THat David LEtterman sidekick with his band again exuded extreme heavly handedness to many tunes, and I think someone forgot to call Ray Davies about the brit envasion 36th aniversary tour (thank god Peter Noone was already doing casinos). BOwie's Hero's was saved by horns and a nice sustained string bending guitar, James Taylor was gracious as ever and Melissa had a nice touch with Bruce's Born to Run. Show stealer was operaman! WOuld have loved to have dragged out Lou Reed, Neil Young or RObert Dylan on short notice. Enjoyed seeing Hillary and Richard Gere getting booed, yes New Yorker's can and do call you on insincerity. Anyway, a fitting tribute for all the loss, but next time would somebody rewrite a line or two to make it poignent?
picked up a 71-76 kinks jap import, pricey but really nice
a month till jazzfest New Orleans, ole
the new Offbeat should be out
tommorrow with the club listings!
tom
Gene Hackman:
"You sir are a goddamned coward! You just shot an unarmed
man!"
Clint Eastwood:
"Well...he shoulda armed himself...if he's gonna
decorate his
saloon with my friend."
Gene Hackman:
"You be William Munny out of Missouri. The killer of women
and
children."
Clint Eastwood:
"That's right, I killed women and children. I've killed
just
about anything that walked or crawled at one time or
another...
and I'm here to kill you Little Bill..."
Gene Hackman:
"I don't deserve this. I was building a house."
Clint Eastwood:
"Deserve's got nuthin' t'do with it."
Man, I could watch that movie a hundred times just to see that
part!
(What, you were expecting something Steely Dan related?)
Binky-I'm posting this all over the Internet because your wacko girlfriend is deleting your e-mail, erasing my phone messages, and adding amnesiacs to your food. I know you're not really ignoring me 'cause you said you loved me that one time out back and I know you're not the kinda guy who wouldn't say it if you didn't mean it. Anyway, I really need to see you soon 'cause my hamster escaped and I'm all upset over it and need you to come over right away! Tell that psycho bitch that you're going out to pick up some power tools or something, okay? I'm going to leave this message on every Internet site 'cause I know you spend a lot of time on the computer and that's why you don't have enough time to call me, I understand, really, you've got a lot of stuff to do and you're stuck with that wacko bitch and all, but I really, really, really need to see you!!!!!!!
amino acids rule.....
"kisses from june"
What would Ward say?!?!?!
Yours truly,
Eddie Haskell
Sad news for the over the pond crowd and Python Fans worldwide. No more
globe on BBC
1.
http://www.titantv.com/ttv/news/StoryDetails.asp?StoryDoc=TELEVISION-BRITAIN-BBC-DC_txt.html
bink on the url for another trip down memory lane, if you grew up on tv like i did, it's pretty funny...
Good Friday indeed...
Goodbye modem, Hello broadband ISDN...
db
Overheard in NYC last night.......:
"I want you to hear this great trombone solo....."
Sounds like a pick up line to me.....
ygk
Lisa G - By hook or by crook? When I was in concert (and marching) band in
high school our first chair trombone player was a very short guy and his arms
were so short that he tied a string to the slide so he could throw it out to
the last position and retrieve it.
By the way... what's the definition of
an optimist? That would be a trombone player with a pager.
Hutch
steviedan!!!!!!!!! Yes!
W1P: I never listen to insurance companies.... :-)
St. Al: Funny you brought up Elliot Randall. He and Chuck Rainey had been going through my thoughts this morning, when I woke up. I was remembering, it was 1 year ago that I saw them play together. What a really nice person (at least he was to us, that night).
Just a quickie -- Elliot Randall has released 2 new CD's and are available on MP3.com. Check it out.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/50/elliott_randall.html
Eric: Elvis is waaay overrated. That's why.
StAl
nmn: seen it many times, yes! get all psyched all over again every time too - whatta year! hubby has a limited edition football from the oakland game now, under glass...LOL, we are nuts!
kisses from june
happy wednesday
spent this evening catching up... stop.
anxious to post lots of personal, steely, and other music stuff... stop.
unfortunately spent and will have to do so tamale... stop
i will say that i'm glad to have missed some of the battering...
i hope it's... stopped
Check out the new website where you can buy great items. NBA 8x10 Photos. Unrealeased music cd's with the hottest music today. Please check it out & pass it along to a friend.
...anyway?
Hutch-Touche, and ::raspberries:: Now tell me about the origin of the hand operated, wind driven pitch approximation machine's trigger. Duncan, the Earth isn't round either--it's shaped like a burrito.
By the by, Duncan, how is Linda doing?
IcPaul-ICU, and howdy.
What's the fascination with Uma, anyway. Never understood that. Halle, now, she's gorgeous. Oh and she can act, too, like the people say.
YGK-yes, sir I got the news in my e-box. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May it be everything you wish it to be, and may you tell us all the details, too. Well, not ALL the details. Will try to convince the brother-in-law to come to the gig. If not, we'll shoot for next Wednesday. Aussie, you in? Happy Birthday Sarah Vaughan--we know you're singin' wherever you are.
Lisa G
Chip,sorry to be rude,Drew is a Dan fan almost as much as I am.We can and do discuss S.D. for hours.I'm posting message everywhere I can in hopes he'll see it.His girlfriend thinks I'm hot for him...she erases messages, deletes mail ect...If I'd wanted him, we would have been together long before he met her little narrow butt.:} Hope posting message wasn't rude.I'm not too sure about etiquette on here? I'm hoping he'll be surfing and see message.I know he will be into some of the Dan sites,"Sybil" isn't a fan of S.D.Like me, Drew will have to have a Dan fix.My little wild one is on spring break this next week.I hope it turns nice outside...hell could be defined as having a 5 year old cooped up in the house for 3 days.
Um Molly - who is Drew?
Opie is "king of the world," as far as he knows...
I have always been a fan of Steely Dan and Elvis.
This is a good
site.Too badthere isn't much about the great Elvis.
Why???????
Guys was reading last few days messages.These little girls are drinking to rebel...The media glamorizes drinking and showing your ass,hence most young women think "I want to be cool and sophiscated like the babes on M.T.V." So they drink to show everyone how grown-up they are.It's a shame somebody didn't teach them better.St.Al's right about the pig stuff.A stand-up kind of woman doesn't need to be drunk to sleep with a man,or to try new things.If you want to be with that person you say "yes".If not, no amount of booze in the world would change my mind.
I tell my younger friends that there are some rules they should try to live
by:
1.Don't screw anybody that you don't like.(no matter how attracted you
are to that person)
2.Don't drink with people you can't trust.
nuff said
It was a pleasure talking with you guys about S.D. everyone made me feel
welcome.
I'm posting this where ever I can,please excuse me.
Drew if
you're reading this, please come to opening.I need help fending off Ed.Your
pscho girlfriend is still deleteing your mail.If you hear from Ian please let
me know.
on the other things I've read ,you guys are way ahead of me.All I know is that I love good music especially the Dan.Love the web site.
ps. Stevee, you were right about Yahoo, there is some weird people over
there.
As we say in the sticks..You'll take care catch you soon.
Randy: Just checked out the site. Virtually all of the negative views early on are the same guy! Years of lounging around SiS has allowed almost meta-physical powers in perceiving bogus personnas ;-)
steveedan - check it out:
http://ubb2.mojo4music.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=002633
Randy: your brother is soooooo right....
Hey, did somebody call me?
There is a web site out there that reviews DVD Audio discs. The web site is called Digital Audio Guide. On this site, contributors rate various discs. Included on the list is 2VN.
http://www.DigitalAudioGuide.com/dareview/music/ratings_highest.htm
The problem is, many people who dislike Steely Dan have reviewed the disc and given it the lowest ranking. I'm fine with people who don't like our boys, but c'mon, rank the quality of the disc and don't make it personal. My brother has the disc, and he says it is outstanding and amazing, incredible sound.
If you can, take the time to send a review to this site, and up the average ranking by giving it a "5" rating, which I did. Down with these losers who don't like The Dan.
- Randy
Randy Reichardt
In case you SoCal Danners are interested, this Saturday, March 30th, Which OneÆs Pink returns to the Canyon Club, in Agoura, California. The Canyon Club graciously has agreed to give the first 250 of our fans who arrive for the show with a copy of this post or one of our fliers a FREE ticket to either of two upcoming shows at the club û The Fixx (4/26), or The Tubes (5/31) û itÆll be your choice!!!á The Canyon is located at 28912 Roadside Drive in Agoura Hills (just past Woodland Hills).á The phone number is (818) 879-5016.á Take the 101 North and exit Kanan Rd.á Make a left and the end of the off-ramp, and then a left onto Agoura road.á The club is approximately 1/4 mile down the road on the left û look for the steeple!!
Angel: FM, Aja, and Gaucho all garnered Best Engineered Grammys for The Immortal & Co. D&W won el zippo until TvN...I think they were nominated for Aja and Gaucho and Donald was nominated for The Nightfly and Kamakiriad previously...
Trivia:
1978
GRAMMY FOR BEST NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: A TASTE OF
HONEY...(Capitol) as in "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
Can anyone name the other nominees?
I vaguely remember The Cars, and/or Talking Heads and/or Elvis Costello and/or The Police...
Equvalent in wisdom to the Cubs' Lou Brock trade or W's Sammy Sosa trade...
LEAVE Jodie alone she's mine
MY first Love... ahhhh
''My name is
Tululla''
From the worlds biggest ''Bugsy Malone'' fan
If i remember the
soundtrack LP was the first proper LP i bought around ú2.99 ....1976
?
apart from ''James Last play's war movie themes or James Last playes bond
themes.
Contact...what a fucking film
I'm of to dig out the Video now
( For a better view of Uma's Bazumas rent Dangerous Liasons)
Another
masterpeice
Jimbo: I don't know if they were nominated, but they did not win an Academy Award. What I did find, was that FM won a Grammy. Click the link above or use this.
http://webcast.grammy.com/history/flashback/1978winners.html
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20020326.html
22 member jazz band, wonder who the studio musicians were?
Jimbo-here's another amen. And yes, the first and second season of "Sex and the City" are out on video and DVD.
Forgot to rant about Ron Howard winning best director! "A Beautiful Mind" was "Happy Days" meets schizophrenia. It was pretty to look at but way sanitized for television-no wait, it's a movie, right? The most adventurous director of those five was Baz Luhrmann, but the best was Ridley Scott for Black Hawk Down, hands down. You don't just watch a Ridley Scott film, you feel it, and feel it for days afterward.
Hey, a month from today we'll be at Jazzfest!
Back to looking busy,
Aja
Aja- Is that episode of Sex and the City out on Video and DVD yet?
Also- Didn't I tell you that Opie Cunningham would win Best
Director.
Opie Cunningham, Opie Cunningham, Opie Cunningham, Opie
Cunningham.
High Fives and two AMENS to Denzel and Halle.
I can tell you that those two always had the talent and skills to make
it
as leading actors, but Hollywood and the mainstream media, at times,
took them for granted.
Now it's time for the big boys in Hollywood to suck up and admit
that
everyone's on the same boat and that there's more to Blacks in films
than just stereotypes (comical, oversexed, malt liquor, hair extensions,
etc.)
And that goes for both filmmakers white and black.
To those filmmakers: In the case of Halle Berry, a African-American woman
is not a piece of meat withou a brain. She's a human being. If
these
filmmakers and script writers write more respectable, and complex
roles for her, Angela Bassett, Brandy, Whoopi, etc, then they'd get a
better
perspective of America in general.
Since this is a SD GB, one question: Was Donald and Walter ever
nominated
for "FM?"
Hi all......
It sure was great to see Halle Berry and Denzel (no last name needed) get the recognition they deserve. Denzel, oh my, Denzel!
Best gown: Halle Berry and Nicole Kidman
Best tux: Denzel, oh my!
Worst boobs on display: Gwyneth Paltrow. Honey, those things looked so droopy and sad, give 'em a little support!
Haven't heard any Steely rumblings since 9/11, but have been catching up on back episodes of "Sex and the City" and there are plenty of subtle Steely references there. The last one I picked up was "Chained Lightning" playing in the bar as Samantha got dumped by her loser date.... and of course, the episode where the photographer offered Steely Dan to Samantha to get her in the mood to pose nude. I'm sure D&W got a chuckle out of that.
Back to lurking,
Aja
angel, my insurance company makes me issue such disclaimers. Void if relied upon
Nice quote from Joan Collin's recently on her marriage a man nearly 25years
younger than her.
Asked about the age difference Joan replied
''If he dies he dies''
hello to me! And good morning to you, too ; ) Beautiful day on the west coast. Spring is here, and the summer concert season is not far off. Any word on a possible Steely Dan summer or fall tour?
lcpaul: hello - wazzzzzzzzzaaahhhhp? don't take it personally.......
ygk
Loved this, from Ally McBeal:
"Love is the one game you lose by refusing to play."
So, better play on then.
Will someone, anyone, say hello to me?
Lisa G: Hey, C'mon, you know show biz, 8 o'clock isn't really 8 o'clock -
it's really 8:30-ish, and two long sets, especially with the extra folks
around. Most likely to go 'till 11, and much revelry afterwards......
C'mon!.....now who put passover on my birthday?
"........when they say
7:30, they don't really mean 7:30, nobody wants to the be the first one at a
party - you know there'll be nobody to talk to, and besides, it's polite not
to come too soon........." - Joe Frank
enemen: Howdy!!!! I finally made it on a Bear approved Wireless panel (Future Forum 2002 [http://www.techforum.com/frame.html]), and made the Bear proud. Back in Wireless! Hope you are well and to see you soon - definite overdue DOMC meeting with our new agenda.....
angel: Yeah, agreed. (but I didn't start it.....)
Dano: Woody was so on, and no visuals of WTC, but Vanilla Sky's closing scenes had afew glimpses.....
ygk
Lisa G: Thanks for the kind offer to let me play a key. :-)
Schwinn: Looks like the TM2001 is FINALLY starting to shape up. Looking forward to new music.
W1P: Love the disclaimer at the end of your message. Typical Lawyerese....
Malc/Clas: May it be true....
enimen/NMN: Unlurk more often. Do I get the impression that you still have to fly all the time, to NYC?
steviedan: Echoing enimen here. Where is he? I want my album of the week! (Thanks tones, for filling in).
My husband comments to my returning child on Sunday evening. Be happy you were away this weekend, your Mom was singing that evening. Uh, thanks husband, I will remember you next time you want something.... :-)
Duncan - And just so you'll know... a trombone is a hand operated, wind
driven pitch approximation machine.
Sorry Lisa G. but I couldn't resist
that one. Apologies to Jim Pugh as well!
Hutch
bill - watch those apostrophes there bro.
nah, it was a Jaguar?
Washington, Berry, Newman...it's about f**ing time!! Yes, the Show Biz Kidz who have hidden behind PC crap for so long, had one of the last bastions of racism broken down last night. Randy was appropriately wry and wicked...anybody else notice those whacko Circus de Soleil Hoopsters backstage as the Oscar winner left stage left...Sir Paul's performance was surprisingly super! Had not heard the Vanilla Sky ditty before...sure beat Mr. Sting - has he become a paraody of himself - I was looking for his BMW or whatever. Paul's voice was in much better condition...
Uma's bazoomas...whoa
Gina: Now that I've finally "gotten it", Try Whistling This, what a work of art it is! Pre-conceived notions as a CH and Enz fan are stubborn impediments indeed...really enjoying the "left of center" recordings of Souvenier, title track, Sinner, Loose Tongue, Astro, Dream Date, and Faster Than Light...suddenly near the top of my Neil Finn list with Together Alone and perhaps above Temple of Low Men...
I gave the Academy Awards show a miss, and instead watched Blues Brothers
2000 on VH1. Lotsa great music, and a couple of entertaining Steely moments.
"Blue Lou" Marini blowin' and steppin' out. The Skunkster, beret and all, in
amongst that eye-popping array of players in the all-star band at the end of
the flick. Sure, the plot is as flimsy as toilet paper ... but after all it
was just an excuse to get all those musicians together. I just wish someone
had thrown a butterfly net over Paul Shaffer and hauled him off the
set--yeeesh!
Beginning to get majorly psyched as the San Diego fest
approaches. Looking forward to hanging with all you folks down there in
SoCal--and in honor of my imminent departure to sunnier climes, the weather
here in Seattle is improving drastically. Go figure.
/the Mam'zelle
in a pre-migratory mode, preparatory to (SD)^2
But St. Al...,
Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Barbara Striesand, and Ed Asner
are only
there to tell you what to think and when to think it.
I can see you goose-stepping with Barbara and the boys as we
speak.
:)
For those of us who haven't had enough sorrow:
http://opensciencenetwork.org/911
Of course, everything I know about the fife and drum could be just malarky that I conjured up in my brain. Wait I'll go look up some stuff.
The Marotta brothers are also listed in the directory. Jerry, incidentally, is listed as "Jerome" while Rick has a c/o addy. Smart guy. I could be a groupie with this book in hand. Somebody hose me down!
LG
T-::raspberries:: to you, too. TWICE you had to bust me. LOL!
Enimen-aw, geez...nice to see you out of lurkdom. Any chance you can make it down to NYC next week for another songfest?
YGK-Congrats on all the new work. Looking forward to seeing you. We won't be free this Wednesday due to Passover obligations, unless you are playing late. I would love to come up afterwards to celebrate the "Divine One," but we'd never get there for 8. Next week would be better for us, but definny gots to get there.
Duncan-a fife is a transverse pipe-like instrument with a similar range as the modern keyed piccolo. However, a fife has no keys so the player must produce varied pitches by covering, uncovering and half-covering (also known as "half-holing") holes bored out of the tube using various finger combinations. Aussie is right on about it being a popular instrument to be paired with the field drum, which is a large framed membranic drum, a bit larger than the modern snare that had its own set of snares, although from what IÆve heard, some did not. The drummer would hoist the drum over one shoulder with a sling. The drum would then be tilted from left to right which required the drummer to play with a "traditional style" grip on the drum sticks. This is an unmatched grip that many drummers of yesteryear played with. My brother who is 35, started lessons when he was a boy using traditional grip. It hasn't been until very recently that matched grip (perfectly even grips with both hands) is being taught. Anyway, sorry to go off on a tangent, but the next time you see an olde fife and drum picture, you will remember the slanted, slinged drum and the little pipe. I have looked up fife players in the Local 802 directory--none listed. I'll ask around. Meanwhile, I've found an interesting bit of trivia. Eliane Elias is listed in the NY Union book as a flute player, among other things. Who knew?
Great "new" cd that's just slammin' us here in the store today... You guys just *gotta* check it out... it's called
Two Against Nature
These guys are *good*... hope they do something else...
LG - my contribution to the Marotta Bros thread: Jerry is on the new Tony
Levin cd and tour apparently, along with Larry Fast (synths). The three of
them played on Peter Gabriel's first 4 solo albums and every tour So far... my
2 cents...
Oh, and that "one leg at a time" thing is working out great...
thanks again...
pizza
t
quickly de-lurking to pick up that Rick Marotta thread.
I'm sitting on an American flight a few weeks ago. The plane is circling, and the video is looping. I am watching what is apparently the entire last season of "Everybody Loves Raymond."
[aside: Patricia Heaton--a sitcom diva I can love]
I've VERY familiar with the theme song by now. Lite, melodic, cocktail-y bass/drum/piano combo. The composer:
RICK MAROTTA [and somebody] !!
Whoa!
Hope to get down to NYC soon. Coogan's sounds like just the place for YGK's shot heard round the world. Isn't that Manny Ramirez' old neighborhood?
Greets to all--great to see Lady B back, and it's a honor to pick up any thread laid down by Lisa G.
lp- Got that Pats video yet? I've watch it 5 times at least.
A round of Fife and Drums for the peacemakers??
Bad Sneakers gets the heavies in for the ugly bloke at the bar.
TWM , Can play the drums on the 12th.
Dano couldnae play wae his pisser.
Aus , YGK , Did you see Woody Allen tribute at the Oscars ......Dooser.
Glad to read of the "cease fire". Brothas gonna work it out!
In lieu of an official steviedan "Album of the Week"(tm) I'd like to mention the new Billy Bragg cd - England, Half English - has finally gotten the new Cracker cd out of the cd player here at work... especially check out the tunes 'NPWA' ( No Power Without Accountability) and the beautiful (even somewhat "steely-ish") 'Some Days I See the Point'... great album all over.
Glad Randy Newman finally won last night... was worth wading through all that self-importance (the telecast) to hear his acceptance speech, though really, he's written *much* better songs that lost. I thought McCartney was robbed this year... and imho... so was LotR(tFotR), though I admit I haven't seen A Beautiful Mind... but I saw Rain Man... ok... some of it...
and in closing, I'd like to leave you with this pleasant thought:
JODY FOSTER !
t
we enjoy watching you bust his balls as well, Al
But Bill... Sharpton and Jackson are only there to keep people like you, Jesse Helms and Pat Buchanan in check...
StAl
PS: I really do enjoy busting your balls.
Duncan
I know what a Fifer is if thats any help - A (usually ugly and badly dressed) person from central Scotland who has never and will never buy a round of drink in their entire life - Eh Dano ??
PS Time for a truce Lurkers - Life's too short
I agree, It's crazy how people will use a particular
"movement" in order
to justify just about any half-assed,
self-indulgent thing they want to do.
See Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
Case closed.
ST. Al,
Whaddya' mean "if you're a pig...", we're men are'nt we?
I feel we're owed an apology for that one tubby...
NASCAR Rules!
Bill Said --
>She's either the dumbest chick to ever graduate from college,
>or
the answer to all our dreams!
Yeah, if you're a pig.
Now, go back to watching NASCAR.
Although I must admit that drag racing bus was pretty funny.
Me Said --
>Clas- It was ME, not YGK. Give me a call loser.
Hmmm... I wonder how he's supposed to since you're always posting anonymously? Fear maybe? Not accusing -- just wondering?
StAl
Muchmoremusic is doing a bio on SD this week, probably tonight since it was the first preview of five.
G - in response to your last poser, are the Kennedy's gun-shy? And by the way, all you Little Feat fans, there is a fat man in the bathtub, with the blues.
Been listening to Negative Girl a LOT lately, on my Sennheisers, through a Rotel amp. What a fucking awesome piece of music. Also been listening to track 13 on Santana's Supernatural. Ouch, it's so good, it hurts.
Glad Crowe didn't bag Best Actor. Think Cinematography should've gone to Richard Deakins though for his work on BOTH "A Beautiful Mind" and "The Man Who Wasn't There". Mind you, haven't seen "Lord of the Rings" yet.
Never could stand that dog.
Clas- It was ME, not YGK. Give me a call loser.
hear hear for PEACE, Malcolm & Clas :-)
good steely dan-ish site in the url above
have fun
aus, do you want to this one on or should i?
Listen up guys!
Just finished watching a CNN special report on female college
binge
drinking. It seems that 44 percent of all college
women admit to binge
drinking at least once in the last
2 weeks.
One Lisa Diebold, a Syracuse University senior, has an
interesting
perspective on this phenomenon which I feel
could be of major importance to
us guys. According to
Lisa, women who binge drink are actually doing it to
advance the cause of feminism. It seems that, according
to Lisa, by
drinking as much as the men, women are
knocking down one of the last
barriers to equality
amongst the sexes. Lisa says that college women
should
wear their binge drinking like a "badge of honor".
Huddle up guys....
Hmmmm...You mean all we have to do in order to
get
these ladies into bed is appeal to thier sense of
feminism? Wahoo!!
We don't have to get them drunk
anymore cuz' Lisa and her friends are doing
that for us
already.
Ok, next time you're out with one of these "enlightened" females,
try
something like this...
"You know women in the past never used to have sex on the first
date
because they were repressed. I'm so glad i'm out with you."
"You've had 8 drinks now, do you feel more equal yet? It would
be so
cool if you empowered yourself by forcing me down on the
bed right now."
"You mean you've never tried this position? This
draconian
male-dominated, sexist society has obviously kept this
information from you. Let's remove the shackles of sexist
opression and
let your soul soar to new hieghts of self
actualization!"
Ok guys, you see where we're going here?
Good! Now let's get out
there and put it to good use.
Thanks to Lisa Diebold of Syracuse
University.
She's either the dumbest chick to ever graduate from
college,
or the answer to all our dreams!
:)
Duncan: A fife is a small flute...often associated with a drum corps...kind of like the pictures you see of the American Revolutionaries as they battled the British forces....pictures depicted wounded dudes playing the fife and a snare drum......hope it helps.
Aus
Just wanted to clear some things up and do some shameless plugging of my own........
THIS falls into the NO BULL Category:
Around lunch time Saturday, I got
a call from Clas - the man himself. He was calling to inquire if it was me who
was (apparently) posting negative over the weekend.
As I don't have a
computer at home, and only here at work, I told him no. We had a friendly
conversation, and both agreed to make our peace. We both admitted that we each
had had our share of negative moments, and I informed him that any future
negative perceptions would be just friendly ribbing......
I must admit it
took a firm set of cujones to call, and as I've been very busy with music, I
really don't have time to be negative......
so, folks, I'm resolved to
either ignore any future negativity sent towards me, and will refrain from
creating any of my own.......
peace to all
Now - I must drop some info on you all - the former rhythm section from
Tycoon Dog - myself, Billy Burtt and Peter Ray (who are still pictured on
their site, BTW) have formed a new trio: "Core"
Core will perform originals
by Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ray and feature Mr. Burtt on vocals as part of a
varietal, jazz and blues based set.
I have approximately 20 new songs I am
performing weekly at Coogans, 169th and Broadway, Wednesdays at 8 in
Manhattan, NYC. All material to be performed and recorded by Core.
Core is
recording next week two new songs, "Businessman" and "Eye to Eye", both
personal originals. The material recorded at I-Heights studios will be
submitted for the TM 2002 Compilation CD.
The working title for the album
is "Trying to Sort it all out", and is planned for release this Summer.
Now, also, Wednesday, March 27th is a big day - it's Sarah Vaughn's
birthday - and also mine. I'm having a special birthday gig up at Coogans:
169th/B'way, NYC starting 'round 8.....
I'm breaking out some new tunes,
Billy Burtt will be joining me on bass and vocals. So anyone NYC Local who
wants to come up for the gig Wednesday, please do. It's going to be a special
night.......
Cheers and peace.......
ygk
People , As New Awlins is fast approaching is there anyone taking some pix and sending them to our e-mails to see how you all get on .
Any Takers.
Regards Dano.
Message I received this morning fromDean Friedman
I really need a 'fife' player. Anyone out there in the NY area that knows a professional fife player, please drop me a line.
P.S. what is a ''fife''
Buffalo is nowhere near the Big Apple...
okay, Rick Marotta hi there Lisa G. too bad you not on the TM2002, would
love to hear more!!!
Marotta will perform in The Tralf, Buffalo's hottest
place to go take in music. i'm skipping a chance to hop on a plane to the Big
Apple next week, so soon after Sweden and stuff to take care of here, aaah,
temptation a zillion times ...
sigh.
Banyan Tree Trying To Sway Easy Bow,
G.
Don't get me wrong -- I'm not saying its great, I'm just saying its me.
PW-::raspberries::
z-my friend's name is Nick Driscoll. He still plays in and around the
Poconos and NE Pa in general. One of the most amazing saxophonists I know.
Heck, I've known him since we were kids. Lost touch with him since I got
married and moved here about 4 and half years ago.
I'd like to get together
with you sometime soon. We've been talking about it for too long. I'm on break
from 3/28-4/7. I'll be playing church gigs back home for the holidays, but I
will return to the area on 4/1. Let me know if you're free some afternoon or
night.
z- I think it's safe to say that if anyone knows what it's like to be bitter, it's you.
LG- Yeah, PW certainly has an attitude, a sax player I know said he saw him
picking fights with complete strangers at a bar once in NYC.
I think it's
safe to say that he's very bitter about being one of the last remaining giants
left, but not getting the gigs, recording contracts, etc... that all the
Afro-Americans seem to get. Back when I was a F-T musician, I could see that I
might wind up like that. I'm glad I got into teaching, now I don't give a shit
about any of that stuff.
What's the name of that friend of yours that
studied with PW?
He doesn't take many private students, I'd like to know
what type of stuff they worked on in the lessons.
I won't be online till
Thursday night, Spring Vacation! What a racket!
Doc Mu-Thanks for the info on the Flying Marotta Drummers. And to think, we were going to hop off to Cleveland next week, but changed our minds.
z-Re: PW-yeesh. Sorry, man. I really have no more stories. (I meant to tell you that.) IÆve seen him a few times in and around the Poconos. Incidentally I hung out with folks from the DWGap, but never lived there. I hail from the Wyoming Valley which is 45-50 minutes from the Gap. I also studied out there with Bob Dorough for a brief time (you know, Schoolhouse Rock?), and gigged a bit, too. My biggest Pocono brushes with greatness were gigs with George Young (session sax player whose claim to fame is filling in for a student of his,one Lenny Pickett [sp?] on SNL), bassist Paul Rostock, and a sit-in with the young Jesse Green (son of trombonist Urbie Green) at a popular jazz joint right outside Stroudsburg. A good friend of mine (the one from the lady/dog dancing episode mentioned in my last post) used to study with PW and often told us what a neurotic dude he was. So inside himself. I think I may have even spoken to him after a concert, but he was not extremely cordial. (I swear I said nothing to him about Billy Joel!) ThatÆs about it.
Stevee-hey! Jana Marie stole my ôWuö thunder. LOL! PM in concert here in central Jersey on April 10. IÆll be thinking of you whilst I drool over LyleÆs enormous hands.
Bill-öMoya Droga Jacekoham (spelling?) means that I love you soö...Kendall Park, here I come.
W1P-no questioning of your stripes, bro. I just wanted to find out what the whole concept of the TM compilation was all about. In the light of veteran JWÆs testimony, I say bring it on, whatever you wish to contribute. I can understand the copyright issue. I have been wrestling with it myself which is why I will not be going back to the studio I went to last year. Still trying to find a way to record that thang without getting a second party involved.
angel-nice tale of your Friday visit with SFB. Also, next time youÆre here, weÆll have to give you some keyboard parts to do. :)
Everyone-Yes, where is Steviedan these days?
angel, its true. Now you'll just have to wait for TM to come out to hear it. Here's a little spoiler -- there are hints of The Band, Neil Young, Nils Lofgren, Anthony Kledis and Ryan Adams in the peformance. Also, the backing band is Tortfeasor and not Which One's Pink?
Steeve, I am booking a hotel because bob says there will be a show. However, anyone who relies on these circumstances to make plans expressly assumes the risk and relieves me and bob from any liability whatsoever.
Now it's time for some more S H A M E L E S S .... P L U G G I N G, and a grievous scheduling conflict.
L.A.'s mighty Doctor Wu is appearing next Saturday night at the Whisky A-Go-Go on the (yep ...) world famous Sunset Strip. It will be a very festive ocasion. I plan to be there that night, which brings me to the grievous scheduling conflict ...
W1P's Which One's Pink? is appearing that same night at the Canyon Club in Agoura (or is it Calabasas?). There is no question that this will be a great show, as all of Pink?'s shows are great. Super Dave, saxist for both the Steely Fan Band as well as my new-still-under-wraps SD trib band will be playing with Which One's Pink?.
Once again, I wish that I could be in at least 2 places at the same time.
And finally, Fingers Shotan -- how did your Danny Steely Orchestra gig go last night. We humbly request a full (or fool) report.
OK ... anyone in chat right now?
Steveedan
Yes, I am indeed back from an interesting weekend. I do admit to playing
some key on the left side of the Yamaha. I don't know which one.... :-)
For
any that care about color reports, I have put it on a web page. For the rest
of you, I won't bore you with the details. Click the link above, or use
this.
http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/bart/angel1.html
W1P: You sang a song? WHAT! I don't believe it. :-)
Glad things are coming together for April 12th. Now, if we only knew
where....
Hello one and all ...
W1P - I would have loved to see Little Feat, but I really would have loved to see Pat Metheny. He played last night too, at the Universal Amphitheatre. I was too tired to go buy a last minute seat. So, I missed one of my favorite keyboard players ... Lyle Mays. Bill Payne from Little Feat is also one of my favorite keyboard players. Payne does some stuff on "Time Loves A Hero" that just knocks me out.
Anyway, Bob Tedde has confirmed a San Diego April 12th gig? Excellent. I will book a hotel today. This means that I will not be on hand in Long Beach on April 12 to play a Steely Fan Band gig (which is tentatively scheduled for the same weekend as the Long Beach Grand Prix). I am so tired of not seeing TSD. I will probably just do an "over-nighter" but I hope to meet St. Al, Miz Ducky, Aja (unless she is running in a decathalon, or dodecathon or something ...) and I will see if Craigster can make it.
To one of our local (to Los Angeles) G-B'ers, JayDubs - I hope that things go well with you this week at the doctor's. If you are feeling up to it, call or e-mail me. Maybe we can whip something impromptu up for the TechMoHo'02 CD. I am still trying to get something "presentable" from my new-still-under-wraps Steely Dan trib band, but, my lead singer/engineer/producer has been so busy with other stuff, that I fear that I might not have anything to send in to Schwinn. I am not giving up, though. And W1P (again) you STILL have my humble but heartfelt support for the inclusion of a Floyd tune for the compilation CD. For what it's worth.
I'm going to close this post right now, but I have more to add, so ...
love bob tells me that 4/12 is a go although the venue is still undetermined. Based on this, we've made arrangements to travel to Dan Diego for that weekend. Little Feat was really terrific last night. What a contrast between Eddie Money with no voice and a group of older musicians who were note perfect. What's interesting is the overwhealming reaction both nights to the W1P flyers -- a late 70s/80s crowd "I love the Wall" and a late 60s/70s crowd "I love Echoes" Oh, and and I've got the lead vocal on the new track I'm submitting and I don't think anyone here questions my Steely Dan stripes, do they?
Clas , Thanks for info and it settled a big argument,cheers.
W.I.P. Dan ,is that right they where from LA,that was a knew one on
me
thanks mate.
Out for the first time in a month last night , shot some pool , talked a load of shite , and got muellered on the sauce. And the wee wife still picked me up and took me home........what a gal.
Lars , Yes mate dead true story and still havent told the wee man in case he thinks i am a thug??
Hope yopu all had a good weekend.
Regards Daaaaaaaaaano.
Actually, where the hell is steviedan?
Throw us a bone brother!
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where,
where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Well, maybe he went to get a sideways haircut
Maybe he went to get a
striped shirt
Maybe he went to get some plastic shoes
Maybe he went to
get some funny sunglasses
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where,
where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Well, maybe he went to get an Air Force parka
Maybe he went to get a
Vespa scooter
Maybe he went to get a British flag
Maybe he went to go
Mod Ska dancing
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where,
where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Well, maybe he went to get a mohawk
And maybe he went to get some gnarly
thrash boots
Maybe he went to go ride his skateboard
Maybe he went to
see the Circle Jerks
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Where,
where the Hell is Bill?
Where, where the Hell is Bill?
Camper Van Beethoven 198something
Any rumors or rumblings of a possible 2002 tour for the Dan? Time marches on, and you guys aren't gettin' any better lookin'. Play that funky music white boy... while you still can, and while we still care!
...your = you're
YGK - I've been doing great man... thanks for asking! Sounds like your
staying busy musically and that certainly is a good thing, eh?
I can think
of two pretty embarrassing moments on stage. Once I almost went right down on
the floor in the middle of a song when a weak board on the stage gave way and
my foot went through it. I fell backwards and half-way caught myself on a
stairstep deal that was right behind me (it was a weird stage).
The other
one was when I had just joined this band that was getting ready to go on the
road. They were doing their last hometown gig before taking off and I was
sitting in the audience. The singer introduced me as their new guitar player,
etc. and asked me to come up and do a few songs. So I get up there and mumble
"thank's very much. 'Preciate it". Whereupon my guitar strap comes off the
bottom of the guitar (my '57 strat) and I barely catch the guitar before it
hits the floor and in the process I catch the high E string with my finger and
break it. So then I have to go sit down and change a string while the band
plays another song. I felt about 2 inches tall!
Steely Dan missed moment...
Our store (music store) has clinics fairly
often where we bring in a well known artist who'll perform and then answer
questions, etc. We've had Dennis Chambers, Frank Gambale, Chester Thompson,
Victor Wooten. I understand even Vinnie did a clinic there a few years ago.
Anyway we had one last week with Sonny Emory on drums and Adam Nitty on bass.
I knew the name Sonny Emory was faintly triggering some kind of weak
electrical activity in my "brain". Of course it wasn't till the day after the
show that I realized he played on West of Hollywood! Sure would have been a
great chance to ask him about the session and his impression of D&W. Oh
well.
Hutch
Where is Bill?
That's a question I've been asking myself for quite
some
time...lol!
Lisa G,
Concerning the Fagen Land Development Inc. fiasco, all I can
say is that
we appear to have run into some significant
roadblocks with the Kendall
Park Building Department.
There appears to be some question as to Mr.Fagen's pedigree
so far as
the building industry is concerned. Although
FLDI has produced certain
documents which we feel verify
Mr. Fagen's expertise, such as his Doctorate
degree from
Berklee College of Music, numerous Grammy awards, and
even
a picture of Mr.Fagen holding a saw, the project
continues to be tied up in
red tape.
There does appear to be a small ray of hope though as we
have recently
been contacted by a representative of the
Kendall Park Building Department,
a gentleman by the name of
"Big Vinny", who assures us that the project may
still meet
it's deadline. All FLDI need do is submit the
appropriate
"Building Department Override Fee" to be assured of
swift
approval of all building permits and variances. Isn't that
great
news! They have some nice folks over there at the
town hall I tell you...
So keep your chin up Lisa, you're still in the running
for that 1957
Oldsmobile with the Hi-Fidelity AM sound
system!
Yes, and the Bobby Vinton album collection too!
where's Bill?
BILL! We miss'ya here!
Filthy Towelz Steeve! What a great story. Keep 'em coming dude!
C
Of course W1P is a musician. He appears on stage with Which One's Pink? at each show to provide his special blend of "effects". It could never be the same without him. Is there a confirmation yet of The Steely Damned playing on April 12th? Please advise, counselor.
Last night, The Steely Fan Band played to a packed house at The Studio Cafe in Newport Beach, California. The band's original lead singer was in the audience and came up on stage to sing Pretzel Logic with us. Mr. Pipes was still in excellent form. Our female backing vocalist Jana Marie sang lead on Doctor Wu, and also on The Boston Rag. It was great to hear these songs performed by a female's voice. Nothing will ever take the place of Donald Fagen, of course, but it was very interesting to hear a different approach.
We debuted the song The Royal Scam, and it went over very well. To open the 2nd set, Benny the Sax player and I did a 2-song duet of Any World (That I'm Welcome To) followed by Your Gold Teeth II. I played the Denny Dias signature guitar solo on piano. That was great fun and a huge challenge. Then our current lead singer, Ken, and Jana Marie joined Benny and me for Any Major Dude Will Tell You. We warmed up the crowd, mellowed them out for the duet and "acoustic" section of the show, then we polished them off with our fast paced song list for the 2nd half of the second set.
Our very own Angel was on hand to watch the entire show. And I have a special announcement to make. We have yet another performing musician in our midst. Angel came up to the stage while we played My Old School, and at the end of the song, I showed her what bass notes to play during the Outro, and she played the part perfectly !!! Check that out !!!
After the conclusion of the show, I stayed up on stage and played Dirty Work, Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me), and Babylon Sisters while a few of the audience folks hung out with me. It was kind of like a sing-along. There really are a lot of people who love this music. It is not just us guest book frequenters by a long shot.
Mr. Sticks invited us and about 2 dozen of his closest friends up to his hotel room across from the gig. I got home around 4 AM. When I finally woke up, I was wondering if I dreamed all of this. I have the video tape, so I know it's true. Plus, my fingers are still a little bit numb, so I know I had a good time.
Hey Fingers Shotan - I hope you knocked 'em out tonight -- Sincerely, Leadfingers.
My new still-under-wraps band is now looking for it's first gigs. As soon as we have secured some performance dates, I will post all about us.
Gee, I sure hope that the anti-cover band guest book folks can tolerate me or at least learn how to scroll past ... I carry enough guilt around with me just being out so many nights a week these days.
See you all soon ...
Steveedan
You're gonna love my track. Schwinn -- pull the plug on what I sent you. Something else will be coming by mail shortly.
Jay Dubz - producer and so in all its glory, but I think Hoops has the final word on this. After all, he's been backstage with our boys.
C da Pinko
W1P - I didn't know you were a musician. Sorry for my ignorance.
c
Lisa G - shit! One leg at a time. Thanks.
I'll throw my two cents on these:
Lance Bass planning to go to space. I guess the rumors are true. Not enough
for that punk kid to try to make himself and his publicity-hogging
band
important. Plus, he wants to take a camera crew to film him singing and
dancing in space with the russians. I have a better idea, SEND HIM TO THE
MOON. HOW? Get Ralph Kramden. He'll make it easy.
Is there any word on that upcoming Joni Mitchell CD? I've posted about twice but no word? What's the word.
OSCAR PICKS:
Best Movie: Lord of the Rings.
Best Actor: Denzel Washington. Crowe isn't that intense or exciting for
to be considered for two consecutive Oscars. Besides, anyone who worked
with Denzel have won Oscars (Julia, Russell and Angelina). Oh, and he did a
great villain job in Training Day. Of course they could have thrown in a
couple of Dan tracks in there.
Best Actress: Tough call. I hope it's a tie between Sissy Spacek and Halle Berry.
Best Supporting Actor: I hpoe it's a tie between Sir Ian and Jon Voight.
Best Supporting Actress: Undecided
Best Director: Opie Cunningham, Opie Cunningham, Opie Cunningham, Opie Cunningham. (Get the joke?)
That's all. See Ya!
LG- You completely ignored my plea for some Phil Woods stories from your
days in Pennsylvania! That is certainly not fair at all, considering I hipped
you to a PW story that only the hippest of the hip are privy to, last week.
Get typing, sis.
I learned Wednesday that I unknowingly played on my
first CD a while ago.
The big band I play in taped one of our gigs and is
using the CD to promote the band or something. They played it on WBGO, I
think. I couldn't give a shit anyway. I'm playing in a rehearsal band that is
doing some really difficult charts at ridiculous tempos. Very challenging.
Lisa G. ~ I've stayed out of the fray on the TM 2002 cover/non-cover issue...but as the producer of the first two compilations, and the guy who took the proverbial "bull by the horns" and made the concept into a reality in the first place...I say, the more the merrier! The ONLY reason I insisted on all original material the first two go-rounds was that my mastering guy was a stickler on copyright law, and refused to duplicate anything unoriginal with the express permission from the original composer ~ justifiably covering his ass in a town known for lawsuits at the drop of a hat.
Schwinn ~ I'm in for a submission, I'm just running a little bit behind. I went snowboarding up in Mammoth in late February, caught the flu, and it then turned into walking pneumonia. I took the antibiotics, which in turn majorly made my chronic hepatitis c flare up big-time...I'm starting to get some SCARY side-effects; going to the doctor again next week for blood work and another ultra-sound. Hopefully the news ain't too bad! Anyway, I'm hoping to get my music done by the end of the month, but I may need another week. Going surfing in Maui for ten days next month, hopefully that'll give my liver some stress-free rest!
Thanks to all for your concern re: my run-in with the friendly local mugger. There were reports of a knife-point bandit on the LA local news last night, and the description fit my "buddy" to the letter, so hopefully they'll catch this guy soon. It happened less than two miles from the "nice" neighborhoods that both myself and Steevedan live in. Can't wait to move out of this crazy town to some backwoods retreat!
Lisa G: Yes, Rick and Jerry Marotta are brothers. The family was in Cleveland, but moved to Westchester Co. in New York early on...
Bemn to a wedding to day..
hate church
love linda & dan
i
think i may be a christian.
sorry clas
lack of cigs & wine sent me
sorty mad last nite
bloody churches....
if god really lives there why is it so
cold?
Y.M.C.A.....
disco heaven
ABBA too
db
A week went by, and now itÆs July...
Blaise and Lady B-WELCOME BACK! You were missed.
LB, Malc, and Aus-maybe we can get together next week--IÆm on break, and
would love to par-tay.
Urgent DOMC business to take care
of.
Topics:
1. Merits of drinking too much Merlot
2.Checking
Equipment on the Gig--How to Avoid Idiots Onstage
MC-sorry to hear about your friend. Seems like he was well-loved. Nice to see you post here.
Cyn--canÆt help letting kiddies breathe on me. I fear itÆs one of the hazards of my job. Nice to have insurance and sick days to deal with it. Hope you are having a fandango meringuo time at the SPA!!!! Enjoy it, dear lady.
Hi, Bill! Hmm...while the offer from FLDI does seem appetizing, I thought Kendall Park had City Music, Co. and not much else. Rte. 27? We gots a Rte. 27 down here in Edison. How far up does that go?
YGK-Horror stories? Well a good friend of mine used to talk about a gig he played where a lady danced with a dog. No alcohol was involved. DaddyG has a dooser of a story about a ôBird Mitzvahö he once played. Perhaps we can get him to post it. Me? I try to block out any situations IÆve been involved in that would force me to change my name.
Dano-hey! Sorry to hear about your troubles. Hope you can soon leave this condition ôbehind.ö
Original Lester-Why not try leaping in on over to NJ and weÆll jam. IÆll put you up. Kindred spirit here.
Gina and Clas-glad to hear about your visit. IÆm looking forward to hearing the contribution. I have nothing at the moment. CanÆt get the muse.
Gina, nice leer-icks and thanx for awakening a sleeping parodic worm. Werrrmmmmmmeee-keep æem coming--you iz back.
Howard!!!!! The guitarist in my band is leaving. Wanna come over to the states and play? ;)
Does anyone know if Rick Marotta and Jerry Marotta are related? Jerry Marotta produced Peter GabrielÆs öSo,ö and will be producing DaddyGÆs sister next fall. HeÆs also a drummer. Give me the skinny, people, if you got it.
Re: W1PÆs band on the TM2002
This is tough issue. If we start to deny
music being sent in to the compilation, we may not have enough music to
warrant a CD. While I have been drawing blank on a contribution, myself, I
canÆt help but wonder if we donÆt allow the Floyd tribute on, the CD will
never come to be. It needs as many tracks as we can get.
On the other hand,
I think the real issue here is what exactly is the compilation? The rules have
been changed here concerning the allowance of non-original DanFan music what
with the invitation of covers. Now what was the intent of the whole
compilation to begin with? As a latecomer to the scene, I have no idea what
the original intent was. Nor do I know what the purpose of the CD is now that
the rules have changed. Could someone who has the authority to do so speak up
on the issue?
If the intent of the compilation is to showcase the original
music of the DanFans on the GB or remain in tribute to the SD by offering SD
covers, then I say no to the Floyd song.
If it is a compilation by members
of the DanFan base, then I say allow the Floyd song, although not every member
of W1P may have ôsworn their oath of loyal Fandom to SD,ö and the writers of
the song may or may not be DanFans themselves. The answer, like the old joke
about what an old lady tastes like, depends.
Finally-Everybody!
To flame or not flame. Grow up already and stop
taking yourselves so seriously. Personal attacks whether on a profession,
political affiliation, ôtalentö or contributions, or how much money people
make, do not matter in the scheme of things. You all put your pants on one leg
at a time. The first graders I teach exhibit more social skills than most
people, it seems. Oh, BTW, sorry for the flaming in this post. Just a bit of
fun.
Any predictions for the Oscars?
Best Actor: Crowe had it locked up before he attacked the British producer across the pond. Denzel Washington should win fittingly on a night where Sidney Poitier will be awarded for Lifetime Achievement...
Best Actress: Close one between Cissy Spacek and Haile Berry. The smart $ is on Spacek, but I'll go with Berry in an upset
Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind. Although the film took some liberties it's a great flick. Lord of the Rings is Worthy, but will not win due to the ET effect: a fantasy that's too big at the box office
Best Director: The Academy historically rarely splits up best director and picture, but they did recently I think. The Crowe-magnon and Opie effects will snatch it from Ron Howard, despite being well-liked for Jackson of The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Supporting Actor: Duh...Gandalf all the way.
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly
http://www.muchmoremusic.com/concertsandspecials/mar25-mar31.asp#2
listening to my station at launch with yahoo - it's playing this great guitarist, i think, joyce cooling - sort of a pat metheny, al jarreau's band, with a brazilian back beat kind of thingie goin - anyone know her - she's from san fransisco
okay, i really got to do some laundry
Been listening to Marvin Gaye's "Let's get it on" all evening. Good thing with the de-luxe/extended/remastered and the other tricks from the companies - you pick up them old one¦s again. Hearing "If I should die tonight" makes me chill... .
L
Gina: One last thing - Try Whistling This has Neil's only Dan-like cut: "Sinner." N. Finn's influences are generally more folk, classical, native music, and rock rather than jazz. McCartney AND Lennon are obviously big influences on his songwriting style. Most of Neil's tunes are more Paul, but Astro and Faster Than Light sound more like John...his lyrics are much more John than Paul, fortunately...
Dano, weed, whites and wine? A lot of people think of Little Feat as a Nawlins southern style boogie band. But they are from Los Angeles -- and not the kind who moved here. Anyway, I know ya'all are waiting with bated breath for a report on Eddie Money so here goes. I cringed some time ago on this GB when I admitted to liking Creed. I did and do still. Well, I have a similar admission to make -- I like a lot of Eddie Money. Get a Move On from the Americathon soundtrack, Life's for the Taking, Trinidad -- some of that stuff rocked just hard enough to attract my attention. Of course I can live without the "just like Ronnie says" BS (last night Eddie had his 13 year old daughter sing that part, I'm serious.) So the bottom line is this -- Eddie's band really rocks and Eddie has lost his fastball big time. Maybe he was under the weather last night but he was passable on a few cuts and couldn't sing his way out of a paper bag on others. I know that this report was a waste of bandwidth but at least it addresses music. Looks like things are shaping up for my wife's birthday on 4/12 in Dan Diego.
okidoki doc Mu :-)
G: The album with Wendy & Lisa is One Nil soon to be One All. Two of the wekest traccks have been exchange, 3 remixed and a change in the order of some of the songs...it's more of a "band" album
Try Whistling This is mostly Neil playing with some folks on drums (when it's not sequenced or a drum machine) I don't know. Mitchell Froom plays organ on a couple of tracks...a much different sounding album than One Niil...
...and Horse: and will you please elaborate what you mean with "pathetic little country".
That horse with no name: "UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE" ? You must mean Fucking unbelievable?
Dano - Stackridge!!! "The man in the bowler hat" was/is THE album mid-70ies. Well in pair with Aja. And you fought the singer?! Wow!
Another brilliant quote from Fuckhead, I mean Clas
"show some respect" UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE!
"Jay Graydon will never show up as long as" YOU ARE HERE CLAS YOU FUCKHEAD
Show the GB some respect and crawl back to your pathetic little country.
FEED THE CLAS UNTIL HE CHOKES ON HIS OWN REGURGITATED BILE!
good sunny day on the euro-continent ..
Schwinn, the TM2002 will be on
its way to you :-)
Clas, many thanks to you and your offspring, the "hey
hey" Lundkvist guyz :-)
doc Mu, when you wrote about Neil Finn here i listened to it in the store, also because i'm always interested in the whereabouts of Wendy & Lisa .. must say it isn't an album you take in the first time, needs more time to get it, yes i agree .. didn't buy it then, had to make a choice and i felt it better to save for a later period .. so i will certainly welcome Neil Finn in my musical household :-)
This world we live in is sometimes too wild to get ..
G.
Lowell was about to have a gig, he stayed at a hotel. He complained for his wife having chest-pains. Later they found him dead on his room. Also found some coke.
The very same death as Porcaro and many many others.
As said in the movie "Blow"; -everybody did it.
Listen to Jackson Brownes tribute "Song for missing persons (a song so wild and blue)".
I saw little feat with my Spring Chickens, Lisa and Sunny Sam, back down in New Orleans. Great stuff.
C
Steeve baby,I will go and see any cover band for free , and as its our own Mr Sticks thats a big bonus , have a dooser of a night aand dont get the poor boy to muellered??
Duncan , just off to Ladbrokes for a tenner on the Toon to win 2-1 at 9/1 if that comes up the beers will be on me tonight??First time out on weekend for nearly a month so going for it big time geezer.
StAl ,WIP, just coincidence guys, but a friend of mine was playing Willin" by Little Feat last night havin a spliff and for the life of us cant remember how Lowell passed away . Can you clue me in ??
YGK , Now this actually happened . In the mid seventies myself two brothers
and three cousins went to see a band called Stackridge play locally . They
were on for about 1/2 hour and one of the guys shouted get on with it , and
the base player in the band took exception to this and shouted if you can do
better get your arse up here , low and behold my cousin jumps up on stage and
started fighting with the guitarist , then all frickin pandemonium set in and
we are all up there about 10/15 of us all scrapping with the band , police
came, people going basarak ,and as i knew the guy who was organizing the gig i
was huckled in the back of the van with him . He says Dan whats happening with
your mad Scots mates, to which i had to give help to and all the fighting with
the band , so i said they all started it and next thing i knew the singer in
the band who was in the police van was trying to belt me one ?? So my claim to
fame all over town to this day was fighting with the lead singer of
Stackridge.
To this day we all have a laugh about it and i still see all
the other people who joined in to help us fight the band , and we can all have
a crack about it.
Stackridge lasted a while and even had a top ten hit over here , but they never again messed with the Scots??
co-worker again?
Ha!
I know you haven't feel well lately Malcolm, but don't take it out on me, okay?
C
Clas since you love negative attention so much why don't you fucking die?
Gina - what did Denny Diaz say? -No fart jokes of any kind.
Show some respect. If we keep on mentioning heroin and farts, Jay Graydon will NEVER, and I say NEVER, show up here. Neither will that other guy.
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Original Lester - I can relate to that, absolutely, "...so many chords" says the guitarplayers who use to play E7-blues-songs, and the jazzmusicians are so used to their carbon-paper-harmonies/scales.
Keep on searching though. And Bakersfield? Becker is singing of your town, is it still raining cat and dogs?
C
Gina: I can tell you like a challenging album. I heartily encourage you to try Neil Finn's first solo album "Try Whistling This" from 1998. I've listened to it on and off for 4 years. Tonight while scrolling throu a vast Foundation site, I finally "got it." Quite a departure from the more straight ahead Crowded House days, though Together Alone experimented some with native New Zealand Maori rhythms. His new one on import "One Nil", soon to be in the States "One All" is less exerimental by excllent pop that resembles his Live recordings more. Anyway, Try Whitsling This is Finn's 11 ToW in a hypermelodic sense, expect the tunes permeate slowly, almost an osmosis...Ut;s the second half that's particularly sneaky. Loose Tongue, Truth, Astro, Dream Date, Faster Than Light, and Addicted are a block of intricate that contrast with the more thunderous and hooky first half
Don't confuse tongue-in-cheek humor with outright flaming. They are not
related.
Shaun Murphy sings some vocals, but Paul Barrere (ex. "Eula" on Chinese Work Songs - their last one) still sings lead on other vocals. Occasionally, Sam Clayton or Bill Payne will take over the mike. Shaun took over the slot once filled by Craig Fuller (from Pure Prarie League - ex. "Amy") when Little Feat reunited. Fuller, I guess, had trouble living in the shadow of the late Lowell George, and who wouldn't...
Thank God I dont have to pay to see Eddie Money -- they let us in for the last 1/2 hour to distribute flyers. We're going for the whole Little Feat show (though its a female vocalist now as you probably know)
Wormy et B: Eh dear, it's sad that some of the best of the parody parade were left on the Amen. I'm getting positively misty eyed, here.
Kinky's page:
http://www.nettwerkamerica.com/artist.php?artist_id=80
DEBUT ALBUM FROM KINKY IN-STORES MARCH 26 from Nettwerk Records:
"The debut from Kinky is not so much about sex as it is about the group's hometown of Monterrey, Mexico, the border region where club music, hip-hop and Latin overlap. Call it space music for the Spanglish Age. But despite the band's electronic trappings...Kinky has a visceral, funky feel to it...whether they dabble in deconstructed samba, DJ Shadow-like bass 'n' break beats or norteno-accordion-cum-Chic-disco-guitar licks, Kinky are as feverishly danceable as a night in Ibiza." - Rolling Stone (3 1/2 stars)
DEBUT ALBUM FROM KINKY IN-STORES MARCH 26 from Nettwerk Records:
"The debut from Kinky is not so much about sex as it is about the group's hometown of Monterrey, Mexico, the border region where club music, hip-hop and Latin overlap. Call it space music for the Spanglish Age. But despite the band's electronic trappings...Kinky has a visceral, funky feel to it...whether they dabble in deconstructed samba, DJ Shadow-like bass 'n' break beats or norteno-accordion-cum-Chic-disco-guitar licks, Kinky are as feverishly danceable as a night in Ibiza." - Rolling Stone (3 1/2 stars)
W1P: Eddie Money? You're kidding, right? Are you paying to see him, or is his manager paying you?
Now Little Feat is a whole nother story.
StAl
"Cover your front teeth and suck on my pole..."
Seriously, though, I am having a hell of a time with my own personal
musical angst. I have written some songs over the past few years, some of
which I think are worthy of recording and/ or performing. Problem being that
Don and Walt have influenced me to make songs with chord progressions that few
folks can handle. (I'm sure several GB musicians can relate). Rock musicians
don't have the chops, and jazz musicians usually just want to play jazz.
Basically, I fall somewhere in between there, thus I am a man without a
category. If anything, I just want to find someone who takes a similar
interest in my stuff, and maybe can write in a similar vein. I am certainly
not trying to recreate Steely Dan, because that will never, ever be achieved
by anyone, nor should it. But I find myself at 31 with decent guitar playing
and songwriting ability, even passable as a singer, not wanting to just hook
up with any band for the sake of playing.
I suppose a kindred spirit is a
bit much to ask for, especially living in Bakersfield, CA. But I'll keep
plugging away, writing, and recording crappy demos on my 4-track until
something interesting comes along.
Listening to Shuggie Otis's Inspiration Information right now- money.
OL
god
good
devil
evil
class
clas
tosser
evenbiggertosser
coincidence I think not
Someone(thing) to eat the hydroponic Goldfish:
http://dailynews.netscape.com/dailynews/cnn/story_2.tmpl?story=2002032210065001126809&shortdate=0322
G: I like it the parody, not the fish...The most amusing paragraph was where the staffers at Tuoro College were impressed with the smell of hydroponic meat sauteÄd in sauce of olive oil, garlic, lemon and pepper, but refused to taste it!!! Next time, they should try Northwest Salmon instead of Goldfish!!!
G: I like it the parody, not the fish...The most amusing paragraph was where the staffers at Tuoro College were impressed with the smell of hydropoic meat sauteÄd in sauce of olive oil, garlic, lemon and pepper, but refused to taste it!!! Next time, they should try Northwest Salmon instead of Goldfish!!!
Sorry Steeve, I can't make the drive to OC tonight because we're flyering the Eddie Money show tonight at the Canyon ("I think I'm in love, and my life's lookin up") and Little Feat tomorrow ("I'll be YOUR Dixie Chicken"). Do me a favor and say Happy Birthday to Mr. Sticks.
(#1112) Ok doc Mu, this because of you:
Your Gold Meat
What are these nuggets
They look and smell like fish
They reek from
their wings
And the way they make astronauts smile
What are the
secrets
They trace in the sky
And why do you tremble
Each time they
float by
Throw out your gold meat
And see how they roll
The odeurs they
reveal
Food in space is unreal
Who are these scientists
Who put stuff in tubes
Who cover their
actions
And go you one more
If you're feeling hungry
You best not
refuse
It's your game the rules
Are your own eat or puke
Throw out your gold meat
And see how they float
The onion, salt and
oil
Space the only mortail coil
:-) G.
¦tant meat in space:
http://dailynews.netscape.com/dailynews/cnn/story_2.tmpl?story=2002032210065001126808&shortdate=0322
This is 1111
Here we go again ... it's .... S H A M E L E S S .... P L U G G I N
G
FOR TONIGHT'S STEELY FAN BAND SHOW IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
You gourmet champagne drinkers will be right at home, considering closet-sized homes in Newport Beach start at $400,000, but hey, it's a fix-me-up, OK?
We will be toasting our drummer and band leader's birthday tonight. The Studio Cafe is the place, 100 Main Street in the center of it all in Newport Beach. Come early, stay late.
Don't tell us you would rather stay at home chewing ham !!!
The MFM
Prolly been said before, but
DEFINITELY GET
Dr. John's CREOLE MOON
sssssssssssssssssssssssssssslammin...............
ygk
DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!
DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!
HOLY COW!!!
"Last Winter",
"...if I saw you right now, I'd hit you. Hard..."
Hehehe...Let me explain the rest of the dream to you pal
because you're
obviously on the high end of the bi-polar
emotional swing. The dream
actually goes like this...
Let's assume that you did actually meet me and that,
against all odds,
you summoned up the courage (which, lets
face it, you are in short supply
of to begin with...) to
actually attempt to strike me (I know this would
never
happen but this is fantasy after all so let's go with it
ok?).
And let's assume that against all astronomical odds, which
my 16
digit calculator can't even calculate, you actually
connected. Here's what
would happen...
You stand back in total amazement as your strike has
absolutely,
positively, no effect. You realise that your
ill-advised
stand has done nothing more than amuse and anger the
intended
target. Your future then takes a turn for the worse as you
bolt for the nearest office cubicle, roll up in a little ball
beneath a
desk, and begin to beg for forgiveness, but of course
none is forthcoming
and the next time you open your eyes you're
in the local hospital I.C.U.
attempting to re-learn how to write
your own name, stand on your own two
feet, and possibly how
to use a fork and spoon.
And so goes the rest of the dream, which in your case is more
of a
nightmare, but hey not all dreams are happy ones are they?
And Bill lived happily ever after...
The End.
(#1074) The problem with you is you're just not Kosher. I guess that makes you "the other white meat". You have probably never been in a situation where, you were out of town on a gig, the musical director, having to play constantly demanding music that is keyboard based, using unfamiliar equipment, or, for that matter, have to deal with other people. Remember, this was in response to YGK's request for horror stories while gigging, not "my life IS a horror story" like yours, obviously. Go get sliced, you dumb ham.
Steveedan
slow GB day ...
hi there Wormman! the farts and burps were only brought
into the picture to highlight the speed and playful relating in which you guyz
popped up the parody lyrics ... wow, you haven't lost your touch, mucho
gracias!!!!
Excusez-moi C, Lundkvist. Yep, send it over, the juggling-words-muse is around, i can sense her/him/it ...
Have a nice weekend everyone,
G.
clas - you got it - our olives are stored in vermouth in the fridge
aus - i can't sit still at my desk, now cut that out! ;p
sh - wow, whatta punchline
b - still blushing at my cervix - woops, did i say that again? sheesh! in tears laughing at my desk right now
ge - where are you?
about to be interviewed by a student in planning - not a good day to be asking me about my career - i may crack up laughing, this poor kid, he has no idea what he's in for - mmmwwwaaaahhahahahahahaha!!!!!!! can you say: wills and estates? yes, a much better path, really...
god, i need a cigarrette after hanging out with you people
okay clas - gotta go - LOL
Clas says "show some
respect"
hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Howard - yes, great. Lucky guy. And there's one hell of a thing sittin' at a rehersal waiting for the guitar-men finnishing their tuning. Specially before those small tune-devices came.
I use to wonder why some guys have too change guitars after every song, the git-techs running on and off the stage with tuned guitars, and, for example, Walter Becker could stay steady with his one guitar thru the whole show.
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Gina - hi there, hmm, (it's LundKvist). Hey, I am working on a fancy groove. It's radge fancy I might add. I'll tape it and send it to you. See if you can do something on it.
Had red tea. Was that supposed to ease the pain? I'm still laughing at the frozen brain (I was dreaming I was at the autopsy).
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Cyn - hey, have one for me as well?
LP - I'd like a Martini. Or, after a second thought; I settle for the olivers.
c
there you go gina!
no burping and farting on this end ;-)
here's a stab back at you
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
the caves of alti-online
I'm all bliss when I rem ah niss,
how I spent my days online
the busy
world had passed me bye
sign on stranger doing fine
I would post a song
or two
just to get a blaiser laugh
I'd slop it thick
the wheat and
all the chaff
I would lay my deepest thoughts
in a simple parody
just to get
canadian response
within minutes on Banyan Trees
now it seems one has to
labor
through the flames and all the trash
and anti U.S. slants from
sweden's clas
before last fall
when the Stranger hit a lull
and there wasn't even
any jolly good
we heard the call and left nuggets on the wall
and dared
to look beneath the hood
can it be a sad resign
haven't written a refrain
no need to add to a
day's posts
that are clearly down the drain
nothing left to comment
on
except an 03 disc and tour
trying hard to fish without a lure
the bait and hook
snag away on the guestbook
when there isn't even
any Royal Scam
we'll bide our time
like a frozen pantomine
until the
boys take the 03 grams
;-) wormy
.....um.....uh...can't....stop....help...post...sign...thank you...dreamin'...blank...
shall i do another primal scream?
another nap on-line?
nah - got a meeting
ha B, now it's funny!
testing 123
Watched the DVD of Elvis' One Night With You yesterday ... 1968, compare
that one with the MTV unplugged sessions and there's just no comparison! Not
just Elvis looking real snappy in black leather and his friends in red, i had
a ball when i spotted the actor who was colonel Decker in the TV series the
A-Team sitting nearby Elvis, handling the tambourine LOL
ONE GREAT DVD! It
rocked, it rolled and this a Time Capsula of many if not all times, really,
well, my humble opinion anyways :-)
And those Gibson guitars ...
Now listening to Jonas Lundqvist, Swedish hip-hop/r&b/rap, is anyone familiar with Galliano or other British music in similar easy sounding waves? Language like the Swedish one is melodic and although i can't literally understand what they're singing about, the words have a pretty nice ring :-) there's so much good music out there and one lifetime toooo short to reel it all in ...
An example of Swedish Jazz, vocalist Rigmor Gustafsson, i bought a live
recording ... Over The Rainbow is like Somewhere one of those songs that make
you wanna cry, what is it in these tunes to strike those salted liquid tubes
in a human body????
The effect of sounds, noises on us humans ... not just
humans ... in the regular animal world ... there was this documentary on TV
about discovering one of those dinosaurs, he had like a huge (darn, where's
the dictionary when you need it) extension on his back. After catscanning they
learned it was connected to his vocal chords and breathing channels and the
extension was divided into parts like pipes of an organ or panflute. Imagine
what roar and sounds those must have made ... Nature .. animals are equipped
sooo nifty, in order to survive or kill or to eat or be eaten ...
And here's another Katy Fried hommage, saluting the days of Wormtom et Blaise when parodies were shifted into Banyan Space wit a speed like teenage guys might do when burping and exchange their fart decompressions:
Bad Speakers
Five flames that i can hardly
Stand to read
Including yours and
mine
And one more shrimp who isn't here
I can see the damsels
talking
How the nipples are getting hard
And that fearsome
excavation
On Banyan Trees Boulevard
Yes we must be insane
And we're laughing at our frenzy brains
Well
we're not alone
Honey when they're gonna keep us home
Bad Speakers and a Kruger Concoction
My friend
Slaying all on daytime
jobs
Or just before they hit the sack
In Trance, sister and a
bro
There to cover your back
You fellas, you crackin' up the joints
You wear that Danned
Tuxedos
How you gonna beat the heat
Do you play us with your tools
Do
you think that we don't see
That bitchin' is a turn-on
On the road of
the Banyan Tree
Yes we must be insane
And we're laughing at our frenzy brains
Well
we're not alone
Honey when they're gonna keep us home
Bad Speakers and a Kruger Concoction
My friend
Slaying all on daytime
jobs
Or just before they hit the sack
In Trance, sister and a
bro
There to cover your back
(Featuring all GB-musicians
And the GB Babe Choir)
Banyan Tree Chow Bow,
G.
B - do i have to attend weekly meetings now with poops? LOL - as if...
i have enough meetings in my day gig
woops, did i say gig?
LOL big time
love the stories, really, keep em comin
off
YGK: gig stories
First proper gig I ever played, I broke a string about 2 verses into the first song. Because of the spring/whammy bar set up, this knocked the 5 remaining strings about 2/5 of a semitone out of tune. Nice!
Also, my guitar solo was coming up in about 25 seconds ...
Had to redo the solo so I could get the notes that should have been played on the broken string from one of the other strings. Also had to bend every note up 2/5 of a semitone to get it in tune. No doubt it sounded pretty terrible, but what are you supposed to do?!?
Luckily for me, the guitarist from the band who were on after us very kindly lent me his guitar and he put in a new string for me while we played the next few songs. Luckily for me, his guitar was perfectly in tune with the rest of my band!
On a completetly different point:
Uncle Sam - why is it so strange for
someone to be knowledgeable about a subject (or country), and for them to
express their dislike of that subject or country? This doesn't sound stange to
me at all.
In fact, the opposite situation strikes me as stranger - for someone to express their dislike of a country or person, while having little knowledge about them. Sadly, this is the situation we are most likely to encounter. The risk is that it develops into intolerance based on untruths.
Howard
#1070..Cyn, have another drink.
Well, ya know..I think I will. Tomorrow I'll take Aus's advice and have a loverly glass of Champagne, whilst I lay around getting "Spa'd Over". So much better than that cat piss YOU drink. BTW..your comment came off sounding a wee bit like "sour grapes"
sh..Tried and tried for 2 hours to call......
Jjeff - don't mention heroin, show some respect.
C
hey all
aus: my favorite champagne glass is narrow and deep, and i also had a 92 last month, very nice
B: you know, at this point it's funny, especially if you can see what i was trying to say
happy friday!
Are you people talking old footage on the RnB show 'cause I thought Little Anthony died ages ago from heroin?
...hurts so bad
Plugging Zan Gardner, opening for Susan Werner: "If anyone is interested,
my performance in Cambridge, Mass. will be
broadcast live over the
internet Friday, March 22..8PM bostonradio.com
channel 5."
Hey T 4 Tonezzz ... you did that one yourself :-) Prefab Sprout coming to tickle your eardrums, ask doc Mu, he's into the Paddy-oooh's as well!!
Toodly all,
G.
jjeff and everyone - you can see the all-star jam on 'Take Me to the River' here:
http://talking-heads.net/
Still no 'Psycho Killer,' but It was better than my cynical ass thought...
Gina - Yesterday after I read your post, some guy walked in and handed me two Prefab Sprout cds for trade. How'd you do that?
Aus - I agree. It's gotta happen. And that's one of my fav Who tunes btw...
wormy - I'd be interested to read more on your take on DVD-A versus upsampling... I've been wondering if there would be much difference. And I've wondered if HDCD, SACD, and/or DVD-A is irrelevant if you dither or upsample the signal to 20 bits or more. What do you think?
peaks
t
Aus - you find it in shops for 70-80 dollars/pair, but you never find it in "serious" places.That's my "tourist" ref. Nice buy you did on those 'Perfect' flutes. Half the price but 4 times better than DP's.
...but for the rec Ausse:
Reimyre Glasbruk.
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Ahhh, Champagne, I remember that one. Puttin' on the Ritz and all that.
C
Lars: Thanks for the heads up. I went ahead and ordered 6 of these: For the
dedicated wine lover -
the exquisite champagne glass 'Perfect'. The glass
was designed by Richard and produced by the Reij- myre glass foundry in
Sweden. The glass is not only beautiful but exquisite when it comes scent and
taste experience. The cupped shape gives the mousse and the aroma the best
possible pre-requisites. The glasses are delivered in pairs.
However...for Champagne lovers like me, the Baccarat Dom IS perfection. Please expound on your "tourist" comment. It is genuinely befuddling.
Yours,
Aus
Bill/Uncle Sam, man, you suck. You suck so much. Fucking stop. I live in America, and if I saw you right now, I'd hit you. Hard. End it.
midnite cruiser- I saw the PBS special last month. Yup, they can still throw down. It's amazing how they could maintain their range despite the ravages of age.
There have been several specials similar to this that were also shot in Pittsburgh. Little Richard, Little Anthony and even Lou Christie performed on those specials Even Lou still has that high octave when he sings Lightning Strikes.
I think they're out on video, but not sure if they're in stores. I saw them pitched during those pledge breaks.
Jorge...
I don't know if you have been catching the Swedish news the past few days,
but there's this guy who was caught storing cyanide on the subway in
GSllivare with a plot to release it in gas form in upcoming weeks. The
caught the guy milling around in a private tunnel leading to my
building for which I handle computer security. So that's been my
preoccupation. It's sick that someone wants to kill people like that
as way of expressing whatever. So when I have to deal with some of
the
noise you've been posting it's a pretty small deal.
(You just don't get it do you?)
C
Aus: That flute is a big item sold to amateurs or american tourists. You
can't drink a quality wine in a flute shaped like that. Try this
instead:
at www.champagneclub.com/mainpage/shopping.asp. Perfection &
grace.
Pretty clever there Dandy.
jorge: Am I prententious or am I pretentious?
What vintage Dom were you
drinking sir/madam? Because, if it's the year I hope you were drinking, then
wow. Cheers. Shlanche Vah. The flute I'm curious of too.....because if you
were a guest in my flat, it would be Dom Perignon's Baccarat crystal.
Should you compromise my crystal you lose an ovary. Or a ball (testicle).
Incidentally, your insights on the swede were right on.
Sincerely,
Aus
LuckLess Pedestrian: The Ramones were done right this past Monday by GreenDay....I was there. Hangin' with none other than Steve Case. Love love love.
LadyBaySide: So looking forward to teeing it up anew. Hope Spermy's been treated well.
Oleander: I have the feeling Babes and you will become soul mates in New Orleans....you cutie pie you.
Aja: O yesss. Chere needs to be summoned.....asap. Bring the hair brush sil vous plait.
YGK: The new stuff is gold. Fuck the mindless jerkies....you know your back is so backed up.
Beemer: When your babe lets you come to NYC you're soo in for a treat....
Hutch: Well put.
the incomparable Sir Steviedan: What goes on brother? Come north too...you will be well taken care of.
CaraMiaMarsha: Thanks for the pics....you make this place a pleasure.
NeggieGirl: Quit being so shy....you have the numbres. Call.
Daaaaaaaaaano: My favourite from across the pond....will be in France in May and then Spain in June....let's make it happen mancub.
FloriDavid: You're needed. Big time.
wunderWorm: Cheque is late...but my lord, you're not paying for a fucking thing come jass fest.
Which One's Pink: Stand by my offer for USSct. endorsement.
Fogel & Shari: In a silent auction, yours truly was winning bidder for four field box seats Yankees versus Metsies at Shea this coming summer...e-blast if you care...to join.
Shout out to LisaG and DaddyG.....
NMN: Congrats.....
Mu: We NEED to party....seriously.
Tones: Read above....exact sentiment.....
Happy spring everyone....
From The Who Sell Out..I've been rockin' to it:
"Me and my brother were talking to each other
'Bout what makes a man a
man
Was it brain or brawn, or the month you were born
We just couldn't
understand
Our old man didn't like our appearance
He said that only women wear long
hair
So me and my brother borrowed money from Mother
We knew what we had to
do
We went downstairs, past the barber and gymnasium
And got our arms
tattooed
Welcome to my life, tattoo
I'm a man now, thanks to you
I expect I'll
regret you
But the skin graft man won't get you
You'l be there when I
die
Tattoo
My dad beat me 'cause mine said "Mother"
But my mother naturally liked
it and beat my brother
'Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude
And
my mother thought that was extremely rude
Welcome to my life, tattoo
We've a long time together, me and you
I
expect I'll regret you
But the skin graft man won't get you
You'll be
there when I die
Tattoo
Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over
My wife is tattooed too
A
rooty-toot-toot, rooty-tooty-toot-toot
Rooty-toot-toot tattoo too
To
you"
LUV,
Aus
It is strange how Clas seems to know EVERYTHING about the
United States.
Stange how he absolutely loves our music.
Strange how he seems to know
every last minute detail about
the goings-on in Manhattan. Strange how he
knows more
about our political process than even some of us do.
And yet
he PRETENDS to hate us. In actuality he really
LOVES us. He LOVEs our
culture, our style, even our food.
He loves everything about us!
In retrospect, maybe we should'nt have turned down his
application for
U.S. citizenship. Who knows how he might
have turned out.
No Rouge, it's people like you that are pathetic.
Gosh, where to begin??
Shout out to Hutch, Lady B, Zeke, & Flamblaise!
Dano--hope you simmer down.
MC--thinking of you.
Students: Remedial Scrolling, Introductory Ignoring, The Death of Humor, and Signature and Artifact: A Survey begin Monday. Registration at Squonk's Saturday night. No prerequisites, just perquisites.
All of you losers with the clas-fetish are even more pathetic than you think he is...
clas is the biggest, most pretentious (well, besides aussie.... seriously folks, is aussie pretentious or is he pretentious? --- sorry aus, i said this as i was sipping my last flute of dom) asshole that ever graced these pages. clas cares nothing about anyone or anything besides himself. he despises americans so much that he posts on this american band's guestbook everyday. he hates americans so much that his favorite band is american. he despises america so much that he has to torture himself into coming here EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY so he can post his crap and get americans to respond and applaud him. he is so infatuated with america that he knows more about our country than most americans (and that i'm not proud of--ok clas, you get a point for that). unfortunately, you americans feel the need to "connect" with europeans, so you answer him. clas is living in an isolated ice-infested country that isn't even mentioned in world news/major international summit meetings, etc. clas' people just occupy the space that no one else wants. who wants to live above the 60th parallel? i really don't blame him though, i would be bitter too if i had to live in sweden.
by the way clas, i don't give a flying fuck if someone "threatened" to attack your office building. a very dear friend of mine died on 9/11 and you basically laughed in my face. you, sir, are going to hell.
lulu - clas does not care if americans get hurt or killed. why are you surprised?
i just found it strange, that mr. sweden, who was dishin' us about 9-11, found it awful that someone was going to attack his office building.
we did not deserve this. you did not deserve this. get it.
fear. get it, claus?
we are all not zionist. we didn't ask fo it. nor did you.
we are all born pure.
SteeveeDumb - You mean you couldn't figure out the one thing that every electronics/computer person knows, which is to turn an electronic component off, thereby resetting it? Hold on a sec....you're not a musician, are you?
oops, almost forgot.... Clas is an asshole!
MC -- I saw that R&B 40 a few weeks back (and posted about it) I ended up contributing to KCET to get the entire VHS package, CD AND the James Brown doll (which I had to do because my two year old Aja kept calling it "Robot")! The performances are first rate -- best track is "Who's That Lady" by the Isleys!
Duncan....just got back in and couldn't find the comet....I was looking where they said to look but no joy....I'll keep sneaking a peek every night it's clear for a while....I did snag this shot of Orion with my digital camera though:
http://users.sitestar.net/~jtalbott/Orion.jpg
thanks again for all the well wishes guys & gals....life goes on for us all.
Thanks Tones. Nothing off of Remain In Light? Disappointing.
Cyn - have another drink
jjeff - The Heads played 'Psycho Killer' with the four original members, which wasn't broadcast, then 'Byrning Down the House' and 'Life During Wartime' with Steve Scales (percussion) and Bernie Worrel (keyboards), same arrangements as on Stop Making Sense, both broadcast, then the all-star jam at the end on 'Take Me to the River', which wasn't broadcast either, but then, you probably wouldn't have been able to see or hear the Heads in all that mess by then anyway...
there ya go...
Dano -- you ARE right. I am missing in action. I am always HERE !!! I hope that your bowels are resting quietly. I am sure that I am not alone in this hope. Seriously, I hope you are feeling better. That can't be fun.
Midnight Cruiser -- My condolences to you. I hope that things are getting a little better (1000th post notwithstanding).
Fingers Shotan -- I will be playing for you. And the night after, would you please play for me? I will mention the DSO during our show.
YGK - I got one for ya ... I was playing a gig in Sacramento, California with the Steely Fan Band last July. It was at a restaurant that was built on a floating dock over the Sacramento River. The place rocked ... literally. Anyway, the bandstand was on it's own little barge. The load in and the load out was a really long walk. But that isn't the horror story. I made arrangements to borrow a sound module that I was going to play with my ancient Yamaha DX-7 II FD keyboard. My plan was to trigger the sounds in the Alesis sound module with the DX-7. I spent a few days prior to the 400 mile drive up to Sacramento familiarizing myself with the Alesis module, and finding blended sounds (between the Alesis and the Yamaha DX-7).
We get set up, and it is time to start the first of two sets. The first half of the first set goes smoothly. No problems.
Large boats are motoring past the restaurant and creating wakes. It is getting a bit choppy and the band stand barge is now rocking fairly well from it. In my haste to set up, I did not realize that I had not constructed my keyboard bench correctly and it is rocking. So my bench is rocking and the stage is rocking. I am starting to get motion sickness.
Then, apparently for no reason, the Alesis sound module 'burps'. It is not making any sounds at all. No matter what I tried to do, I could not make it work. For the rest of the set and for all of Set 2, all I have available to play are the antequated sounds of the Yamaha DX-7 keyboard. All of my preparation of figuring out nice blended sounds went out the window.
The next day, when I returned home to Los Angeles, I called the person whom I borrowed the Alesis sound module from. I thanked him for it, but I also told him what had happened, and that I could not figure out how to reverse the problem.
That is when I learned that the Alesis had a "midi burp" as my friend called it. He then said that all I had to do was turn the Alesis module off, wait a few moments, and turn it back on again, and everything would work.
I was totally outraged when I heard this. So before I returned the Alesis to my friend, I plugged it back in and midi-ed it to my Yamaha DX-7. It worked flawlessly.
What a pisser !!! Boy am I glad I have a new keyboard. Hey NYBill, are you paying attention ?!? Get a new keyboard. The Yamaha S 80 has everything I need in it. I don't midi anything to it. I plug it in, and it works. Period. Ellipsis ... Parenthesis () and I "quote".
Stevee(Damn,Damn,Damn)Dan
Snakie - there's *always* room on the couch for you... grab a soda...
Hey Chips! Was that you moshing down front at the HoF thing? Did you see Fred Schnieder frugging? I thought Green Day ruled... except for the faux cockney thing.
And the Heads... wow. Awesome as expected, bittersweet (Chris Frantz broke my heart with the "...happy ending" line. And I was touched when Jerry Harrison mentioned that his wife and kids were finally getting to see them live), but they definitely "Byrned" down the house. And Life During Wartime was intense! I remember thinking that song was funny. Not anymore. Scary.
And Brenda Lee! Only *12 years old* (!!?) when she sang "I'm Sorry"? Blew me away!
Great show I thought. My only complaint is that they didn't broadcast Psycho Killer, the only song the Heads played as the original foursome. Must be Clas' fault somehow...
-------------------------
MC - glad you're hanging in there dude. Sorry about your friend man.
Daaaaaaano - geez, hope it's just a passing thing...
Blaise - missed ya. Hope you're well too.
LB, LG, Aj, negz... glad you're back also.
Hell, I'm glad *i'm* back...
"...divide and dissolve."
stones
Klas wrote: "KFC - absolutely. When Lisa and I founded this SIS GBook-CD, the idea was showing what kind of music the Gbookers composed."
Yeah, and Al Gore invented the Internet....(four dots)
...the worst ride to work of the winter this morning, and I thought January was bad. Very greasy with 10cm of snow down and it's raining ice. I had 3 transport trucks behind me interspersed with cars for most of the way. Almost to work i look behind to see just one truck...had to have been an accident that halted the rest of the traffic. Such is March.
St.Al;"why do people turn hostile when they're able to hide"Interesting psychological question(even further emphasized by the 2 previous psychological parodoxical posts). Suppressed hostility? Jesus complex? I will admit to 1 anon. post last year but it wasn't hateful. To me it suggests something disturbing,something serial killers have in common,something your parents told you to stay away from. In the end we all have to live with ourselves and if you don't like it you're in trouble.
So what did Talking Heads play at the rnrhof? Don't just tell me they
played.
Steveedan gets burned again by MC this time. Oh Stevee you tried.
MC: Day by day, man. Don't let the negativity drag you down with it.
B.B.King is coming to Halifax but tickets are 90$ for floor seats!!! Has anyone seen this tour?
Lars: Jeff Johnson is my real name. What's yours?
...waiting for the slapdown
Duncan: the moustachioed one is moi.
Clue? Are we playing Clue?!!
tonight on PBS....looks like it's got potential:
R&B 40: A Soul
Spectacular
R&B and soul artists take a musical stroll down memory
lane in concerts taped in November 2001 at Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall.
Performers include Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave), who brings down the house with ôSoul Manö; Little Anthony and the Imperials, whose smooth ôHurt So Badö has the audience on its feet; and the Impressions, who are joined by Jerry Butler on ôFor Your Precious Love.ö Other highlights include the Isley Brothers' jubilant ôShoutö; James Brown's raucous ôI Got You (I Feel Good)ö; the Chi-Lites' silky ôOh Girlö; and Eddie Holman's soul-stirring ôHey There Lonely Girl.ö Butler and Dionne Warwick (who sings ôWalk on Byö) host.
RAWHIDE!
Immature adolescents crave attention which they seek by downing others and their ideas and expressions to make themselves feel better about their frail and embattled self esteem or lack there of.
It's interesting to watch this phenomena at work here on the GB.
Geez stop picking on Clas
lp - we need some dog catchin' around here. round 'em up and get 'em outta here!
Immature adolescents crave attention which they seek by downing others and their ideas and expressions to make themselves feel better about their frail and embattled self esteem or lack there of.
It's interesting to watch this phenomena at work here on the GB.
PLEASE DELETE ME, LET ME GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
this is another sos call to blaise
i can't even get to my yahoo account
i think it's me
sniff
so anyways,
what's today's calamity?
waiter? check please!
next?
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I know what you mean.
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzznnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz uh, what........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzznnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz
Immature children crave attention -- any attention, positive or negative. It's interesting to watch this phenomena at work here on the GB.
Dr. Wu is THE up and coming Dan tribute band. See them, hear them, feel them, but you don't need to heal them.
1st Horror Story
The other night I was sitting in with a blues band in
the West Village.
I used to play with this guy 11 years ago, ran into him in the subway, and
caught up. Guitarist guy. He's got a dirty sound.
Anyway, he invited me to
be a Special Guest and sit in last Saturday.
And I forgot what a flake he
was 11 years ago, but enjoyed the invitation, and showed up, helped him move
some gear - his keyboard and such, and planned to break out a few new tunes,
and help him with his charted stuff.
Anyway, I set up his board, plug it in to the system, power it up. And I ask, Hey, is there anything you want me to do? Nah, he saysààI'll get everything set up.
Ok, so I chill, and hang a bit.
The club gets packed with his
fans/groupies, SRO, and he starts playing to great shouts and wails.
And
then, during the first set, he brings me up to much fanfare, plugs my weekly
gig uptown.
***************************drumroll please*********************************************************
But I arrive at the stage to discover that my mike has no cable, and the keyboard wasn't wired through the system.
The man called me up to just sit me down.
Slightly (ha!) pissedàà
I've met so many guitarists who were assholes - it seems like a
theme.
But then Hutch alters the curve!!!!!
YO HUTCH!!! WERE YOU BEEN
MAN??!?!?!
Eventually got to play 2nd set, which went quite well - and I appreciate Lady Bayside's presence and support as well as all the many others that showed up.
But I didn't move no keybaord at 2:30 in the morningàà.
ygk
When you think about it. There's no saying there'll even any be any touring
or releasing in 2003. Not even an iota of an hint.
Don't take any chances
and secure a SD performance and/or sighting. Think ahead. It's easy. Mail the
voting members of the Songwriters Hall Of Fame like, TODAY.
Songwriters Hall Of Fame
330 West 58th Street
New York NY 10019
And see you next year!
Let's go Donald!
A buddy of mine has a job for you over at the Bunker
Hill
golf course, isn't that great! Be careful riding your bike
across
Rt.27 y'hear? I don't want to have to explain to your
mother how you got
run over by a tractor-trailer or a
garbage truck, ok?
This could be your big break son...Don't Blow It!
:)
Appearing at the Whiksy A Go Go Sat, March 30th 8pm/one set only.
Hope to see ya there... thanks.
...and, from Kendall Park you can receive a certain radio station that plays all night jazz [unless the DJ runs out of Chesterfields].
Duncan....thanks for the info....looks like the rain will finally stop today....looks like 8pm is going to be the best time for me to look for the comet....thanks for the heads up!
daaaaaaaaaaano....hope you feel better soon bud!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/news/020227comet.shtml
Comet stuff
db
Just got back from the Doctors , he said i was suffering from
an
In(flame)d bowel.Dont worry doc me says theres a lot more people worse
off than me??
Dunc , still no weed , but what about the ganga.
Chere , M.I.A. Probably in love.
Cara Mia (hubba hubba),M.I.A. Probably
working to hard.
TWM , M.I.A. Probably worried about League status.
Elle
, M.I.A. Probably sorting the medicine cupboard.
Lady B , M.I.A. OK now
found alive and well.
Steevedan , M.I.A. No way jose.....check for
yourself.
Aussie, M.I.A. Probably at boot camp for training.
W.I.P.,
M.I.A., Probably auditioning for other cover bands.
Clas , M.I.A. Probably
had the afternoon off to go to charm school.
St,Al, M.I.A. Probably left
early to get away from the snow.
Flame, M.I.A. Probably gone to get his
Karma checked out.
sh , M.I.A. Probably getting money from the bank , for
the auld fella.
Lisa G , M.I.A. Probably looking for Daddy G, to tell him
to post.
Lots more but the wee wife has just come in with the shopping , need to go
feed Dano.
street
Schwinn - found a review and word on the stress is Neil Finn kicked major ass in the SXSW Austin Fest...
Neil Finn, Jerry Cantrell, Ash, & Sparta Stand Out At SXSW
March 18, 2002, 1:10 pm PT
Neil FinnFrom the blues sounds of Jonny Lang to the rockin' Jerry
Cantrell to the moody Ash, the South by Southwest Music Festival certainly has
a wide array of musical styles for everyone's tastes. Here's a rundown of some
of the highlights from Friday (March 15) and Saturday's (March 16) shows in
Austin, Texas.
Former Split Enz/Crowded House fixture Neil Finn, making a splashy return after a four-year hiatus, proved to be one of the biggest draws at a SXSW that was remarkably devoid of marquee names. Finn's Friday night set at the Austin Music Hall, meant to drum up attention for his recent, star-studded live album and upcoming studio release, featured a mixture of solo tracks and obscure Crowded House and Split Enz songs. It's really only time that distinguishes the best of Finn's new solo work from his days in Crowded House-that, and a newfound tendency toward acoustic-inflected country rock that served him well. Backed by an impressive group of musicians that included Lisa Germano and Wendy Melvoin, Finn, who lives in Te Awamutu (yes, Te Awamutu), New Zealand, was chatty and thoroughly likeable throughout, but anyone wanting a more concentrated dose of Crowded House hits had to wait for his Saturday afternoon, classic-driven performance at the crowded, invitation-only New Times party.
http://www.cdnow.com/allstararticle/fid=314628/from=sr-117124
One All release on 4/23
What a "family" we are...
Ps Lars - I don't know what the f*** your talking about, but do me a favor - don't explain! No posts by me to "Flame".
Duncan
hang in there in the smoke-free zone...it's hell but the little
one will breath easier not having a brimstone exhaling Papa.I know I did it
from Xmas on......apart from a few back tracks after a gig!!!! As for feeling
better, forget that BS, never had more colds, coughs, or skin eruptions
(yuk!!).
Stevedan
wish I was there....your show postings drive me nuts with
frustration! I vow I WILL turn up one night and hear how this stuff should be
played......break several legs matey boy.
THE DANNY STEEL ORCHESTRA: The UK's most exciting 12-piece tribute to Don
& Walt's majical stuff are appearing this weekend on Saturday March 23rd
at
Rayner's Hotel, Imperial Drive, Village Way West, Rayner's Lane, Harrow,
Middlesex. 0208 866 1666 at 8.30pm.
Performing tracks from all the albums
in a stunning, ALL LIVE 2 hour show. The coolest music on the planet, in the
absence of el supremos, down your way, local and cheap. You CAN buy a thrill!
Hope to see ya there.
TIGHTWAD advertising Promotions Inc.(UK)
Duncan....what's this about a comet? I used to keep up with the astronomical events but haven't been doing so lately....can you point me in the direction of some more info?
to all:....thanks for the condolences on the loss of my friend....my
partner at work, David, rode with me to Reidsville for Alton's service last
night....I didn't know that Alton was a Jehovah's Witness until after his
death so I didn't know what to expect at the service....it was really nice
though, not at all what I had thought it might be....a lot of the guys and
girls from work were there and one of Alton's friends that used to work in
Danville but is working for Goodyear back in Alabama now even came up for the
service....I hope some how, some way, Alton was able to see the outpouring of
love that was there last night....I was told over 500 people visited the
funeral home the night before for family visitation....RIP Alton, you really
were a good guy....we'll try to remember your life and not your death.
Starting this thread: all the musicians on the GB - tell a horror story,
music related, gig horrors, band horrors, whatevah, and then, try to tie it in
with a Steely theme/moment......
There must be tons of stories.....
But remember, regarding all the BS, "your self-approval is all you need".
ygk
Hey, as long as there's a dugout in the back, I'm in!
Come on kids, get in the Chrysler, we're going for a ride!
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post 934 was from Clas, not Hoops.
from the Bluebook:
"Date: Tues, March 19, 2002,-18:59:34
Posted by: hoops,
Regarding YGK's post and other's emails inquiries, "my posts"about Clas outside of the BlueBook are really not my posts but instead, Clas apparently posting excerpts from an Email I sent to him a week ago, telling him to stop posting his shit on the BlueBook. I haven't made any posts on this topic anywhere but here on this page. Oops, "STOP FEEDING THE CLAS".
h"
Jimbo - loved "Shaft" - can you dig it? :-D Vanessa met him recently at
his restaurant in Memphis and said he was very cool - and a great cook! and
how about Sam (from Sam and Dave)? I thought he sounded great - there's a soul
man for ya. Talking Heads were excellent and Tom Petty was good too, but...
THE RAMONES?????? WTF?
Tones - i was hoping we could have joined you on your couch to watch the RRHOF - you know like we did for the Grammys. ;-)
Cyn - just sent you an email. hopefully we'll talk later today
MC - so sorry about your friend
Hey Lisa G and Lady B - good to see ya.
sh
Hutch - you can call me Al.
Midnite - Very sorry to hear about your friend. I guess that we can't really understand what goes through someone's mind unless we walk a mile in their shoes. I hope things come together for you soon. Hang in, mate!
LP - Thanks!
Hi Gina!
Clas - Since you would never dream of calling yourself a musician or an artist then what should we "gringos" call you? Just curious.
Hutch
Unlike a certain incident...I won't send out info without the person in
question's permission. Thats your clue..................
Comet???? Theres a comet out there? Cloudy here, too.
MC..Hey Coz, Damn, Damn, Damn....am truly sorry about your friend. Thats it! No more bad stuff for Midnight! Don't forget, you've got my phone numbers...use them.
Anybody seen the comet yet?
To cloudy here
Cyn who is it then
db
I'm standing outside the"moderaters" office waiting to check in..Chips.
I need to voice an opinion? Can it wait? I'm going to St Michaels, MD for a
birthday week end. Ahhhhhh...B&B with a spa...gift from the "wonder"
children.
sh...will call ya today? Leave word on my email or thru here if its a good day to call.
LisaG...Thanks for asking, darlin'. Doing just fine, just fine, fine, fine, and good, Thank you. How are you? My remedy for not getting sick from school kids ? Keep them at arms lenth or a ten foot pole. And for God's sake never, never let them breathe on you.
Dunc..Sweetie Darling, check your pics again..and compare. That is not me in said mustache. AND Big Hugs and kisses to you and Linda...can I be the Godmother?
lp...John's playing in Norfolk in May...Am going with friends. I woke up one night last week about 3 am..and saw his Video on VH1. He was singing "No such Thing"...it was great!
lady bayside is back!
thanks hank - i'm giving the url to my husband to help him see his ebay addiction is silly
mc - i'm very sorry - sometimes there are people that suffer in silence, sometimes there isn't a cry for help - know he is at peace
That's:
Songwriters Hall Of Fame
330 West 58th Street
New York NY 10019
Becker-Fagen in '03!
Seeing that things are, well... slow and that an induction into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame is inevitable (you know it!), shouldn't we start lobbying for this to happen rather sooner than later?
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/2002_release.html
Considering that the awards are held yearly in New York and that the
ceremony always include a performance...
Considering the list of past
inductees (alright perhaps minus a few), testifies of the seriousness and bona
fide nature of said hommage undertakings in the past.
Considering Paul
Shaffer is already invited.
Considering Walter's most likely gonna sell his
statuette on EBay.
Think about it.
Consider playing your part of an
email barrage, some sort of amphibian assault?
info@songwritershalloffame.org
After all, we be a jumpin' jumpin' bunch on the web, right? We got our naturals when it comes to surveying, heck, spamming (obviously). We even got the listbot handy, weapons-grade...
Beats counting down post numbers, no? Ha!
Just a thought.
I dunno...
sumthin' to do.
my mail is down again, just wanted to say that would be fun. I get back to you.
c
Rick Marotta is a drummer who played on Bryan Ferry's The Bride Stripped...
Whoever it was asking...
---
Zeke - of course, a three-pack is a must. But being in New Orleans I prefer a six-pack. Goes fine with a Colombian spliff and the sinking sun.
And Lisa's car.
C
Ohh Goody the king of sweden is back for his morning feeding. Excuse me while I ralph.
Lars - yeah, I think Hoops just made a fool out of himself. Didn't know the Big American was so fragile. Someone is abusing his site again. I hope Hoops is checking the anons IP before he starts accusing me again. I am staying out of his site too, because if I don't, Jay Graydon refuse to post and maybe Hoops won't get a backstage pass next tour.
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Outre Dan - ôHe is jealous of Bob Tedde because he has managed to do the impossible... recreate what only Clas can dream about doing."
I like to compose music and sometimes record it. I used to play in lousy bands when I was younger. But I am afraid you're a little wrong here man; whatever it is Bob Tedde is recreating, it's not Steely Dan and it's certainly not Fagens voice.
Such thing is impossible. And if it was, (you know clooning?) it would be worthless.
And jealous? I am inspired of Steely Dan, have been so since 1976. But I prefer to do my own stuff, bad or good. And I would never dream of calling myself a musician, or an artist. That would be an insult to those who are.
(I know that you gringos like to call yourself musicians if you are able to play two chords and have a gig once a month, even if your daily day-gig is parking cars.)
And YGK? Tycoon Dog?? Jealous???
Well, as I said, I used to play in lousy bands when I was younger...
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Gina - off for me now, Jonas is waiting, we're gonna finnish your song! THAT is fun. I keep you posted.
C
Lady B.- Great to hear from you again. Long time no see.
I guess you can
see that this GB is continuing to be active.
Hope you liked the changes our
fearless leader has made.
Did anyone see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame show on VH1? What did you think?
My favorite was Isaac Hayes doing "Shaft," one of the greatest rock n' funk
songs of all time. Another was seeing Talking Heads perform again.
That
Tina Weymouth seems as bouncy and flirty was ever. Oh yeah, she kicks ass on
bass too.
Like I said, what did you guys and gals think?
Hello Lady B from the left coast. BTW the amazing east cost Pink Floyd tribute The Machine is playing @ BB Kings in NYC on 3/29. Seeing your post reminded me to provide the info for the 1000s of NY based Pink Floyd freaks (and Pink Floyd tribute band freaks) that frequent the GB.
Not that anyone noticed I was gone, necessarily, but I am still alive, and just coming up for air. I am on break from school and now catching up.
Hope everyone is doing well....
I did get a chance to see and hear YGK playing this past weekend...great stuff. I was happy to hear some new tunes..looking forward to a new CD..soonish?? well, Malc?
I am going to try to keep up with things...the workload is definitely lessened.
LB
lp: I know the site you're talking about: "Who Would Buy That?" (URL above). Now *there's* a useful website.
Midnite: Condolences for the loss of your friend. It's just incomprehensible, such a shame.
*CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP!*
Long live amino acids!
Best flame from a flamee:
Your everlasting hard-on, you can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece
of someone that you think is gonna last
Well, you wouldn't know a G-spot if
she gave you detailed plans
The things that pass for nookie I can't
understand.
A demain, mon chere, eh?
Bill: no no no nononononononono, cripes, no! Not that YOU look like king anybody, reread and replace the comma with a colon (it's an outpatient procedure covered by Medicare, now that you're, um, what, uh FORTY?)
uh, do we need a new topic or what?
take your pick, discuss amongst yaselves:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0212/wolk.php
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0212/press.php
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0212/ridgeway.php
have fun kids!
I voted to remove the identifying information. I also sharpened my scrolling skills in the process. Newsgroups are so much more efficient with the killfile feature. Nevertheless, yellow folk stay don't go anywhere, just bypass the stuff that you aren't interested in or trade flames if that's what you like.
I did it again!
Face: I disabled HTML for technical reasons centering around the archiving of this guestbook. Long story short, bad HTML markup still affected the archives because they are static HTML. And believe me, when you manually code HTML you're bound to make mistakes. It doesn't affect this guestbook because it's database driven and each post is treated seperately.
Probably more than you wanted to know...
Bond: Yep.
Stevee: Let me let you in on MC's secret -- esnipe.com. Ssshh. Don't tell him I told you
StAl
Why do people turn so vindictive when they're able to hide?
It's a curious phenomenon.
I only removed the browser information from the posts because I wanted people to feel comfortable expressing alternative opinions. I can add it back just as quickly -- and remember, when it is added back that information will re-appear retroactively. It's still recorded, just not displayed.
Anymore the controversy is so meaningless I can only laugh when people start freaking out. People bashing Clas, Bill, Stevee, me, Hoops, or Pete....Whatever. Some of which is deserved I suppose.
Actually I find the whole thing rather humorous.
It's friggin' snowing again in Seattle. What the f*#k! It's the worse type of weather too. Just cold enough to snow but not cold enough to stick. Can't do anything but get wet and cold.
The San Diego Danfest is shaping up. Should have some firm plans very soon. Steely Damned on Friday and a some joint (yet to be determined) on Saturday. If you're interested in following the specifics, sign up for the San Diego mailing list on Dandom.com. Will also post firm plans on the LA list.
StAl
Face,
I checked again and I don't look a thing like that guy from
the "King Of
The Hill" cartoon show on TV.
I'll go ask my nieghbor just to be sure...
Nope! She says I look more like one of the space aliens from
Star Trek.
Just as I thought.
:)
This whole business about flaming or getting flamed is absolutely nothing new. The fact that it resurfaced so close in time to Pat's redacting of the IP addresses on the bottom of people's posts should not shock anyone's conscience....
The reality is that good people (and believe me there are waaay more than ten around these parts) will continue to post things of interest and items that truly contribute and make this forum unique in the truest sense of the word.
And I really don't buy the line about this being a clas versus everybody else issue. It's really much bigger than that. It's about people being people. There will be jealousy. There will be back biting. There will be ass kissing, lauding, admiring, fear, loathing, sniping, flaming, embracing, loving, caring, understanding, bragging, back stabbing, treachery, the whole freakin' gamut of what makes us who we are......I mean, I'd seriously be worried if every post was super positive and loving all the time...it's just not natural. And that's why I called Pat and told him that he should seriously consider removing the IP addresses for a variety of reasons of which he seemed to be in alignment with....kudos for doing it by the way.
So...everybody take a deep breath, and repeat...it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright.....it's gonna be alright....and light up that doobie, and let the music play.....
Yours truly,
Bond
MC - wait !!! can you join me in chat for just a couple of minutes? Post
here "Yes", and I will go to the chatroom.
OK?
S-Dan
And now that I have your undivided attention ......
S H A M L E S S ...... P L U G G I N G !!!
Come see (one of) your beloved Southern California Steely Dan Tribute bands play this Friday night. The Steely Fan Band will be appearing live at the Sudio Cafe, which is located at 100 Main Street on the beautiful Newport Beach Peninsula. The Studio Cafe over looks Peninsula Park and the Balboa Pier. The festivities begin at 8 PM and go past midnight. Admission is free.
Help the SFB ring in Mr. Stick's birthday at midnight. He will be 18 ... again. Shhhhh ... we have to sneak him in past the bouncers ...
This is going to be a really fun evening. Come on down and join the fun.
Los Angeles is picture perfect beautiful today. I can only imagine how gorgeous Newport Beach is right now ...
I hope to see some of you at the beach Friday night.
Steveedan (MFM)
Steeve....yeah, I usually do win what I bid on @ eBay....it's called sniping but it was purely unintentional this time....you know you would have done the same thing!
later y'all....I gotta get goin'.
MC
sorry Steeve....just happened to be passing through and couldn't resist!
jjeff....doing alright here....the one day at a time thing....need to get ready to go to a wake this evening....a friend of mine from work took his own life Saturday....when I saw him last week he seemed fine.....I guess I just don't get it.....I understand pain, but that's just not a solution.....anyway, he's gone and leaves behind a wife and daughter and two grandchildren....time to say my goodbyes to James Alton Smith....as kind a soul as I've ever known.
and on a lighter note....can't wait to hear this years TechNoMoHo CD....hats off to Schwinn for producing this one and always a hats off to JDubs for the original concept and all the work he put into the first two editions....can't wait to hear it!
Boy there are some serious lurkers here.
You must win a lot of eBay auctions.
OK. There will be sparce postings until we get to 1111, or 1234, or, etc.
Stevee(1001)Dan
Time for th.....
1000th Post !!!!
Stevee(Millenium)Dan
1000?
Once again it?s .....
Well, well, well .......
Lars and the rest of you who think Clas is a "good guy", what is wrong with you people? Do you have any idea of the fucked up things Clas has said and done over the years? Sure, he's nice to you guys..his psychotic mind doesn't percieve you as a threat. But look at what he says about Hoops, Bob Tedde or Pete Fogel..from everything I've gathered, these people have never done anything to provoke the wrath and pure hatefulness that Clas has for them. These people do nothing but good things for Steely Dan and their fans. Hoops provides sites and gatherings for fans, Bob Tedde's dedication to Steely Dan's music has provided an outlet for fans to hear the music recreated with uncanny precision. And no one has done more than Pete Fogel as far as keeping the flame going. How can a true Steely Dan fan have more respect for a guy who has done nothing but flame people, than for any of the three people mentioned above? Because everytime you respond to Clas or think he's a "nice guy", you are doing just that. Clas feels threatened by anyone that has accomplished something that he has failed to do. And why of all 10 people that post here does Clas target these three, and on occasion, YGK and Q? One word..JEALOUSY. He's jealous of Hoops and Pete Fogel because the band acknowledges them and their hard work..something Clas will never know. He is jealous of Bob Tedde because he has managed to do the impossible..recreate what only Clas can dream about doing. He is jealous of YGK because his music is so much better than Clas'. And he is jealous of Q because he knows that at any moment, Q could buy his entire country. So, I guess if you all think that this kind of unstableness, unprovoked hate and jealousy are good qualities in a person, then by all means, give him another pat on the back.
Ah so Chung King, is THAT why they do this?
Pat: why is html disabled? Makes it alot tougher to make a
statement.
Face, THAT'S the ticket, let's make everyone go into chat so we can really have some fun and frolic!
But at least it's brought people out of lurkdom to weigh in.
To all:
See list below, are you on it?!?
What's in YOUR wallet?
Avast ye mates!
so, my boss sends me to SAMS, you know that big, oversized, freakin'
department store thingy. I hate going there. So while I'm crusing the 10 acre
joint, I stroll into the music section. What do we have here? It's a Steely
Dan 3 pack! Oh yeah!, AJA, Can't Buy A Thrill, and Katy Lied!!
I already
have the Steely Dan Complete box set, so I ask myself "self, do I really need
a 3 pack?" "Well, hell yes you do." So I picked it up. It's the digitally
remastered pack. That makes me feel better. (?) So I have a few comments on
each CD, just AJA for now.
- 5 different drummers?
so what is Paul Humphrey, Rick Marotta, Ed Green
and Jim Keltner doing these days?
- What looks better than, "Guitars:
Walter Becker,Larry Carlton,Lee Ritenour,Dean Parks,Denny Dias,"???
-what
IS a "BAGMAN"??? Is Leonard Freedman the best?
-Cool looking dog with
Donald in one of the pictures.
More to come on Can't Buy a Thrill and Katy Lied.
Thanks Chips, I didn't think you'd appreciate it if I slapped you into remembering me...lol.
Seems we should be in chat, maybe we are
Duncan: in a word - YES (you are so damn succinct it's scarey)
Dammit - sorry Face, forgot you in my list below, but the point is moot now...
How many times can one place give you the feeling of Deja Vu?
Pat, we need a bigger playground, they keep hogging the monkey bars.
(oops, that may have been politically incorrect. oh what the hell)
Bill, looks more like "King of the hill at Ridgemont High".
Duncan: damn man, what am I to do with this trunkload of fags you asked
me to pick up for you? Don't you know the sentence for transporting across
state lines?
Yeah, what HE said!
ROFLMAO
if sombody posts something & gets flamed
can i comment on either the
flamer or the flamed without feeding either the ego of the flamer or flames,
assuming that there different people.
by offering advice to the second
flamed to ignore the flamer (which i obvioussly have not)
am I actually
forfilling the wishes of the flamer or the flamee.
By offering the advice
to the flamee to ignore the flamer I'm contradicting not only myself, but
everyone who reads this post.
answering the flamer or ''advising'' the
flamed is the same thing IMHO
I want to ignore the flamer, but also want to
tell the flamed to ignore the flamer ( but then I'm not ignoring the flamer)
I've had a coupleà
Strange that after nearly a year here I still have nothing bad to say about
anybody hereà
Okay, the way it looks right now, the following people have NOT weighed in on this compelling issue:
eLLe
Cyn
Ken Vogel
Ken Starr
JW
Malibu
Altimira
|||||
Aus
Beast w/o a
Name
Chere
Ed
Edd
Green Earrings
Lady Bayside
Third World
Man
Pete Fogel
Lisa G
Daddy G
Lucy B
Miz Ducky
Mark in
Boston
aa and other assorted amino acids
Please report to the Moderator's office immediately and register your opinion(s).
Gina - agree - there¦s something about those canadiens that¦s VERY different from their neighbours. Dont know what but I agree.
Hoops - You made the, far out, most stupid post on this site ever! Who the fuck are you to tell me to do this or that????? Speak for yourself and dont you EVER tell me to think or do anything about a third person. Do you really think I¦m or anybody else are that studpid??? Last visit to the Blueone for me. Fuck off!!!
Q - very nice offer you mad to Flame. You're too lazy to do it yourself?
Flamee - agree - ole and I had a extensive change of view about Mose a year or two ago. Where was Flame/YGK?
YGK - read Lewis MacAdams "Birth of the cool" and you learn that "jive" or language has nothing to do with beeing "cool". Thats for wannabees. You speak like a Harlem-wannabee but acts like a coward. How about your flaming of that Bill? Forgot that too? Maybee another "co-worker"? You¦re pathetique.
JJ: thanks 4 the only words of support
LP: ''it's my life'' was a hit
also for DrAlban
very entertaining couple of days..
Full moon/ time of the month u choose.
StAl: I used the funny address thingy to check who's been on our
site..
Now that's gone, I'm still not in a Steely Dan cover band so why
would anybody go there anyway?
Unless you ever wondered what Cyn looked like with a
''moustache''
To no fault of St. Al's, the Yellow pages are collapsing of their own wieght once again.
Clas goes away, you all bait him back. He comes back you crap on him.
Clas is just plain boring and certainly not that talented anyway, but who cares. It's utterly painful that you all have played into Clas' game for so many years.
"Don't feed the Clas" is fine, but also consider "Don't feed all of the circle jerking by the same 10 people who inhabit this place habitually".
Now you are exposing good people who have generally pure motives to the popular mudfest here.
The habitual populace need to look themselves in the mirror first.
You all have created this place yourselves over many years and are responsible for the current state. If you're happy with it, great. If not, I'm sure all of the self proclaimed brilliant minds here who have such a deep and exclusive understanding of Steely Dan can figure out how to change it.
And you wonder why the audience for this page has not materially broadened
over the years. Who needs it. Except for the habitual 10, and Clas.
Noper - the Yawn wasn't directed towards your fine verbiage......
"Poets say that love gives meaning to existence
We, for instance, prove
that point of view.
I'm convinced our souls have searched a thousand
lifetimes,
to find the right time,
enter me and you..."
Sorry Hips, I love ya but you're wrong on Michael Franks.
Gina: I thought it was well done.
No, it's not about me at all. Wrong - again. *sigh*
But someone who
criticizes anothers misperceived lack of originality should have something to
back up their words - it's obvious, you don't.
Point made.
But you don't know my goals, you don't know my life, you don't know Jack.
And if you really don't give a fuck - why not just leave it all alone? Or is that just another line?
Gwen gwen - noticed a number of your choice undies up for auction on e-bay. Was sorely tempted. And get this. Did you know that the evil midget starred opposite Donald Sutherland in the film "Don't Look Now"? And no, I'm not a missionary, in any position, I'm an emissary dahling. Could be that that WWF wrestler you keep handcuffed in your basement has been feeding you a load of old codswallop. Or could just be a damp squib.
Flamee,
What's wrong with dragster babes?
I dig dragster babes! I'm not taking
these posters down
for anything...
P.S.) It seems that your idea of removing the IP
adresses from the
GB is having the desired effect Pat.
It's the Banyantrees Yellow Book and
the Jerry Springer show
neck and neck. This could come down to the wire
folks...
OR if you happen to be a frustrated and thus overly agressive grafitti arteest, a man of few words bullying the locals, the challenge is to keep from getting caught holding the can of spray paint, eh, YGK? ha!
ôLike a few weeks ago, I wrote that anonymous essay, 'Torture is The Main Attraction: A Steely Dan Exhibit in Three Parts.' I have no idea if anyone else liked it or cared, but I enjoyed doing for the sake of doing it--I didn't write it to say look at me, I did it because I thougt it could be funny. I'm not doing this to impress Steely Dan or others or advance my career or make money or to impress Steely Dan or the like.ö
And now he's saying: -Look at me, I wrote that essay, anonymously.
Hoops - if you didn't care about audience or impress Steely Dan etc, why didn't you just put that essay in your drawer?
C
"I wrote that anonymous essay..."
Yes, that was pretty good.
But so
much for anonymity, eh? lol
The hardest thing about those, especially when
they're good, is to keep them anonymous, even playing with hints to keep the
reader guessing. Then, it completely redefines the question of authorship and
ownership. Should I get credit or should the inspiration itself and only that
be celebrated for itself? Thereby short-circuiting the ego's involvement in
the process, which is only a channel for inspiration, after all.
I like
that part of your post. Now I know someone else out there (that is, other than
that guy who remained anon to the end) gets this new dimension brought forth
by internet communication. This is unheard of and very interesting to me. That
part goes beyond our usual relationship with art. Beyond the celebration of
the signature over the artifact itself. But I disgress.
The rest, the part about Clas is a tad overblown though, if you ask me. Things are not that simple out there.
...not ôFlameö, I said ôFlameeö.
C
Oucheee! I've got a cold again.
Hi Gina - you're back home now. Thanks for the cold. We shouldn't have been THAT close :-)
---
Flamee - yeah, exactly my point. And could you see Hoops finally loosing it? This man consider himself as the Steely Dan-fan intelligentsia, and still couldn't keep his cool. Poor guy. I feel sorry for him.
---
Hutch - my man! Cool, you be with us on the CD.
---
Dr Mu - so Fagen/Becker actually tried to corupt our own Rikki? What kind of drugs are we talking about? I guess the guys hadn't got to heavier stuff at the time so it must have been pretty harmless shit, like weed or something? Let us know, we know it's itching you.
C
MC: Tried E-mailing you, but that's not an option on this terminal.Or maybe I'm doing it wrong. Be positive.
A sample of my lyricism:"...discuss the latest stains in my underwear.
Honey, I was only thinking about you." Don't worry, I haven't written anything
since 1980.
Hello everyone!
Haven't been doing much posting in the last few months. I can't say exactly
why... just went into lurk mode for a while. I suppose the sad state of
affairs that the "old" board had gotten into played a part in it.
Things
are certainly a lot more civil now. Big difference. And I thank Pat for that.
Thanks Pat!
Of course there are some things that will probably never
change.
I'm working on putting a blues band together. It's been about 8 or 9 months
since I parted ways with my last band and I'm getting restless to get back on
the boards. It was a "classic" rock band.
It was... it was.... should I
even dare to utter the words? A COVER BAND!!! Oh my God, I said it! Anyway, I
was doing all the booking and trying my best to get us in the better paying
clubs but the music was a little too hard edged and not really what I would
call "club friendly" material. Half of the rest of the band couldn't seem to
grasp the logic of it so I said see ya later. It's probably just as well. The
drummer couldn't play a shuffle if his life depended on it!
I've been doing some songwriting lately with an old friend of mine. He and
I worked together in a band back in the early Eighties. We've been laying some
tracks down on the Roland VS-880 I bought several months ago. It's been a lot
of fun and really a learning experience for me since my songwriting skills are
practically non-existant. Jim generally writes the lyrics and melodies and I
put the music together. He's a drummer (and quite a good one) but he doesn't
play any other instruments so he has to get with a guitarist or keyboard
player to get his ideas put together. It's interesting to me that every band
he's ever started for the last decade or more has had a female vocalist/front
person, so a lot of the songs he's written in recent years are written from a
female perspective.
Example lyric: "Sink your life in his. Kill the best of
you".
This is a line from a song we're sending to Schwinn for the TM 2002
disc.
I'm glad to say that with the help of my buddy Wild Bill Shelton and
his studio gadget wizardry we got my Roland tracks sounding great. Jim was
really hot to get a song on this album when I first told him about it so I'm
glad we got a presentable product finished under the wire.
Hope y'all like
it!
Dan trivia question: Listen to the last chord of Josie on the Alive in
America album and you hear WB play a little melody on the guitar as the band
is holding that last chord. He also does it on the first Letterman appearance.
Now to me that little melody sounds like either a song from The Wizard of Oz,
such as "If I only had a Brain" or it kind of reminds me of a song from
Oklahoma (or maybe it's Annie Get Your Gun) ...something about "tryin' to get
a fella...".
I know there's irony in that little melody he plays but I
can't exactly put my finger on it. Any ideas?
Hutch
Sometimes meeting people confirms perceptions rather than discredits them. Very few people on the 'Net can consistently pull off being what they're not.
OL--yo! No, I don't know either.
LP--OK, OK, I like Alanis Morissette.
Fr Wm--Hey! I even know "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb."
Steveedan--I regret to inform you that in my book the REAL stars were Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Edd Byrne.
Fatwa--C'mere, let me give you a nice hug and some stickers.
Hoops!--Hey, I told you I WAY dug that thing! And if anyone hasn't read it, go do so right now! Thing is, it doesn't matter if someone's "welcome" or not, and that's always subjective anyhow, as is whether this or any venue is boring or not. Different strokes for different hosts. And I would hate for people to boycott TecMo, a labor of love if ever there was one, out of spite. Support whichever musicians you choose on TecMo and ignore the rest, just buy the damn thing and thank JW and Schwinn for their effort!!
Zat my cue? -- QUICK! THE DEADLINES FOR TECHNICOLOR MOTORHOME 2K+2 AND THE STEELY CHARETTE FAST APPROACH! GET YOUR SUBMISSIONS IN BY APRIL 1 TO BARN@flash.net and www.dandom.com/charette RESPECTIVELY!! FABULOUS PRIZES AND HUGS AWAIT YOU! DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST!
hey Malcolm: I'll pay for your airfare to Sweden so you can teach that incorrigible piss boy a lesson he'll never forget.
You know who.
Sure looked like your living room for a while there, billy boy. Posters of dragster babes on the walls and all that shit. Very tasty.
People, meet the reason html tags have now been banned from this living
room.
Enjoy!
Boy, (The Swedish dude which we ain't supposed to mention)
sure picked a
strange color for his livingroom. This GB
is his livingroom isn't it? (See
Post 916)
Never paint your livingroom while drunk.
Operate heavy machinery
instead...
W1P...go ahead and submit your stuff brother.
:) Bill
hey malc - sos man, send provisions, i need help buddy, buying alanis cd's, what's next for me, arrgghh...;0
Fatwa .. my first post was not what YGK responded to, it was
Jjef's.
just so to keep whatever war going on here politically
correct!
lol anyways, sigh, we all need to play the Armageddon game
:-)
Gina
Hey Pink .. why wait for a go ahead?
Just go ahead sending it in,
everybody has for the previous 2 compilation cd's so i don't get why it should
be different this time, right???
the idea of the GB CD is for contributors
to this forum who also happen to be musically engaged in some sort of way and
it's for fun, our pleasure ...
There are others, like Miz Ducky who besides
her writing skills also once mentioned her vocal wings, yet not persuaded
enough (hint!) to fly them over onto a GB CD ...
maybe it's time for
Oleander to come and wake us up for a third time?
off to get some sleep now, mentally jetlagged,
Gina
Hey penpal, you getting soft all of a sudden?
Tell me, is it fun to
blast the seemingly more popular folks anonymously, out of sheer envy?
Tell
us all about it, man. Yes, you know, the guys who happen to reach more people,
get more response out of them. The folks who seem more
engaging than you
could ever be.
And I figure it's a drag being ignored, over time, but I
wouldn't know from experience. I can only imagine. Tell us all about
it.
Poor dude, he got mad, decided to clean house. And let other people
take
the fall for his own immature behavior towards others
online.
"Ownership", yeah, talk about it. "Let's manage this place
kinky-style, yeah. Let's piss people off 'til they leave MY place
alone."
Well, if only you, like Kinky, had something, anything to offer in
return, once you get rid of them, I would understand better.
Well, we've
been waiting, patiently, for a while now...
Zip.
This place became more
and more lame. Everyone agrees on that much.
People left, not because of
Clas but because of guys like you. You little angel dear, who, on one hand,
kept asking the folks to come clean while, on the other hand,
played your
little games at the expense of others behind the curtain. Fess up already. Cut
the holier than thou crap.
The evidence is right here anyway,
undisputable... co-worker my ass.
If people like Hoops choose to ignore all
this and target a "foreigner" instead, that speaks volumes on their motives
and the nature of their alliances and preferences in "Dandom", nothing more.
You got him on your side, sure. He's obviously not paying attention.
Some
of us know better.
Must be fun to be uncovered as an asshole, yet still get
the sympathy of the poor folks who can't see shit and be able to carry on the
virgin Mary act like nothing happened.
Now lay off the swede scapegoating
act. It's pathetic but hey,it seemed to
have worked just fine.
It's
alright. You'll still get the oleander hugs and goodies at Jazzfest.
See
you there, perhaps...
Your "lonely", "pompous" and whatnot buddie,
Flamee
Not Clas, Not
Flame (no that was you, YGK)
There appears to be a little confusion: What I have offered to provide for the TM compilation is a W1P track recorded live. It will not not be a Dan cover nor will it be a "Dannish" original. In fact, if given the go ahead, what I was thinking about providing was a recording of The Great Gig in the Sky (which is about as "Dannish" as Floyd ever gets -- although one could reasonably take the position that Us & Them and Third World Man have some elements in common). I wanted to clear this up right now because it appears that some "yes" votes might change to "no" if the track under consideration was a Floyd cover. "What's so civil about war anyway?" W. Axl Rose.
Miz Ducky- Now that's what I call people power. I only wish all radio
stations were like the one who replied in to you. Of course, you'll have to
find out if they kept the promise. Where I live, I only get one station that
plays jazz, two that plays classic rock incuding Steely Dan.
The majority
are top 40 crap and sappy country sounds that you won't find on the Oh Brother
soundtrack. Maybe I can ask my jazz station to play some Carolyn Leonhart.
Good Work!
3rdeyewormy- I don't have a DVD player yet, but I did see the Sade
concert
video on my Vcr last week. I just wished that the CD included Red
Eye that came after Smooth Operator. Other than that, the concert was
truly
spectacular without being self-indulgent as most superstars make it
nowadays. The girl divas don't even come close to doing what Sade accomplishes
on stage and record.
MAJOR NEWS- On the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine with Shakira
on
the cover, There is a listing of the 50 Coolest Albums of All Time.
Steely
Dan's Countdown To Estacy was listed at number 13.
Heres what the reviewer wrote:
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker send up America as one big Las Vegas with
gangsters and gurus hustling for souls to steal. Drugs involved, clearly.
SOUNDS LIKE: L.A. studio rock tricked out with jazz piano and razor-boy
guitar.
BEST SONG: "The Boston Rag," a cold-blooded rock and roll film
noir.
And that's the review.
Another SD reference is on #20's CHIC-Real People "If Steely Dan could dance, they would have been Chic: sly, satirical, obsessively kinky pop about the state of the union."
Does anyone know if Talking Heads perfomed on the Hall of Fame show last night?
I know, I know, I forgot......
wow ... the amsterdam violence which encountered me when i wanted to board
the train from the airport to amsterdam seems to be in the air ...
i was
still in a Stockholm State Of Mind, where the peace and kindness of
"strangers", even talking to strangers in the train station was like a comfy
blanket in the cold shoulders one often is shown in this world!
the jazzconcert was amazing, Steve Grossman, like many other musicians in
their early years once played in Miles Davis' band and the British trumpeter
Guy Barker, also known for his English Patient movie score contribitions were
like a mini big band in that Stockholm jazzclub "Nalen". A friend of Clas,
baritone sax player Gunnar Bergsten (he won a Swedish Grammy for his music a
few years back) sat with us (Clas) at the table and later joined the two other
brass-masters on stage ... they really fried the atmosphere and besides their
tremendous energetic solo's, their menage a trois was filled with wit (lots of
humor on stage, that Steve Grossman is a stand up comedian in appearance, his
facial expression and moves were priceless!!!) and truly carrying the weight
of experience. I wouldn't buy this straight bebop jazz on CD to listen to at
home, mainly because this jazz should be SEEN and FELT LIVE, the interaction
between the musicians just can't be captured on recordings ... not to forget
Ronnie Gardiner, a black ( don't know if the color of the skin is really
relevant but somehow it feels as if it's obligatory in the context) drummer
from Rhode Island who's made Sweden his home since the 60-ies .. with the
Making of Aja still in mind, i felt like waiting for a Purdie Shuffle but mr.
Gardiner added some cool latin warm chops and in perfect sinc with the three
brassmasters' improvising into what normally would be this straight bebop jive
...
also astonishing to notice the age of the audience, most were around
60 and heavily tapping their feet and moving their heads and feet and smiling
to the sounds of the jazz happening on that former "Harlem" ballroom stage ...
can anyone imagine the 30-ies and black people dancing their rhythmic behinds
off in the poised ways up there in Stockholm, Sweden??? It was a great mind
trip, my entire visit!!!!!!!!
Maybe it's easy for me to read between the written internet forum
lines, as a writer, i don't know. But i always liked Clas and when we met for
real it felt like meeting and old friend, very easy to communicate with and i
knew my instincts about him have always been right on the dot. On the other
hand, written words are JUST written words and the internet places where
people meet and collide should sometimes be put in perspective ... once you
meet someone for real, this becomes sooooo obvious, doesn't it?
Human Nature and in the light of Steely Dan, which is something we all have
in common here should at least shed a light on the flaky swaying of Banyan
Trees sometimes and the Blue Book that has its own angles and concept etc
etc.
Donald Fagen now singing UPTIGHT BABY UPTIGH BABY ... lol ... no-one
here is above being uptight at times, but to me it's what makes friendships
tick, friends also get to see the darker shades of human individuality and to
NOT like someone at times, or disagree with written words or opinions, does
that interfere with being friends i wonder?
it's the process of getting to
know a fellow human.
And whereas the 2002 motorhome compilation is concerned ...
hahahaha, if
Pink is not doing Pink but something Dannish, there is no reason why he
shouldn't be on this GB CD, is there?
WE ARE IN IT FOR THE FUN FOR CRYING
OUT LOUDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and as far as me being easy when we recorded it at Jonas' .. it FELT good
and the arrangements Jonas and Clas did for that old song sounded cool, but i
knew it would when i first heard Clas' music although at that time i could not
know i would fly out to Sweden about a year and a half after the fact
:-)
it's as simple as that, to me it's the magical wonders of GB kinship
and i VALUE the good things and people this forum brought me :-)
even the
colliding forces had and have its meaning i tend to believe ...
okay, nuff for now ...
Ange, did you tell the GB folk about Will
Wheaton????
A Banyan Tree Donald's Uptown Baby Lines Are Stuck In My Mind Bow,
Gina
Hey mr. the Stranger, i saw some nice photo's when you and Clas met in Paris :-)
I thought we weren't supposed to feed the Clas.
Hmmmmm - it seems that none other than Hoops shares my opinion, and thereby wrote what he did.....I'll take that kind of company any day.....
Fuck YGK, huh? Only in your dreams, kid!
Hmmmmm, who is it that makes anti-Semitic, pro-Palestine comments while
trumpeting his Swedishness?
Such hostility you have, sweetie.
I'm coming over to see you and give you some love.....
ygk
If he's on the CD, don't buy it.
You see people don't realize it's YGK
flaming them, most of the time and then, they get mad and bla bla...
Thanks to Swedish investigators we know better than to trust this
two-faced lameass.
FUCK YGK!
This coming from a fake expert extraordinaire.
Don't feed the Flame!
LP: Alanis is such a Faker! Shame on you - loil
ygk
...with a tongue like a cow!
Aussie: You lead an exciting life, man. The adrenaline rush must have been incredible!
Duncan: Good luck quitting smokes. I'm down to a pack every 1 1/2 weeks, but can't seem to totally let them be.
St.Al: Love the warning."Now be good children".LOL
MC: Take care of yourself. Better days ahead, always.
Got any acid, Bob?
cripes, if we ignored anyone who posted flaming or just plain dumb posts, then we wouldn't read anything on any board and it would be just one big scroll time
especially mine...smirk/giggle/lol
lighten up people, as angel said to me, gees, it's only the internet!
even the most recent flaming in these parts, or on the blue, pale in comparison to last summer/fall, don't you think?
people come to these boards as part of their daily routine, so sometimes the posts reflect that, and what's wrong with that, really
on a more musical bend, you know that new alanis morissette cd i got is pretty good, really, am i getting angrier as i get older, when did that happen? or am i in a desert of good new music and i'll take anything at this point
maybe i'll put my john mayer cd back on and say it's gonna be okay
or my sd re-masters
i also got a wicked cheap cd "welcome home" by til tuesday that i have wanted for years, another great band imho
calling steviedan to discuss cd purchases, come in, come in - beep beep!
ken? do we need another study of the situation? will mitt romney come home to be governor? can you come home again, really?
I wouldn't say it exactly like "The Truth" says it, but Klas has been plainly been told he's not welcome here. A piss and vinegar attitude can be dead on and the best way to make a point, not to mention entertaining, especially considering the subversive spirit of our favorite duo. Anon posts are not even a bad thing; for example they allow an vantage to be considered on its own without being attached to a preconceived notions about the person presenting it. Those are certainly worthwhile approaches to expression. And we've seen that if everyone posts agreeable posts, a guestbook can get pretty damn boring.
But in case you have missed it (since I remove the items), almost every morning Klas leaves pretty much the same boring insults and flames that lead no where. It's gotten so routine that deleting his posts is like taking out the trash. I brought this to his attention about a month ago when he kept picking on Oleander, and for about a single email he seemed something like apologetic. Of course, he didn't mean it.
My two concerns are this. One, a lot of people who do get flamed don't
realize it's Klas; they get all pissed off and react back with a post or
become reluctant not to post anymore at all. Unfortunately, I know there are
Dan fans and more out there who have some really cool stories, tales (true,
semi-fiction and fiction) to tell or insights to offer. We're losing out as a
result. I won't say this is all due to Klas but he's a big contributor. The
best thing for all of us is to ignore him--DON'T FEED THE KLAS. Let that be
your mantra. I'm convinced that even if he says something intelligent, he's
just gonna eventually shit on your response.
I haven't been able to follow it entirely, but apparently another
"Technicolor Motorhome" compilation is on deck and Klas is up to his usual
insults. My opinion: DON'T FEED THE KLAS. Ignore him, don't even consider
putting him on the CD. If someone ends up putting Klas on it, don't even buy
it. Don't support someone who brings such bad karma to Dandom.
Two, Klas should realize that out in Danland there are indeed some
high-profile "ass lickers" and other types of things he has called me and
others. If I were him I'd go after these people. The Dan-inspired things I do,
for the past nine years, are out of genuine love for the Dan's music. I did it
for three years before I even had a brush with them (It's not like I know them
at all.). I still do stuff like the Digest for the love of it. Like a few
weeks ago, I wrote that anonymous essay, "Torture is The Main Attraction: A
Steely Dan Exhibit in Three Parts." I have no idea if anyone else liked it or
cared, but I enjoyed doing for the sake of doing it--I didn't write it to say
look at me, I did it because I thougt it could be funny. I'm not doing this to
impress Steely Dan or others or advance my career or make money or to impress
Steely Dan or the like. Most every other Dan fan has the same idea. For
example, this charette thing with Oleander is exactly the kind of thing. It's
for the fun of it and I'm glad to have a kindred heart this time around.
So if you are really sick of Klas, just ignore him, whether he posts as
himself or as anon. Make it your motto,
DON'T FEED THE KLAS.
hoops
hey clas, that's me - am i swedish? could be, who knows?
...it's ANN-MARGRET, and she was born in Sweden.
Little Steeven, please...?
C
RE: 77 Sunset Strip comment. For anyone who may care to complain that this isn't relevant to a SD tribute site, note that this program was comtemporary to "Peter Gunn" which had music written by Henry Mancini. Unfortunately, 77 Sunset Strip's music was considerably less interesting than mancini's compositions. If you do a search on Yahoo for "77 Sunset Strip", you will find both the words and a page with a midi version of the song for confirmation of my opinion regarding the relative musical merits of the two programs.
;-))
77 Sunset Strip ... I can remember as a kid when people would come to Los Angeles, they would try to find that address from the 60's TV show. I never watched it, but Roger Smith was the lead actor in that series. Roger Smith and his wife Ann-Margaret were friends with my parents. My parents met them through their involvement with fund-raising for a charity that my parents were very active in. Ann-Margaret and Roger Smith live in a beautiful house on Benedict Canyon ... above the Sunset Strip.
A new Steely Dan tribute band is about to launched in Europe. It is called Clas and the Rooster. Guess which one is Clas?
Steveedan
Gina left Sweden, Stockholm today. We had a great time. She's a nice person, very funny and it's nice talking, being with her. She did her singing on a song Jonas and I had prepared in advance, a song she wrote a while ago, she sent me the tape half a year a go.
Gina did the song-recording in 3 takes, from top to bottom. No cut/paste, no drop in/drop out, just like old Sinatra went in in those old studios and made it. Incredible.
Jonas and I are finnishing the song on thursday.
---
StAl - uptight? Only Rock'n Roll? Okay. Wouldn't it be fair if we put in all Steely Dan Tribute bands as well? I mean, this is a Steely Fan Fucking Tribute site after all, isn't it?
A Steely Dan Cover-band promotion-site it is.
C
N1P
db
With all due respect, I am totally "clued" in to the TM project past, present and future. I did not offer to submit a track until the rule against cover bands was withdrawn. After I made the offer, an objection was posed and, out of respect for the participants/recipients in the project I placed the decision in their hands. Although I don't really care for being flamed for making a simple offer, I'm willing to take the heat and, if people want the track (i.e., if people generally are interested and believe that it is "in the spirit" of the TM project), I will submit it. If they don't (i.e., if people generally are not interested or believe its outside of the spirit of the project) I wont, no offense taken. It's a simple matter to burn the track and submit it and let Schwinn decide. It's even simpler not to do so. So, to those in charge of the project -- if you conclude that want a submission from me, please send me an e-mail with an address and I'll send you a track. If you don't, the decision will be self-executing. And to all -- have a really nice day ;-)
If you are old enough, maybe you can sing at least part of the black and white TV show theme, "77 Sunset Strip".
907 - a new boz disc with Philinganes, this sounds interesting
I have
yet to find his solo album
sorry I haven't been paying attention,
who is hosting the TMH2002?
my
girlfriend has a minidisc dat recorder, is this an acceptable format or would
cassetter or vhs hifi work better?
I'll get to work on polishing off that number
I'm checking out a concert tapes guy who is sending me samples of all his dan shows, I will report back on quality, hoping to find a stellar Manassas 96
lido missed the boat that day, he left the shack....
let the music play! You actually want to control content?
It's a GB CD
not a SD CD!
Viva la TM2002!
Hey I don't care myself. This or that as space filler, you know. In the end it's the producer's call.
Although I have to wonder what happened to the concept of trying to produce
an album that wouldn't necessitate any carving up when you listen to it.
Something like Aja or the Royal Scam, something you don't have to use the skip
feature on and just let it roll like that. Something finger lickin' good from
beginning to end. Kinda like last year's comp, btw.
Hmm... I'm hungry
now.
Clas/KFC: Why do you have to be so uptight?
It's only rock and roll and I like it like it yes I do...
And if it means getting another song to fill space and make this CD possible I'm even more for the idea. Yeah Clas, I really want to hear your contribution -- even more so than a PF cover. I mean, I'd be REALLY disappointed if there were no TM2002 this year.
And don't lay this decision on Brett. Not fair. Put the song on the album and if you don't like it, skip it. CD players have these fancy controls on them that actually make this possible...
Relax.
StAl
The Sunset Strip IS world famous. You said that you knew about the Sunset Strip, also known as Sunset Blvd., roughly 9 months ago when I reported that the Doctor Wu band was playing this same venue in July 2001. Are you sure that you have never heard of it?
Try this on for size -- from Babylon Sisters ... "Drive west on Sunset to the sea, turn that jungle music down ..."
That is Sunset Blvd. that is being referred to. You have never heard of it. Have you heard of Steely Dan? They are world famous too.
You are so entertaining. Keep up the good work.
Stevee(Down at the Sunset Grille)Dan
"world famous Sunset Strip"
?
Never heard of it. Maybe it's just world famous in USA.
C
KFC - absolutely. When Lisa and I founded this SIS GBook-CD, the idea was showing what kind of music the Gbookers composed.
And I strongly say NO to Pink Floyd-coverbands. BUT, it's up to Schwinn to decide though.
c
hey, i see it's as courteous here as ever LOL
T for Tones, that music on the flipside to Caldera is Prefab Sprout!!!!
...
visiting another swedish friend now so back to her ...
toodles,
Gee
"pink - hell, go for it, i'm curious to hear your stuff myself"
Trouble
is, "your stuff" is an highly debatable concept here. Keep in mind, there are
people who go to great lenghts to record something original, investing some
time and money and a piece of their own soul in the process. If you want to
appear out of place in the mix, be my guests but this shows you have no clue
about the nature of the project in the past.
I guess that counts as a
legitimate vote against (in principle) since I have kept this handle for a few
posts now. I am not an animal. I'm a human bean! Besides, Schwinn's in charge,
right? Let him be the judge.
Yours
The Kernel
Bill - You're coming into my space, my virtual living room as it were; I
pay the rent and host; I expect people to act half way humane. People are
welcome in my virtual living room to discuss the Dan, but if you are
keep
up the kiddie clodish, then you are not welcome.
c
This post is both a Shameless Plugging as well as a Public Service Announcement:
Los Angeles based Steely Dan tribute band Doctor Wu will be appearing live at the famous Whisky A-Go-Go on the world famous Sunset Strip in Hollywood, Saturday night, March 30th. Everybody, come on down to see them !!!
Many members of the great society of Steely Dan tribute bands will be in attendence to cheer on our good friends of Doctor Wu. You are all cordually invited to come see this great band at a truly historical venue in the annals of Rock 'N' Roll History.
Steveedan (Glad to be of service.)
And now ... it's time for ...
S H A M E L E S S .. P L U G G I N G !!!!!!!!
The Santa Ana Banana Band ... oops, I mean ... The Steely Fan Band will be playing in it's own back yard this Friday night, March 22, at 8 PM at the Studio Cafe, located on the Newport Beach Peninsula. The address is 200 Main Street, which is right near the Fun Zone and the Balboa Island Ferry Station. We got the whole night. We will be playing for over 3 hours the fabulous music of your favorites and ours, Steely Dan !!!
Admission is free, but be prepared to pay for parking !!!
For those of you who may have seen us before, we will be adding new songs and a few surprises so we guarantee a "first-time" experience for all who attend.
Also, we will be ringing the birthday (after midnight) for our mighty bandleader and drummer, Mr. Sticks, Larry Michaels. So c'mon down and bend an elbow or two with him. After all, beating on those drums can make a man mighty thirsty.
And to our British counterpart, "Fingers" Shotan of the Danny Steely Orchestra, I will be thinking of you Matey !!!
Steveedan (The MFM for the SFB)
W1P - I have discussed the matter with the members of Doctor Wu, The Steely Fan Band, and my still under wraps band -- a total of roughly 30 people. I am pleased to tell you that it is unanimous. We all would be delighted to see a Which One's Pink? song on the CD. After all, Which One's Pink? has been featured along with certain Steely Dan Tribute bands in the past at various venues, so, it seems appropriate to me.
Bill, why do you want to force the "easy way out" and put poor Clas out of his misery? And leave his sternum and second-story pissing events out of it.
Wormy - Sorry to have you follow the preceeding paragraph. It's great that you got the EJ stuff. Dive right in. Then e-mail me and I will give you some advice that should speed up the process for you.
JWMailbu -- I am glad to hear that you are unharmed. It hasn't been the greatest last few weeks for you my friend. I hope that things are looking better. Talk to you soon.
Steveedan
Hey V8, although I appreciate the vote, I can't count it because its cast without attribution. Therefore, the count remains 1-1.
W1P,
Let's hear your stuff brother...
Pay no attention to the Swedish
meatball.
original lester - i asked that question about a year or so ago and got no bites, i have wondered the same thing - let's hope somebody here knows
pink - hell, go for it, i'm curious to hear your stuff myself
I really do not want to turn this into a referendum on Clas' opinions. If people of the yellow are in favor of a W1P submission I would be happy to make a contribution. On the other hand, if they are not in favor of such a submission, I will not be offended in the least -- its totally understandable. On the other hand, I don't think any one person should have a veto. So the count stands at 1-1. Chad, how do you vote?
Dammit- my post didn't show up. Anyway, I was commenting on my Stan Getz/ Joao Gilberto CD, which notes a David Drew Zingg as the photographer for the album sleeve. The album was recorded in NY, so I am assuming this is Drew Zingg's father. Anyone know anything about this?
Uptown baby, uptown baby.
OL
Anyone heard the new Boz Scaggs disc "Dig"? Complete with a Steely Dan connection in David Paich- as well Greg Phillinganes, Steve Lukather of Toto fame and Roy Hargrove on trumpet. I think I'm going to purchase it based on this, but I wonder if anyone has heard it? Tones or Steviedan??
StAl--yes, this weather is making me nutz. Actually, it's giving me an additional reason to look forward to our upcoming San Diego jaunt. I just hope this goddamn screwy weather doesn't follow us down there!
/the Mam'zelle
(pondering snow in Seattle three days shy of the Spring
Equinox)
Just for your information. I've noticed a few of your comments on the webpoll. No, the band did not "put me up to this." Just curious I guess -- plus I wanted to see how well the script worked and it was the easiest question to think up at 5:00 AM (when the poll was created).
Ducky: Isn't this weather killing you? I thought I'd never say this but I really miss LA...Snow AGAIN this morning. The worse part is nothing is sticking so you can't even enjoy it
Current DVD's I'm enjoying: M*A*S*H (5 Star Collection), The Player and The Godfather Box Set.
StAl
Well, I just enjoyed an interesting at-least-symbolic victory. The other day, I was listening to our local Seattle jazz station (KPLU, an NPR affiliate) as they spun a record featuring vocals by James Taylor--quite nice, actually, but it got me all heated up once again about never hearing any Dan whatsoever on this station. So I fired off an email rant at them--a friendly rant, mind you, but a rant all the same--re why they saw fit to play James Taylor and Sting and Rickie Lee Jones in amongst their Miles and Coltrane and whatever, but never any Becker/Fagen beauties.
Lo and behold, I get an email back from the program director saying they used to play a few cuts from "Nightfly" once in awhile, and he'd see about maybe adding those back into the playlist. Feeling emboldened, I emailed back thanking him, and suggesting he also consider a couple of the jazziest cuts off 2vN, and maybe even some stuff off of 11TOW for their (actually quite excellent) blues programming. To my astonishment, the PD actually replied to this email too, saying he'd pick these two discs up and give them a listen.
Now, this guy has made no promises whatsoever that he'll actually program any of this stuff, but I'm still pleasantly startled that I got any response at all, let alone a potentially positive one. So--the moral of the story is to never underestimate the power of positive kvetching! Meanwhile I'll wait to see if my kvetching bears more tangible fruit (or some such mixed metaphor).
While I'm at it: one of my many Dannish fantasies is that Don and Walt, having already demonstrated their fondness for occasionally getting on the radio waves, and even staging that mock public-access talk show spoof for the "Plush" show, would actually start up a semi-regular radio show gig of their own designing. Say, once a month on some suitably-warped NYC community radio station, or even phoned-in somehow to that excellent little community station in Hawaii they've popped up on sporadically over the years. Just thinking about the concept puts that wacky Dan-shit grin on my face. My one concern with this fantasy, though, is that any time they'd spend on such a project would be time not spent creating more music, and We Can't Have THAT! But perhaps they could work it in as an occasional letting-off-steam thang akin to their periodic workouts on the ODP ... who knows?
/the Mam'zelle
(hope springing eternal in the avian breast)
new dvd's I've been enjoying the last few weeks
pearl jam tour 2000 - not new but nice, new venue every song
eddie
vedder dancing with an onstage deaf signer is a class act
sade lover's live - better than the last sade live disc
sultry and
swings
pete townsend - lifehouse
yes some of these songs you have heard 10,000
times
some rarities that didn't make Who's NExt
this is a nice new
reading, mostly acoustic pete
with his background singers sometimes sharing
the vocals
very worthy of my jackson
the paris concert - amnesty international
from late 98 peter gabriel,
bruce, radiohead tracy chapman and page/plant
other than a washed up
page/plant, the rest give heartfelt performances
only gabriel (outside
clips from Gensis songbook to make dvd (what a cryme or nursery like size)
steve Hackett - the tokyo tapes
great renditions of genesis, old king
crim and gag (asia) tunes
mostly entertaining - john wetton and chester
thompson a plus
sting - brand new day tour nicely packaged, well shot, a few retreads and a few surprises (basically the show I saw at jazzfest two years ago)
monty python's holy grail
the revamped cleaned up version is superb! sir
robin sir robin....
when does "life of brian" get a shiny remastering?
malena - italian with subtitles
think everthing "Captian Correlli's
Mandolin" strived to be and wasn't
sensual and entertaining
pass the popcorn
wormy
Lars: a la basically translates to "like, as, or similar to" - the fact that Timothy Leary is gone, doesn't mean that someone can't be like them.
Clas: I only call it like I see it, and based on your widely broadcast behaviour - pissing out a window - the 'name' suits you marvelously. Be proud, old Swede, you have an identity!!!
Wormy: check's on it's way....sorry for the delay....
ygk
Clas (Post 890),
I hear you... That stupid hitman I hired to waste your ass
messed up and
got caught. You just can't hire good
hitman help these days... Better luck
next time I guess.
Cyanide gas was a stupid idea. I would have taken the
direct approach
myself.
Love,
Bill
Vote #2 -- Hell yes W1P!
What does Clas know anyway?
I will accept the judgment of a representative sample of participants & recipients of TM. We have one vote no. Others?
sorry cap locked out
832 - auss - wow close call, I can just picture you pulling this off
842- JDubz - sorry to hear on the robbbery, hope you are okay
I was
robbed at gun and knife point once years ago and the scariest thing was the
guys totally cold steel eyes (noo emotion whatsoever)
836 steveed - found an EJ music book on ebay
the EJ catalog was
remastered - they are called "The Classic years" and have demo's added on some
discs. The Tumbleweed disc features a "Madman" with Mick ROnson on guitar that
is total fab!
860 aja - sevne weeks and counting, heard from juju princess yet???
847 StevieD - Todd and Laura Nyro - too bad they never sang
together!
those first two Runt ballad albums are just fabulous
are you
saying you are coming down to New Orleans for Jazzfest??
would love it (e
me at bergeon@shellus.com) I can also pay for a few bass lessons to help
finance the trip there brother.
YGK - too funny
and where is blaise???
I am investigating new sources for live Steely Dan vhs video's
will post
favorable results and clunkers here
gina and clas getting together, wunderbaa
strange spagetti in this silent city...
wormy
Quit ''fags'' yesterday..
Had lunch today now i'm seeing double
very
strange
uptown baby, mr fagen should have been in that black cow sampled song
himself!!!... hadn't seen the Making of Aja yet, so Clas and i watched it
yesterday while Pompe was sound asleep and sometimes even tapping his nostrils
to the beats in the video ..sloha from sverige LOL
Pompe is a great great
Dane, Clas and his wife Lena are cool people and recording at Jonas' was fun!
so Stockholm is a wonderful city, spent all day today just walking and
listening to some of sweden's finest jazz and popmusic .. we'll be seeing
steve grossman and guy barker this evening in a stockholm club .. anyone
familiar with the names and music????
off again, a Banyan Tree Sign In From Sweden Bow,
Gina
Hey All- Flew in last night from a week in COLD Connecticut. Went up for a Service for my Father in Law who passed away Dec. 30th. Trying to catch up backscrolling.
Aus and Jdubz-Yow, glad you guys are ok.
Duncan-I'm about an hour north of Naples. Email me If you want to try and hook up.
All for now, David
hey all - i just yesterday purchased the new alanis morissette cd, what's happening to me?
Ed Betty: That was pretty cool link regarding Walter. Do you think he actually acted in that movie? It didn't look like he just sang a song.
Ducky/Ed: I tried to respond to you, but I guess I am "List Bot" challenged. Going and waiting. St. Al, you hear anything recently from Love Bob?
St. Al: As you probably know, there does eventually come a time when the little ones sleep at night. It just seems to take forever, but maybe by around 10 years old? Then by 15 they don't want to have anything to do with you and you wish they would wake you up and tell them when there is a problem. By around 17, they keep you up all night, while you wait for them to get home from a date.... It just never ends. :-)
Mu: Read your post on the Blue. I had heard about Rikki from somewhere else, so it didn't totally surprise me. The Paul Schaffer connection I didn't know about. Interesting to hear that they referred to a building as Steely Dan. That may have been what kept the name in their mind, when they were desperately trying to come up with a name for the first band.
Big front page article in the Sunday Travel Section of the LA Times regarding how to get to "Ground Zero". Where to buy tickets for a viewing time and where the platform is. I couldn't believe it. A travel destination? That just seems so cold and businesslike. Sheesh!
W1P - no, that's against the rules. Seriously, no Pink floyd-covers on the SIS-CD.
C
Great StAl - your buddy YGK can post anon again. Will you let the world know when he calls me "pissboy" again?
Bill - I don't know if you have been catching the Swedish news the past few days, but there's this guy who was caught storing cyanide on the subway in MockfjSrd with a plot to release it in gas form in upcoming weeks.
The caught the guy milling around in a private tunnel leading to my
building for which I handle computer security. So that's been my
preoccupation. It's sick that someone wants to kill people like that
as way of expressing whatever. So when I have to deal with some of
the
noise you've been posting it's a pretty small deal.
C
Thanks for the chat, sweeties!
Happy St. Pat's Day Y'all!,
WJAZ,
You're moving into the new funeral parlor?
How many bedrooms does it
have? Do you have cable or
sattelite? Catch you in chat soon.
Dr. Kruger,
Is it true that Otterhounds are telepathic?
If so, would you mind asking
yours to check in on Don and
Walt? Just wanna make sure they're still
actively
working on the next one.
Dif and Dragon,
I did'nt quit on you last night, we had a power outage.
I tried
restarting my computer with a couple of double-A
alkaline batteries but it
did'nt work. Sorry...
Happy St. Pat's Day to all the Dan faithful!
Is it true that Kraftwerk have appointed Stephen Hawking as their new tour manager?
(mona)Lisa G.(..ee, how ya been?) - How cute is *that*? What did you say? Btw... Eve and Adam... too funny. And did they eat meat?
"whacky..." -what?! No coke cans?!! No action figures?!! Bad Sneakers(tm)?!! Scale-model Technicolor Motorhomes?!! Steely Dan wigs?!!!
Btw, I'll take one of those RN forwarded "pro-tools for dummies"... lol
Dano - did you get to take it home in a jar? Hope your feeling better.
Jdubz - dude! Glad you're safe man.
You too Aus. Do they have the "Aus signal" installed in Gotham yet?
Gina... Hey there... yep, I've finally found something other than the new Cracker to play (of the "new" thing I've heard)... The new (2nd) Soulive album, I think it's called "Next". They're a 4 piece(gtr, bass, drums, kybrds) out of NYC. Totally cool sound, funky laid back jazz funk, not too unlike the Charlie Hunter cd I mention awhile back, but from the other coast... maybe a bit more "urban," if that means anything. This week I've also listened to Return to Forever (the White/Clarke rhythm section... maaaaaaaaan... Ya feelin' me stevied?) and that Caldera tape you sent me again (btw... what's that on the other side? nice!).
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Now this has gotten me "thinking" again (lol... not not like that)... about fusion. As that Zack guy mentioned, there are parts of Aja that could be considered the "pinnacle" of jazz/rock fusion, and I'd agree with him. To me, the difference is that the Dan were never afriad or worse, condescending about their liking rock as well as jazz. Most fusion bands of their era, perhaps wanting to be taken "seriously" as musicians and also for monetary as opposed to artisic reasons, decided to fuse pop and jazz instead of rock and fusion. Toward the end of the 70's, bands like Spiro Gyra and Pat Metheny Group were making commercial successes while rock fusion like Mahavishnu and RtF were fading or finished. the Metheny Group turned decidecly towards jazz, possibly saving their artistic soul, while Spyro and their ilk went "for the gold" and in the process created "elevator jazz" and spawned the likes of Kenny G. The Dan created one of the last jazz/*rock* fusion albums before they and the genre went dormant.
Subsequent attempts to revive the genre seemed retro and somewhat insincere, because most of the musicians only remembered the last few mostly horrible years of jazz/rock fusion, when the technical ruled over composition, or to my ears "pretension" over "substance". When I describe Soulive and the Charlie Hunter Quintet as "laid back," I don't mean "mellow", I mean "informal, lacking pretention," as perceived by me anyway. I have a low pretention threshhold, which is one of the things I've *always* loved about the Dan and the Dead. Kenny G of course *ooozes* it. To me, it's not about the guy standing there with his face scrunched up in a "Man, I'm so intensely talented... just *look* at my fingers!" look, it's about the song and what's being said musically. And musically, the tone of the newest CHQ cd and the two Soulive cd's have revived my interest in contemporary jazz fusion to some extent. (And no, it's *not* because both of their lastest cd's reference Earth, Wind, & Fire at one point... though...)
To all the above there are infinite exceptions of course, but that's my general rant...
Hey steviedan, looks like "fusion II". You in?
Later folks. Only three more days until until SBJ day!!
t
LG- Damn- I just wrote a long letter to you about the PW thing that I
deleted by accident. I'll try to edit it here.
PW's complaint about the
scene wasn't that jazz isn't "pure" anymore, he thinks that the kids are just
copying what he and the other players of his time already did, and not coming
up with anything innovative.
He's been on this kick for a while and I wish
he'd just shut up and play his sax!
As you said, he didn't make eye contact
with his audience, he seemed to be looking up at a non-existent balcony.
He
took questions at the end, and I asked him if he was ever going to let a book
of his transcribed solos out. A guy I used to know tried to put out a book of
his transciptions of PW's solos and only offered PW 10%.
PW freaked out and
started calling him every name in the book and took the book from him. So I
said "I heard it didn't go so well the first time someone tried to do
it."
PW gave me an icy stare and said "No, it didn't go so well, as you
said."
Then he said, "I'm never gonna put out a book of my solos".
I
then asked him about a pianist he used to play with and he got real bugged and
asked me "What the hell do you want me to say about him? He's been dead for 40
years."
I said "Anything."
"I don't know what you expect me to say about
him" and went on to another question, which was- you guessed it- "Tell us
about your solo on "Just The Way You Are."
He was pretty much angry about
every question he was asked and then ended the thing abruptly.
I guess you
must've lived near the Delaware Water Gap in Penn., where PW still lives.
Where did you see him play? If you don't mind, tell me anything about PW you
remember, regardless of how he is as a person, he's one of the all-time
greats. Thanx!
Good afternoon/morning and top o' the day to you all!
Happy St. Paddy's day and happy birthday to the world's tallest leprechaun, my own big brother Stevie. No we're not Irish. Nobody in the family is. But having a family member born on St. Patrick's Day always had us celebrating. Back in '93, I remember it snowing big time on this date, when I was living in PA. Ah, snow. Remember when we actually had some during the winter here in the lower northeast? Actually, glad we had very, very little this season.
Anyway, played "Fiddler" this past weekend at a nearby school, and I swear, the kid who played Lazar Wolfe was the spitting image of Donald Fagen in junior high. DaddyG did not agree.
Toe-nz-I would not be able to corroborate your friend's story concerning the encore at the '73 show,as I was just learning to talk back then. Could it have been a political statement to the audience? Knowing that the boys grew up in the 50's, could it have been an ôHomage?ö Could it never have happened? Did Adam and Eve have navels?
Am I with you, Doctor K--Phil Woods--yeesh, what a depressing cat. Did he look at the audience at all? Saw him many a time back home. Played a few times with a friend of mine from my former life, a talented young pianist with a paternal pedigree. The kid really had something, but alas, we've lost contact. Phil was one of the strangest dudes I ever saw live, with the exception of Tom Harrell. BTW, I agree with him about the scene. Life sure is different, has been for quite some time. I remember hearing that my dad put himself through college playing out. In fact he met my mom at one of his gigs. All those jewels people used to listen to. Maybe Miles had the right idea: mix with the music on the street. SD surely tries to marry jazz styles with other popular forms. But jazz in its many forms hasn't really been "pure" for quite some time now, if I may even use that word. The so-called ôdeath of jazzö during the birth of fusion was a sign of the times. They are indeed a-changing. Poor Phil. Those days are gone. just don't ask him to play "Just the Way You Are," ever.
òAssorted "Black Cow" tall glasses and mugsò
òDonald Fagen signature
indoor shadesò
òAvocados, lots of them, a dime a dozenò
ò"I wish that I
knew what I know now, when I was younger" lithographed, numbered and
autographed Anne Heche posters (exclusive)ò
òTwin "Our Lawn" chairs, as
featured on main pageò
ò"Pro-Tools for Dummies", with Roger Nochols
forewordò
ò"Lido's Own" Sausage and beerò
ò"You gotta walk it like you
talk it", a collection of YGK bedtime prayersò
ò"Lay down your Jackson and
you will see" Surprise Bag of Goodiesò
òThe Complete, Updated, Pocket
Survey of Steely Dan Tribute Bands, A to Zò
òSD Coats with long, long, long
tails...ò
Nah, I'm afraid that's not enough, StAL. I want the kind of immunity your "Internet friends" enjoy. That's what I want.
Steely Dan selling RARE RECORDINGS on their web site? Sure, bring it
on.
Coffee mugs? Perhaps...
Boy, it's times like these when I wonder about this thing called parenthood. Take note all you single people. It's 2:00 AM PST and I'm wide awake. And not because I've been out drinking all night...
Cute and cuddly -- yeah right.
StAl
Not sure if you realize it but there are other people like Graydon who want
to post stories and interviews about working with the Dan--here or on the Blue
Bore etc. They approach me or I hear about it second hand. But they also don't
want to bother to waste their breath in the company of
comments like those
you leave.
c
St. Pal, you are correct. It is a strange inaugural question for a Steely Dan fan web poll. Yep, right, thatÆs the first question major Dan fans want to be surveyed on.
ôWould you like to see Steely Dan offer merchandise for sale on their website?ö is NOT an obvious question, as you suggest---You know why? Because the answer itself is SO RIDICULOUSLY obvious. As if rabid, zealous Steely Dan fans are going to say no???????
Rather, how about something unusual and refreshing that doesn't get asked enough. How about a survey where we can provide opinions on your motives for this ridiculous question:
Q1a: What do you think St. Pal thinks he will get for himself if he can push Steely Dan merchandise on the web hard enough?
O A matching washer and dryer, a marital appliance and a $30 Service
Merchandise gift certificate
O Shameless self-promotion for his failing
consulting biz
O Free t-shirts for his pals
O a subcontract with
steelydan.com so he can take advantage of sd.comÆs "pi"-%-off employee
discount on all merchandise
O Finally! Payback for ôwastingö all his time
on a website about his fourth or fifth favorite band, Steely Dan.
O
Stepping stone to the big zorta
O All of the above and moreà...
Any comments? [Post 'em here for all to see]
Happy St. Pal's Day everyone!
Almost Forgot---it's a drag that we now have to do this manually.
IP: logged Godzilla/100.0 (compatible; BROWZERAMA 95.00; Cray XX)
hey y'all... my friend Jeff just interrupted my reading about the Carter Family on the All-Music Guide (yep, I'm at " work") and told me about seeing the Dan in '73 at the Orpheum in Minneapolis, still with with David Palmer in the band apparently, and acoording to him they did "My Boyfriend's Back" (Hey la Hey la) as an encore. I'm having a hard time imagining this without laughing... Before you ask me what drugs he was on, that was the *1st* time he saw them. The second time was in apparently in '74 when they played with Dr. Hook and Paul Davies (I have no idea who PD is...). He even remembers what he paid for both tickets: 1st show was $6.50, 2nd time he only paid $2 !!
But anyway... "My Boyfriend's Back?" There *must* be a story behind that one...
Big honkin steely "Yo!" to everyone...
gotta get people out of here so I can start my weekend... going to see Frank Black tonight if I can stay awake till then.
t
Bill...RE: Post 831...
I read you loud and clear...
Death Land has been busy for a couple of
weeks, also moving into new
funeral parlor later this week...and nursing a
sprained ankle (lesson:
don't run in the dark at age 38...)for some reason
no one believed that
I saved a busload of retarded children that was
teetering on a bridge
about to fall below to a river full of highly
aggressive catfish...
so the real ankle story is a bit less
romantic...
Will see you soon...happy late Birthday Bill....
LP and others who clicked on the link
Check out the credited cast overview and you'll see what I saw
Ed
A "deranged social scientist"(!), sure, that's easy for you people to
say!
My work with the "good doctor Tim" still stands as a landmark of
Deludin research, and that office on the "upper east side" has been
uninhabited since its fumigation and my eviction almost a decade
ago!
Again, the mention of my name in "WOH"!
I told you I treated
whatshisname- the tall skinny vampire-looking one during his "clinical
depression", resulting in that abortion of a record "Kamirizad", or whatever
it's called- new age car indeed- I gave him the idea for that when I had to
transport him to my office in my souped-up Yugo, because of his damn phobias
and the like! I told him "Snap out of it, damn it!!!!, and the rest is rock
and/or roll history!
Anyway, I thought I'd post here because I took off a
day from work (don't ask)to attend a Phil Woods jazz clinic at LIU in Brooklyn
this week.
Mr. Woods, in case you forgot, was the sousaphone player on that
Doctor Wu song (also about me, of course, when I had my acupuncture clinic in
East LA in the 70s- the name change was strictly for legal purposes, of
course).
This supposed "clinic" Mr. Woods held, had nothing to do with the
healing arts at all! He simply played his alto sousaphone, and told us his
life story!
Phil, as none of you know, came from Springfield Mass., and
has the worst case of Hemingway disorder that I've ever seen. He ranted on
about how there's "more happening now in hip-hop than there is in jazz today",
and that maybe jazz will have to die because of no new innovators in the
music.
Then he started attacking jazz education, which I'm sure the LIU
Music Dept. Head, Pete Yellin (another jazz sousaphone player)must have loved
(I was sitting behind him). "We're graduating three thousand tenor players
from jazz college this year and we don't have gigs for any of them!" he fumed.
He then played some tunes with the LIU kids- "Rhythm Changes" a blues and then
asked for requests for a ballad. The kid playing piano didn't know any of them
so Phil played "Tenderly" on the piano for the kid and then they tried to play
it. Phil had to call out the changes out of the side of his mouth as he was
playing the melody and improvising on it cause the kid was fucking it up left
and right.
This is a sad result of the state of live music today.
Previously, musicians played these songs at weddings, bat mitzvahs etc...But
nowadays DJs have replaced musicians, and the young musicians never have a
chance to learn them and practice their craft.
Anyway, he took questions
from the audience and then left before i had a chance to offer any help for
his obvious serotonin and deludin deficiency syndrome-
OSDDS.
Therapeutically Yours,
Dr. Warren K.
I forgot... I've removed the browser information from the posts. Let's see how this goes for a while. Remember. This information is still available to me so please act like adults.
Also, this is a tag that is easily added back. And when it is all this information is once again displayed. So, if you start flamming someone and it gets way out of hand I can easliy re-insert this tag and the information will re-appear -- retroactively -- which allows the whole world to see who the asshole is...
StAl
Aja: Yeah, well, while you're complaining about your balmy 60 degree temperatures it's friggin' snowing in Seattle!
I want Spring/Summer to begin. I bought a new frisbee and a basketball about 2 weeks ago when it was sunny and nice here. Since then it's snowed TWICE. There they sit...
Also, don't forget to check out the new Banyan Tree WebPoll. Link above.
StAl
Hi all.
A very big congratulations to Duncan! Best wishes to you, Linda and little Dan.
Dano-so sorry to hear about your GB troubles. Both my brother and mother had problems with that organ. And it was no stinking Hammond.
JW-sorry to hear about your run-in, too. Hope you escaped physically and spiritually unscathed.
And on the subject--Heroics from Aus!!!! Man, you should get some parking privileges or something for that one. If you be my bodyguard...
MC-how are you?
Also, Cyn, been thinking about you, girl. Drop by and visit.
Here's your SD link, sort of--Saw a cute little performance troupe at my school last week based in San Diego called Primary Focus. Six teen actors from all over the country, singing and dancing in a program called the "Six Pillars of Character." Some real talent and a professional production.
Have a good weekend!
Lisa G
YGK: "Dr. Warren Kruger is a deranged 'social scientist' a la Timothy Leary who has an office on the Upper East Side....."
well, to my knowledge TL has been dead since 1996.
Hey Zach-not a bad review as far as reviews go, but reviews in general kill the mood of the song. Some things can't be put into words, ya know? Instead of trying to dissect it into little tiny, defined pieces, just put the song on and FEEL it.
Try it, it works much better.
Aja
Hi all-
Hanging out at my favorite coffee house because the weather is terrible this weekend-sorry Snowbound! It's not usually like this. An Alaskan storm has moved in temporarily and it's about 15 degrees colder than the norm for this month, but it sure makes the coffee taste good.
I hear ya about the laundry, June. Think I'll spend the day cleaning myself.
Back to the jazz,
Aja
hey there ed, how have you been, what's with the foreign films thingy?
june's doing laundry, yipes
Hi,
I'm still out here somewhere,
I found this and I figured this is why the delay these days(hahaha)
http://amazon.imdb.com/Title?0304449
John: Andy's site also has the latest rumors on the Next One in a nutshell...
Joseph. Andy's place is good and especially is known for it's collection of bootlegs. It's at http://www.andymetzger.com
About Music Match playing Steely Dan frequently on the Zappa station. Why is this "odd"? Doesn't it appear in theCitzen Steely Dan box set where Zappa praises Steely Dan as being "Zappa on Quaaludes?" It's even in extra big type. For someone who is supposed to be the #1 Steely Dan fan with the supposedly the most devoted web following, you should know better. Now, Weird Al as a regular on a Zappa station, that's fucked up. Weird Al is like kindergarten and Zappa is post-doctoral level.
http://www.andymetzger.com/
Hi all again, from down under. It's a while since I've been here.
Does
anyone know what's happened to Andy Metzger's Dan site?
My link to it
doesn't work, nor does the link from this site....
Maybe it's just
temporarily down?
Joseph
Malc , Priceless on a saturday morning.
"Did you slip a few slaps on the cat when you had him down"
Now that has
made me roar , and thanks for the picture Malc.
Cheers Dano.
Schwinn: Just got back in town. Let me know if you catch Neil Finn at SXSW...missed him on Kilborn Monday...passed out on the stairs...
Hey steviedan! You in for Nawlins? Gonna be a blast.......
AMEN! (that's for missing Blaisie)
YGK-great definitions, look out at the Dr. John show. I'm going to make an offering at Marie Laveau's grave and ask her to summon chere back to the GB.......
Have a great weekend, all!
Aja
Schwinn -- interested in a submission from W1P? I have some really fun live tracks that could be of interest to the people of the yellow who are unlikely to catch W1P live on the West Coast. Since you are in in Austin, Tribute the Movie is playing tomorrow at 4:45 p.m. at the Alamo -- even if you hate every band represented in the film (Queen, The Monkees, KISS, Judas Priest and Journey), the film explores the passions that drive musicians and music fans with more than a slight does of humor.
Hi
Any word on the new album? Is it true no tour and new CD until at least 2003?
Thanks
John
Erie, Penn.
****If you do send an mp3 file please mail to barn101@swbell.net
Well now, the Ides of March seems like an appropriate time to give you an update on the newest guestbook compilation CD, "TM2K". At this point I have received submissions from Clas and Roy Scam with promises from about 6 others including yours truly. That brings us to approximately 8 contributors with a need for at least 4 more. I have already extended the deadline twice so I'd like to stick with the 4/1 deadline BUT, in order to make contributions more convenient for some of you, I've decided to accept mp3 submissions that are at least 192kps. Those of you who know about mp3 files know what I'm talking about. I'm just trying to keep the quality as high as possible. Forgive me for being so tardy with reports but I've recently bought a house and have been busy making it into a home. Hey, you all should come visit!
P.S. SXSW is in full swing and Austin is rockin'!
SEMB
Donald is from NGC891, a small spiral galaxy in Andromeda,
positioned
about 4 degrees east of Gamma Andromedea.
Walter is from Queens.
Hence the eclectic sound of Steely Dan.
Hope this helps...
Zach- Sounds like you have a very good way of describing Black Cow.
It's
very cool.
Glad to see that you're not theother Zach from VH1. He seems to be a loser.
Good luck with the review.
Jimbo
Anyone out there have a chance to listen to Carolyn Leonhart's new project? http://www.lynleon.com. Any opinions? Also, any takers on Justin Morell's new one?
So I've been listening to MusicMatch radio a lot lately. They let you create a radio station based on the music of a specific artist. I've been listening to the "Frank Zappa" station an awful lot and I'd have to say the artist they play the most, behind Zappa and Floyd, is Steely Dan. At least 2 to 3 songs per hour. For some reason this strikes me as odd. I see similarities, but do others? They also play a lot of Weird Al...
The beauty is they play the full versions of Frank's songs, like Bobby Brown Goes Down and Catholic Girls.
Screw the FCC!
StAl
YGK,
1. "Dr. Warren Kruger is a deranged social scientist ala
Timothy
leary". I thought that was Walt no?
2. I thought the "Tyranny of the Disallowed" was when your
girlfriend
says she has a headache again.
3. Wasn't the "Rebus Affair" the name of a Sanford and Son
episode where
Grady and Rollo misplace Freds drivers license
under and old hubcap
and...oh well apparently not.
4. "Hooterie" is another name for breaktime at Hooters no?
5. Port Blanc is near Port Chenin...well that clears things up.
:)
Just across Reuters wires: Explosion heard near the US embassy in Yemen.
JW: My lord....glad to hear you're ok....and yes, that punk was lucky I wasn't there with you.
June: Happy Friday love.
Everybody: Have a stellar weekend.
Aus
AUSSIE - You rock, man! Glad you're OK - but now we get to call you here......did you slip a few slaps on the cat when you had him down?
Bill:
1) Who is Dr. Warren Kruger and why is he mentioned?
Dr. Warren
Kruger is a deranged 'social scientist' a la Timothy Leary who has an office
on the Upper East Side.....
2) What is "The Tyranny of the Disallowed"?
The Quiet Rage of those who
feel 'on the outside'
3) What is "The Rebus Affair"?
It was a an affair which developed during
desegregation.....
4) What is "Hooterie"?
A gathering of freaky, wonderfully whacked, Dan
heads.....also known on as Danfest
5) Where is Port Blanc?
Next to Port Chenin
ygk
JW, how horrible, hope you are okay
aus - will do my part in the next couple of weeks, got your email,
yes
Zach: Beautifully done. I checked over to Fever Dreams and can see you have definitely done your homework, there. Have you ever watched "Making Aja" for Walter and Donald's thoughts about that work? :-)
Aussie: Man! Glad you are ok. Did the cops thank you, at least?
JW: That happen around Vine Street?
zach... allow me... oleander & feverdreams... be there...
wormster, a near nyro experience ! and the rundgren comparison SO astute. i was listening to the two-disc anthology and i remember thinking as i was listening, which one influenced the other ? i guess that explains it...
aussie, WOW ! DANGER COLOUR, MAN ! i'll call it heroic, but what would cheech & chong call it ? LOL ! seriously, glad you were relatively unharmed...
s-hips, sbj-day ? all for it here in the home of the brave !
great to have aja back on "regular" status...
... but i miss blaise. can i get a AMEN ?
"steviedan album of the week one week late" (TM):
"toots thielemans/kenny werner". from the sinatra, bill evans, legrand, & disney MEDLEYS to hancock & corea tunes to j.s. bach to "autumn leaves" and "what a wonderful world", this is an album of such exquisite beauty, it's useless trying to put it into words...
1) Who is Dr. Warren Kruger and why is he mentioned?
2) What is "The Tyranny of the Disallowed"?
3) What is "The Rebus Affair"?
4) What is "Hooterie"?
5) Where is Port Blanc?
Answer all 5 right and win an all expense paid trip to Port Blanc!
Greetings!
In one week from tomorrow, Friday, March 22,2002, the Steely
Fan Band will be LIVE at The Studio Cafe in Newport Beach!
Please join us
in our first appearance in our hometown club and celebrate our ownLarry
Michaels(AKA Mr. Sticks) birthday !!!!
The club is right on the beach on
the Balboa Peninsula at the Balboa Pier.200 Main Street.
The show is Free
to get in , but be prepared to indulge in the Studio's famous "Adios"blue
drinks..Let's pack the place and have a good time!
Showtime is
8:00pm.
Thanks
Mr.Samson
Zach - you know about as much as we do...
hi, my name is zach and i'm a writer for allmusic.com, i've taken up the task of writing "song reviews" to several steely dan songs. if you notice on the site, "important" songs on albums have a "review" link next to them which when clicked, transports you to a review of that particular song. i've been avoiding reviewing some of these steely dan songs simply because of the range of interpretation. i figured i should consult those who would have the biggest problem with my reviews. i'm going to do the same with my dylan reviews too. haha. so i wrote a draft version of a review for "black cow" and i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. i'll just paste the draft of the review now. thanks!
"Black Cow" sets the pace for the Aja album by offering up a flawless
groove, inventive musical textures, and the cleanest sound known to man.
Lyrically, many of the songs on Aja are full of abstract jazz references.
This, of course is not an absurd notion considering the album is perhaps THE
finest example of jazz-rock. Especially since Becker and Fagan have never
actually kept their admiration for jazz a secret.
The music for Black Cow
is breezy, relaxed and above all, confident. Interestingly, after further
investigation the music reveals itself to be amazingly complex. Starting with
a simple bass line and drums, the song builds and builds. Along the way, it is
adorned with saxaphone, a flying electric piano solo and every jazz chord in
the world.
Lyrically, the song's actual meaning is debatable. Some see it
as a simple comment on a guy's problem with his girl. Some say it has to do
with self-doubt. Others see it as a huge jazz metaphor, a commentary on
nightlife. Could a "black cow" even be a hindu suicide drink? It has even been
discussed that the song is a loose biography of Thelonious Monk.
Regardless of content, the song is nearly flawless. It is a shining,
crisp, delightful song. Black Cow is definitely a highlight for "the dan." The
song complements the group's climax album, their studio masterpiece.
Aussie ~ Too bad you weren't in LA last Friday evening to give me an assist after I was robbed at knife-point by some crackhead vato!
What is Donald's ethnic background?
Aus- I think a medal is in order as well as a guest spot on the Today Show.
Good job, bro.
In the words of Eric Cartman; KICK ASS!
Jimbo
You can tell me you're a man of means
and I would'nt believe it's
true.
Today I seen you sellin' door to door
and I know it makes you
blue.
Now you're bettin' your money on the wind and the rain
when you
put your money down.
I say come on and sail the waterway and turn your head
around...
Maybe Don and Walt should release an album full of songs
that should
have been released before?
How about "Alright Already!" or "Here goes
nuthin'"?
Andy Metzger...Nice job on your site!
:)
Aus - Whew! Glad you're ok.
St. Al - you ARE a tough crowd! How did you like the PSA I sent? I've got one more to send you that might appeal to your "discriminating" taste in jokes ;-)
Duncan - Congrats!
Dano - Are you sure you're alright there? lol!
The classic rock station here is doing a "March Madness" thing with bands. Somehow, J. Geils (sp) defeated Steely Dan. There's no accounting for taste here in the motor city.
Hi to all...
oh - almost forgot ....one of my fav Dylan lines...
"the pump won't work
cause the vandals took the handles"....
hee hee
sh
So there i am laid up in the pit and the quack comes along and says bad case of the old GB?? Not the guestbook you thinks but the old Gallbladder trouble has had me peelie wallie for a week in the sack?? But i am better now and can eat and pee straight so look out ladies?? Now if er indoors caught me saying that she would gimme a belt roon the lughole??
Anyways ..........Aussssssssssssssssssssie you old hero ??well done bigfella , next move NYPD With Danny and Sipowitz.
TWM , Where are you ?? Gone to Ayr fir the holidays or what??
Have you
been watchin the Big Yin on BBC?? Really like him when he does that touring
bit around the world excellent seies.
Duncan , Yahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,budeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Congratulations to you and Linda and the wee man.Great news mate sorry i
am a bit late, but i was moby dick.
Maybe we can have a few lashes soon
mate,and toast the good news.
Well done bigman.
Playing Steely most of this week to cheer me up.......Dooooooooooooooser.
Dano.
Boy is it windy in Los Angeles today (and yesterday) ...
Mr. W. Tom -
You found a REMASTERED "11-17-70" CD? I bet it sounds great. The original is fairly noisey, so I guess I will go looking for that. Was it a Mobile Fidelity disk, or something else?
Elton's "Songs From The West Coast" CD is better than a lot of his recent CDs, and it has 4 very good songs on it. As was mentioned here previously is that this CD is reminiscent of his Madman and Tumbleweed period, with maybe a little Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player (that's the one that originally had Daniel and Crocodile Rock on it). The ballads of Don't Shoot Me (like High Flying Bird, or Blues For Baby And Me). So, if you like that style of Elton's you will enjoy this CD.
Yes, I do pick it all up by ear. Elton's music was the first music that I tried to do this with way back when. Since trying to tackle Steely Dan and jazz fusion back in my high school days, my ear has improved due to the more sophisticated harmony in jazz and Steely Dan, so now it is easier to go back to lift Elton's stuff. The fact that it is harmonically simpler does not mean that it is lousy stuff. Many of Elton's songs are great.
And to our New York hero Aus -- That was quite a risk you took. I am glad that nothing bad happened to you. By the way, the image I have conjured up of you chasing this bad guy down and pouncing on him reminds me of the need to clean up the city and that old commercial where the "good guy" says:
"That's where you belong ... In the waste can !!!"
I can relate to the "experiencing a minor thrombotic seizure" before going to see certain clients. Funny expression, serious condition.
Steveedan
Good thing that wasn't a pot smoker you helped bust there Aus or I'd be pissed at ya.
Speaking of which. Apparently our British friends are seeing the light...
http://webcenter.newssearch.netscape.com/aolns_display.adp?key=200203141002000229264_aolns.src
Snakehips: Now why in the world would I think looking at some dudes ass funnny? I like my canned humor with a bit more irony than that. I'm a tough crowd. This is not to say I don't like a good fart joke every now and then.
PS. My daughter thought it was DAMN funny. Keep sending them.
There's where he's been, I've been waiting for my man for hours.
C old turkey
Fave Dylan Lines:
And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was
always too good for this world
Just like you always said there was
something about me you liked that I left behind in the French Quarter.
-Bob Dylan, "Brownsville Girl"
Last night, circa 7:40 PM EST, I stopped a fleeing felon cold by tackling him and subduing him right on Fifth Avenue (between 12th and 11th Streets)as undercover narcotics detectives were chasing this cat up Fifth Avenue.
This guy was no spring chicken...big guy and in good shape, he struggled a good amount before the agents swarmed him and piled on top of us with their handcuffs out and their police radios flying everywhere.
The felon was trying to reach for something in his back pocket, which I thought might have been a weapon, but it ended up being drugs......the story, as I got it from one of the boyish faced looking narcs after they whisked him away was this: the felon was actually arrested, and CONVICTED to a term of five years without parole for selling narcotics....and, get this: he was "accidentally" released!!!!
So these narcs had an all points bulletin on this fellow, and needless to say, the rat returned to the cheese, meaning that the federales knew where this dude's general area of operation was.....they staked him out and busted him again last night selling drugs and the chase ensued....I just happened to be walking right into it as I was making my way to see a client still in my business suit.
By the time I made it to the client's place, I was so jacked up with adrenalin I thought I was experiencing a minor thrombotic seizure.....
Thankful to still be alive.....
Aus
ps. Wormy: Cheque's on its way sir. Thanks again for securing Babes and I to the DR. John gig.
Pat,
String Cheese and Maktub?
When I'm at the supermarket I skip the generic
food aisle
even though the prices are cheaper... Just Kidding :)
You're
right about the McCartney tickets though, when I saw
Dylan at Madison
Square Garden last November I think I paid
80 bucks or so and I had pretty
good seats for that. The
cheapest McCartney tickets are $87.50. I paid
$127.50 and
if I had'nt bought them directly from Nassau Coliseum I
would have paid the Ticketmaster charge on top of that.
There's no
question that ticket prices have gotten a bit
out of hand for the major
artists.
WJAZ,
You still out there? Come in WJAZ over...
Snakehips,
You still out there? Funny email yesterday!
:)
Great news item I heard this morning. Pres. Bush was going on about the elections in Zimbabwe being "flawed". I remember that the elections that put him in power weren't exactly a shining example of clarity and efficiency...
I don't want to detract from the serious issues regarding the Zimbabwe voting, but Dubya's complaints sound just a little ridiculous, given the circumstances of his election.
Howard
Shut up pissboy.
clas eats pretzels
YGK = R.O.C.K in U.S.A. = Malc - great shit you've got there in Brooklyn.
C
Sorry: NYNY.. coming to Naples Fl soon anyone near?
(father & mother
in law just bought property on 5th ave)
:)
D,D&L?
YGK: cheers
Is it always this slow on the day shift?
Hi Jim#, I can hear you laughing over there!
Back to faking work,
Aja
See Bill -- just one more reason why you should check out more modern music. I just bought tickets for the "Sasquatch Festival" to be held at the Gorge this Memorial Day weekend. Featuring String Cheese, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Galactic, Maktub and a few others.
40 bucks. Doobies and veggie burritos not included.
I briefly gave some thought to attending the McCartney show in Vegas while I'm there but those tickets are just too fucking much. It's not like the dude needs it either. Sure, he isn't playing the mega-superdomes this go around, but for chrissakes...
StAl
Just picked up tickets for Paul McCartney's "Driving USA" tour.
$127.50
a ticket (I needed 3). Pretty decent side stage tickets
though... Man, you
need a second job just to pay for concert
tickets these days. Most
expensive were $250 bucks so I guess
I can't complain.
lcpaul: I have no control over the evil midget. In fact, I was hoping you could help me. He has in his dirty grips several pairs of my choice undies - as well as the scans you sent. For obvious reasons, this could spell trouble - if they fall into the wrong hands, both of our careers would be in the loo. Aren't you a missionary or something? And here I thought you were talking *positions*
809> DR Muey and Mr Mim - (sorry bad Who reference)
jazzfest dates -
first weekend 4/26 friday to 4/28 sunday
join us for any part of
it
schedule is up at www.nojazzfest.com
all coming - don't buy tickets online, I can get them cheaper in bulk purchase via cash a week before
lp - so what determines an A on your test, I thought it was subjective and personable ;-)
808> steviedan - I find it not odd I was listening to Laura Nyro's last
last evening and you were rerferencing it.
what a voice, piano phrasings
etc. I love early ballad Rundgren and Todd learned his chords etc via Laura
(sad for us that she left too early, and also gave up her muse for moverhood
in her prime (I'm sure she had no regrets there))
my idea of the next live Dan - Liz Story on piano, Richard Thompson on second guitar, John Paul Jones on bass, mandolins, lap steel, and Billy Bruford on drums, Potter & Leonhart, Pugh, &company on horns ... okay so I can dream
Thompson & JOnes can alternate being the opening act
STEVEED - I picked up ej's remastered 11-17-70 the other day, ready to shake rattle and rolllll..... how's his latest? do you pick it all up by ear? I'm impressed. Hal Leonard save me!
wormy
thanks malc, great photo!
I have graciously obtained a stunning photo of the Twin Beams of light from the New York Harbor - if anyone wants a copy, email me.....
peace
ygk
See above URL, with sincere apologies in advance to fezo...
Best line in the article: Mister, it sure is nice of you to take care of those retarded people...
Bun in owen? Keep up the good work daddy!
C
PS/ Meg, I don't know what you're talking about, blSSSSh.
thanks, steviedan
congrats to duncan, forgot to say that before
where is chere, and also GE?
1. carolyn leonhart or cynthia calhoun?
I've been in love with Carolyn
Leonart since she smiled at me in the front row of Glasgow "art crimes" in
1996
2. most dan related comedian: monty python or george carlin? woody allen or stephen wright? Spike Milligan
3. plush video - dvd or vhs? DVD with a decent monitoring system
3.A what kind of stereo equipment do you have?
A very expensive one -
then there's the studio (ú4000 Genelec monitors anyone ?)
4. gaslamp district in san diego - just a coincidence?
Mibbees aye
mibbees naw
5. favorite line from a bob dylan song
The last one
6. your idea for the design of the steely dan space at the rock and roll hall of fame - A baby with a laser in a rocking chair
7. tribute bands - favorites? okay with the concept?
I'm about to form
a tribute band to all the SD tribute bands
8. pat metheny in studio or touring with walter/donald - would it work or
not - why or why not
I love PM and I know it would work
9. what is your stress percentage from the url test below?
Don't get
stressed after 20 years of putting up with assholes in a studio
10. tour in 2002? release in 20xx? what do you think?
Don't hold your
breath
10.A what is the significance of the beach chairs in hawaii at
steelydan.com?
They went off to a donkey derby - back soon
11. what is your opinion of the song negative girl?
I wish I had written
/ played / engineered / produced it
12. what else is in your cd rack?
2500 CDs - In the car is Jeff Buckley,
Richard Bona, Tribal tech, Dan live CDs (various), PFunk, Jaco and a load of
stuff that I am working on
Dog collar?
H.I.?
AHA! Be hot under the dog collar. But what is H.I.?
Clas, you didn't seem to have an issue with the H.I. last time.
Next time, I hide the ice bucket. And the dog collar.
Just found this on the Cornershop siteà
Seems he may not be
working/touring with D&W after all.
Looks like to me he's trying to
take over the world.
Interesting reply thoughà
Pat Metheny Group Forms Online Team
The Pat Metheny Group have formed an online team to help promote its' new album "Speaking of Now".
The team will help spread the word on the new record throughout the Internet via team "missions" and will be rewarded with signed CDs, limited edition lithographs and other great PMG items.
It's free to join, so use the link below to sign up now!!!
Thanks
Aron
PMG Online
Reply ---
fuck off.
W1P - Holiday Inn? Great.
C
lotta gigs this week keeping me away, including one amazingly high energy non-alcohol event. i think these people just consumed gallons of high powered mountain dew and whirled into a caffienated frenzy. we often use a little of what the "great one" jackie gleason referred to as "a little traveling music". you should have seen the fine ladies groovin' to gaslighting...
wormy, you've got me thinkin'. what would be the absolute best dates ?
stevee, 11-17-70 is raw elton. near the top of my list.
z, did someone say miles was a nice guy ? the gil evans contribution in general is well credited, double-billed really. and that's just one phase of a revolutionary career...
angel, victor borge makes me smile. i met him while in music school. what a funny man and great player. rara avis...
duncan, congrats to linda and yourself...
jjeff, i've read about that langley school project thing and now i think i'll give it a listen. i thought it might be more a novelty item...
lp, it was the old "baby-gets-kidnapped-taken-to-ufo-ufo-takes-off-leaves-baby" ploy. btw, i love the tests. i never take them, but i love them...
shouts to everyone and you know who you are...
do you ever listen to something and on one tune or part of a tune, you'll say "damn if that's not one of the best things i've ever heard", but on another piece or a section of the same tune you'll go "what is that and why am i listening to this ?" ?...
this just KEEPS happening to me lately, and one such instance is somewhat steely related. laura nyro. one moment or tune is zen-brian-wilson-donald-fagen-as-a-woman... and yet... next ??? charlie-brown-good-grief-assault-with-a-deadly-soprano. may she rest in peace, but an artist in need of sporadic constraint. for maybe obvious reasons, the river sound gary katz productions i like the best. purdie must be listed first in the credits, btw. right after laura. cats like he, elliot randall, michael landau, blue lou marini, randy brecker, & freddie washington seem to bring out the best...
one other instance is the band "left banke". you remember "walk away renee". truly alternating brilliance with astounding arranging trainwrecks due to self-stigmatizing themselves to use "classical" devices in EVERY song. harpsichord abuse in the extreme...
but it's just like iron maiden. sometimes...
of course with albums like this lee ritenour "live in l.a.", what with sonny emory ALL OVER this mofo (d&w, the tastemakers), there is no question. lee just redeemed himself for alot of sin here, brothers.
We'll be at the Holiday Inn next week playing all your favorite covers. Don't forget your cocktail waitresses cocktail. There are two Springsteen cover Lps that I really enjoy (Cover me and One Step Up/Two Steps Back). Bowie covers It's Hard to be a Saint in the City on the latter. Bowie also covers See Emily Play on Pinups. So there's your Bowie to Bruce to Barrett connection.
1. carolyn leonhart or cynthia calhoun?
-never cared much for those
background-singers. Who's who?
2. most dan related comedian: monty python or george carlin? woody allen or
stephen wright?
-Saw Stephen Wright at Letterman and PS played Reelin' as
intro. That must mean something.
3. plush video - dvd or vhs?
-Neither - prefere to HEAR Dan before
seeeing that big wide grin of mr Fagen. That man ought to have a
dental-program or something. Have downloaded the tracks (and WB's comment
about 'Kind of Blue')from Napster (rip)
4.A what kind of stereo equipment do you have?
-a good one
5. gaslamp district in san diego - just a coincidence?
-coincidence as
most those things are
6. favorite line from a bob dylan song
-"what's a sweetheart like you
doin at dump like this?"
7. your idea for the design of the steely dan space at the rock and roll
hall of fame
-liked the idea of that hand from Katy Lied
8. tribute bands - favorites? okay with the concept?
- cover bands you
mean? The problem with Dan is the lack of good covers from their own side.
Like to see a cover album like Pin-up's from Bowie and Annie Lennox made a
good one too. My wote goes to Stilig Dan from Denmark. Never heard them but
it's a good name.
9. pat metheny in studio or touring with walter/donald - would it work or
not - why or why not
-He did some great music with Hornsby, so why not?
10. what is your stress percentage from the url test below?
- ?
11. tour in 2002? release in 20xx? what do you think?
- release in 2003.
12.A what is the significance of the beach chairs in hawaii at
steelydan.com?
- Gone with the wind?
13. what is your opinion of the song negative girl?
- very un-Dan.
Almost Sting ... .
14. what else is in your cd rack?
- Miles Davis, PatMetheny, Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Bill Evans ...
Just wanted to get my two cents on the following;
Carolyn Leonhart, Cynthia Calhoun or Victoria Cave. Well, if I can get a dat with all three, I can give you my verdict. Maybe after the second or third date;)
I'm not a New Yorker, but seeing those beams of light is poignant, yet
beautiful.
My prediction of the next SD events:
CD release: maybe late 2002. Tour:
2003
That's all. See Ya!
This was in the New York Times today
"...A different kind of absorption maybe a film about
people who need
lives of their own is captured in
"Tribute," Kris Curry's fond documentary
about
tribute bands so devoted to recreating the
experience of acts
like Kiss and Queen that the
performances become a hilarious form of
self-abnegation. Mr. Curry doesn't mock the bands
or the hungry fans
who lap up every photocopied
gesture the bands serve up. The same appetite
for
film could be found in Austin this week"
hey all -
wow, more great test results, and i mistakenly gave mu an A when that was wormy's test results that deserved the mark
keep em comin, lots of fun and frolic in the trees again...
Steely-folk,
Upon reviewing the 'Sign In Stranger' guestbook, I came upon the
question
"Carolyn Leonhart, or Cynthia Calhoun?"
to which I say "Victoria Cave" above all others, for any and every reason.
Thank you-
Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com
Actually I am quoted in an article about tribute bands and sex. My cryptic post was designed to get folks here to fess up.
Don't forget Tribute the movie screening today and later this week at SXSW in Austin, Tejas.
Fingers--As long as I am the only one who can have at them while they're chained to those chairs.
Duncan--Mazel tov!
MC--glad to hear from you.
My two cents...
1. carolyn leonhart or cynthia calhoun?
Carolyn Leonhart
2. most
dan related comedian: monty python or george carlin? woody allen or stephen
wright?
Dennis Miller/Stephen Wright/Firesign Theatre
3. plush video
- dvd or vhs?
Whatever
4.A what kind of stereo equipment do you
have?
????
5. gaslamp district in san diego - just a
coincidence?
Coincidence
6. favorite line from a bob dylan
song
"There are those among us that think that life is but a
joke."
(Pink Floyd: "There's someone in my head, but it's not
me."
7. your idea for the design of the steely dan space at the rock
and roll hall of fame
The dildo from Naked Lunch, Nothing more.
8.
tribute bands - favorites? okay with the concept?
????
9. pat
metheny in studio or touring with walter/donald - would it work or not - why
or why not
Nope. Don't see it.
10. what is your stress percentage
from the url test below?
????
11. tour in 2002? release in 20xx?
what do you think?
Tour: 2003 Release: 2003
12.A what is the
significance of the beach chairs in hawaii at steelydan.com?
There was one
picture left in the roll
13. what is your opinion of the song negative
girl?
Lyrically: Excellent Musically: "I give it 64. It's cool, but
you
can't dance to it."
14. what else is in your cd rack?
Jethro Tull,
The White Album, New Elton John, Black Sabbath, No Quarter (Page/Plant),
Trower, King Crimson/Robert Frip, Hocus Pocus/Focus, Madman/Elton/Bernie, etc.
etc
-Paige
Viva Fidel!
When I'm alone at night
I'm hit with some strage kind of
sorrow
crossin' the sea on a solo flight
wishin' today was tommorrow...
(micheal franks)
Watched the WTC ceremony last night. I can faintly see the
lights from
my house. Feel pretty bad for those who lost
someone there.
Favorite Bob Dylan verse:
"We live in a political world
Everything's hers and his
You can climb
into the flame or shout Gods name
but you're not even sure what it
is"
Try this link - you may need to subscribe to the service - but it's just an email gathering.....
http://www.nytimes.com/
chilling.....
ygk
Thanks everyone for the best wishes.
Ref: 2 towers of light in
NY-NY
I love them although I'm not sure whether we will get to see them
this summer as everything's a bit up in the air at the moment.
Would like
to see them though.
Any good pic's on the net yet?
Bought Barbara Strisand's best of at the weekend.. ''Send in the clowns''
nearly had me in tears last night.
Still I'm blaming MY hormones, everyone
else in our house is at the moment.
db
what old S. Freud said about woman:
-That's the dark continent.
Hang in their StAl.
C
that's pretty cool too.
Crawfish broil at Wormy's?? Can I bring my own Old Bay? Tongs?
Aja: Still laughing about the new computer situation...whatever possesed them to see the light? Next thing you know they'll be lugging in CD players and a rack of discs for your perusal...
I would prescribe 20 mgs of Stilnoct.
If I could.
They call it "Stilnox" in France.
The pharmacy company is refering to "still nocturne", that's Mozart or?
C, (fretless)
W1P: You been slumming again? Are you going to tell us why you were quoted or am I going to have to renew my subscription?
StAl
One word answers are the best...
1. Cynthia
2. Miller
3. DVD
4. Good
5. Yes
6. Approximately
7. Satire
8. Damned
9. Studio
10. 25
11. No
12.
Nothing
13. 6
14. Music
Goddamn insomnia...
StAl
PS. Duncan -- congratulations! But from one new dad to another new dad -- why in the world would...
Quiz: Someone on the yellow is quoted in the May 2002 edition of Hustler. Who and why? Nubiles err Newbies, don't try this at home!
Wonderful news Linda and Duncan -- I wish you both all the happiness in the world.
And now for the quiz. Are essay question responses OK? I guess we'll find out...
1. carolyn leonhart or cynthia calhoun?
Ms. Leonhart is beautiful to
look at, and has a great voice. She also moves to the music the "right" way.
Ms. Calhoun is the perfect voice for Steely Dan. It has been said before that
black vocalists posess denser vocal chords and therefore have superior voices
to white singers, i.e.: Whitney Houston and Jennifer Holiday from the Broadway
show Dreamgirls. The touch of soulful spirituality that Cynthia has brings a
lot to the music.
2. most dan related comedian: monty python or george carlin? woody allen or
stephen wright?
How about Monty Carlin or Woody Wright? I don?t think we
have found a comedian who is subtle enough to really be a direct correlation
to Steely Dan. My votes go to Dennis Miller, George Carlin and Woody Allen.
3. plush video - dvd or vhs?
Both. VHS off of cable during the PBS
pledge drive telecast, and DVD, and an audio CD copy of the DVD, and a
cassette copy of the DVD, and ...
3.A what kind of stereo equipment do you have?
Which one? The living
room, the bedroom, the cars, the computer, the boom boxes, the office system,
the ones in storage being kept as backups, running it though the keyboard amp
? I stopped playing stereo wars (and lost, by the way) a couple of decades
ago. And there was much rejoicing.
4. gaslamp district in san diego - just a coincidence?
I don?t think
Donald and Walter were thinking about the Gaslamp district in San Diego for
the "Abbie" song, but the initials SD stand for both San Diego and Steely Dan
(and not necessarily in that order!). The plot thickens. I gotta hit the
market for some more of those 15 watt bulbs ...
5. favorite line from a bob dylan song
"They?ll stone ya when you?re
trying to be so good ? Whoa!"
6. your idea for the design of the steely dan space at the rock and roll
hall of fame
I do not posess the sick, twisted creativity that would male
such an exhibit worthy of public display. Perhaps a slim viewpoint, perhaps a
peek behind the curtain into a dimly lit space where nothing is clear and
could be easily viewed as many different things ... or just a dangling meat
cleaver over a mixing panel ...
7. tribute bands - favorites? okay with the concept?
I cannot answer
this question without extreme bias because I am involved with 3 of them. If I
am not OK with this concept, then only Clas can help me (by putting me out of
my misery). I am in contact with 4 other Steely Dan tribute bands, and also
with the wonderful (Hi W1P) Which One?s Pink?, a couple of Led Zeppelins, a
Bob Dylan, A Yes band, and a few others I can hardly stand to hear including
yours and mine and one more chimp (The great Monkees debate) who isn?t here
...
8. pat metheny in studio or touring with walter/donald - would it work or
not - why or why not
The musicianship and the sophisticated taste in music
is there on both sides of the mixing board. The problem is that it would be
wrong to hemm Metheny in the way that would satisfy Donald and Walter. And
what about the Lyle Mays keyboard?god factor? Listening to Steely Dan after
typical rock 'n' roll was what acclimated my ear to be able to embrace jazz,
jazz fusion and the newer, freer jazz of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. I don?t
think the marriage would last. Metheny plays in the moment. The approaoch of
Steely Dan is to stay in the micro-moment of engineering excellence.
9. what is your stress percentage from the url test below?
14%. I was
told that in order to reduce my stress I should eliminate consciousness? I
don?t think that the test was accurate in my case, after all, many of you know
that I am a bit tightly wrapped ...
10. tour in 2002? release in 20xx? what do you think?
I previously
guessed a release of a new studio CD in the fall of 2002, but it seems as we
move through the months of the year that this prospect is becoming more
remote. I am guessing a tour and a CD (I still haven?t given up hope) towards
the end of 2002 or towards the middle of 2003.
10.A what is the significance of the beach chairs in hawaii at
steelydan.com?
To let us know that Donald and Walter are working on their
studio tans. They are inside the studio, while the chairs remain vacant on the
beach. If they do a lot of the work in New York, then the chairs are as vacant
as Walter?s Maui beach house. Just like the majority of their lyrics, this
photo reminds me of their vague metaphors.
11. what is your opinion of the song negative girl?
Very few people
could construct a song this complex that works. It is hauntingly beautiful. It
is hard to play. It is amazing how intense this song is for how mellow its
delivery is. A song like this serves to remind me that these guys are geniuses
and in a million years I could never write or produce music that is as slick
and gorgeous as this tune is. I am not worthy ...
12. what else is in your cd rack?
You do NOT want me to name over 1000
CDs do you? How about major influences ... The Beatles, Elton John, The
Stones, Billy Joel, ELP, Kate Bush, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Roxy Music, Jethro
Tull, Led Zeppelin, CSNY, Jimi Hendrex, Joni Mitchell, Harry Chapin, Randy
Newman, Bruce Hornsby, The Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Cream,
Joe Jackson, The Talking Heads, The Who/Pete Townshend, Todd Rundgren,
Traffic/Steve Winwood, Leon Russell, Yes, James Taylor, Brand X, Focus, Bad
Co., Simon and Garfunkle, Barbara Streisand, Pink Floyd, The Police and Sting,
The Clash, Classical Music, various Broadway Musicals, George Gershwin, John
Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong,
Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock,
Return To Forever, Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell, Larry
Carlton, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner, Jack Dejohnette, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu
Orchestra, Penguin CafT Orchestra, Keith Jarrett, ? I better stop now. I know
I failed to mention tons of other artists.
Ow! My brain hurts ... and ... I hit me head on the table ...
Stevee(Gumby)Dan
LP: 23% They also say I am probably retarded, since I have so little stress in my life. LOL
~ How did I ever guess you would pick the lovely Miss Cave. :-)
Paul: As if Ole's image wasn't weird enough....Swimming around the Bosendorfers....
Congrats to you & Linda & Dan Duncan!!! That's great news man!
wow - great responses - i think mz ducky and mu are in the lead with an A for effort
but where are the newbies
d-beefy, is that beefeater - my gin of choice for an everyday martini, as opposed to blue sapphire or plymouth for your special occasions
just remember fezo, old chips only screws with the best - LOL
kielbasa for dinner, i have sunk so low, yes i know, can't do it right everyday you know
keep those answers coming and thanks to re-posting the questions, i get dizzy from scrolling trying to remember what the question was
Oleander
I'll do it ok, but only if in the format of the kaleidoscope
swimming pool with a bevy of leggy beauties straddling the submerged
Bosendorfers....With Don & Walt lookalikes as lifeguards padlocked to
their chairs.....ok?
Duncan
Congrats on yet another little life on the way.....my experience
of bubbly is that it's more often the cause of the event rather than the
celebration!!!! Gonna call him Walt or her......Josie?
Well, I'm so grogged-out from the nasty cold I'm still nursing that I'm next to useless at work today--in fact, I feel so lousy that I'm probably going to head home early and crash--so what better way to exercise my ailing brain than the lastest GB test?
1. carolyn leonhart or cynthia calhoun?
Gotta bend this one as has
already been done, and go with Ms. Cave.
2. most dan related comedian: monty python or george carlin? woody allen or
stephen wright?
Another bender--as I said below, the Firesign Theater is my
Dannish comedy entity of choice
3. plush video - dvd or vhs?
Because I am a secret luddite and own no
DVD player, I have gone with the VHS. But it's only a matter of time before I
trade up (between the Dan DVD and the anime DVDs that I covet, the temptation
is getting irresistable)
3.A what kind of stereo equipment do you have?
Crap, for the most part.
I have a decent Discman, at least.
4. gaslamp district in san diego - just a coincidence?
I think so--but I
should be able to find out for sure a month from now (aside to Aja: noted re
the sunscreen!)
5. favorite line from a bob dylan song
"Oh, mama, can this really be the
end, to be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues
agaaaaaaaaaaiiinnnnn!" (short digression for another seminal college memory:
bright warm sunny Saturday in Harvard Square, perhaps the first really
good-weather day that spring, and everyone out and enjoying it; someone sticks
their bigass speakers in the windows of their top-floor dorm room and cranks
up Memphis Blues at top gain; and soon everyone in the street is wandering
around singing along with Bob on this refrain, doing their best Dylan
imitations and grinning from ear to ear, and for one short moment I felt like
the whole universe--or at least that segment of it there in the Square--was
totally in tune with my head.)
6. your idea for the design of the steely dan space at the rock and roll
hall of fame
I answered this one too, some pages back in the GB--replica of
the Dan's typical 70s recording studio a la the famous
disembodied-hand-on-console photo.
7. tribute bands - favorites? okay with the concept?
My heart has been
stolen by the Steely Damned, and their darling frontman Mr. Tedde. (So what's
the latest on that April 12th gig, then, Bob? :-) )
8. pat metheny in studio or touring with walter/donald - would it work or
not - why or why not
Could be interesting from a purely musical standpoint.
Y'all do know that Metheny has played with Donald already, right? (1991, the
Lonestar Roadhouse, NYC). Not sure if Metheny's touring schedule would ever
mesh up with that of the Dan; could envision him coming in for a recording
session, perhaps.
9. what is your stress percentage from the url test below?
Something
like 17% -- but that's probably just the cold (and the low-grade fever)
talking.
10. tour in 2002? release in 20xx? what do you think?
Again, I think I
registered my predictions on this somewhere on a recent GB page--I'm expecting
to see the 2K pattern repeat, in that the album would release in Jan/Feb 2003,
with the tour following in the summer of that same year.
10.A what is the significance of the beach chairs in hawaii at
steelydan.com?
To inspire all us GB denizens to post reams of speculations
as to their significance. :-) Actually, I think they just had a bunch of
random two-ness themed photos left over from doing the 2vN album art, and have
been waiting for opportune and amusing moments to drop 'em on us all. (And
inspire us to post reams of speculation and etc.)
11. what is your opinion of the song negative girl?
Love it. Great
tune--jazzy, creative, yet still elegantly within the traditional pop-song
structure. Great lyrics--another classic Dannish short story full of telling
detail. And great playing--fabulous arrangement, fabulous performance, and oh
that vibe solo, and those guitars on the outro!
12. what else is in your cd rack?
Lessee--got some Meshell Ndegeocello,
some Cibo Matto, some Who, some Macy Gray ... some Miles, some Coltrane ...
dang, can't remember what-all else, as I'm (still) at work and the rack's at
home ... but that may change real soon now ...
/the Mam'zelle
beginning to fade away and radiate (extra credit for
anyone who can ID that lyric reference)
More things to do from the Gaslamp: take the bus up 5th Avenue to Laurel, walk across the bridge and spend the day in Balboa Park (it's okay to go east from this part of 5th). Take a cab to B Street Pier, take the ferry to Coronado and spend the day there. Have lunch at the Hotel Del Coronado on the beach. Spend the day on Coronado Beach (recently rated one of the best beaches in the U.S.). Don't forget your sunscreen. Walk from your hotel to Horton Plaza and try to find your away around it (bonus points if you can navigate your way thru the parking garage). Take the bus to Little Italy, have dinner, then walk along the harbor to Seaport Village at sunset. Stop to admire the Star of India along the way. Have fun!
Aja
1. carolyn leonhart or cynthia calhoun?
VICTORIA CAVE
2. most dan
related comedian: monty python or george carlin? woody allen or stephen
wright? SteMonty Wrighthon
3. plush video - dvd or vhs? DVD why go inferior
format
3.A what kind of stereo equipment do you have?
which room?
4.
gaslamp district in san diego - just a coincidence?
coincidence, not a
rabid over-extending fan
5. favorite line from a bob dylan song
to dance
beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free
6. your idea for the
design of the steely dan space at the rock and roll hall of fame (Frank Lloyd
Wright meets Dali at Warhol's)
7. tribute bands - favorites? okay with the
concept?
Kiss reunion tour ;-) yes
8. pat metheny in studio or touring
with walter/donald - would it work or not - why or why not
would work, but
he'd have to sign the waiver to leave his hands off Victoria
9. what is
your stress percentage from the url test below?
a big zero, brian wave
zero also
10. tour in 2002? release in 20xx? what do you think?
tour 03
release 03, any earlier is nice icing
10.A what is the significance of the
beach chairs in hawaii at steelydan.com?
walt had some spare film in his
digital camera
11. what is your opinion of the song negative girl?
it's
dark, it's vile, it's zooming on the couch somewhere...
12. what else is in
your cd rack?
everything I have bought so far
Let the addiction begin once again, I am back on the dayshift, all. No, I haven't gotten fired, they put computers on all our desks, the suckers!
Snowbound-you're staying in the Gaslamp? You will have NO PROBLEM finding something to do, music to listen to, or great places to eat. The Gaslamp is comparable to the French Quarter in New Orleans-clubs galore, cafes on the street, festivities that go on thru the night. Bring your sunscreen, the rays are strong this time of year. Don't go east of 5th Avenue and stay away from Broadway at night. You'll have a great time.
Miz D-see above note about the sunscreen! I wear SPF 45 all year round and still manage to tan, so that'll give you an indication of what the rays are like down here.
Back to looking like I'm working......
Aja
* approx costings
OK Don & Walt here's a deal for youà
Seeing that I have provided you
with a ''potential'' customer for the next 35+ years of your working lives
(Dan)
Let's see
CD's every 5 years @ ú15.00 ú105.00*
Tour Tickets every 7
years @ ú30.00 ú150.00*
Merch tee-shirts (starting with small & growing
) ú14.00 - ú25.00 ú120.00*
Merch ''sundries'' ú170.00*
DVD ''plush or
otherwise'' ú60.00*
''New fangled things not thought of yet'' ú100.00*
Your ''potential'' earnings from Dan currently stand at around ú705.00 UK
pounds.
This does not however take into account Linda's & Mine expected
''purchases'' over the next 35+ yrs.
Now times this by 2 as of yesterday as Linda & I found out that we're expecting our second child around Oct/Nov 2002.
(possible release date?)
Mr Shotan: you also should be paying attention here as this may affect your future ''income'' also.
I think I'm happy but the shock this time is greater than the firstà It's kinda sunk in today though
Opening a small bottle of bubbly
db
1. Cynthia
2. I don't buy the analogy
3. VHS (if i was to purchase it)
3. El cheapo; purchased for less than $150 in 1986.
4. yes
5. The boiler in the basement blew
6. secret
7. none; i guess
8. yes; they are all professionals
9. haven't taken it; don't trust GB url's ever since this a.m. when Chip's link screwed up my browser
10. no tour (perhaps ever again), but there will be a new one in 2004
10. tired of all the pressure from the loyal fandom, our heroes have sought refuge in the murky depths.
11. makes me wish i still got high
12. which one
(That was odd ... My first message didn't make it, but the follow up did)
OK.
Quiz:
1) Cynthia
2) Python / Wright
3) DVD (pleeeeassse - why not put
"viewmaster" up here)
4) Coincidence
5) "I was so much older then , I'm
younger than that now"
6) Picture of Michael J. Fox with a white stetson
hat on (Canadian Star/Only a Fool Would Say That)
7) Tribute bands are
great .. Love the Steely Damned
8) Studio - drop him in on a few tracks ...
I like hearing newer faces on tour)
9) About 75% and steady
10) These
guys are getting old, however, see answer #5
11) Tight drumming ... ear
candy .. I want to take a bite out of my Hi-Fi
12) Liz Phair and Blue
Oyster Cult
Until we meet again,
El Sup (accept no imitations)
Left one off :
10 A) Lookin' like 2003.
ES
okay, so this is out of a loop and chasing its own tail as soon as we look away??
Wormman, too bad you ain't visiting our continent, but there'll be some other time no doubt :-)
Hi to everyone else,
Banyan Tree Oblivion Bow,
G.
I've been thoroughly jammin on the one and only Mr. Mose Allison - which I
highly recommend to anyone and everyone.
from the album "Western Man", I
was perusing the players only to discover a Mr. Chuck Rainey along with Billy
Cobham.
Fine musicianship indeed.
And then the other Dan link a la "Rose Darlin" is from the tune Benediction, which states:
"My message this evenin
is simple indeed
whereever you wander
what
ever your breed
there's just one thing baby
that comes from
above
when push comes to shove
thank god for self love.
Thank Him, Thank Him - thank god for self love
Thank Him, Thank Him -
thank god for self love
whenever push turns into shove
Thank God for
self love......."
-Mose Allison, "Benediction"
ygk
1. carolyn leonhart
2. george carlin
3. dvd
3A. carver, sony,
pioneer, mcintosh.
4. coincidence
5.can't understand what he's
saying
6. not a clue
7. never saw one, don't really care
8. nope,
just not the type styles that would mesh well together
9. 26% but that's
not right....should be about 98%
10. sorry to say, no tour this
year....release will probably be put off until late '02 or early '03 and tour
will follow in '03
10A. that Walter + Donald are kicking back at Walter's
working up some more stuff to come back to NYC and record
11. it's a good
track but they're all good tracks
12. nothing at the moment, i've taken to
listening to radio just to hear conversation again
That's funny. He's wading.
C
Don't you fret.
Yipeee! A test!
1. carolyn leonhart
2. most dan related comedian: monty python.
3. plush video -vhs.
3. Marantz and such things, 2 speakers, taperec, Cd-player.p>4. It's the MOVIE. Haven't you seen that one LP?
5. favorite line from a bob dylan song: "There's nowhere out of here"
6. A kind of tableau a la Kienholtz, showing The Two in the studio, tired, outburned, leaning over the console, sunglasses in the dark. Made in wax. Kind of California horror late 70's. On the scale of 1:1.
7. I just love tribute bands. And my fave is The Steely Damned Tribute Band: Steely Darned, Liverpool.
8. Pat Metheny is impossimble. The same way Jaco Pastorious was.
9. stress percentage: 19%
10. no tour no release.
10. They're empty
11. Neg Girl is cool. But I never listen to it.
12. Jjjjjj... jjjjjjaaaacccckson bbbrrowne
I want my mommy...
Why is this script breaking all the time? I can't deal with this instability. It's wearing me out. The Seanet script/website went for YEARS without crashing. It was only when the hard drive started filling that the guestbook would die. SInce moving to a new domain it's been nothing but a battle.
Okay, sorry for talking out loud -- and the inconvenience.
*SIGH*
StAl
um, did i do that?
so sorry
best commercial ever in the url above
take your test below...
okay d-beefy and others lurking or needing something to post, here is your test:
1. carolyn leonhart or cynthia calhoun?
2. most dan related comedian:
monty python or george carlin? woody allen or stephen wright?
3. plush
video - dvd or vhs?
3.A what kind of stereo equipment do you have?
4.
gaslamp district in san diego - just a coincidence?
5. favorite line from a
bob dylan song
6. your idea for the design of the steely dan space at the
rock and roll hall of fame
7. tribute bands - favorites? okay with the
concept?
8. pat metheny in studio or touring with walter/donald - would it
work or not - why or why not
9. what is your stress percentage from the url
test below?
10. tour in 2002? release in 20xx? what do you think?
10.A
what is the significance of the beach chairs in hawaii at
steelydan.com?
11. what is your opinion of the song negative girl?
12.
what else is in your cd rack?
sorry, borrowed from the blue a little for the above questions, but it works
someone below mentioned michael jackson - i have the best of cd of his that came out last year - i was reading the liner notes as to who played on his releases and was surprised to see the likes of jeff porcaro, larry carlton and was that even dean parks too as i remember now?
off to meet with staff, have a nice lunch on the east coast
25% here as well.
They suggested I off one of my kids and quit biting my nails.
Hey -- check out Carolyn Leonhart's new project/band -- Lyn Leon at
http://www.lynleon.com. Very interesting stuff. Carolyn's vocals set to glass
instruments. Very cool.
25%
Angel: The local pathologist is giving me 2white & 2red. He mentioned names but I don't remember. He's got acres planted( produces for one of the local wineries). I just wanted them for the ground cover. I doubt if I'll get any fruit because of racoons and deer.
See y'all next week.
Oh,good luck wormy. Family is everything. Teach your children.
19%
They told me to get a job.
Ouch, my Sternum.
C
hey - i only caught the last 15 minutes of the x-files last night, did anyone watch the whole thing?
scully? where are you?
or have you all been turned (on) to Alias? personally, i'm waiting until after the end of the x-files this year...
Here's more endless and clever possiblities of the Internet:
http://www.lebonze.co.uk/stuff/move.htm
Roy: did Bowie and Perkins duel in the Jeff Goldblum/Michelle Pfeiffer epic Into The Night?
Wormy: Good luck with custody. That would be great news.
jjeff: I like it. Enough to play around with, but not too much maintainence. What kind of grapes you thinking about?
Ducky: It's official, you will be there! Now, if we only had something to see....
The L.A. Times had an article yesterday about a music teacher with a
unique way of helping future musicians. I thought some of you might find it
interesting. Click the link up above, or use this.
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000017588mar10.story
nobody bit on this,
might just need a topten later
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
monty and dan - yes, but of course
if the Python had done the movie "FM"
it might have turned out
"COMPLETELY DIFFERENT"
insert pythonic old widow woman's voice
"oh, no static at all I say..... right"
a well rested worm, being away from the office for a change
711 - Mu - I hate 5.1 surround as well
the plush video is a real swirl
(the soloist gets center and back, ouch)
I am an avid 2 channel guy, and
most people that have seen my home setup quickly forget about surround sound
home theatre
IF they recorded it in 5 channel perhaps it would be worth
it.
A few macho movies doesn't justify a ridiculous format for me.
TO see the potential of 5.1, the last song on the Eagles Hell Freezes over sport 5 channel with 5 separate guitars and voices played that way, nice effect
718 - Auss - ready for your company, (goes for Malc, Jim, Ole and Aja as
well) any other takers (MArsha, Mu, Stevie,MC)? come on down.
I've met
everyone coming except Auss' wife, so this will be like an old friends get
together! WOuldn't mind a few new friends either.
Euro was hard to give up but I have a chance at getting custody of my son
and can't be away. I'll keep you posted Gina,
There's always another trip
(my company now does most of it's training out of the Hague)
now that I won't be traveling and jetlagged, I'm looking to have a crawfish
boil at my house for the Jazzfest Dandom SUnday night after the day's
FESTivities, volleyball, croquet, music, food and fun!
maybe Zeke and my
friend can help me round people up via a few auto's.
717 - Stevee - thanks on the ej end, the one early album I don't have is
that live 11-#-70 album, will pick up. What's a good simplier song to work on?
I was thinking DLTSGDOM or Levon. I love the old remaster of Tumbleweed with a
Mick Ronson axed Madman on it
you can email me at bergeon@shellus.com
thanks
picked up a new bass with some of my tax return moula
my friends have
asked me to play in their low key band, but I am just learning bass, should be
fun
saw trout fishing in america with my kids this weekend, what a
pleasure
highly recommended
been watching the Elton Making of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Very interesting that Bernie would literally hand Elton a stack of lyrics and with no interaction Elton would compose melodies. EJ obviously was never the same without Taupin and also had no patience in the studio. A real contrast to Don and Walt's synergistic songwriting skills and insistence on getting the sound right. The EJ dvd is great with many extra interviews, Davey Johnstone is particularly fun "a little more hellish guitar". I really enjoyed it.
LP: 25% for me..lol
Could be going up soon though ;-)
http://www.banyantrees.net/archives/september01.html
Hmmmmm....
''that was quick''
hey, will post a steely dan newbie test later but for now, let's see how stressed out you are: http://test.thespark.com/stresstest/
i was 44% ("calm blue sea") and was told to get rid of my youngest child
uh, okay?
I'm coming to San Diego ( 16th - 19th mar ) from the U.K. Is there any live
music of note at this time and where is the best places to hang out.
I'll
be staying in the gaslamp district. Any help would be appreciated.
cheers
guys.
Ariel Sharon is about to being fucked. That's good news.
C
I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada.
Are you sure Bobby?
Yo!
I finally got my Steely Dan page back online. The new address is http://www.andymetzger.com. I gave the page a few cosmetic tweaks, fixed some dead links and moved everything over to a new server. All of the sounds and other content is back up as it was before the switchover. Be sure to update your bookmarks (members.home.com is kaput) and please do check it out.
Andy
It's ô...baby's got new clothes.ö
...baby got new clothes.
Me again , ta for the advice on tribute bands
Luckless pedestrian - ok, if you can let me know more I'll take the newbie test!
d-beefy
Miz D-Thanks for the chuckle. (Spoken quickly with Peter Lorry's Voice)
"Mrs. Haver? My name is Rocky Roccoco....you might remember me loitering
'round the Drug Store, Drinking Chocolate Malted Vulcans and giving away free
High Schools" Firesign Theater
Thank GOD you're back, St. Al! I had a MISERABLE case of the joneses. Even when I don't post, if I just know you're there....
RS--It's raining Sky Bars....
Fingers--I have this vision of a Busby Berkeley-style convocation of ALL of the ivory ticklers in Dandom--YGK, you, Clas, JDub, stevtwoees, Howard, Hank, Lisa G, everybody--all playing "Kulee Baba" together on white Bosendorfers while the distaff Dandom highsteps in the background.... Maybe Dr. Fagen could come out of a glittering champagne fountain at the top....
REMINDER: DUE APRIL 1: SUBMISSIONS TO THE CHARETTE AND TO THE TEC MO COMPILATION!! DON'T DELAY!!
Oh by the way, I have a late contribution to the thread on Dannish comedians. I was just listening to some cassettes I picked up used--a two-cassette best-of compilation of those geniuses of surreal social satire and sarcasm, The Firesign Theatre. Ah, many were the nights back in college when my friends and I attempted to discover the full meaning of such opuses as "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers" and "Everything You Know Is Wrong" through a haze of Fine Columbian. In my mind, at least, these guys remain inextricably intertwined with Steely Dan ... if for no other reason than their sorta-simultaneous arrival in my psychic awareness, and the strikingly similar effect they had on my brain. Just remember: when all is said and done, we're all bozos on this bus.
/the Mam'zelle
(whazzat quote Dr. Fagen once flung around about
nostalgia being a mild form of depression?)
W1P- Sounds like a cool project, BL has a website, but I don't know if you
can get in touch with them there. You can get in touch with AL at the late
Bryan MacLean's web site and they're in the process of constructing AL's own
website, which should be really strange.
They're gonna be in California for
the tour, and they all may be there now, rehearsing.
Enter the names in a
search engine.
Hi Aja--yep, did finally book a room in that beachside motel in La Jolla I found through expedia.com. So now I am indeed committed (or committable, depending on one's perspective) to the still-nascent San Diego Danfest. Hey, anything to get some actual sun-time after a dank dark Seattle winter, y'know?
/the Mam'zelle
getting ready to make that California trip
Hey all!
Just closing out an unbelievable weekend! 70's, clear and breezy-hope we get the same weather 4/12. Miz D, did you ever decide on a place? St. Al, e-mailed you, too. Back in the triathlon regimen as well-there's nothing I'd rather do than run, bike and swim in this gorgeous weather.
Thanks Tommy, the check is in the mail! Jim#, can't wait to see you again! Aus, ole, can't wait to meet in person! cara mia, don't tell me you're going to miss this AGAIN? Steviedan? BTW, the theme for the 2002 Jazz/Danfest is "Do It Again!"
Where's Blaisie? Chere? Tying a yellow ribbon........
Putting on Dr. John right now-have a painless workweek, everyone.
New Orleans beignet and voodoo swirl,
Aja
Dear all!!!!!
Finally, my e-mail is working. For those of you who wish to write, do drop a line or three:
xraywoman@comcast.net
Roy.Scam-on our way from NJ to GA last November, we took I-95. Kept
seeing signs for "Tyson's Corner" and had you on the mind. Rotator Cuff
surgery is very successful but takes a while to heal. Physical therapy must
start right away. But it's worth it, at least that's what DaddyG's grandmother
said.
LG
"They said no guests, so I thought of you. Hey, Mama, it's on."
Dragon:I tried to find a reference for you re: squirrel, but couldn't so here's synopsis:Last fall my brother who is notoriously a poor house keeper(one of the reasons his wife left?) decided to vacuum the house and found a flying squirrel had gotten through the stone foundation( he got the old homestead) and was planning on hibernating in the vacuum cleaner for the winter. The squirrel had filled the entire hose with seeds he'd gotten from Monte's bird seed supply which shows how often Monte vacuums.
Angel: Impressive orchard for a postage size plot. Would love to grow peaches, but they won't winter over on this side of the province. Am starting some grapes this year.
z:Interesting lyrics( as I cross my legs and get out pad and paper). Now how would you describe your childhood? Yes...yes..I see...
Steviedan:Thought this might interest you. A CD made in the 70s is getting
good reviews in music mags,Innocence and Despair- The Langley School Project:
school children from Langley, B.C. recorded their versions of popular songs.
David Bowie says it's an astounding work of art( I'm not kidding).I've heard a
few cuts( Desperado-Eagles,Space Oddity-Bowie,Help me Rhonda-B.Boys) They
certainly get an A for enthusiasm.
Hey z -- I'm trying to recruit Baby Lemonade to provide a track to my Pink Floyd tribute album. Maybe they'll agree and bring AL in the studio to perform a Syd song -- talk about a perfect "slot" -- maybe they can play . . . . . I know, Baby Lemonade!
It looks like W1P was right- AL and LOVE (aka Baby Lemonade) are going to
be touring Europe and the west coast in May. They plan to brimg an entire
symphony orchestra with them at some point to re-create "Forever
Changes"!
This is kind of strange because "FC" just used strings and
mariachi trumpets! So, now that Brian Wilson is functional again and Sid is
still in his mother's basement, if you want to see Rock and/or Roll's biggest
burn-out, you'll be able to, soon.
Many of you have asked me- uh, well a
few of you have- alright, nobody's asked me what AL sounds like, but try to
imagine an Afro-American from Selma, Alabama, that sounds like a
British-falsetto-voiced Johnny Mathis, singing psychedelic songs from the mid
1960s with lyrics like:
"Oh the snot has caked upon my pants,
It has
turned into crystal,
There's a blue bird sitting on my grass,
Guess I'll
pick up my pistol,
Because he's on my land,
Because he understands."
Jimbo: This site being down for 2 days is a perfect example of why I'm encouraging everyone to add their e-mail address to my new mailist.
http://www.banyantrees.net/mailist.html
However, in this case, because I couldn't execute CGI scripts, I couldn't send a message to the people who already had! DAMN! I've now made provisions for such an occurance and short of the whole Internet breaking, I'll be able to notify...
Angel: Manassas video was taken from the video feed at Nissan Pavilion, which is why it's a multi camera shoot. I hear the quality is really good too. I've never seen it. Hate like hell paying some yo yo money for something that isn't theirs to sell...
Isn't this crazy, it says that Michael mc Donald did the Midi-sequencing for Simon @ Garfunkels "America":
http://www.angelfire.com/music/sandglyrics/midi.htm
Angel - Victor Borge, that's a funny lad. Born in Denmark, a Great Dane. Dead now. He used to tell this story of his grandfather who started out with two empty hands, tried to make it in the lemonad-business. His grandfather dropped dead before the success; the name of the brand? 6-Up.
I guess you heard that one before?
He also had those thoughts about the words "thank you":
It doesn't matter, if someone holds up the door for you, you go -Oh thank you.
If someone gives you a Transatlantic Liner, you go -Oh thank you.
C
Dude, what happened?
Coundn't reach you for two days? Was it the bandwidth or some sort of plot by Ashcroft?
Kaufman? No! Kaufman did Elvis impersonations! He can't be perfect, a far cry from Danlike humour, think about his other stuff if the Elvis impersonation doesn't convince you. And I think that I have to agree with StAl that Dennis Miller is the most Danlike comedian, sorry WB and DF are disqualified for being Dan not Danlike. He's intelligent, erudite, ecerbic, ironic and quick witted. He has a large vocabulary and he's not afraid to use it.
As for other various things in no particular order.
Duncan -- Please do tell about the squirrels in the vaccum cleaner.
mu or whomever was going on about political affliations -- My voter registrion card lists me as either a Republican or Democract whichever primary I last voted in, I wouldn't even know without looking at it. Living in a closed primary state ...
Well, more later...
Dragon
jjeff: Peach, Apricot, Santa Rosa Plum and Nectarine, Thompson Seedless and Red Flame Grapes. All semi dwarf (minus the grapes), so that they are fun to watch grow, but not overpowering on the fruit quantities. Postage stamp size lot, so don't get jealous. Website on above link, Steely stuff only.
Watched a Victor Borge program today and noticed that he played a Bosendorfer piano. Shades of Katy Lied sessions!
Found out that when St. Al's site is down, so is my angel email addy.
Got a glimpse of the Manassas video. Surprised me that it actually had a multicamera shoot. Jack of Speed with Walter, Wetside with Donald. Wahoo.
jjeff, regarding job security, you are so right. Definitely go with your dream.
Angel: Your fruit trees are blooming? Watcha got? Tried accessing your homepage through your posts but got nuthin'.
Steveedan:Hey there. Sorry, no more squirrel stories. I could regale you re: near death experiences bwo adolescent d&d,runins w/the law,etc. but like most peoples tales, you had to be there.
Duncan-673: LOL
lcpaul: Your local baxtop( great name for a band btw) is called a chillun in Jamaica, who use a small rock instead of foil.
Steviedan: You're right, it is a small price to pay to do what you love. If I had to do it again, I'd go to agricultural college:-) Fuck job security. It's false anyway.
MC: On the upswing? Concerned because lack of info. (and it's none of my
business). If life seems jolly rotton, there's something you've
forgotten;that's to purse your lips and whistle! That's the
thing!
AAAANNNNNND ( all together now) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF
LIFE.
I guess I found out too late about the Stealin' Dan show- let us know if
you're doing any more NY gigs- I don't get the chance to mix deludin and booze
too often and my resultant state of mind will draw out scathing critiques that
will make you wish you never bothered to learn stretch fingerings for your
add9 chords.
While we're on the topic of scathing critiques, I just
finished the new biography of Gil Evans and it reminded me why I get so
nauseated when I read all the compliments you people heap on Miles
Davis.
Without GE's genius arrangements, I don't think MD's contributions
to jazz would have been all that profound.
How did MD thank GE for making
"Birth of the Cool, Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain" the
great works of art they were/are?
By not even giving GE credit or
recompensation for all the work he did for the album "Filles de Kilimanjaro".
GE co-wrote and arranged a lot of stuff for MD on that record, and his name
(and hence royalties)is nowhere to be found on it.
This came at a time
when GE was living in poverty and could have used the royalties (at least for
composing credits- arrangers don't get any royalties) very badly.
MD did
this with his sideman at the time, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony
Williams, all the time and they would have to pursue that ex-pimp, just to get
credit for their own tunes!
Another weird thing about Miles:
In 1991,
Quincy Jones finally talked MD into recreating those great collaborations MD
did with GE at the 1991 Montreaux Jazz Festival.
GE had been dead for 3
years and they couldn't find the original scores and parts in his estate, so
they asked MD if he had them.
MD said no, so they had to try to recreate
the arrangements by piecing together fragments they found that GE had kept,
and painstakingly transcribing the rest.
MD died 3 months later.
In
1996, 5 years later, they finally got MD's stuff out of storage and found out
MD had all of the original arrangements of GE's music!
Weird.
And
speaking of weirdos, it turns out that LOVE, like SD, listened mainly to jazz
(Sonny Rollins etc...)at the time they were on the scene, and jazz musicians
listened to AL and LOVE.
AL's producer, Bruce Botnick, was producing a Bud
Shank album and he happened to leave "Forever Changes" in the recording
studio.
The jazzers said "Put that on, man- we love that shit!"
Al, The Patron Saint of Danness~ Good to see you back on the air. The prolonged down time made me fearful that this page had fallen onto Nixon's drug list and was being covertly eradicated by the remaining scattered cells of Liddy disciples. -- You asked about my wife, who once tred these pages as Myra Eyefull. She is still about, and remembers meeting the Al family and says hello.
SteveeDan~ The version of "Take Me to the Pilot" on "11-17-70" should be heard by everyone. Great song and an exhaustingly energetic performance.
Dano~ Thanks for crediting me with your being 'well creased' regarding the Michael Jackson discussion. I looked up "creased" in the dictionary and gained no insight into the word's coloquial implications, but it sounds like something for which I'd be proud to be responsible.
I saw Michael Mcdonald on the Country Music Network the other day. (Don't y'all start thinking I've got vehicles on blocks in the yard in front of my trailer; i'm just a deeply diseased channel surfer.)-- He was doing a duet with some lady named Jami; i didn't catch all the details or hear much of the song, but it was a lofty anthem type thing with attempts at universal wisdoms peppered throughout the lyrics.
KD~ If you're still around, tell me the sports parlor book on that titanic Tanya Harding/Paula Jones boxing match? I'll take tanya in 4 milliseconds of the first round. -- Speaking of celebrity brawls, I do remember seeing a cinematic knife fight between David Bowie and Carl Perkins. Anyone remember that one?
Any advisory remarks about rotator cuff surgery, just in case a friend of a friend was making a desision about such?
RS
D-Beefy: you're funny...
Oh err hello everyone again
Ok, it appears everything is back to normal. Not sure what they did to fix it, nor am I confident it won't happen again. I may end moving things again, who knows? All I can say is it's drving me nuts. At least the old Seanet site was stable. And now that I'm relying on PERL to run things, I'm kinda stuck...
Thanks for your patience once again.
Pat
... but my spelling and syntax assistant left before me !!!
... start another one.
It's time for some S H A M E L E S S ... P L U G G I N G !!!
OK Kids -- The Steely Fan Band rides again. That's right the band that is also lovingly known as The Santa Ana Banana Band is playing down in Newport Beach, California at The Studio Cafe, Friday March 22, 2002. We will assend to the stage at 9 PM, and the whole evening belongs to us, so we will be playing for over 3 hours. We are playing a few tunes that the band has never performed live before, so the show will feature new material for your listening pleasure. It's Mr. Sticks' birthday weekend, so the night will be a festive one. Danus Festivous Forus Surus !!!
And in connection with the flinging of nicknames, "LeadFingers" will be on the keyboards that night (that's ME, Shotan!) flailing away with reckless Dandom abandon. Or something like that.
Angel will be there, so, we have a mini-Dan Fest in the making.
Yay
California !!! Fruits and nuts for sure, but still the hipper than shit!
Everyone is invited. We hope to see you there 2 weeks from tomorrow ('s Girls).
Steveedan (has left the building.)
LuckLess Pedestrian: Hmmmm....that's funny. in the past, newbies had no choise...they were administered the newbie test and that was that. Oh, yes, Ward wanted me to tell you that he waited for THREE hours in Quincy market and you never showed June.
Wurmian-wonder-that-is-Tom: Sorry Europe won't happen pal...got the e-blast with info for Doctor John gig...will post cheque via United States Postal Service....
St. Al: Register me for voting this way: bring back the gun slinging, exciting, full of teeth yeller and out with the new candy ass format. My lord, everyone's legs must be KILLING them from walking so gingerly on eggshells.....lol.
Aus
Hello Fingers Shotan - "Thumbs" reminds me of the expression "all thumbs" which would mean that you are messing up your parts. Leave the thumbs out of it and let your fingers do the walking! I want you to know that I think that it is great that you have started hanging out here, you have really helped to support and expand (or swell) the global Steely Dan family (or is that the Steely Fan Damily?). I (and I know that I am not alone here in this thought) want to hear about all of the gigs. I want to know when they are (as in advanced shameless plugging) and how they went, and who was there, and please have them sign in here as well as at your place if they are willing.
The DSO, the SFB (aka Santa Ana Banana Band), Doctor Wu, Stealin' Dan, The Steely Damned, my new but not yet launched band, and all the other SD trib band musicians around the world share in that rare space that is so Dan-o-licious. As you know, when the band is playing in the "Zone", and the audience is really into it, the experience is just Dan-tastic!! I am soaking up all the stories, and I never tire of them. Go get 'em Fingers !!!
Hello budding Piano Student Wormy --
Before I became an excessively devout Steely Dan fanatic, I was an excessively devout Elton John fanatic. I can, and would be delighted to, help you with the Elton John songs. I am mostly proficient at the first 13 or so albums, up through Capt. Fantastic, but I got a few other CDs like Too Low For Zero, The One, and the new one, Songs From The West Coast. I really love Elton's earliest period, 1970 - 1974. That stuff changed my life. (I was losing interest in piano after about 3 years of instruction, then I got into Elton in 1972 and that was it!) If you don't know about this CD, check it out! It's called "11-17-70" and it is a live in the studio album with just Elton, Dee Murray on Bass, and Nigel Olsson on Drums. This is the album that gives Elton the respect he deserves as a kick-ass piano player. I can play all of the songs that you asked about, so as you go through them, I can assist you if you get stuck.
There are some Elton John sites that have some fairly good midi files some of which really bring it home alive. I would simply do a google search and look around for them. I have not tried to find "sheet music" on-line because I own all of the early material. Just search for it and see what happens. By the way, I was on eBay yesterday looking for CD recordings of early 70-74 Elton concerts, I found only 3, but there were 57 pages of EJ stuff for sale! Something is bound to come up for you. Post your questions for me here, or e-mail me. Ask St. Al for my address if it is not shown above. I know a lot of tricks that could help you overcome various hurdles and keep you interested in the piano if you need, so just let me know. I've seen Turandot, and it was a wonderful opera. You must be extremely proud. Bravos are in order.
Luckless Pedestrian - 2 items - I checked out the "headbangers" video. It was very very funny. Also, I have checked back at that silly Mojo "Steely Dan vs. The Monkees" debate thread, and it seems to have died a silly death. So there.
d-Beefy - Check out the Danny Steely Orchestra site (DSO). To find out more about various Steely Dan Tribute bands or other related websites, go to the official Steely Dan site, find the links page, find the Steely Dan Webring, and you will find a lot there. Enjoy, and if you see any of these great bands live, please come back here and give us a report. This is just a humble request.
This post has gotten a bit long, I guess I should close it now and ...
Steveedan
Wormy - EJ tunes !
LP - headbanging dudes
video
Beefy - check out DSO!
hey a newbie from over the pond!
let me warn you, d-beefy, tribute bands are a hot topic of conversation around these parts, wear your teflon whilst posting...
oh, and would you like a newbie test?
Greetings to 1 and all , just found this site ,it's good to see that there are so many Danfans out there.
(in case anybody from South Wales is around, I've heard about a band called KBD (keyboards bass and drums) who do a nice line in Dan covers among other things - haven't seen them though because I now live in London.
Speaking of which, can anyone enlighten me as to whether there are any good Dan tribute/cover bands that play around the big smoke >?
ta.
d-beefy
I guarantee you the album won't be out by June of 2002
Paul Shotan - you bettya matey! Love to hear the band. How does summer sound. As they say on the New York Lotto, "Hey, you never know".
Outta here. Bye. And love to all.
hey - a blip on msn home page took me to a video from a band called elbow - they were pretty good, their byline was matthews meets radiohead, but i thought of other bands - anyone hear of them, like them or hate them, etc etc
did anyone watch the url below i posted?
~: Thanks for the invite, but I'll be tied down in the office (and not by the bare midriff ladies either) and lab then - wish I could go. This week is more free after Friday afternoon - heading out of town, but just my luck, I'll miss Neil Finn in Austin next week, and guess who's coming to Houston tomorrow:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/ae/music/jump/1282551
You better watch out 'cause I'm gonna say...
Yeah, I think 5.1 is a toy (check 702 again for bonus time track) and not too many folks (even the great Roger Nichols) have worked out the art - sounds like DTS to me - am I the only one NOT impressed in the theatres these days...it's shrill and annoying....I'm for sticking with DVD-A stereo as well
LP + Clas: Sons of Champlin - Don't sound too bad - bet they were great live. I hadn't paid attention before, since I'm not a fan of Champlin era Chicago. Welcome to the Dance seems to have tight horns (Tower of Power????). Very loose, stylistic jazz/soul/funk of the day - what I call Fred Sanford music. I can hear some Little Feat (not surprisingly) and Sly (of the Family Stone) in there. The lead singer - I assume that's Bill? has a quality that sounds a bit like (but not quite as good) the OTHER Paul Young (from Sad Cafe and later Mike + the Mechanics) who passed away recently. The Other Paul Young had great pipes and 2 of the Sad Cafe albums Misplaced Ideals (1978?) and Eponymous (1981?) are really good and highly recommended if you can still find them. Sad Cafe could be really tight - with very, very solid songs. The self-titled album is a little slicker with a bit more of a Dan-like production than Misplaced Ideals, which contained their only American hit (Run Home Girl? title?).
looks like my trip to europe fell through (but for good reasons on my
end)
sorry Gina, it will come later, (I'll start your tapes as
compensation) jazzfest gang - I will now not be jetlagged
but fresh as a
daisy (and no work crisis this year Jim# and Aja!)
so look out! crawfish
monica here we come
Dr Mu - thanks for the West of Hollywood tip on the outro
college
station to new orleans 9 hour drive, come stay with us
my take on the dvd-a - great sound for low price dvd-a player
the
toshibas are great (sd 4700 $300)
I'll try the new methany disc(thanks
steveed!)
I hate 5.1 sound and setups
it just isn't natural for music and the 5.1
mixes are not it
try the plush both ways, you will agree
scored Dr John / Marcia Ball tickets for the festers,
it is selling out
fast
can't wait
my girlfriend is singing in the opera tonight
Turandot - it was
wonderful seeing the dress rehearsal tuesday
and I get a second helping
tonight
steveeD - do you have transciptions of e-j piano parts for certain
songs
or a good link
(goodbye YBR, levon, tiny dancer, dltsgdom, madman,
love lies?)
I am taking lessons now at the local college and would love to
try one of those. Thanks
where's howard been? I'd love some bass tab for jack of speed!
steviedan - hitch a ride west then with Ole down to here
a long weekend
away will do wonders
and I'll pay for a few music lessons to flip the bill
(consider it with the mrs...)
monty and dan - yes, but of course
if the Python had done the movie "FM"
it might have turned out
"COMPLETELY DIFFERENT"
insert pythonic old widow woman's voice
"oh, no static at all I say..... right"
toodles from the topsoil
tom of wormdandom
Anyone catch the Osbourne's on MTV yet?
AL NE Girl - Sons of Champlins, great shit uh? It must be. Jay Graydon and band played Stockholm some years back, Bill Champlin played Hammond and guitar in the band. Excellent musician, and; funny as hell. Great shit.
Bill Champlin is the SHIT!
Am I right LP?
C
Hi gang, it's been a long while. New format. Ok.
Any news on whether or not the Dan have any plans for a summer tour this year? Anyone seeing any great music in the meantime?
I have been fortunate enough to see the fabulous Sons of Champlin several times over the last year. When I was a young'un, it was the Dead, the Dan, and the Sons. It still is.
The Sons are playing up at beautiful Lake Tahoe this Saturday, March 9th, at the Hyatt Tahoe Resort, Incline Village. One of the few other bands with a horn section, a vibes player, tight arrangements, incredible musicianship, and unusual, compelling lyrics. For more info go to http://www.sonsofchamplin.com
I sure hope Steely Dan tours again sometime very very soon!
at work, sigh - and chat is down...
i laughed so hard at this, watch the whole thing - it's so bad it's good, or i need some sleep
http://torm3ntor.com/
off to a meeting - ta ta
Oleander, Lisa G and ICPaul
........thanks for the good wishes..and
likewise WE wish you could have been there with us..it was a knicker wetting
weekend of the highest order. Enter the "furthest travelled" comp...hop on a
jumbo eastwards to the Olde Countrye...there's a bag of crisps (chips!!) and a
warm beer waiting for you all. Plus three straws!
ICPaul was that poor
scheduling or what? Jeez.....let's see you next time ok?
bye for now
"FINGERS (& Thumbs)" Shotan, UK Division of Dandom.
DUNCAN........the review of the Torrington was an absolute gem.......the
Shakepeare of Darlington or what..at least Tom Leahrer, or even
T.Leary......depending on just how much you imbibed..a tankful?! It could even
be a Dan Lyric...go for it.....you say the words, I'll play the keys!
I
looked up where Darlington is ....Jeez you travelled man!!!!! What a hero. Put
yourself up on the DSO of Board of Honour, just below Sidney Tan who came from
Taiwan TWICE to see us, and on a par with Terry from Colchester..we'll have to
get a comp going on that one!
It really was a huge buzz to play for you,
Dano and all the other guys and I'm so pleased (and fxxxxxg relieved that you
had a great night after your heroic trek south), taking in a short precis of
past friends and life stories by the sounds of it!
and DANO...likewise a fxxxxxg great pleasure and privilege to meet you. If
we could only have a few more guys like you at all our shows we'd be very
happy (but probably terminally inebriated) bunnies! It was a tremendous
atmosphere and I wish we could have gone on longer...but that means there's
more for next time at least..Fibbers in York Saturday June 15th?
I've
dreamed for a long time about getting the UK Dandom together regularly like
our US buddies who seem to do so effortlessly and perhaps this is the start of
such regular Danfests for us? I hope we can drag a few more ex-beats out into
the cold night in future! Send us a mugshot...both of you and we'll add it to
the shooting gallery at the site.......ok?
Cheers to you both....heros
through and through.welcome to the band.
Steveedan...I accept humbly the "fingers" accolade but you forgot the "and
thumbs" ending! The true keyboard wizard in the DSO is our Chris Watts...me, I
just put the icing on his silky soft and oooh sooooo smooth sponge cake! But I
like the nomenclature and will use it shamelessly from now on. It was a such a
great night in London and to meet those two funny funny guys was the crowning
glory to a perfect evening. I wish you could have been there and joined us on
stage for one of our most enjoyable shows ever. It doesn't get much better
than that...a buzz in the band and the best audience you could ever wish
for.
I promise you I WILL appear at one of your gigs one night...taking
notes,,ripping off all your best patter, and sampling your keys ...so be
warned you have invited a cuckoo into your nest. Ha Ha . All the best to you
all in California Dandom.....hands across the water.....sorry we can't come by
ship .......Mr.B has fucked our steel yards up this week!!!!!!
LOL
/Mr."FINGERS" P.Shotan the turd
~: On Gaslighting Abbie there are 16 additional seconds of sax outtro spliced within the last 30 sec of the song on DVD-A 5.1, but NOT DVD-A stereo!!
darn Steviedan ... too bad about your contribution for this year's TM
comp.
(sob sob)
Aloha Stranger, back in Banyan Town as in stepping out of the
silence?
did expect/hope for a little more, though :-)
Yep Bill, but it's not just solidarity because we're from Europe, although that sometimes has a nice ring to it, there are continental differences, quite interesting to say the least :-) ... am curious anyway about your most precious Steely moments, so ... wh don't you grab a chaise longue but don't drink any of that doc Kruger concoctions, or maybe then again, please do :-)
aah, T for Tones .. any new music passing your hands worth the mentioning here?
Off to an early night's sleep (7.52 pm)
Banyan Tree A Void Just Makes
Room For Something New Bow,
G.
Hey Dan Fans,
It's that time again.. time once again to join Long Island's
favorite
Steely Dan tribute, STEALIN' DAN for another couple of rousing
sets at the DOWNTOWN in FARMINGDALE, NY. We're hitting at 9PM THIS THURSDAY,
MARCH 7th, so put on your Bad Sneakers and join us at possibly the finest
music room on Long Island. If you haven't been to the Downtown since they
renovated, you owe it to yourself to check the place out. It's not the old
Downtown, not by a long shot!
Once again, Stealin Dan, Long Island's only 13-piece Steely Dan tribute band takes the stage tomorrow night, March 7, at 9PM at the Downtown in Farmingdale.
Please see http://thedowntown.com for further details and directions, or call 516-293-7700 for more info.
Hope to see you there!
Stealin' Dan
http://stealindan.com
Randy: Somehow, we all thought so, even you. Well, it gave us something to look into....
Foghorn: Gee, now Bill can't imitate you anymore. :-)
For those who are so inclined, Fever Dreams has been updated and my first real post of interest, is mentioned. Thanks Ole, for making it much more then it started out to be. With a picture and and Ole note, too. I am so unworthy....
Hey, I say hey, I'm somebody!
Steely-folk,
I found no evidence ANYWHERE to support the word from WFUV (90.7) that Steely Dan's latest effort would be entitled "Get It Right" nor that it would be released on May 7th, 2002.
On an added note, Sir Darren Devivio is hardly an authority on anything, especially hosting a radio show. Those with intellects rated in the single digits should be precluded from having access to public broadcasting facilities.
We now return to our regularly scheduled mudslinging/gossip ranting/pseudo-intellectual/sophomoric posting...
(Ease up thy uptight babies; 'tis but a bit of humor - mostly)
Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com
Dr Mu - Ha! You were inspired of the Katy Lied-liner notes right? Whatever it was, thanks for the parody.
"...in accordance with its own bizarre electronic mentation for reasons known only to its designers..."
C
oh i'm wrong to a fawlt(y), someone did say manuel and cleese !
oh and tom, you did forget someone. me. but, unfortunately i think that we're gonna have to forget about me. i'm hating it, but the way the budget is going on the renovations... have you ever seen "the money pit" ? not QUITE that bad. maybe next year... or...
IN MY NEXT LIFE, i will go to jazzfest...
it is a disadvantage of the musician's life. no work = no pay. no sick leave, no vacation time. i know this sounds crazy, but it's a small price to pay to do what you love...
god almighty, i'm gone for a few days and you fuckers are fighting like untrained varmits ! i left a perfectly cheery sd/comedy thread in place and got some fantastic responses from some of the best here, but was that ENOUGH ? OH NO NO NO ! we have to get ugly again ! you people are too... too...
... people-like !
mc, you've already heard from me at this point. first things first.
permit a little comedic parallel redux, thank you:
lots of votes for steven wright (including jjeff, wormson, and included in mu's top three with carlin and, i am with you doctor, BECKER !). i guess i need to give that wright guy another chance. stevee, lenny was maybe not subtle enough, but woody is a perfect choice. "broadway danny rose" would be, in the copywrited words of ygk, a "steely dan movie". some other great ones: st al/miller, roy/leary, tones/pryor, face/DANGERfield, worm/hunter s. (definitely falls under the comedy stylings umbrella). i thought andy kaufman was perfect, but anyway...
THAT was fun ! nobody raised the python ?
dano raised arizona. cinematic genius. love it !
my observations of the final thirty or so minutes of the grammys (all i saw):
nelly furtado has discovered pitch with the aid of steve vai.
the gospel encore was POCKET ! brian mcknight, rev al g, hezekiah walker, cece winans. score one for god, how about it ?
some of you have raved about patti la-helle (sic). i thought she was serving 8-10 for felony over-singing...
gina, in regards to the gb comp, my hopes were just dashed on my contribution. that version of "hey sixteen" we did live, complete with eminem-not-being-the-king-of-soul references was recorded direct to mini-disc but alas... i just got a copy and the levels were WAY TOO HOT. battlestar static-tica hot. sounds like scrape. not fit for aural consumption on any level. i'm hoping to get a hard-disc system after the renovation economic recovery, or after kid's college, or the other kid...
... in my next life i will have recording gear... maybe not that long...
duncan, the colour, LOVED it !
st al, glad jdubz could help you with "joe's garage". i could, but i'm sure he has better means anyway...
Should be obvious to you by now that I ain't no pussy fuckface...
You of
course are another story Mr./Ms. NonameAsshole.
Steely Dan has millions of fans around the world. We are just
a
handful of them. 99.95 percent of them will never log into
this site.
They'll never get into this argument, never meet you,
and never develop a
distaste for the the average Dan fan.
I suppose you feel like a failure now right?
Hoops may just be right about this whole thing...
long Island Bill- Of course you don't want this site changed. You have the most to lose. You got creamed more than anybody before St.God fucked things up. You pussy!
MC--Gotcher back, bro.
I think they'll call it "Art Two" or "Crimes Against Nature."
Gina (post 674),
I did'nt bring up the subject of flaming dear, St. AL did
(see post
637). I merely responded to St.Al's post.
Your friend saw this as an
opportunity to spew some venom.
Start from post 637 and read forward...
P.S...
Hardly understood a word of what you said back there.
Are we
supposed to be talking Steely Dan on this site?
I knew we were here for
something...
The solidarity you show for your European friend is alot
like
what we do here in America. Don't be sad.
I read somewhere that the 50 year Doo Wop show generated $45 million for Public Television. I wonder what the RB show will generate? I'm putting together a Pink Floyd tribute CD featuring diverse artists from all over Southern California. Most of the tracks will be interpretrative but there will be two studio tracks from Which One's Pink? (Dogs and What Shall We Do Now? -- which appears only on the "Is There Anybody Out There" Live Pink Floyd CD released last year and on the Wall movie). (Other tracks slated for inclusion on this project include Fearless, High Hopes, Bike, Money, See Emily Play, Sheep and a five minute version of The Wall -- yes the entire double album rolled into one) We are aiming for a July release. More info later.
thanks to all of you....I appreciate the good thoughts....it'll be alright.
...it sounds too much like those Wham! albums, "Make It Big," followed of course by "Keep It Up." Now, of course, those titles have gained historical perspective...
It's a myth, a myth....
yes?
This just in from a field reporter under heavy enemy fire regarding today's Steely rumor:
"Untrue!"
Darren DeVivo
WFUV
¦scelage
Back to your regular demented programming...
This just in from a field reporter under havy enemy fire regarding today's Steely rumor:
"Untrue!"
Darren DeVivo
WFUV
¦scelage
Back to your regular demented programming...
Hey Paul "Fingers" Shotan - Looks like you got yourself some new fans. That's great. Dano, it would be great if you guys could get to Southern California sometime. We have 4 Steely Dan bands here, so chances are great that you could catch a couple of them play during your holiday here. Keeping the flag flying proudly, that's the bottom line. Keep it up, Shotan and Company (DSO).
Gina - thanks for the additional e-mail address for Beaz. I will try it right now. Maybe this time I can "Get It Right".
Steveedan
Smells to me like, what is called in football terms, a "misdirection play"... remember what the newsletter said about false prophets. Or was that profits?
Hey there everyone...
pricing and filing my life away...
It's about *time* they got it right...
WFUV is an NPR Station. Hmmmm....do those people lie?
http://www.wfuv.org/
Ole: Time for Inspector Morse to get on the case.... ;-)
W1P: That total was 100K. Not bad for a Robot.
~~~~~~ Yea! Back in action. :-)
Gina: Always knew you had some sympathy for the devil.
AndyM-I hear ya. My e-mail is down, and my former excite web service is messed up. Promises, promises.
Yeesh, getting like one cannot post here unless it's Dan-related. Alrighty, then. Randy, have you heard more about "Get it Right" off of 90.7? Will be pointing my dial away from QXR for the next several days, methinks.
2BContinued...
To Al-Qaeda upon meeting F16s, Cobras, B1s, etc.
--
What are the
secrets
They trace in the sky
And why do you tremble
Each time they
ride by
~: 14) Perhaps a combination of Billy Joel and Deludin...."Get it right the first time, that's the main thing. Whoaooooaah"
15) The WB (as in NOT Walter Becker) has passed down key memos stating that
due to the current music sales slump and record co. contracture:
(a) all
computers and software including ProTools will be turned off
(b) sampling
by both the public AND artists will not be allowed
(c) sequencing is now
only allowed in theoretical math classes
(d) musicians work willingly for
grilled pidgeon breast
(e) Each artist is turnstiled to one TAKE per day
grab you best ensemble and just GET IT RIGHT...
Duncan , just got back from Dirty Work and had a snifty at your report, that was fickin brill-iant Big Fella and York or sooner will be on the agenda fir a swallie??
Paul, well played mate , i really enjoyed the night along with Duncan and
it was great meeting you , we will do it again shortly nae problem.
Black
Cow was a dooser but then again all the songs were soundasapound, well done to
all the band.
Steevedan , now he may be called Paul "Fingers" Shotan............
Midnite , hang in there mate.
top ten reasons steely dan's next release is "get it right"
13) a first order word scramble yielded "steely get right dan it"
12)
Don and Walt are now ditto heads and if "Rush is Right" then "dan is
fan"
11) subtitled (and do it in less than 18 years)
10) looking for
mojo to splurge on some sodas and a hotel suite again
9) either get it
RIGHT or be LEFT behind
8) 4 more grammies or 4 more grams of coke, the
former & a studio will toodle do
7) "get it right" or "get it,
right?"
6) could you quantify 7) I'm confused
5) the mechanized hum of
another disc
4) I kicked the habit, kicked the habit, kicked the habit,
shed my skin...
3) ... oops not the gabe board
2) currently on guitarist
13 for track 7, take ?
1) need diversion from "thanks alot, preciate it"
modum operandus
Yes Mu, i second that more LIVE Dan, i only saw them once and not in the
best nerval condition when in Rotterdam, but besides hearing and listening to
music, i couldn't help but think what wide possibilities their songs have,
other musicians, arrangements and stuff. it's really like a solid marriage
between rock and jazz, just to be black and white here :-)
what i really
like about Beas is his musical past and roots, it's so versatile and he's
paying respects to those he played with in a most charming way, like on
Cauldron, produced by Walter Becker .. you can hear Miles Davis in it and it's
one's experience translated in music, like others would write about it in
words. To see music as a language next to the ones we know, the
written-in-words or spoken ones .. it's not all that obvious or something one
is aware of all the time. Sometimes this is triggered, like when i listened to
Cauldron the first time. And Beas is interested in lots of music, lots of
instruments and in his solo-projects or when he played in Belgium with Dutch
drummer Ron van Stratum and Roman on bass, it had this out of this world feel
to it ..
ahem, should save this for the article, haha. still have to write
that one .. Ron van Stratum by the way has a CD, recorded in 1999 that has
tracks which easily could have been written by WB and DF. more info on Ron
some other time ..
mm, Bill, my guess is if you hadn't brought up the flame subject and all,
which isn't as relevant to people not coming in here and post or find anything
about Steely Dan (come to think of it, when did you last post anything really
dannish, like how you forgot about programming the video because you were
ceized by listening to Katy Lied again or Aja and what details suddenly
occured to you as a mystery solved in an instant or a beautiful insight
regarding the genius of WB and DF) here for the curve so very natural and
kindred to reallife experience ...
anyway, this is not an attack or
insult, but you tried to make a point and then couldn't keep your hands clean
yourself, so ..
and somehow that "Get It Right" title seems more appropriate for what we see on MTV rather than it being the new title for a new one .. can anyone pass a new plate of rumors please ...
Banyan Tree Listen to the Cool Breeze Bow,
G.
Randy:
Sure it wasn't ''Star wars day''
May the 4th be with you
Steely-folk,
UNCONFIRMED news from an unknown source heard today on WFUV (90.7) out of NYC:
Steely Dan's next release entitled 'Get It Right' due out on May 7th, 2002.
Anyone heard any recent details with at least an element of accuracy/truth to them? I question virtually every word in the above statement excepting perhaps the band's rubric...
Randy
NIGHTFLY62@aol.com
Gina: The new Beasley tracks sound incredible even on RealCrappyAudio...there are those rumors that the Next One is being recorded LIVE...can you imagine Walt grabbing Beasley, Colaiuta, and Hurst for some live gigs...Donald - throw out the hardware (metronome)...let's do it (again) right! Hey, did you hear a little of I Got the News snuck into Personal Legend??
SteveE: will have to check out Metheny's new one...not a huge Metheny fan but still love American Garage...it sounds like you were listening on the 5.1 mode. TvN is mixed differently, as obviously all DVD-As that have both the 2 channel and 5.1 mix ... you have to use your TV monitor to get the right mix. 5.1 is truly a great sound effects mode (gives you that Miles Davis kinda perspective), but you it requires partitioning out the sampling to the extra channels, so the tradeoff is loss of fidelity gain vs. extreme neck injury...I don't think I'd *survive* Dark Side of the Moon on DVD-A 5.1!!!
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Well, now, St. Al, since I'm the devil incarnate, I'd just like to say I think you should do whatever you like, heh, heh.......
I just picked up some new CDs: Mose Allison - wonderful, witty lyricist and
pianist: Collectibles & Jazz Profile #9.....
an excerpt: "I looked in
the mirror and what did I see, Grey, aplenty - must be the reason I'm not
getting any"
and Herbie Hancock: the New Standard - where he covers Prince, Stevie Wonder, Kurt Cobain, Peter Gabriel, Don Henley, and some songwriting duo named Lennon/McCartney
Still here, ready to call out the BS when it stinks, or choose to ignore what I deplore........
ygk
(and I live in Manhattan, now stupid - have for the last 5 years, ijit)
Anti-psychotic medication + Alcohol + Being an asshole to begin with
+
Being Swedish + Being a lousy artist + Tri-sexuality + A seething
jealosy
of Americans + Seeing just how much you can ge away with
before someone
decideds to stamp you into a greasy spot = Clas...
:)
I think post #666 should have been reserved for Kinky.
Faithfully,
#667
Steveedan, url above, it works :-)
just try again, sending him an email
at beas@mediaone.net
could be he's not in L.A. right now or busy :-)
lol, yep doc Mu .. see? we get to stare at empty chairs with those palm trees standing by as silent witnesses on the ODP and in the meantime it's a delight to read how some of you enhance the thrills of listening to SD music ... like i've seen in Pro Tools comparising recordings of CD's .. like RLJ's Flying Cowboys, produced by WB and how things were nifty balanced ...
saw some snippets from an Oprah show, she had the Frasier cast as her guests. also showed some of the houses/mansions Kelsey Grammer(or is it Grammar?) owns and one is built on Maui. hm. wonder if it's a big big island or if the inhabitants do run into one another occasionally in the local drugstore :-)
Shea Seger is a young one who had her debut album out last October. only discovered her recently when watching a music channel. she reminded me of RLJ and when i visited her site it turned out Rickie Lee Jones was one of her role models or muses.
i can't recall any new band or group tipping off the hat as in reminding me of Steely Dan or their ability to grow in such a manner and capture a Zeitgeist as our Blazer Rouge aka Blaise aka Red Blazer liked to put :-)
does that mean the future of popmusic with any substance is hitting rock bottom before it even had a chance to come to surface i wonder ...
the Bare Naked Ladies is another genre, still they sound cool. haha, and they like Apple as well :-)
Goodmorning yellow pagers ---
to Wormy and ¦ - my good friend/lead singer has an impressive home stereo. I listened to both the DVD-A's for 2VN and Pat Metheny's "Imaginary Day". We noticed that on 2VN, the rear speakers had horns mixed to them and some of the percussion, and is a fairly good DVD-A, but, you owe it to yourself to get the DVD-A for "Imaginary Day". This one sounds fantastic. It is significantly better than the Steely Dan one for sonic quality and effect. As many of you know, Metheny is known for his airy, wide open effects and this DVD-A furthers this tremendously. I do not have the equipment to do this at home, but those of you who do, I think, would really enjoy the Metheny disk. Even if you are not a big Metheny fan, you will be impressed with this one.
Gina - Beasley's site was under construction the last time I was there. Can you reach him for me? If you can, please just let him know that I got his messages and as soon as his website is up, I will send him another message. If you would do that for me, I would really appreciate it. Thank you Gina.
Bill - doncha worry about Clas. He just wants someone to joust with. Don't let him irk you. Have a good one.
Now it's time once more for some S H A M E L E S S P L U G G I N G
...
That's right -- the Santa Ana Banana Band, oops, I mean, The Steely Fan
Band rides again. The SFB will be gigging in Newport Beach, CA at The Studio
Cafe on Friday night, March 22, 2002. The downbeat commences at 9 PM. We are
performing the entire evening ... over 3 hours long. We are launching a
handfull of new tunes at this gig. You are all cordually invited to attend.
Clas - forget the lear jet. Have a banana instead. Leave the green ones out for a few days, then they will turn yellow. Eat 'em to your heart's content.
The guestbook's very own VIP Angel and her spouse "M" will be in attendence, and I quote "Wahoo!".
... and I wish you all a Wahoo kind of a day.
Stevee(Wahoo)Dan (MFM for the SFB once more)
soothe
~: My DVD-A is not "high end" (can't afford anything high end) as it is a JVC (sorry, forgot the model), but that may not matter with DVD-A much...the limiting factors would be one's amplifier and speaker system. Yes, I think DVD-A brings to the table a much more open soundscape and beautiful instument separation....sort of the way Gaucho is open. The snares sound more "wet" as well. As for the cymbals, Roger originally pushed the EQ envelope on the TvN (see his article in EQ mag) CD (92 dB dynamic range) toward saturation...I noticed this also on the re- re- re- master of Gaucho - specifically, Babylon Sisters when the sing "Shake it!". On my midish-end Yamaha receiver and Boston Acoustics speakers, it did sound a little harsh. The cymbals have more resonance and less harshness on TvN DVD-A with its 160 dB dynamic range. I did notice, at little surprisingly, that if I play my Gaucho CD on the DVD-A player that some of the harshness on Bablyon Sisters disappears...
Now, I'll admit that some of this difference with Gaucho may be due to undersampling by my current JVC CD player. I bought a really nice Yamaha CD player in the 80s, but the transport was a bit squirrely, and it finally gave out in the mid 90s - as a Dad with very tiny mouths at that time, I just snagged a 5 disc changer from Circuit City or somewhere - music to sooth colic-y kids without getting up from the chair late at night...
From the KGSR Current News frame:
"Steely Dan are working on the follow up their Grammy album of the year "Two Against Nature" in the Big Apple; expect a release, in, oh, say, 2018? ... "
I think that's all that's out there Gina...
Very excited - going to see and listen to a local band tonight that I last heard in about '74! They used to be one of my favourites back then, in a country infamous for its dearth of local talent (of course, we won't mention how apartheid suppressed some of SA's finest talent then). Called "Baxtop" after a local way of smoking weed. What the guys do is use a broken bottleneck into which they insert a "girrick", rolled up silver foil to stop the stuff falling out. The backstop was the tobacco used to separate the weed from the girrick. Anyway, I recently bumped into one of the band members purely coincidentally, which just adds to the lustre. Can't wait.
Duncan - so envious of you guys being able to do the DSO thing! Great post and to think I was scheduled to be in London last weekend too. Alas!
Dano "Raising Arizona" and "The Big Lebowski" Ow, two great pictures. Also, dig Nicolas Cage and Jeff Bridges.
Gwen - last but hardly least - the midget's come knocking on my door asking for the de niros. Or he says he'll not hesitate to set the bearded lady on me. Can you assist in some way?
These LDRs are hell. 'Fraid I can't plant the Claymore. Down here all we's got is Pangas.
hi gang
Dr Mu (consider jazzfest my texan neighbor)
I have not done a full accessment, direct a/b comparison of the TaN standard redbook cd and the DVD-A, but I will give an evaluation based on my extended seperate attentive listens to both formats
note 1) my cd end equipment is anything but ordinary. I use a Cal Audio Lab Delta transport coaxed out into an EVS Millenium II Dac (digital to analog converter) (see tweakaudio.com or audioreview.com under evs for reviews). This DAC takes up to a 24/96 input sample and upsamples to 24/192 (which is what DVD-A outputs, it also does all the conversion in a very musical way).
note 2) my DVD is a new Toshiba SD4700 -0 standard out of the box $300 (some of the best pictue quality in a low end unit, have been known for that). I upgraded from another Toshiba DVD (now in bedroom setup) to get progressive scan and DVD-A. Eventually there will be an affordable universal players that play DVD/DVD-A/SA-CD (sony)/CD, but why wait when you can get the best format DVD-A now and so inexpensively.
My take so far - The DVD-A (2 channel selected) sounds very open, revealing and tonally balanced. Layering and seperation of instruments is excellent, with very nice detail. Yes some tracks sound too crisp (the cymbal and rim work in the title track and West of Hollywood), I think Roger Nichols likes to eq things to sound good and jump out on mid fi equipment which gives them just a hint of brightness on hi end gear. The tracks have an uplifting sound that is very resoliving. If it were not for the fact that I have a very high end standard cd setup, this would be revolutionary sound. However, the DVD-A sounded very similiar and revealing to my upsampled cd version. For the average system this $300 DVD/DVD-A/CD player offers superb DVD-A sound and excellent DVD for movies. The TaN disc is wonderful and on par with the best upsampled cd reproduction, and you get some cool abstract song graphics to boot
wormchild
I'm not planning any trip to the Bronx Zoo, fuckhead.
C
St. Al,
Well...
I believe Clas makes a good case for some level of control.
Clas,
Pray we never meet.
"Whatever happened to leaving well enough alone?"
Whatever happened?
You're so fucking stupid, "leaving well enough", where would you be? Back in the Caves of Altamira?
I wouldn't mind though.
C
Where are you MALCOLM!
Wanna fuck?
Where are you posting from next time YGK, the library? Are there such things as librarys in USA, Malcolm?
Come on now!
C
St. Al,
Why do computer experts feel the need to constantly
re-engineer
everything all the time? Whatever happened to leaving well
enough alone? Let's not return to the vicious mud-slinging that
had
this place on par with the Jerry Springer show ok? Why not
let the flamers
of the past check out one of the online
psychiatric sites instead? I
understand the doctors hand out
free lollypops over there...
Angel,
You mean Don and Walt are considering doing a Playboy
spread?
I'm not really looking forward to seeing those two in a
G-string bikini. Hopefully 2VN was enough to jump-start
thier
career.... :)
Face,
Enjoying FLA?
mm .. experiment is always a fine way of finding out if it works .. perhaps
take the info down for a month or so, maybe we get lucky and there is news
worth to post here regarding the Dan .. even in other forums where perhaps
people go to to learn about dangentially things the traffic is slow ... but on
the other hand, there is a shared responsibility to not cross a fine line
either, humor in its various features always a nice way to bite or get bitten.
or we could all go and track musicians who played with the Dan and find
out if they have anything to say about their sessions and work in the Steely
Dan concept .. i don't know if the info is really relevant or a main reason
for lack of steely news .. in the PLP people try to keep themselves busy as
well, when there is no RLJ news they can dive into .. we just have to wait for
her book to be published and all that ..
i wouldn't worry, also lots of
people who are too busy in realtime life to check what the online world has to
offer ..
but if this forum needs more steely related topics, we gotto have
people who are willing to look for it, or find it, by chance and such.
and
it is hard to keep that thread going when there is hardly any official news ..
and when people have discussed sd items over and over and over again .. last
year's grammys made people surf in here, just for the occasion.
it's not
as if the sd vibe is dead, given all the tribute bands and fests and such ..
i doubt whether the info about ip and log in etc is present or not will
make a difference ..
Andy- Sorry to hear about your site. It's gotta be the damned bandwidth or maybe the fact that Eminem might have a stock in the company;) I'm sure you'll find a way. In the mean time, I'll keep my fingers crossed.
St. Al- Here's a Dan related thought. Okay, there have been some CDs out based on VH1''s Storytellers. There was The Best of, then you had Meat Loaf. Last week, Billy Idol had a Storytellers Cd out. Wouldn't it be nice if we can e-mail VH1 and the producers of Storytellers into giving us a CD of the Steely Dan performance on the show?
I think that would be cool. It'll give us something to tide us over
until the new one is out. I encourage anyone reading this to e-mail
VH1,
and the producers of Storytellers to set up something with Don and
Walt.
You'll be glad you did and hopefully, so will VH1.
PS: What's the status of the Joni Mitchell tribute CD?
Lars - thanks man. I've known for a long time that Malcolm Hunter, alias YGK, has this obsession for phonecalls at late nights, woman, harassments, his dark-closet-mind which he, for some reasons, has been projecting on me over the years.
Mozilla/4.61 [en]C-CCK-MCD BS07121999 (WinNT; U)
That's YGK in all his grace.
Thanks StAl - I think you should keep this board as it is.
C
Sadly, my Steely Dan site has been taken down for reasons beyond my
control....forces beyond anyone's control. The mysterious forces of global
capitalism have played a mean trick on you and me. In other words, the company
who hosted it-- Excite@home went belly up, and basically closed up shop. This
wouldn't be a huge problem except for the
fact that they told me that the
web pages they host will continue to operate
as usual, under different
management. Apparently this was not the case.
So here's what I'm going to
do...
I have put up a temporary site with all of the sound files
at
http://www.best-techconsulting.net/~andy/. My ultimate plan is to get my
own
domain-- hopefully within a couple of weeks. Which brings me to a
question--
what should I call this site-- almoststeelydan.com?
steelydanmania.com? As
you can see, my lack of creativity has me up against
a wall. E-mail me your
suggestions (andy@best-met.com) and I will hopefully
find a suitable name.
I'll keep everyone posted on my progress--I'll be
posting info on the
temporary site. Thanks for bearing with me.
Andy
Hi Angel - Thank you, I look forward to seeing you in Newport Beach.
St. Al - I have lost it here after some flaming (which I probably deserved, although, not always ...) and I regret that. It seems that some people only police themselves when there is a threat of exposure or expulsion. No matter what you decide to do, I feel confident that the regulars who frequent this site will still be around regardless of how you design the site. We are all behind you (so ... would you be our shield when the arrows start flying?). I have always told you how much I appreciate this place. I still do.
W1P - I knew those lyrics. They strike a strong chord deep within me. By the way, I only recently acquired the weight that I am now too old to lose that I needed to through around ... wanna come to Newport Beach Friday 3/22/02.
To Duncan and to Paul Shotan of the SDO - thanks to Duncan for the play by
play and congratulations to the SDO for what sounds like a great show.
Everybody raise your glass to the great society we all get to take part in.
Greetings to Dano too.
MC - I hope you're feeling better. Shirl, get back
home, that's where the heart is.
jjeff - Do you have any more "squirrels in vacuum cleaner" stories? I still laugh about that one.
To all those I have not mentioned in name - I hope you are all doing well.
Have a great week everyone.
Steveedan
StAl: Let it ride, man...
~: No one can resist the power of 2 channel 192 MHz TvN DVD-A...
Took the kids to 2 school Spring Carnivals this weekend...in other words Germ Festival! Is it quaff a cold, booze a fever or the other way around?...just how many zinc lozenges does it take until I become a battery?
angel, I saw some previous posts about "who was" this and "who was" that and it reminded me of the end of the song Dogs off Pink Floyd Animals. So I posted that section of the lyrics and as I did it occurred to me that the "who was" statements kind of matched up with some of the folks who post here. I think each statement matches at least one GBer but that's not to say that every (or near every) GBer is reflected in the lyrics. In other words, I have no idea what I'm talking about and people should not pay attention to me when I spew out lyrics for no reason. Baby Lemonade is supposed to back Arthur Lee. Sometimes I feel like I've tied to the whippin post. And its too late to lose the weight I used to need to throw around. I wish I could have posted this without revealing my identity.
St. Al: You ask "Do any of you notice it?" Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. But I don't think taking the IP Log out of there is the answer. It doesn't bother me, though I know Chips is having a hard time about it. :-)
Well, I hereby will spice up tonights post. Hit me with your best Shot,
LP....
15 years ago, I had the privilige to work, moonlighting on
weekends, for American Bandstand. During that year I got paid to watch whoever
was "hot" lip sync to their current hit. It had its up and down moments, as
one would expect. (Lisa G, keep your mouth shut :-) ) Anyway, one of the many
performers I got paid to watch was Tiffany, who was 15 at the time. Do the
math and you find out that the teenager who sang "I think We're Alone Now"
back then, is now 30 years old. The other day, I notice the latest issue of
Playboy and who should I see on the cover, but Tiffany. I couldn't believe it!
Is that how one jump starts ones dead career? Thank goodness D & W would
never stoop so low.
W1P: I tried and tried to figure out what your cryptic post meant and couldn't. No GBers that I could find. Could you give me a clue as to your mindset here. Going off lyrics of SD songs, or personalities of the people who post with handles.
jjeff: My fruit trees are all blooming this week. I think Spring has, sort of, arrived here.
Duncan: Funny colour.
MC: Speechless.
Duncan--ha! great color on a dooser of a weekend. Best wishes to Dano and the Dan o'Steel.
W1P--Love Lathe of Heaven. Thanx. Time to read again.
St. Al--no matter what you do, it will be doing.
MC-thinking of you, brother. Hope you're surrounded by the warmth and support.
Duncan-far out story. Wish I was there for the most excellent show. Next time, you have to convince Howard to drag himself out for the drive. Give Dan a hug from the GB.
To anyone who has tried to e-mail me in the last week (lp!!!!!): Sorry, my e-mail address is down for now. Hopefully it will be all better tomorrow.
St. Al-I dunno. Being one of very, very few MacUsers here, I suppose I can be spotted like a toucan in a snowstorm since the user info has been displayed. But I am in agreement: it gives posters a sense of responsibility, like it was said by jjeff. I could go either way.
But don't spread that around.
back up from the trenches,
finally resurfacing
I have 10 tickets for Dr John/Marcia Ball
it has not yet sold out but it
will soon
several other shows are already gone
anyway here's my tally (I
write via email tommorrow)
1) YGK, 1)aja 1)JIm#, 2) ole 2) auss 2)me AND
ONE left over!
Zeke, if you are game, get a hold of me
will write back later on 2aN DVD-a versus CD
and a few other things
(Randy Numan dvd from 83 etc)
anyone else considering Jazzfest DANFEST, come on down
wormy
Hey St. Al, reading your description of the quandry reminds me a lot of The Lathe of Heaven (and I hear there is in the works yet another attempt to make a film from that book http://www.imdb.com )
Anyway, I say remove the computer information and let's rely on the regulars to scroll past the negativity and to not fan the flames or feed the trolls.
Winter blahs setting in....
St.Al: I think you've done a nice balancing act on this one. Not the total chaos of the previous format (where there was no more Dan-related material than there is now)nor restricting it to just Dan(I'm afraid I'd be out to pasture if that were the case. While I love SD I can't rehash the same stuff over and over). People SHOULD feel responsible for what they say.
Duncan:Nice synopsis. Thank Paul. What is Stella Artois? I love Boddingtons when I drink( which is pretty rare these days). Creamy.
Shirl: Your man needs you. Come home.
The seed order is in. Just veggies this year, again. I'm concentrating on establishing more speciman trees( Black Gum,White Oak,Magnolia) and bushes.
See you this weekend. ( Am I the last one to know Prince went Jehovah's Witness?)
I have to go too? And I thought I was so superior too...
What, I'm being outed? Right on.
Lars, why I'm impressed...
Signed
Happy Log
StAl - don't mess with the meaning of freedom. You are free to act & speak whatever you want as long as you don't harm anyone. Freedom has nothing to do with making jokes about diseases - that's rudeness.
Whoa, just in case you haven't seen this:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020311/story.html
Clas: only some of west Texas looks the the movie "Giant."
Hmmm... I wonder about this. How much is too much information?
Though I certainly appreciate the lack of negativity this message board has exhibited since the move to the new format, I wonder if displaying user information at the bottom of the post doesn't remove too much tooth from the bite that has made this place a sometimes exciting place to be in the past?
It's still a huge quandary for me. On one hand this place has become much more civilized. And even though there are many ways to defeat the "controls" on this message board, most people choose not to trouble themselves. But along with this civilization, a sort of blah tone has been set? Do any of you notice it? To make matters worse, from my perspective, this message board seems to have lost it's place in the world of Dandom. I certainly accept a major share of the responsibility for this problem, but this place seems to have lost it's connection to being the first stop for rumors and other Steely Dan related information on the Internet. Well, one of the first stops anyway...
This is a complicated issue where each problem has a solution that creates another problem. I don't really see many answers, but I am wondering if I should remove the computer information from the post? I know many of you might find this information helpful. I'll always be able to see so if someone gets completely out of hand I can still trace the offending person down.
My main goals in providing this forum are simple. I want to give Steely Dan fans a place to discuss the band and their music. I want people to be able to discuss whatever topic they wish and I want them to feel reasonably comfortable that they can speak their mind, even if their thought isn't popular. It's a fine line that is almost impossible to walk. The experiment with the Seanet guestbook showed that zero moderation allowed a level of pure spite to creep in -- to the point it's simply became a drag. Is there a happy medium?
Shall I remove the computer information? Any opinions? Let's hear them.
StAl
whatever happened to jennywennypenny?????
ha ygk, you little shit you!
;*
now where did i leave that little black dress?
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!
Nice catch, Lars, and it seems that I've been able to find out who our
Flamer is:
co-employee/friend here, whose desk I was working at when I
posted about Nawlins. He's a real hotshot/DanFan - and I've filled him in on
all the goins on 'round here.
Looks like he's read the archives quite
thoroughly, too.
Shouts out to: lp, Aus (I may get that hat, yet), MC - hope you r OK, or gettin there, dude, Dano, mu, Ole, Aja, wormy and others.
Looking forward to seeing the crew in Nawlins......
ygk
C- why don't you take a closer look a post # 247.
Mozilla/4.61 [en]C-CCK-MCD BS07121999 (WinNT; U)
Mozilla/4.61 [en]C-CCK-MCD BS07121999 (WinNT; U)
LG....no, i can't say i am....my world is falling apart and i don't know what to do....60 hour work week ahead and who knows what will be happening outside of work....right now i'm without my wife and in the most pain i've ever felt.....going out to stay with my sister in a little while.....just don't think i can stay here alone.
MC-You ok?
fw-nice to see you out of lurkdom if only for a brief geography lesson. Too hard getting out of that rabbit hole these days?
Kinky's from Scarsdale? I've been to Scarsdale. It's ok. Some nice houses.
oh lord i feel like i'm dying
I've been to Seattle when the sun was shining and I agree that it's wonderful. As for the other fifty-one weeks of the year, that's something else.
Some years ago when I lived in Louisiana, I would do an annual bicycle ride to Kerrville, Texas for an event called Hill Country Tours. Having howling tail winds most of the time for this ride was great. Then there was the day after a front passed that I rode all day pedaling as hard as I could in my bike's lowest gear at seven to eight miles per hour and blew out my Achilles tendon in one leg. East Texas has real trees. West Texas has a few weeds.
fw
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the
fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained
personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a seat in
the stand
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at
home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the
phone
Who was dragged down by the stone
Hint -- each of these apply to one or more GBers
Here Clas, I'll save you the trouble:
Enough of Neil Finn already...
More Neil Finn news:
Short US tour around the SxSW Festival in Austin, TX:
TV: March 11; Craig Kilborn Late Late show
Shows:
March 10th - San Francisco-SLIMS.
March 12th - San Juan Capistrano-The Coach House
March 14th - Austin - Waterloo Instore/promo
March 15th - Austin - performing/interviewed on KGSR-FM-Austin on March 15th. 12.00 noon. Extra guest players-Lisa Germano & Wendy Melvoin (yes that's Wendy & Lisa of the Artist Formerly Known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince fame). Radio show can be heard on-line at: www.kgsr.com
March 15th - Austin (SXSW) Austin Music Hall (& promo) 11 pm show
http://sxsw.com/bands/pages/23665.html
Just my luck - I'll just be getting into town and will not be able to arrange babysitting for the 2 hr drive and late Fri show...Schwinn, are you going, and can you report back??? Heard Bozzio was in town last night - did you see it??
BTW, the Austin Music Hall would be a perfect venue for the NEXT STEELY DAN TOUR...
StAl: I do...I figured you'd come back with. Texas has trees, but they're so SHORT, that you can't even see them above the dust and tumbleweeds...and they all lean towards Seattle (due to the prevailing Spring winds...)
Clas: Those Monkees tribute band posts were your funniest yet, but then you had to draw the Browne card...
C - No tambourine???! But Jackson is ok. "Running on empty tour '02" by The
Babylon brothers. Maybe I can use the Casio-synth bought at Toys¦rUs?
Nice
thang with pre-recorded rythm's. Love that Polka sound.
That mask must be somewhere in the garage ... .
L
Angel: Sure, it's called "Concepts for Jazz/Rock Piano." A sort-of instructional video he and Warren Bernhardt put together back in the early 90's. Pretty cool stuff. Check eBay or Amazon's Zshops.
Mu: I hope you know I was busting your balls. I know Texas has trees...somewhere... Oh, and as for the sun -- it's been beautiful the past 3 or 4 days. And let me tell you, when the sun is out in this town there is no finer place to be.
Clas: I've got to wonder. Your ear vs. Michael McDonald's? Hmmm... I think I'd still buy an S80 even though I don't play keyboard...
Killer week. Glad for the weekend.
Z: That is actually some very interesting stuff you have on Al. I had never heard any of that. Especially like the irony of the begging on the street incident. Living hard will take its toll.... Going to try again for Babylon Sisters for the Spring Concert?
Reading some old Metal Leg articles on Friday and came across some information about a Donald Fagen Piano Video from back in the early 90's. Anyone here remember that thing?
Pink One: Thanks for the info. :-)
Spent time yesterday at the newly opened Air and Space Gallery at the California Sciencenter. Cool things this time around. An LAPD Bell Helicopter with working control. You can sit in it and actually move the controls and feel how it would be to fly one. They also had the actual joystick for a prototype jet fighter, that lets you see what the plane does when the different controls are pushed. Again, very cool stuff. Better then just seeing aircraft hanging from the ceiling.
Who's the most superior person.
The one who lives in Seattle, Washington (StAlphonzo), or:
The one who's living in Piedras Negras, Texas (dr Mu), or:
The one who's living in the Saratoga Projects, Brooklyn, New York (Malc) or:
The rich little kid who's living in Scarsdale, New York (Kinky).
?
SvenArne - did he say that? Copywrited? If he got Santa Ana Bananas ôcopywritedö, well, that's his problema.
Solamente un tonto diria eso.
On the other hand, what about a Jackson Browne Tribute Band? Steely Damned, OK, they're pretty good, nice chord-progressions, wonderful lyrics and all that, but it's too hard cover that voice.
And this Back to the Apes-tour, I realized when watching myself in the mirror this morning; you can never go back ol' buddy. Neither could Mike Nesmith.
So, what I am thinking of is; let's buy some couple of acoustic guitars, a digital piano (no Yamaha S-80 though, Mike mc Donald played one of those on his last tour, the piano-sound is too cheap, can't understand how he could settle for that one) we play small clubs, we're taking up requests, having a hat we're people can lay down their Jackson, know what I am saying?
And when we're doing ôLives in the Balanceö you can wear that ugly Nixon-mask you stole from Terry Kath when Chicago played Stockholm back in 1975.
Waddayathink?
C
Rumor has it that Baby Lemonade (named after a Syd Barrett song) will be once again serving as a backing band for ______ ___ on an upcoming tour. I just watched the PBS R&B 40 special -- James Brown, Chi-Lites, Isley Bros. (whose guitar player I've always loved), Fontella Bass and many others. So I did something I never do -- pledged $$$ to KCET in return for some trinkets, including the VHS. Soul music rocks.
I realize most people here have been demoralized by the LOVE tour incident,
but even the rejection I suffered hasn't dampened my obsession with AL. Listen
to this chord progression from "The Red Telephone" (Dr. K has already printed
the lyrics here.Unfortunately, I don't know how to write out that creepy
melody on a typewriter keyboard) the slanted lines are barlines:
C/ Am9 G/
F#/F F#/D G/C E/A/A/Am / Am G/ F#/ F F#/ C/ repeat
Bridge:
Bb addE/ A
addB/ repeat4x then E/Fmaj7/ C/ E/ D/D/C/C/D/D/C GwithBbass/A5
There are
some beautiful string lines on the bridge.
Anyway, Dr. K. left me with some
websites (no, I don't know where he is)and I've dug up some more info on AL
(Arthur Lee) and the 1960s band LOVE.
I definitely see a movie about this
whole thing:
It is rumored the band killed their roadie by hanging him(!).
AL wrote a great song memorializing this fellow ("My Friend and
Yours")that sounds like a mock Tin Pan Alley song, but amidst the typically
psychotic lyrics, he mentions his friend who "passed away, maybe it's better
that way(!)".
His producer, Bruce Botnick, now a successful soundtrack
producer, talks about going to the Whiskey A-Go-Go in the 1980s and being
accosted by a beggar demanding spare change, who turned out to be AL- who
didn't even recognize Botnick!
The rest of the band are either dead (B.
MacLean, R.Forssi) presumed dead (Tjay Cantrelli) or missing (Johnny Echols
was last seen wandering off into the desert- and never returning). 2 other
members can't be located ("Snoopy" Pfisterer and Michael Stuart, who changed
his name).
They are recognized as the first inter-racial rock band and
Hendrix has been accused of stealing AL's Black-hippie-fashion-look.
Robert
Plant, The Ramones, Lenny Kravitz, Blondie, Echo and the Bunnymen and Yo la
Tengo have all admitted being affected by AL and LOVE.
AL tried to sue The
Clash for stealing his unlaced-combat-boot idea.
When publicity could have
helped AL during his trial, he shunned all reporters.
When asked in jail if
drugs had taken their toll on him and the band, he replied "Only when they ran
out of them."
The band lived together in Bela Lugosi's former mansion in
the Los Feliz hills on Mullholland Drive (called "The Castle") where once AL
chased out a band member with a gun, forcing him to drive off a cliff. AL then
started sweeping the kitchen. When asked why, he said he wanted the place to
look nice when they took him away. The band member survived by diving out of
the car and then confronted AL, AL hugged him and kissed him and asked him
"Why did you do that to me?"
Before they finally sent AL to jail, he was
caught trying to ignite a stack of bullets next to a former girlfriend's
house.
Well, I think I can understand Doctor Warren Kruger's fascination
with this guy.
Reelin'.... an awesome tune!!
We have quite a diversity of trees: post oaks, live oaks, some pine, ash, bald cypress, and farther west mesquite...and our amber waves of grain suck up lots of CO2...
StAl: Good point...in the Northwest (or if livin' on the fault line) you need more DUCK-tility - that means wood or steel...
For you, Gates is a local guy with a really big pad...for the rest of us, he is on top of the Forbes mountain because he was able to steal DOS and then MAC OS and packaging them together as Windows...
...but WE have the Grammy...
Mu: You go right ahead and build a house out of brick. Here in earthquake country I'll pass. Instead, I'll build mine out of wood -- another renewable resource. And trees, instead of looking like the rest of Texas, are green and produce oxygen.
Also, we already know MAC's are for fairies. I'll continue to help my economy and buy PC's with Windows installed...
Plus, how am I supposed to haul my camper around with a little tin can? Not to mention my fat ass...
StAl.
Belated congrats to Apple. Inc. and Steve Jobs for their technical Grammy...In contrast, Bill Gates lost $10B, but still has $56B left. Do the right thing - forget monopoly lawsuits and foreign oil... Help our economy by purchsing a Mac, trading in your SUV for a hybrid auto, buying and/or renting a brick house (mud and clay are our most renewable resources)...
Man, I thought I was weird...
Scored PMG tickets for April 10. Can't wait.
What? The Grammies were on? Oh.
Last week, started Tai Chi, car broke down twice and is now officially dead. Internet service is screwed up: the switch over from the bankrupt Excite is glitchy, glitchy ya ya ya. E-mail has been down and my address may be gone forever. Have to find another new car ASAP, just bought our leased vehicle last week. Vitamin Banana gig tonight, and tired as hell already. But living. Thank God for my health.
New Jersey folks--Vitamin S Band-Cambridge Inn, Spotswood (East Brunswick)--tonight from 9:30 to 1:30-come out if you can!
Sweet, sweet Danny, love those words: wee cuddle for the missus. Have a dooser of a weekend, all.
C- How ¦bout calling us Steely Banans & the Donkees since that steveman claims the right (or as he put's it: write) to that santa ana-name. I can do the donkey-part (makes me wonder if I ever done anything else). Struggling to find my (green)tambourine in the garage. By the way, pick me up at #46.
SvenArne - coola dilar. Hempa hSmtar upp dig. Han roddar f÷re me equipset.
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steeve - what are you talking about son? The Santa Ana Banana Band-name was copyrighted by me monday last week at the Svenska Patent och Registreringsverket.
StAlphonzo- Actually, I'd prefer a little sugar from Sade ;) Wink,
wink,
nudge,nudge, say no more (With apologies to Eric Idle)
But seriously folks. If you haven't heard, the Grammys posted it's lowest rating in years with only 19 million watching. I guess the Jon Stewart segments, save his first one, really sucked.
I also got to rewind the tape of the show to the part where Those so-called
singers who won for Lady Marmalade were actually calling for
Patti.
"Where's Patti?" And one of the actually said, "I think she liked
us."
As far as we know, she wasn't on stage for the awarding of the
grammy.
BUT NONE OF THE GIRLS ACKNOWLEDGED HER OR SARAH AND NONA. What's
worse is that not even Labelle itself won a Grammy for the original version.
Looks like the Grammys went back to the method of giving awards to people
who rape good music and not acknowledgeing the originators. (Ex:
Michael
Bolton's butchering of "When A Man Loves A Woman. Bolton never
mentioned Percy Sledge.) I think the industry should give Miss Labelle the
respect
she deserves. Neraly ten years ago Celine Dion covered one of
Patti's hits, "If You Asked Me To." Not a great song, but sung very well by
Patti. Celine's version came out a couple years after and got more airplay.
Celine later admitted that she didn't know about the previous version and did
recognize it.
I guess Patti may have to die in order for the industry to suck up to
her.
Let's hope not.
Can you believe it 19 million only watched. Guess Steely Dan wasn't nominated ;)
"Whattya want from life? To kidnap an heiress and threaten her with a knife? Whattya want from life? To get cable TV and watch it every night?"
Just keep in mind that "you can't have that, but if you are an American citizen you are entitled to . . . ."
LP/Chips,
Sometimes y'hates me, Sometimes y'loves me...
Make up yer mind already you little vixen...hehehe.
paul, you frisky biscuit. Who knows what lengths I would go to? Remember when I was painting myself with henna all the time and gluing stuff to my head? I am a risk taker, as my fashion sense illustrates. So plant that claymore, baby.
Keep the 35mm shots so you'll know it wasn't a dream.
C - pick me up on your way to Chililabombwe. Third place in the local Davy Jones-look-alike-contest 1968 down here in Lund. My baby-sister won. Though shit. But I¦m still a killer on tambourine or whatever.
Hi Rich of the Naked Bunch. I would e-mail you, if I knew your address. Are you guys gigging this weekend? Tonight's a rehearsal for the new band.
Gina - (I swear this is true ...) I got a phone call yesterday from John Beasley. I was not home to receive it though. He did not leave me a return phone number so I will e-mail him again. If you talk to him, tell him that I am sorry I missed his call and I look forward to meeting up with him in the future, when our schedules permit. Thanks again for the link-up.
And to the Top Banana (or is that Top Ape) - you cannot use the "Santa Ana Banana Band" name. It has been copywrited by The Steely Fan Band for use at our tropical gigs. If you persist in using it you will face stiff charges.
Stevee(Banana)Dan
"Ex Iron Maiden and Desperado drummer Clive Burr is ill, suffering from
multiple sclerosis. Iron Maiden are very kindly doing two benefit gigs for
Clive at Brixton Academy London, on the 20th and 21st March 2002, which I
understand are now sold out.
Clive was a vital part of the rock and metal
scene in London during the seventies and eighties, from which evolved the
nwobhm and bands like Gillan and Iron Maiden and many others. Clive was
crucially important to this scene, both because of his playing and his
personality. I recall many happy hours/days jamming with Clive in rehearsal
rooms on the entire Hendrix catalogue, Clive being as in to Mitch Mitchell's
playing as I was to Jimi Hendrix's. Clive contributed a lot to the musical
changes that took place during the nwobhm, and he now deserves a helping hand
from everyone who remembers being excited by the explosion of talented bands
and music from that period. Please help."
For further info on Clive go to ironmaiden.com
You can now donate
directly to the Clive Burr Trust. Please think about this and make a donation,
Clive really needs it.
To make a donation go
to:
http://www.ironmaiden.com/ironmaiden/cliveburr/donations.shtml>
Every little helps.
Ahhhhh Cuddle away Dano
I forgot that there's footy on at 5.30
tomorrow...could be a long day
db
lcpaul , have you checked out "The Big Lebowski" that and "Raisin Arizona" is still there best work. God what i would give to be stuck in a lift with the Coen Brothers.And on the subject , I was staying away on my Jack Jones last night and went to see "Oceans Eleven" and can see why they keep picking George for all there films now , he was as slick as ever just like in O"Brother.
Roy , that bit about Michael and Janet had me well creased mate??
T , Now that Grammy report was a dooooooooooooooser??
Duncan , having a bit of Barney Rubble with the missus but should be ok for Saturday. Will blast you on the dog and bone Saturday morning, on the way to Ladbrokes.
Gotta go and give the missus a wee cuddle......
Dano.
hey nmn - is it true, no more speaky the duetche for you? email me soon!
achtung baby!
Now I know there's a lot of disease that affects the people of Long Island - cancer, axemurderousness, hysteria, paranoia, boredom - but I'm afraid somethin has hit that Billy boy ijit.
Hey Bill, give it a rest, will ya'?
Well GOLLY Uncle Jed, I sure do likes them Steely Dan boys!
Miss
Hathaway sez that next time they's in this neck-o-the-woods
she's gonna git
us some tickets t'see em' like live and all...
Ain't that somethin'? This
Becker fella sez he might even let
us ride in his limozeen if'n we brings
Elley Mae along,
providin' she's wearing that little bikini what granny
don't
approve of...
Boy, Jethro Bodean ridin' high with the Steely Dan boys.
I can't waits
t'ask that Fagen fella were he gets them
sunglasses.
Yeeha!!
gwendoline dear, the 8mm reel? Hmmm, let me see now. You know what, if I told what I wanted in exchange for the negs, your head would explode. And let's face it, there just aren't enough pretty women in the world. So we can't be havin' that now my perky sweetheart.
The 35mm, however, is another matter entirely.
Hey, Joe M.
Did you unload those PMG tix in time? I think you know how quickly I'da snapped 'em up from you if I was the same man I was when we first started trading. Haven't even gotten new one yet. (Sigh)
"Beat 70" is cranking now. Boy, I miss those days...
Listen Rich, I love Steely Dan 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").
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Now on to something different:
I've made up my mind, I am about starting up a band again. Carrying gears and deal with idiots, yes, I am ready. This pedometric, relinquishing excuse for a life is so - EMPTY!
Listen, when I was a pubscence kid and became aware of my ptyalin, I discovered the Monkees, the group, the TV-show, the songs, and, maybe it's because I am Londoner? -I loved that little fellow, David something, he was my favourite.
So, what could be more accurat than put together a Tribute-band? A "The Monkees" tribute-band.
Nevertheless and by all means, I can't cover little David, that's because of my mighty apperception and lack of proper rock-hair.
I have to settle for Mike Nesmith, he's the guy I am.
All is set, the name-logo is skechted upon, BACK TO THE APES, that's the name we're using.
So forgive me for doing shameless plugs;
Back To The Apes are playing Chililabombwe, Angola, Sunday, at Le Bar Sun In Zenith, eighteenhundred hours (that's 6 pm).
C U!
* paul, be there! It's just within a stone's throw from your place.
HI HO HI HO!
This just in: Yellowknife, NWT, Whitehorse, Yukon dates
added!
Wow... long time no see. I'm kind of out of this loop, to tell you the truth. I WILL try to catch up with all of you as soon as I can. I promise.
Yes, you heard it right, the dogs are barking and we are embarking on a
tour of the Great North, the TRUE North strong and free.
Be there or be
square, baby.
FYI, all locations are reachable by cargo planes, if you
don't happen to have the Huskies handy.
Think of frequent flyer miles on
that baby. WOOHOO!
For this special occasion, and this time only, we are adding Snowbound to
the setlist as a fitting tribute to... snow. And boy do we have snow in store
for YOU.
First come, first served. Don't trample each other on the way in.
We will keep you posted on the details such as pricing, lodging, band lineup
and the availability of the real Stompin' Tom Connors. (Yipee!)
What's that about listbots? You mean you got a spam robot now? How cool! I'll contact that Hoops fellow just as soon as his Mac stops acting up.
oleander - this time you can bring the frenchie. No problem. In fact, bring
all the frenchies you know. These Eskimos speak something strange. We suspect
it's French so we're gonna need all the help we can get.
Mark this on your
calendar:
Soon
Somewhere up North, way North.
A few NB shows.
Details
upcoming.
NB stands for NAKED BUNCH, by the way.
That's N-A-K-E-D B-U-N-C-H.
Dan, you know me. I'll buy you a beer, you buckaroo. Where would we be
without you, eh? Really...
Dan, if you don't know already (and you
should), is the Godfather of the tribute circuit, the master of the hommage.
So be thankful for your greasepaint, clowns.
Yes, he's an artist, a
pioneer. The first to circumnavigate the globe looking for Roger Waters's
stamp of approval. And he almost got there!
Keep it up!
Steve, no
please, by all means, email ME!
See you there!
Yours,
Rich, Founder of the NAKED BUNCH.
NAKED BUNCH, voted best tribute band
with male backups, ANYWHERE, EVER.
THE NAKED BUNCH.
Accept no substitute.
I really don't wanna be ôle petimetre cousackö or anything, but these coveractions are pretty annoying. I've been playing in a coverband since 1971, W1S (Which One Stinks)and I have, and this is nothing I usually brag about, met Roger Waters once, backstage at Coventry Gardens 1969. Lucky for me, my girlfriend* (at the time) happened to have a camera available. A shot was taken, a film was developed and a picture of me and Waters was donated to the local musicstore, ôSix Strings and a Horseö, Loughborough, Cotswold Hills, near Birmingham (it's M5, right down the track, don't forget to drive on the left, ignore the fog, if such thing is possible).
So, unless you aint got some close connection to the act you're covering, such as a picture of You standing next to Him with a glass of Champagne, or an email, or a backstage pass... please, don't bother.
Sincerely yours,
Valle d'Aosta
*/My, at the time, girlfriend, Vallery, is now a supremely gifted forensic
journalist at The Sun. And yes, she once DID kiss Jaggers ass. In case you
wondered.
Wormy scores at Tipitiana's! Yes!
Zeke - how the heck are ye?
Aja - It's just a crying shame that Dr. John doesn't have a washboard...
I better cover this site too...
Hey now cityslickers!
The Santa Ana Banana Band is doing a gig Sunday 8pm at the Frontline Warehouse, Danville, Kentucky.
Join!
Danville is a small town just south of Frankfort.
Frankfort is a bigger town, not much bigger though, located on Kentucky
River.
Greyhoundbusses are available from Chicago - New York - Los Angeles. If
you're coming, you better start going.
Ooops, talking about cuming, I've forgot! I'm late for my masturbation
class, got to go, I really don't won't them to begin before I get there.
Toodles!