Name: Gap
earcandling
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 22:52:30
Comments:
Ole & Huh: You know I'd never read the lyrics to 11TOW but now I have. Glad I was corrected here or I might have suffered ridicule and shame at Karoke Showdown!
Thanks Again,
Gap
Name: RubyBaby
im@gine my surprise
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 22:21:37
Comments:
Razor Boy: Walter & I in a booth in the back of a bistro - I love your imagination, baby! The music I'd want in the background would have a lot of instrumental (so I could listen to him better) and yet, set a nice atmosphere. Sade would do nicely.
MockT: Yes, please tell us about the cover...what did you have for dinner the night before?
All this water referencing is making me have to "powder my nose." St.Al, where's the ladies room? and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!rb
Name: TheStranger
blowing only shofer
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 20:29:11
Comments:
you gentiles carried on quite well here on yom kippur without us but now we're back to take up the slack.
anyway, happy new year to all.
Name: oleander
well, I know you're a special friend
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 20:17:17
Comments:
Roy--I love it when you spasm. Hilarious.
maj--That's a sight I have to see. Bet he's filling it out better these days.
fezo--my thoughts exactly about Sting. I like a lot of his songs, but that scene with Puff Daddy was mortifying, and I could not see Mr. F or Mr.B doing anything but curling their respective lips at the guy.
Hey--that's right, as in The Odyssey, when Telemachus took off to find his wayward dad: "Bright-eyed Athena sent them a stiff following wind/ rippling out of the west, ruffling over the wine-dark sea...."
Mock--so what did the cover look like?
Rose--Jeez, I have a SON older than you.
Razor--Mr. Becker: "Can I take you out to dinner at some quiet booth in the back of a bistro and ask you the bezillion questions I've been storing up for the last 25 years?" I think I'd be too shy to talk to Mr. Fagen.
St. Al--Whoa! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAN!
Name: EvivaLaughs
@h-h-h-happy.birthday.st.al
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 18:04:15
Comments:
Roy.Scam-- hee hee!
"Hey/Gap"-- Huh??Rose Darlin (re:your P.S.)-- HA. :)
Name: Rose Darling
@home after work
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 16:23:39
Comments:
I think if I could ask either of them a question, I would ask the same of both...WHY CAN'T YOU HURRY AND FINISH THE NEW ALBUM SOONER!?!?!
But if I couldn't ask that I would ask the same question of both DF and WB still.
I would ask "What is your favorite song to perform?"
I've always wanted to know what piece of their music send chills down thier spines, like so many of there songs do to me...
RD
P.S. How many SD fans are out here that are under 21, such as me?
Name: DrMu
git along little doggies
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 14:29:04
Comments:
Check out Texas Dan cover band "Naked Lunch" if you dare:
http://www.broadcast.com/concerts/liveatdada/archives/nakedlunch28_092498.ram
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 13:30:06
Comments:
Luckless P. Us Canadians don't get MTV - We get the Canadian equivalent, Much Music, which is pretty good in its own right. Pardon my paranoia, but I did not hear about MTV's new show you mentioned - Although it sound like a lot of fun. But your outline of questions was the kind of response I was hoping for from the Guest Bookers - Although it would be plenty tempting to blow the whole wad on news about the upcoming release.
Royal Scam - Great entry on your top 10 list - Our heroes are almost like Soothsayers - President Clinton missed all the hidden messages in their songs, and he wouldn't have had to play them backwards. Good job.
Ruby Baby - If you were engaged in conversation in a quiet booth at the back of a bistro, with Walter Becker, what song would you like playing in the background?
Name: Hillary's
line
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 12:02:23
Comments:
"traces are everywhere . . . in our happy home"
Name: mWorld
khillman@lightspeed.net
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 11:52:50
Comments:
You know, I've had this feeling all day that something was not right…that I'm forgetting something. Yeah, sure, my first thought was that perhaps I'd simply put my underwear on backwards again. But a quick trip to the bathroom revealed that all is well (well, ya know, as well as can be expected). Then it hit me, today's the day - THE DAY…the day when (pretty damn close to 40 years ago, I'd guess) ours lives - yes, every single one of us - were changed forever. It was the date of:
(Cue: Herald Trumpets)
The Immaculate-conception-by-way-of-insufficient-contraception.
The birth of the Sainted One, our pancake-wielding- web-page-yielding-net-buddy: The StAl. Happy Birthday, man!!!
-mW
Name: Roy.Scam
Counter-mooo
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 11:33:30
Comments:
Uh-oh, another spasm:
Top Ten Steely Dan Quotes Overheard at the Clinton Sex Scandal Hearings:
10) I think you better tell me everything you did.
9) Hot licks and rhetoric don't count much for nothin'.
8) Up on the hill they think I'm O.K. (or so they say).
7) ...Fellas, it's shredding time.
6) There's a Starr in the book of liars.
5) Spanish kissin'?!
4) Yes Dear, how did YOU know?
3) We warned the corpse of William; right?
2) Imagine your face there in his place.
.
.1) You'll be on your knees tomorrow.
Sorry. That will never happen again. (Please observe that I had the good taste to not use any variation of the line "Can you swallow up your pride?")RS
Name: fezo
ghost.in.the.machine
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 10:23:40
Comments:
I would ask WB if he was interested in time-sharing his place in Hawaii. DF seems grumpy most of the time. I would be scared to ask him a question.
Perhaps I was too hard on Sting in my earlier post. He fronted what was arguably the last great pop band and when he went solo put out some original sounding stuff. Unfortunately, my impressions of him are colored by when I last saw him on t.v. Croaking out "Every Breath You Take" along with Puff Daddy on the MTV awards last year. Now that would be the first sign of the GB apocalypse . . . Donald and Walter rapping out Black Cow with Torq and Gunz at the Grammies next year.
Name: th joKer
fanatical.about.cheese.slurpies
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 09:57:05
Comments:
I could only think of two burning questions to ask the Duo:
"...Do you have anyone doing the graphic design for your new album?"
"...okay, how 'bout just the cover?"Unfortunately I don't happen on much SD airplay in my local Kroger....last time I DID hear it, it was Donald's "Snowbound" in the Cat Food aisle, about 2 yrs. ago....but I can just SEE St. Al grinning, staring off into space, just ASKING for someone to chuck a box of Always his way....{toothy smile]
- one who jokes
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 08:35:16
Comments:
Last night I had a dream the new one came out. Let's just say I hope the real cover turns out to be better than the one I thought up.
Name: Hey
Gap
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 08:33:34
Comments:
Wine-dark sea
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 08:12:38
Comments:
I'd like to ask Walter Becker;
- Would you like to meet Pompe?
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
smile.for.the.camera
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at 07:13:57
Comments:
Its funny that the question of "What question would you ask" has come up. I assume you have all heard about MTV's new show, "Fanatic", that whisks people away on no notice to visit with some person they greatly admire. And so of course I was fantasizing about MTV spiriting me off to meet the Great Ones in the studio. Naturally, this led me to thinking about what questions I would ask. I got things like:
"How long does it take you to pen the horn arrangements? And do you work them out on synthesizer first to determine which horn will do which line?"
"Lyric or melody first?" (I'm almost positive they would answer "melody").
"Your work has always struck me as 'photographic narrative'. How would you characterize the narrative structure?"
"Which musicians are you listening to these days? Does listening to others while you're in the process of putting together a new disk interfere with or enhance your creativity?"
--LP
Name: Gap
highgain
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 23:20:17
Comments:
Fezo,
Yes, I agree. "Consider Me Gone" is very Beckerish. But while Walter squibs around a "wind-up sea", Mr. Sumner "Works the Black Seam". Don't get me wrong, I have no preference between Sting and Walt. But please join me in wishing the Lord of Synchronicity a happy birthday. (Right there between John Lennon and Jackson Browne.) "Spirits in the Material World" is as good as it gets.
No Trick Candles,
Gap
Name: EvivaLaughs
don't.live.in.th@t.NYC.no.more
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 18:10:41
Comments:
YGK: Just kidding on the Brooklyn thing--yes, I did live in NYC for about a year a while back, but no moah...missed the YGK/Kink dialogue. Pretty cool about the gallery. We have the most interesting bunch on this GB in terms of job descrips--
Razor Boy: just one, for either DF or WB:
*why* oh *why* can't you just hurry up and FINISH the freaking thing!?!
Name: peg
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 16:56:39
Comments:
hey fezo - just had a 15 minute chat with maj and lester. So it still happens sometimes.
Name: Lester
lisa@where the hell r u.com
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 16:36:20
Comments:
Hello Baton Rouge!
Question to Mr. Fagen:
A. What r your songs going to be about on the next cd?
B. And do u still plan to write songs about young chicks and drugs?
Name: Joe M.
@same
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 14:40:32
Comments:
- and mixed at River Sound I might add...
YES! A Dan tie-in.
Name: Joe M.
JGMurtha@aol.com
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 14:19:00
Comments:
Dr Mu - Indeed Joshua IS out of his slump... and in a big way I might add. His playing is exceedingly lyrical on "Timeless", especially on "It Might As Well Be Spring". Very Shorter-esque. BUT, the real standout here is Mr. Mehldau who (mW take note) plays with startling beauty throughout. I love this CD.
Name: India
red dot on my head
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 13:36:42
Comments:
Has anyone on this site ever heard of Reeves Gabrel?
I think he's one of us.
Name: the king
memphis (don't get around much anymore)
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 13:33:23
Comments:
i will read the becker-fagen induction speech. they deserve it.
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 13:18:37
Comments:
If you, as a loyal Steely Dan afficianado, were given the chance to ask a question to either Donald or Walter, who would you chose. Also, if you were told you may have the chance to ask a question to either one, but did not know who it would be, would you prepare the same question for both, or would you have one question you would only ask Donald, and one only for Walter.
I would be interested (maybe others on the GB) to see who you would ask, and what burning question that you would pose.
Name: DrMu
beating in an ion grid
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 12:28:07
Comments:
Can't stand: Gee, some tech talk at a site about guys (DF, WB. Roger Nichols, Eliot Scheiner etc.), technical geniuses who used innovative means to seek sonic perfection and really cool sounds which still sounded like music instead of pointless (unlike ELP, etc.). Plus through in a line or two about hardware every once
in a while. With that in mind - TOPIC: Fagen's use of the synthesizer over the years. Tawk amonst yourselves.JoeM: no surprise: Steve Jobs deliberately shared the USB and firewire technology so that hardware and software manufacturers (that's what the deal with the devil-Bill Gates was about) would be encouraged to actually develop peripherals and coding as PCs would also be using them, if they survive the millenium. Otherwise you do end up with the problem Ruby pointed out.
So, Joshua's out of the slump? May have to check it out.
Name: minah
@finah.com
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 11:56:01
Comments:
GirlFred, haven't heard either of those, does that Douglas release have the Genus/Joey Baron rhythm section? I love Baron's playing, think he'd be great on an 'Aja'-like Dan tune, or maybe a Becker cut like 'Hat Too Flat'...
-mW
Name: Hank Silvers
c/o Hugo Spaak
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 09:25:36
Comments:
St Al: Been there -- literally. The Wegman's around here must use the same in-store music service as your King Sooper. I was in the cereal aisle around 8:00 p.m. when a store promotional announcement cut off the last few bars of Can You Feel the Love Tonight. When the promo ended, it was halfway through the first verse of Any World.
On that subject, not long ago I saw a story about the owners of Muzak keeping up with the times and moving away from "elevator music." As we know, you've seemingly got about even odds to hear something from SD or DF whenever you go shopping.
The songs are often album tracks, not even hit singles, so chances are the majority of the shoppers at any given time have never heard the song before. What gave Muzak the idea that songs of alienation would make them happy shoppers? (Or at least, not turn them off.)And since when are those chords and those lyrics considered easy listening?
Name: fezo
one.more.elaborate.kiss.off
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 08:19:01
Comments:
LP: inspired choice for the inductee speech. Fiona would be great, especially if she wore her outfit from the "Criminal" video. That would probably guarantee DF's and WB's appearance.
Other potential jailbait presentees: Leona Rhymes, Brandy, Baby Spice (who qualifies on name alone). Course, odds are, none of the three has probably even heard of SD so they wouldn't work.
Here's a scary thought: How about Sting? (the singer, not the wrestler). Some of his solo stuff has that jazz mix to it, compare with, say, "Book of Liars".
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
a.hall.of.rock.and.sand
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 08:08:55
Comments:
Jumping back to the HOF thread...
If the presentation/introduction is made by a "current" artist, then I nominate Fiona Apple. She's got the multilayered sound, the dark lyrics, and jailbait look to really appeal to DF & WB.
Dave Matthews does have the jazz-inspired textures to compare to the Dan, but the overall feel doesn't match up. And I'm sure Don & Walt would rather have the award handed to them by Fiona than by a guy.
I'm just not up enough on current r&r to know of other possibilities.
--LP
Name: Joe M.
again
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 07:56:11
Comments:
Boy jon, what I would give to hear this trio! Blade, Grenadier and Metheny. Unfortunately, the closest they've gotten thus far is the Montreal jazz fest. Haven't heard anything else...
Name: jon
@ his yellow stripe
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 06:39:51
Comments:
Joe M.
Any chance PMT will roll up this here way? Set list sounds like "buttuh".
Name: YGK
..
Location: New York, NY
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at 06:20:22
Comments:
Eviva: I'm a composer, but in this case, I'm the owner of this start up. You know, my vision, my risk, etc. Regarding 'even Brooklyn', have you ever been? or have you been following Kinky and my dialogue on the subject?
(OK, my unsolicited pitch) Brooklyn has some fine, fine, undiscovered artists that, amazingly, I represent. Anyone into Abstract Expressionism? Modern Surrealism? Wanna see some slides? (*wink*) Still working on the first 4-figure sale to Wall Street...close, sooooooo, close....Oleo: so that was you in Virginia? loooks like you guys had some fun...
the Web page is 'viewable' just not populated and/or formatted the complete way I like it, but I will generously advertise when it is...and,
as if anyone really needed to hear this.....LET'S GO YANKEES!
ygk
Name: Gap
Softcell
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 21:52:20
Comments:
Ruby--the Mac has plenty of software as long as you don't want to play "Head Implosion 3000". Even then you can buy Virtual PC and as long as your Mac is 133mhz or faster you can experience all the arcade excitement you want. Plus, you'll immmediately notice the "quality" feel of the Mac. It's one of those subjective things that I liken to the difference I perceived as a young boy between the toys manufactured by Mattel and Hasbro. The Mac is definitely a Mattel-like product. Also, the Mac has always been "windows" based and you'll never have to experience that pesky "Dos prompt" again.
Dr Mu: Yes, in a perfect world a Mac in every pot would alleviate the Y2K wedgie. Unfortunately, all of our supply lines are hopelessly entangled in imbedded systems and it really doesn't matter what operating system you and I use. And don't forget, kerosene follows the same distribution paths as gasoline so I cannot recommend that as an alternative energy source. Instead, think of that electric motor you made in 7th grade and the pitch of that Testor's propellor you carved shortly afterwards. Start winding the copper coils now. Hopefully Y2K won't stop the Santa Anna winds...
Hey Look! The new Edmund Scientific Catalog just came!
Gappy Dick
Name: maj
feeding@baby
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 20:46:47
Comments:
any aisle that i'm welcome to is bettah thn the 1 i come from.
indeed, st. al, thats when u know ur a danfan.
oleander: took pics of me and john wearing the shirts. now if i could find that ring it would make a great package.
sorry i missed the pehhhhhhhg-ster.
maj
Name: Joe M.
JGMurtha@aol.com
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 20:42:02
Comments:
GirlFred - Yup. And how 'bout Mr. Blades stunning work on Garrett's Trane tribute "Pursuance" w/Metheny et al? BTW, Brian supposedly lights up Joni's new one (just released today) also featuring Dan alumni Wayne Shorter. There is some hot sh_t out there right now. Where's "The New One"?
St Al - I'm still rollin'...
Name: oleander
you can scratch mine
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 20:07:55
Comments:
St. Al--You're just golden.
Peg--At least it's closer than San Diego. I bet rain in Ixtapa beats sunshine in most other places. What did you read?
RS--The Cohen twins. I can picture them up on the bimah giving the high sign on Yom Kippur.
Zeke--Jeez, you make a hurricane sound inviting.
YGK--you got a webpage yet? Let us know when you set up.
Eviva--When I was in school it was "(Who Wrote The)Book of Love" in English and "Multiplication" in math--or was it biology?
showbizkids--fire away! Glad you found feverdreams--it's resolutely noninteractive so that folks will spill here or on the Digest.
GirlFred--so happy to find another Betty fan. She was a oner.
Name: StAlphonzo
A Colorado Moment
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 18:01:21
Comments:
So I decide to take a little drive down to the King Sooper Foods. I'm wandering the aisles and what comes on over the store PA??? Your's and my favorite....Steely Dan. Any World to be exact. The problem was the volume. It just wasn't loud enough. A quick look to the ceiling and I spot a speaker a few aisles down and I mosey on over there. So, here I am, standing with a big 'ol grin on my face, oblivious to whats going on around me and suddenly I realize I'm getting a couple of awkward stares. I stop for a moment -- come back to reality, only to realize that I'm standing in the feminine hygiene aisle, with a GRIN on my face, staring at a box of maxi-pads, specifically, the ones with wings.....
BUT BUT, that's not...uh...REALLY, no....I was just zoning....
Alrighty then, I figure it's time for me to exit this situation. I hop in the car, turn on the radio and Deacon Blues is playing. Hmmm, is this supposed to mean anything?
Name: EvivaLaughs
@any.waterworld.that.i'm.welcome.to
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 17:53:36
Comments:
Dr Mu: Aaaannnd...
My Old School
Home At Last
and two borderlines:
Any World (That I'm Welcome To) (for the misty nighttime)
Everyone's Gone to the Movies (for the apple-bob)
YGK: congrats on the art gallery. Are you an artist too, or just the owner? (And whaddya mean "even Brooklyn?!" :) )
showbizkids: You found it. Welcome to Dan Central.
Name: GirlFred
one4theroad
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 16:11:41
Comments:
JoeM & Minah: Have you checked out Brian Blade's +Fellowship+ ? He exudes humble passion ..and the hand of the ever mutable Daniel Lanois subtly adds to the thrill. also...Dave Douglas'
+Moving Portrait+one more for the G3 column
saddened to hear of the passing of Madame Carter...sadder still that I thought she had been already gone. salud.
Name: can't take any more
kilobyte-land
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 15:03:23
Comments:
what a wonderful break from lewinskyology -- nerd shit. mac versus pc. this is just great.
Name: showbizkids
showbizkids@hotmail.com
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 15:01:34
Comments:
I was checking out some SD lyric interpretations on the Fever Dreams site -- http://home.earthlink.net/~oleander1/Index.htm -- but couldn't find where you could post anything there.
Is this the right place to wonder out loud about SD lyrics?
Name: Joe M.
Mu-Minor
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 14:31:37
Comments:
Mu - Just bought (8 months ago?) a USB-ready Pentium motherboard. iMac's got no exclusivity on that one.
Minor - Glad to see your priorities are shuffled tastefully. One can only hope this Quartet will tour (in tact). Redman is currently on the road but sans Mehldau... Bummer.
Name: Rose Darling
perf.babylon.sister@mailexcite.com
Location: SSP, MN USA
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 14:16:06
Comments:
Thanks to EvivaLaughs, Babylon, Geena, CountzirO and oleander. I'm glad you enjoyed my story. I was bored that night, but out of boredom sometimes come wonderful things.. and if it has anything to do with Steely...it's got to be at least somewhat interesting, right? Anyhoo... Does anyone have anymore info about the '99 tour and album? I can't wait!!
Rose
P.S. Kid and I are well..and so are Josie and Charlie..heehee
Name: DrMu
just MAChines
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 14:03:20
Comments:
Ruby: I'm sure Walter uses a Dell or other PC. Most major software (Excel, Word, ClarisWorks, Norton Utilities, etc.) for Macs are easy to find through trade magazines and MacMall or MacWarehouse catalogs. There's not a lot of difference in the coding between the Windows versions and Mac.
Plus later model Macs can read PC disks anyway: 2 machines for one! There are Mac user groups. etc. to get free/cheap stuff. Most of my old programs (up to 13 years) still run even on the newer Macs - try that with a PC! Numerous CDs will run on Windows or Mac. Plus the iMacs USB config. for peripherals (conversion cables are available or can be both with printeres, etc. - for ex. the HP color inkjets come with the cable). The USB port is 100 or 1000x faster than any of the SCSI ports the Mac used before or any of the PCs. The iMacs and G3s have "Firewire" (or a.k.a IEEE 1394) connections for digital video/audio all which can run info in opposite directions at the same time virtually instaneously. RS 232 is dead... Great for the budding Ken Starrs out there: pure digital video using those SONY digital camcorders and CD quality audio while controlling the remote camera at the keyboard or by programming for your own peep show in the Oral office!
The bus ports are fast as hell too...I copied 3 600MB CD onto the hard drive on Satruday in less than 2 sec for each...I fell out of my fuckin' easy chair... Well, unless I get some residuals - that's enough advert. for today.Steely Dan/solo songs with water references:
The Goodbye Look
Time Out of Mind
Dr. Wu
Do it Again
Sail the Waterway
Glamour Profession
Florida Room
Tomorrow's Girls
On the Dunes
Countermoon
Kamakiriad
Snowbound (frozen)
Bad Sneakers
Walk Between the RaindropsI'm sure there's more....
Name: rubybaby
sMACk
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 13:05:08
Comments:
I admit, the IMac looks rather enticing. It reminds me of a sports car. But word has it that mac softwear is so hard to find. What say you, Dr.Mu and Gap? What does Walter Becker use?Zeke: been prayin' for ya, man. I was so relieved to see you are still kicking! Gumbo, merlot and Steely Dan - can't beat that!
PS- why did they close the interstates down there? One would think they'd leave those open so folks could skeedaddle.
rb
Name: DrMu
batten down the miracle mile
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 10:53:20
Comments:
Gap: You'll be happy to know that the feds (e.g., NIH is a major purchaser) and other gov't entities are buying up the iMac like crazy, now that the word is out. Certainly, public utilities and phone companies can also switch to the Mac before Y2K to avoid the wedgie. If not, like Zeke - all Danites can stock up on gumbo, wine and kerosine to run our generators. Unless you can channel Van Allen, the best short-wave solution in case AT&T/GTE don't wise up would be muliple channels up and down the carrier frequency domain in case static takes out one or more. ...or How about a Damned concert to raise $$ to buy all GBers WebTV boxes.
Zeke: Stay away from the Ponchatrain with the winds out of the NW. Last I heard, the Quarter and Jackson Brewery still had power
Name: EvivaLaughs
let's.get.to.the.bovine.my.friend
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 09:58:46
Comments:
Midnite: see what you've got us all doing now? I propose an-udder contest...see how many cow/animal lyrics we can get outta Dan songs...
Roy--didn't know that, but makes a lot of sense--I heard lots of teachers use Sting/Police in English Lit classes, and Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" in American History...
Return to Brenda: Got me. Didn't see that--"smelly food coffin" was too riveting :)
Name: minah
@china.com
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 09:00:27
Comments:
yeah Pete, I'll get in line here, thanks man...
JMurtha: Well, I was supposed use this $15 to get some insulin for my mom, but...
BTW, I was checking out Bill Ware's solo release @ CDnow and its very hip...also, speaking of young vibe players, I just picked up "Charlie Hunter Trio and Pound for Pound" with Stephon Harris on vibes - great!! all funky grooves and a *great* cover of Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle"...
-mW
Name: fezo
don't.look.back
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 08:27:48
Comments:
Dr Mu: thanks for the db scoop. i never knew there was a REM connection. I had heard the lead singer had ended up in New Orleans and now records out of there. Not sure if that was the same guy who worked with Stipe, Buck, etc. I had one db's tape which I played over and over and over again (kinda like what i do these days with my SD and Allman Brother's tapes). Alas, this listening was from the days when my evening was i triumph if i got my car home before passing out behind the wheel, so my memory of actual cuts is slim except for "Spy in the House of Love" and "Battleground'.
Peg: so is anybody ever in chat anymore? i used to frequent it but got tired of the sound of one hand clapping
Name: Joe M.
JGMurtha@aol.com
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 08:00:44
Comments:
Pete - Thanks for the taste you said you'd bring to us... Anxiously awaiting the rest.
Minah - The new Joshua Redman CD, "Timeless Tales (For Changing Times)", includes Larry Grenadier and Brian Blade as well as pianist Brad Mehldau. Sounds like a keeper.
Ole - Thanks for the sentiment.
Name: Zeke
out of power, jamming Dan
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 07:33:58
Comments:
Still alive!Wind gust of 70 to 100 mph thru the night.
Late yesterday afternoon I cooked a huge pot of seafood Gumbo wating for the power to go out. Lot's of wind damage in the city. It looks like Biloxi is getting the worst of it. Running on generator power for now.Riding the storm out, jamming Dan,with a good supply of gumbo and Merlot.
Earth! Hang in there, man!
Zeke, out!
Name: YGK
mhunter@bear.com
Location: New York, NY Of Course
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 07:18:27
Comments:
Stranger/regulars: Yo! I'm still here, lurking in the shadows, watching all this suspicion, politics, mistaken identities, and insults emerge and recycle themselves.
Kink: wazzup homie? how's your portfolio?
Everybody: I will soon be the proud father of my own temporarily 'floating' art gallery in New York City, as well as Director of a Non-Profit arts coalition specializing in emerging artists from even Brooklyn. Busy time.
I'll be watching you kids - looking forward to '99
ygk
Name: Roy.Scam
the.udder.side.of.no.tomorrow
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 05:51:05
Comments:
Zeke: Dig in. 126 MPH of Mother Nature's breath is nothing to snort at. Makes our Hurricane Bonnie look like a kiss on the cheek.--I just heard that Georges blew the top off an emergency shelter; that would have to be unsettling.
Ole--I must retract in embarrasment what I said about Adam Cohen of the Mommyheads. It turns out that there are two (2) recording artists named Adam Cohen. The fellow with the new album, who uses the old Steely Dan sidemen, is indeed Leonard Cohen's son, but he's not THE Adam Cohen. What are the odds of two rather similar artists with the same name working on solo albums at the same time? It's gonna make it tough on the original Adam when he comes out with his CD and there's another guy already selling records using his name... Ouch headache again. Anyway, this other Adam Cohen is okay in a sentimental-Lou-Reed kind of way, and the session men are great.
Evivalaffs: "Battle of New Orleans was supposedly written by a history teacher to get his student's interested in the subject. Worked for me.
RS
Name: Clas
Blue Mud And Rain
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 at 00:38:07
Comments:
mr Brown - uh, I don't think it was funny.
Something like: - Girl! Don't sit on your triangle!
Name: Gap
attenuatethepositive
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 22:27:37
Comments:
Oleander: See, all that fighting over an extremely dense, shiny bread-box.
Dr. Mu: Congrats on the Imac. We have two G3s at the office and I'm upgrading a 6100/60 to G3 for home use in 10 -14 days. I'm currently working on a short-wave modem so we Mac users can still communicate when Y2K gives us all a wedgie. Any ideas on how to adjust for ionic/atmospheric signal skip? Of course, the idea is mute unless you have a wind generator and/or a solar array feeding 24 Die Hards under the living room floor...
Zappa? Yes! I'm eating a burnt weenie sandwich as I post!
Name: Peg
totzke@usa.net
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 21:22:38
Comments:
Maj: I usually intend to chat on Sundays, but 6 pm is not a good time for me. I typically check in later, around 8 pm or so, only to find nobody there.
Big Fan: Mexico was wet. It rained nearly the entire time, so we swam in the rain and played in the rain. Thanks to everyone for the book suggestions - I read 3 1/2 of the 7 I bought.
Name: DrMu
that stands for decibels
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 21:18:41
Comments:
Fezo: Being a North Carolinaian, I had an obligatory copy of their first one (i think). Kind of like raw Crenshaw-good stuff. I think Mike Holsapple of db fame was the un-official 5th member of R.E.M. for a while. I'm not sure if he contributed anything in the studio or if he just provided and extra guitar for concerts. Speaking of way back to my old school days, do you remember The Records?... the best bubblegum/powerpop band ever? Great guitarist Huw Gower on their first effort.
Name: oleander
take the local
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 19:42:17
Comments:
Stranger--Sweat not! Any tips anyone takes, I figure, are at their own risk. However, I find it statistically intriguing that you have steered me right 2 for 2. And you must live in the big city--I copped it new for a little over half that. PS, Gadd is, if not God, close.
Midnite--great cow story. Then you could play "Everyone's Gone to the Moo-vies."
Gap--I dunno, I like "cubic ton." Tons can come in a lot of shapes, and a gleaming golden cube is evocative.... My construction friend says a cubic ton of dirt is a little bigger than my stove. A ton of gold would be a lot smaller.
Mr. Chow--well, he hasn't divorced her; I don't think he hates it as much as sees it as a career enhancement/ business proposition.
Hi Edd! No question, just hi!
I Am Curious Frank: Is there anyone here who DOESN'T love Zappa?
Name: majŠ
frontier@hrd.org
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 18:30:49
Comments:
does anybody do sunday nite chat anymore? just wondering as i'm wandering (who said that?).
damn, did i miss the damned...again!!!!!!!
majŠ
Name: Mr. Brown
Hazyquartz@Yahoo. com
Location: the clown from out of town,
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 17:16:19
Comments:
Hey Clas...I don't get it!?!
Name: DrMu
two.thousand.0.0.party.over
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 14:08:02
Comments:
Pete: Awesome! Hank Easton is 'da man!
Countzir0: Friday the iMac arrived at the home door.
Saturday, my daughter and I played her CDs: "Wide World of Animals" and "Get Ready for School, Charlie Brown."
Today, I hooked up the iMac up to the internet through the school server. Downloaded the .wav files posted by Pete using QuickTime and heard the awesome wah-wah of Easton's guitar on "Haitian Divorce." ...and when the year 2000 hits all the Macs will be left standing oblivious of the millenium problem as they can handle up to the year 29,940AD...so you better prepare for judgment day! Mac(s) rule(s)! #70
Name: TheStranger
when all my dancing is through
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 10:27:48
Comments:
listen again to the drummer on the title track of 'aja.' thrilling.
oleander,
i hate the responsibility when you buy my CD recommendations. if you don't like chet baker, promise you won't do unnecessary brain surgery to get your $17.95 back.constantine, what you're looking for is http://home.earthlink.net/~oleander1/Index.htm
Name: Mr. Chow
yoo eetie brocori beev wif egg noodurle?
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 07:10:17
Comments:
Wouldn't everybody agree that Slick Dick/Tricky Willie is more a misogamist than misogynist?
Wax on, Wax off!
Meestah Chow
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 03:02:24
Comments:
POMPE-NEWS
Pompe is very happy. And so am I. He is down at the countryhouse with mama and Nisse.
NISSE-NEWS
Nisse, well, we don't know so much about him nowdays. He's eating, drinking, pissing and sleeping. He lives in his own world, kind of.
BOB - great music. Do you need a triangle-player? Got one, on my synth.
Oh yes Bob, do you know why there are no female triangle-players?
When they sit down they... ahhh, forget it.
Name: Spam
@tryeatingthisshit.com
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 02:28:50
Comments:
Razor Boy... Steely played both Toronto and Vancouver in 1996. I am pretty sure they did not play in Canada at all in 1993 or 1994.Laters,
Spamps Goldkeith are you out there?
Name: Gap
stonetornknees
Date: Sunday, September 27, 1998 at 02:25:55
Comments:
Huh: Every flake of gold ever mined in the history of this planet would take up no more than one METRIC ton. Sorry for the cubism.
By the way, with gold selling for only $291.00 per ounce, now would be the perfect time to mount your diamond with your pearl into a stunning setting that is sure to be passed down from generation to generation! See your local jeweller for all the exciting details!
P.S. The Earth is the only planet in the solar system with any appreciable gold content. Makes you wonder if Liberace and Mr. T came from Mars....
Name: Return to Brenda
chongobongo
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 21:18:31
Comments:
Eviva--Dr. Wu doesn't count as a Dan reference?
Name: National Weather Service
@Emergency Broadcast System
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 20:08:11
Comments:
Zeke, take cover-- Georges is on his way over.
Name: oleander
scraping myself off the floor
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 19:27:11
Comments:
Ahem, just finished a session of banging my head against the wall, whimpering, and lying on the floor in fetal position, not necessarily in that order, in agony from having missed the Damned show. Pete--A taste of honey's worse than none at all! PLEASE find some way to do a RealAudio thing! Bob & Peg--you guys are SOMETHING ELSE! Love the vocals; love Hank Easton's fillips on faithfulness; love the horns; love the little "nyep nyep" after each "on" in "Kings".... Argh. Does this mean saving up for a trip to San Diego?
Hey, Kinksta--where you been?
Geena--the best defense is not to take offense.
L'Etranger--Sprang for "Chet Baker Sings," which has MFV. Ooh, got the chills going up my spine.
Rose--funny story.
Gap, Brenda, Schwinn--you all are on a major roll. Got me laughing out loud--try doing that on the floor in fetal position.
Count0--They are NOT ugly.
Raise up your glass in tribute to Betty Carter, jazz diva supreme and stern taskmistress of Betty Carter University, alembic for generations of fine young jazz musicians. She sang with Dizzy, Bird, Ray Charles; started her own label when people, especially women, didn't do that; and had a completely unique and uncompromising love affair with her music. She died today.
Name: Geena
They smile in your face, all the time they wanna take your place
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 18:34:15
Comments:
Ruby: I'm still laughing! What I was originally going to say would have compromised my femininity, but I just couldn't do it. Sometimes you just have to show them what you're made of. Also, in response to a past post of yours, I know we are a lot alike. Tasha is a great watchdog because that's her way of thanking you for being so kind to her.
Countzir0/Cybernaught: I hear you loud and clear. I passed on the Electric Koolaid Acid Test many times, but I'd rather have what you have in that mahogany pipe you're smoking. Pass it down, will ya!
Think i'll download that .wav file now.....
Name: EvivaLaughs
the.'gator.lost.his.mind
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 17:52:48
Comments:
Roy.Scam: Hmm--"The Battle of New Orleans"--great song. You aren't angling for that nomination via the patriotic route, are you? Your name sure fits the best for the job--unless it's the Kink...
Rose Darling: WoW! First cyberpoetry, then DanFiction--you go, girl!
countzirO: Cybernaught--I like it. Glad to see you survived your semi-slide into solipsism. (How's that for alliteration, Roy?) P.S. Thanx--I'm glad too.
Midnite: That story's JUST too cool to be true...:)
Return to Brenda: Wow. Not a mention of WB, DF, music, the Dan, Bill, Monica, Ken, Paula, or WAV files. I'm impressed!
Name: BookKeepersSon
aka@kid or lester.com
fl
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 16:46:49
Comments:
Hurricane George was a wimp like George Bush(see I can get political also) anyway I would like to thank everybody who helped me with my haitian divorce problem!
Name: lester the nightfly
duh@I'm smarter now.com
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 15:46:16
Comments:
thanx to peg I figured how to play the haitian divorce file!
Name: StAl
stalfnzo@seanet.com
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 14:52:18
Comments:
Hey folks. Just a quicky to let you know the status of the contest. There were 4 winners. I am in the process of determining the tie-breaker. The grand prize winner will win the t-shirt, the AIA CD and a copy of the ST Louis boot. The runners up will all receive a copy of the ST Louis boot.
Unfortunately, I'm in Colorado until the 12th of October attending a training seminar. I won't have time to deal will this until I return. I was hoping to handle this before I left, but things got kinda crazy.... Please bare with until then.
StAl
Name: lester
rosenair@mindspring.com
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 13:49:19
Comments:
count--I dont have a mac, but I would love it if someone would just e-mail it to me then I could play it! Maybe I dont have something that plays wav files, I need a certain decompressor or some shit I'm pretty computer illiterate(I cant even spell that)!
go cubs!
Name: RubyBaby
the band w@s hot so..
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 12:24:43
Comments:
Peg & Bob: I downloaded Hatian.wav (thanks again, Pete!) and you guys just blew me away!Geena: I laughed at kinky's *insecure* remark, too. Without compromising your femininity, you've developed some fairly brass you-know-whats. I am tending to doubt that was the real kinkySoNSo anyway.
Countzir0: This is all just an expriment in the mind of an obscure, Swedish, psycho/metaphysics student. And it's only his freshman year. How will he ever amount to anything if his phantom subjects keep questioning his work?
rb
Name: countzir0
short term memory loss causes forgetfulness
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 11:29:37
Comments:
BTW, former Steely Dan bassist Chuck Rainey, I think was his name was playing for Naked Lunch last Thursday.
Lester the Nightfly: if a .wav file won't play on your computer, you've got something wrong with your machine or you own a Mac(not to say that .wav's won't play on Macs, Macs just suck).
I think that's it.
back to the mahogany pipe filled with fine columbian something or another...
Name: countzir0
Just took the Electric Koolaid Acid Test
Location: and passed!!!!,
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 11:18:29
Comments:
Good Afternoon Guestbook-
I've been gone for about a week, and after catching up on posts, am confused. If St. Al is Luckless Pedestrian, and Luckless Pedestrian is Royal Scam, but Luckless Pedestrian is also Kinky, and Eviva is Tommorrow's Girl AND Josie, Simon is Wrong Guestbook, and then there's the Clas/St. Al connection, and obviously Your Gold Keith/Edd comes into play here somehow. Aww shit...After reading all of the confused posts, all of my collective conciousnesses subsequently fused into one HYPER-PERSONA called CYBERNAUGHT. But I thought the name was stupid, so I decided to keep my old name.
Then I got paranoid and started thinking that MAYBE there is ACTUALLY only one person other than me posting here, and it's one of my psychotic ex-girlfriends trying to monitor my actions, or maybe there's nobody at all in this guestbook, it's just a figment of my imagination or possibly some artificial intelligence that was released into the internet by William Gibson or Bill Gates who is IN REALITY the person who wrote all of Fagen and Becker's songs, but had a horrible voice and is really ugly and was never allowed on stage. But then I thought, what am I talking about, Fagen and Becker are both extremely ugly, why did they get to go on stage? And then the thought occured: maybe all of this, all of life is not real, I'm not real, this computer I'm sitting at is not real, and so on, you get the picture.... And then I thought, who cares. And then I said, "Can you here me?" And I was confused all over again.
Anyway, I DID get to see the Naked Lunch show, but not at Brickroom, it was the Dada show in Deep Ellum(Dallas), which good ole Hank gave us the URL for. Yes, Midnight Cruiser, the music was GREAT, but it wasn't that the lead singer lacked conviction, he just COULDN'T sing. The whole experience was cool because Dada is a pretty small place, and it's got the open-air deck in the back, and you can get right up there and SEE what the guitarist/pianist/drummer/etc. is doing, jamming out and stuff. Some of you people NEED to come down here because these guys are local and playing every week this last month, and hopefully next month, and the month after, etc. I promise I won't be some scary mole or whatever when you meet me, like someone in the GB said earlier. Judging from the Danfest picture(if that really IS a picture of Guestbook people) most everybody else is at least partially normal looking...That doesn't mean everybody here ACTS normal(Faces of Eve(s)?). But anyway, you entitie(s)/non-entitie(s) can imagine that I feel very lucky to have this band playing here in Dallas so often, and I'd love to share it with You(guys/person/whatever).
Eviva: I already pretty much had it figured out. I liked Tommorrow's Girl/Josie, and you're pretty OK, too. KNEW you'd stick around in one form or another, and glad you did.
Geena and Rose: "Can you here me?"
boy, that tends to change the meaning of that phrase doesn't it?
back to re-reading books, laying in the pool, hope I don't drop this first edition Tom Wolfe...
Name: Miss Scarlet
how to make friends @nd influence people
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 10:16:56
Comments:
Way to spread the love around, Captain Kinky!
Name: India
see all
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 09:51:12
Comments:
Mr. Hanky: You have found the place. Ask away.
Kinky is in.
Be aware! " I might not give the answer that you, want me to"Geena: No need to explain, darling. When it comes to the Kink,
a mere head shake and a smirk is all thats needed.
Name: Geena
where they learn to fear an angry race
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 08:39:48
Comments:
Kinky: Having had far more important things to do and think about this past week and a half, I wasn't aware that the HOF information had been out for that long. I thought it would be nice to share that bit of information with everyone. I appreciate it and thank you for making me aware of this.
I expected some sort of response to my post regarding the President, and I know why you responded to me like that. The question was asked and I replied as did other GB women. It's not important if you do or don't like what I say, what is important is that we have the freedom to say what we feel. I've always enjoyed reading your posts and am told that you're a great guy. I like you're wit and I find you entertaining. But that statement about me struggling with feelings of insecurity??? I had to laught hard at that one, oh that was funny!!!
Name: Hank Constantine
hconstan@yahoo.com
Location: Rochester, NY USA
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 07:21:11
Comments:
I love this site!! Home at last.
Big Question for me: Is there like a FAQ somewhere that answers lyrics questions or at least contains speculations. I have loved wondering for years what the "Custer Dome" is. There are also lyrics that I was never able to understand that are now revealed. But are there some definitive answers somewhere that can tell me what Mizar Five and all that obscure stuff really is??
Name: Huh?
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 05:27:26
Comments:
"Cubic ton"?
Name: Gap
brandywine
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 at 01:32:25
Comments:
I was watching the movie, "Dave", the other night and couldn't help but notice all the similarities between the movie and the current state of the White House.
I went to my 15 year high school reunion the other day and couldn't help but notice that only two of my happily married classmates were still happily married.
Sex is the only "Fountain of Youth" available to us mortals. The promise of mixing genes with a new race has always been our motive for war. The same cubic ton of gold has been melted, smelted, forged, struck, carried, deposited and stolen forever. We don't fight for gold. We fight, and live, for sex.
It would be a boring book indeed where gold and wealth alone was the object. Ask any woman who has seen Fabio. She won't recall his jewelry.
Clinton has proven, once again, that power and prestige are no substitute for good sex. What is good sex? Anyone who takes an interest in another's definition is just looking for a fight.
Ok, That's It....
Gap
Name: Return to Brenda
the"swoosh"of"freshness"
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 23:40:52
Comments:
The Tupperware business isn't so good these days. The economy is robust and people just aren't saving as many left-overs as they used to. I was in Hong Kong last week and the Tupperware climate is just as grim. Not because the Japanese economy is on the up-swing, but because Tupperware means "smelly food coffin" in their language. That's the kind of shit that always seems to pop up when you're doing international business and nothing short of a Dr. Wu in the family can prepare you for it. Any oriental men out there interested in dating a former mistress of Ming with an excellent knowledge of Mizar V? A have tiny feet and 10,000 quart containers to throw into the bargain if you're free and proficient in Death-ray avoidance tactics.
Love Blooms Under Cover,
Brenda
Name: Michael C. Packard
mcpio@inu.net
TX USA
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 23:26:52
Comments:
Howdy DanFanLandGang!!
Am interested in trading some of my rare SD collectible recordings for some of yours. Am particularly interested in acquiring "The Steely Dan Orchestra" from the 1993 tour, recorded in Maryland.
Email me if you have others!!
Saludos!
Mike (TexDan)
Name: RubyBaby
@ the tone, the time will be...
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 23:16:11
Comments:
RazorBoy: I have no idea if Dion Demucci (and the Belmonts) were ever nominated for a Grammy. How old was I then? But I did hear his rendition RubyBaby once (he wrote it, right?) It sounded kind of country. I thoroughly enjoyed it!btw, I forgot to mention that 9 1/2 Weeks is very sad. I think I cried.
MidniteCruiser: thanks for the big black cow vignette! Dr. Strange? Sounds like someone Ian Flemming made up.
Pete: merci beaucoup for the sound bytes! Well I only downloaded Kings yet, but I could kiss ya.
Bob and Peg: Y'all are GREAT! Talk about good vibrations!
St. Al: Do you realize you are the only site on the whole internet that goes by Pacific Time? (at least that I've found). Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
rb
Name: LESTER THE NIGHTFLY
HELLO B@TON ROUGE
LA
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 22:57:46
Comments:
PETE---- I tryed and tryed to download that
haitian divorce thing and it wont play
would u be so kind as to e-mail me that file
my e-mail is rosenair@mindspring.com
I would appreciate it, thanx!
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 20:27:24
Comments:
Dr. - I'm all for anything that will get our heroes to perform - I missed them on the Letterman show that night in 1995 - I was in Washington D.C. of all places, with a bus load of Canuck runners to run the Marine Corps Marathon - If I had known they were going to be on that show, I would have passed up that great jazz bar in Georgetown - But I don't enjoy Letterman, so I was destined to miss the Dan anyway.
SD played in Toronto in '95 I think, and definitely in Vancouver in '94. I know if tour dates are announced, you'll get them for us well ahead of time. The state of the Canadian buck being what it is, what are the chances they'll come up here?
Name: Kinky
and they tell you so
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 20:12:53
Comments:
Geena - I guess I don't blame your friend for not wanting to reveal his source of information. Information that's been public knowledge for, oh, a week now. Of course, I must keep in mind that I'm talking to a person who would still be struggling with feelings of insecurity if she were elected President of the most powerful country in the world.
Rose Darling - More cheese please!
Bob, Peg, & Co, - Excellent!
Name: Geena
I hate filling in this box!
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 18:34:03
Comments:
A friend of mine e-mailed me this afternoon with the following information. I asked him to reveal his source and he refused.
I don't believe most of it.
Here are this year's nominees for the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame:
> Bruce Springsteen
> Paul McCartney
> Billy Joel
> Del Shannon
> Solomon Burke
> Dusty Springfield
> Curtis Mayfield
> Gene Pitney
> STEELY DAN
> Black Sabbath
> The Flamingos
> Darlene Love
> The Moonglows
> The Staple Singers
> Ritchie Valens
Name: Jason Hoffman
dan6432@yahoo.com
Location: Norfolk, VA U.S.A.
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 15:24:28
Comments:
Oh yeah...what's all this "Steely Dan in '99? Tour?
Name: Jason Hoffman
dan6432@yahoo.com
Location: Norfolk , VA U.S.A.
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 15:22:17
Comments:
If anyone can provide me with information about SD's new CD in the making I would greatly appreciate it...I don't even know if the source was reliable, but it's worth hoping for. Will check postings regularly. Thanks.
Name: Midnite Cruiser
midnitecruiser@hotmail.com
Location: Danville, VA
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 15:05:13
Comments:
Pete....didn't hear the waves until after I made the last post. Man, that was great!! You were right about Hank Easton, I would have been asking for sure. He really nailed both solos but the one on Kings gave me a rush! Very cool dude....can't wait for the rest.
Name: Midnite Cruiser
midnitecruiser@hotmail.com
Location: Danville, VA
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 14:44:57
Comments:
Hank Silvers....thanks for the link to the DaDa Club and the Real Audio show of Naked Lunch. I'm listening to the show right now and it's cool! I like the music but the lead singer kinda lacks conviction in what he's singing. Still, it's a nice surprise. Good eyes!
Pete....thanks to you also for the .wav files. Hope to be able to hear the rest of the Damned show on Real Audio sometime in the near future.
All....my girlfriend and I were kicked back on the couch yesterday afternoon watching an old movie on Cinemax when we heard someone pull into the driveway. This is pretty unusual as we live in a fairly isolated spot on a very large farm. We peek out the window to see the local deputy sheriff and a Big Black Cow in the front yard! The guy who own's this farm raises cows so it's not unheard of for them to get out from time to time but it was a funny site to see this cop standing there looking somewhat confused and a little frightened as to how to handle the situation. I had to start laughing before I went out wanting to shout to him to "take his big black cow and get out of here!" But I went out to talk to him and he was going to call for backup when I told him I'd just call Dr. Strange and tell him one of the cows was out and could he come and get her. Yes, we really do rent this cute little house from Dr. Strange! Anyway, the cop, the cow, Dr. Strange and Shirl and I are all doing fine and most of us had a good little laugh!
Name: TheStranger
Mick's in the Streets
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 14:36:17
Comments:
oleander,
are you sure you're hitting the correct little button on the left of the cyber gizmo to play the chet baker clip? if you are, then i guess the slave laborers who made my computer are superior to the slave laborers who made yours. wearing your nikes today?r&r hall of fame is nice recognition, but i hear the institution is a money-grubbing enterprise, which is why some artists like joni mitchell found better things to do than go collect their awards. i mean it's in cleveland or some damn place. ever notice that halls of fame are always in some town that needs a financial boost?
Name: DrMu
Oh,yeah.my.point
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 14:04:38
Comments:
Raz: Hey, it might be a way to see 'em out and/or in concert
Name: DrMu
whole.new.ballgame
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 14:02:32
Comments:
Razor: I think that they have "bigger fish to fry right now."
...and the HOF proceedings have gotten cumbersome and, well, boring...perhaps if elected, which based on the nominees and the clones who will be voting is not a sure bet at all, a suggestion would be sending in a hologram of a) pictures of the guys, or b) a data stream of them in concert ('99s the year??), or maybe just one of a cigar.I think I remember that image of Mr. Fagen from Feb. '93? (for '92 releases)...he wanted and deserved that one. Crap, it's been mentioned that Jeff Porcaro wanted to give it to DF after Toto IV won (yeah, that's about right - count 'em IV good songs and the rest forgettable filler up against a classic)
Name: Pete
FYI
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 13:53:30
Comments:
You don't need Real Audio for the soundbytes, they are WAV files.
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 13:51:27
Comments:
Ruby - just caught your latest entry - You got me on the physical/emotional bent re Clinton/Lewinski - serves me right to respond to postings at midnight - I didn't catch 9 1/2 weeks. I'm not a Mickey Rourke fan. The premise of the movie is interesting, and would be interesting if told from the female perspective with roles being reversed. Of course, many of us males are easily dominated, (something tells me I shouldn't go there!) and it might not be as erotic.
Razor
Name: Fox Mulder
Georgetown
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 13:44:29
Comments:
It only seems that way, Geena - I've just chosen to REPORT it now - I first heard it back in '96. Hmm. Wasn't that the last year that the Dan was touring?
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 13:39:28
Comments:
I have to agree that we guest book people really do have to forget about the Clinton/Lewinski situation and get back to the reason for this web site - Steely Dan -
Regarding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations - I've always felt that the only people who really cared out halls of fame were the people already inducted, or those wishing or waiting to be inducted.
Considering how DF & WB disdain anything that is initiated by the media, instead of our heroes calling the shots, something tells me that being nominated wouldn't mean a whole lot to either one. Perhaps, however, they may have mellowed in their middle age, and would go along with the fun.
I will never forget, however, while watching the 1982 Grammy's and catching a glimpse of Donald Fagen, in a tux, as his name was called out for one of four nominations that year for "Nightfly." It freaked me out somewhat, because I never imagined him being at such an affair. I also recall hearing the morning after the 1980 or '81 Grammys, that Roger Nichols won for Best Engineeering for "Gaucho," since it was not presented on the tube.
Ruby Baby - Do you know if Dion Demucci (and the Belmonts) was ever nominated for a Grammy for "Ruby Baby." I might have been 6 or 7 at the time, and wouldn't have been able to stay up that late.
Name: Geena
and one last word...
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 13:32:11
Comments:
Mitch: I heard that Hillary has a lover in Georgetowne too, and i heard it well over a year ago.
Fox: I'm getting this information ahead of you? What's wrong with this picture?
Rose: Loved your story!
Name: RubyBaby
@ddicted to love
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 13:29:03
Comments:
RazorBoy: Did I say anything about sex being only physical? I believe sex is a whole experience - body (including the physical brain), soul (including our thoughts and emotions) and spirit (our life force). This is precisely why he could mess with her mind. Did you ever see the movie, 9 1/2 Weeks? It was on of the sexiest movies I've ever seen, but they showed very little in terms of anatomy.
You ask some interesting questions about why those two became involved. No matter how you slice it, it was for their own selfish gain. It was certainly oblivious to their families, friends and country. I think they were each playing their own little game, but Monica was way out of her league. He's much better at these things than she is, which is to her credit.Thinking about the President's sexual activities is almost like thinking about your parents' sex lives. Blah!
rb
Name: Mitch
fox t.v.
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 12:49:24
Comments:
FOX, i don`t know if your busting balls, but you sure sound like your serious. How come no one else has mentioned this ? Is this a inside the Beltway rumor? I`M sure Bill would get into watching.
Name: BookKeepersSon
helpme@real player.com
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 12:18:37
Comments:
pete- I cant play haitian divorce, I have real player but do I need real player 5.0?
rose- you must have a lot of time on your hands huh!
Name: TheStranger
chain lightning
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 12:02:02
Comments:
all,
here's an email i recieved from a friend today which seems to make sense:If, like me, you're sick and tired of Clinton and Starr and Congress and
you wish that Congress would go on and censure Clinton NOW and get back
to work, you can sign a petition that will be sent to the appropriate
MOC.Go to www.moveon.org and sign up. It'll take about a minute of your
time.If you like it, pass it on.
Dann
Name: Get A Clue
People
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 11:30:26
Comments:
There were some great sound clips that were just posted here today and still everyone can only talk about Bill Clinton..I hate to say it but maybe Wrong Guestbook was on to something.
Oh yeah, that Easton guy sounds great!!
Name: Babylon
is@home sick
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 11:09:24
Comments:
I am also SICK to DEATH of hearing about Bill's romps in the oval office, cigar or not!! this is the Steely Dan Fan guestbook. By the way, some clever entries..I really enjoyed Rose Darlings story..clever.
Name: BookKeepersSon
pat@accounts receiveable
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 10:45:58
Comments:
I might remind everyone that this is a steely dan guestbook!
Not a Bill Clinton guestbook! umm ok!
I know slick willie is a popular subject these days, but please lets not talk about it on here, I have to hear about it all fucking day now as it is!
thats my opinion, I may be wrong!(dennis miller)
but since we r on the subject: What does a vending machine and Monica's mouth have in common?
They both say insert bill here!Donald Fagen for President! I wonder if he'll say he didnt inhale
Name: fezo
mind.musically.wandering
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 10:45:43
Comments:
anybody out there remember a band from the late 80's called the db's? if yes, whatever happenned to 'em?
Name: Big Fan
here@thewesternworld.net
Location: Anywhere, USA
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 10:05:39
Comments:
Well way to go Pete- !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait to get home and listen. Soundboards/speakers are definetly verboten at the bomb factory. Esp. want to hear Hatian Divorce with the "Frampton style" wah wah device. I notice D & W never have tried to recreate it on stage live. I got Hank Easton's two CD's - they are almost 10 years old and definetly earlier work. He is supposed to be putting out a new one shortly that is more jazz based.I often play in a Friday night euchre tourney over the web ( I know get a life) and they always ask for a humourous answer to a question when you sign up. Two weeks ago the question was "What would your euchre theme song be?" I chose of course Black Friday - came in the top ten answers at:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/8350/news.html
Nick is TableTalk.St Al: Did you get my email? Do you want me to send you that item? Perhaps as a prize for some future contest. If you do want it, please email me at krouse@javanet.com
Peg: How was Meheco?
Bob T: During a recent drinking frenzy, I remembered I wanted to suggest that you change your Gaucho lyrics to the Otis Redding version rather than the A. F. version - crowd would get into it! I know I was expecting you to do it, esp after you played Second Arrangement. I'm still trying to figure out what happened to Rikki that night, you definetly lost that number.
Name: Fox Mulder
Georgetown
Location: DC,
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 06:23:31
Comments:
Mitch: I'm no Republican. I don't even vote. But Hilary and Bill have a real understanding. Based on sources that cannot be revealed, Hilary has been experimenting with bisexuality since the early to mid 1980's. There has been more marital strife and, shall we say, 'physical difficulty' in their relationship since Bill was elected in '92 - stress has a way of making itself known. What is extremely angering to Mrs. C is that Bill not only hid Ms. M from her, but that the reality of Ms. M is in direct conflict with their understanding, which had much to do with an 'altered' marital sex life.
My sources reveal that Mrs. C has had at least two lovers in Georgetown, the first being in 1995. Apparently, there was another in 1996-97 which has continued for the most part.
The powerful women who support her are virtually invisible, but give her a great amount of dedication and foresight. One of these became Hilary's lover. We hetero men must regrettably understand that for some women, even powerful women, women know each other best.
The only thing that is unclear is if the Clinton's will divorce or conduct a private seperation.
Yours sincerely,
Fox
Name: Pete
petefogel@asan.com
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 04:30:38
Comments:
I still don't have The Steely Damned show, BUT I conned the soundman into giving me two songs. They're pretty big files, but each song took me under 5 minutes to download. So until I get the whole show on Real Audio, you can check these soundbytes out:
The Steely Damned at Le Bar Bat, July '98
"Kings":
http://lebarbat.com/kings.wav"Haitian Divorce":
http://lebarbat.com/haitian.wavby the way, the guitar player's name is Hank Easton (for those of you that are going to be asking after you hear this : )
Pete
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 at 03:03:40
Comments:
RubyBaby; sorry, I mixed up "Throw Back the..." with "Your Gold Teeth...". I don't understand how that could happen.
Schwinn - you're a poet.
POMPE-NEWS
Pompe is very tired today. He is resting. And now he's got a scar across his back. A Dobermann got pissed on him yesterday.
Name: Rose Darling
perf.babylon.sister@mailexcite.com
Location: SSP, USA
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 23:51:48
Comments:
It was a *Black Friday* and *Chain Lightening* filled the sky, when *Rose Darling*, and *Kid Charlemagne* were conversating with there friends, *Charlie Freak*, *Razor Boy*, *Josie*, *Peg* and there goat *Aja* down in *The Caves of Altamira*, in *Brooklyn*. When Charlie commented that maybe they should go down to *The Royal Scam* bar down in *Barrytown*.
"I hear *Parker's Band* is playing there tonight." he said.
"Oh I like them!!" Peg blurted out. "*Any Major Dude Will Tell You* how great they are!!" she added.
"I need to change into my *Bad Sneakers*" Kid said "But then we can go." So off they all went to the bar.
On the way there, Razor Boy stopped and said "Hey this is *My Old School! I used to hang with the *Show Biz Kids* until I started dating the *Babylon Sisters*. Now they were fine!! They made me feel like the *King Of The World* that is until *My Rival* *Third World Man* came along..the bastard!!"
They where continuing on there way when they ran into Rikki.
"Hey guys what's going on?" she asked.
"We're going to The Scam, to see Parker's Band, want to come?" Josie Asked.
"Maybe later. I got to oversee *The Change Of The Guard* at work, but after that I'm free.
"How's that going?" Charlie asked.
"It's a *Glamour Proffesion* all right!! What's the address at the club?"
"It's 1234 *East St. Louis Toodle-oo* St. It Crosses *FM* lane." Jo said.
"Let me give you the number.. 123-4567. Now *Rikki Don't Lose That Number*!!
Rolling her eyes Rikki answered "Don't worry I won't."
They finally got to the bar, when Peg over heard a couple of bouncer talking. One said to the other,
"Hey *Deacon Blues*, if the crowd gets rowdy, *Throw Back The Little Ones*."
"Sure thing *Gaucho*." the other responed.
When they got to the front of the line, the bouncer asked for there tickets.
"Tickets?" Kid asked.
" Yeah tickets, you have to have tickets to get in to this gig doofus! You can get them in that other line over there."
Kid turned to his friends, and said,
"Guys I don't have that much cash on me."
Rose jokingly said,
" Why dont you sell *Your Gold Teeth* to raise the cash."
Kid did not thing this was funny and sniped back,
"Well if I'm selling mine, then give me *Your Gold Teeth II*!! *Only A Fool Would Say That* Rose!!"
They finally got the tickets and got back in line. While they were waiting Peg found a paper lying on the ground, she picked it up and saw that it was *The Boston Rag*.
"Hey look guys. That movie star *Bodhisattva* got a *Hatian Divorce* from her husband of 25 years. She is quoted as saying, I'm sick of *Reelin' In The Years* with him. "I'm *Through With Buzz*.
When they got in the club, Parker's Band was playing one of there hits, *Night By Night*.
"Damn I love this band!!" Rose Darling said.
"Yeah they're great!", everyone else agreed.
They got a table, and there waitress came up.
"Hi, I'm *Pearl Of The Quarter*, can I get you something?"
Rose, Peg and Josie ordered *Black Cow*s and the fellas ordered beers.
"Would You like some *Pretzel Logic* with those drinks?" Pearl asked.
"Sure sounds great." Kid replied.
" Wow the club isn't that crowded. Looks like *Everyone's Gone To The Movies* tonight." Razor Boy commented.
"They don't know what they are missing, this band is like having a *Monkey In Your Soul*, or like spening *Time Out Of Mind* they are awesome!! I bet they live like *Kings* and queens."
Just then Rikki came in wearing stunning *Green Earrings*.
"WOW!! Those are beautiful." Josie stated.
"Thanks, and *Hey, Nineteen* bucks is all I paid for them. I got them at the *Sign In Stranger* shop down the street from my house.
The show had ended and Kid and Rose were just saying there good-byes to they gang in front of there place. When they got inside Rose sighed, "*Home At Last*.
Kid kissed Rose on the neck and asked if she wanted to join him in the bedroom. She agreed and off they went.
"Will you wear *The Fez* tonight?" she asked. He agreed, and after their love making was done, Rose said,
"*Everything You Did*, all that *Dirty Work*, I want you to *Do It Again*!! Rose exclamed.
Meanwhile while Razor Boy, Peg, Charlie Freak, and Josie were walking home they heard someone yell,
"*Fire In The Hole*!!" And *With A Gun* a man ran out in front of them. He poised his gun right on Josie, when Charlie cried out
"*Don't Take Me Alive*!!" and jumped in front of Jo as the man fired.
The girls screamed and the man hopped into his *Midnight Cruiser* and sped off.
Charlie fell to the ground, and Razor kneeled over him, and said,
"We need to get him to *Dr. Wu* right away!! Hopefully he will be able to *Turn That Heartbeat Over Agian*. And off they rushed to the Doctor.
When they got there Josie and Peg called Rose and Kid.
"We're *Here At The Western World* hospital, Charlie's been shot." Josie said with heart break in her voice.
"*I Got The News*!!" You're at the *Any World* hospital?" Rose asked.
"NO, the Westen World Hospital!! Hurry up!!" Josie said.
After Josie had got off the phone with Rose, Dr. Wu came out to talk to them.
"I've got good news, he's going to make it, but you need to contact his family."
Razor Boy said,
"I think his dad lives in New York"
"His *Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More*, he lives in Annendale now, in the Good Hotel."
--
Charlie made it through with flying colors, and they caught the man who shot him. Charlie and Josie fell in love and got married after waht he had done for her. They drove off for their honeymoon in their Kamakiriad with "Just Married written on the back. And Parker's Band went on tour and won the Grammy after years of being snubbed.
Name: Schwinn
boughttheTshirt
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 22:56:36
Comments:
I lived in Las Vegas for a short time in 89-90, back when all those cool volcanoes were just blue lines on a scroll and emergency aircraft landings due to laser blindness had yet to be added to the Luxor's insurance policy. Anyway, the big bike was shiny and spiffy beyond reproach and one night I met a beautiful, tough chick at Tramps, (an after-hours joint on Tropicana.) She slipped me her tongue while she settled in behind me on the Big Biker seat and that was that. It was like my own personal government shut-down and she was my randy volunteer in need of a job. I'm a nice guy. I gave her one.
We ended up in the desert where I dreamt all night of her nails in my back. The next morning I awoke to her pulling cacti spikes out of my ass. It was love, brothers and sisters. And love is pain with just enough attention to make the pain bearable. Some call that "attention", pleasure, but I call it a double striped line on an unobstructed black-top.
A couple of weeks later the big bike succumbed to the relentless 110+ degree days and my princess simultaneously evaporated into the Nevada nothingness like an amateur UFOlogist who had stumbled into Area 51. I was heartbroken. Yes, the Big Bike needed extensive work....
Anyway, I was on my way out of town a few days later, riding both a lucky streak and a revived machine, when the woman suddenly appeared from behind an "All Nude Revue" billboard on the western edge of Las Vegas Blvd. "Back on all four cylinders again, cowboy", she playfully queried? "Nope", I answered. "Just looking for a girl who'd rather ride me than my machine".
I know that girl still has a pair of my stained leathers and a brother-in-law who's never played Doctor. Tell me, should I count my lucky starrs?
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 20:59:34
Comments:
Ruby, interesting observation on Clinton playing mind games with Monical Lew - But when isn't sex or dirivitives thereof not a mental contact sport - Both parties want something, many times not the same thing, and it's not always just physical gratification. Did Monica want her and Bill to do the bone dance
just because his power and position made it an irresistible aphredesiac (sp?), or did she figure that any emotional investment by Clinton would improve her situation? Being involved with the President brought her as close to him as anyone important in his life was, including Hillary.. And did President Clinton get involved solely because Lewinski was infatuated, easily enticed, and a harmless diversion from Hillary? If sex were just physical, we would be so less selective with whom we imbibe in, as humans invariably are.As far as Halls of Fame are concerned, the only people who truly care about them are the people who are in them already, or those waiting and hoping to get in.
Name: Roy.Scam
we.filled.his.head.with.cannabis.and.powdered.his.behind
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 19:39:52
Comments:
Oleander--The name of the Adam Cohen album to which I referred is "Adam Cohen", which puts him in the unique state of having made two consecutive eponymous albums (the last Mommyheads album was called "The Mommyheads").
Regarding "The Crucible": Wasn't the real tragedy of the story not so much the actions of the principals but society's (the public's) reactions to them? Isn't that the case in most witch-burning or public relations scenarios?
Jack Webb: Are you ever going to post again? You never again appeared after assassinating my affinity for alliteration.
In the light of both political parties embarrasing themselves recently, perhaps we at the Guestbook should come up with our own Presidential candidate. The only difficulty will be finding a Dan fan who has never inhaled (or been inhaled).
RS
Name: Hank Silvers
mooreje@fast.net
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 19:17:19
Comments:
Found out about this by accident, and too late to listen live:
"Live at Dada featuring Naked Lunch - "Reel in the Years" with the only Steely Dan tribute band in Texas live from Club Dada in Dallas."
Thurs. Sept. 24 - 7:00 PM (CDT) http://www.broadcast.com/concerts/liveatdada/
If you missed the show, too, try this URL in a couple of days (RealPlayer needed):
http://www.broadcast.com/concerts/liveatdada/archives/
Name: Kinky
babble on, sister
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 18:59:30
Comments:
Miss Scarlet - That's precisely the reason why
Name: EvivaLaughs
i/don't/wanna/shoot/no/one
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 18:05:24
Comments:
Miss Scarlet: Zing. Good one.
Fox: OK.
dangerous demo: I see your point about the parallels (BTW I haven't read the play in years, so bear with me on the names etc.). Howevah...IMO the plot really didn't center on exposing the adultery, but about what happens when a bunch of girls try to avoid getting into trouble for a prank, and all the lies, slanders and chaos that ensue...
But you're right, the parallels really do break down at the point of: what's the Clinton brouhaha all about? The "left" (whoever THAT is) is saying it's about private consensual sex, so leave it alone. The "right" (I do hate putting multiopinioned people in boxes like "right" and "left") is saying no, it's about whether it's OK for someone to lie under oath and arguably try to stall or impede an investigation just because the questions are on a topic you consider personal.Remember that this whole thing started because Bill CLinton was being investigated, as an employer, on a pattern of behavior relevant to a sexual harrassment charge brought by Paula Jones (investigating "patterns of behavior" toward subordinates being an integral part of sexual harrassment cases).
And at the time of the questioning, Clinton *didn't know* the case would be thrown out. All he knew is that he'd sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And the same people who are up in arms now, think it was OK to ask Justice Clarence Thomas all these personal questions under oath and expect him to answer truthfully, but not Bill Clinton now... especially since Justice Thomas had NO other women alleging a pattern of sexual peccadillos/ harrassment.
What's your take on all this?
Name: TheStranger
century's end
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 17:14:42
Comments:
mitch,
Far-right Repubs. have been saying for years that Hillary is a lesbian. They never present the slightest evidence. They seem to hate her more than Bill. I leave it to Dr. Freud to explain why.
Name: Supreme Dominatrix
A dark place
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 17:10:12
Comments:
Kenn Starr pays me to piss on him from time to time. Anybody wanna buy the video?
Name: Mitch
Georgetown Pie Eaters
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 16:53:53
Comments:
Fox, How do you know that Hilary is Bisexual ?
Name: dangerous.demo
i/could/hold/out/here/all/night
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 15:58:50
Comments:
Eviva: The "Crucible" is relevant since one paranoid pundit after another is telling us how the Lewinsky scandal reeks of "sexual McCarthy-ism."
I think President Bill can pass as honest farmer John Proctor. Maybe Monica is just a little too innocent to be Abigail.. Still I can see her and Linda Tripp and whoever that book agent is parading their giggly, deadly stories before the Puritan Congress.
Bill and Monica, just like John and Abby really did have their little liason, and it really did lead to a public relations catastrope and it did leave us wondering, how much of this is anybody's business but the people involved?
Name: White House Correspondent
@cnn.com
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 15:11:58
Comments:
Wolf Blitzer: "So, Mr. President, America wants to know: Who was better? Monica or Jennifer?"
Bubba Clinton: "Monica was definitely the best! Jennifer was close, but no cigar."
Name: White House Correspondent
@cnn.com
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 15:10:39
Comments:
Wolf Blitzer: "So, Mr. President, America wants to know: Who was better? Monica or Jennifer?"
Bubba Clinton: "Monica was definitely the best! Jennifer was close, but no cigar."
Name: Dr. Laura
men are pigs
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 13:09:46
Comments:
Dr. Laura's back. Yes, Bill is a pig. And Monica, she's getting there, what, about umm... 170, 180?
What happened to Billy Boy and Monica can be summed up into one of the most powerful words in the dictionary. Not even the President himself can escape it's raw power. Not even YOU!
It can eventually overcome anyone, no matter how much faith you think you have. More powerful than any drug known to man. "Seduction: The act of seducing to wrong. The enticement of a male/female to unlawful intercourse without force" This is exactly what happened here. Who seduced who?
Who cares. I spoke to my good friend Judge Judy, she says both are wrong.Playing poker can be hazardous. Be careful when you call someone's bluff.
Memo to the Prez: You and Monica need to rent the series played on Public Broadcating stations this week called "The Farmers Wife". You need to see just what this country is made of. Shame on you.
Name: country boy
wish i was back in arkansas raht now
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 11:55:33
Comments:
that woman monica lewinsky, she's a good ole gal and she's lookin better and better all the time, what with starr and ever'body crampin my style. ain't had no lovin since i don't know when. hey, what's this steely dan stuff all about anyway? they got any goodlookin gals hangin round?
Name: oleander
sick is just a four-letter word
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 10:12:44
Comments:
fezo--got your note. Thanx.
Weighing in briefly on the distaff side: If Clinton loves women, then in his vocabulary love=manipulation. I think he's just an equal opportunity user who will do anybody (politically, economically, or sexually) indiscriminately if it benefits him. How it has manifested in his relationships with women less successful/ bright/ whatever than he is the usual way it does with powerful men, in whom sex is simply an expression of and fuel for that power.
LP--The Nazis styled themselves "socialists." If you think that Nazism is a form of socialism, proceed directly to remedial poli sci. They were fascists.
Hoops! & others--OK, so is it time for a letter-writing/ email campaign? What's the timeline for the HOF voting?
Roy--What's the name of the cd? Sounds majorly worth a listen, especially since I liked the Mommyheads' stuff, if not their name.
Name: Fox Mulder
in.Washingtgon,.Danfriendly.Country
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 06:22:20
Comments:
Doesn't anyone know that Hillary has a few 'babes on the side' in Georgetown?
c'mon, people, get over it - Bill & Hil will split by 2001, and Chelsea will be the best post-first daughter in recent memory.
Yes, of course, they have a special relationship.
I'm Still here, Ev,
Fox
Name: Mr. Joke
mjoke@aol.com
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 05:46:50
Comments:
What did Bill Clinton say to the new White House intern?
I don't think I've come across your face before.
Name: Geena
Too early to be awake
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 04:15:32
Comments:
Bill: no thanks, hosehead!
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998 at 02:04:27
Comments:
Did you hear of this famous conductor who lost his left arm in a bikeaccident? Now they call him a semiconductor.
RubyBaby; now I got it, all RIGHT. That was a hard one.
Geena; yes, I agree with you. (Bill)
POMPE-NEWS
Pompe has found three Great Dane's to play with. He is very happy. Gaston is a harlekin, very kind. Freddy is yellow, Pompe and Freedy goes along very well. Aton is black and the oldest. The leader. I don't know yet if Gaston, Freddy and Aton are Great Dan fans. I'll get back to you on this one.
Name: Dan
@masterpiecetheater
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 20:40:59
Comments:
About the Gaucho album, did someone on here say it sounded
tired? Maybe "depressed" is a better word.
Name: Roy.Scam
and.the.finalists.for.Miss.Ogynist.1998.are...
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 20:40:00
Comments:
Speaking of music, I lifted the following quotes from Musician Magazine's review of Adam Cohen's (formerly of the Mommyheads) new CD: "Recorded at fifteen different studios over two years, with credits that read like Steely Dan liner notes......Employing studio veterans like Larry Klein, Jim Keltner, Paulinho da Costa, Greg Phillinganes, and Mark Isham, to name a few, Cohen and producer Steve Lindsey took the classic 'Dan approach, mixing and matching performances for ultimate effect. ... ...What remains a constant is the bracing guitar of legendary session man Dean Parks." end of quote
Cohen has publicly mentioned his admiration for SD before; now he's apparently emulating the Aja/Gaucho production methods in his solo work. He's also the son of growler/songwriter Leonard Cohen, who's a great writer but unfortunately will be mostly remembered for "Suzanne", perhaps the worst song of the hippie era.--I haven't heard the Adam Cohen solo album, but the Mommyheads albums I've heard were terrific. Not really Danlike but pretty good Metha-Dan for anyone a year or so away from their next Steely fix.
Wrong Guestbook-- Wrong again, Simon breath; that was me that looked stupid in the Danfest photo.
Is it coincidence that Gaucho and the Clinton/Lewinski affair are the alternating and predominating topics here lately? Many similar themes; especially with Babylon Sisters.
RS
Name: Miss Scarlet
share=care
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 20:39:06
Comments:
Eviva--
Why would I be desperate for Kinky's manly attention when I've enjoyed so much of it already?
Name: EvivaLaughs
@he.should.know.by.now.that.it's.just.a.spasm
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 20:08:16
Comments:
fezo: Yep, the music's so much more fun to agree and disagree about--"Babylon Sisters" astounds musically, and the storyline, even more oblique than "Glamour," lends itself to bunches of allegorical implications...
Re: Clinton, thanx for asking...IMO he doesn't hate women--as others have posted, he's TOO attracted to them--but he does have a profound lack of respect for them. Maybe he's just too busy thinking about his own wants to even consider them. Most glaringly he's proved this repeatedly in Hillary's case, and Chelsea's...
And note how he lied pathetically to Monica, virtually promising her he'd be available to her soon, the appalling come-ons to K. Willey and Paula (Kathyrn's husband had just died), and witness all the "bimbo eruptions" (revealing wording: wasn't that his own staff's idea?) staff's ad hominem attacks on Gennifer, Paula, Kathryn and Monica, once El Supremo no longer had any use for them. Dunno about Hillary, but Monica's the only one not his wife who's gotten a (sort of) apology, and given the timing it didn't look too sincere to me...
Name: Bill
@supporthoser
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 18:52:44
Comments:
Hey Geena, thanks for your support. There has recently
been a opening for an intern job, interested?
Name: Geena
IMHO
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 18:19:44
Comments:
Fezo: It's my belief that he was just doing the "male" thing and just like in the animal world, when the female starts throwing off those pheromones, the male reacts like nature intended him too. There are very few differences between humans and animals. Animals exist the way nature created them and humans exist by rules created by society.
I don't know if he was the seducer or the seducee, but at any rate it was a consensual act. Neither party was forced. The ugly truth is these acts run rampant in work environments everywhere. I don't think he hates or disrespects women, he loves women too much and possibly for all the wrong reasons. He's guilty of breaking a sacred vow of marriage and trust. I'm sure Hillary is aware of his womanizing, she doesn't impress me as a stupid woman, but I can't understand why she let it go on. Maybe she didn't have a choice? Or maybe chose to keep quiet about it for the sake of either her own career or his.
He let the power of the presidency go to his head, he got cocky, and took advantage of a very immature, pretty, young woman. (Hey, I'm the president, I can do whatever I want!) I oftentimes put myself in ML's shoes at her age, and I may or may not have gone as far as she did, but she saw something in him that most young women her age dream of; a chance to be financially set for life in the arms of a famous celebrity, to rub elbows with other rich and famous and to live a life of expensive cars and clothes. I would have had stars in my eyes to. (no pun intended!)
Miss Lewinsky was correct about one thing in that he really is a little boy. The man had a virtual candy store around him and he just got caught stealing one too many times. I think he has a problem with his sexuality and is probably deep inside a very confused and insecure man. I would be too if I had the huge responsibility of running country.
What he and ML did was their business, and they have to eventually face their own devils as well as their loved ones, but I certainly can't condone lying about it. He now has to regain trust within himself first, his family and then the nation. Unfortunately, until he leaves office, I doubt he'll be able to do it.
If an average joe, a blue or white collar working stiff faced with confessing to his wife and family that he betrayed them, which route do you suppose he'd take? If it meant saving face, I think he'd lie.
If you strip him of his title, his power and his money, he's a human being like all of us and that also means he's not perfect.
Sorry for the rambling...but you asked!
Name: RubyBaby
yes, you c@n get sex from aides
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 17:01:27
Comments:
Fezo: I didn't read the Report or watch the Video, but I heard about some of the things he said to Monica during their relationship. This thing about letting her perform sexual acts with him, but refusing to (let it spill) because he didn't trust her, sounds pretty weird & negative to me. He was playing with her mind, as well. Definitely unhealthy. More on the miso side than the pro side. Just mho.go Dan!
rb
Name: TheStranger
things you think are precious
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 14:39:16
Comments:
fez,
bear in mind that when clinton has sex with a woman or tries to have sex and she talks, that woman is then attacked by all his squadrons of dirtbags. they told us k. willey was nuts, g. flowers? out for the money & publicity. p. jones? a liar. and m. lewinsky was "that woman." he told everyone around him (albright, etc.) that he & monica never had sex, so the implied message was lewinsky is nuts. but he feared getting the campaign in full swing because of the semen-stained dress, which is why he finally (sort of) told the truth. facts are facts. he's a scumbag. but from the facts i do know, i can't see voting impeachment.luckless,
i wish i'd known you were a republican when i entered the contest. so you're the guy with the anti-abortion button and the silver spoon in your mouth. (just funning, luckless. don't worry. after the revolution, i'll see to it that you are placed in a nice comfortable re-education camp)oleander,
didn't hear costello's 'valentine.'i'm telling you, chet baker's rendition is not to be missed. try a used cd store.
Name: Myra Eyefull
respect.cum
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 14:01:20
Comments:
Fezo: Thanks for asking. I think Clinton loves women TOO much.! He can't resist them, regardless of who he is or who they are, where he is, or whether he may hurt someone else by doing what pleases him at the moment. Sure he showed no regard for his wife or daughter but who knows what type of arrangement they have in their marriage and I really think that a man who feels this powerful, believes that he can get away with it without anyone finding out about it. Since Clinton claims that he never had intercourse with Monica, and most of their encounters were one sided, I imagine Monica was one frustrated, horny chic. What did she get from this relationship ?(beside a book deal)
Remember the old saying "stiff dicks have no conscience" .
Myra
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
on.the.rio.grande
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 14:01:03
Comments:
Ahhh, the music is, in the final analysis, so much more fun than the politics. (And enduring, too. Here we are, discussing and analyzing SD's stuff 5 administrations later.)
I concur that there is a linear story to BabSis, but, as past discussions have shown, that story is still open to interpretation. I find that almost all of SD's stuff is like a story told by photo montage; they're strong on imagery but tantalizingly skimpy on concrete narrative detail. Our minds are left (encouraged) to fill in the blanks. This accounts for the wide variety of interpretations, and why we can so readily see the possibility of someone else's interp.
(Finally, the professorial tone isn't adopted. I really talk that way. Ask Lisa.)
--LP
Name: fezo
reading.carefully
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 13:18:13
Comments:
LP: give me a break, guy. Next time before you adopt an obnoxious professorial tone, try actually reading the post that raised your ire. I wasn't offering a playground defense. I was only responding to your question about why it was the liberals who always adopted perjorative labels by pointing out the use of perjorative labels wasn't the exclusive province of liberals. I wasn't defending the conduct. It bugs the shit out of me when both sides adopt that behavior.
Women of the GB: Is Clinton's behavior misognystic? I have my own theory but I want a female's take.
Back to the music . . . another song on Gaucho worthy of high-praise is "Babylon Sister". I think it gets overlooked sometime cause it was one of the singles. It's so multi-textured, the main vocal telling a very detailed, linear story, and then the background vocals come in and take the listener to another place and time.
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
high.in.the.custerdome
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 08:47:47
Comments:
Fezo: re name-calling... Ahh, the playground defense: "He started it! Everyone else is doing it!" Two wrongs justify more wrongs?
OK, let's take it piece by piece...
"right-wing" Define precisely, please? Too many people seem to confuse that with "conservative" or "traditional"."bible-thumping" So the Prez's recent appearances before groups of religious leaders, quoting Scripture, and essentially *demanding* to be forgiven for his sins is... what?
"hypocritical" Specifics, please? Otherwise, the playground defense is assumed.
"misogynistic" Specifics, please? And I fail to see how calling in a 20-year-old girl to service you orally or cheating on your wife "hundreds" of times shows great respect for women.
"scum" Pretty subjective and hard to prove. But I'll let ya have that one for free.
--LP
Name: fezo
a.rose.by.any.other.name
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 07:34:34
Comments:
LP: "Nazi" was a poor word choice. Seriously.
How about "right-wing, bible-thumping, hypocritical, misogynistic, scum"?
But I really don't think liberals have the exclusive franchise on using over-the-top terms to describe their opposition. They aren't the ones who pioneered "red-baiting" for example. Comparing someone to Stalin seems just as loathsome as comparing someone to Hitler if if you ask me.
It's usually a modern artist who present the new inductees at the HOF ceremony. Maybe Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz?
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
east.st.louis
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 07:13:41
Comments:
Fezo: Yeah, Ollie was (is) a Republican and a felon. And he was removed from his job for committing a felony, but served no time in jail for it because of a legal technicality. I would certainly be willing to have WJC follow that precedent. (And why is it that liberals love to use pejorative labels? They are always quick to pin tags like "Nazi" on their political opposites which only cheapens the horror that the Nazis were. And don't forget that Nazi was short for "National Socialist".)
Seriously, there is no way Starr could be now approved for the Supremes. The politicos are too gun-shy. But I also think that Hillary is super-steamed at Willy because she had *her* eye on a Supreme seat once they were out of office. (Or maybe WJC would have grabbed it for himself. What else is he gonna do for the next 20-30 years?)
Who makes the HOF induction speech? Skunk Baxter!
Geena: Would the boys show up? Of course! Any excuse to get out of the studio and delay the release of the New One will be seized with alacrity.
All: Today's the day the "Name the DanFan" contest ends! At last I can find out which person I am in the picture!
--LP
Name: Fox Mulder
in NYC
Location: Rudy's home, for now
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 07:09:04
Comments:
Mr. Mayor: and how would you know about bjs? you and both know that Donna's pretty prudish.
and another thing, how's Christine?Fox
Name: Here
you
Location: go,
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 06:53:18
Comments:
http://www.cleveland.com/ultrafolder/news/music/09rockhall22.phtml
Name: Hank Silvers
c/o Hugo Spaak
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 06:46:21
Comments:
The Hall of Fame, a new release, probably a tour to go with it. . .reasons to be cheerful in '99.
Name: fezo
hot.off.the.presses
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 at 03:15:01
Comments:
just caught a bleary eyed look at the HOF nominees on NBC at Sunrise. the objects of our affection are included as well McCartney/Wings, Del Shannon, Richie Valens, and either Black Sabbath or Deep Purple (i got to remember to keep both eyes open when watching t.v. in the morning).
fearless prediction: Valens and Shannon will split the dead nominee vote thus ensuring first ballot victory for WB and DF. I'm also picturing a monster jam at the end to either "Smoke on the Water" or "Ironman" with Donald and Walter sharing enthusiastic lead vocals with either Ian or Ozzie.
back to bed
Name: book keepers son
the l@test dirt.com
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 22:19:48
Comments:
i was looking through free agent on mindspring and found another guest book on steely dan, if anyone has mindspring they might want to CHECK IT OUT!
VIVA STEELY DAN 99'
Name: EvivaLaughs
it's.not.about.trysts.it's.about.trust
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 21:03:19
Comments:
Miss Scarlet: I thought we settled the issue of desperation for Kinky's manly attention.
Oleander: Happy New Year to you, a day late...Nope, not "the original Josie"--somebody else asked me about TWO other Josies one time I posted as her...but I'm a newbie.
Rose: Yep, I did. That's how highly I think of you. Or how highly I think of how highly you think of me. Or how highly--ah, I'm too confused, forget it ;)
So, what will Socks do if your and Geena's cats win?
fezo: Easy. WB will accept, with DF standing alongside, looking like he needs a smoke...Darkly ironic extemporaneous remarks are appropriate for the Dan on such an *auspicious* occasion, and DF has stage fright...
dangerous demo:
BOY AM I GLAD you brought up The Crucible. I have indeed read it. Maybe you should read it again.The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Starring: BILL CLINTON AS ABBY
MONICA LEWINSKY AS JOHN SMITH
KENNETH STARR AS MARYThe relevant point in the book is how far Abby (the scheming adultress who will sacrifice ANYTHING AND ANYONE to get what she wants and protect herself from the consequences) will go. She and the other girls point the finger at quite literally everyone else. And Abby is the ringleader of the many slanders and deceptions: Goody Smith (or whoever) is a witch, she made me do it, she's putting spells on other people too, didn't you see how she charmed Goody Hawkins? Abby almost gets John Smith's wife hanged as a witch so she can do what she wants--have John Smith and get away with it.
Then when Mary tries to bring the truth out in the courtroom they TURN ON HER and slander HER, accuse her of being a witch--throwing the whole courtroom into chaos. Which was what Abby and the girls wanted all along--took attention off their wrongdoing, you see. And Mary very nearly gets killed for being falsely accused as a witch until John Smith exposes Abby and tells the truth about their adulterous relationship, getting nothing but public shame as a reward for telling the truth.
At the end of the story, several people whose only crime was seeing and exposing the girls' (mainly Abby's) multiple-layered deceptions get HANGED wrongly, accused of being witches themselves. Abby gets off--when the truth comes out--with merely being exiled, which wouldn't be a bad end to Clinton's scenario either.
Why is Abby so evil? Not because she engaged in a childish prank or committed adultery, although that's wrong. She's EVIL because she's willing to see other people quite literally go up in flames to protect herself from some public shame and a little trouble (for the prank) from her society. She heaps lies on lies, uses everyone in her path to get what she wants and slanders friends and neighbors alike and gives not a crap for anyone but herself. Abby's integrity, commitment to principle and self-sacrificing nature are exactly what I want in a the leader of a major world power, don't you agree?
Name: oleander
my unobtainable valentine
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 20:52:12
Comments:
Stranger--Thanx for the tip, but for some reason I can't get the clips. Very disappointing. Guess I'll have to look for it at my local listening room, hm? Do you like Elvis Costello's version?
Doc K, LP--No, Dan Quayle is just an IDIOT. Nobody had to work hard to show that.
Luckless Republestrian--I may disagree with you, but I think you look cute in the pic, and sniveling ad hominem (or ad imagem?) attacks are to be yawned at.
I dunno, the R&RHOF question adds a little drama. Why not?
Pete--as Fiver asked, what's happening with the Damned?
fezo--Mr. Fagen, while Mr. Becker plays bass behind the curtain.
Name: Jim McKay
jjmckay@uiuc.edu
Location: Urbana, IL USA
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 19:10:46
Comments:
ICE Newsletter Reports Newly Remastered CBAT and C2XTC
My pal H.b. Tells me that the latest issue of ICE Newsletter "From the Vaults" feature (October 98) shows newly-remastered-by-Roger Nichols-versions of Can't Buy a Thrill and Countdown to Ecstacy are due. I guess I'll be one of the first in line.
Name: Big One
@here
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 18:30:46
Comments:
I'M HOOKED!
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 18:15:01
Comments:
Citizen Dan: I sympathize with your stance regarding the Hall... F**K the R&R Hall of Fame!! However, on second thought... OK, suppose our boys are really gonna be inducted. My notion is that they would show up and perform just to let the world know they still got what it takes. Especially with Tour '99 coming up. That means we've got a reason for another DANFEST!!!! with our boys as the Guests of Honor!!! That means we need to get our tix to the induction ceremony before they're gone... that means we need to book our hotel rooms before they're gone... etc.
Luckless: Yeah, you're right about Quayle... he got a raw deal from the press... however, the press just picks up on a person's flaws and magnifies them. They had a real hard time figuring out what is really wrong with Quayle so they just started making fun of him. The late night comedians got hold of the thread and magnified it further. That said, even as a born Republican turned independent (little i), there's no way in hell that I'd vote for the man!
Name: Geena
I'm out of the rain
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 18:07:13
Comments:
fezo: do you think our somewhat reclusive boys would even show up?
Luckless Ped: I can't stand Quayle either, but then again I can't stand any republican pol. He's just opened his mouth and inserted his foot way too many times. Maybe he got a raw deal from the press because they may have been owned by the Dems at the time, yes?dangerous demo: Thank you, and their heads will continue to be up their butts because they've lost touch with reality.
Oleander: Happy New Year!
Would you please write me out a prescription for my sinus infection? I have no sense of smell or taste, my left ear is blocked and spazzes out frequently with pain. It even hurts when I try to listen to Steely Dan.Simon/Wrong Guestbook: Didn't your parent/s ever teach you if you can't say something nice about someone don't say it?
Name: Dan
@gang-bang,sure,why not
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 16:34:29
Comments:
and while you're at it why not fry some fish? I LOVE MY
COUNTRY, it's the polititions i'm not sure about.
Name: Dan
@gang-bang,sure,why not
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 16:32:37
Comments:
and while you're at it why not fry some fish? I LOVE MY
COUNTRY, it's the polititians i'm not so sure about.
Name: Mayor Rudy
It was O.K. to Gang Bang Nixon, right.
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 16:16:52
Comments:
Ken Starr might be overzealous, but hey people, this is about Clinton not Starr(Great spin Job ) Funny isn`t it that Republicans abandoned Nixon when they had the goods on him. Democrats seem to be holding on to the Titanic. Take it from me , blowjobs are supreme, as long as they`re not given by cocksuckers. Is this a rumor about Steely Dan going to be inducted, will someone please confirm this.
Name: Rodney DANgerfield
@no respect
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 15:47:22
Comments:
Tell WB & DF I'll make the speech for them.
Name: Book Keepers Son
danfan27@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 15:25:10
Comments:
DAN---there r lots of different type of bands in the hall.
And whats the problem with CAP LOCKS!
THAT JUST MAKES ME WANT TO USE CAP LOCKS FOREVER!
Name: fezo
another.tequilla.sunset
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 15:15:36
Comments:
LP: Wasn't Oliver North a Republican? As I recall, he was a convicted felon--either obstruction of justice or perjury--until the liar as judged by his peers had his conviction overturned on some legal technicality which all the right wing Nazis seem so anxious to deny the President.
Stranger: I think Starr is angling for the Supreme Court. Bet that prospect scares the hell out of Clarence Thomas.
Ole: tort, writ, res ipsa loquitor
All: So if WB and DF make the HOF, who gives the induction speech?
Name: Simon/Wrong Guestbook
@thedouchefest.com
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 14:59:44
Comments:
Luckless Pedestrian- You sound as stupid as you look in that Danfest picture!
Name: Citizen Dan
@Cooperstown, NY
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 12:18:28
Comments:
fuck the Hall of Fame!
Steely Dan have always been a cut above the drivvle of many of the Hall of Fame rockers..............
the Rock n 'Roll Hall of Fame is one of the most pretentious and corporate slices of shit ever foistered on us............
if after all this time it means so much to recognized by the rock n roll posers that be than Steely Dan really has come full circle....
Steely Dan were/are great composers who for the most part transcended rock music into a sort of Gershwin meets Stevie Wonder type of pop music...if you want to "award" them give them a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy or something...the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame placement only diminishes their standing in the annals of late 20th Century music....the HoF represents the antithesis of what rock was suppose to be and Steely Dan in many ways has always been the antithesis of rock.....
c.1998 Citizen Dan Guide To Steely Dan for beginners
Name: DrMu
won't.get.to.you.by.the.U.S.Mail
Location: mistake.by.the.lake, of frustration
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 12:07:43
Comments:
Hoooooops!
Any more info??? The rat bastards at the HOS won't allow e-inquiries! Only the below address (the procedure seemingly hasn't changed since last year).
Send harrassment to: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104.
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
undersea.by.rail
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 12:05:38
Comments:
>>one question....while everyone is busy watching Clinton's sex
>> life, who's watching India and Iraq????
A: Pakistan and Iran.
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
crawling.like.a.viper.thru.these.suburban.streets
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 12:00:42
Comments:
Republicans don't hate oral sex. We hate lying under oath.
"If only" scenario:
ML gets her subpoena. The Prez instructs her to tell the truth in her deposition. In his deposition, the Prez says "I did not have sexual relations with ML as I define it. But whatever the nature of the relationship, it was entirely consensual on both our parts. You guys are on a fishing expedition; I'm not gonna bite. Get stuffed." Sometime the following week, WJC makes what eventually became his Aug 17 speech, only attacks Jones' lawyers instead of Starr. Sure, he would be embarrassed and wounded (temporarily) politically. But he wouldn't be a felon and he wouldn't be dragging his party down with him.I will say (with absolutely no irony or sarcasm intended) that watching *way* too much coverage and talking heads, I have developed a real sympathy for the Democratic party. As a Republican, I want the opposition party to be operating from a position of honor and pride and integrity. It pains me to see them have to stand by this guy. I would even rather hurt my party's chances by having Gore as the incumbent in '00 than have the country led by WJC. I may bitterly oppose Gore's policies, but at least I can respect him as a person.
Lastly, I don't care for Quayle too much. There's something just a little too... I dunno. But I think he got a *really* raw deal from the press, in that they preferred to ridicule him rather than dissect his ideas.
I yield the balance of my time to Dr. Mu...
Name: Geena
rainyday Tuesday
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 11:59:23
Comments:
one question....while everyone is busy watching Clinton's sex, life, who's watching India and Iraq????
Name: TheStranger
stowin' away the time
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 11:00:15
Comments:
republicans hate oral sex. period. i think it's prohibited in their bylaws. and once a mob is formed it must devour someone. but first it's important to make clinton expose his ugly naked fat white ass on tv. that's crucial. after that, i think the mob will achieve orgasm and slink back home to smoke a cigarette.
i never much liked clinton. he's a transparently phony networking yuppie who makes me ill. but i am all for him on this one. the poor guy has terrible lawyers & he's a pathetic lonely schlemiel who has to masturbate over the telephone to a dimwit so he can get some sleep. i expect starr will remain a hated figure the rest of his days, & the more he senses it, the more he wants to get clinton.
oleander,
i said chet baker's valentine's day when i meant the classic 'my funny valentine.' have to hire a new editor.
Name: mWorld
khillman@lightspeed.net
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 10:51:14
Comments:
I just checked the Hall's press release site and see nothing concerning '99 nominations (in fact no new press releases since July 31st...).
That site:
http://www.rockhall.com/news/releases/index.htmlMaybe you got in on a leak, Jim.
-mW
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch CRT
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 10:26:32
Comments:
Hoops: keep the info coming!!!
Sam R: WHOA!
Name: dangerous demo
IdrovetheChrysler
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 10:16:05
Comments:
Two vital issues:
#1. The President is looking better, and his accusers are looking like Inquisitors. On the tape released yesterday Mr. Clinton tells only what needs to be told. The entire line of questioning is absurd.
Has anyone read The Crucible?
The people who want to tell us that our children must pray to their God in school, who want to tell us what movies we can and cannot see, what books can be in our libraries, forbid our women from having abortions of their own free will, these people are trying our president when his only crime is humiliating them by leading the nation through six years of peace, and prosperity.
This proves they have their heads up their butt.
And Dan Quayle is running for President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dan Quayle is the best they have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#2. Go Steely Dan for Rock-N-Roll hall of fame.
Name: Lazarus
3 cross hill
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 08:50:23
Comments:
People are funny. All day long I hear on talk radio how people want to crucify Bill Clinton. People are pissed at Clinton for what he's done, pissed at wives for supporting ML, pissed about the video tape. What I don't understand is this. All of the above are quick to nail Clinton to the cross. Yet, on the 6' oclock news, stories come on every night about murders, rapes, ect...
The same people will look at those crimes and say, "that's a shame" or something like it, and go about the day. Why can't the same people take a stand on local, state, or nationwide crime with the same fierce energy? Can't we demand from local, state, and government leaders the same responsibility, on crime and drugs?Wake up America. The Coffee is burning.
Name: fezo
what.does.it.all.mean?
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 08:25:51
Comments:
Does nomination mean they're in or just on the ballot for consideration?
Name: Jim McKay
jjmckay@uiuc.edu
Location: Urbana, IL USA
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 08:22:34
Comments:
Brief update: Co-worker just emailed me that WKIO FM 92 in Champaign, IL is reporting that our guys have been nominated for the R n R Hall of Fame along with Paul McCartney and Billy Joel, among others. The R n R Hall of Fame website, rockhall.com, does not yet have this info. Perhaps someone outside of Illinois could confirm this in case it is just two local radio stations feeding off the info.
Name: Jim McKay
jjmckay@uiuc.edu
Location: Urbana, IL USA
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 08:00:36
Comments:
STEELY DAN NOMINATED FOR 1999 ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION?
I'm still shaking from what I think I just heard, but while waiting in my bosses office for a meeting it was announced on WLRW FM 94.5 in Champaign, IL that Steely Dan has been nominated for 1999 induction into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. "I jumped out of my easy chair" and had to report here to see if anyone else heard what I heard. I better get back to the meeting.
I guess I better start scraping $1000 together for a ticket.
hoops!
Name: Fox Mulder
some damn town in Arkansas
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 06:32:00
Comments:
Eviva: you've gotta be kidding about the impeachment thing, aren't you? clear conscience? you're funny
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 01:32:24
Comments:
...hello Samuel Rose, won't you turn your caps lock down...
The Stranger, "does any of this stuff ever happen in sweden?", no really, it does not. This Bill-Monica thing would be impossible in Sweden. One reason is the look of our primeminister Göran Persson. Have you seen a picture of him? We call him King Plum.
Name: TheStranger
the things you think are precious
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 22:12:33
Comments:
hi oleander (& others interested in chet baker),
this site has a cool snippet of him singing valentine's day. try it on for size. if it doesn't break your heart, stay away from chet baker stuff. & he does this song even better with his haunting, minimalist, utterly cool trumpet.http://home.ica.net/~blooms/bakerhome.html
Name: oleander
with a cough I shake it off
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 20:46:56
Comments:
If you've been away for a week nursing the sinus infection from hell, and you settle down to the delicious pleasure of hitting the GB bookmark, thinking, "Hey, I'm in a 'Gaucho' kind of mood," and as the cd slides into the tower, you see that it has been a center of attention lately, and you INTUITED that... you must be a Danfan.
Eviva--well, dollink, I don't care who you are, you're clearly home at last, and I'm glad for it. It's too bad you thought returning as TG would be a gaffe; there have been many more-egg-covered faces than yours. But I like Eviva. Just tell me, please--are you the original Josie? BTW, I wasn't insulted--I've developed Teflon eyes and a Schwarznegger scrollfinger (I can hear Pontella Bass here)--just wanted to clarify. Loved your and others' takes on TWM, one of my very fave Dantunes. Must negotiate with the Permasqueeze for more time to update the ole page. I'm surprised no one answered your question--"Kulee Baba," "Can't Write Home About You," and a fragment of "Second Arrangement" are known as "Gaucho outtakes," and exist as far as I know only as hissy tapebits passed around by thirsty Danfans. I'm sure there are others who can tell you more about their provenance.
Luckless--Oh my, what IS in the water there?? Your mild-mannered demeanor at Danfest belied the blistering imagination and crack team of bogus posters lurking in the Pedestrian brain! I'm dizzy with the implications, and with laughter at your solipsism joke. Thanx for leaping into the philosophical breach.
Mu--Loved your Freudian slip typo--"I was the fireworks." Sure fits the story behind the album.
I-man--You may speak your own language, but you are eloquent in it. I'll buy you TWO lattes for that.
Sam--Welcome. I've got two words for you: caps lock.
Rose--Wait, are you saying my kid's words were blasphemous? How do you figure? Today he was painting and singing, "There's fire in the hole...." BTW, you're right about the effects of Danfests. Strong enough even to make someone like The Stranger real.
Comp-ass--It is possible to score high on both the ethical standards/ values and cynicism scales. In fact, it's the norm here. And didn't anyone ever clue you that objectivity is ephemeral?
fezo--I love it when you talk legal.
Roy--I have always depended on the kindness of Scamsters. Double integral, bracket, heart.
OK, OK. I'm out. But first--
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!
and Happy New Year to all. May you be inscribed in the Book of Life, not Liars.
Name: Rose Darling
the victim of laughing chance
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 19:55:41
Comments:
How much luckier can we be if there be not just one Luckless Pedestrian, but many?
Name: Rose Darling
@at the CNN guestbook posing as a Steely Dan Fan Guestbook
Location: not a squinty faced, mole-like psycho, Altered Solipsismia
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 19:52:36
Comments:
Thanks to those of you who inspired me to a closer than previous listen to Third World Man. Never quite noticed before how lush that song sounds, especially the guitar ! I tend to take sides with countzerO's interpretation, but only slightly as I basically give TWM the vote for the most inscrutable Dan lyrics ever.
Eviva:
Thanks for thinking highly of me. However, sardonic I can be at times. It's the downside to possessing a critical mind, yes? As the sage advice of a bumper sticker I read once said about the realities of this world, "if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." When I said that "everyone I meet is full of sh*t" I was not being sarcastic/sardonic in the least. I was being opinionated from my own experience, drinking from the pessimist's cup that day. Sorry that you took offense, as I did not intend to specifically infer anyone here with that remark, particularly you. But I do intend to infer Hotel/Schmotel CA anonymous flamer who flamed you. Anyway, hope you didn't "come out" on my account...
Geena:
ROFL at "Say Yes to Claws" :D
And by God of course you must invite the alien replacements in ! No one will know when you kill the Gary Katz alien replacement and then, with a little help from the spacecraft science lab, have yourself altered to be the new cd's producer ! Carpe diem, my friend !
Name: EvivaLaughs
@herself
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 17:57:04
Comments:
Luckless (the real one): That wasn't me, all my other faces burned to the ground in the last flameout...Plus I couldn't do such a good job of mocking me out...
Luckless (the fake one): But the sense of humor survived. That's pretty darn funny.
Dr. Mu: It's a deal, no more BPs...but the political upside to all this is that we can now demand Clinton's immediate impeachment with a spotless conscience...
Geena: Thanks, you're a sweetie :)
Name: theI
intheshadowsofmymind
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 17:38:10
Comments:
why for voices in this place that is not argue from where voices speak? me hear many voices but me no ask silly question about them, every voice have purpose, every voice have wisdom of own, not all me agree with, but all me listen to, if many voice walk with same two legs, two legs may travel more far than those with single voice, who to say why voices appear? who to say if voices bad, or if voices should admit what mind they are from? voices are gifts, and ungrateful are those who hold them to the light to see what shines through....me speak more later
Name: D. Grandma Polease
@the home
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 16:37:22
Comments:
Ya know, the kid really seems to have a good heart, so just I can't see fucking with him...I recall when I was small...
(git down wit)
D.G.P.
(yeah, you know me)
Name: TheStranger
whoops
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 14:45:36
Comments:
i think that's waters, not walters (see previous post)
Name: TheStranger
...and i spent a lot of time
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 14:41:58
Comments:
luckless,
no, you were right the first time. maxine walters hates white people, period and is positvely in love with the idea that people smoke crack because the evil white cia forced them into it. as far as i can tell, she devotes herself mostly to representing criminals and has little affection for their victims, black or white. however, she is occasionally correct, as when she wags her finger at the justice system for punishing watts crack dealers more severely than the malibu cocaine dealers. (i figure while we're in our 15th year of waiting for a new Dan album, we might as well talk politics).remember to watch for bill's tongue, which my sources tell me will eventually be linked to monica's asshole. george will has already hinted at this in a column. i don't think mr. and mrs. livingroom are going to appreciate ken starr for bringing this to everyone's attention.
clas,
does any of this stuff ever happen in sweden? or are we the only country civilized enough to investigate tongues in assholes?
Name: sam rose
danfan27@yahoo.com
Location: largo, fl usa
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 14:03:35
Comments:
WELL I'M BACK, MY COMPUTER WORKS NOW, I WISH I COULD OF WENT TO DANFEST, I WILL DIFFENTLY BE THERE FOR THE NEXT ONE! IN THE MEAN TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN AWAY I SPRUNG FOR THE 15 DOLLARS TO EXPAND MY DAN HORIZONS AND DIP INTO THE FELLAS SOLO ALBUMS!
THE NIGHTFLY IS MY NEW FAVORITE SONG AND CD!
I LIKE IT SO MUCH I WANT TO CHANGE MY NICKNAME TO LESTER, WHAT DO YA THINK? I LOVE THE SAX IN MAXINE AND I WAS SUPRISED TO HEAR
I.G.Y AND NEW FRONTIER, I HAD HEARD THOSE SONGS BEFORE BUT HAD NO IDEA THE DONALD WROTE THEM. ITS FUNNY, I'M 27 AND I CAN REMEMBER WHEN DAN SONGS WHERE ON CONSTANT ROTATION ON RADIO IN THE MID SEVENTIES, I WAS ONLY IN MY PRE-TEENS AND I LOVED ALL THOSE SONGS BUT I WAS TO YOUNG TO REALIZE WHO SANG WHAT, SO I WAS SO GLAD TO REDISCOVER THEM WHEN I WAS IN MY LATE TEENS(AROUND 89'!) I LOVE THE NIGHTFLY THE SONGS SEEM LIKE DONALD WROTE THEM ABOUT WHEN HE WAS IN HIS EARLY TEENS AND FINDING OUT ABOUT GIRLS AND MUSIC AND STARTING TO REALIZE THAT THERES ALOT OF RESPONSABLITY AHEAD OF U TO FACE AND YOU'LL HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR INNOCENCE, WHICH IN 1982 WHEN THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED I WAS FACING THE SAME THINGS, SO IT BROUGHT ME BACK A FEW YEARS!
I LOOKED FOR WALTERS CD LAST WEEK, I WENT INTO A COUPLE OF STORES BUT I COULDNT FIND IT, ANY SUGGESTIONS, WELL THANX FOR LETTING ME BORE U WITH MY DUMB STORY, GOODNIGHT BATON ROUGE!
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
laughing.pines
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 12:40:00
Comments:
Wait, I got Maxine Waters confused for a moment with Angela Davis. Ms. Davis, after the last set of LA riots, kept referring to it as a "revolution" and urging more of the same. Ms. Waters is, to the best of my memory, completely innocent of such demagoguery.
Mr. Frank has done nothing directly to merit unfavorable press. (There was the incident a few years ago when his lover was running a call-boy service out of their apartment, but the House cleared Mr. Frank of knowing that there were illegal activities associated with it.)
But my point is that if, as Signor Schwinn alleges, the right wing was in firm control of the media there would be a lot more heat put on left-wingers and their constituencies. *Or* perhaps Schwinn is correct, and it turns out that right-wingers are a lot more tolerant than many would like to believe. (Given the virulence with which conservatives are regarded by some of their opposites, I think they would find Option "B" more incredible than I find Option "A").
I just hope I'm not subpoenaed to appear before the Guesbook Undanlike Activities Committee. ("I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of the Kinky/Simon/WGB party.")
I believe I just got the good-bye look....
--LP
Name: DrMu
asbestoast
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 12:11:46
Comments:
fezo: Man, I love the imagery in Glamour Profession and that description of Carlos snoozing too...do you give 'em a "fishism" before sending him to the wolves? The songs on Gaucho seem more robust and mature than Aja (putting on my "suit" now)...almost like a clever Broadway look at the decadence of La La land...2nd Arrangement and Can't Write Home About You (outtake songs) have structures that further reflect this growth of style and wordplay. They were growing, not just growing old. The production and engineering fit that mold nicely except for my gripe about Wendell. Donald may have been tired at the end, but the album's not!
Name: fezo
video.waste
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 11:37:53
Comments:
LP: What have Barney Frank and Maxine Waters done that merits unfavorable press coverage?. When has Lott ever gotten unfavorable press coverage? But you're right about Jane Fonda. I've always thought they should not have let her back into this country after her Hanoi visit and broadcast to the POW's.
Glamour Profession is also my favorite off Gaucho. Like another poster said, it really does capture the late '70's LA mood.
As I key, Carlos is napping to my left, resting up for his first deposition practice. I figure if he's going to run for President he better be prepared. I'm struggling though with the proper definition of feline sexual relations that will cover all possible bases. Don't want Carlos to fall into a "Starrkitty" perjury trap.
Name: RubyBaby
doctor, my eyes!
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 11:12:26
Comments:
Geena: Wow, scurvy sister. We are so much alike! 3rd world pets, and all. If you ever claim to be me on the gb, I might believe you!
No, Tasha belongs to the Rid The World of Cats Club. I've tried to dissuade her...to no avail. But she is one hell of a watch dog. Her nickname is Lion Heart. She's earned it.Doc Kelly: I'm not sure DF & WB should be cavorting around on a video. I have a slight suspicion their hearts aren't in that kind of thing. But I love your contest idea! Couldn't the prize be a short appearance on their next video?
And the odds of winning are much higher than we thought, since LP is everybody.
Btw, do you make house calls?
rb
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
my.back.to.the.wall
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 10:42:45
Comments:
To paraphrase Popeye, "I am who I am, and that's all the who's I am." I will gladly swear (under oath!) that I have never posted under an assumed or one-time alias. (I do not, however, rule out the possibility of doing so at a future time.) I will confess to a certain twisted pride at having my name assumed for the three-faces-of-eve poster. Yes-s-s-s! I have arrived!
--LP
Name: Roy.Scam
or.am.I.a.figment.of.yours
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 10:25:21
Comments:
Luckless P.-- I used to have recurring nightmares wherein I find that all the other personalities on the Guestbook turn out to be one squinty faced, mole-like psycho (Well, actually, in the better nightmares, it was more of a Jessica Walter in "Play Misty for Me" psycho.) I had been greatly relieved to attend the Danfests and meet indeed a number of separate and downright non-psychotic entities. Now your Sybil like post has aroused the horrible dread that, not only may they all be the same person, but that I, myself, may be but one of the alter egos and not actually exist independently; or that I may actually be a solipsist and be the only entity and unaware of the others at any point in time; ... or maybe I'm the supreme being and existing as many different simultaneous ... ... ouch! Too much thinking...headache come, ... must stop.
joker: Excellent site you recommended. I'll give it two boxes, an integral sign and an exponential 3 with a hat.
BTW: I have a team of cryptographers working on your capitalization and non-capitalization patterns. If this is some kind of satanic message, I'm going to be pissed.Piped in music update: My lovely wife said she heard "Maxine" in the Wynn-Dixie the other day (the original). They're going to have to nominate B & F to the Hall of Fame, if only for their contributions to the audial environment of super markets, waiting rooms, elevators, and telephones on hold.
Ole-- Post once for okay; twice for lost-in-scape.
RS
Name: Miss Scarlet
I.didn't.have.a.clue
Location: in the conservatory, with a lead pipe
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 10:13:14
Comments:
Just when I was begining to theorize about the origins and existence of Kinky, like manna from the heavens comes this recent confession of one Mr. Luckless Pedestrian. Until today, I thought perhaps Kinky was a manifestation of the Guestbook unconscious. You know, a catch-all antagonist to satisfy and thrill the dark spots deep within each signer. We did need him, but now the desire will go unchecked.
Who will step up and take his place?
Name: Mayor Rudy
The Print Media
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 09:45:50
Comments:
I would have to agree that the Print Media has a liberal slant .Idon`t think it is as dominating as conservatives make it. A lot of people in the Newspaper Industry are products of the Vietnam Era a time period of " Liberalism " . There are conservative papers and periodicals as well. The fact is that many Journalists did attend schools in the North and were known as Liberal Institutions. This gets a little too much play for me, There is a wealth of information available ,Newspapers ,Magazines,Network and Cable T.V. the most fair being C-SPAN. If the average American gets 15 minutes of T.V. news and forms his opinions on the Soundbites that the Spindoctors put out, then he deserves to get fucked. Trying hard not to spin or bite while leading the City into the next century. Rudolph.
Name: Dr.Mu
let.'em.roll
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 08:57:11
Comments:
Yep, sounds like our Kinky. Ole - did you get your wish?
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
i'm.not.a.real.pedestrian.but.i.play.one.on.the.GB
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 08:00:56
Comments:
Schwinn: Republicans own the media. Right. That would explain all the great press given to Starr, Quayle, Gingrich, Lott, the Christian Coalition, etc, and the really bad press given to Barney Frank, the Kennedys, Maxine Waters, et comrades. Recall that one one of the principal stockholders in Time-Warner is Ted Turner, boytoy of Jane Fonda and major donator to the UN. Yep, those crafty right-wingers sure know how to cover their tracks.
--LP
Name: DrMu
line.'em.up, line.'em.all.up
Location: under a pile of papers,
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 07:37:02
Comments:
Eviva, LP: The video is coming out anyway and Starr just bought a new digital camcorder, so here goes...and no more extra BPs!!??...Hey, why is Kinky so nice on alt.music, the boring, remedial, bizzaro GB?...and Fagen eating a bagel on Broadway?!...OOOOhhh, pinch me!
Mayor Daley
Sam Donaldson
Orenthal
E. Holyfield
J. Huang
Liddy Dole
and a couple of others I don't recallaudi!???
Name: Joe M
JGMurtha@aol.com
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 07:28:02
Comments:
mW,
Thanks man... I'm awaitin' the release of another chops fest due out in the next several weeks or so on Concord jazz. Gary Burtons latest with Metheny, Corea, Haynes and Holland. Radical rhythm section.
Until "the new one"...
JM
Name: jok-er
@the translation
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 06:22:16
Comments:
been poking around the Steely Dan sites overseas, I think this page just about sums it up:
http://www.alles.or.jp/~pops/whatsteely.html
joker
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canads
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 05:29:22
Comments:
DF/WB wrote "Glamour Profession" at the end of the '70's. long before Michael Jordan, MTV and Viagra - A sequel to "GP" wouldn't be a mellow as "Your Gold Teeth II," one would have to imagine. I hope we don't see a Monica Lewinsky centre fold in Playboy - With her generous figure, it would be a difficult job figuring out where to put the staples that hold the magazine together. Speaking from an absolutely superficious point of view, Hillary Clinton is more pleasing to the eye than Monica Lewinsky, and that slight overbite of HC's give her a trait that has always been my weakness. I have a thing for a slight overbite in women.
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 01:49:16
Comments:
Geena - three (3) times in seven years. And yes, I always pay the rent.
Schwinn - " As a matter of fact, I think Starr should FORCE her to appear in a nude pictorial for the sake of evidence. The American People deserve to KNOW EVERYTHING! Don't you agree?"
Yes, you're right!
Today I am very happy. The Socialists won the election. Yes, yes and YESSSS!
Name: Schwinn
thetroublewithtribbles
Date: Monday, September 21, 1998 at 00:42:24
Comments:
Doc: The Republicans didn't include the New York Times in their little law. Give them credit for realizing there will be no major metropolitan newspapers five years from now--only coupon tabloids distributed at pawn shops and flea markets.
Clas: Yes! I will send you a DAT of three original songs and leave it to you to pick one, or none, for the GB All-Star Cd. In the meantime, PLEASE don't kill any of your public servants. I was just joking about Bush. He's a recovering alcoholic and deserves our prayers and support.
And: Don't you think the $470,000 Monica Lewinsky has been promised by a French designer to model a blue bikini be given back to the special prosecutor in order to defray his expenses? Likewise, shouldn't the monies she receives for her inevitable "Playboy" spread be channeled back to us taxpayers? I mean, the Starr investigation created this cash-cow and only a TRAITOR would let her benefit from her indiscretion, right? As a matter of fact, I think Starr should FORCE her to appear in a nude pictorial for the sake of evidence. The American People deserve to KNOW EVERYTHING! Don't you agree?
Glued to the Screen,SEMB
Name: milly vanilly
coming clean
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 23:41:47
Comments:
look, this may hurt some people, but there is no steely dan. becker & fagen were 2 down on their heels roadies we hired to front for us. we played leftover shit, the tracks that didn't work, and they stood around and looked busy. they're just media air. a coupla white boys. so stop hounding them for another album, another tour, another whatever. let them live out their days. they feel bad enough already.
Name: Luckless pedestrian
i.am.sparticus
Location: everywhere, all earth
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 22:53:40
Comments:
Thanks to recent events on this guest book, I can no longer keep it to myself. I am riddled with guilt and must now confess that yes I Luckless Pedestrian am also Lucky Henry. It started as a joke really, but after a while LH began to take on a life of his own. His gentle humor and informative insights however were no match for Josie, so I had to create Kinky So n So (you pathetic fools) I tried to kill him off several times but lo, the guest book needed Kinky, more than it needed me in fact. I still consider him my greatest creation. Clas on the other hand, that was my biggest mistake. The truth is I had laid the foundation for Clas's demise in the form of a serious life threatening illness over two years ago, but then some impostor clown picked him up and has been posting him hourly ever since. Let's see who else was I....oh yeah, Major Dud, what the hell was I thinking? A genuinly nice, boring guy we did *not* need. BTW I did NOT make up Your Gold Keith.I wish I had so I could unmake him. Is that guy a mutant spaz or what? I could never have dreamed up someone as annoying as that. It's like, whataya get when you cross the Nanny with Jerry Lewis? I am also not Edd Cote. I'll tell you that whoever it is keeps a fucking Websters next to his PC.
Well there's more, but you get the idea. I feel a whole lot better now. I'm sorry if I hurt anyone, it was all in good fun ya know.. I/we will now disappear from your tired little guest book never to return again As far as you know.....
St. Al
Ps. The people in the picture contest are all me. There was no Danfest, and Santa Claus doesn't exist. Oh yea, Donald Fagen wrote *all* the words *and* the music. Christ one listen to 11 Tracks Of Smack oughta tell ya that.
Name: WONT
L@ffingwEviva
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 22:46:11
Comments:
Come On, you DanDooHeads. Get a clue.
Name: Geena
????????
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 19:44:56
Comments:
Eviva: Do you know who this Hotel California person is? and why is he/she hiding behind a different handle? what a wuss!
I'm really glad you're back!
Mitch: Wow! $38. for a ticket is cheap! What year did you see them?
Stranger: What? did you feel guilty or something after your last post? Fahgetaboutit! I think Starr is sexually oppressed and desperately trying to get into the porn industry.The reason why you didn't see my name on the maps of the stars is because...well...Hollywood is cruel, very cruel, they wouldn't even give me a star on the walk of fame. So I packed up my stuff and headed for New York, where is cold and the people are crueler (sp?), but I'm on broadway everynight now making more money than those fatcats in LA, yup, there's lots o money to be made with perfect dance steps, an empty coffee cup and a smile!
Clas: 7 times? did you pay the rent?
Name: EvivaLaughs
@i.think.my.face.is.on.fire
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 17:04:09
Comments:
Hotel California: :o !! I, uh........Wow. Well, truly sorry you feel that way, but you can't embarrass me more, I'm already at my max. But still glad I told the truth...
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 14:41:48
Comments:
Mitch: You are correct!
Schwinn: Republicans own the media... so that must be why they call the press liberal!
Ruby Baby: I hadn't factored the video production aspect into the supposed 99 tour... surely the record company will require a video for the "single", if there is a single... it kinda makes you wonder how long that will delay the release... You know, the notion of our guys cavorting around in a video makes you wonder, too... Now there's a thought... maybe the next GB contest should be centered around writing a video from one of our favorite Dan oldies... a song that has some timeless aspects to it... like, perhaps, oh, for instance... Don't Take Me Alive Hell, there's enough right-wingers out there that a well produced "shock" video of DTMA on MTV could make our boys a fortune...
Eviva/Tom Girl/Josie: hmmmm
Name: Mitch
99 Tour and the new one
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 11:48:40
Comments:
I`M betting that the "new one " is released to coincide with the 99 Tour. The theory being that new material brings out more people. I don`t know what the Art Crimes Tour averaged, i saw SD In Pittsburgh and they drew 11,000 , not bad considering the pavillion seating was 38 bucks, which was one of the high priced concerts of that summer season. BTW it was well worth it.
Name: Mayor Rudy
a kinder gentler mayor
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 11:36:04
Comments:
Eviva, I heard you were leaving, something about multiple personalities and getting professional help. Well there is plenty of armchair shrinks here at the G.B. and it won`t cost you anything but your time. If i can be of any assistance, don`t hesitate to post. hang in there kiddo, Rudolph.
Name: TheStranger
i spent a lot of money and ....
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 11:18:07
Comments:
eviva,
so your excuse for coming back is a MEDICAL PROBLEM? no one is allowed on this board without a major PSYCHIATRIC problem.i'm also a fan of glamor profession.
all,
word i get out of washington is the new starr material will detail ... ah ... how do i say this delicately ... the pres licking monica's rectum. there, that was delicate, wasn't it? this testimony will disprove the theory that he was only on the receiving end of these pleasures. what a humanitarian this guy is. he's definitely moving toward a nobel.geena,
(no the above sentences did not make me think of you. you were just next in line) anyway, if you lived in l.a. how come i never saw you on the map of the stars? an oversight.hank,
interesting take on gaucho. so what's the next step in the Dan mood swings?
Name: KY
wjaz@usa.net
tokyo japan
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 10:35:41
Comments:
Hi.
so, Steely Dan will held world tuar in 99 summer is correct?
They will come to japan,too??? Uh, I need to know.
Name: hotel California
but you can never leave
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 06:03:04
Comments:
Eviva, you can check out any time you like...& I wish you would. Your just like TG, I believe it, she was a fuckin asshole too.
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 at 01:56:49
Comments:
Schwinn; yeah, right on. I like that.
I'm gonna get a gun too if not the socialists win the election tonight in Sweden. I'm gonna shoot some upperclasses down before I leave this fucking society. Yeah! I mean it. I'm gonna leave on a raft made of empty bottles.
Eviva; "boonies"?
CountzirO; yeah, like Richard Pryor.
Geena; in 7 years I have moved my office three times.
What's wrong with the clawback? I think taxes are good. High taxes for rich people and low taxes for poor people. Right on!
Clas, Socialist.
Name: Schwinn
loveitorleaveit
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 23:06:06
Comments:
70% of America does not want to see Clinton's Grand Jury testimony. Yet, the Republicans are adamant about releasing it because they want to convince us that Bill really is the sick, deceitful, incompetent jerk they've been promising us he was for years. (Is there any doubt that the Republicans OWN the media? Two years ago they passed a law allowing NO LIMIT to the number of broadcast entities a company could own--effectively nullifying any political diversity over the air-waves.) Do you think they wrote this law because the Democrats controlled America's air-waves?
Oh, and enter the following under REPUBLICAN SPIN # 313: Governor Bush stated last Thursday that he had hesitations about running for President in 2000 because of all the scrutiny Clinton is undergoing. HA! Can't you just see George Jr. in next year's political ads, head held in his quivering hands as he makes the decision to do what's RIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY, forsaking his personal interests to SAVE AMERICA? Remember, the Republicans OWN the media. Do your own research and you'll lament far more than the lack of musical diversity on your city's radio stations.
Preparing to meet the challenge of the new frontier with a gun,
SEMB
P.S. Despite Bush's heartfelt and highly publicized hesitations about accepting the Republican nomination, his web site remains www.bush2000
Name: rubybayb
knock twice, *** with your cane
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 23:03:44
Comments:
Yes, Maj. I'm with ya. Would they do a video, as well?What do you think about Caves as a rap?
rubyo
Name: Screw you
with a Macanudo
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 11:16:22
Comments:
Impeachment isn't necessarily about law-breaking. It's a political act, PERIOD! If this actually happens, we're talking about the whole executive branch going down because Clinton lied in a civil suit. So if a president litters, or, say, trades arms for hostages, you think he should be impeached, no matter what the country thinks? The whole reason the founding fathers made the impeachment process go through congress and not the ordinary court system is that impeachment is a 100% political process. If the people still want Clinton running things, then by God, he should be! Just because a few Puritans and greedy misers want to stage a coup d'etat on the American Government doesn't mean everyone is falling for this crap.
Name: majŠ
frontier@hrd.org
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 07:30:47
Comments:
Someone here suggested that Walt and Don release a rap album. It got me to thinking what songs in their collection would be interesting as raps. Topping my list....Royal Scam. Can you hear it? "...by the blackened wall/ he's done it all/ he thinks he's die and gone to heaven./"
Baby's a cryin' . laters.......
majŠ
Name: Freakin' Puerto Rican
along with my special friend
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 07:25:02
Comments:
My favorite Gaucho tune, that must be Gaucho. 2 things that make the lyrics work, horns and Valerie Simpson, Patti Austin and their angel friends. You can see the Gaucho thru the horns, the attitude the swagger, still not knowing wether the Gaucho is human or substance. Next, the angels in the background. As if a
voice in the back is saying in a angelic manner, "who is the Gaucho, amigo". Very clever piano, bassline, and interesting stops with punches to highlight lyrics. Great storyline. The song leaves some kind of peaceful flow, good feeling in your stomach kind of thing.
Name: Keith.Moon
live@leeds
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 03:46:14
Comments:
Tommy can you here me?
Name: hiroumi
h-taka@msj.biglobe.ne.jp
Location: tokyo, japan
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 01:42:19
Comments:
Oops! I've found mistake..
Donald and Walter, can you here me.....?
^^^^^^
hearhahaha...
Name: hiroumi
h-taka@msj.biglobe.ne.jp
Location: tokyo, japan
Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 at 01:39:10
Comments:
Steely Dan is great!
I hava a web site, the url is
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~peg/I'm waiting for the new SD album..........
Donald and Walter, can you here me...?
Name: Schwinn
thecurvesmymiddlename
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 22:34:13
Comments:
Dammit! Another quiz, another zero. I should have known Myra didn't have a beard.
Lisa: The Whitehouse just isn't the same without you. Can you believe this Starr moron? He just offered Monica $470,000.00 if she'd model a bikini for him! Is this guy a closet Blue Velveteer or what?
Smokin' during Intermission,SEMB
Name: Geena
TGIF
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 18:33:04
Comments:
Eviva: I care! I cared when you announced you were leaving. so, you are Josie and Tomorrow's Girls? Isn't it amazing how when one changes their handle, how differently they're treated? I'm glad you didn't leave and I hope you're feeling better. "Glamour Profession" is also my most favorite on Gaucho, it reminds of of my short lived residency in L.A.
My Darling Rose: The raging lunatic is my manager, I was posting while she was locked up in her office, pulling every hair out of her head, losing her deranged mind and trying to do the budget. She finally gave it to me before the end of the day and I did it in 30 minutes. I think she has a whole new respect for me now.
With reference to the alien aircraft still hovering over my house.... should i invite them in for coffee then?
Shi also supports the anti-declawing legislation and is following it up with his zero tolerance slogan, "say yes to claws". He is also in excellent health despite his handicap and constant hissing on certain issues he is opposed to. He did once have the reputation of chasing beautiful, young, coquettish felines, but I've taken care of that problem.
Name: EvivaLaughs
@not.even.close.to.the.Starr.report
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 16:39:06
Comments:
St. Al, or anyone: how does everyone else know how many they got right in the contest?
Rose Darling: I love "Glamour Profession"--my fav on Gaucho. "TOOM" is pretty great too. And who but space aliens would actually finish a Dan album at this point...I was referring to your "everyone I meet is full of sh*t" comment--OK, radar is off and I know now you were joking (it just didn't sound like the usual non-sardonic you :) ). But, since honesty is one of my most prized values and being VERY allergic myself to anyone else who is full of sh*t (hence the guilty conscience), even though I've "come out" to you privately I still think I ought to do this anyway:
I know probably NO ONE CARES, and very likely several of you (this is a smart bunch) have already figured it out anyway, but:
I'm Tomorrow's Girl/Josie. I totally intended to leave for good (I "announced" my exit specifically to embarrass myself into staying away--guess THAT worked really well), but when I had to have unexpected minor surgery practically right after I left, and was stuck at home, I got bored--and as several of you predicted would happen, the gravitational pull of the GB was too much for me. I was just too embarrassed to come back as TG/J. So I guess I'm here to stay as Eviva. And yes, I am still making time for writing in between Josh and work and yes, whoever said one persona would save time (Dr Mu??) was right.There. I feel better now. Now whoever flamed me when I left (thank you to the rest of you for the nice words) can flame me again and then we can get back to Dan business...
Name: Compass
Tude@large
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 16:31:32
Comments:
While this GB is supposed to be about great music and the creative genius composers who make it, their followers seem to be unable to resist the impulse to express their fears about the fate of their fellow liberal leader Clinton. I know making this a sex issue is your only propaganda tool, but please quit insulting our intelligence. This is not about his sex problems or private life or his lack of morals. He is accused of breaking the law, period. Clinton attended one of the top law schools in the country and was fully aware he was obstructing justice and perjuring himself by lying under oath. Forgive him for his moral breakdown but make him reconcile himself to the laws he is sworn to uphold. A leader who cannot be trusted is not fit to lead, regardless of his accomplishments. Why am I expecting ethical standards and objectivity from a Steely Dan group? I'm as stupid as you all are. Guess that's why I like their music so much.
Name: Hank Silvers
mooreje@fast.net
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 16:03:48
Comments:
Been reading the Third World Man/Gaucho threads with interest. Gaucho is (IMHO, of course) the next logical step after Aja.
I'm glad if Gaucho works for you, but it's just not an album I listen to for pleasure. I'm aware this is figuratively wearing a Red Sox hat to a game in Yankee Stadium. . .well, let's agree to disagree. (My thermasuit's on if need be, however.)
Aja is the anticipation; looking forward to what will happen when Josie comes home, or of returning to Aja after dalliances elsewhere. Gaucho shows an awareness of consequences, the hard living coming back to haunt the users in Glamour Profession; the realization and regret in Babylon Sisters that love is best experienced between only two.
Aja's signature was a defiant "I'll be what I want to be," Gaucho's was a resigned "I'm not what I used to be."
Otherwise. . .
Concerned Citizen - And when they *do* release it, I'll still care. (Whether I'll still have my hearing when that happens is another story.) If Walt was the one in charge, I bet the new release would have been out by now. But Donald is the El Supremo in SD. So we wait. . .
countzir0 - Good to hear it. Yes, life's like that. Hopefully, this will continue. (Man, so many SD songs support a drug sub-meaning.)
oleander: I blew off the afternoon at work to come home and catch up on e-mails -- so much for that! But I haven't forgotten. . .
If you see a story in the Journal about Time Warner's shift to Internet marketing, and immediately think about how it could affect the new SD album. . .you might be a Dan-Head.
Name: Rose Darling
and another thing...
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 15:23:17
Comments:
Geena:
Who IS the raging lunatic ?!? Do tell...
Name: Rose Darling
@look behind my bright eyes
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 15:20:03
Comments:
Time Out of Mind is my favorite Gaucho tune. Love Michael McDonald's back up vocals on that one particularly. Glamour Profession rates high too.
Eviva:
I'm lost... Explain please to what sardonism you refer to???
Waiting for the confession...Please turn oversensitivity radar off.Geena:
The craft hovering overhead is the one which houses the DF and WB alien replacements who will be in the studio soon recording their next cd "Century's Beginning" in 2000.St Al:
That contest was tough. I failed miserably but did correctly guess #9. Guess I paid enough attention to someone's reporting of the Danfest to know that one fairly certainly.fezo:
As far as a woman can know her cat (probably as well as Hilary knows Bill) I can testify to the scrupulous morality and upstanding citizenry of my cat Astro. He is in fine health, despite his Laxatone habit. He is pleased with the slogan as well. One of his campaign issues is to address enacting anti-declawing legislation. He will not engage in any smear campaigns against the opposing ticket's nominees. He has no affinity for politics but does feel that he can serve the needs of the U.S. population (furry and otherwise) and its elected leader well.
I'm finding your case examples of the sexual harassment issue quite interesting (seriously.) Didn't even need any No-Doz to follow along your various posts, especially since you seem to have a respectable position on the issue. I did enjoy the business law classes I took at school anyway. I heard about that Seinfeld related case which you mentioned.
Name: Get along, Get along, Kid......
is there gas.....
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 14:38:18
Comments:
Fox: Grow a set of pecans, will you.
Name: dangerousdemocrat
funway west
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 10:44:47
Comments:
Danfans with a political bent.. I propose that while the President's future is uncertain, there is a chance that he will not only to survive this, but come out on top.It's all up in the air, but while Ken Starr, Trent Lott, and their pals Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell come across as petty, bush-league peeping toms.. Bill Clinton is looking like President Bill the Sex God, leader of a peaceful and prosperous world.
Incredible? yes. But Bill Clinton continues to amaze.
Name: Fox Mulder
Washington, D.C.
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 10:34:31
Comments:
Eviva: Scully's medical skills and knowledge only enhance her potential, don't you think? and the part of being a practicing Catholic - well, at least I hope she's practicing - I've experienced a few Catholic girls who are anything but shy, so I think Scully's Catholicism actually enhances her appeal.
Sorry, no relation to Ms. Blindside, or whoever, but I DO know that if you take a root word, like 'felatio', and use it to describe someone who practices the act, they become a 'felator'.
My respect for this fine, fine website it to great to stoop to anything that St. Al would fine offensive, like some regulars have done. I apologize that you have found me so. But after all, I think if you're offended by dildos, you shouldn't be here anyway.
C'mon, Ev, I know you like me; you did before.
Fox
Name: Geena
Peaceful without the raging lunatic
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 08:59:24
Comments:
Fezo: My cat Shilo has just volunteered to run on the opposing ticket and rumor has it he has secured "Starrkitty" to investigate Carlos and Astro. Now, he needs a running mate because like Ruby's Tasha, he also once lived on the streets until i adopted him. Shilo has 3 legs and is black, so he'll definitely get the minority and physically challenged votes.
Ruby: Do you think Tasha and Shi will get along?
Clas: Hi! no problem with the email, whenever. You moved again? How many times have you moved already?
Name: mi9nah
@work
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 08:30:01
Comments:
Hey Murtha...Happy Birthday, man!! I'll plug in the Marc Johnson in your honor today. Hope we all see a new album before your next one...
Raising up my glass,
mW(and RubyBaby: good luck at your race Sunday!! You got the weather on your side, looks like...)
Name: Richard Nixon
Hades.com
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 08:22:18
Comments:
Damn, it's hot here
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
in.a.bunker.filled.with.sand
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 08:14:23
Comments:
5Names: Let us hope you are correct that what happens in the next 5 years has little to do with Clinton's fate. (I just worry about Korea, Yugoslavia, Russia, Iraq and Libya if he limps along for the next 2.5 years). But assuming you are right, why not go ahead and impeach him? I'm coming to the conclusion that we make *too big a deal* about impeachment solely because it hasn't happened before. But the fact is there is a competent Veep ready to take over; the republic would continue steadily without any sort of civil strife; continuity is assured by the Constitution. Why go through so much hair-pulling when it is, in a sense, only someone's *job* we're talking about. Some people make it sound as though impeachment is to consign someone's soul into everlasting hell.
TWM is the *only* track on Gaucho that I can consistently enjoy. The rest are all subject to my swings of mood.
--LP
Name: countzir0
@El era del terzo mondo
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 07:34:36
Comments:
Listening to "Third World Man" always gave me a mental picture of a suburban street in LA for some reason. But what I really think the song is about is drug addiction. Johnny is a regular guy living in the slums, probably of LA, and he becomes addicted (smoky Sunday)to freebasing cocaine or some other similar drug. The fact that "he's become a Third World Man" means that he was formerly a first world man or second world man(is there such a thing?), basically an upstanding citizen. "He's been mobilized since dawn," is a proper phrase with which to describe a cocaine addict. And I can imagine "crouching on the lawn" in a cathartic paranoic phase because of overindulgence..."Soon you'll throw down your disguise,"(most addicts hide the fact that they're in trouble)"we'll see behind those bright eyes."(bright because he's so lit up?)And then,"I saw the fireworks, I believed that I was dreaming til the neighbors came out screaming," would most likely be Johnny accidently burning his house down with his crack/freebase pipe. "When he's crying out,"(because he's being burnt up in the flames) "I just sing that Ghana Rondo," pretty much escapes me, but I found some insights in the World Wide Webster's:
Main Entry: Ghaˇna
Pronunciation: 'gä-n&, 'ga-
1 or Gaˇna ancient empire W Africa in what is now W Mali; flourished 4th-13th centuries
2 or formerly Gold Coast country W Africa bordering on Gulf of Guinea; a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly (as Gold Coast) a British territory comprising Gold Coast colony, Ashanti, Northern Territories, & Togoland trust territory .Main Entry: ronˇdo
Pronunciation: 'rän-(")dO, rän-'dO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural rondos
Etymology: Italian rondň, from Middle French rondeau
Date: 1797
1 : an instrumental composition typically with a refrain recurring four times in the tonic and with three couplets in contrasting keys
2 : the musical form of a rondo used especially for a movement in a concerto or sonata.which is what I always suspected the word rondo meant, some sort of musical terminology, and I suspect that Ghana is part of what modern day people call "The Third World." "El Era del Terzo Mondo," of course is the refrain of the Italian song which Fagen, or the narrator in this song, is singing.
It's disturbing to me that Fagen nonchalantly stands idly by watching his neighbors' house burn down, so this is most likely a shrugging off of his former self/bad habits by Fagen.
"Third World Man" has always been one of my favorite tracks from Gaucho. I understand what they mean by "tired" because the album is a bit slower, and I vividly remember the first time I listened to the album I was a bit bored by it. But like all Steely Dan albums do, it grew on me. I didn't like the taste of Cabernet Sauvignon either the first time I drank it, know what I'm saying? Now I own it on Ultra-disc, and coming out of the Infinitys it sounds unbelievable. And what a great song to end an album with...
That's my interp., guys, of a most bewilderingly beautiful tune...
brought to you by Count Zero Interrupt
Name: EvivaLaughs
@let's get metaphysical
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 06:48:25
Comments:
Clas: I live out in the "boonies" of cyberspace. No phones this far out, and they can't even deliver my e-mail to GBs...
Name: fezo
there's.a.hole.in.Daddy's.arm
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 06:38:10
Comments:
Rose: Carlos gladly accepts Astro's offer to be his running-mate. Already have a slogan in mind "Carlos and Astro in Year Double Zero". I'm assuming Astro has no skeletons in his/her closet. I got detectives on the case . . .
Dr Mu: I'm not sure about the Supreme Court case. I think it may have related more to the employer's liability for an employee's conduct even if they have no idea he or she is out there being a letch. You are right that there can be liability for harassment without a visual anatomy display or offensive touching. One brewery in Minnesota got nailed just for allowing pictures of naked women in employee's lockers and there was a recent Court TV case where the employer was found liable because an employee supervisor entertained a female with accounts of the prior evening's Seinfield episode. I think it was the "Delores" show.
fezo (worrying that i'm putting most of the GB to sleep with my ongoing sexual harassment treatise)
Name: Clas
Eviva,
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 01:46:06
Comments:
dou yu have ei phoune?
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 at 01:43:58
Comments:
RoubyBeiby! I'll take the roum with the phoune dankio.
Eviva; "I think the narrator sees a child playing in a sandbox, possibly even playing war games, but he thinks of the "non-Johnny's" across the world for whom war robs them of their childhood (he's a "man" not a child) and turns them into starving refugees without homes."
That is exactly how I see this song.
Geena! What are you doing? I've moved my office again, it' theirfor I am a lousy email-friend, you'll hear from as soon as I have settled down.
Name: Professional Poster
warningwarningwarning
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 23:38:37
Comments:
I've counted at least 7 personal auras aflame in cherry blossom kamakazi solopisms since my last post and though my directive states I should just allow you to melt-down into your own personal naked singularities, another part of me wants to play in your bunker. If we dig deep enough, we're sure to find a whale skull or something else that proves this playroom has not always been in the desert. But nothing, alas, to confirm this is not the 3rd stone from the sun.
VH-1 Positive,
PP
Name: David in the Florida Room
dmoore113@aol.com
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 21:05:47
Comments:
Rosedarling, Home at last remains one of my favorites also...and this offer is extended to any other Dan fans reading this......I have been collecting Steely Dan midi files for quite some time now and I've honed it down to the finest! If anyone would like some ..just e-mail me and I'll send them along! And PLEASE I'm just being friendly so don't send me porn or bullshit o.k.?
David
Name: moray eel
There's a ' Trane in my left ear and a Cannonball in my right
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 21:02:07
Comments:
I'm feeling Kind Of Blue.
I'm trying to correctly answer the "Danfan Contest". Man, is this tough.
Is "#4" male or female? No offense - but how in the hell am I supposed to know "it's" name, if I can't tell "it's" gender? Little help?
I could sure use that Barrytown shirt. If someone else gets it, I might be a little envious. Ah, So What? Maybe feeling Blue In Green - at least it's All Blues.
Mr. Evans shines...
m.e.
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 20:39:02
Comments:
Ah yes, "Third World Man," was one of those Steely Dan songs that grew on me the more I listened to "Gaucho." That was the first SD album that I owned which had the words on the inner sleeve, and allowed me to fully appreciate the lyrics along with their diverse instrumental side.
I was 27 when it was released, and my interpretation of what the song TWM meant has stayed with me. I envisioned a mercenary, but a different kind. Not just a soldier of fortune, but someone who felt that the only way to bring some equality or humanitarianism to the world, was to fight for the oppressed. But the poor slob couldn't leave the conflict and go back to his home, because it never left him. So he kind of freaked out and brought it to his own neighbourhood, because poverty, oppression and inhumanity issues still existed everywhere he went. The other thing about the song, is the haunting guitar that closes it off, and the searing vocals by DF throughout..."soon, you'll throw down your disguise, we'll look behind those bright eyes, by and bye..."
I've read a few passages on the Guest Book that panned "Gaucho" as a tired effort. To me, it's never an issue of whether one of their releases is better than previous ones, but how diverse the "sound" has become, and that the lyrics and music can transcend me to the setting of the song. Nothing is more uplifting than having a SD song enter my head (whether I'm out running, or hacking around in the yard) and it puts a bounce in my step. That's the power of their music. From album one to "Gaucho" to ?
Methinks I reminisce to much.
Name: FiveNames
@another time and place
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 20:35:44
Comments:
Hi Y'all
I've been gone for awhile (lobotomy operation), and I was wondering: Have I missed the Damned show? In the last exciting episode that I viewed, Pete was still trying to get his guy to give him the CDs so he could set it up for us to hear it. Has that already happened? Did I miss it? Am I destined to live the rest of my mentally-diminished life without ever having heard The Damned? Please enlighten me, someone.
Well, gotta go dump the drool bucket. Fortunately, they left the artistic part of my brain intact, so I can still draw flies.
I leave you with this: In the course of the next five years, many things will happen to all of us. Some of us will get married, some will get divorced. We'll make new friends, and lose old ones. Some of us will fall in love. Kids will be born. People we know will pass away. New jobs await some of us. Some of us will find solace through religion, and some will fall away from whatever church they might attend. Donald and Walter will finally get the new one out. And I'd venture to guess that little if any of it is dependent on what happens to Bill Clinton in the coming months.
Ta-ta (slosh)
Name: EvivaLaughs
@theendofmyjumprope
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 19:42:54
Comments:
Geena: Hey, lady! How are ya...
Rose: A pigment, maybe, but a figment? Never...My guilty conscience and "oversensitivity" radar have perhaps personalized one of your sardonic comments too much...I will gladly make a full confession if this will make you feel better--I think too much of you to do otherwise :)
Name: Rose Darling
@I'm a figment of your imagination
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 18:34:27
Comments:
Luckless:
Thanks for the clarification. Should I decide to take up solipsism, I will, of course, create the illusion that I myself win the lottery, not you. ****virtual wink**** Thanks for the suggestion !And I always found ennui in Deacon Blues myself. Home At Last is my enduring favorite song on Aja. Believe it or not, currently I could take or leave the rest of the songs on that one. When Aja first came out, I was a lot more in love with it then than I am now.
BTW, does believing that mostly anyone I meet is full of sh*t
qualify as a form of solipsism?fezo:
My cat Astro volunteers to run as vice president, should you have room on the Feline Party ticket.
P.S. I'm not holding my breath waiting for new Dan music either.Stranger:
You're too kind. Wish you did exist...
Name: Geena
Castello del Sol
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 18:18:55
Comments:
Only in the U.S do we make a big deal about the President getting a little on the side, and right now we're probably the laughing stock of the entire world. I realize what Willy did was immoral and Ken Starr is still an idiot. In a nation where sex sells everything from tractors to deoderant to diapers, where children are subjected to sex and violence in their daily lives and are growing up too fast because of it, who are we to make such a big deal out of this? He's not the first man or President who commited such an act and he's not the first President who perjured himself. Nuff said on the subject, lest I get flamed. I'm going to listen to my least favorite Third World Man now and give you my input soon.
If you and your SO are driving in the car and he/she says can you put something else on besides Steely Dan and your immediate thought is to ditch him/her at the next rest stop, YMBADHMWorld: In my world, Elvis C is king, ummmm, next to Don and Walt of course!
Eviva: How are you girl!! I am very sick of this circus and the media is having field day!
Rose Darling: You too with the unexplained goings on? What is this unidentified piece of flying machinery that hovers over my house every evening about 8PM? It has these colorful flashing lights around it and twirls around like a carousel. Do you think we could get the real Mulder and Scully on the case?
Simon/WGB: I know you don't like me and that's okay, but for someone who complains a lot about this Guestbook, you seem to keep coming back. Maybe you could start a Steely Dan topic for us to discuss. You have a copy of the "We Are The World" video?
Countzir0: It's good to see you back. I knew things would work out. While you were away, I learned from my Haitian neighbor how to remove voodoo curses and plant them where they belong.
Stranger: I agree, there are numb-nuts (oh no, is that a 70's word?) everywhere you go. Why, the other day I was on Mizar 5 and the check out alien at the local Walgreens overcharged me, yeah, can you believe it? When I brought this to her attention, she realized her error and while handing me my change, she said with a smile on her Starr-like face "Have a nice ŘßßP, bitch".
Gatti: Spell your name right, Gatti means several cats in Italian.
Name: EvivaLaughs
@We Are the (Third) World
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 18:00:23
Comments:
Stranger: I stand rebuked. Thanks for the warning.
St. Al: Thanks for the contest. So when do I find out I got 0 for 9?
Luckless Pedestrian: re: the solipsist student story--that's the best laugh I've had all week.
Fox Mulder: Scully's an M.D. and a practicing Catholic--she wouldn't lower herself (no puns allowed) for someone who can't even SPELL it...Are you related to Missy Blindside?
(St. Al, or anyone: are there any rules on this coed GB for gratuitous nastiness? Or do nay women besides me find Fox's posts offensive? If I'm the only one, I'll avert my eyes when Fox appears...)
Clas: how interesting! I never though about "Tomorrow's Girls" that way before, just thought it was a fun sci-fi romp...You could make a good case for that. But look at the unmistakable 50's feel of the setting: milkmen, falling asleep to the TV, suburbia homes "like any other," mommies kissing daddies goodbye, pumps and pearls. So: maybe it could refer to the sexual revolution as a while, instead of just HIV?:promises a lot, but leaves major "shredding time" in its wake...broken homes, skyrocketing divorce rates. abortion, yes, AIDS, etc. etc. "Furious whine" indeed...
joKER: "Third World Man?" I like Ruby's interp, and Oleander's...Dr. Mu's is as fascinating as usual, and Ole's right on when she says it's incredibly poignant. For me it's one of the most moving songs in the canon. Their usual sardonic hipness is totally absent from this one.But I have a way different take on it--because of the 3 discrete sets of images in it: war, American suburbia (Johnny, lawn, sandbox image, neighbors) and poverty (our images of "third world," Ghana and those "bright eyes" like eyes shining with hunger we see sticking out of eye sockets in the Somalia pictures). Why all three juxtaposed the way they are? What's the "disguise" that Johnny needs to throw down? Why would the neighbors come out SCREAMING "he's a third world man?" That means: "He doesn't belong here; he's not one of us." They "insist on his otherness" even though "Johnny" (the most generic of American kid's names) belongs on the American lawn. The narrator says "he's BECOME a third world man"--he didn't start out that way; he's changed in the narrator's eyes. Why? The first image is of a "bunker"--terrific choice of words meaning either an underground war fort or a large box, like a sandbox.
I think the narrator sees a child playing in a sandbox, possibly even playing war games, but he thinks of the "non-Johnny's" across the world for whom war robs them of their childhood (he's a "man" not a child) and turns them into starving refugees without homes.
And SD's point (I think) is that the whole earth IS the "third world"--third planet from the sun--and only when we can bring the wars to an end ("by and by when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy") will Johnny "throw down his disguise" and we will come to see that we are ALL the "third world man." The Italian phrase at the end--Italy's not a "third world" country--just emphasizes the point very beautifully.
OK, maybe I'm crazy. But that's my take. Other interps?
Name: rbaby
sitting on the fence. ouch
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 16:28:55
Comments:
Or possibly, Johnny is having that certain paranoia that accompanies drug addiction. Three things things in the lyrics lead me to that. And one other thing about the band members lead me to that. I've yet to decide.rb
Name: H. Clinton
is he in trouble
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 16:24:59
Comments:
fez & the rest of the world,
the only reason i haven't cut off country boy's prize possession and thrown it away with the remnants of his grits and chitlins is the fact that no cutting tool is that small.
Name: RubyBaby
kanga1776@aol.com
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 16:13:19
Comments:
Luckless: You're my favorite Pedestrian. Well, I'll tell you how I knew ya if you let me e-mail you privately with it. The contest is still going on, you know.Inspector Claseau: I have a roum with a minky or a pheune. Which would you prefer?
Btw, may I take your hat? Your coat?Oleander: Nice take on Third World Man. You raise some good questions at the end, too.
I have my own take on this one. As I listened to the song with my full attention (for probably the first time) I was reminded of my dog, Tasha. You see, she's a "third world dog." Don't laugh. When she came to us, she had been through hell. Her owners abused her, and then neglected her. She was the runt of the litter, too. She had to fight for every scrap of food and peace. And she was wracked with disease and parasites. She behaved just like Johnny. She would hide, steal food, cower from those larger than herself and stalk things smaller than herself, unnecessarily. It took her a long time to realize it was safe for the "little guy." So I'm thinking that young Johnny has come to the neighborhood from some hellacious place and circumstance. And he spends his time being on the look-out for *bad happenings*. And he trusts no one. Maybe he brought some arsenal with him, or maybe he obtained it after he arrived, but no one knew about it until too late, when the neighbors came out screaming. I guess it shows the trauma that they suffer in the violent 3rd world. Last verse says it all. But I had to read that part of the lyrics.
over & out,
rb
Name: country boy
the unkindest cut of all
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 13:56:40
Comments:
fezo,
ah can take all the abuse. ah can take everyone knowin' that ah used to caress mah wanger over the phone talkin to that cute little jewish girl. ah can even live with the fact that they know how ah smoke mah cigars. but ah will not have you callin the thing that is most precious to me mah 'little friend.' it's a genuine arkansas white snake, to paraphrase one ah mah favorite movies, full metal jacket, about dumb shits who went to nam whal ah was home screwin their girlfriends. but ah digress. anyway, mah friend, an you are mah friend, stopp insultin mah pink willy.
Name: Concerned Citizen Dan
@wrap it up guys
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 11:35:39
Comments:
Walter Becker 1985 on the benefits of recording quickly:
"Being forced to do the China Crisis record in 8 weeks was a tremendous experience.....you don't have time to or money to be indulgent, so you do things differently.....I can see the value of making records with that kind of immediacy. And I've come to the conclusion that too much repetition in the studio often translates into a loss of musical ideas and that's what's really important."
On Steely Dan:
"..I also think we developed a perfectionist attitude that became more of a problem than a solution."Exactly...............maybe Tom Wolfe was right: 'You can't go home again'........and maybe sometime in late 1999 Steely Dan will put out another record.....and maybe it will be relevant..and maybe we'll STILL CARE!
Name: Fox Mulder
in N'awlins
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 11:35:15
Comments:
"I'd like to show you all something I'm very proud of, but you're gonna have to move back some."
oh, wait, uh, is this thing on?
SCULLLYYYYYYYY!
Now where the hell is she when a guy needs a little, uh, scientific verification?
Y'know, i'm pissed. First, the President drags this big-mouthed little girl into his office for a little fun, and he doesn't even, uh, I mean, c'mon.
Didja here the one where a guy asks a Geenie for a little head, and then, uh, oh well.
Really now, don't you think Dana would be a wonderful felator? those lips?
gotta run now,
Fox
Name: DrMu
I saw the fireworks
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 11:31:47
Comments:
A thought on Third World Man. The most obvious interpretation for TWM is using the young boy in the sandbox as kind of an allegory for the Symbionese Liberation Army and other fringe groups distributing terror throughout the left coast in the 70s with their political rhetoric as a rationalization...at least they had the guts not to "mail it in" like Ted K(rezshinsky - I lived in Louisiana for too long...can't handle so..many...consonants). Since TWM not only is the last song on the "first batch" - what an optomist - JoKer!...but was the last song written for a Steely Dan album, it may represent an allegory for the demise/end of the group or the condition of Walter Becker. The song was written after 2nd Arrangement was "removed" from the master. By that time, Gaucho had been a long and arduous process. Donald had to do much if not most without W who, as has been mentioned here, Digest, Metal Leg, numerous interviews, was a bit "toasty" with the heroin problem and had attempted to "violate the laws of time and space" with unfortunately a large automobile bearing down on his girlfriend (who he pushed out of the way). Anyway, the child could represent the group or Walter...the "bunker" could be the studio..."throw down your disguise" could refer to Walter overcoming the addicition or Donald and Walter stepping out for solo careers after being SD. "I was the fireworks...the neighbors came out screaming" might refer to their the cynical, subversive content of their lyrics.
Fezo. My memory's a bit fezzy here, but wasn't there a recent Supreme Court ruling that backed the validity of a sexual harrassment case just for "harrassment?"... a superior telling a number of lewd jokes making the woman feel uncomfortable? Hmmm. couldn't Linda Tripp sue Leno for the numerous jokes he's told. The lesson for Clinton (Mr. Foreplay) is to have the long-term affair with Miss America and the one night stand with the virtual adolescent, not the other way around. Then, forget the lying, most 50 year olds (or any age) would be bragging about it!
Blast, Ruby, Eviva: Right on! You tell'em!
Name: fezo
would.you.like.fries.with.that
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 11:18:48
Comments:
Stranger: I always thought the same as you about the Jones case, that she walked in the hotel room and was immediately greeted with "Say hello to my little friend". But then on a day even slower than this at work I read some of the court filings which revealed a slightly more mutual encounter. She enters rooms, he invites her to sit down on sofa, they make out for a bit, and then he suggests more immediate satisfaction with a graphic visual display.
Dropping your pants uninvited in public makes you a sexual predator. Dropping your pants uninvited in private makes you a jerk
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 11:10:11
Comments:
I just got tix to see Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters in Boulder, CO next week. Has anybody seen the show?
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
above.the.sea
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 11:05:56
Comments:
Fezo: "...there needs to be a pattern of conduct for any sexual advances to be actionable..." Precisely. That is what Jones was trying to establish. And in the court proceedings in which that pattern was to be established or disproven, Mr. Clinton lied under oath. And that is a direct breach of his oath of office in which he swore to see that the laws of the land are faithfully executed.
I just had to put on Aja. I sort of agree with Stranger about perfect blend of words and music. (But he's wrong about HAL; that perfect blend occurs in the title track.) The fact is that I don't listen to the Dan for their lyrics, wonderful as they are. Don could be singing in Swahili and I wouldn't appreciate their work less. (Welllll, maybe a *little* less.) Ultimately, their genius lies in their melodies and harmonies and rhythms. (Just came through the end of Aja, and the instrumentals still grab me behind the sternum. Woof.)
Name: TheStranger
taking 5 at the teahouse
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 10:45:40
Comments:
fezo,
i agree on deacon blues. i love the entire album of aja. every moment. but i love home at last more than the deacon. i'd rather listen to a perfect blend of words and music about knowing you're in the right place at the right time than hear about daring to follow your heart.so i know we're all sick of slick willy, starr, et al. but your post contended that in the paula jones incident willy & paula first indulged in some kind of mutual kissing or fondling before he dropped his pants. i was under the impression that he just dropped his pants & instructed her to feast. this is an important point, since as i understand the law, a would-be sexual predator who exposes himself has crossed a very serious legal barrier. can you enlighten?
rose darling,
if i existed, you'd be the first person i'd look up.eviva,
call me chivalrous again & i'll take back everything nice i ever said about you.hey joe,
been to costa rica a few times. it's good. would consider a move if you can guarantee the transplanted mayor of n.y. won't take his graft proceeds and move into my neighborhood.clas,
beware of black u.n. helicopters skirmishing with mizar 5 troopers. the radioactive fallout may be headed toward the arctic circle.
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 10:41:29
Comments:
Joker; "Spanish kissin'" is the same thing as "Spanish massage", invented by Sado Mama who was running a whorehouse in Barcelona during the Franco-era. The "treat" was a very uniqe kind of spanking.
Zeke; hi! I don't know about Slidell, I have not talked to them for a long while. I really miss sittin on the backporche at nights, smoke a cig, listen to the crickets and drink that chikorycoffee.
Solipsism? There IS such a thing? I thought I was alone on that one.
Name: the jOker
slow.for.me.as.well
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 09:06:55
Comments:
listening to Aja as we type - "I Got The News" just makes me wanna breakdance sometimes. "Spanish Kissing": what is that again, someone refresh my memory.....
I got LOTS of screams when I played in my sandbox as a young nip....[grin]
Name: Reasonable Woman
lessthanzero
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 09:00:22
Comments:
LP-
Please leave your spouse immediately and be my bitch?
Name: fezo
slow.day.at.work
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 08:47:38
Comments:
Courts are widely split as to what standard to use in measuring sexual harassment. More and more prevalent is the use of a "reasonable woman" standard (I'm not making this up). Would a reasonable woman consider the behavior in question to be such harasssment. Usually, there needs to be a pattern of conduct for any sexual advances to be actionable but if the particular conduct in question is extremely outrageous, a one-time act can constitute sexual harassment. I worked on a case when I was in law school where such an incident took place and the victim was rewarded handsomely by the courts. The woman, an employee at a paint store, was summoned to the back room by her manager, who then locked the door, pulled out his erect member, and chased her around for about an hour demanding that she look at it.
I would argue that Clinton's behavior in the Jones case doesn't rise to this standard of outrageousness. Before his graphic suggestion of oral sex to Miss Jones, they had engaged in some preliminary foreplay and once she said no to the suggested escalation, he did not pursue the matter.
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
there.where.i.used.to.stand
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 08:33:54
Comments:
Fezo: If the pursuit seems "relentless", it is largely because of the strategy of delay pursued by the Prez and his legal team. And as to mutual consent, part of the question the Jones team was seeking to answer is: how did the relationship start? Did Clinton invite Miss M into the Oval Office, drop his pants, and say "Kiss it" to which ML said, "Gladly."? We know now, from the Starr report, that it didn't happen in such a tawdry way. But the Jones team was attempting to show a pattern of behavior on Clinton's part. And what if ML had said, "Beat it, Creep"? Would Clinton's behavior have *then* constituted sexual harassment? Is sexual harassment a behavior to be interpreted solely by the recipient, or can some objective standard be applied?
Now, on to more important matters...
In high school, Deacon Blues was *my* song. I put the 8-track on every night so I could fall asleep listening to it. But as I've gotten older, it seems I detect a certain forlorn tone to it. The narrator's gotten a certain ennui even with his risk-taking and pleasure-seeking. But he can't bring himself to see an alternative, so he just takes a certain ragged pride in his independence and carries on.--LP
Name: fezo
approaching.the.stand
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 07:36:25
Comments:
LP: Tell me how the system of justice is preserved by relentlessly persuing someone for lying about a consenusal relationship with another adult? It's not like he was sodomizing a sheep in the Rose Garden.
I can't believe I keep defending Clinton here. I actually have never liked the guy since he switched his pov on the death penalty just so the state of Arkansas could fry some mental incompetent. I'd much rather talk about music. So . . .
"Deacon Blues" is in constant rotation in my car lately. What a great song. Words, music, combination thereof somehow perfectly capturing the thrill of risk-taking. When posters jump on DF/WB for not coming out with new product, I just laugh. Who cares? They could have stopped after "Deacon Blues" and that would have been enough for me
Name: Zeke
spice it up!
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 07:22:01
Comments:
Sean Lennon will be at the House Of Blues in New Orleans soon. Has anyone caught this show?
Fodt-Head: Your funny. Your the offspring of your armpit mentality. By the way, Parish is with 1 "s", your confused with the catcher, Lance.
Clas: How's Slidell? Frances really hit hard last week, and it looks like we're in for another tropical storm this weekend.
out!
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
taking.one.last.drag.as.i.approach.the.stand
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 07:17:14
Comments:
Now fezo, you *know* there is a difference between lying, speechifying, demagoguery, and lying under oath.
Let me lay this analogy on you...
Suppose you're driving down the I-64 on your way to visit me here in VB. Suddenly a car swerves from the right lane and smacks into you. You both pull over and wait for the Troopers. It is pretty clear to you that the woman driving the car was drunk. The trooper arrives gets info from both of you and you both agree to put your insurance companies in touch. Now, it turns out the woman who hit you is the governor's wife. And the trooper (a state employee) didn't administer a breathalyzer test on her and is going to testify that he didn't think she was drunk. And she is going to testify that she wasn't drunk and that *you* hit *her*. You have no other witnesses, so you try investigating to determine if she has a history of DUI or a drinking problem. Now you are accused of invading her private life! And you are probably going to get screwed in court because someone (or a couple of someones) are going to lie under oath.
The point is that if people are going to lie under oath (particularly those whose job it is to uphold the law), the whole system of justice comes crashing down.
While the scorched earth campaign is under way (thank you, Salon), keep in mind there is a difference between lying, failing to reveal embarassing information voluntarily, and lying in a court of law.Down soapbox.
--LP
Name: kamfire
fuckingaroundonthel@ptop
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 07:08:00
Comments:
St. Al, that guessing game was a bitch! Are there any consolation prizes?
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
here.in.this.darkness
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 07:05:25
Comments:
Ruby: So what gave me away? I was doing my best to look like someone else. Consider your hubris spanked.
JR: (That's Joker Rudy, for the rest of you). TWM is about one of those Vietnam vets who goes into flashback mode and starts fighting the war over again in the 'burbs. --OR-- (according to a friend of mine) its about a kid playing with his toy soldiers in his sandbox. Though why the neighbors would scream about that (except in San Francisco or Vermont) is beyond me.
Ole et al: A survey of philosophy class included a discussion of solipsism. The next day, one of the students came to the professor and said, "I've been thinking about solipsism since yesterday, and it seems such a reasonable, elegant explanation for things. So I don't understand why there aren't more solipsists."
Rose D: Solipsism is the belief that you are the only real being in the universe and that all else is an illusion created by your mind. If you believe this, could you *please* create the illusion that I win the lottery. Thanks.
--LP
Name: fezo
i'm.shocked
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 07:01:56
Comments:
A president that lies to the people. Oh my!!! Impeach him now. What's that? All politicians, including presidents, lie to the people? Impeach 'em all. We must have honesty in the White House.
Meet my cat, Carlos, the next President of the United States.
Name: blast
from the past
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 06:47:25
Comments:
Yes, the president should resign. He has lied to the American people, time and time again, and betrayed their trust. He is no longer an effective leader. Since he has admitted guilt, there is no reason to put the American people through an impeachment. He will serve absolutely no purpose in finishing out his term; the only possible solution is for the President to save some dignity and resign.
-- William Jefferson Clinton, 1974, regarding the infamous Watergate scandal in President Nixon's era.
Name: Clas
ahhhrg!
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 05:17:20
Comments:
I think "Tomorrow's Girls" IS about HIV (damn language, there are several girls but there is one song).
CountzirO; welcome back.
Name: Inspector Claseau
I need a roum!
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 at 02:31:36
Comments:
I think Tomorrows Girls are about HIV.
RubyBaby; yeah, they are here! Thanx! I guess Lena will thank you in a more personal way soon. We love you beauty!
Zeke; yes, right on!
Foder; parrish is from the French word Paris = county or town. You know Paris, France, Europe?
Name: the screaming
meemies
Location: & heebie-jeebies,
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 22:07:37
Comments:
professional; your Fox Mulder, aren't you? It's so late that your conspiracy theories are making alot of sense. Must-to-get-out-of {} the GB...\]#^%${}{{*******now....******)
Name: Professional Poster
donttrythisathome
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 21:22:53
Comments:
Please stand back and extinguish all personal auras. Here are some hyper-dimensional bomb-shells even Spielberg is not yet conscious of:
Third World Man: "...till the neighbor's woke up SCREAMING..."
Tomorrow's Girls: "...the milkman SCREAMED and pointed up at the sky."
True to form, both Third World Man and Tomorrow's Girls point to an area near Mizar 5 dominated by, "...the triple Sun". (Yes, a THIRD world!) Though we cannot pin-point the exact location at this time, it is imperative that all radio telescopes be tuned to detect a human "scream". Software is currently under development that will compare the screams of all sampled milkmen and neighbors in order to find the rumored "zombie constant".Also, be on the lookout for parallels between the "Jersey Beaches" and "Bunkers full of Sand". Remember, "True Grit" is not measured by race, color or number of ozone action days, but in its ability to "finish" the surface.
Finally, I suggest you GBers not get too deeply involved with events outside of this sector. Donald was fortunate to have procured "Star Block SPF 50", and only because of the valiant efforts of Lt. Becker in late '79. We can't expect them to share their unpleasant abduction stories without cryptic phrasing and unusual tuning. Thank God they made it past Pepe!
As You Were,PP
Name: rubybaby
dr@t
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 17:39:40
Comments:
joKER: forsy isn't real? I liked that word.Are you expecting a 2nd batch of albums? I like a guy who sees the glass being half-full, even when the glass itself is just a rumour.
I shall read Ole's depiction of 3rd World Man. Not one of my favs, but good enough.
rb
Name: Gatti
the big house
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 16:44:14
Comments:
mock kelly,
i've got space for you in the trunk of my caddy & button men to put you there. apologize, cockroach, for insulting Danheads. or it's a one-way trip to jersey.
Name: Rose Darling
Playing in Cyberland, Impostering Myself
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 16:41:57
Comments:
fezo:
I suspect the singer dueting with Perry is not a Journey member.
Any more guesses?Roy Scam:
Please continue... more outbursts like that needed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oleander:
What is a solipsist? No dictionary lying around here...
Entertaining I find this, yes, but not always that riveting. Politics especially. Blasphemy? Last few days in here were way into the entertaining zone however. Found your kids' quotes in both categories above. Freakin' cute or what?!?!?!?!?!Fox:
Is that your real name? I'm a real woman but already taken. Can't offer myself up to compensate for Tea's shortcomings.
Nice of you to offer to drop by my corner of the world and investigate things, but really, I think one day you'll wake up and see that Scully is the one for you. Plus, you'd have to give up your Xfiles day job for a permanent position in my town with all the unexplained going on here.HRC:
Donald Fagen did you write the lyrics on that one?
I mean, who else could come up with perjury and surgery???Stranger:
Now that's a riveting point you made about the nonexistence of friendship obligations around here. But I would suspect that those who attended the Danfests may feel differently now. Loved your imagery though. Your post to settle the dispute between the Yanks and Southerners around here slayed me. As usual, you fascinate.Mayor Rudy:
Should I hand in my Yankee membership card if I eat grits?
Huh? Huh? I still eat grinders and steamers though !Eviva:
You may think me more brilliant than I am because I didn't realize
...but now I know !Correction for the Fodor's Travel Guide:
Cashiers at the local Winn Dixie do not tell me and have never told me God bless you. Even if they did, I would not reply as mentioned in the Guide. Guess I'm an uncommon expatriate Northerner?countzirO:
Welcome back. Ignore the losers in here who don't find the trials, tribulations or tales of your actual life interesting. Some of us do like a dose of your reality and can handle it maturely.
Some others in here were probably never breastfed, lived as abandoned orphans and think being supportive is a property of Wonderbras only !
Name: Vermonty
hippie refuge
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 15:48:09
Comments:
Southern Man :"The Flamethrower " Have a great time in Dallas and remember They kill President`s there.
Name: Foder`s Travel Guide
Revised Edition
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 15:31:17
Comments:
Zeke: I paid your city a compliment. World class cuisine ,great Jazz clubs ,A good mixture of cultures. New Orleans always gets a thumb up in our travel guide. I never even mentioned the high murder rate, or getting mugged by Bourbon St. It doesn`t bother me at all the Dope dealers in those great old French Cemetarys that they are restoring. Gotta go, I`m hungry for some Cajun Food. What Parrish are you from, that is what you call your County`s right? I almost forgot the original Saturday Night Fever... L.S.U Tiger football up the road in Baton Rouge, Do the referees still cheat there. The thing you all are noted for is your political history, the most corrupt in the nation. I must sat i do love Norleans....
Name: jokER
uh
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 14:45:42
Comments:
forsy = first
hm. guess which martini I'm on right now.
Name: Zeke
Southern Man
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 14:44:31
Comments:
Welcome back CountZip. I'll be in Dallas in a few weeks. The Co. I work for has a office on Greenville Ave. I'll email you before I go.
Fodder: Yes, I am from the South, New Orleans to be exact.
I don't know if your new here or an imposter, or what. I do know, YOUR A COMPLETE FUCKING MORON. What perfect fucking state/city are you from? Dickhead. I don't flame people here often. You deserve it.I apologize to all the guestbook regulars.
Late.
Name: the joKer
grinning@the.bitchslaps
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 14:43:18
Comments:
[strained silence between the insults]
[audible throat-clearing, swirling of warm vodka martinis]
[eyes flit from one DanFan to another]so.....what's the general consensus on what "Third World Man" is about? I've always thought it was a very cool way to end the forsy batch of albums, but the Ghana rondo has gotten me wondering what it's all about.
Oleander, I've read your take on it, it does sound a lot like the vowels you hear on the Nightfly.....discuss amongst yourselves while I go get a drink.
{try not to kill each other with your olive picks}joKER
Name: Mock Kelly
@littlebaby.com
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 14:27:17
Comments:
So Countster:
When you and twin brother were both little losers, did your mommy and daddy dress you up in indentical clothing? I bet ya they did.Grow up you little fucking baby! If you want to talk about your problems, tell your mommy to take you to a shrink!
MK
Name: RubyBaby
I won't cry @nymore (ha)
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 13:57:43
Comments:
Inspector Claseau: Good work, boss! I'm raising my big black cow to you now. Yummm...
Btw, did Lena get those blasted peach pits yet? I mailed them 2 weeks ago, dude. Maybe Pompe can "persuade" your mail carrier to fork 'em over, since by now he knows they really are just peach tree seeds.Countzir0: You're back & feisty as ever! Danfans are well-known for their outstanding survival skills. I'm raising my 2nd black cow to you. Yummm...
This will not help me in my 2K race training.
(starting small)rb
Name: EvivaLaughs
@whoops
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 13:51:22
Comments:
P. S. Stranger: Thank you for being chivalrous. And how true about Hillary, unfortunately for her...
Name: EvivaLaughs
@it's too easy
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 13:44:38
Comments:
Mayor Rudy: Thanks, I'll call the National Enquirer for you...
I don't enjoy critiquing everyone on this guestbook, just you--why? Cause it's so easy ta get your temper up...
Name: TheStranger
not even scared of ken starr
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 13:25:09
Comments:
mayor,
quick to take offense, aren't you punk? my guess is that eviva could wipe your heavily-rouged face all over the sidewalk without breaking a sweat.simon,
didn't you say goodbye? so fuck off, already. gas up & head for creepville. you know the way.eviva,
seppuku sounds vaguely like the sound of clinton hitting bottom. after this, he & hilary can't even smoke cigars in peace.st. al,
so when does this contest close? when do we see the master plan? what does this all mean? we need a little guidance here.
Name: Mayor Rudy
I`ll call the N.Y. Times for Ya.
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 13:03:23
Comments:
Eviva: Your right, I do like a spirited debate. Thats my idea of fun. What is yours, to critique everyone that posts here ? Whats your motivation, to look for hidden meanings to Steely Dan songs ?I`ll call the times for you and see if they are hiring movie critics. In the meantime quit Whining about the G.B. It was fine before you and i came aboard, it will be fine if we leave.
Name: countzir0
I'm sorry I can't resist this one.
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 12:28:35
Comments:
Mock Kelly: Say I DO go to bed at ten tonite, ILL be in the sack getting a nice piece of FEMALE ass, while you're masturbating to the newest issue of Playgirl. You go, girlfriend!?
Si/WG: You must be pretty fucken bored to go rent the "We Are The World" video. That's about as played out as MK's use of the word dipshit. And if you're not the same people, then both of you are equally as horrible spellers as each other. You both need to take a trip to www.badspellers.com. After you've brushed up on your spelling, make sure you both type out a grammatically sound email to your respective male lovers. AND DON'T EITHER OF YOU FORGET TO RUN SPELLCHECK!!!
Later, Jackass(es)
Name: Simon/Wrong Guestbook
@supportgroup.com
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 12:02:37
Comments:
Please Countzero, Don't get me mixed up with that Kelly creep.After reading your post today, I felt nothing but joy! I ran and put on my copy of the "We are the world" video, you know the one where everyones standing around holding hands with tears in there eyes.
"We are the world
We are the children
countzero has a new job
the worlds a better place for you and I"
Come on everybody join in and cuddle the count.
Name: EvivaLaughs
@read.my.lips--actions.have.consequences
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 11:29:39
Comments:
Countzir0: Welcome back, guy! So glad you've joined us again. And very glad to hear you've remedied so far two of your more pressing problems. Don't do that again; you scared a bunch of us :)...Anyway, maybe your re-entry will help get us off current focus, which is (to answer your question) secondarily sex, lies and Grand Jury videotape (the ongoing Vice Capades) but is primarily a severe case of GB ingrown eyeballs. Bogus posters on top of bogus posters, intra-GB feuds, South vs. North, Left vs. Right, Mayor vs. Psycho, etc. etc. etc. Not a Dan discussion to be seen. Heaven knows that hiding in the shadows and conflicts on top of conflicts have NOTHING to do with the Dan....:)
So, anyway, a bunch of us will be mucho glad you're back. Let's have a Tao quote so we know you're back in the saddle--
Biff Berenger: I feel your pain, baby.
Ruby "The Voice of Reason Speaks Again" Baby!: Principles RULE--and Consequences. Must. Follow. Let's make sure they do.
Mayor: OK, this is only fair...Yes, I'm a newbie. I am not a bogus poster. And no, I am not you, nor Psychotic Minstrel, nor any other feuding character around here. I am also not Missy, nor Chrissy, nor Simon, nor Wrong Guestbook, nor any other mean, foul-mouthed or bigoted character here. Other than that, I will admit to having taken on another life or two around here when it suits my sense of fun.
BTW: Nice try on the e-mail. Only one person on this GB has mine, and she knows I'm for real (hi lady! :D).Stranger: You're right; it doesn't matter. And for GB purposes, I rawtha like being a fiction. But if I thought the GB was a true parallel to life I'd commit seppuku today. (Ever see "The Truman Show?" Walker Percy-esque...now THERE are some parallels to life for you)
Oleander: How insulted you must have felt (sorry, Mayor--you just like to fight too much). OK, I believe you. P.S. You never told me about "Kulee Baba"--what's the scoop?
Name: Mock Kelly
when your down & out, I will be your friend
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 10:59:50
Comments:
Welcome back- Countloser!Have fun in Dallas tonite, but remember, be in bed before ten.
Your cybersitter,
Mock Kelly
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 10:18:27
Comments:
Count0: glad to see you're up and running... I've always said that the good people having to leave a job usually end up in a better job anyway. I'll be in your vicinity in second week of November at a convention for surveyors and mappers.
Name: countzir0
whoops
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 07:45:59
Comments:
I meant to say- Mock Kelly/Simon/Wrong Guestbook: Fuck off.
That is all...
Name: countzir0
Fields with red asterisks * are required
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 07:38:07
Comments:
Hello, good morning, everyone....I'm baaaack...
After a couple of weeks of forced GB vacation I've returned and could someone please inform me as to what exactly IS the topic of discussion here currently?
I've read through all of the posts during my absence, and must say that I felt warm fuzzies from everybody who submitted supportive comments. Some of you guys are actually half decent people, and I'm proud to call you my "cyberfriends." But Mr. Mock Kelly/Simon/Wrong Guestbook(hehe caught you again) I'm going to have to risk an infraction by the Slang Police and call you a "gaywad." Can anyone guess which era THAT word comes from?
But thanks especially to Geena for keeping up with me via email, and Eviva Laughs for the beautiful sonnet. Stranger, Dr. Mu, Oleander, Hank S., Ruby, and anyone I might have forgotten thank you guys for backing me up, it's been a fucked up last couple of weeks, but everything seems to be coming around just fine.
I've been spending time at my parents' lake house out on Lake Lewisville(until the monsoon season started) riding Seadoos and drinking waaay too much ethyl at the local Sneaky Pete's. I got a new job about four days after the other job I was at ended, but I've already quit THAT job for another job. Damn, life is crazy sometimes...
Just lately purchased Steely Dan Gold Expanded Edition and had a listen to the two tracks at the end. "Dumb love in the city(Washington DC) at century's end," fits in quite nicely with the current goings-on, wouldn't everybody say? "True Companion" has now become one of my favorites, and seems to be just another example of Fagen's tendency to write sci-fi songs which is fine by me...
Anyone who will be near the Dallas area THIS SATURDAY make sure you are aware of the Steely Dan review by a band called "Naked Lunch." The show starts at 9:30 and is happening at "The Brick Room," a jazz club where my twin bro formerly waited tables, and walking distance from his house. Anybody who will be in Dallas and would like to join me at the show, have a few Martinis or whatever, email me at countzir0@yahoo,hotmail, or xoommail. Or just walk up to the table in the front where the two twins are sitting....Brick Room is at the corner of Skillman and Oram St. in what is called the "Lakewood S." Any Dallasite will be able to point out directions...Hope to see somebody, any of you Texans interested in driving up, let me know.
jOkER: Busting out the Esquivel, eh? You gotta love that lounge, man. Have you checked out the Ultra-Lounge compilation series? If not, add it to your list. Oh, and also, I was on the "Under the Banyan Trees" page and happened upon your portfolio. Your virtual albums seem very Vaughan Oliveresque(graphic artist for 4ad record label since 1980). Check out his work @ www.4ad.com, he did stuff for Pixies, His Name is Alive, Wolfgang Press, Lisa Germano, Red House Painters, and a bunch of other wacked out groups. Here's a link to his newest book: http://www.artbooks.de/4AD/trr.html. Anyway, he's pretty awesome, and has a style very similar to your virtual album stuff...
Shit, it's 9:30, I've got things to do other than play in cyberland all day. See everybody later, and it's nice to be back.
Mock Kelly: Fuck off.
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 06:37:05
Comments:
RubyBaby; I had 9 out of 9! RubyBaby you could drive my car?
The Stranger; right!
I have nothing to write about today either but I write anyway. Else I'm afraid you'll forget me.
Name: Hey Joe
allalongthewatchtower
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 at 00:19:05
Comments:
Mayor & Stranger: Compromise and move to Costa Rica.
Is it just my 6 year stint in the armed forces that makes me particularly susceptible to the actions of our Commander and Chief, or are any of you, too, experiencing a lack of sexual gratification with your significant plaintiff? I mean spouse! Damn, once again the sheer act of recording my frustrations on this GB has been nothing short of a catharsis. Think I'll wake up the old lady and play some Neil Young.
Name: Biff
inthemorninitwontbetherenomore
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 22:02:06
Comments:
Joker,
Thank you, thank you....I'm weak but Esquivel has cheered me up. I think I'll listen to some Brubeck before I jump into Tom Petty. How long before I dare attempt 11 TOW?
Uuuurp*
Biff
Name: RubyBaby
I s@w the light in your eyes
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 17:24:29
Comments:
Doc Kelly: I got 7 out of 9. Now I know them all, but I'm not telling. That would be cheating, wouldn't it?Oleander: I got you mixed up with someone else, all because of one little comment you made months ago. I should've known better!
You are all magnificently beautiful! But I knew that before I saw the snap shot. Beauty begins from within.
LucklessPedestrian: I knew you right away! No flies. Really.
spank me for bragging! rb
Name: Fodor`s Travel Guide
It`s a matter of preference
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 16:43:11
Comments:
First things first Mississippi is the Armpit of the Country. 1st in poverty and illiteracy. Other than watching space projects what is a person to do in Alabama. New Orleans is cool. The bible belt that extends through Georgia and Northern Florida is tough to take with every cashier at Wynn Dixie Supermarket telling you "God bless you "The common Northern response would be "Go fuck yourself "
Name: Mayor Rudy
Wrong Coast
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 16:18:58
Comments:
Stranger: While were proud of Woody Allen`s achievments on Broadway and Hollywood, that kind of behavior with the Stepdaughter is more Tinseltown than Big Apple , there is more nuts out there than in Brazil.
Name: Tasteless joke
Halftime of Blue and Gray Cultural Bowl
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 16:10:04
Comments:
What was the difference between John Kennedy and Bill Clinton ? One had his head blown off and the other was assasinated. Now back to the Cultural Civil War.
Name: TheStranger
arbitrating
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 15:38:03
Comments:
yank & minstrel,
allow me to settle your dispute. in my experience, there are stupid motherfuckers everywhere you go. for example, people in n.y. who wear bowling shirts & root against the cubs. then of course in the south where people are supposed to be polite and genteel, select citizens like to drag black people behind pickups. however, there are also swift, cool people in both places. where will you find more of the latter? the apple, of course. no contest. & this is from an l.a. guy who has seen his way of life excortiated by new yorkers like woody allen, who as it turns out, was screwing his stepdaughter & then just to prove it was ok, married her.you want to find cool people? go to where cool stuff gets done. go where they make movies or publish books or invent medicine. you go to some of these little shitass southern towns and the only industry is either a prison or a textile factory. you might find some terrific, thoughtful, interesting people, but what are the odds?
this took me several minutes. each of you owes me $600. no checks, no irs trail.
Name: Yankee
Bastard
Location: New York, NY The City Soo Nice They Named It Twice
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 13:05:23
Comments:
psychotic minstrel - your ignorance is showing, and it is unwise to speak your mind about what you know little about. your depiction of new york is both small minded and inaccurate. "cursing stacks of humanity?" wrong again.
and your 'use' of the word bastard surely didn't bring anything home.
please, sir, stay where you are, with your other folk - your post just proves the southern stereotype
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch (no cattle here!)
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 10:36:46
Comments:
MK: Q.E.D.
St. Al: 3 out of 9 ain't bad?
Name: psychotic minstrel
disdainingtheconcretejungle
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 09:59:43
Comments:
fox- i congradulate you on your successful midnight stroll, max seems like a pretty cool guy and i'm sure he can wail the sax. let me tell you about a night i had a few weeks ago...i took a drive out on the blueridge parkway to an overlook i know and walked down to a stretch of the apppalachian trail with a wide rocky stream that glints like crystal in the starlight, it was there that i met a fellow, a black hiker, blind as justice walking with a labradore sight hound. i didn't say anything to him, but he stopped ten feet from me and asked my name. he sat beside me on his pack and shared some trail mix while we spoke of much the same things you an max did, religious theories, a little polotics, physics, both positive and negative evolution, stoicism, shinto and buddism, louis armstrong, and the basic purpose of man. now, while james did not play an instrument, i would pit him in a cultural fight against your max any day. the point i am driving at is this: there are, what, five million people in NY? if only one in a thousand of those people know something of what is going on in the world outside thier own feeble minds, that still leaves you with pretty good odds of happening upon one of them. now consider this, i was far enough in the wilderness that i could hear no cars roaring down the parkway, there were probably two hundred people within a hundred square miles of me and still i found a profoundly intelectual man, this ratio would imlply that there are a greater percentage of people who are aware and self-aware in the woodsy south than in your cursing stacks of humanity that you call the big apple. as far as i am concerned, the apple is rotten and seathing with worms, even if there are a few good bites still left.
mayor- indeed we do still call you yankees, but i would not understand you taking any offence to the term given the fact of the fanatic dedication to your such named baseball team. that is why i threw the "bastard" in there to make sure my point got across.
Name: the JOKeR
cleanup@aisle6
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 09:08:50
Comments:
Biff! BIFF!
Wake UP, MAN!
...shit, we got a Code Yellow here:
Biff, to counteract the poison that's been ingested, you're gonna need to do a couple of things -- you'll not only need to listen to the REAL SD version of the offended song, but some other music genres to bring your synapses back to equilibrium.the order here is important, so as not to shock your system: as soon as you can, put on some music close to the Muzak that attacked you, then come up to speed slowly: some Esquivel, some smarmy lounge music/fuzak should be all right. Listen until your sight clears, while you're putting your groceries away. Then go for some heavier stuff -- some Beach Boys, some Elvis even, perhaps start with some Beatles at this stage (especially if there was a Muzak medley involved)....after this stage, you might be ready to listen to not only the real SD song, but the entire album as well. I've found that trying to go straight to the Dan after such an episode can be a bit jarring [unless you need a good justification for consuming narcotics] - I hope this does not come too late, Biff.
Better stay away from that Starr report for a few days as well....
the joKer
(licensed Emergency Muzak Rescusitation Medic)PS: Oleander, you are too kind: meeting you and the others at the Fest is the highlight of the summer for the Joker.
Name: Fox Mulder
in the Apple's Core
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 06:51:44
Comments:
Senator Bentsen: C'mon, now. Perhaps I give you too much credit, but if you are truly naive as you 'sound', you should know that your man of integrity has been and still is loosely associated with some of the Republican Party's slimier agendas, behinds the scenes, you know. For all that our President has done - both known and unknown - don't blindly jump ship to an even more vile and evil political party. The GOP has a tremendous amount of wealth, pocketed all over the country, and if you think the Starr Report was crude, I think you'd be horrified what the Repubs think and plan behind closed doors. It justifies people like me, who started questioning authority 20 years ago.
Psychotic Minstrel: I'm doing some 'research' in New York. And I went walking in Central Park, last night, 'round Midnight, which is the name of a tune I heard being played by a lonely sax player, a few sets of lovers I saw in the Park kissing. It was quite a beautiful scene. I walked the length of Manhattan, checked out a few clubs, watched the sun rise and went back to my hotel. I ended up seeing that sax player this morning over breakfast at this little diner near Central Park South, and I started talking to him. Apparently, Max had to go to his day job at a finance company, where he designs data control systems. He was very well spoken - we spoke about philosophy, the state of New York City, the Yankees, the demise of music and art in general, and the possibility of a cosmic life force - all in an hour. Quite intelligent really. He wasn't bigoted, was a good conversationalist, and plays sweet horn, with, at times, a fat sound. He told me he was just a typical New Yorker - so I guess that would mean talented, intelligent, diverse, cultured, considerate, and kind (he bought my breakfast and thanked me for the company).
Meanwhile, with Billy Boy in town, I've heard that his handlers are keeping him far away from the likes of any trouble.
Fox
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 02:07:45
Comments:
Nerium Oleander; thanx.
Name: Biff Berenger
triplecoupons
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 01:09:35
Comments:
weak...can't tttype...ev everything get ting darker...heard 'do it again' at grocerystore--flutes--muzak--must go on. must
Name: Selma Hausentown
shakeyourbodhisattva
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 00:26:31
Comments:
If Ronald hadn't ingested so much aluminum and hung out with primates we'd all have a nice, big war to occupy our minds instead of a weak, pathetic, bastard from Arkansas whose story has already eaten up more money and wood-pulp than I care to mention. But just how weak and pathetic would he be without Ken "Peeping" Starr giving us the play-by-play? From everything I've gathered, Mr. Starr has spent forty million dollars maintaining his woodie. I know some girls in Vegas who could save us taxpayers a bundle!
Name: Schwinn
humidor
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 at 00:10:32
Comments:
HRC: A most lovely adaptation of an old family favorite. Now, what would you do with "Show Biz Kids"?
Oleander: I agree. Hardgroove has always been the bane of this GB and I'll bet your "Toronaga" label has silenced him at least for a bit. How much you wanna bet he's ordering Spanish Berlitz as we speak?
Open to All: I just don't care about Bill and Monica anymore. I had a girl like that once long ago but my mother didn't like her and that was the end of that. Ahh, the good old days...
Suzi's Quatro,SEMB
Name: Mayor Rudy
civil war in central park
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 19:24:20
Comments:
Hello there Pychotic Minstreel, how has life been treating you.? Ihadn`t seen your posts for a while. I thought you might join the fray sooner rather than later. Do you have any new poetry to share with us. I`m glad you reside south of the Mason-Dixon line. Why am i not surprised? Do you folks still call us Yankees ? I`ll be fair y`all did have good generals. I guess it`s pretty hard to find people who opposed Wallace ,or would they have ended up in the Bayou?
Name: RubyBaby
p@n fry the big ones
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 19:05:14
Comments:
Oleanderbabe: Thanks! He's at that age when it's really important to be thought of as a "babe"! I passed it on and he was pleased. May I see a snap shot of yours?
MajorDUDE: Now I know what danfandom can do to a person. I'm impressed! You're a hard act to follow.
YMBADF if...your kids can sing most of the choruses to Steely Dan songs because they get a quarter for each new one they learn... until they start demanding a dollar (which after a few seconds of haggling, they get.)
RazorBoy,
>but do some people in the United States make head-hunting the president their national pastime?<Not really. It all started over $$$. Paula Jones was suing him for millions when Monica suddenly came into the picture. In order for him to not pay Paula, he had to "persuade" Monica to perjure herself. And he had to perjure himself. And he had to have a bunch of people killed for other unrelated issues. It's now about principle, which on the surface seems unimportant, but is really essential. And it's about the validity and continuance of the Constitution. Let's say our dear ST.Al did a mere fraction of the things William Clinton has confessed to doing. St.Al would be in the slammer, fending off the forces that would turn him into somebody's bitch, right now. Personally, I think St.Al is just as important as Mr. Clinton. ( As a matter of fact, Mr. Clinton is supposed to be serving St.Al and the rest of the nation instead of his own gratification all the time.) According to the Constitution, consequences should follow. We will see if they do...
Did you ever wonder why Billy didn't just stick it out in Canada during the VN war, like every other dodger? Be glad, RazorBoy, be glad!
rb
Name: oleander
poster girl
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 18:52:11
Comments:
Stranger--Sigh. And what an eloquent cyberwraith you are.
Eviva--I know you don't know whether to believe me or not, but I only post as me.
Clas--Technically "who're" (contraction of who are) is right. But I imagine it's hard to sing. And it sounds a lot like "whore." You could just be colloquial and say "who gonna."
Mynah--Your aim is true, bro.
Dr. Hardgroove--You win the Toronaga Award of the Week.
Crimson--Danfests were the brainchild of Hoops! McKay, father of the Digest. They're get-togethers of like-minded and geographically proximate Danfans, the most rabid of whom have been the Southeast faction, sponsors of 3 Fests in southeastern Va. since December of last year. The last Fest was especially special on account of the presence of St. Al & Rudy/ Joker. There was also a Danstravaganza in NYC in July at Le Bar Bat, where lovebob, Peg & friends wowed the crowds with The Steely Damned (hosted by Swami Pete Fogel). Unfortunately (perhaps), it was so packed that GBers didn't connect. Actually, they probably started with the tailgate parties at the '93 & '96 concerts--any eyewitnesses?
Name: psychotic minstrel
deep south
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 18:37:02
Comments:
country boy- don't worry, your not alone...
mayor- aren't you dead yet? why don't you take a walk through the park at midnight, then tell me about all the intelligence, talent and ability you yankee bastards have?
Name: G. Booker
@hallelujiah.com
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 18:04:49
Comments:
Simon/Wrong Guestbook: Your most welcome, glad to hear you found your happiness, now don't let the door hit you on the way out, see ya!!
G.B.
Name: Simon/ Wrong Guestbook
@thankthelord.com
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 15:52:46
Comments:
I'm baaaack, But not for long.I just wanted to THANK the person (or people) that turned me on to the Alt. Music, Steely.Dan Group. I finally found a place to talk about the Dan... no bullshit, no women looking for attention, no Bill Clinton.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!
S/WG
Name: Richard
:0-
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 15:39:01
Comments:
IMHO - Kulee Baba is a terrible song.Mayor Rudy - Take a break.
Name: Crimson Tide
@ Pacific NW
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 15:34:59
Comments:
Mayor Rudy---What an asshole. George Wallace later recognized the stupidity of his views and repented. Please show some respect for the dead as well as other Southerners who are more intelligent, kind, and compassionate than yourself.
Name: Mayor Rudy
Thanks for your support (no Asian money ,please)
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 15:03:00
Comments:
Country Boy , Thanks for your support and the Left handed compliment. My deepest sympathy to you and Country Joe and the Fish population that named Richmond their Confederate Capitol. Today you and i mean you (NOT US YANKEES ,THATS FOR FUCKIN SURE) lost one of your cultural icons. Governor Wallace, that was the best Dixie had to offer,huh? He really new how to tap into the fears of you Jetro Bodine`s, i`ll give him that much, We have more talent in Brooklyn than the whole South combined You should be glad Yankees moved to Atlanta, Charlotte, to infuse come culture into that Mayberry-esque lifestyle. I`ll lay 100-1 Yankees that transplanted there don`t eat that fuckin slop called grits.
Name: TheStranger
on a rant
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 14:36:27
Comments:
eviva,
what does it matter if the mayor owns up to his true handle which is not his name anyway? and if you had his name, social security number and visa balance he'd still be just a cyber presence with documentation. everyone on this board is a fiction, an electronic will-o-the-wisp. i can tell you for sure i don't exist. surely you must see that no one as perfect as i am could be any more than a fable.here we have friends without the obligations of friendship and quarrels with ghosts. think of us all as robin hood, paul bunyan & cinderella, only difference being we dig the Dan & tune in occasionally to an evolving cyber scroll which some mysterious organizer named st. al sticks in a great computer drawer of nothingness. see any parallels to life?
Name: Former Sen . Lloyd Benson
( D ) - Texas
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 14:29:29
Comments:
Fox Mulder: I served with the Gentleman from Utah , Orrin Hatch and while i didn`t agree with his politics, he was a man of integrity. So whats your point?
Name: Crimson Tide
@ Pacific NW
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 14:27:49
Comments:
StAl,
Once again, this is Crimson Tide your fellow Pacific Northwesterner. Please inform this Dan GB rookie as to what "Danfest" is. Much obliged.
Name: country boy
surrounded by enemies
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 14:18:47
Comments:
what hurt the most was when hilary made me give up that specially treated cigar. i coulda traded it to boris for a buncha missiles, which mighta saved my fat bleached-out ass from starr if ya think about it. yeah, things look bad, but i still got my pickup & my fishin gear & there's a whole lot a big macs i aint et yet. & lookit all the groupies still out there who'd chow down on my weezil without a moment's hesitation. life is good.
mayor rudy, for a disturbed yankee republican mayor, you make a lot of sense sometimes. hi chelsea, got any new girlfriends?
Name: Mayor Rudy
" I am not a crook"
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 14:02:34
Comments:
Eviva, I have been posting for about 5 months and when the subject of politics come up ,i go into my Mayor personna.If for one minute i thought i didn`t have at least 60% of the G.B. Support i would resign. I have laid low before and even comtemplated retirement. The masses have seeked my opinions and being a public servant, how could i refuse. Who are you? Are you a newbie ? could you be the Pycho Minstreel? Funny Except for those who attended the Danfest, we are all faceless posters ...
I am not a crook the quote by one of our greatest of Presidents applies to me as well. I have revealed my true identity to a few of the loyalists.They too were shocked. I will gladly reveal my identity as long as it remains confidential (by e-mail only)
Name: HRC
I got what i wanted out of this marriage
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 13:32:10
Comments:
"My Favorite Things"
from the movie "The Sound of Music" (Modifications by
Bill Clinton):Blow jobs and land deals in backwater places,
Big Macs and french fries and girls with big faces, Lots of nice cleavage that makes willie spring, These are a few of my favorite thingsSusan McDougal and Gennifer Flowers,
Horny young interns who while 'way the hours, Profits from futures that Hillary brings, These are a few of my favorite thingsBeating the draft board and getting elected, Naming to judgeships some hacks I've selected, Conspiracy theories that blame the right wing, These are a few of my favorite things
Golfing with Vernon and suborning perjury, Falling down drunk that required knee surgery Stars in the White House who come here to sing, These are a few of my favorite things
Meeting with Boris and Helmut and Tony, States of the Union with lots of baloney, Winning debates and the joy of my flings, These are a few of my favorite things
When that Jones bites,
When Ken Starr stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad
Name: mWorld
I'm wrong,wrong,wrong
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 10:03:05
Comments:
Jeez...StAl, I'm *definitely* not good at these things...0 for 9...
Geena, O-le: thanks for the EC validation...nice to know I might be right about *something*, 'cause I sure can't guess the danfan...
mW
Name: EvivaLaughs
@not your Evita Peron
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 09:36:30
Comments:
Mayor Rudy: No, you've got me all wrong--as Ole mentioned, solipsism and egocentrism are two different things (you'll have to ask HER what she meant by her post...) I was just referring to the never-know-who-anybody-is nature of this GB (for all I know, you ARE Psycho Minstrel--and those others with whom you were feuding, and--hey--Oleander too: know what we mean?) ;)
Must say, though, this GB is getting pretty metaphysical these days what with all the bogus posters--so do your patriotic duty and resign! (Oops, no, that last phrase was for Clinton) So come on out: are you a "bogus poster" or a newbie, Mayor?
Ole: now my curiosity's up--what'z this "Kulee Baba" and where can I get it? Did I miss a Dan release or what? Please advise--
Name: Fox Mulder
for Chrissakes! Utah
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 09:15:56
Comments:
Rose Darling: Is that your real name? Are you a real woman?
I'm doing some research on political infiltration of a certain Republican Senator from Utah, which would explain his ramblings during the recent reporn, er, report which has the Republican party all excited. With regard to that, how could the President receive oral gratification and not.... not, um, shall we say, blurt forth his emotional state? I don't get it.
State is sending me all over the place; something to do with the powers that be controlling our sitting president, who is very liberal towards the acceptance of the unexplained, which ruins the Plan.
Give me your e-mail: I could trace you out and see what kind of explorations/investigations I could do in your general area. Do you have any on-line pics? videos? are you a member of one of those pay as you go sites?
Yours cyberlustfully,
Fox
Name: Former Sen. Lloyd Benson
Deep in the heart of Texas
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 09:05:29
Comments:
Yes, i knew Miss Monroe, and she was really something. She was so good that i advised the President to pass her on to little brother Bobby . He was kinda preocuppied with his war on organized crime, after they helped his brother get elected, so they had a real feud going on, sort of like Texas-Oklahoma in football, when both were good. As far as that Fat Hog the Arkansas Football Mascot , Miss Lewinsky goes She couldn`t have made a beauty mark on Miss Monroe`s ass.
Name: Mayor Rudy
Morning Response
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 08:45:19
Comments:
Good Morning my fellow New Yorkers and residents of Harlem. Yesterday i was accused of following the philosophy of Solipism. The theory that only the self can be known and verified, and that the self is the only reality. While i was dunking my Biscotti into my Expresso,i came to the conclusion that the poster meant i`m self centered. I could well be and that would be a character flaw. What i am not though is a perjurer, an obstructor of Justice and a Wittness Tamperer. Yesterday also Neil Bush alone was blamed for the country`s Billion Dollar S+L fiasco. My fellow Americans, Thievery is a Bipartisan activity and no party can rightly claim to be the best at doing it.What DR. Mu. so eloquently stated was true. One point he missed was that the Reagan Administration did was deregulate the Banking Industry which permitted the looting. "The Fox was in charge of the Henhouse.Thank You, Iwill now take a few questions.
Name: Mayor Rudy
sorry wrong dictionary
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 07:47:53
Comments:
Eviva, or is that Evita Peron. My dictionary doesn`t have that word in it. One of my aides is looking it up and i`ll have a response later. If it`s positive we`ll do a photo OP , If its negative I`ll go on National T.V and point my finger at the audience and say that i`m not a solipist and never have been one. If that doesn`t work ,I`LL wait a few months embarrass my family and humiliate my staff and then finally apologize. Heres the the killer thought ,I`ll quote a passage from the Bible about forgiveness. What do you think, will it fly?
Polical Legend George Wallace died today, and you think my black constiuents diss`ed me? Don`t laugh Geena he carried Boston when he ran for President. Trying to get the right spin on Solipism while leading the City i love. Rudolph
Name: DrMu
it's way back
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 07:46:39
Comments:
One more track: Third World Man
Name: DrMu
1/9 of a minute from Sammy's bat to Waveland
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 07:43:33
Comments:
Eleven Tracks of Whack involving references to smoke/smoking
or Cuba:
1) Your Gold Teeth
2) Your Gold Teeth II
3) Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More
4) King of the World
5) My Old School
6) Girlfriend
7) The Nightfly
8) Hey Nineteen
9) The Goodbye Look
10) Dr. Wu
11) Deacon Blues
Anybody else step up to the plate??St. Al: I'd better step upon the platform to make the deadline
Dateline - Washington DC: The FBI labs reveal that DNA evidence from a "stain" reported on page 235 of the original special prosecutor report to Congress matches that of Kenneth "Mr. La Page" Starr. Judge Starr could not be reached for comment as he was seen scampering out of an a video store and into a screaching car occupied by George Michael and Paul Reubens. This would explain the onset of blindness in the SP to facts which could have easily established a pattern of behavior for the Commander-in-Briefs: The Thompson Hearings (the Robert Tamraz testimony alone should have resulted in 15-20 in the slammer), Whitewatergate, Filegate, Travelgate, Ron Browngate, DNCgate, Chinagate.
The hell on impeachment, let's penetrate the Beltway and give'em what Monica's Dad should have: an old fashioned ass whuppin'...a public flogging and hanging in effigy for closure (disclaimer for federal authorities: this is an internet fantasy...please, no men in black outside my lawn this afternoon)
Dateline - Somewhere in the heart of Texas: Lloyd Benson has been quoted: "I knew Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was a friend of mine. Monica, you're no Marilyn Monroe."
Dateline - Hello Baton Rouge: Jimmy Swaggart has apologized again!
Hargroove: I know it wasn't in the papers in NYC and on the left coast in the mid 80s, but since I lived in the area i can tell you that Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahahoma were suffering an fucking economic DEPRESSION at that time of the oil bust. Deflation, high unemployment, lack of capital. The money dried up. That's what happened to the S&Ls for the most part. There was some corruption in Ohio, Louisiana, and Arkansas Banks. But to my knowledge, no one linked Neil to loan repayment checks found in Henry Ford's tornado-tossed car which were from Bill Clinton to repay loans that the Slickster testified UNDER OATH (yeah, like that matters) that he did not receive from the McDougals, who are either dead or in jail.
Anyway, paying back the lost capital from the S&Ls due to the localized depression, the bill for the Cold War, and the tax hike that George Bush caved into cost Mr. Bush the '92 election. You can thank the recovery after the early 90s to: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ALAN GREENSPAN, MAYOR RUDY, THE GOVERNORS OF STATES LIKE OHIO, and REAGAN'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION not the CIB.
Name: Clas°
° = not working for the moment
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 07:42:56
Comments:
Hardgroove; what I mean is; our king is not bombing anyone, but he is "bombed".
"Bombad"; Swedish slang for stupid.
Name: Clas
@ work?
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 07:12:37
Comments:
Hmmmmm... I am sitting and making some lyrics... dum di dum di dum. Nerium Oleander, is this correct English:
"Where are the girls
and where are the woman
who's gonna cook
and who's gonna clean the linen
I'm running out of PersilŽI've searched all night
cause PersilŽ makes the linen clean
and therefore perfectly white..."
My point is: I'm talking about several girls and several woman, pluralis. But that line "...who's gonna..." is singularis. Please help me out here. I am very confused.Hardgroove; "...dangerously close to monarchy...", hey, Sweden is a monarchy!
Name: Mr. Laser Pointer
bannedfromlasvegas
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 02:17:08
Comments:
HG: Your heart is in the right place but your facts are in error. Clinton authorized the bombing of Baghdad in '93. Not '92. You'd better check your sources before slamming the Republicans. We might just find an illegal Clinton campaign check in the trunk of your car.
HA HA HA!
Name: Hardgroove
thecandymancan
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 02:03:00
Comments:
The recent "Clinton" conspiracy information relayed on the GB has been droll and disheartening. Let's not forget how the Republicans forced Clinton to bomb Iraq in the Summer of '92 just to show those damn terrorists that the REPUBLICANS were still in charge no matter who won the election. (I believe the official explanation for the bombing was that an Iraqi plot had been uncovered seeking to kill former President Bush.) HA HA HA! Please, all you professional investigators, feel free to correct my suppositions. I can't wait to intercept your ordinance.
Oh, and all those associates of the President who have committed suicide, been murdered or died under mysterious circumstances? Ask Bob Dole. How could any political party with the cleverness and money of the Republicans fare so poorly in the '96 Presidential election? Ross Perot? HA HA HA!
The Republicans WON, baby. Both '92 and '96. The Presidential approval polls are about to make it fact.
Please laugh with me here: Neil Bush can be excused from a half-billion dollar S&L bailout with nary a whimper while the "Bully" Republicans have no problem dredging up a 20 year old Whitewater fiasco to hound OUR President with? It's so fucking clear you don't need Windex. Or do you?
Wake up and smell the napalm. Forcing President Clinton to bomb Baghdad in the Summer of '92 was the equivalent of a fraternity president hazing a new freshman into grabbing his ankles and drinking a quart of bourbon. Clinton has NEVER had control. The Republican machine, (dangerously close to monarchy), wants to divert you from their partisan subterfuge which has undermined Clinton's Presidency from the beginning. They think YOU'RE SO STUPID that you won't notice! And you know what, THEY'RE RIGHT!
Offer Up Your Best Defense,
HG
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 00:42:45
Comments:
You might be a Dan-head if you force your son to listen to Steely Dan from birth untill he's twentytwo so he can add some good guitarlicks when you're recording your own music.
Geena: hi! Did you meet John Irving? And please tell me, who is this Bill everybody's talking about?
Name: Bob Dylan
littlerockexpression
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 at 00:32:01
Comments:
Stranger: Everything's Broken.
Name: TheStranger
smile for the camera
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 22:45:07
Comments:
oleander, geena et al,
yeah, i looked in the Oralsexgate Report to see if there were any clues about paula jones allegations, since i think those are the most serious charges yet made against cigar willy. but monica was so eager to go down on him he didn't have a chance to tell her what he wanted.you see starr asking detailed question after detailed question, then actually calling in all the guards and guys on the phone and everyone else to back up what the two of them admitted anyway. starr is a sick, sick bastard. why does he have to tell us clinton told monica he'd had hundreds of affairs? what's that got to do with the charges? & i think it was fezo who asked: where's whitewater?
Name: Kreskin
jiffypop
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 22:05:56
Comments:
Roy: www.astrozine.com/bill monica.html
Name: Schwinn
shapefromshading
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 21:56:05
Comments:
Oleander: Self-absorption? Yes, and that's just a heartbeat away from diffusion. Sloppy logic. But it works. Steady as she goes...
Mayor: You're half-way there. Clinton is impeached, Gore resigns and Lootin' Gitrich is our interim President. Man, I'm fired up!
Sword in the Stone,
SEMB
St. Al: I'm pretty sure who the mystery person is but who are those two people in the bottom left of the picture?
Name: ooh he's
here@gain
Location: or lost on some, horizon
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 20:32:53
Comments:
PG & Danfanatic
I'd wait at least another 4 years - it'll be worth it
Name: oleander
oleander1@earthlink.net
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 19:53:50
Comments:
El mayor--that answer your question?
Eviva--I can! That's solipsism. And I did mean it, as opposed to egocentrism--it really fits this kind of subworld, don't you think? The St. Augustine ref is in "Kulee Baba," which I also heard on the Danfest odyssey for the first time, thanx to Joe. I dig the "chaste" quote, but really don't know much about him. Thanx for your kind words on the page. Visit often--and send stuff.
Beefy--I do believe you're looking at the wrong person.
Kids say the Dandest things: The 4-year-old ran up to the Friday night dinner table and sang, "Won't you sign in stranger?" And this afternoon as he meandered by he said, "Drink your big fat pow!" Both after not hearing either song for weeks.
Name: StAl
stalfnzo@seanet.com
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 19:51:00
Comments:
As you may have noticed, the "Guess The DanFan Contest" has begun! It's a simple form. Follow the link at the top of the Guestbook to enter. All you do is match the name with a face. The winner will receive a Barrytown High t-shirt, a copy of Alive in America and a copy of the 1993 St Louis show. Even if you already possess these items I encourage you to enter. Attendee's of any of the previous Danfests are not eligible. You will know instantly whether or not you guessed right if your choices match the names in the left-hand column of the feedback (submission) form. Any tie will be broken by a means to be determined at the end of the contest. The contest will end Wednesday, August 23rd.
Good Luck!
StAl
Name: pg
pg@humdrum.com
Location: jfk, ny
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 17:42:30
Comments:
DANFANATIC: I'm more interested in the 8th coming than the 2nd.
Name: beefy bob
it's whats for dinner
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 17:04:55
Comments:
Oleander your gorgeous!
Name: fezo
lets.get.ready.to.rumble
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 16:22:37
Comments:
Carl: man, you got ripped off in the Holmes fight.
Name: Carl
thetruth
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 14:00:37
Comments:
OOOPS! I meant to say 200001
Name: Carl "the truth" Willams
/
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 13:47:40
Comments:
I think Donald and Walter are full of shit! I say 20001 before "the new one" is out.
Name: EvivaLaughs
@can anyone prove solipsism exists?
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 13:16:04
Comments:
Geena: Welcome back, lady :)!
Rose Darling: Ditto to you :). We'll come up with something, right after Clinton pugnaciously resigns on the eve of the Senate impeachment vote, on November 1, 2000--
fezo: Laughs re: the bizarre comment--very true. OK, I give up. Ghostbusters connection?
Danfanatic: Exactly.
Ole: Your website's great, just got there...meanwhile, the Last Great Lyric Mystery continues. And: OK, it's not Dan, but I'll bite: Do I know why St. Augustine was right about--what? (Given the events of the last few days I thought you might mean his famous early-conversion prayer: "Lord, make me chaste--but not yet") BTW: None of us is a solipsist (except Mayor Rudy :) ) but all of us whatever our politics are sick of this circus, no?
Name: Mayor Rudy
strickly confidential
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 10:41:37
Comments:
Oleander: can`t reach you at msalyers@earthlink. .AOL says there is an error. Do you have another e -address?
Name: Mayor Rudy
light up time
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 10:14:44
Comments:
Oleander: Your right on your assesment of the political landscape. The Republican Party looking at the November elections can`t help but drool. The G.O.P. controls 35 of 50 Governors, will extend the majority in the house and will be the public opinion winners as well. There will be no hurry or heavy pounding on Clinton , the Starr report will slowly penetrate the thick skulls of the 60% that still support him , It serves no purpose to beat up a severely wounded duck. Starr might have been over zealous in getting to the truth, but he is not the problem, irresponsible and reckless behavior is the problem. The possibility of Impeachment will gather momentum and house Democrats will jump off him like the Titantic. As the Honorable Mayor of this City i am obligated to voice my thoughts in this very difficult time. My posistion is as follows. Impeachment weakens the nation and tears into the heart of its people,he is a survivor and unless opinion polls reach 40% he`ll ride it out.
Name: oleander
lost in the starrs
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 07:20:58
Comments:
fezo--Only, I think, if he came clean in the Jones hearings.
Razor--You gotta take the Toronaga view (see Shogun.). The reason that all this is consuming every moment of media time and public thought is so that the Republicans can position themselves to sweep a non-vetoable majority into Congress next election, to have a lock on the next several Supreme Court nominations and Federal judgeships, AND perhaps the Presidency in oughty-ought, thus thoroughly fucking us for the rest of my lifetime at least. If I could forgive Clinton for doing what he's done--and I don't necessarily mean the blow jobs; they're just a fillip on the whole power-corrupts saga--I can't forgive him for setting up this whole domino catastrophe. End of rant.
Ruby--jeez, you're like, a BABE! and if I may say so, so is he!
Hank--Thanx for letting me know. E soon!
Rose--welcome back. How could you not find this interesting? Or am I a total solipsist?
Eviva--I'm clueless. Let's give it a few more listens. You got any idea why St. Augustine was right?
Roy--If you scroll looking only for that telltale "RS"... if you fall out of your chair just after reading the subject... if you plead, DON'T stop those outbursts... you must be a Scamhead.
Name: Danfanatic
To LYNN
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 07:17:57
Comments:
Idon`t know if your a Christian or not, but you have a better shot on greeting Christ on his return , then seeing a new release within the next year.
Name: Danfanatic
To LYNN
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 07:17:08
Comments:
Idon`t know if your a Christian or not, but you have a better shot on greeting Christ on his return , then seeing a new release within the next year.
Name: Mitch
Cigar,cigarette,Tipparillo
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 07:06:49
Comments:
Just when you thought the Cigar fad was over...........
Do you think Tobacco related sex toys are the next craze with the age 35-50 bracket? Do you think it was necessary for Starr to give blow by blow coverage in his report. I think the Odds are 50-50 on impeachment. Starr`s report found nothing on other scandal`s Filegate,Travel office, etc. So you thought the American public was already cynical about their institutions ,well this just continues to erode our trust and respect and soon a majority of the country is going to have a GB mentality, and that wouldn`t be appealing. We are a distinct breed and the thought of the whole country being sardonic steely-type wisenheimers is fuckin scary......I think i need a Cuban Cigar to calm my nerves,can you send a Cuban Girl with it,and pour me a Cuban Breeze ?
Name: Lynn Adams
duck1@ hotmail.com
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 05:33:26
Comments:
Calling all Dan Fans:
I'm looking for info on when I can get my grubby little paws on some new Dan! Can anyone tell me when they are releasing a new album? Also, I'm looking for information regarding a possible Tour. Can anyone help me there? I'm going through DAN WITHDRAWAL. H H H E E E L L L P P P ! ! !
Name: Gap
ohmygodtheykilledkenny
Date: Sunday, September 13, 1998 at 01:03:14
Comments:
Sept. 12, 1998: Monica calls Bill on shoe phone. Asks if it's ok to play "Do it Again". Bill reminds Ms. Lewinsky that she is "99" and he is "Max". Once understood, the couple proceeds to the "windowless" hallway where Thomas Jefferson sired at least 3 illegitimate children.
Sept. 13, 1998: Kenny "I Got the News" Starr discovers the furtive meeting and immediately calls for Jefferson's impeachment. Ghost of Ben Franklin materializes and ties Kenny to large kite. A key is not necessary. Mr. Starr zooms upwards into the night sky. Meanwhile, Hillary lies in wait just outside hallway door with large, cast iron skillet. Ominous clouds build from the South.
More to Come...
Name: Geena
There's no place like Maine, There's no place like Maine
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 21:14:44
Comments:
I'm back from vacation and right now my brains are like peanut butter and the thoughts of going back to work on Monday are making me ill. There must be a better way to make a living. Ok no comments on that last sentence please! I even disciplined myself and didn't lurk in the GB for a few days even though I had my laptop with me!
Ole: THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Nice job, got it today and i'm wearing it right now. You should be receiving a little envelope by Monday, if you haven't already.
Rose Darling: It was so good to hear from the Count. I will definitely send him your warm wishes.
Clas: long time no talk, huh? I've been away from the hustle and gunshots of city life and now I'm back home. I want to hit the lottery and live the rest of my life in Kennebunkport, Maine or Bailey's Island.
Stranger: I'll drink to that!!! My sister was trying to defend Starr today by telling me that he's a preacher's son and that he was just doing his job, blah, blah... but i still agree with your comment.
minah: ditto to Alison.....gotta love Elvis C.
Eviva: hey girlfriend, i'm back!!
Fezo: No, don't stop! keep them coming, they're hysterical!
Crimson: I attended a Steely Dan Concert in 1996 and Donald made quite a few references to politics in between songs.
So, how do you know Donald? Pretty nice guy huh?
Mock Kelly: Whatever makes you happy is fine with me. If we were all the same, life would be pretty boring, doncha think?
Name: Hank Silvers
mooreje@fast.net
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 19:56:10
Comments:
Oleander: It's here, and it's very cool. Thanks! I'll e more later privately.
Razor Boy: I don't know that you need much in the way of notes from the U.S. -- you've got a pretty good handle on it already. BTW, nice to see someone else likes Steve Earle's music.
Kissin': Keep working on it. It has possibilities. Maybe put "The Goodbye Look '98" on the B side.
Roy: I don't think even Johnnie Cochran could defend against your evidence. Funny stuff.
majŠ: (1) I hope so. (2) A surprise at first, but not so out of left field when you consider that WB is a happier man now.
Name: Roy.Scam
spasm.coming.on
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 19:39:19
Comments:
If you are unable to talk to anyone named Rikki, Jack, Rose or Peg without muttering song fragments after their name ... you might be a Dan-head. If your spouse punishes you by hiding the fez. ... If you lay awake tormented with guilt because you probably wouldn't have given Charlie Freak's ring back. ... If you own records by Sanford/Townsend Band, King Harvest, Looking Glass, and Starbuck because they once recorded 20 seconds or so that sounded sorta like Steely Dan. ... If you had a child in 1982 and didn't have another one till 1993. ... If you still check atlases for Barrytown, Belzoni, and Mizar 5. ... If you've consumed 39 different types of alcohol and controlled substances but still insist on decaf. ... If you've ever advised someone not to attend William and Mary and weren't sure why...you might be a Dan-head.
Sorry about that outburst. It'll never happen again.
RS
Name: Pete
petefogel@asan.com
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 18:38:02
Comments:
I really don't know much about Tim Meher except that he was from Boston. I believe that he just collaborated with Donald on the lyrics. He's not credited on the "Gold" album, so maybe he didn't have too much of an input. But then again most of the credits on their albums aren't correct anyway.
Name: fezo
don't.bogart.that.Swisher.Sweet, my friend
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 18:24:37
Comments:
I got a current events question: would the President had been better off if he had limited his activities with Monica to more "traditional" sexual activities like say the missionary position or a hand job. A lot of the coverage seems to be focusing on the the alleged bizarre nature of his actions. I think the average American needs a week in Amsterdam. Or maybe just the GB. We'd straighten 'em out as to what bizarre is.
Razor: Starr is the second Whitewater special prosecutor to get a shot at the President. The first one was replaced by the Republicans just before he was to issue a report clearing Clinton. I am as confused as you as to how an investigation of a now 12 year old Arkansas land deal segued into who was going down on Bill.
Rose: Do you mean who in the band Perry was dueting with on those two songs or do you suspect some outside singer. If the former, I would bet Jonathan Cain. If the latter, I'm clueless.
Name the SD connection: Ghostbusters video
Name: SEN. HENRY HYDE THIS SICK SHIT
shedidwhat@!!?
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 17:50:36
Comments:
The Starr report says that on November 17, 1995 Monica Lewinsky performed oral sex on the President while he talked with "a like, you know, congressman or senator."
Starr's team determined that lawmaker was Rep. Sonny Callahan, a republican from Alabama.
Callahan says he remembers hearing nothing unusual during the call (like gulping, etc.)
And we are left to wonder.. how did the Prez manage to keep it up while talking on the phone to an Alabama Republican?just wonderin'
Name: Rose Darling
@not shedding my humanity/
Location: ducking the Internet Highway Patrol Radar,
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 15:56:50
Comments:
countzirO:
Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Geena reports things are going better and I'm glad to hear it. Geena, please relay my best wishes to the man as you offered?Welcome to the GB, Fox Mulder. Saturate me with conspiracy theories anytime baby ! What's the phone number in Arkansas?
And when are you going to dump that lackluster Tea Leoni and get a real woman?Eviva: Thanks for noticing my temporary exodus.
Fascinating C.S. Lewis quote you posted on Sept. 5th.
Wish I had a GB relevent topic to bring up, as you suggested...Edd:
I drove by Naples this past weekend. Would have waved as I passed your Florida room, had I known.Crimson:
I agree that bickering sucks. However, some seem to need this outlet for entertainment (probably Jerry Springer devotees.)toorarr?
If you want to stay forlorn, try "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" Best company for misery I say, still includes a dash of hope to boot.geena:
Yeah, I was talking about the GB that day. Interest fluctuating but still breathing.Anyone:
I don't want to be adulterous and go over to the Journey guestbook so I'm asking this question of the musically learned amongst the GBer's:
Who duets vocally with Steve Perry in Journey's songs
"Feeling That Way" and "Anytime." Dying to know this but can't locate a copy of their Infinity album. I have a gut feeling who it was but a local d.j. said I was crazy. Anyone know?
Name: Kissin' Cousins
@thenewone.com
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 14:07:23
Comments:
Walter sings new Steely Dan song: "Fall of 98"
"All those nymphos down in Washington DC..."
"It was just you and me and little Buddy and that cigar that tastes so good..."
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 11:06:09
Comments:
At the risk of stepping outside the boundaries of politeness amongst nations, but do some people in the United States make
head hunting their President a national pastime? I watched with interest, the debates from yesterday, on whether to release the Starr Report, and wondered how something could snowball so quickly. I then realized that Clinton has as much chance of stopping the impeachment process from getting underway, as he would of stopping a freight train. In fact, I'd pick the latter - It would be quick, dirty and he probably wouldn't feel a thing. Trying to follow the trail of the Starr report has been a challenge. Wasn't the original investigation to be centered on the "White Water" allegations? The sentiment apprears to be solely on finding a reason to fry his ass. Someone clue in this Canadian, jplease.Do you think this whole situation will hold up the release of the much awaited SD effort, so DF & WB can write a song about it?
Give me a "Cole's Notes" versions.
Razor Boy
Name: oleander
patois posse
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 08:03:59
Comments:
Stranger--All is forgiven re the yokel comments since I agree so profoundly with your assessment of Le Starr. BTW--twice yours.
MW--Alison gets me right there too.
Slang Police--I'm so relieved to see you & your patrolman podner, ossifer. We've needed some shiny badges and gleaming black boots around here. But I'll always be an acceptable & namby-pamby vigilante.
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 at 02:41:00
Comments:
Schwinn? Email me about this GBook Cd. Are you in?
Minah: should have emailed you. I'll do. Or email me and say if it's OK with that Cd-song you sent me.
And yes, where are the girls?
Howdy.
Name: Schwinn
prayerbreakfast
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 23:52:05
Comments:
Eviva: Please accept my apologies. I shall now regard all Beanie Babies as animate objects. What I mean to say is I will respect your emotional ties to whatever little innocent cuddly you're partial to.
Clas?
Vote Bush!
SEMB
Name: TheStranger
had enough
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 20:23:54
Comments:
looked at starr report and discovered the identity of the sickest asshole in all the world -- ken starr.
Name: monica
smokin'
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 14:46:15
Comments:
don't mean to get personal, but anybody know where a girl can get a good arkansas cigar?
Name: Big Fan
here@thewesternworld.net
Location: Anywhere, CT USA
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 14:22:27
Comments:
What a beautiful late summer day in southern NE. About 75, not a cloud in the sky. First shipments of Spaten Oktoberfest have reached the package store shelves and I am really enjoying one right now.
Bob T. Glad you survived the Keneally experience. Would love to hear more about that. Sorry I did not win PowerBall so you can cancel those plans to appear at my birtday party later this year. I just can't afford it right now. Loved the Le Bar Bat show - count me in if you perform east of the Hudson again. Thanks for a great show!
My personal favorites are Macanudo Duke of Windsors. A relatively short (6") but thick cigar (50 Ring) that is very mild and made using locally shade grown wrappers. Having just read the Starr report on CNN.com, I was wondering what Monica and Bill prefer because I would like to send them each a box. Enjoy you two wild and crazy kids!
If I look at the dates it is possible that Bill spent the night with Monica rather than joining Don and Walt's horn section for a guest apperance at the concert in The Carlolinas. Bad choice Bill.
Name: Slang Police
in the 90's
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 12:04:31
Comments:
Mock: you asked, "Who makes the final judgement that something is passe anyway?".
Frankly, sir, we do. Or, to answer that thoroughly, the department that oversees the violation. As you have noticed, the Internet Highway Patrol has apparently cited you with at least one violation - I'm sure there are others.
The Slang Police are a woefully underfunded arm of G.O.T. - the General Order of Things. They oversee the development and transition of U.S. citizens towards acceptible social function as time marches quickly onward. You say you love your lime green Bermuda shorts with dark sox and a muscle T? That's a violation for the Fashion Police. Love to beat your kids from here till Sunday? That's a violation for the Local Police. Use words like 'dipshit' and 'nambypampy'? That's our domain, sir, and we're glad to be able to help. Can't decide between Barry Manilow or Michael Bolton? That's a job for the Snipers.
So you just keep on living the way you think is right, and if you touch on a violation, we'll let you know.
We do appreciate your thanx - not many people appreciate us all the time.
BTW - you're use of the word 'asshole' is a good start. Keep up the good work.
Good Day, sir.
Name: Roy.Scam
stage.4.forlorn
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 11:52:23
Comments:
Try ignoring THIS evidence: Since Bill Clinton took office, the United States has experienced earthquakes, tornadoes, meteors, widespread male pattern baldness, the making of two sequels to "Home Alone", and the birth of trillions of indefensible insects. ... Coincidence? ... You be the judge. ... but before you decide, consider this recent finding: Mysteriously, not once in all that time has Mr. Clinton himself been swallowed up by the earth, had his trailer blown away, been struck by falling rock of any kind, or gone bald; and he continues to rigidly deny the fathering of any cockroaches or termites. Where's your smug defense now, my friend?
Reaper: It was actually the piano player for the Band that Clinton probably conspired to have killed. The bass player, he merely had thrown in a Japanese prison.
Cruiser: I liked your original spelling of the word zealot, as "zealout". The hidden "out" said much more about the those people and their relationship with their minds.
RS
Name: Mock Kelly
Growing corn on the cob
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 11:36:00
Comments:
To Slang Police- Thanks teacher I didn't know I was insulting myself by useing the 70s' term "dipshit". I also like useing the word asshole, give me a rundown on that one professer.Who makes the final judgement that something is passe anyway? When I tell people that I love Steely Dan, and they respond back " oh there so passe" I look at them and Simply tell them (in bad form) they are "nambypamby"
ATTENTION: Doc Kelly, Please report to barn # 3 the cows have not been milked yet.
MK
Name: Internet Highway Patrol
Keeping the Internet Highways free of debris
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 11:12:04
Comments:
Mr. Mock Kelly--You have been cited for your actions while logged onto the internet. Your conduct has been nothing other than idiotic and unintelligent, to put it in the kindest possible words. The several frivolous violations which have occured within the duration of your logged time are spelling errors, grammatical errors, usage errors, and plain stupidity, to name a small few. I am more than happy to inform you that any further use by your person of this Guestbook is prohibited. You are welcome to take a trip to www.stupid.com where another guestbook will be elated with your contributions and companionship. Any other stupid people are welcome to log off of this guestbook and log into the stupid guestbook also.
Thank You
Keeping the Internet Highways Free of Debris
Name: minah
again
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 10:04:10
Comments:
toorarr:
Here's acuple of suggestions, based on personal experience, depending on your stage of Forlorness:
Stage I Forlorness:
Symptoms: Hard to decide on lunch, daydreaming about who would attend your funeral.
Songs:
1.Any Major Dude Will Tell You.
2.The Caves of Altamira.Stage II Forlorness:
Symptoms: Cutting self to watch self bleed (some pain felt), scanning obits over coffee break.
1.Black Friday.
2.Charlie Freak.Stage III Forlorness:
Symptoms: Everything's too fucking loud, Cutting self to watch self bleed (no pain felt), swerving to hit animals while driving, repeated listening to Ricky Lawson's introduction on '96 boot tour tape.
1.Don't Take Me Alive
2.Alison (yeah, I know, but it works for me)hope this helps,
m
Name: EvivaLaughs
@I was an L, now I'm a W
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 10:03:06
Comments:
Toorarr: Ole's got it:"Any Major Dude" should cheer you right up...or try "Walk Between Raindrops" or "Teahouse on the Tracks"
Schwinn: :( Next time you want to porno-ize something as innocent as a Beanie Baby, leave me out of it, OK?
Where IS Rose Darling? And Geena?
Name: majŠ
frontier@hrd.org
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 09:42:50
Comments:
Steely Dan, politics, the human condition, and the underbelly of American culture, international even, are inseparable. Hence.....Jack of Speed continues the pattern. Expect more.
Something like Little Kawai is a surprise departure as far as Im concerned.
majŠ
Name: mWorld
khillman@lightspeed
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 09:35:35
Comments:
majŠ,er,dad...thanks for the parental tech support, that surely beats duct-taping a pencil to my forehead...hmmm, a light plane, sure, yeah...get some picture of the family dog and shit...
ole/emdee: Girl, you the plant. Many thanks, I'm now from another world *and* a certified vomit inducer - guess I'm ready for the next Dan tour tailgates...
good weekend all...
mW
Name: Slang Police (are human, too)
in the 90's
Location: Corrections,
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 09:33:34
Comments:
In Header: Tryin'g = Trying
and
in 4th Para: work = word
USSP
Name: Slang Police
in the 90's
Location: Tryin'g to come Home at Last,
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 09:29:01
Comments:
Mock Whoever: The word 'dipshit' is a compound word which was used in the mid to late 70's as derogatory comment and insult. It contained no relevant representational transitional meaning other than the use of the word 'shit'. It reminded the listener of 'dipstick', a common automotive tool/guage.
The word was used in less popular social circles by those who were privately afraid to use full fledged, in-your-face, New York-style slang. Those engaging in the use of the word revealed their fear of, what George Carlin would call, 'Bad Words', and frequently insulted themselves by the very usage of the term. Simply put, to call another a 'dipshit', wasn't really calling another anything at all, and to use the word would prompt more laughter at the insulter instead of the insulted.
The word was also in use, more importantly, during the early years of the sophisticated slang/literarily named band called Steely Dan.
While the music of Steely Dan still evokes passionate responses, earns new listeners, and their loyal fandom patiently await their next relase, the use of the work 'dipshit' is strictly passe and in bad form.
U.S.S.P.
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 08:14:19
Comments:
"Hey Mock T. Don't get upset . There is enough room here for 2 Mocks. Just look at it this way : 1 Mock can spell and 1 Mock can't. How's that dipshit (did I spell that ok?)"
Spelling is OK, but I believe you mean to have a comma after "that." You wanted to call me a dipshit, not inquire how my dipshit is doing, right?
That said, I believe there is room for two Mocks, as long as ad hominem attacks are kept to a minimum.
Name: Clas
Jackson! Jackson! Jackson!
Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 at 03:42:03
Comments:
StAl, hell I don't know, it works for everybody else (yes, even for Pacific Discreete Condome Packages). Try it again:
atelje.lundkvist@swipnet.seAre you preparing a surprise for my birthday? Is it Hornsby or Browne? RubyBaby got my number, it's still the same.
Kinky, yes, where the hell are you. Are you going to send me your music or not?
Schwinn?
Name: Schwinn "Kenny" Starr
don'tfearthereaper
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 23:34:14
Comments:
Majoro: You bastard! I was certain I stuck your head on a pole in Brisbane. Your momma still make that unfuckingbelievable sauce?
Cigar: Come in here dear friend have a ________*, you're gonna go far...
* large, studded, black-leather dildo
Toorarr: Take both of Oleander's suggestions, drink plenty of water and presto! Sea Monkeys before you know it!Eviva: The Downy-soft, Dannybear, of course! Don't be dismayed by its remarkably life-like, pop-out Mr. Perky. It's just another crafty accessory from those Beanie Baby wunderkinds--and it's worth $120.00! (But only if Becker is smiling.)
Clinton Bashers: History will show your stock portfolios diminished in direct ratio to Bill's flacidity. Amazing how we've all become slaves to inertia. Anyway, that's what George Sr. has been preaching to George Jr. (Anybody else have a problem with how close together Junior's eyes are? Barbara was worried about it too but found out widening them would result in a near lobotomy. I just had to mention this because Barb doesn't want anyone to think MONEY was the issue.)
Could frequent blow-jobs from a big breasted, Rubenesque 21 year old be the precursor to recession? YES! Especially when she doesn't swallow. And to all you right-wing, goose-stepping republican zealots in the house, "Hey, let's go to the titty bar and buy a couple of lap dances!" "Yeah! High-fuckin-five me till I get a blood blister, motherfucker!"
Where Did You Get Those Shoes?SEMB
Name: TheStranger
gaucho freeway
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 23:13:03
Comments:
oleander,
yokels don't stay yokels for longer than an hour and a half in l.a. by then we strip them of their yokel belongings and send them back naked to their appalachian origins, convert them to one of our cults of bikers, surfers, skaters, rappers, mansonites, swing dancers, salsa lunatics, etc., or we simply split them into lewinsky-sized mouthfuls and drop them into the la brea tar pits. not one has ever managed to pass the steely dan entrance exam. by the way, what was your score?
Name: oleander
all & only static
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 21:05:45
Comments:
Wow! This stuff is trying my forbearance.
Stranger--is that the yokels in your town?
MockK--well, why the hell not?
Is Mock the lovechild of the Turtle & the Doc?
Roy--Thanks a lot. I've just finished a prolonged session with my permasqueeze discussing the real or imagined nuances & connotations of "deconstruct." I tried to convince him that there's only one layer and that you don't own one of those infrared videocams.
midnite--other sites?? That's--that's ADULTERY!
crimson--You Know You're A DanHead when you think you know what "Don" or "Walt" would approve....
toorarrloorarr--"Third World Man" always does it for me, or more literally, try "Any Major Dude."
maj--You clearly win the YKYADHW... contest. I've done a lot of things while feeding a baby, but logging on with my toes is not one of them.
Kinky--where the hell are ya?
Name: Orenthal
@.the.driving.range
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 20:26:48
Comments:
Bill C: Just give me the word and I'll send my posse
out to find the "true" killers of your former friends,
lovers, and associates. Hey, I know a great ghost writer.
If you start now, together you can finish "The Apology Book: You Better Tell Me Everything" before the impeachment hearings. Johnny sez to take the 25th and come back calm and crisp and
strong...hey, how many more countries could possibly go under
with Al Addled at the helm? Take heart, Marv is on the comeback trail...can't believe they gave what would have been my job
to golden boy Boomer. Well, gotta run, er limp back to the
golf cart
Name: toorarr
freon@pacifier.com
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 20:20:58
Comments:
Any suggestions of a Dan song for the forlorn
Name: EvivaLaughs
@MuLder at 1600 starring (various) "Snipes"
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 19:50:48
Comments:
Fox Mulder: The truth is in here!! Oh, I LOVE YOU BABY (sorry Josh) but you belong with Scully in that other GB. "Well, I think that about does it for you, Spooky." :)
AH MY GOSH we can't even get away from Clinton pro/con in this GB!
To anyone who cares: can't we talk about something remotely GB-relevant, like what that bizarre "I was a W now I'm an L" comment at the fadeout of "I Can't Function" meant (geez, maybe I'll be sorry I asked THAT one **blush**), or (in a more innocent vein) even what kind of Beanie Babies Walter's kids like? Anything?? Pretty please?!?
Name: Chris Feinstein
@Got a bullseye on that fat bitch
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 19:45:16
Comments:
I don't know what the deal is here. The thing is, I'm not even a jew. My first name is Chris, for Chrissakes. But the fat bitch keeps calling me a jew and sitting on me. She damn near broke my leg last time. I got her, though, and she wasn't all too hard to miss. Fatass is what I call her, and she got about twenty feet outside the Motel 6 when I nailed her in her big fat ass. The sucky part about this whole thing is that it really didn't do too much to her. There's a big chunck missing on her left side though. Man is she screaming like the fat pig she is. "Shut up before I shoot you in your blindside you monster!"
Hoping I don't run out of bullets
"The Judeo-Christian"
Name: Cigar , Anyone
New Sex Toy
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 19:23:55
Comments:
Late off the HAVANNA press , that the Prez and MS. Monica were not alone , and that a cigar was involved in the 3 way.
Name: Majoro Domo
Internet Police Chief
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 19:19:08
Comments:
"All of you fucks are beginning to boah the shit out of me. Take you thumbs out of ya ass, and place yoah hands on the hood. Do you understand ya rights? Youse have the right to right to remain silent if you can't post anything with a half-assed inkling of intelligence. Anything you post can and will be used against you...."
"What?? What did you say you little fuck?"
"You don't shut the fuck up, and youah gonna wish you had, buddy. As it is ya goin downtown, youse can go with a lip fatta than it is youse already have, or youse can go with the bicycle tiah size ya already got? Whattya say heah pal?"
"Thas what eye thoughat, ya freak."
"Oh, an one moah thing, ya little shit. Neva, evva, fuck wit tha intahnet palice, ya heah?"
Name: New York Times /The so called Million Youth March
Out of step
Location: N.Y , N.Y Harlem
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 19:01:16
Comments:
Despite the vicious rhetoric of Khalid A.Muhammad the so called M.Y.M. in Harlem last saturday ended without serious violence and with widespread praise for the restraint and courtesy of individual N.Y.C. police officers. The massive deployment of police and military-looking equipment focused the community`s anger on City Hall rather than Muhammad.Officials said their constituents felt the police dept. tactics were aimed more at intimidating the community than protecting it.Harlem`s leaders have denounced Muhammad`s anti-semetic rhetoric repeatedly and most doubled those condemnations after his speech for a violent response against police.The officers had insisted on turning off the sound system at 4 p.m. thus starting a melee.Police Comissioner Howard Safir insists that the rally was stopped because officers were being attached. A grand jury investigation by District Attorney Robert Morgenthau will now have to decide whether Muhammad`s rhetoric qualified as incitement to riot.
Name: Donna Giuliani
The Giuliani Estate
Location: New York, NY
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 18:24:10
Comments:
Rudy:
Aha! So it's true!!! what's this I hear about you and a mistress? Bangin' a chic on the side? Didn't you say I make the best linguini with clam sauce? I think you need to come home for a few hours hon, we need to talk. I sent the kids to your mom's for the weekend. Also, tell your driver to take you around to the back door and give him and your body guards the night off, Uncle Zito is visiting and you know how much he hates strangers.
Name: Mayor Rudy
Sex and Power
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 16:08:32
Comments:
Yes it`s true about the mistress ,infidelity i`m guilty of ,Perjury and Obstruction of Justice i`m not. Sex and Power go hand in hand. Sex and power with Linguine and clam sauce is the max. Trying to make this City great ,while banging a chic on the side, Rudolph
Name: The Stranger's political alter ego
the teahouse
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 15:46:36
Comments:
remember that army general nominated for chief of staff but clinton withdrew his name because the guy admitted to dating a woman while he was separated from his wife? does it strike anybody as inconsistent that lewinsky was probably chewing bill's knob while he signed the paper?
Name: The President Reaper
You Could Be Next!
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 15:38:17
Comments:
Hey George, did you have anything to do with the deaths of
John Lennon, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Holly,
Michael Hedges, the bass player for The Band (can't remember his name), Prof. Longhair, Jim Croce, Janis Joplin,John Bohnam
Duane Allman,The Lynyard Skynyard Band, or the religion change of Cat Stevens?Just thought I'd ask.
Name: StA
stalfnzo@seanet.com
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 15:20:01
Comments:
Crimson Tide: Nevermind the bickering. We just get a little bored between albums/tours. It's nice to finally see someone from Seattle post to this guestbook beside your's truly. E-mail me sometime...
Got a contest idea for everybody. We're gonna call it "guess the danfan." The object will be to identify the individuals in a picture that was taken at the "danfest" a few weeks ago. The winner will receive.....well, I haven't gotten that far yet....Look for it later this weekend.
StAl
PS. Clas, I FLAT OUT GIVE UP trying to send you e-mail. What's up with this? Get yourself a Hotmail address or something...
Name: kenstarr
ineedahummerbad
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 14:09:03
Comments:
Mayor Rudy:
How's your mistress? How's your wife? Careful, even though you are a Republican, I'm coming after you next. Monogamy is God's way
On my knees
Ken
Name: Coach Snyder
Manhatten, Kansas
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 13:38:25
Comments:
MOCK :This message goes out to anyone who doubts there is life in
Kansas. The K-STATE Wildcat Football team is going to show the nation, that Dorothy and Toto aren`t the only celebrities in Kansas.
Name: Mock Kelly
Here at the dud ranch
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 13:29:32
Comments:
Hey Mock T. Don't get upset . There is enough room here for 2 Mocks. Just look at it this way : 1 Mock can spell and 1 Mock can't. How's that dipshit (did I spell that ok?)MK
Name: Mayor Rudy
Freedom of Speech
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 13:26:35
Comments:
Who gives a fuck if Donald would approve of this political talk. Nobody bitched and moaned when the G.B. became a poetry Forum and when the chat was dominated by heavy science jargon, you people want to pick and choose the topics. Pycho minstreel at least your not a fuckin whiner.
Name: Mayor Rudy
Freedom of Speech
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 13:25:19
Comments:
Who gives a fuck if Donald would approve of this political talk. Nobody bitched and moaned when the G.B. became a poetry Forum and when the chat was dominated by heavy science jargon, you people want to pick and choose the topics. Pycho minstreel at least your not a fuckin whiner.
Name: Crimson Tide
@Pacific NW
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 11:35:32
Comments:
Stranger,
Thanks for the advice re: "Home At Last," I feel better already.
Being a relative newcomer to this website, I must admit that I am somewhat disheartened by the bickering I am seeing. Donald would not approve. Nor would he approve of the political discussions. Let's stick to something more cerebral.
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 11:04:08
Comments:
Hey Mock, if you're going to make grammatical errors, at least don't emphasize them with caps.
Name: Mock Kelly
@thelandofoz.com
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 10:48:56
Comments:
Hold on now Doc! You live in Kansas and YOUR telling ME to get a life?
Name: Doc Kelly
Still here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 10:29:30
Comments:
Mock: You may be right... however, you DO get on the internet and DISPLAY your problems. Do us all a favor and GET A LIFE!
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 10:04:11
Comments:
RubyBaby; Bad Sneakers! And Barrytown.
The Stranger; Yokels?
Name: fezo
in.total.agreement
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 09:33:00
Comments:
midnite: well said
Name: Fox Mulder
@F.B.I.
Location: Washington, DC,
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 08:46:05
Comments:
"Do you mean you don't accept the possibility of a conspiracy, a secret organized cover-up planned and implemented at the highest levels of government power?
I'm going to Arkansas - call me if you need me."
Name: Midnite Cruiser
midnitecruiser@hotmail.com
Location: Danville, VA
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 08:39:30
Comments:
geez, do we really have to do the whole political forum thing again? seems like we're all saturated in it "out there"....it's kinda nice to get away from it here and some of the other sites I frequent....but that's just my two piasters worth.
Name: fezo
impeach.this
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 08:32:48
Comments:
Fox: Thanks for providing a living example to Clas of the kind of paranoid, cracker mentality that eminates from Lynchburg
Name: George Herbert Walker Bush
Impeach 'im!
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 08:03:56
Comments:
At least you don't see ME covering up my murders! Here's a partial list, for your perusal:
Alabama
Major Barry Henderson, 40 of Tuscumbia. Killed on October 8 when his RF-4 crashed in Saudi Arabia. Survived by a wife and two children.Major Stephen Scramm, 43 of Birmingham. Survived by a wife and two children.
Army Sergeant Arthur Jackson, 36 of Brent. Killed on November 18 when hit by a truck.
Marine Sergeant Larry Hogan, 33 of Birmingham. Killed on January 7 in a shooting.
Navy Petty Officer Timothy Jackson, 20 of Anniston. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.
Arizona
Marine Lt. Col. James Cunningham, 22 of Glendale. Killed on November 8 in accidental shooting.California
Air Force Staff Sergeant John Campisi, 30 of Covina.Capt. James Poulet, 34 of San Carlos. Died on September 30 in the crash of an F-15.
Major Peters S. Hook, 36 of Bishop. Died on September 30 in the crash of an F-15.
Corporal Timothy W. Romei, 22 of Alameda. Died on October 8 when his helicopter colided with another in the Arabian Sea.
Navy Petty Officer Andrew T. Cady, 25 of San Diego. Died on December 19 in helicopter accident off the U.S.S. Tripoli.
Lt. James H. Love, 31 of El Cajon. Died on December 19 in helicopter accident off the U.S.S. Tripoli. Marine Warrant Officer Thomas Diffenbaugh, 34 of
Bakersfield. Died in vehicle collision. Survived by his wife and two children.Colorado
Navy Petty Officer Michael L. Belliveau, 24 of Lakewood. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.Florida
Air Force Staff Sergeant Marc Cleyman, 30 of Jacksonville Beach, Fl. Died on August 28. Killed in the crash of a C-5 Transport plane en route from Germany to
the Persian Gulf.Air Force Tech Sergeant Daniel G. Perez, 50. Died on August 28. Killed in the crash of a C-5 Transport plane en route from Germany to the Persian Gulf.
Army 2nd Lt. Shannon Kelley, 23 of Gulf Breeze. Killed in a shooting on December 31.
Navy Petty Officer Delwin Delgado, 26 of Jacksonville. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.
Navy Boatswain's Mate Marvin Plummer, 27 of Ponte Vedra. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.
Navy Specialist Nathaniel H. Kemp, 18 of Greenwood. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.
Georgia
Navy Petty Officer Phillip L. Wilkinson, 35 of Savannah. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.Navy Airman Larry M. Clark, 21 of Decatur. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga. Survived by his
wife and daughter.Navy Airman Apprentice Christopher B. Brown, 19 of Leslie. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.
Navy Clerk Timothy B. Seay, 22 of Thomaston. Died on December 22 in a ferry boat crash near Haifa, Israel returning sailors to the U.S.S. Saratoga.
Illinois
Marine Captain William Cronin, Jr, 29 of Elmhurst. Died on October 8 when his helicopter colided with another in the Arabian Sea.Marine Captain William J. Hurley, 27 of Chicago. Died on October 8 when his helicopter colided with another in the Arabian Sea.
Marine Sergeant Kenneth T. Keller, 26 of Glenville. Died on October 8 when his helicopter colided with another in the Arabian Sea.
And heck, that was just Desert SHIELD!
Name: NYTimes
US President called "borderline sociopath"
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 07:28:12
Comments:
Thursday September 10 8:55 AM EDT
European Press Sees Clinton Out For The Count
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's press read the last rites for President Clinton Thursday, doubting whether he could survive the sex-and-perjury scandal involving
White House intern Monica Lewinsky.A day after Clinton made another public apology in Florida for the affair, British newspapers painted the picture of a president desperately seeking to avoid
impeachment.``Clinton: The Last Hours,'' screamed the front page of Britain's best-selling Sun tabloid, which, scenting blood, has sent its political editor to Washington to cover
the story.``Bill Clinton's presidency was in its death throes last night as he made a grovelling public apology over the Zippergate sex scandal,'' the Sun said.
Inside, the newspaper said ``thirty-six boxes of dynamite'' had been delivered to Capitol Hill in the form of a report into the affair by special prosecutor Ken Starr. A
photograph showed the van carrying the documents on ``the road to ruin.''The French press, otherwise renowned for keeping the sex lives of its politicians strictly private, also slammed Clinton for his conduct.
The weekly Paris Match ran a front cover photograph of a somber and serious Clinton below a banner headline reading: ''Clinton -- he has lied too much.''
``This time, he has gone too far,'' the glossy magazine said.
Under a headline ``The Day of Reckoning,'' Rome daily la Repubblica wrote in an editorial: ``It will take a miracle for Billy to escape that box of shame into which he
alone trapped himself.''Britain's left-leaning Guardian said the affair had brought Clinton's presidency to ``crisis point.'' The BBC said it was ''crunch time'' for the president.
The Daily Telegraph, in a commentary written by long-standing Clinton critic Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, said his presidency had ``entered its terminal phase.''
``He has lied, cheated and defied justice for 20 years. Nothing can save him now,'' Evans-Pritchard wrote.
``It no longer matters whether the President apologises yet again, more stylishly, or has himself flogged on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Theatrics cannot save him,''
he added.He predicted that the House Judiciary Committee, which will examine Starr's report, would conclude that Clinton was ``a borderline sociopath who must be
removed at once.''The Daily Telegraph published a cartoon of Clinton down in the boxer's ring, with the referee counting him out, and an editorial that declared: ``He cannot save
himself; he can only degrade his office further.''The French daily Le Parisien spoke of ``Clinton's hour of truth'' and branded his conduct as ``immoral.''
The conservative Le Figaro ran a headline describing ''Clinton paralysed and demoralised'' and said watching ''torrid'' revelations unfold was ``similar to being in a
x-rated cinema.''The paper said Vice-President Al Gore was ``just a heartbeat away'' from the presidency but might have problems himself because of doubts about his role in
helping finance Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign.Turin's La Stampa daily said summer was ending and so was Clinton's presidency. With it, a period of political stability that had allowed the United States to prosper
without necessarily governing was drawing to a close.``Clinton's dignity is a memory. Now he is merely a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar who is forced every day to say 'I'm sorry','' La Stampa said.
Name: Fox Mulder
@F.B.I.
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 06:32:49
Comments:
"Scully, Don & Walt, I just was handed this list of strange occurrences during the Presidents terms in the White House and in Arkansas. Can you explain this?"
The following is a partial list of deaths of persons connected to Bill Clinton during his tenure as Governor of Arkansas and/or as President of the United States:
JAMES MCDOUGAL. Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. McDougal was a key witness in Kenneth Starr's investigation.
MARY MAHONEY- A former White House intern was murdered July 6,1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened during the pretrial publicity surrounding the Paula Jones lawsuit. Days after Newsweek's Mike Isakoff dropped hints that a former White House staffer was about to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House.
VINCENT FOSTER- Former White House counselor, and former colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose law firm. Foster was found dead July 20, 1993 of a gunshot to the head ruled a suicide.
RON BROWN- Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist case to the investigation reported to the Bob Grant Radio Show a "hole" in top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.
C. VICTOR RAISER II - Former National finance Co-chairman, Clinton for President Campaign and son. . .
MONTGOMERY RAISER died in a private plane crash in Alaska, July 30th, 1992. Raiser was described as a "major player" in the Clinton organization by DeeDee Meyers.
PAUL TULLEY- Democrat National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, Arkansas September 24, 1992, Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor".
ED WILLEY- Clinton fund-raiser found dead November 30, 1993 deep in the woods in Virginia of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide, Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed that Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.
JERRY PARKS- Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.
JAMES BUNCH- Died from a gunshot suicide. Reported to have a "black book" of people containing names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.
JAMES WILSON- Was found dead May 18,1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. Was reported to have ties to Whitewater.
KATHY FERGUSON- Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson died in May, 1994 was found dead in her living room with a gunshot wound to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she was going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Corbin Jones lawsuit. She was reported as a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones case.
BILL SHELTON- Arkansas State Trooper and Fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.
GANDY BAUGH- Attorney for Clinton friend Dan Lassater died by jumping out a window of a tall building January ,1991. His client was a convicted drug distributor.
FLORENCE MARTIN- Accountant subcontractor for the CIA related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. Dead of three gunshot wounds.
SUZANNE COLEMAN- Reportedly has an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General, Died of a gunshot wound to back of head, ruled a suicide, was pregnant at the time her death.
PAULA GROBER- Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.
DANNY CASOLARO- Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparent suicide in the middle of his investigation.
PAUL WILCHER- Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC Apartment. Had delivered report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.
JON PARNELL WALKER- Whitewater Investigator for Resolution Trust Corporation. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. Was investigating Morgan Guarantee scandal.
BARBARA WISE- Commerce Department Staffer-worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.
CHARLES MEISSNER- Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security learance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. DR.
STANLEY HEARD- Chair National Chiropractic Heath Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney. . ..
STEVE DICKSON in a small plane crash. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather, and brother. BARRY SEAL- Drug running pilot out of Mena, Arkansas, Death was no accident.
JOHNNY LAWHON Jr.- Mechanic, found a check made out to Clinton in the trunk of a car left in his repair shop. Died when his car hit a utility pole.
STANLEY MUGGINS- Suicide. Investigated Madison Guarantee. His report was never released.
HERSHELL FRIDAY- Attorney & Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded.
KEVIN IVES & DON HENRY- Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas Airport Drug operation. Controversial case where initial report of death was due to falling asleep on railroad track. Later reports claim the two had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many people linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.
THE FOLLOWING SIX PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES-HENRY CASE: KEITH CONEY- Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck in July, 1988.
KEITH McMASKLE- Died, stabbed 113 times, November 1988. GREGORY COLLINS- Died from a gunshot wound, January 1989.
JEFF RHODES- He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.
JAMES MILAN- Found decapitated, but coroner ruled death due to natural causes.
JORDAN KETTLESON- Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.
RICHARD WINTERS- Winters was a suspect in the Ives/Henry deaths. Was killed in set-up robbery in July 1989.
THE FOLLOWING FORMER CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: MAJOR WILLIAM S. BARKLEY JR., CAPTAIN SCOTT J.REYNOLDS, SGT. BRIAN HANEY, SGT. TIM SABEL, MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM ROBERTSON, COL. WILLIAM DENSBERGER, COL. ROBERT KELLY, SPEC. GARY RHODES, STEVE WILLIS, ROBERT WILLIAMS, CONWAY LeBLEU, TODD McKEEHAN.
Name: Bob Tedde
MrSquonk@cts.com
Location: Sd, CA
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 02:21:27
Comments:
Ruby Baby: Are you kidding? Of course I would want you to avail yourself unto me/us (don't forget about Peg). Are you actually considering making a show? Say the word and your name (or nom de plume if you like) will appear prominently atop the guestlist. Hell, I'll even buy the first round (as far as you know).
lovebob
Name: Selma Hausentown
yes I'll be there...
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 00:48:49
Comments:
Oh My! GBers on the street? Homeless and Jobless? I'd bake some Tao-House cookies and read Neuromancer aloud to the little lost Count if I knew where he was! This kind of drama makes me want to slide tape one of Titanic into that little used VCR in the laundry room, position myself side-saddle on the Maytag, set the controls on perpetual spin and ride out the storm until I know my little Vincent is safe and sound at a James Cameron cast party. It's all make believe, right? Oh My! You just sunk my battleship!
Selma "gasp" Hausentown
Name: majŠ
frontier@hrd.org
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 23:00:29
Comments:
Oh man, Minah, you're gonna want to write this one down for future reference....
I just solved a majŠ problem. I haven't been able to read the gb much lately cause my former free time on the computer is now spent "worrying that bottle" with my little one (now pushing nine lbs, btw, aw, look how cute he is sleeping there on my lap). The problem was that I couldn't scroll/read while feeding him. Solution? Let me phrase it in Danhead terms....
You know you're a Dan head when you place your keyboard on the floor so that you can work the down and up cursor keys with your big toe -- all while you feed your newborn baby.
Remember to take your fluffy sock off Minah. Oh, one mo' thing, Minah, I was watching the Learning Channel's Extreme Flying Machines show and I found the perfect light airplane for you on your next "surveillance" trip to Hawaii. It'll fit inside your fucking running shoes. It's that small. Can you dig?
Now, should I stay up for that Countermoon. It's only an hour away.
Pete: Repent, oh sinner.
Mu: Gotcha. Im sticking with trim anyway, just like I cling to all the other misinterpretations of Dan songs that are etched into my brain from years of solitary listening.
majŠ
Name: Mock Kelly
i'mnotyourgeena
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 22:12:31
Comments:
I have had many ups and downs in my life. I have lost jobs , homes, money. I just don't come on some internet music fourm and share my problems with strange people that have weird nicknames.
Name: EvivaLaughs
@"not me, not now"
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 18:18:12
Comments:
You know you're a Danhead...when you make hip sarcastic comments at people havin nasty luck
Mock Kelly: boy are you mean. Hope you never lose a job
Geena: tell the Count we wish him well
Outta here. C-ya
Name: RubyBaby
do I count @s a reg. poster?
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 17:05:00
Comments:
Geena:You heard from the Count? Tell him that I heard the song, The Day We Meet Again, and I thought of him (in a loose sort of way)
What do Counts train for?
rb
Name: TheStranger
take five
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 16:52:07
Comments:
mock kelly,
geena's right. guy pours out his heart to you so you ridicule him. maybe he's even just kidding, which i hope is the case. just cause cyberspace is a weird place shouldn't mean you have a license to shed your humanity there.clas,
another thing yokels like to do is screw each other's wives and girlfriends, all of whom are 12 years old. then the 2 guys hit each other with beer bottles for a while. it's a ritual.
Name: kamfire
inthewrongplace@thewrongtime
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 15:15:56
Comments:
I'd have to second that emotion.
Name: Mitch
You know you know
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 14:59:29
Comments:
You know your a Danhead when you miss regular posters posting
Name: RubyBaby
will drive to LA on @ dare
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 14:50:28
Comments:
Clas: You came to my rescue! OK - when I have a few spare moments, I'll try the notes. It's fancier than it sounds. Figures...One of these days, I'll get a tape recorder that records from a mike and I'll tape you the few Dan things I can do on the piano. Maybe I'll sing for ya, too. What song would you like? We can laugh together...Can I be a Moron-ette? Do I have to smoke?
Schwin: On the way home from a weekend trip to the coast, I had the "priviledge" of driving. (Mister S.O. had paper work to do) Fortunately, I had Brothers In Arms to keep me happy. It's great for long, boring highways. I don't even know the highway #s. I just wing it. We eventually got home.
BobTedde: If we attend a Rockola or Steely Damned performance, would you want me to say hi or remain anonymous?
I am now property of Barrytown High! YES!
rb
Name: Mayor Rudy
rappers delight
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 14:38:02
Comments:
Lady D : When jackoffs like Sharpton and Rep. Maxine Watters attach me and use rhetoric like " The Devil " then i know my policies are working. I`m well aware the Country needs better schools, computers ,and better teachers. As Americans we need to be better role models, better parents and better citizens. Somehow the Black leaders are confused when J.F.K`s famous speech " Ask Not What your Country Can Do For You , Ask What You Can Do For Your Country " is recited. Proud to be the Mayor of the greatest City in the greatest nation , Rudolph
Name: Lady D
Million Dan March headquarters
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 13:26:09
Comments:
Mayor: While surfing the channels I caught a little of the
Million Youth March. WoW!! You were not the most popular guy! Is it true, you are THE DEVIL? I don't know, after watching 10 min. of that, I just can't take that kind of act seriously.
Name: chum lee
@ripe mackerel
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 12:38:29
Comments:
If you ever see the great white swimming for you, just
give him the ol' noogie, that should keep him at bay!
Gotta unplug for coupla weeks...found a new cave...
Name: Geena
I'm going out after this post
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 10:14:45
Comments:
Mock: c'mon, give the guy a break...we've all been there before
Name: Mock Kelly
notinkansas
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 10:05:34
Comments:
You know your a Danhead when...You come on the guestbook crying you have no place to live and you lost your job.
Name: Clas
uuhhh
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 09:25:12
Comments:
Roy - "gastrocnemia"? Can't find it.
Name: Clas
Rocky coast of mine...
Location: hi Geena!,
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 09:19:00
Comments:
re Lynchburg guy; so that's why this guy is going to graduate from highschool in Florida when he comes back to USA...
Ole; yeah, you're right, they drink the poison and handle the rattlesnakes, I saw that once on TV (hey, I've done that too!). If I come over to you some day would you show me the sparkle of it?
RubyBaby; well this is Edds one, but now I have been waiting so long, I can't help my self... the last seven notes in TBTLOare (while your left hand is pushing A and E in the low keys) :
E A C# E (and down an octava) F# B D#
It's the chords A and B with the quint A-E hanging on into B.
Very fancy.
Name: Geena
rocky coast of Maine
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 08:57:11
Comments:
You know you're a Dan-Head when you go on vacation and bring a lap top with you so you don't miss anything on the Guestbook.
I just heard from Countzir0. He's doing just fine. He just got a new job and is in training right now so it will be a few more weeks until he can post again. If anyone has any messages for him, just post them here and I'll make sure he gets them.
Ole: Piasters on the way...
Name: JOKER
@ the mercury retrograde
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 07:05:03
Comments:
V. DAVE: the kitchen burned down a couple years ago. Nothing left but the ashes, trust me.
jokeR
Name: Voyager Dave
@sks daves88keys@hotamail.com
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 at 02:12:16
Comments:
Is Rudy's kitchen open?
Name: Schwinn
wheelson...onhisfeet
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 23:09:25
Comments:
Roy: I must be a Dan-head. I'll put Dire Straits (self titled), Making Movies and Brother's in Arms up against anything. (Anything except Steely Dan, of course...)
COUNTERMOON ALERT! Tomorrow afternoon (Wed., 9/9, at app. 2:00pm CST), the moon will conjunct Saturn at about 3 degrees Taurus. (Combust is the proper word--the conjunction is coming into orb as a write this post and will continue till most of us have gone to bed tomorrow night.) What can you expect besides your lover looking like he/she is in some old cartoon? Well, Donald himself will have an "ah-ha" moment and tie the loose threads of the current project together. A bunch of slackers will be given notice and the stock market will rally to the new home run king. (Wouldn't it be something if Mark didn't hit another homer until the 16th?--Oh, but he's on performance enhancing, planetary confounding psuedo-steroids. Forget I said that.)
Whether you believe in the "Countermoon" or not, check out that extremely bright point of light above the moon tomorrow night. It's not the ghost of Roger Marris...
Rattlesnake: The Other White Meat,SEMB
Name: oleander
last at home
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 21:37:58
Comments:
Stranger--one of my very favorite repeat listens.
Joe--Not much could make me happier.
lovebob--one thing that COULD make me happier would be the ONLY group I'd rather hear at a future Danfest.... But as it would have to be a helluva bizarro world for that to happen, you've got me reelin' in a Danfest dreamworld with the Damned! May I go on record as begging your permission for a Damned webcast?
Edd--were the dahlias pretty?
Mitch--oh man! I really will try to see what I can do. Let's see: sweatshirts; hats; fanny packs; temporary tattoos....
Schwinn--uh, let's not repeat our dialogue of old. E me, and we'll talk about that snake head.
crimson--Citizen 1-4.
Clas, Roy--No, no! They don't EAT rattlesnakes, they HANDLE them. Come on up my way and I'll take you where they actually do it.
Name: Mayor Daley
get in let's go
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 20:48:18
Comments:
Mayor Rudy: It brought back childhood memories to see the neighbors come out screaming at the Harlem march. In a dream last night, I saw my father mowin' de lawn. He beckoned and in a hoarse voice he asked me to relay dese words of advice in crowd control and also to wish you the best:
1) Have the officers assault soft, white college
students tripping on LSD, met, angel dust, or the drug du jour...they put up less of a fight2) On the forementioned college theme, have the officers use the text books which they hardly read anyway, to directly bring home the point.
3) If your fine force feels verbally threatened again,
have them chant: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but
words will never hurt me: over and over.4) Use rent-a-cops only for youth riots involving minors.
(My friends in Vegas who like to lay odds on these events
asked me to please pass this information on)5) Make sure there is a Democratic convention, or at least a Kennedy reunion, in town before heading for the bars to
round up your off-duty finest, who are of Irish persuasion,
to participate in the festivities.6) Noogies work better than nightsticks and tear gas on 10 year olds
Name: bob tedde
MrSquonk@cts.com
Location: sd, CA
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 18:12:16
Comments:
OK third time's a charm right? (What's up with this post box St.Al?)
Hiya peoples,
Bob here. Just getting over a lengthy bout of post road depression and feeling somewhat guilty that it has taken me this long to post and thank all the people who pulled strokes for and against The Steely Damned and their NYC debut. (kinda cool that the only posters who dissed us weren't even at the show!) All in all it was a splendid time for me and the boys (and girls) and plans are being discussed for a repeat performance sometime in '99. All be they of the pipe dream proportion.Sounds like an equally good time was had at the Danfest. Maybe next time we can merge the two events. (Heh heh heh That' be cool Beavis heh heh heh) Wish I coulda been.
Anyways, before anyone asks I have no clue as to the pos or prob ability of the "show" being broadcast on the internet. I personally would like to hear it first. (I know Pete, I owe you a call or 3. Still trying to get the answer to your Oct. question down below $7,000.00. It doesn't look good.)
Well thanks again all. If your ever in the SoCal area look us up. (619)558-1966 (The Rockola Hotline) P.S. Got a show coming up where Skunk Baxter is supposed to be in attendance. (gulp!) In the meantime We're at The Catamaran in Pacific Beach on Sept. 18th if you're in the neighborhood.
Oh yea I know this was asked of STEVIE DAN but if you're interested in my input FREAKIN' PUERTO RICAN, It would take three guitars to accurately reproduce King Of The World live. 1. the Wah pedal rhythm, 2. the multi echoed rhythm and 3. the guitar playing all the cool little fills. We have to cheat and have guitar #2. bug out whenever one of those fills happens. I hate that.
Name: Mayor Rudy Again
Million Youth Movement
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 17:04:31
Comments:
C- SPAN ran the clip from the MYM and was saddened to see once again hideous Rev. AL Sharpton firing up the crowd with his anti-Government rhetoric. In a nutshell these fuckin poor excuse for leaders came to the conclusion that because Califoria was planning to build several jails that it was a Government scheme to incarcerate black males while the Government profits by it. This type of bullshit infuriates me, once again. Trying to build more jails for profit myself while making the City great again, Rudolph
Name: Mayor Rudy
just the facts
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 16:46:57
Comments:
The Starr Report should be going to print shortly, and i`m sure all the Blind Faith Clintonites are shitting bricks. Let me guess ,about their typical response. " Well he spent 40 mill,so they had to find something " Are you loyalists still going to go to bat for him ,if they got the goods on him ? Just remember he brought this on, just like Nixon .Hillary was tied in as well. In a way, i don`t blame him (CHICS) i wouldn`t fuck Hilary myself.
Name: TheStranger
with my 2 cents
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 15:43:44
Comments:
crimson tide,
playing 'home at last' 5 or 6 times usually cheers me up.
Name: Freakin' Puerto Ricon
did someone say columbian?
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 15:39:12
Comments:
Hey, mai'n
Stevi-dan- If I wanted to play King of The World live, how many guitars would I need to play all the guitar parts that are on the record?
Name: Crimson Tide
tide@.com
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 14:41:36
Comments:
Feeling the Deacon Blues in the Pacific NW. Does a Dan-head have a suggestion
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 13:27:02
Comments:
A Donald Fagen lyrical moment - Four of my friends and myself were out on a long training run last Thursday, early evening, in the rural environs of Canada's capital. The sun had gone down about an hour previously, and the moon was mostly full as we chugged along a dirt road. Someone remarked that the pace we were running was a touch on the brisk side than what was planned. I told them that we were victims of a "counter moonbeam," to which they asked me 'What the hell is that?' I told them "it's the wacky side of the full moon, those anti-romantic vibes which go against all the crap that's written in Perry Como songs." They thought I was some sort of weirdo.
I was also musing on what a Steely Dan recording session would be like. Who would run the show, who would take the orders (crap), and mostly, who would keep things on a positive track? Also, I wonder who would get the "weekend knob job?" And who would give it?
Name: tha JOKAH
is it really mon...er, tuesday
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 13:21:04
Comments:
HERR SCAM:
now, I know this isn't the Steve Miller discussion board, but I always thought he was speaking from the "pontifice"...
....if you wear sunglasses while doing some late-night grocery shopping, you might be a Dan-head.....
[grin}
Name: Joe M.
JGMurtha@aol.com
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 10:16:18
Comments:
Quick Dan-related note:
Larry "Kid Charlemagne" Carlton, Tuesday, Sept. 9 through Sunday, Sept. 15 at The Bluenote, NYC...
Ole: Jeeesis "Eastern Rebellion" is catchy. Can't get the damn thing outta my tape deck.
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 10:15:37
Comments:
Mock K: that was actually funny. Too bad you chose a different handle... now you can't take any credit for having humor.
Name: fezo
my.sweet.lord
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 08:30:54
Comments:
Lynchburg isn't that bad. Unfortunately, Jerry Falwell and his Moral Majority and his Liberty University and his general intolerance has given the area a bad name. There are two real schools in the city, Randolph Macon and Lynchburg College, and one of the best minor league ballparks I've ever been to.
I once saw Falwell speak at some Conservative Coalition gathering in D.C. which had Reagan as the keynote. This was back when there was still some good old liberal justices on the Supreme Court like Marshall and Brennan. Falwell announced the ages of the two justices, who were pushing 80, to the crowd and made some crack about how wasn't it good that they were going to die soon. What a sick fuck, I thought at the time.
Name: Roy.Scam
just.say.no.to.serotinin
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 08:17:08
Comments:
Cruiser: Regarding Mexico references, "Turn That Heartbeat Over..." has a verse about a guy who just came all the way from Paraguay. A cursory glance at the map in my mind tells me this must have involved Mexico.
Clas: Regarding Lynchburg, yes, all of the above (actually all of the below), and don't forget political extremists. But they also have a college and a lot of normal people, just to throw you off, I suppose. And I've also heard that, due to the terrain, the ladies have excellent gastrocnemia.
If you think of Michael MacDonald, Timothy B. Schmitt, and Mark Knopfler as those Steely Dan guys who disappeared into obscurity, you might be a Dan-head.
RS
Name: Clas
XL
Date: Tuesday, September 8, 1998 at 00:31:28
Comments:
MC/Roy Scam; zealots hmm... I had to look that one up. But no, the guy is pretty nice and normal. Whatever "normal" is.
Is Lynchburg a town of religous fanatics, do they eat rattlesnakes, poison and such stuff? Should I watch my back?
Mexico - Hat Too Flat.
Name: Schwinn
hearditonthe"x"
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 23:03:19
Comments:
Roy
Are you sure you want anymore of my fed-ex pharmaceuticals? You are a brave serotinin lackey, indeed, amigo.
Oleander: Yes! I mean, NO, dammit! I'll up the offer to one stuffed guitar playing frog and a lacquered rattlesnake head for one of those beefy-steely T's...
Cuttin' Through the Air,SEMB
Name: bog
bogjohnsilver
Location: nyc, ny
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 18:55:20
Comments:
MU & CRUISER: Babylon: ..."like a Sunday in TJ, it's cheap but it's not free."
Name: SportsBookBill
@any wagers?
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 14:47:16
Comments:
K.C.Chiefs-1 win
S.F.49er's-1 win
Name: Edd
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 14:34:40
Comments:
re: notes on TBTLO. Don't know off the top of my head, but I'll dig them out later.
...just got back from a weekend in my own "Florida Room" in Naples. Listened to music under banyon trees and walked between the raindrops.
Name: Mitch
unofficial end of summer
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 12:51:48
Comments:
Oleander: Are Danfest Sweatshirts going to be available? 80 % Cotton 20 % POLY and in double X
Name: DrMu
just heard McGwire has 61
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 12:17:57
Comments:
At the office on Labor Day!?...worked hard for 15 minutes - felt like half a day...
MC: 1) Maxine (...like another world)
2) Hey Nineteen (Cuervo...)
3) King of the World (...left ON the Rio Grande - OK that's a stretch, literally)
Any more???
Name: MC
king of misspelling
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 12:00:45
Comments:
zealots.....dammit
Name: Midnite Cruiser
midnitecruiser@hotmail.com
Location: Danville, VA
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 11:58:12
Comments:
Roy....I used to post here back in '96 before and during the SD tour that year but I don't remember Steely Sue....sorry.
and you're right about Lynchburg being full of zealouts. it's a bit scary at times but I'm actually closer to Greensboro, NC than I am to Lynchburg and there's plenty of decadance to be had there.
Peg....are you back yet? How was May-hee-co??
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said "Oh no Guadalajara won't do"any other Dan songs related to Mexico anyone?
Name: Roy.Scam
avoiding.labor
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 10:22:15
Comments:
Oleander: Thanks, and I love the way you deconstruct.--Thanks for the compliment; now my lovely lady is asking me for a definition of "riff" that doesn't violate her envelope of things that should be loved by anyone but her.
Clas: This person from Lynchburg wasn't named LaRouche or Falwell was he? If so, be wary of colonization and eventual mind control.
Cruiser: Do you know Steely Sue? She used to post here about a half year ago then fell among the Guestbook missing.
Geena: Likewise. I'll show you a Food Lion.
If you've ever gone to the Food Lion just on the chance that you'll hear the Muzak version of Home At Last,....you might be a Dan-head. If you pause in your channel surfing at the hip hop network to see what Steely Dan rifs are being borrowed,....you might be a Dan-head. If you kind of enjoyed the stock market plunge because it reminded you of Black Friday,....
RS
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Monday, September 7, 1998 at 04:30:21
Comments:
MC; yeah it's cool, that's a guy I use to meet when I'm walking the dog. His dad works for Ericsson, a Swedish company. He'll be staying for six months and he don't like the climate here. But who does?
Geena; please tell your cats that Nisse is alive and well... okay, maybe not well, he's 18 years, but I promise not to eat him (he's only skin and bones so there's not much to eat...).
Pompe is home today. He's busy translating The Big Book Of Greek Myths into a rare chinese dialect, Shi-Soh-San (an obscure little province in the southwest of China).
And Geena, don't let Rune meet that girlfriend of yours!
Name: Irving
@frontline.com
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 22:13:11
Comments:
Jim Rowe, Call.. (405) 976- fatchance
Name: Jim Rowe
strawfld@ihug.com.nz
Location: Raglan , New Zealand
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 21:36:45
Comments:
Steely Dan Rule
Can any one supply details of their management company as we would love to see them down here in New Zealand. A place they have never played.
Thanks,Jim Rowe.
Name: oleander
sassafras & moonshine
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 21:30:11
Comments:
Roy--ooh, I love the way you riff.
Pete--To Hank's questions, may I add--did they collaborate on the lyrics, or did Mr. F. do the music & Mr. M. the words? And--any new word on the Damncast?
Hank--You betcha. Say, ChezO's--aren't they those crunchy things that turn your fingers orange when you eat them?
Schwinn--Now just a dadgum minute here, didn't your lisa girl take care of you? Please advise, and I'll have a word with her.
Geena--Blue house, red porchlights. I'll be waitin'.
Name: Geena
Where is Carmen Sandiego?
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 19:09:54
Comments:
Roy.Scam: I know it's a horrible name for a supermarket, and they're a small chain, but should you be in my neck of the woods, do stop in for a visit. I also experienced another Steely Dan music sighting in the CVS Pharmacy. I heard IGY and not in muzak format either.
Count: Where are you zir0 dude? Rose and I miss you.
Clas: My cats are not taking this joke too lightly. They drew a picture of you and taped it to the fridge, a few hours later, there were claw marks all over it and they were snickering in the other room.Oh, and would you please explain to Eviva and I where is heaven on earth?
And another thing, make that two tickets to Elvis.
Ole: I'll pick you up!
If it's to hot in the kitchen: Huh?????
Name: MC
midnitecruiser@hotmail.com
Location: Danville, VA
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 15:02:22
Comments:
Clas....you had a visitor from Lynchburg, VA in Sweden? I live about an hour from Lynchburg.....that's kinda cool.....later.
Name: Midnite Cruiser
midnitecruiser@hotmail.com
Location: Danville, VA
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 14:43:28
Comments:
http://cnn.com/books/news/9809/04/kerouac.cnn/
a new book about Jack Kerouac that may shed some light for anyone interested.
Name: Roy.Scam
chez.what?
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 08:19:37
Comments:
Oleander of Chez O: Good essay on "Century's End". I'd like to think I juiced your analytical skills by making you play it about 20 times in your van at Danfess3. The 'dancing on the mirror' passage at first made me visualize someone snorting a line off of a mirror (Isn't it a bitch the way those last few molecules of coke dance around and avoid snortation?) But I think I prefer the image of the vain Maneater. Another fictional/musical candidate for that part might be Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana", a very scary song, albeit not quite as scary as Michael himself.
Count0: Vaya con Dias. Call us the minute you get there.
Geena: I rarely make groceries (Southern expression) in the Northeast, but, next time I do, I'll certainly consider the Steely-friendly Roche Bros for my food, Drano, and razor blade needs. -- Another strange Steely Dan elevator music sighting: I was eating at a cafeteria on a Coast Guard Station recently and heard a Muzak version of "Don't Take Me Alive". I'd have thought that was the last Steely song that 101 Strings would add to their repertoire.
Schwinn: I'm not buying any viagra till I recieve my double shitload of serotinin uptake inhibitors. Do you also handle rogaine ( or that stuff Mark McGwire takes)?
Joker: I have a general question you might be able to help me with since some people call you Mo-Rees (wolf whistle). What exactly is a pompatus and how might I acquire one?
RS
Name: Smokin' Gun
@the western world, near 1 century's end
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 03:06:19
Comments:
They came down from the hill. The storm they walked through
was alive and throwing out the best nature had to offer. Just
outside of town was a poster, it read, WANTED, The Steely
Dan Gang, ALIVE. They paused and read it to each other, then
said, Sound good to me. They walked down the middle of the
street, they said hey, check out that green flower over there.
The rain was pretty tough. They wore no shoes. The saloon's
name "Hangin' Jug's." They looked at each other and said
"Let's be nice and only knock twice." Well they did knock
twice and then made their entrance. BAAAAAMMMMM! The saloon
doors flew open. The leathered canary yellow foot smashed the
doors in. The owner of the foot looked at his friend and said
"YOWEE, that hurt!" his friend replied, "What do you want me
to do, clutch and caress it for you, just get in there." There
was silence, only the eerie creaking of the hinges could be
heard. Inside the smoke filled saloon, there were three scary
blues boys at a card table and some real good looking ladies.
The boys at the table were the Rio Grande Gang. They nudged
one another and said, "Boys get off your tush, that's the
infamous Steely Dan Boys,...oh shit." "Hey man, that's DOC
BECKER and what's his name, I think it's SMOOTH. They don't
have guns. Then one said, I see twenty between the two of
them. I think we can take em. Then let's just see how polished
those weapons are. Doc and Smooth walked over to the bar. The
bartender said," You fellas look familiar, isn't there a reward
out on you guys, I think you're worth alot of money, hmmm, anyway
what can I get you?" Doc says, "I'll take a bottle of anything,
and give my friend here a decaf." Doc looked over to the end of
bar, his knees buckled and his eyes frozen on hers. Smooth looked
over and locked his eyes on her. Women...aren't they beautiful?
Smooth says,"Doc, hey Doc!, get your jaw off the bar and put
your tongue back in your mouth, they're looking at us, just act
natural like we don't care and comb your hair for christ sakes!"
The ladies walked over to them. Women...gotta love them! "Hey
fellas, we just couldn't help ourselves, mind if we sit down for
a bit?" Smooth and Doc felt like Mr.Lucky's at that moment. "Ladies, would you excuse us for a moment?" Smooth says,"Hey Doc,
here's to life, once more and I get the one with L embroidered
one her ruby red dress." Doc says,"Fine, by me because I know
the other one loves pancakes and fries with syrup on both of them
and hopefully me." So, miss pancakes says to Doc,"So Doc, if we
go upstairs, what's in it for me?" Doc says,"Probably, dust, I've
been walkin' all day long. Miss L says to Smooth,"Hello handsome
I've been waiting for you." Smooth says, "Can you climb on that
piano over there and watch the kitty?" The Rio Grande Gang said,
"This town ain't big enough for two gangs, we'll see you on the
street in ten minutes, we're goin out now, see you there." Doc
looked at Smooth and said,"I look at my watch, let's make it
fifteen." The metal forger happened to be listening at the time
and said,"Hey guys, I've been working on something maybe I can
help you out, I'll be right back." So Smooth sat down at the piano. Doc opened the piano up and pulled a wire from inside.
Beside them there was a wood stove. Doc looked over to the kid
sitting in the corner of the bar and said,"Hey gordito boy, give
me that guitar. Doc peeled a string from the guitar, twisted it
with the piano wire and wrapped them around the stovepipe. He
grabbed the bottle from the bar and poured it on the floor next
to the stove. The metal forger came back in with some funny shiny
gold things, he called them saxophones and trumpets. He grabbed
some locals and said,"Just blow on these things, they might just
work, it's a concept more or less. The storm was intense. Doc
walked over to the door, walked over the stove and stood in the
puddle, barefooted. He turned to Smooth and said,"Now, Smooth."
Just then lightning cracked, and twisted it's way down from the
sky and wrapped itself around the stovepipe on the roof. It was
chain lightning, electrifying, devastatingly beautiful. Well,
those sweet guys we know as Walt and Don were the deadliest of
them all. Remember, it's the weapons they use. Killers, yes they
are. The next morning they walked outside with ladies in tow
and said," I guess there's no trace of those hombres is there,
or maybe we should look over by those vultures."
Name: Schwinn
cheapviagra
Date: Sunday, September 6, 1998 at 02:26:39
Comments:
For some odd reason I find myself on the Texas coast eating red fish and renting expensive dune buggys. Must be a holiday.
Today I was in the Wal-Mart at Port Isabel and could not find a single Steely Dan CD. However, I now know why Prince Harry digs the Spice Girls--it's nice to see a white mid-riff now and then--as if there's anything wrong with a dark one. Sheesh!
Oh, I still haven't heard any of their music. But my sister swears she will change all that tomorrow. Did you know Dramamine is only 96 cents a box over the border? Plus, those stuffed, guitar playing frogs are only five bucks! (I'll trade you one for a T-shirt, Oleander...)
Good God! Time to Launch the Water Luge!
SEMB
Name: Hank Silvers
mooreje@fast.net
Date: Saturday, September 5, 1998 at 19:27:09
Comments:
Re: Century's End
Pete: Can you tell us anything more about Timothy Meher? How Donald chose him, what other songs Meher had written, etc?
Ole: I like what you wrote. Be sure and post that when you update Chez O. BTW, you got an extra shirt for me?
Countzir0: Hang with 'em.
Name: If it's to hot in the kitchen
GET OUT!
Date: Saturday, September 5, 1998 at 18:27:39
Comments:
Hey- This site as turned into a support group for a bunch of people that can't deal with life. Give me a break people.
Name: oleander
whoops, out of time
Date: Saturday, September 5, 1998 at 13:20:04
Comments:
Hey Mockster--Sure! http://home.earthlink.net/~oleander1/Index.htm Y'all visit & contribute. I do update every once in a while.
Geena--Comin' up.
Minah, Ruby--watch your mailboxes.
Clas--can you get me an Elvis ticket?? I'll be right over.
Aja--glad to see you lurking.
Count--Hang in. All you need is a turbo Winnebago with a laptop. And if you point it in this direction, look me up.
Mu--I put the headphones on, and I do believe it's "dumb love." But there are better ears than mine, yours included. I'm like the major--I'd rather hear "young." Or maybe we could compromise--"dung love--in the city--"
Name: EvivaLaughs
@Clas among the mud pies
Date: Saturday, September 5, 1998 at 09:25:13
Comments:
Clas: I'm gonna buy you a subscription to Newsweek magazine for Christmas, Hannukah or Kwanzaa, guy :) (check one). Heaven is here on earth?!? BWAA-HA-HA!! Where do you think you're living--SWEDEN?
You'd have a lot of fun reading Walker Percy's "Lost in the Cosmos" (discussed on the GB earlier). C.S. Lewis said "We dabble around with pleasure and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like a child in a slum who wants to go on making mud pies because he cannot understand what is meant by an offer of a holiday by the sea."
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Saturday, September 5, 1998 at 04:29:23
Comments:
Yesterday I became very sad when I found out that Pompe is a racist. We met this guy from Lynchburg, VA, and he had a friend with him, a black little kid. And Pompe started barking at him as hell. I was very embarrassed. Black people are not very common around where we live.
Is he racist or just afraid for the unknown?
the ugly truth; I think Elvis Costello is touring right now.
RubyBaby; it depends on what the dreams are about. Pit-bulls?
Oleander Nerium; "do the images fit the story?" No. And I read somewher (B. Sweet?) that Fagen had a hard time watching the scenes were M. Fox mother died in cancer.
Geena; tell your cats I was joking.
CountzirO; I read "American Psycho" this summer. I think it's crap.
And listen to Geena, take it to your heart, be cool! We don't need heaven or hell after this life. We got them here on earth.
Name: kansas guy
north 40
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 21:54:37
Comments:
mock kelly,
bullshit. it's very difficlt for a guy to make a sheep pregnant. wooly & i have been seeing a fertility specialist for years.
Name: Dragon
ch@ste
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 21:50:55
Comments:
FAN: I think those trees are sequoias.
Name: Aja
...
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 21:43:48
Comments:
looser -- I read that.
Name: green
lobes@hangin.low
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 21:03:00
Comments:
cz: can i get you a drink? smoke?
Name: EvivaLaughs
@somebody's holding out for heaven
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 20:47:35
Comments:
Stranger: How do I? "I don't." :) For Percy, isn't the "message in the bottle" and not really the situations (which do repeat themselves) what counts for him anyway? Speakin of which, did you ever read his book of essays? Impressive!
fezo--re: Century's End--my theory exactly. As Oleander guessed, the rawtha generic lyrics only tangentially allude to the situations in the movie, and some have NOTHING to do with the movie. Maybe Fagen had already written a song about a club called "Century's End" (not in the book or the movie--dontcha love the Dan's fascination with bars with evocative double-meaning names a la "Western World") and when he got the movie deal, changed a few lyrics to meet the movie requirements. (Did you like the book too? SO much better than the movie. Jay McInerney turns a fascinating phrase like a chef turns an omelet. I couldn't believe that was his first novel.)
Name: greenear
otis@media
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 20:37:41
Comments:
Been listening with a new view. thanks.
Name: EvivaFrowns
@singing to tune of "The Cat in the Hat"
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 20:19:44
Comments:
Here's just twelve lines to countzirO
whom we don't want to have to go--
we're so sorry that things are bad
but now's the worst time to go away sad:The GB's here to make you smile,
help you unwind for a little while--
And what's Rose Darling gonna do
without a poem or two from you?So while your real-world friends come through for you
don't forget you've got some cyber- ones too
we sure would miss you if you go
we sure would miss you, countzirO
Name: Geena
katylied@hotmail.com
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 18:04:22
Comments:
countzir0: Please don't leave. We'll all miss you, I'll miss you! I've been in ruts like yours many times. It's tough and you do what you have to do and when you come through it, it'll make you a stronger person both physically and mentally. This passage in your life is closed and there's another road for you to take, you just have to open your eyes and find it. You have to trust me on this one. If you're as spiritual as I believe you are, then you know that there are negative forces trying to hold us down, you just have to use the power of your mind and spirituality to rise above this. Someone gave you the malocchio (evil eye, voodoo gris gris, etc.), now it's time to laugh in it's face. I hope you'll be okay. e me, my addy is above...
RubyBaby: Your presence was greatly missed! Belated birthday greetings are just as nice, thank you. I don't have the recipe, but I'm leaving my email address for you up above.
Ole: If I send you a few quid, lira, pesos, drachma, rubles or american dollars, would you send me a t-shirt as well? Of course I'll include the postage. Let me know if you have any left and I'll email you my snail addy. My manager is from the school of the 1940's and thinks that her associate should dress like a lady in pumps and pearls. Of course this is the dress I adopt when I have meetings, etc., but when I'm not visible to the public eye, anything goes and I just shock her more and more each day!
Clas: Jimi, Shiloh and Aja extract their claws and whip their tails wildly at the mention of your name, apparently, they're not very happy with your cat comment.
Missy: Could you be the reincarnation of Divine?
Lisa: Dr. Kaplan will see you now
Where is Mayor Rudy?
Name: DrMu
look at what you wear
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 16:53:01
Comments:
Ole: Thanks for the C.A.R.E. package.
Pete: Thanks for the memory. The wav file sounds exactly
like the movie, down to the length. I remember the tremendous dynamic range. It sounded even better at the end of the movie that Century's End from a sonic impact standpoint. It brought back the final scene where MJFox "down at the bottom" makes a trade for a loaf of bread from the delivery truck. Kiefer Sutherland was right for his part, McInerney co-wrote the screenplay (I think) and Sidney Pollock (producer or director?) gave the movie a nice look (but maybe too straightforward); Unfortunately, MJF was too earnest and cute for his character.Countzir0: Hang in there...remember Turner
Name: Pete
Century's End
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 13:49:27
Comments:
I forgot to say that "Century's End" was written for the movie. Donald also said later that the process of writing a soundtrack wasn't as enjoyable as he thought it would be. I guess he didn't like being constantly under the eye of the director.
Name: Pete
petefogel@asan.com
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 13:34:01
Comments:
My soundman's still giving me the runaround on The Steely Damned CD's. Last weekend when he wasn't looking I swiped one of them, but when I got it home I found out it hadn't been finalized and I couldn't play it. I'll keep trying.
Stu Katz: Metal Leg was discontinued in '95.
John Henry: Tim Meher did cowrite "Century's End", and unfortunately died soon after it's release. About six months before the movie came out, Joel Sill, who produced the soundtrack, gave me a copy of the original lyrics which were different than the final version.
I've had a clip Donald's version of "Bright Lights, Big City" in my computer for a while. I haven't put it on my site yet, but you can hear it here:
.WAV -- 858K
http://www.asan.com/users/petefogel/brightlights.wav
.AU -- 312K
http://www.asan.com/users/petefogel/brightlights.au
Name: Mock Turtle
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 13:33:33
Comments:
Hey, Oleander, I've really enjoyed you website. What's the address again? I need to give it to a friend.
Thanks,
mt
Name: John Henry
records galore
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 12:26:33
Comments:
Also regarding Centurys End, didn';t Fagen cowrite it with a guy named Timothy Meher? Don once said he really liked the way Tim's lyrics came out.
Name: JOKER, the
<3hrs. and counting
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 12:13:38
Comments:
COUNT0: what, you feelin the retrograde slap you on the arse as well...? Armed with the Tao, I know you're chilled about your predicament. Take it easy, champ: you know where I am when you land.
{grinning}the joker
Name: TheStranger
been there
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 11:28:00
Comments:
countzir0,
here's to better times. good luck, man. stay healthy & don't forget to laugh.
Name: looser
:(
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 11:25:43
Comments:
Counto - You don't have a job or a home? Is that how you got your name?I have a good idea, why don't you and Aja both get together?
Name: Mock Kelly
Here at thed dud ranch
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 11:11:07
Comments:
Count: Number of sheep pregnant due to sex with Kansas City farmers = 98%
Name: fezo
looking.for.love.in.all.the.wrong.places
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 11:06:35
Comments:
Count0: Sounds like Ms. Blindside might be looking to adopt
Dr.Mu: I am so glad that someone else remembers DF singing the title cut as the credits roll at the end of "Bright Lights". Since it wasn't on the soundtrack and I had never heard anyone talk about it in the GB, I was starting to believe it was a figment of my late 80's beer-addled imagination.
So does anyone know if "Century's End" was written specifically for the movie. I never thought so given its futuristic title. I half figured it was part of the recordings that eventually produced Kama. It would fit with "Tomorrows Girls" and I believe Snowbound was actually recorded in 1986 which was a little before Bright Lights came out so "Century's End" could have been recorded around that time too as part of a bigger project
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 10:58:03
Comments:
Count: Kansas unemployment rate = 3.5%
Name: countzir0
awww, damn...
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 10:42:18
Comments:
I think I've caught a case of bad luck because the last few days have been living hell. I am currently w/o home or job, so I'll probably be leaving the GB for awhile, and will miss you guys. Geena, did someone put a voodoo spell on you which I subsequently caught through the close contact of signing into the GB?? If so then, j'ai besoin d'assistance aux loas. I've decided to try courting the loas(voodoo gods) Baron Samedi, Maitre Carrefour, and Erzulie Freda by burning a smouldering coal, drinking lots of rum, playing poker, and eating plenty of sweets. Or maybe someone will just adopt me like Lisa's earlier suggestion. Anyone want a quasi-intelligent, slightly cultured, male, 26 year old, blonde/blue, 6', 180 lb, Steely Dan fanatic for their new live-in friend?? Oh well, enough with the self-pity for now.
Ruby: "Thinking Is The Best Way to Travel" is from the "In Search of The Lost Chord" album which I have on ultra-disc. The whole disc is great, I especially like "Timothy Leary's Dead." I remember singing it jestingly a few years back when Leary passed on to the outer regions of space...
Dr. Mu: I've seen "Bright Lights, Big City" several times, and never really noticed that song there at the end. I personally feel that the book by Jay McInerney was much better than the movie. I did my stint with the "urban authors" of the late eighties, such as Tama Janowitz, Bret Easton Ellis, McInerney. Don't know if anyone's familiar with "American Psycho" by Ellis, but it's an extremely graphical account of the daily tribulations of a psychotic serial killer. Ellis' uncanny use of first person perspective is chilling. I've lately heard it's being made into a movie with Leo Di'Caprio as the lead. Somehow I don't see the little runt slashing people up...On another note: I've printed up your Red Beans and Rice recipe and as soon as I get a new kitchen, will let you know how it turns out.
Question: Is Missy Blindside a cross between a cow and a female Adolf Hitler?
Today I'm celebrating my un-employment by purchasing the remaining Gibson works which I haven't read thusly, and by re-purchasing Steely Dan Gold-expanded version, which, idiotically, I never realized contained the much-spoken-about-tracks "Century's End," and "True Companion." I plan to listen to them repeatedly while drunk on Cuba Libras until I know all the words of each song. I'll report my critique of them when I get a chance to surf the net again. Until then, wish me luck everyone, I may be gone for a long time...
Name: oleander
dumb love
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 10:29:10
Comments:
Ruby--'S a deal.
Myra--If you can enjoy THAT, here, let me pour you one quick.
Mu--I dunno, I could hear "dumb," but in spite of the resonance with "dumb luck" "young love" makes more sense to me because of its irony--young love being all peaches & cream and doe-eyes, while we're talking about shark spawn. This song especially gets me because it's so cinematic--opening scene, the roar of the Monday-morning trucks in a slightly hung-over yuppie's ears.... Cut to the floor of the Stock Exchange, with daydreams about a conquest while trading futures.... "We cut to this blonde/ dancing on a mirror/ there's no disbelief to suspend...." Brilliant. Conjures up Marilyn Monroe on the subway grate, or Maggie Trudeau in the infamous 54 photo. An unapproachable exhibitionist--Madonna also comes to mind. She leaves nothing to guesswork under the "trim." "She's a concept more or less"--nobody's real, it's all pose and high concept. Then the cynical dismissal of any chance at redemption through hope of heaven or whatever. Just get out there and win one for the Gipper--though here winning is scoring in a different sense. Then the blonde is using her "pirate radar" to find a likely escort or, even better, near-celebrity to glom onto--like the "X-Rays" in "Bonfire of the Vanities" or Hall & Oates' "Man Eater." But you'll do, and you know that you're the fallback choice. "Let's get to the love scene" makes more sense than "seat," again because of the cinematic theme, and because on a loveseat the idea is to do a lot of touching--which is not the case in the song. These Tomorrow's Girls allow just this much of an approach, and God help you if you try more--love as a virtual experience--well-put, Mu. I also love how Mr. Fagen draws out the "l's" lasciviously. I know this was written for a movie, which may be why he/ they chose these images, but you don't need the movie to dig it. To those who saw it (I read the book, but can I remember it? Ha.)--do the images fit the story?
Name: the joKer
within 6 hrs. of beer drinking
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 10:03:12
Comments:
DrMu: the song you refer to: "Bright Lights, Big City", is one of Jimmy Reed's best-known songs from the '50's, I believe -- it's the song (played in that movie, even!) that made me a fan of the late Chicago bluesman.
As far as I know, Don's remake has not made any compilation: it's not on the soundtrack either.....but the actual song is pretty much on any Jimmy Reed disc featuring his hits.
[I can recommend the 3-disc boxed set, it's smooooth!]
jOKER
Name: the ugly truth
in your heart you know i'm right
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 10:02:32
Comments:
the day steely dan releases an album of new material is the day elvis begins rehearsing to sing backup on their next tour.
Name: TheStranger
on the counter by your keys
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 09:56:12
Comments:
missy blindside,
a friend of mine dated you when you were at sarah lawrence.eviva,
i agree percy's great, but sometimes when i was reading him i got the feeling i read this situation before & it was something from another one of his books. how do you keep them all straight?midnight cruiser,
yeah, i finally figured out awhile ago to get a new cd player, which cured almost every problem cd. as for the holdouts, i figure they've got mortal problems, but i was hoping otherwise.lots of interest around here these days in 'century's end,' & i can't disagree. it's got that never-get-tired-of-it glow. in same category is 'here at the western world,' which welcomes you to a hip, melancholy place with beautiful melding of lyrics and music. you just lay down your jackson for the cd and you get the sweetness you been crying for.
Name: RubyBaby
thinking@bout trying kavakava
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 09:51:54
Comments:
Clas: Lately I've been having terrible dreams. I'm so fucking happy to wake up. Let's trade nighttimes.Have you ever heard the song, The Best Way To Travel? Moody Blues.
Myra: You can drink anytime. Somewhere on the planet it's Happy Hour. Who says you have to live in your own time zone?
rb
Name: Myra Eyefull
in@pissymood
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 07:03:17
Comments:
Missy Blindside: Others may find you to be crude and disgusting but for some unknown reason, I sort of enjoy reading your post.
No one likes to see a car wreck but many of us can't help but look for dead bodies when we pass them.Today is a day that I feel like I need to kick some butt or go after someone's testicles. (no I'm not suffering from PMS)My computer just came on and told me that I had been idle for a while and did I still want to stay on. I wish I could have said, "Yes, Fuck head, what does it look like I'm doing?" I guess I need to play some music real loud and do something very physical until this passes or until it is socially acceptable to start drinking.
Myra
Name: DrMu
zerozeropartyover
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 06:52:59
Comments:
Maj: If it's a *she* with the pirate radar why would she be looking for "trim?" Since the main characters of the movie were heterosexual, I'll skirt the rejoinder. Plus the charaters were all quite superficial and "trendy" until the Michael J. Fox character (miscast city) sees the light at the end. The thing that ticked me off about the soundtrack relased by WB was that it did not include the score or Fagen's remake of the song "Bright Lights Big City" (may not be exact title of the song) which is in the background during the last minute or so of the film - sounded sounded pretty damn good and have never been able to find it. Is it available anywhere?
Name: FAN
ifyoudontmind@all.org
Location: NYC, NY The United States
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 04:37:08
Comments:
well folks, i'm back.
i know, i know ...its been a while but, with any luck at all i'll be making near regular stop-bys.
first let me congratulate the pervayers (s) of this web site on their brand-spankin'-new look! "Under the Banyan Trees" appears better than ever with the possible exception of a couple of small and perhaps insignificant matters ;a misspelled 'steely dan' and a misrepresentation of Banyan Trees...(i believe what YOU have pictured are conifers of some sort......Douglas Firs even.)
no matter, really.
keep up the good work,
Peace out
F
Name: EvivaLaughs
@big-ot-ed people got to be from another world
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 03:52:22
Comments:
Stranger: You are so right about Percy's earlier books. But he got over it later. And how. Two words: "Thanatos Syndrome"
Dr. Mu: This millenium "mind out of mind" stuff (00 vs 01)
bugs the heck out of me too. But even when people know, they don't care. I figure it's just willful ignorance--an excuse to have a big party sooner. Or two big parties, one each year--Missy Hindsight, I mean Bigot, I mean Blindside: It's going to be a long plane flight, and the grownups in first class are trying to talk, honey. Why don't you run outside and play?
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 02:25:57
Comments:
I woke up this morning... so now is this day ruined.
Name: majŠ
frontier@hrd.org
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 02:16:47
Comments:
Re: Century's End....I sincerely hope the line is "...scoping out the room for some trim." (trim - as in "skirt"). I like the image conjured up by that more than "trend". I'm gonna keep singing "trim" if that's ok with you.
majŠ
Name: Gap
festiveasfagan
Date: Friday, September 4, 1998 at 01:48:10
Comments:
Zeke: You're right! Everyone loves me here and soon I'll master the accent. Something between a lisp and a missing tooth whistle? I'll have the answer before you return to the swamp.
Dr. Mu: Your recipe was the hit of the bayou. The only thing you forgot was the "Beano".
Lisa: I love you more than jumbo shrimp @ $2.50 a pound.
Schwinn: Please stop gunning the big bike in front of my hotel. I know what you're carrying in those saddle bags and the management is "wise". You are still an outlaw in their eyes.
Your Italian Champion,
Gap
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 21:21:46
Comments:
regarding things to do in KC: www.kansascity.com
Name: RubyBaby
hoochie m@ma!
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 21:01:35
Comments:
Geena: Happy Birthday, girlfriend!! I may be late, but I'm very sincere. Shall I post the cake recipe on The Page, or would you prefer that I e-mail it to you? Or did someone already share it with ya? In any case - ENJOY this year and many, many more :)
Oleander: I will send you my dry address if you will send me yours. Then I will cough up the dough for the t-shirt. My daughter's history teacher has music playing each morning when the students arrive. Yesterday he had Satchmo. Today, he had Steely Dan! But all she'll say is that it wasn't the most famous cd. She's being mysteryous about which tracks. Therefore, I'd love to wear the t-shirt to Back-To-School-Night just to see if he would understand. Otherwise, I'll wear my Big Black Cow. This is what my daughter gets for refusing to be specific...How she wants me to look like other moms. HA!
mW: Zippy and Pug, my two gold-fish, are not happy with you. Expect an e-mail from them soon. Let's hope you were joshin'...\
Clas: pits are scheduled to be sent out tomorrow. Get the dirt ready, freddy.
RazorsharpBoy: There is a different dance for each & every Steely Dan tune. Let's do 'em all!
Edd: What are the last 7 piano notes in Throw Back the Little Ones? I can't get those on my own. I've tried on & off this afternoon. Piano out of tune doesn't help. That is going to change ASAP.
rb
PS- St Al, can you censor missy blindside? That is every bit as offensive as those pictures of a couple years back, don't you think?
Name: DrMu
Hello Baton Rounge
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 20:31:48
Comments:
"Red Beans and Jerry Rice for a Quarter"
1. Take package of dried red beans (1 lb) and soak in a large pot with water. Put on Citizen. When the 4th CD is complete...listen to it again...then the beans should be soft and ready.
2. In a 4 qt pot, put 4-5 tablespoons of Olive oli and saute the following: one large onion, 1 cup of green onions, 4 cloves of garlic.
3. Add 1/2 to 2/3 lb smoked sausage (andouille if you can get it) cut into 1/4 in discs. Brown for 5-10 min.
4. Then place beans in pot along with 1/2 lb smoked ham or hamhocks. teaspoon of sugar, tablespoon of brown sugar,
sprinkle liberally with Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning OR salt and cayenne pepper to taste (coupla tablespoons, crap I dunno)
Cover with 4 cups of water.5. Bring to rapid boil, then reduce heat and simmer
6. Simmer and keep simmering until beans are very tender and creamy. Listen to the three solo efforts in succession and you should be close.
7. Serve over rice (steamed is best - but I don't have the patience)
WARNING: Measurements are approximations, since I cook (when I do) just how I feel.
Name: DrMu
a winnah?
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 20:11:45
Comments:
Thanks to Randy, Ole, and Clas. Ole appears to have
made the greatest impact on sheer volume of correct answers,
though Clas leads in %: 1 for 1. I'm not sure of a couple of points. I've had Gold-extended since '91, but had the
BLBC soundtrack on vinyl (minimal notes). Unfortunately, it disappeared a few years ago in that event horizon known as a YARD
SALE. It slipped past me in the many boxes with were
plopped upon the driveway that morning...my point, I have
no primary reference. As Ole pointed out, it is a literary masterpiece sprinkled with sparking wordplay within the confines of the pop song.Century's End
Produced by Donald Fagen and Gary Katz
**??Rob Mounsey co-arranged the horn chart with DF, I though he co-produced the song (I could be wrong, but I don't remeber Katz' name on the soundtrack)
Original version from the LP 'Bright Lights, Big City'Those trucks in the street
Is it really Monday
Time to find some trouble again
Make a bid for romance
While the dollar stands a chance
Dumb love in the city
**It almost sounds like "Come love" or "Young Love" but I believe it is actually "Dumb," a play on the "dumb luck" running theme and the self-centered, cocaine snorting coulda been young turks from the Bright Lights, Big City novel and movie who are becoming numb.
At century’s endWe tap to this line
**huh? As Ole sez: "We cut to this blonde"
Dancing on a mirror
There’s no disbelief to suspend
It’s the dance, it’s the dress
She’s the concept more or less
**..A concept...
Dumb love in the city
At century’s endAt century’s end
Nobody’s holding out for heaven
It’s not for creatures here below
We just suit up for a game
The name of which we used to know
It might be careless rapture
(Damn, that's a nice bridge)This kid’s got the eye
Call it pirate raid on
**Was that an insect exterminator with an eye patch?
You betcha that's: "pirate raaaydaahh" Clas and Ole
Scooping out the roof for some trend
**an arcane reference to the old wrecking ball and chain?
Nope, it's indeed "scoping out the room for some trend"
But there’s nobody new
So she zeroes in on you
Dumb love in the city
At century’s endAt century’s end
Nobody’s holding out for heaven
It’s not for creatures here below
We just suit up for a game
The name of which we used to know
By now it’s second nature
(the dumb becomes numb)Scratch the camera
**could be scratch the cat, but as this is not a Bond soundtrack, it's "scratch the cab" as in forget the cab
We can grab the locals
**Hmm, I'm afraid they missed out on those wild left coast orgies of the 70's and early 80's. It's the "local" as is subway. Kudos to Ole again.
Let’s get to the love scene, my friend
Which means look, maybe touch
But beyond that not too much
(my favorite turned phrase, between drugs, AIDS, loss of direction and romance, love becomes a "virtual" experience
Dumb love in the city
At century’s end
Dumb love in the cityLove in the city
At century’s end
(Repeat)Will POST "Red Beans and Rice for a Quarter" Recipe tomorrow.
Since summer is about 10 months long here, it's been a while and I need to double-check my notes...aahh screw it, here it is coming up now in part 2. Zeke, you're on quality control patrol!
Name: Randy
NIGHTFLY82@aol.com
NJ
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 19:13:43
Comments:
Saw the posting about Fagen's 'Century's End'... "Scooping out the roof for some trend??" Me thinks an execution is in order (for those not 'in the know' it's "Scoping out the room for some trem"). Then we have "Lets get to the love SCENE(?) my friend" which of course, makes no sense ("Lets get to the love SEAT my friend"). There are others but...zzz... But perhaps it's all a fraud...
"No fooling it's a fucked up world..." - Walter Becker, "Junkie Girl"
Name: oleander
scratch the locals
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 18:44:40
Comments:
Mu--I, for one, plan to have a massive blowout on BOTH possible millenial dates--one for accuracy, and one for human nature. "... young love in the city.... cut to this blonde/ Dancing on a mirror.... She's a concept more or less.... Call it pirate radar/ Scoping out the room for some trend.... Scratch the cab, we can grab the local...." Terrific cynical, New York lyrics. Especially "make a bid for romance/ while the dollar stands a chance...."
Shelley--Good at hard questions, are ya. With this no guess is necessary, only look at the pattern.
Doc K--I should hope so!
Roy--It's 9:30. Do you know where your thoughts are?
Name: Latent Hostility
ripe today
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 18:35:34
Comments:
MisSy BLindSIde
mISsY bliNdSiDe
mISsy BliNDsiDE
Whoever you are
You're wasting my precious time with your barely literate babbling detritus and I could not give a royal fuck what you do with the JEW. You're making my scrolling finger hurt.
Crawl back into the cyber hole you came out of and shut the fuck up !
Name: DrMu
raising my hand
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 17:52:49
Comments:
Prof. Edd: Is that using standard telemetry with
FM-type coding or something more sophisticated?
Name: Zombie
@bornagainwhenihearSD
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 17:29:38
Comments:
Wheeeoouuu...Man those guys on on a whole different level.
Name: Midnite Cruiser
midnitecruiser@hotmail.com
Location: Danville, VA
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 17:29:31
Comments:
The Stranger....it's been my experience that if a cd "develops" a skip that wasn't there when you bought it that what's really happening is the laser pickup on your cd player is probably about to bite the dust. Hope that's not the case!
Dr.Mu....thanks for pointing out the millenium fact. I don't think most people realized that it's actually 2001. Keep in the redshift man!
I know the Perseids were a disappointment for anyone who watched but don't miss the Leonids in November. This may be a meteor "storm" that happens only once every 33 years and could well be the most spectacular thing you'll see in the sky in your life. Check out Astronomy mag at www.astronomy.com for more details.
Steely Dan moment for the day: Kid Charlemagne on the radio on the way home from work. It was a "classic rock" station and the sound pretty much sucked though. You just don't hear solos like that in radio tracks any more. *sigh*
Name: David in the Florida Room
dmoore113@aol.com
FL USA
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 16:39:04
Comments:
Edd,nice midi explanation...you a player?I didn't think I could have been the only one ...I know we're all listeners.. but..some of us have had the joy of playing the tunes.
I've enjoyed most of what you folks have to say...sounds like some Interesting and Intelligent beings.Please keep it up.And I'm waiting to hear all about the Danfest. Later folks, D
Name: Edd
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 15:52:31
Comments:
"What's the difference between a melodica and a synth blues harp?"
Simple. One exists, the other doesn't. A synth blues harp sound is created with a synthesizer. It might be played with a wind controller or a keyboard controller, but the sound is produced by a bunch of electronics. You can't go into a music store and ask to see a synth blues harp.
I've never played a melodica, but it appears to make sound by using your breath to vibrate some sort of reed-like mechanism. The pitch appears to be controlled by about 1 octave of mini piano-style keys that probably alter the length of a chamber.
Steely Vaneeli? Hardly. It makes no sense to have a bunch of synthesizers on stage when you can have just a controller out front and all rest of the gear out back. It's standard operating procedure. Pick up the controller, select a MIDI channel, dial up a program change, and you can play any synth (or multiple synths) you have.
If you want the controller to make a sound you'll have to drop it on the floor.
Study up. There'll be quiz after the next tour.
Name: The Beav
oh geez
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 14:59:14
Comments:
Ed, What's the difference between a Melodica and a Synth Blues Harp? Are they the same thing? Because whatever was played on Century's End was also used on I.G.Y. and the credits list a synth blues harp on that song.I don't know or care if that strap on keyboard makes a sound by itself, but I do know that when DF played it, there was a distinctive sound, especially on the jam on Teahouse On The Tracks from the St Louis bootleg. You're making them sound like Steely Vaneely or something.
Name: star gazer
@mystical sphere
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 14:44:06
Comments:
Dr.Mu, where's Edd?
Name: DrMu
mind out of time
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 13:58:17
Comments:
Razah: ...and the goofy thing is that our society has seems to have forgotten that the new millenium technically starts on Jan. 1, 2001. The Gregorian calendar starts with the year 1 not 0.
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 13:28:59
Comments:
Ruby - heavy on the would I - Could I? - Well I can think of several times when I've appeared just as vulnerable as attempting intricate dance moves when I had no clue what either foot was doing - But I would watch "Scent of a Woman" at least a dozen times to get down the footwork, and listen to Lisa Dal Bello's "Let's Tango" for the spirit of the dance. Beyond that, I'm at your mercy. Which probably wouldn't be such a bad thing.
On to another subject - I'm not enthralled in the least by the whole "next millenium" obsession. I mean, 2002 only comes along once too, so what's the big deal. As a kind of antithesis (a crude example) I'm tempted to play "Century's End" as a method to delay the whole craze. At least that song would make the New Year's Eve 2000 worth staying up for.
Name: Fuller Brush Man
@you take my money too!
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 12:57:58
Comments:
Knock, Knock, O.K "Don't let me in, maybe tomorrow I CAN
COME BACK BABY?" Anyway I'll just take a camel walk by
you're neighbors for "a HUMP." In all fairness though,
with respect to Century's End, Walter gives you the same
ride in the solo on junkie girl, it's the change up thing
that I enjoy hearing. Sooo Coool!!!
Name: shelley
@ a place without romance
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 12:44:47
Comments:
okay, does this group REALLY enjoy missy (upper/lower cases ignored) more than clas and geena? this must be someone else incognito. any guesses?
Name: mISSy BlinDSiDe
@rubbing Rogaine on my bare ass
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 11:45:56
Comments:
I woke up this morning in the motel bed with the wet stench of my own vomit wafting up into my hairy nostrils. I had a small Hot Wheels toy car lodgeed in my rectum. The JEW woke up yesterday after I nudged him with my fat stinky toes, I think the StEnch helped out. The JEW was understandably pissed about me sitting on him. he says the last thing he remembered was a huge ass with a WIDE LOAD sign coming at him, and then the horrid stench of my hatchet feet yesterday afternoon. I smacked eem one good after that comment. Usually the JEW paints murals on the Motel 6 wall or throws darts at a picture of Nelson Mandela.Today I sent the JEW out for some eggs and a container of Creatine, plus some Rogaine. I'm finished with that dam Porpecia, that crap stings my genitals. I been uploading porn and shaving my back. the JEW just came back in,Riht now the JEw is rubbing Rogaine on my bare ass we rented Pink Flamingoes" cause the JeW likes that FatLady who's always screaming for eggs. "Eggs, Eggs!!" I love it when she says that. I just sat on the JEWs lap and I think i broke his FEmUr. Now he's not going to be able to paint scenic murals on the wall anymoreThe jEWs about to get tired of me sting on him. Uhoh he's got a gun.
I better go.
"Running for my Life"THe Revolutionary
Name: RubyBaby
outr@geous!
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 10:43:04
Comments:
I love this format!Razor Boy: The anticipation I experienced before getting to your marvellous post was such a kick! I wish you were here for that... I think as Steely Dan disciples, our sense of humor plays a big role.
Just the other day, my SO sang to me in true DF fashion, "And for the Coup-a-de-GRAaasss" just before he made a swift move and I realized for the first time that Donald was being funny.I read on the liner notes of Kamakiriad where The Producer thanks Donald for "asking him along for the ride." That could mean a couple of things, couldn't it? Was he being fecetious or actually gracious? I am hoping the latter.
I have yet to grab a listen to TBTLO. Busy days here. But I do love the delicious instrumental. Would you, could you, tango?
rb
Name: TheStranger
careless rapture
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 10:42:01
Comments:
are there any cures for a digital skip in a cd? so far all i do is wash in water & then buff lightly from center out with cotton. works only sometimes. anybody got any better ideas? elixirs, chants, petrochemicals?
lisa,
i am devastated by your relationship with peewee. you seem to be floundering. but i admit, he's got ahold of himself.
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 10:32:19
Comments:
Razor: IMHO: Yes; Yes; Probably both; Both; Yes; Yes, I agree... and need one myself, too!
Ole: looks can be deceiving...
Gap: I'm a lunch hour lurker... I come home from work over lunch to check my personal email... and the GB, too! I live in the USA central time zone... that would be 2 hours before the "official" GB posted time here locally. RE: God... Being a preacher's kid I suspect I could argue both sides ad nauseum... Thankfully, it's time to get back to the office!
Name: lisa
t@o jones
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 10:06:55
Comments:
luckless: i'll set up the transfer...doc miller is great with kids, but does selecting a t.v. schedule qualify as programming?
btw, his dissertation topic relates to the idea that today's student is best served by reading examples of modern literature, rather than a (somewhat) exclusive diet of the classics.
p. w. herman: i'll tell you what you are...you're the oily type beau hunk...and i know all about a man with big shoes...
poppa love thrust (or formerly roy.scam): we have discussed my ability to protect and serve (and kickbox)...you may add me to your W-2 as necessary...let's rent out the soccer team as roving giggolos to cover the expense of my upkeep.
zeke: right back at ya, my fellow pee-wee'r!
oh yeah...it's probably a good thing you can't make the rendezvous with gap...i hear he's a rowdy barfly with an extensive knowledge of jailhouse rock.
professer: let's just say i've toured the local countryside using the tassles to propel my craft.
theI: i see you are back in place of many young cavegirls...be sure to do as your surrogate parents have instructed: use thin membrane to protect sacred nether region.
ole: no fine print, only fine java and tall dark men need be included in my package.
geena: so far your offer is the most tempting...may i get a 30-day trial period with dr. kaplan? please forward any paperwork and i'll sign on the dotted line.
Name: Fuller Brush Man
@painting some trim today
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 09:59:35
Comments:
Century's End one of my favorites. Twisting, turning
upside down and yes even sideways.
Name: shelley
i'm worse than my kids
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 08:48:56
Comments:
Oleander, what a mean trick to play! my curiosity is beyond piqued! guess i'll peruse the archives.
Name: DrMu
Texas Twister
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 07:42:03
Comments:
Zeke: Yeah, "Pirates" definitely has more of THAT Dan sound than any of her other efforts, even "Flying Cowboys."
Name: Zeke
out for the week
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 07:24:46
Comments:
Gappy: Gee, Gap, thanks for the invite. It's a shame I'll be out of town. Hey, bring your Mr T. starter kit and your stories, your gonna fit right in.
Doc: Very nice horns on the Pirates CD. Reminds me of Gaucho.
Geena: It's a freakin' disaster.
It's the Burmuda Triangle of interstates.
Name: DrMu
graphite and glitter
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 07:05:49
Comments:
Beav: Then DF must be the best synth programmer ever!...usually a synth doesn't have that kind of LIFE...same sound is on Ricki Lee Jones' "Pirates."
Clas: one down, seven (maybe eight) to go
Name: Edd
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 03:12:42
Comments:
The keyboard Donald wore on the tours didn't make a sound. It's a controller that must be MIDI'd to something else.
Name: Clas
I wanne sleep
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 00:51:32
Comments:
Dr Mu; Pirate Radar. And I agree with Beaver, that's not a melodica. But dammm, I like that song. The groove is counterpoint on a very high level.
Oleander Nerium; I still don't get it. I'm from SWEDEN! (and I ate my cat yesterday)
Name: Beaver
Leave it to me
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 00:11:39
Comments:
Dr. Mu, I don't think that's a melodica On Century's End. If you listen to the begining of Green Flower Street on The Live From The Beacon CD that's DF blowing into the melodica for sure.Century End's solo sounded more like that keyboard DF had strapped around his body during the tours. I also noticed it sounds like the same instrument that's used all over IGY. It's some kind of synthesizer that IMHO opinion is a lot cooler than that hideous toy the melodica.
BC
Name: Gap Brandy
toulousestreet
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 00:05:32
Comments:
Zeke: I'll be in your neck of the woods Friday - Monday. The Maple Leaf Bar? I'll be the clean-cut guy who looks out of place. Oh, and I'll have a Coast Guard approved air-horn attached to my gold choker. I also enjoy recounting stories about my recent forays with large sea mammals. How will I recognize you? Please wear your "Star Turtle" T-shirt.
Roy: You, facetious? Now you've got me questioning the whole "God" thing. Doc Kelly, where are you?
Oleander: Chaos theory is simple. People are complex as hell. Did you know it's been proven that it is much easier to understand chaotic theory if one wears black leather like Jeff Goldblum did in Jurassic Park? Really! Leave it to Spielberg to sweat over the "little" details.
Nowhere: Thanks a lot asshole! James Agee made me cry and I'll never forgive you for that. What do a bunch of black share croppers have to do with a two man band anyway?
Truly Sorry I Learned to Read 9600 Words Per Minute,Gap "black finger" Brandy
Name: William Michael
DeacnBlz@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 22:39:37
Comments:
I suppose after looking over this website that the addition of a DeacnBlz would complete a missing link to the puzzle that is Steely Dan. After having listened to quite a few SD and Donald Fagen compositions, ordinary music seems less thrilling.
I would like to be able to find a website that would allow me the priviledge of downloading or just printing up the words to some of the lesser known works of said composers. The more I hear from these gifted musicians, the more I cry out for a chance to learn more of their symmetry and gift for blending jazz with lite rock, while still maintaining the presence of a "gig" atmosphere.
Name: DrMu
andonemorething
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 22:36:03
Comments:
Man, that is a hellacious melodica solo on CE.
DF cna phrase that instrument rivalling Stevie Wonder.
Gotta feelin' the melodica will rise again on the new one.
Name: DrMu
visionofachildreturning
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 22:20:38
Comments:
Oyed'Ole: Zowie! Hence: "Perhaps I will find in my head what my heart is saying"
Maybe it's me, but does this site need peer review?:
Find mistakes in the contents of the following sie
Win a prize! No web drones!
http://hem.passagen.se/tomasbro//df_centend.htm#Century'sEnd
Century's End
Produced by Donald Fagen and Gary Katz
Original version from the LP 'Bright Lights, Big City'Those trucks in the street
Is it really Monday
Time to find some trouble again
Make a bid for romance
While the dollar stands a chance
Dumb love in the city
At century’s endWe tap to this line
Dancing on a mirror
There’s no disbelief to suspend
It’s the dance, it’s the dress
She’s the concept more or less
Dumb love in the city
At century’s endAt century’s end
Nobody’s holding out for heaven
It’s not for creatures here below
We just suit up for a game
The name of which we used to know
It might be careless raptureThis kid’s got the eye
Call it pirate raid on
Scooping out the roof for some trend
But there’s nobody new
So she zeroes in on you
Dumb love in the city
At century’s endAt century’s end
Nobody’s holding out for heaven
It’s not for creatures here below
We just suit up for a game
The name of which we used to know
By now it’s second natureScratch the camera
We can grab the locals
Let’s get to the love scene, my friend
Which means look, maybe touch
But beyond that not too much
Dumb love in the city
At century’s end
Dumb love in the cityLove in the city
At century’s end
(Repeat)
Name: oleander
back owreddy?
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 21:21:40
Comments:
The universe is a busy place dept.: In tonight's "Gravity's Rainbow" selection, there is reference to Alexander Friedmann: "... singularities! Consider cathedral spires, holy minarets, the crunch of trainwheels over the points as you watch peeling away the track you didn't take...(...)the edges of steel razors, always holding potent mystery...rose thorns that prick us by surprise...even, according to the Russian mathematician Friedmann, the infinitely dense point from which the present Universe expanded." (GR, V 396) He's the one who in 1922 originated the theory of red shift. (Weisenburger, 193)
Count--Great Coltrane site. Bookmarked. Also mentions Howard Mansfield's great Monk site, which is worth many visits.
Minah--Ewww. That's disgusting. Do you, uh, visit that site often? NOT bookmarked.
Razor--that was beautiful. 11TOW was also a collaborative venture. The Dan pretty much hooked me from the first time I heard them.
Big Fan--WOW! You are the man!
Rose--Now, it's not nice to make fun of my CRD (Compulsive Response Disorder).
Stu--welcome. You can find Metal Leg at http://pages.prodigy.com/sdresource/ I don't think there are any very recent issues you might have missed.
Name: Stu Katz
elmcty@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 19:07:03
Comments:
Glad I found this site. My copy of Kamakiriad has developed a digital skip about 1:30 into Tomorrow's Girls, but I'm dealing with it. In New Jersey, King's Supermarkets and Grand Union are usually good for some SD on the PA system.
Does anybody know what became of Metal Leg? Pete Fogel still owes me a couple issues, I think!
Name: Geena
The Daily Post
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 18:45:27
Comments:
Rose Darling: What is your interest waning in? I hope not the Guestbook! I'm with you, Steely has and always will rank #1 with me. I love listening to Sting, Don Henley, and countless others, but I always go back to the Dan.
Holyander: Thanks hon, this one has not been too good, but knowing me, I'll get over it
Razor Boy: my love for SD arose very slowly and crescendoed (sp?) into a near love affair. I grew up in the disco era and even though I still love some of the music, after a while there was something missing, it became the same old thing, the same old songs with the same old mentality, and I needed something new and something refreshing to listen to. When my husband/then boyfriend introduced me to the Royal Scam, he told me he knew I'd love the music, but to listen to the lyrics first, when I did, I knew I was hooked for life.
countzir0: It's okay, I think I've gotten over it. It's September 2 and only 364 days to the next one, I can handle it. If I may make a suggestion to your "Unclogger" recipe, instead of your regular variety of bleach, try lemon scented Clorox and a generous dash of Pine Sol instead of the Windex for a real kick. My sis is a pharmacist and drugs are her life. I think she can get me a good deal on some nebs, wanna go in with me? Oh no! What are we doing! We're supposed to be fine, outstanding, god-fearing, pillars of society here....
Roy.Scam: And I nominate Roche Bros. Supermarkets for being the most Steely friendly Supermarket in the Massachusetts area. No Muzak there, all originals...even cuts off of Kamakiriad. They've been known to play 4, yes count 'em 4 cuts from various albums in an hour time span, even over the loud broguish voices of the Irish produce employees.
Clas: Thank you, yes it was yesterday. I used to play the alto sax in high school, does that count?
Zeke: Please tell us about Highway 10?
Pawlie: I'll come to Philly, if you pay for it on your wife's credit card, because I know you don't have one, and I can visit with the family.
Lisa: I've missed you SOOOOOOOOOOO much!!! I'll adopt you and then I'll introduce you to Dr. Kaplan! I love Pee-Wee, no matter what he did. I've made my husband nicely tailored 2-piece suits, may I become a partner in this business venture of yours?Happy Birthday to my astro-sister Sam!!
Name: Rose Darling
@interest starting to wane
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 14:50:22
Comments:
Razor Boy:
You already have a life, you don't need another one. Thanks for a relevant, thought provoking yet mentally digestible post.
I have sifted through music I've heard before or since, and Steely Dan still ranks at the top, along with the Beatles, Eagles, the Police and a few others.
I remain ever cynical yet trying to be more cerebral and spiritual to get out of it. But Steely Dan's irony and cynicism will always feel like the home I came from.oleander:
Might you toss a spare comment my way now and then, doc?
Name: oleander
oleander1@earthlink.net
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 14:04:33
Comments:
Shelley--don't ask, honey. And we won't tell.
lisa--I need a little grrrl energy around here. Show me the fine print & we might be in business.
Roy--sorry, I don't do birds.
Clas--OR mammals!
Geena--Belated happy birthday, girlfriend!
Doc K--I knew it! It's that well-scrubbed look and earnest glow.
Perfesser--After Roy's post, pass me the Depends.
Aja--glad to hear from you. You know how to reach me.
I-man--OK! Beanstreet's it is, but after that, I'm only buying you decaf!
Name: Razor Boy
joebj@compmore.net
Location: Kanata, Ont Canada
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 13:33:38
Comments:
Driving around doing errands last night, I revisited "Kamikiriad" for the first time in a long while, and just marvelled at the whole project.
Although it has been 19 years since "Gaucho" was released, the fact that WB produced Kamikiriad makes it the closest thing to a Fagen/Becker studio collaboration does it not? Do you think that DF asked Walter to produce it those five or six LONG years ago as a test to see if future works could succeed?
The other phenomenom that strikes me is what happens to the individual when listening to Fagen and/or Becker. Are we, as Steely Dan disciples, compulsive cynics, or people who have gotten past the cynicism that plagues this decade, and have adopted a more cerebral outlook on everything? Just look at the dialogue in the Guest Book. It's frequently has little to do with SD, but the range of topics and themes come from people who have a devotion to their words and music, both rich in the power to transcend.
Therefore, were we naturally drawn to, and forever attached to SD because it was better than anything we had listened to and have heard since, or did we sift through all the 60's/70's offerings first, and decide.
For me, it doesn't matter how fresh or innovative a new project by an established or debut artist is, Steely Dan, in spite of their paultry offerings over 25 years of recording, dwarfs most of them. (Although Metheney and Steve Earle have inspired my senses almost equally at time). Does any one have any thoughts, or relate to what I am saying?
Razor Boy
I guess I need a life!
Name: countzir0
countzir0@yahoo.com,xoom.com,hotmail.com
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 13:20:59
Comments:
Geena: I'm fresh outta Valium(my guy's headed for Mexico this weekend, though, yes!!), but I'm good on the Lortabs right now after arranging a trade with a buddy o' mine. I'll send the Lortabs over with a new cocktail I've created called "The Unclogger." It's a shot of Drano, , a shot of your regular variety of bleach, a jigger of hydrochloric acid, and a smidgen of Windex. Along with that, you'll receive a bowl of Gillette Sensors, and Schick Tracers(only the best). I recommend taking the Lortabs AFTER the cocktail and razors, though....Then you can watch Charlie Horse Music Pizza all you want from your new bed, in the hospital...j/k btw if you didn't already know.
Zeke: Yeah, I've been to Deep Ellum many a time. I started hanging out on Elm St. when I was fifteen, when there was, amazingly, only ONE club on the whole street. In the eleven years since, it's turned into a miniature Rue Bourbon almost. The Bone is a pretty cool Blues bar--Every Mon. nite during the summer, they have open mike up on the deck, and my buddy Matt Nearing plays sometimes(unbelievable blues guitarist). It's alot of fun watching the bands jam up there under the stars. DeepEllum is actually not the only hotspot in Dallas anymore, though. Next time you swing thru, you need to check out Lowest Greenville--about twenty clubs have opened up in the last year there, and I live one block away (so I won't be tempted to drink and drive too much). E-mail me if you're swinging thru Dallas and I'll show you where the good Jazz and Blues clubs are in the area.
Roy. Scam: What time does the Coltrane thing come on(for some reason Bravo is not listed on my TV schedule even though I have the channel)? Anyone who likes Coltrane, check out this link--http://jazz.route66.net/aLoveSupreme/index.html
Name: theI
@coldstonehole
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 12:40:01
Comments:
the voices speak again, they call me back to this place that is not, they say me have been away too long, me think this too, hello holy lady, hello lisa, voices say she who is of the sun who defies time has come to a day of age, me am glad to hear that great rampaging sky mistress did not snuff the flame of the sun in her howling rage of tears
when me very young, and me first blink in cool darkness under mountain, me smelled a she-bear, she-bear say, 'who breaths in bear's cold darkness?, and me scream back, me am here, me dwell in this darkness now, that when me hear first voice that not come from beast, voice said, 'share cool place with bear, her hide be thick for when season of death come, speak to the bear kind words and she may fish for you', so me make freind of bear, and voice was right, she-bear dead long time now, but me keep fur so to sleep warn when ice come,and now me lay fish in fire so to feed she-bear's spirit, me no know why me tell story of she-bear, but me have, voices say story solve problem of person who visits this place that is not, but they do anything to get me to tell story.
Name: 70's music Fan
...
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 12:39:40
Comments:
No Steely Dan here
http://www.furious.com/perfect/badsongs.html
Name: Big Fan
home@last.net
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 10:44:29
Comments:
Oleander (blooming outside my door),
Just a reminder to remove the tape. As always, the backside is better than the front.
Name: The Skippa
@s.s.minnow
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 10:12:59
Comments:
psst., hey gilligan i think the professer has been bullshitin'
us ever since we got here. I don't think the son of a bitch
can make a radio out of fucking coconuts. I don't think he
wants to leave the "island." I think he's got something going
on with ginger and maryann.
psst., hey skipper, they did say they were going on one of
those tropical mile walks last night.
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 10:09:22
Comments:
Ole: Eagle. 25 years ago... I didn't realize it was such a part of me.
Name: minah
flossing
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 09:51:00
Comments:
Roy: If you run out of bird's I believe Schwinn's got a drummer recipe or 2, and I offer you this dan-dy little site to get started:
http://www.paranoia.com/coe/e-sermons/butcher.html
Babs(CA): After reading your last post (To Plagiarize Wayne's World): 'I feel funny, like when I used climb the rope in gym class...'.
...and speaking of class, but pronouncing it differently:
Clas: khillman@lightspeed.net.
urp, pardon me,
mW
Name: The Professer
@laughedsoohardipee-weedmypants
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 09:42:52
Comments:
Lisa, i understand that you are up for grabs, i will make
a run for you, BUT FIRST, i must know, how fast can you
twirl the tassles, what i mean to say is can you create
a vacuum effect with them.
It was you Clas looking up an old college professer, right?
Name: P. W. Herman
East Coast Playhouse
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 09:26:25
Comments:
Lisa: You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a loner, Lisa, a rebel. There's things you don't know about me. Things you couldn't know. Things you ............SHOULDN'T know.
I.K.Y.A.B.W.A.I?Pee Wee
Name: Clas
soon off from work
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 09:07:12
Comments:
Roy Scam; is THAT what it takes to get attention from Oleander? Well, I'm going home to the cat now...
Name: Roy.Scam
can.you.oufit.an.entire.soccer.team?
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 08:40:49
Comments:
Jazz fans: The Bravo Channel has been running a documentary called "The Church of Saint Coltrane" that's worth checking out. It's a little disturbing to see a filmmaker belabor the strange behavior of someone you admire, but I guess sometimes you need an angle just to get your work noticed. Some of the musical moments are good though (Coltrane, Miles Davis, etc.).
lisa: I could use a bodyguard and someone to eject this gang of European athletes from my house. If you agree to let me use you as a tax deduction, I'll file for custody immediately. -- Also, I think I saw an ad for a position as Mental Hygeinist/Assistant Brain Surgeon in the Cayman Islands.
I nominate Food Lion as the most Steely friendly corporation for Muzak programming. In the recent past, I've heard the original versions of Century's End and Deacon Blues as well as homogenized (elevator) versions of Home At Last and Trans Island Skyway, all while grocery shopping at my neighborhood F.L. And they crank it up loud enough to hear it over the begging children and the "Ed Earl, price check on Viagra on Number 2".
Gap: No algebraic facetiousness intended. -- Was that a bid wist reference in your last post? Please explain.
I just had a thought (Pace yourself, Roy, it's only 11:30 AM): Remember how the Beatles wrote a song with the acronym L.S.D. and Harry Nillson wrote "Good Old Desk" with the acronym G.O.D. ? Well, is it possible that "Home At Last" is intentionally acronomious for the computer in "2001"?
Oleander: Now I know what it takes to extort your attention. You shouldn't have given legitimacy to the goldfish swallowing threat. I have no goldfish, and my dog is far too large and hairy, but I have five birds and, as of right now, frummmpf mlthmm un effriny ptrooolfin mmmnnt tlllllf i grrt smmm attention.
Rar Esh
Name: Clas
atelje.lundkvist@swipnet.se
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 08:35:01
Comments:
Babs, THAT was funny. Ha ha ha.
m World; your emailaddress?
Name: Babs
CA
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 08:29:56
Comments:
Clas: I play around, but don't tell. Why do you want to know?
Name: Clas
@ work
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 08:17:37
Comments:
Shelley; we keep it in the dark nowdays.
Geena; happy birthday! I still ti amore...
Samantha; happy birthday!
Rose Darling; happy brother!
Oleander Nerium; "what" was good? But thanx anyway!
Joe M, Schwinn, Edd C, San Franciscan Night, FineCol, Daves88, Jamaican Dude: guys, talk to me or lisa about the Sign In Stranger CD.
Are there no woman who plays around here?
Name: Zeke
Dodging Uncle Earl
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 08:16:58
Comments:
Lisa: Mekalekahi-Meka-Hinyho.Countzip: No, I never have, thank God! To the locals its known as "Central Lockup", on Broad St. Most horror stories come from tourist who are severely fuck-up from booze or drugs, then try to take on the force, if you know what I mean. Most of the time, NOPD officers are pretty cool. There is a history of corruption and some guys (and gals) take on a second job of hit-men/woman. When I'm in the city, I find myself looking up.
The architecture is incredible. As far as jazz goes, The Maple Leaf bar is where I hang. I'll keep in touch. Do you visit Deep Elum much? Not long ago a friend took me to The Bone.
Great blues club!Docta: Around here, when it comes to Dr. Jawn, you just buy the CD, and put it in your changer's rotation. He and the Nevilles
have this agreement with locals, its all good! Harry Connick once said, "There's no such thing as a bad Gumbo"
Name: Luckless Pedestrian
by.the.go-tree
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 07:58:23
Comments:
lisa: Tell Dr. Miller that I have always thought it would be fun to write a dissertation, especially when it didn't matter to me at all whether or not it made any sense. But before I agree to a switch, how is he at handling three-year-olds and programming?
Name: shelley
it's been a long summer without you
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 07:50:40
Comments:
where are the salacious posts between clas and geena? geez, that's the only reason i came back here!
Name: sweet pawlie p
um...hullo?...is anyone there?...
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 07:47:11
Comments:
geena, i've changed. honest. i've moved on to peanut butter criss-cross cookies and old milwaukee. and my wife understands. so how 'bout you take a train to philly?
Name: lisa
up for gr@bs
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 1998 at 05:20:06
Comments:
does anyone want to adopt a semi-amusing girl of 31? i can cook, paint murals on the ceiling and juggle...also, i'm intermittently clever and not highly effected by the full moon.
geena and samantha: happy belated birthday virgo queens!
to pee-wee herman fans: the moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived...the new fox family channel is showing pee-wee's playhouse at 5:00 p.m. est...now THAT is a reason to go on living.
aja: nice to see that you're safe and sound in redhook...bonnie did little damage in pinehurst, but she did blow all the apples out of my tree...shall i make some applejack?
luckless p: dr. miller would like to know if you want to switch identities with him for awhile...just until his dissertation is complete.
random thought: i'm considering a new career as a seamstress of erotic fashion...might call my business "kinky sew-N-sew"...
Name: oleander
oleander1@earthlink.net
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 21:35:54
Comments:
Minah--uh, sorry about the ipecac. I know a dry-cleaner who can get ANYTHING out of a carpet.
Mr. Nobody--You've got the tip-of-the-hat BACKWARDS. It was Gibson who repeatedly wrote Steely lyrics into his books, and even in Idoru made a two-man rock group central character(s).
Stranger--stirring up the grey jello, eh? Let me join you in a little shoreside trephination. I saw Easy Rider again recently with my 20-year-old son and his friends, so though it was absurd on revisit, it was worth it to see their reaction. And to see the young Nicholson again. Good books--shit, in last week's NYT BR there were half a dozen that had me drooling and wishing for another 12 hours in a day.
Roy--That's just how I see the praying Josie.
Clas--That was really good.
Doc Mu--Perhaps we require an inexorable order in the heart to enable the (apparently) random flights of the brain. The entire organism is an amazing combo of syncopated rhythms. "Complex functions"--that's what chaos theory is all about.
Ren--thanx for the pronunciation on Muswellbrook. Welcome.
Luckless--e me; if you gave me yours, it's gone the way of all too many of my synapses.
Doc K--I think you make an admirable Boy Scout. And thanx for nipping that whole thing in the bud.
Big--Indeed I did! It went straight into my recipe box.
Name: oleander
fish overload
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 21:14:50
Comments:
Omigod! I'll be right back after I e Minah and call him in some antibiotics to ward off an overwhelming gram-negative infection! STOP, BOY!
Name: Geena
@Shady Rest Nursing Home
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 19:27:50
Comments:
Pawlie: How do you do it? Is there nowhere I can hide? Thanks for the birthday greetings, next time I come down to the joisey shore, I'll bring the chocolate chip cookies, you bring the Schlitz and we'll sit on the beach FULLY CLOTHED while I listen to your big stories. P.S. I did not take you off my ICQ!
Countzir0: Charlie Horse Music Pizza is mindless babble for children under 2 years of age. It can be extremely irritating on Sunday morning after you'd had a few too many the night before. Yes, it is my birthday and Thank you for beautiful greeting in french! I know that age is just a number, but today I'm really feeling it. Now, please make me a Drano cocktail straight up with a valium chaser and pass me the bowl of assorted razor blades.
Missy Blindside: Have you considered taking Diversity classes and while you're at it looking into Weight Watchers? Nahhh..probably not! But just think of all the fun you'll have afterwards when you've moved into that cute little trailer park you've always had your eye on and cook up some spam and fried boloney appetizers for those "deliverance" type gentlemen callers you'll have.
Rose: It's okay, but next time you're in these here parts, give a holler!
Mayor Rudy: The Big A is my second home, consider me for the job, my resume is being faxed as we speak.
Name: DrMu
jamming.ground.control
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 18:47:36
Comments:
Tom: No! No! The O-ring doesn't go THERE!
Name: countzir0
cuz I'm a voodoo chile
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 17:03:32
Comments:
Rose: I'd rather be put into the Re-sensitization Chamber. That's a pretty good idea, as a matter of fact. I wonder if those would go over. Have to file that one away with my list of "Inventions That Will One Day Make Me a Millionaire."
Geena: What the hell is Charlie Horse Music Pizza? Or do I really want to know? p.s. I didn't know it was your birthday. If it really is, then Joyeux Anniversaire!!!!
Marred: As I was reading your post, I envisioned a Fruit Loops box for some reason...
Missy Blindside: I think you should join "Marred" in the Fruit Loop box with the duct tape enclosure...
Zeke: Have you ever visited NOPP? Mardi Gras '97 I had the non-pleasure of visiting the Parish Prison and vowed to make a future tradition of staying away from "The City That Care Forgot" anytime near the month of February. However, I must say that some of the best times of my life have been spent there on the dirty and wild streets of Le Vieux Carre with the women "singing voulez-voulez-voulez-vous." I drive there from Dallas at least once a year, keep me updated if there's gonna be any good jazz shows down there.
Nobody: Don'chu be dissin' Neuromancer, ya hear?
Name: atom ant
@whooosh
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 16:12:13
Comments:
What the hell was that! A scapecraft! Yeah, a fly-mow!
Name: tom
@stranded in a crippled scapecraft
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 15:58:05
Comments:
DR MU: HOW DO YOU DO THAT STUFF? Does Nasa work for you or what!
Name: DrMu
Just.drive.for.the.light
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 15:36:48
Comments:
DocK: 2 piasters, to be exact. Creation: some combination of the first Chapter of John and Dr. John. Speaking of which -
Zeke: How's the good docta's new one? Does it pu a voodoo on you?
Name: tom
@sneakin' a peep
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 15:34:51
Comments:
Hey, I hope someone tied that saimese cat up!
Name: TheStranger
brooklyn knows
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 15:30:39
Comments:
mISSY bLindSiDE,
that was a truly thoughtful level of discourse, but i expect you can do even better. after all, a psycho's reach should always exceed his/her/its (?) grasp.
Name: Rose Darling
@Internet Desensitizing Center South
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 15:24:54
Comments:
Geena:
Thanks for the sweet welcome back. Geez, now I wish I had looked you up !Clas: Re: my sister-in-law
Behave yourself ! And my brother has got to fight off enough men now, he doesn't need you too !Dr. Mu:
Thanks for the info, I'll have to give TC a listen sometime.countzirO:
Join me in the Desensitizing Chamber, recommended by Geena.
And unslit those wrists !Mayor Rudy:
Thanks, I think??? for appreciating my "outreach qualities" but I have no interest in virtual or actual political campaigning. Not even to help the Big Apple out !
Name: josie
@she'sthewrongway
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 15:05:20
Comments:
Is Joe Sample on the new one?
Name: Zeke
geetars R us
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 14:51:24
Comments:
Schwing Schwinn: My knowledge of git-fiddles stop at a Martin HD28 and a Fender Strat, both of which I own. As to the question about Jr., that would be that funky guitar/pedal steel thang he plays. I must say he does a great job swithching between the 2. I've seen him many times @ HOB's and recently on TV. He looks hidious, but the dude can play.Earth: Next time your near the Nawlin's area, give me an e-mail.
Out.
Name: Doc Kelly
Here at the Dude Ranch
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 10:45:31
Comments:
DrM: Yes, he he, I was having a little fun... but if it was at your expense then it didn't cost you very much! Although if I was in a different mood it might have been a "shot across your bow" regarding THE BEGINNING and expansion/contraction as part of evolution... Luckily, my remark didn't spark any more debate than I really intended. Looking back at my question I now realize that a thread like that could get out of control! nuff said.
Name: mWorld
khillman@lightspeed
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 09:44:09
Comments:
Aja: Nice to see your typing, rather than hear about about you 3rd hand...
Clas: If you feel it fits, email me and we'll discuss.
O-le-(yonder): OK, I'm eating 1 live goldfish an hour till you get back to me...Starting @ 2pm PST.
-mW
Name: Big Fan
waiting for@the weekend
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 08:25:32
Comments:
Oleander: Got the DanFest t-shirt yesterday - great idea/design. Not what I expected - a must for the serious Danophile. P.S. Did you get my surprise?
Got two Hank Easton (guitarist for The Steely Dammed) CD's in the mail yesterday. I haven't listened yet, but my wife says they are pretty good. I'll have to load them into the CD changer for the 6 hour drive to the Penn State /Southern Miss game this Saturday. I'm always on TV so look for me in the north endzone.
Speaking of The Steely Dammed, Pete, where/when is that webcast?
Name: mISSY bLindSiDE
@makin Chop Suey w/ one hand
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 08:09:20
Comments:
Me and the big bald JEW have been shack ed up in a Motel 6 for several weeks eating raw eggs and boxes full of those crunchy greasy things they give you at Long John Silver's that you can purchase for like 50 cents extra. I was makin' Chop Suey for a midnight snack, snortin' Propecia, and uploading porn when the JEW slapped me on my big fat ass.24r8nsdlkeu--whoops, that was my oversized breast hitting the keyboard, sometimes Irest them on there. Dammit, then I decided to SIt on the JEW and I think I broke a rib or puntured a lung, cause he dudn't look all too good. He's bleeding from his mouth and ears, and looks balder than usual. I'm thinkin' about packing up this laptop and just hoping the JEW makes it alright on his own. It's gonna be hard to sneak past the front desk, me being so large. And the JeW is laying on the floor in there deader than my Grandma, hopefully not. At least he makes gurgling noises still. Wahtm I gonna do?
Fist in Ass
"The Extortionist"
Name: Sin-dee
sailing@way.com
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 07:21:03
Comments:
Ren Mazollo: that's because Australians have accents
Roger: woof
Name: sweet pawlie purebred
the joisey shore
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 06:53:39
Comments:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEET GEENA!!!
Name: johnboy
geezherewegoagain
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 06:04:41
Comments:
Clas: No thanks. If you want banjo music, you'll have to find it elsewhere. My compliments, however, on the subtlety of your most recent insult. Much more clever than your usual overt threats.
By the way, the _only_ name I have posted under is the one you see here (no caps). R.O.C.K. was, I thought, one of your many aliases. He was just like you.....
Name: Mr. Nobody
nowhereman
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 03:04:45
Comments:
Several weeks ago I recommended Walker Percy's, "The Moviegoer" to you, my friends on the GB. Now that so many of you are passing it around like popcorn, (which is impossible), I'd like to add a little more fuel to the fire and suggest you read, "Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut. If I've offended your sensibilities then why not pick up, "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men", by James Agee? All this Neuromancer crap is diminishing my respect for the greatest band in the world. Donald and Walter's music has no "tip 'o the hat" to ANYONE. They are misunderstood because there is no reference point to their message. Even Jodie Foster will discover there's one Roulade she can't raise...
"O"
Name: Clas
sixtyfive I was eleven and I called the world my own
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 1998 at 01:05:15
Comments:
Geena; I will never ask that question. Are you poison?
Fezo; that album is one of his best. "Shaky Town", "Love needs a Sternum" and "Running on Empty". I think I like the idea of Jackson more than I like his music though. And I prefer to see him live with a band. The man is so cool and natural (and handsome too, says my wife) (and my sons girlfriend).
Rose Darling; do your sister have a telephone?
Minah; shall I take your song from the CD?
Roy Scam; please email me.
Kinky; come on now, are you going to send me some of your music or not? You and your producer must have some cuts.
JohnBoy-Phil Philestrio-R.O.C.K in U.S.A. or whatever you like to call yourself; you too, banjo-music will do.
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