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Eye of the Beholder Wednesday, October 27th 2004 - 10:43:31 AM http://www.junkmedia.org/?i=1026 It's there alright ...

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Oh Wow, It's Them Again Wednesday, October 27th 2004 - 10:11:33 AM http://66.98.186.88/ ~misfitci/2000/nigeylennon-rtw.htm This review kinda says it all and yes indeed, John Tabacco's qualities as a producer/songwriter/musician are beyond any doubt.

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No fan Wednesday, October 27th 2004 - 09:46:46 AM http://www.gloriousnoise.com/arch/ 000334.php Pepe has a smile from ear to ear ...

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Steely Dan in South Africa Wednesday, October 27th 2004 - 09:32:10 AM http:// www.africans.co.za/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=300 Here's Goda, she is from Cape Town/Kaapstad in South Africa.

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Peter Wednesday, October 27th 2004 - 02:14:23 AM http://www.danfannovel.com For all you guys who hop around the boards,we're back up! And please continue to support the excellent Red Book here!!! Thank you.

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News from Alaska Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 10:20:08 PM http://www.sitnews.us/ BobCiminel/053104_focb.html To pay hommage with 'Deacon Blues' ...

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The Man Don't Give A **** Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 10:02:45 PM http://www.video-c.co.uk/microshow.asp?vidref=supe003&FileType=ADSLstream THIS really rocks: FULL STREAM VIDEO, Super Furry Animals and Steely Dan's 'Show Bizz Kids'!

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A usual suspect I Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 09:37:08 PM http://www.podbaydoor.com/ archives/000775.html Thanx. I'm blushing all over, darn. And this is what you find when Googling 'Steely Dan pizza'. Randy Reichardt from Alberta, Canada. Ha! We all know him, don't we???

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in case you haven't been told in awhile, M5... Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 09:13:36 PM ...you rock! And so does this place. Many Major Thanks!

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And the best album is ... Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 07:28:21 PM http:// www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/article/1,144,163,102004,825098.shtml Coral Egan. She won two Felix statuettes in Quebec, Canada. One is for best album of the year, for her producer, Charles Papasoff and the other one is in the category for best album in a foreign (not French) language :-) Congratulations, Coral. You're ready for the JUNO ...

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This thing called 'Ironwood' Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 11:43:18 AM http://www.eclectica.org/v3n2/ roblee.html Wow. Quite a long read, but a real hilarious and intriguing one. Not your ordinary take on Steely Dan by author Chris Roblee! You'll love it :-) 'Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva. Two seconds of relief in here and there's that music again. Steely Dan playing again. And it's not only in here it plays. I heard it in the office yesterday when I made those copies of the recipe for the garden terrine, the one the Irish Chef is so partial to. Are we or aren't we in Burroughs country?'

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Dissecting the perfect pop song Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 11:34:52 AM http://www.musicplayer.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=021476 Be a fly on the wall in a partially Steely Dan Universe ...

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Objects in the Mirror Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 08:22:00 AM http:// www.theunion.com/article/20041021/PROSPECTOR/110210109 Sat 10/23 Objects in the Mirror Thousands of Fingers A Tribute to Steely Dan The Center for the Arts is at 314 W. Main St. in Grass Valley, CA. Objects in the Mirror returns to the Center with a tribute to one of rock's most challenging and adventuresome bands - Steely Dan. This musical Costume Halloween Show will feature Objects in the Mirror, Major Dudes Horn Section, with Grant Reeves and Lee Elderton, plus the Babylon Sisters on vocals: Lorraine Gervais and Beth Moore-Haines. Saul Rayo is the Master of Ceremonies, and other local artists will be in attendance! Tunes from thirty years of Steely albums and CDs with a 13 piece concert band. This will be a big, fun show and only for the one night - Steely Dan. Two years ago five gifted musicians forged their musical talents. The result is a breathtaking jazz fusion band that's perhaps the hottest sound up this way. Playing covers is long behind them as guitarist Perry Mills and bassist Pat Jacobsen, both prolific writers, have amassed a stable of creative originals seething with improvisation and spontaneity set in a grooving background cast by drummer Mark McCartney. Add provocative percussion by Kit Bailey and the impeccable keyboards of Bob Villwock and you have a formidable wicked blend of magical jazz.

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You Gotta Walk It ... Monday, October 25th 2004 - 11:30:55 PM http:// www.guypetersreviews.com/steelydan.php

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Encyclopedic Dan Monday, October 25th 2004 - 11:13:29 PM http://www.toto99.com/ encyclopedia/steelydan.htm Steely Dan and drummer Jeff Porcaro ...

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Maui Music Fest November 19th Monday, October 25th 2004 - 10:00:03 PM http://www.mauimusicfest.com/ Willie Nelson and the Planetary Bandits,Rickie Lee Jones, Rob Wasserman as well as many others.

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Everything Must Groove Monday, October 25th 2004 - 09:44:12 PM http:// onstagemag.com/ar/performance_everything_groove/ Becker:"The bottom line is that you have to play with a lot of feeling, personality, and soul. Along the way, generally speaking, you have to be well trained, a good reader, and versatile. You have to do lots of different things to play with us. We tend to work with people that we like to be with, too. Sometimes you meet someone who is a great player but that you don't want to see again."

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Divine Destinee Monday, October 25th 2004 - 06:21:11 PM http://www.justin-time.com/ authors/coralegan/ Coral Egan Some say she's a younger Joni Mitchell. Some say she is 'simply' Coral Egan. Why? Because she has a distinctive sound and voice of her own. The music is eclectic and in her LIVE performance she masters the moment, the piano, the guitar and her muse. En Tournee au Quebec 27 October: Joliette - Salle Roland Brunelle 12 November: Montreal - Spectrum 14 November: Laval - Salle Andre Mathieu 19 November: Terrebonne - Theatre du Vieux-Terrebonne 21 November: Ste Therese - Centre Culturel de Ste Therese 3 December: Chateauguay - Salle Jean-Pierre Houde

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Yeah ... yeah ... yeah! Monday, October 25th 2004 - 04:59:20 PM http:// www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Ringo_Starr.html Very nice website, this 'Drummerworld', hosted by Bernhard Castiglioni from Basel, Switzerland

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C Monday, October 25th 2004 - 04:55:52 PM That's a great drummer. Almost as good as Ringo.

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Personal Legend Monday, October 25th 2004 - 03:42:03 PM http:// www.moderndrummer.com/rsrc/img/Personal_Legend.mp3 The CD 'Surfacing' featuring John Beasley, Robert Hurst on bass and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums. Check the link above for a full taste of 'Personal Legend' ...

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The Church of Steely Dan Monday, October 25th 2004 - 09:46:36 AM http://domesticat.net/entry/1013 Sister Amy from Atlanta testifies .....

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The Blue Note, Tokyo Monday, October 25th 2004 - 08:07:53 AM http://www.bluenote.co.jp/ George Duke

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Metal Leg 14 Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 07:45:31 PM http://www.granatino.com/ sdresource/14franks.htm Blue Pacific and Vincent's Ear ...

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Going back in Time Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 06:41:49 PM http://www.terenceboylan.com/ biography.html MGM/ Verve Forcast (1968) Alias Boona Side 1: Subterranean Homesick Blues/ Don't Blame It On Your Wife/ This Old Town/ Bring The Whole Family/ Who Do You Think I Am/ Glasses Side 2: Deep In The Middle/ Hey Hanna/ No Second Time/ County Fair/ Bare Road of Sand/ What A Way To Go   The Players: Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Herb Lovelle, Jimmy Johnson, Darius Davenport, Terence Boylan

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Peter Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 05:19:09 PM http://www.danfannovel.com Amethyst Secrets - TDFNV1, will be available online and in bookstores round the world within 30 days: "Summer, 1981. In the basement of a house on Long Island Sound, a group of intensely dedicated, fanatical fans of one of the most important groups in the history of popular music have gathered to form a fan club. What happens there that day creates relationships and bonds - as well as mysteries and entanglements - which will, over the course of the next twenty odd years, serve to create experiences of great joy and sorrow, despair and hope, fulfillment and wonder, discontent and solace. This brief overture to a much longer story introduces the people whose destinies will be played out in the volumes to follow. The eternal themes of ritual and ceremony mix with more localized issues of the arts, love, politics, society and philosophy to form a background against which the characters move; to form a mirror in which we can see the reflections of ourselves."

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~~~~Top of the Soil Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 01:29:55 PM http:// trconnection.com/todd/review/t2004/20040523-tb.rev WormTom's review of a Todd Rundgren concert. They're all in Japan these last days of the month: John Beasley, George Duke, Michael Franks, Todd Rundgren. But the earth moved, alas.

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House of Boris Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 01:22:57 PM http:// www.ferenzik.com/sounds/5hob/03LuckyNumber.mp3 Back to our first M5-guest John Ferenzik, with a sample of his album House of Boris. Guitarist Mike Keneally is in it, as well as Chico Huff, a fine bassist who also appears on the Yellow Peril disc.

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C @ Barely Town Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 12:07:25 PM http://www.steelydangallary.se Hi Gina, hi St Al! Pat, I'm ten years older than you. Thing is, if I look around I see the people I like to hang with are 40 something. And Yellow Peril, I got a couple of dozen too. Email me you Europeans; clasATateljelundkvistDOTse And yes, John Tabacco's version of "It's You Again" is great. It's heartbreaking.

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Two of These Nights Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 12:00:38 PM http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=16&theme=A&usrsess=1&id=121809 turn up the Eagles, the neighbours are listening ...

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The Simon Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 11:45:47 AM http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/consumables/0567_whats_pazz_jop.html Consumables, scroll down for different approach of reviewing Everything Must Go ...

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Gina Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 09:23:09 AM http://www.nos.nl/amerikakiest/ voorpagina/ Good morning, St. Al, in Euro timezone! Thanks for the link and yes, perhaps the forums each have their own angles, still, NOT KNOWING where things were headed in Sign In Stranger was big part of its charm and all of these new ones, including the Blue, would never have risen without the Yellow. Anyway, THIS way we can hop from one board to another, like it's all different rooms in that big old Yellow house :-) Your political debates or conversations in either NYB's place or Peter Q's are interesting to read and there's a lot on Dutch television as well regarding politics and the upcoming election. Someone uttered this not so bad idea a while back, that if Bush wants to control the world, other nations/people should also have a right to vote for him, or against him. There's a Dutch TV show NOVA situated in New York and it's got interesting topics and guests. Like representatives from Operation Truth. Anyway, here's a couple of links that might show how the media in this country digest it all. Ton Vriens is a Dutch cameraman and reporter/ journalist who has been living in the US for 20 years. His son Thomas enlisted in the American army right after 9/11 and recently got injured in Iraq. Ton Vriens joined a group of parents and relatives who want the army out of Iraq and get their sons and daughters home, safe. And like St. Al said, people tend to forget WHY the current administration failed, not just because of their foreign politics, but because they also forsake to run their own country properly, as solemnly pledged 4 years ago.

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StAlphonzo Sunday, October 24th 2004 - 08:49:30 AM http://www.banyantrees.net Great little story from John Tabacco. I must say that is the standout track on Yellow Peril. I still have a few copies available. Feel free to email me if you wish to grab one. pat(AT)banyantrees(DOT)net. Oh, and by the way... HI GINA! I haven't been ignoring you. Believe me. Thanks for the b-day wish. Just turned 40...Finally updated main page to link to this lovely forum. Real interesting how unique each of the newer forums is. Each one has a very distinct personality where with the old banyantrees site you never knew which direction you were headed... StAl

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Faberge-eggs Songs Saturday, October 23rd 2004 - 05:06:49 PM Another band of postmodern sonic architecture and earthly toil has been making such Faberge-egg songs since the decade that Radiohead feels most suited to, the prog-happy 1970s. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's Steely Dan is the ne plus ultra of production perfectionism. Disappearing into the Reagan years' ether after 1980's Gaucho, Fagen and Becker returned with 2000's Two Against Nature sounding like they never left the studio. Still interweaving complex jazzy breaks and riffs into traditional-feeling R&B, Fagen and Becker rekindled their interest in older guys trying to score with younger -- in some cases too young -- women, and won their first Grammy. Arguably out to prove Nature wasn't a one-off, Fagen and Becker are already back with Everything Must Go, by which they must mean everything that made them entertaining. The songs remain so ascetically smooth and clean you could operate in them, but the hooks don't swing quite as nice, and for some reason the lad-mag cleverness and obtuse sarcasm of their lyrics is gone. Creepy as it may be, a middle-aged Fagen singing about an out-of-work musician having naughty thoughts about his cousin "in those little tops and tight Capris," or a painter invigorated by his runaway Lolita and hoping to sweet talk her into a three-way with her friend, is deliciously risqué -- especially when they occur in music that recalls the jingles to every laundry detergent commercial ever made. Go sounds like successful, middle-aged businessmen having a midlife crisis and cashing in while they're ahead. The lead track informs all metaphorical shoppers that they better get the "Sunset Special/ on all the standard stuff" now because it's last call at "The Last Mall." "Things I Miss Most" captures a recently divorced man's laments, checking off his yearnings -- the Audi TT, the house on the Vineyard, the comfy Eames chair, the '54 Strat. And the title song chronicles a company owner having a going out of business sale, calling to "dissolve the corporation/ in a pool of margaritas." Given the recent spate of corporate malfeasance, Go's song snapshots may be Fagen and Becker's typically wry examination of men's foibles, but that doesn't explain the unbridled glee with which they do it. Fagen has always sounded like the perpetual 40-year-old, hovering on middle age but still close enough to youth to taste it. On Go Fagen merely delivers his lines, never accentuating anything to reveal he's sardonically aware of their content. And if you take away the juxtaposition of Steely Dan's witty lyrics and how they're delivered, it all sounds the same -- like incidental music from television's Taxi. Dismissive, you say? The next time you're in an elevator, a department store dressing room, on hold with the dentist's office, or languishing in some other quotidian limbo, see how long it takes before you hear a Steely Dan tune. Smoother-than-smooth jazz Muzak loves these guys -- despite the odd meters, the on-a-dime jazzy breaks, the overall structural precision, and the sophisticated, narrative lyrics. Steely Dan reduces down to ambient wallpaper like it was made for it. ?Brett McCabe, Baltimore City Paper, music editor?

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Running Blog Capitalist Saturday, October 23rd 2004 - 04:37:46 PM http:// runningblogcapitalist.blognz.com/archives/003306.html Everything Must Go review and a Steely Dan Fan weblog .....

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The Dan Abides Saturday, October 23rd 2004 - 04:33:11 PM http:// nigeylennon.diaryland.com/031202_67.html The ultimate Brain Tap Shuffle awaits

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John Tabacco in studio Walter Becker Friday, October 22nd 2004 - 10:25:53 PM http://nigeylennon.diaryland.com/ Check out Nigey Lennon's latest news on John Tabacco's adventures in Maui!

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The Magic of a Box Thursday, October 21st 2004 - 10:47:05 PM http://archive.getchazzed.com/bio.html Charlie Peterson's

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Not your ordinary stew! Wednesday, October 20th 2004 - 08:51:44 PM Been listening to Cauldron, produced by Walter Becker. It's John Beasley's CD and it's got an impressive line up of fellow-musicians. And it sounds really good, that ain't a surprise, right? This CD is from 1991 and it reeled me back into time. So now i sit here, feeling homesick. I guess i was simply listening from the heart, or from the gut and as soon as the first notes on "Beehave yourself" kick in, it takes the listener by the hand, slowly, it's a joyful warm, CARE FREE and optimistic journey, all the way through the 9 tracks. Hopeful as well, and we could sure need hopeful in these autumn days when elections and politics seem to have the upper hand. Well, the Beas has an upper hand for almost an hour and it's a listening experience that does lift the spirit, truly! So here i am, feeling homesick because the times have changed, and i find myself longing for those days, when life was brewing passionate and it pounded flirting with the unexpected, they call that youth, don't they? Cauldron also feels like a favorite coat you never wanna leave in the wardrobe when out on the town socializing or attending cultural events. Afraid it might get lost. One could easily warm up to the danceable rhythms of this album, or slow down when a tranquil moment in Run and Hide makes you keep that vision of a day awakening in the midst of Spring, the essence of life unfolding as you pass the same old buildings and people hurrying to their destinations. It's this sense of having been here before, a familiar feeling with a re-kindled spark for the past, the present and the future. Listening from the heart does that to ya! Yes, the familiarity of Cauldron makes it what it is, a large, deep, open pot in which things are boiled. On a cloud off to Catalina, track 5, or enjoying the dialogues in track 6, 11:11. John Pattitucci, Dean Parks, Bob Sheppard, Ricky Lawson, Munyungo Jackson, Bill Summers, Darryl Jackson, Ricky Minor, Peter Erskine and Steve Tavaglione. And a fine producing/engineering crew ofcourse!

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ps Wednesday, October 20th 2004 - 01:55:56 PM As in regard to the 'side effects' of Steely Dan music, i didn't mention the established and known enterprises(i like this word, the Oxford dictionary says: undertaking, esp one that needs courage or that offers difficulty) such as see links above and the others which can be tracked down in the Webring. The Dan Fan Novel was a -ty for sure :-) Ok.

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M5 Tuesday, October 19th 2004 - 06:55:27 PM Thank you, Jason, for signing in and giving your permission to use your drawings, even after the fact. I know, i should have asked first, but i was somewhat flabbergasted and taken with the idea of that project. There's Steely Dan tribute or coverbands, there's new bands with material and styles of their own, however influenced by the music of Steely Dan and that's about it when it comes to the 'side effects'. Clas Lundkvist from Sweden painted his impressions of some songs, but yours is an entire collection, it also reads like a comic book and the drawings portray your view of the songs. Therefore very personal and individual. Which is always interesting. So thanks again!

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Jason Robert Bell Tuesday, October 19th 2004 - 04:43:36 PM http://www.tetragrammatron.com

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John Beasley in Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, October 19th 2004 - 09:06:10 AM http://stb139.co.jp John Beasley is in Japan at the moment, for a series of gigs in one of the finest venues in Tokyo, the Sweet Basil 139. He works with Carlito Del Puerto (bass), Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez (drums) and Chie Ayado This classy, up-market venue stages pop, rock, jazz and classical concerts. The pop and rock artists featured tend to have made their mark in the sixties and seventies. It presents all genres of jazz from smooth jazz to fusion to classical music with the focus on recitals or chamber music. There is formal dinner seating for 270 and standing room for 500. In addition, there is a bar counter and outdoor terrace with seating for 40. The food is excellent.

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Lexical Lunacies II Monday, October 18th 2004 - 08:52:04 PM http://www.steelydan.com/ blindfold.html Walter Becker and Lorraine Feather

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Aloha Tabacco Monday, October 18th 2004 - 08:43:28 PM http:// nigeylennon.diaryland.com/040825_65.html Another Yellow Peril name, no, make it two. Nigey Lennon and John Tabacco. Nigey writes about John leaving for Maui, where he took a job in a studio. Yep. Maui of all places .....

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Dragons in your Dreams Monday, October 18th 2004 - 08:15:27 PM http:// www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=5795 St. Al posted a link to Horns & Halos on PQ's site, referring to a documentary about a book being banned, an author being burned and a president's immunity to both. An interesting and eerie story.

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M5 Monday, October 18th 2004 - 05:00:28 PM http://www.nostatic.com No more strange signing under the Banyan Trees, no more Simpleflower, remember the L.A. band who also contributed for the Yellow Peril disc? The band may have been disbanded, the members do have lives, music and lyrics of their own. Check the text/lyrics page for another Steely Dan reference .....

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The Art of Glass Sunday, October 17th 2004 - 06:07:35 PM http:// www.jhstudioglass.com/page.php?sitemap_id=18 United Kingdom ...

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..... Sunday, October 17th 2004 - 02:30:43 PM http://musikreport.de/artikel.html? topic=112332 Promising review of Lyn Leon's Glass Lounge in Germany.

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This is your Top Drawer! Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 07:16:58 PM http:// www.tetragrammatron.com/steelydanboxset/index.html Jason Robert Bell and his Steely Dan Box Set collection of drawings!!

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San Francisco Bay Area Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 06:29:27 PM http://www.ajavu.com/index.html AJA VU

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In the Driver's Seat with Minnie Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 03:31:11 PM http://www.billboard.com/bb/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000661329 to listen to her tracks, click HERE

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Surfin' the Waves Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 03:05:36 PM http://www.rdjfan.com/multimedia/ index.shtm Minnie Driver sings, Robert Downey JR sings ... for those with a Real Audio Player, you can click the link above and watch a video from a Wayne Brady show, he's singing Steely Dan's 'Reelin' In The Years' ...

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They rock, they roll, they sure got soul Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 02:39:32 PM http://www.jambase.com/ headsup.asp?storyID=5585 Umphrey's McGee from Chicago. You can hear samples of their music, am listening now and there are indeed touches of Dan (as well as a Zappanesque twitch, or even Joe Jackson). http://www.umphreys.com

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Gina Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 12:23:16 PM http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2004/10/08/finn_brothers_preview_feature.shtml hey Doc Mu, i saw the Jonathan Ross show on the BBC, he's an English talkshow host. His guests differ, from Bjork to Duran Duran (yep, they're on tour again) and Madonna, David Bowie. Last night he had Minnie Driver, the actress who's also a singer (she used to sing before she got into acting) as a guest. Happens so, she is the supporting act for the British Tour of the Finn Brothers. Minnie sang one of her songs yesterday and it's folky, bluesy, singer-songwriting easy listening kinda music. She has a warm crispy voice.

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..... Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 12:03:20 PM http://www.domewebthings.com/ mainpage.htm The band's name is Do Me Bad Things, they're from the United Kingdom and apparently have Steely Dan influences.

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Doc Mu Friday, October 15th 2004 - 04:54:35 AM Gina: The John Klemmer solo was a sign for things to come. Aja, Gaucho, and the Nightfly feed off the New Sophistication. Anybody here wanna smoke some herb?

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M5 Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 09:52:48 PM http://www.kjdenhert.com Aloha Herb, i'm just listening to KJ Denhert via her website, real real nice music, thanks for introducing her! The music is hopeful, good vibes, warmth, funky jazzed up rhythms and ah well, Little Mary is very very ... play it again and again and again ...

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An Emailbirdy flew in from Florida (thanks David) Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 08:18:44 PM And now for something to take you away from those political discussions: YOGI BERRA EXPLAINS JAZZ Interviewer: "What do expect is in store for the future of jazz guitar?" Yogi: "I'm thinkin' there'll be a group of guys who've never met talkin' about it all the time.." Interviewer: Can you explain jazz? Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, it's right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong. Interviewer: I don't understand. Yogi: Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it. Interviewer: Do you understand it? Yogi: No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn't know anything about it. Interviewer: Are there any great jazz players alive today? Yogi: No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it. Interviewer: What is syncopation? Yogi: That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds. Interviewer: Now I really don't understand. Yogi: I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well.

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angel Wednesday, October 13th 2004 - 09:16:37 PM Aja: Little Gabriel will be crawling all over you, by then. :-) Beautiful area and a wonderful time of year to visit it. Dr. Wu: I too was in NY last weekend and totally enjoyed the weather there. Too bad music was not on my very short agenda (I was in town just over 1 day). The Leonharts at Smoke sounds like an awesome evening. My computer was just upgraded and I can finally visit the Lyn Leon Site, that was mentioned a few weeks ago. Looking at the tour dates made me wonder how the glass pieces travel. It must be quite a deal, to bring along, for the tour gig. Talk about precious cargo....

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lp Wednesday, October 13th 2004 - 07:22:41 PM aja - awesome about next year!!!!

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t Wednesday, October 13th 2004 - 02:29:06 AM dibs on the doggie bag! :-P

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Aja Wednesday, October 13th 2004 - 01:32:00 AM Well, I can see things are back to normal at the Pedestrian household-LOL! BTW lp, am planning on being in your neck of the woods this time next year for Lady Bayside's wedding (wedding in NYC, then will take a week and drive through New England to see the leaves-gotta do that at least once in my life). What's for dinner? ;o) Aja

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dr. wu Tuesday, October 12th 2004 - 11:58:21 PM http://damon.typepad.com/wu/ greetings friends, just a short report about my recent weekend in NYC. in addition to enjoying outstanding autumn weather and exceptional food, it was a music fest for 3 nights. saw the legendary roy hargrove at the village vanguard friday night - an amazing jazz quintet, worthy of their distinction in the jazz field and very much at home in the venue which has for such a long time hosted jazz greats. on friday evening, the 55 bar was the venue and k.j. denhert the featured act - k.j. was doing her urban folk jazz thing as usual and the band was on fire, with sheryl bailey on guitar, ray levier on drums and mamadou ba on bass. sunday evening was real mellow as carolyn leonhart brought a young but very talented jazz trio to the stage at two sets of carolyn's original compositions along with some solid arrangements of a few standards in the mix were the agenda for the evening ... carolyn's father, jay leonhart, well known jazz bass player was invited on stage to perform an original jay leonhart composition so it was a chance to see a jazz father/daughter vocal and bass duet which was quite a treat.

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lp, again Tuesday, October 12th 2004 - 11:43:27 PM mixed greens and whatever is in the fridge - in this case: mixed sprouts, green beans, tomatos, onion, celery lol

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tones Tuesday, October 12th 2004 - 10:42:06 PM hey there - thanks lp! that sounds delish, and I was salivating nicely until I got down to the "junk salad"... ? lol... but hey, even that sounded good, whatever it is... lol... Hope you are well... and everyone else reading this too...

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lp Tuesday, October 12th 2004 - 08:35:41 PM hey for tones we had a party at our house on sunday for the baptism of our gabriel and we did a comfort food 101 meal: smoked turkeys done with applewood boston baked beans (molasses is the secret) macaroni & cheese (use really good ny cheddar and a pinch of mustard powder) junk salad with Yasou dressing cake yahoo friends check your email later be well!

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angel Monday, October 11th 2004 - 07:13:43 PM An old friend, perhaps, oh cave dweller? :-)

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Gina Monday, October 11th 2004 - 11:28:06 AM http:// www.thermenmuseum.nl/test2/defaulteng.asp Sometimes i'm reminded of my first encounters with the music and the words, the lyrics. We all have our own little somethings that attracted us in the first place, right? So, these lyrics to Caves of Altamira really had it all, as listeners we witnessed the realms of an inner world, a flash of past-present-future. A loop in time, in an instant. Yes, i felt they KNEW the universe inside out without giving it another thought because it all came natural to them .....well, what do we know at age 13, eh? Anyway, i have to write an article about a museum, build to preserve this Roman bathhouse (see link above) and it dawned on me, again. Whenever you find something that makes your soul pound beyond the understanding of fact, it must be a treasure to hold onto so in darker days it'll light up and show you the way! CAVES OF ALTAMIRA I recall when I was small How I spent my days alone The busy world was not for me So I went and found my own I would climb the garden wall With a candle in my hand I'd hide inside a hall of rock and sand On the stone an ancient hand In a faded yellow-green Made alive a worldly wonder Often told but never seen Now and ever bound to labor On the sea and in the sky Every man and beast appeared A friend as real as I CHORUS: Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall When there wasn't even any Hollywood They heard the call And they wrote it on the wall For you and me we understood Can it be this sad design Could be the very same A wooly man without a face And a beast without a name Nothin' here but history Can you see what has been done Memory rush over me Now I step into the sun

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Peter Q Friday, October 8th 2004 - 04:26:10 PM http://www.danfannovel.com/forum Dave Ballou played trumpet for Steely Dan at the legendary Sept 2003 Roseland shows. He talks with me at the above site soon.

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Gretchen Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 10:53:54 PM Thanks, M5! You know, I looked up that Zox link too, and was wondering the same. Seems he went from very detailed work (like our Royal Scam cover) to abstract, which is kind of unusual in the art world. G

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..... Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 10:15:31 PM http:// www.olsonlarsen.com/artists.cfm?artist_id=720&cmd=display ...is this the painter, or is there another Zox?

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M5 Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 10:02:23 PM http:// www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/discography/mechanicalbliss.html Lady G, not sure if the link above is what you were aiming at.

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Gretchen Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 09:39:32 PM Does anyone remember the story of the original painting of the Royal Scam album cover? Supposedly it's hanging somewhere it can be seen publicly. Does anyone know the details? G

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lp @ work @ home Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 08:20:31 PM steviedan - hello stranger!

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angel Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 06:07:05 PM That is one heck of a review of the Royal Scam. The man gets it! Good find.

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..... Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 10:56:42 AM http:// www.toadshow.com.au/rob/music/royal_scam.htm Something old, something new, something borrowed, something Blue ...

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M5 Monday, October 4th 2004 - 05:20:53 PM Hey Marg! Thanks for bringing Dadafon to our attention (she provided the link in a Rickie Lee Jones cyber neighbourhood)

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Marg Monday, October 4th 2004 - 05:03:34 PM About Dadafon; bits of it also reminded me about Les Rita Mitsouko, if someone remembers the quirky French group. Nice place, this.

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The Little Lighthouse Monday, October 4th 2004 - 04:27:18 PM http://www.littlelighthouse.net/ index2.htm He's in Baton Rouge for quite some years now, but originally from Europe. Stanislav Zabic runs a very interesting lighthouse, the Little Lighthouse. Radio shows, music most of us probably never heard of and lots lots more .....

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Rhymes & Rhythm from Norway Monday, October 4th 2004 - 10:43:54 AM http://www.dadafon.com/html/media- en.html This is Dadafon, a band from Norway. You can check out their sound in DISCOGRAPHY and watch LIVE VIDEO recordings. For those who like a touch of bassist Mark Egan, strong melodic notions in the music as well as kindred illusive spheres we find when listening to Björk ... This Norwegian band is a must!

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Absence of Passion Sunday, October 3rd 2004 - 05:18:09 PM http:// www.thebrilliantmistakes.com/songs/absence_of_passion.mp3 Mind the bass and guitars in this song :-)

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M5 Sunday, October 3rd 2004 - 05:07:06 PM Okay, we changed the time zone around these cyberpremises.

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angel Sunday, October 3rd 2004 - 03:58:00 PM Hi Stevie!!!!!!!! Yes Gee, I did attend the Sting concert on Wednesday and all in all, my family had a great time. My personal favorite parts were the 2 electronica type songs. "Send Your Love" opened the set and close to the end "Never Coming Home" had a huge stretched out jazz piano going on and on at the end. It was masterful! Obviously, being electronica type tunes, the drumming had Keith working real hard, but hey, he can do it and he did. The weird part was when Sting went to sing the title track, "Sacred Love". He mentioned that the song was about love and Victoria's Secret. Then they break into the song and the background has these models doing stuff behind the band in their Victoria's Secret type clothes. Then this woman comes on stage in her long red dress with slit up to her hips and she provocatively dances all around Sting. Then for the finale, she rips off her skirt and is now in her Victoria's Secret underwear, I assume (I am in the nose bleed section, so we did not have a great view of this). Well the people in front of us must have decided that they had enough, cause they packed their bags and walked out. We had about 2/3rds of the show left. Their loss.

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Gina Sunday, October 3rd 2004 - 11:27:14 AM You bet!!! Arrgghh, would be very very nice if you'd grace us with your presence every now & then, talking music & such. Some of the other Sign In Stranger folks can be found clicking links above, ah well, you'll find your way around .....

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steviedan Sunday, October 3rd 2004 - 11:21:35 AM hi to anyone here who remembers me...

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Dumb Luck?! Sunday, October 3rd 2004 - 10:21:30 AM http:// www.thebrilliantmistakes.com/press.htm The Brilliant Mistakes. According to the reviews this band is like a contemporary mixture of Elvis Costello-Joe Jackson-Todd Rundgren and Ben Folds/Steely Dan influences. Let's not forget the Finn Bros, Neil & Tim. So please check the LOOK & LISTEN department and find out for yourself. Check OUR STORY and find out who worked with Donald Fagen ... This is definitely pop with a future!

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Dirty Work Sunday, October 3rd 2004 - 09:57:53 AM http://www.jennamammina.com/ mlisten.phtml Jenna Mammina sings 'Dirty Work'

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Book of Bob Saturday, October 2nd 2004 - 11:16:45 PM http:// www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6100668/site/newsweek/

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Money doesn't talk Saturday, October 2nd 2004 - 11:02:11 PM http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6095219/ So, will we ever get to see that footage from Stockholm 1969, eh?

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Talking Folds & Dan http://www.stereogum.com/ archives/000842.html BEN FOLDS EP

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..... Saturday, October 2nd 2004 - 05:50:21 PM Angel, you went to a Sting concert. Rumor has it people left early .....

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..... Saturday, October 2nd 2004 - 02:51:34 PM http:// www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/index_surveys.shtml A few tests in the name of science!

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You got mail! Saturday, October 2nd 2004 - 11:31:22 AM The voice said, Bushy.

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... Saturday, October 2nd 2004 - 09:16:59 AM I think the return address said 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.

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bla bla boom... Friday, October 1st 2004 - 11:36:13 PM "An Al-Jazeera producer said the tape was "supposedly received today," by usual means, which he refused to discuss." What? Please someone explain to me how this can be. Are we really doing everything we can now, my compatriots, to prevent another terrorist attack? How come we don't give a shit if these people don't want to tell us where they get the tapes? I like me a monthly al-zawahari hi-8 update like the next guy but... isn't it about time we laid off on the beheading webcasts and nab these fuckers?

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Thursday, September 30th 2004 - 09:07:51 PM This is CNN - the Carolyn News Network... +++ Lyn Leon without Carolyn Leonhart would merely be Caro Hart, not that there's anything wrong with that... +++ Projection: Kerry turns from dark orange to indian red at tonight's debate... +++ Paris Hilton, we just like saying that... +++

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M5 Thursday, September 30th 2004 - 08:44:39 AM Okay, to upload pics: < img src="http://www.xxxxxx.xxx.jpg"> without the space in between < and img!

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dr. wu Thursday, September 30th 2004 - 03:22:55 AM http://damon.typepad.com/wu BTW - how do you upload graphics into posts? would someone walk me through the steps. i've got some k.j. denhert photos to share.

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dr. wu Thursday, September 30th 2004 - 03:21:14 AM http://herb.sierra@cnn.com hi all, just in case any of you are in NY from october 8-10, i will be there to spend a few days catching up on live music. on saturday evening i'll be at 55 bar to see k.j. denhert and band - first show starts at 10pm - on sunday it's smoke at broadway and 106th to catch carolyn leonhart and her jazz group - first show starts at 6pm - more on carolyn at carolynleonhart.com hope to see you there - just let k.j. and/or carolyn know you're looking for my table and they'll point you in the right direction ... not that you can get lost in those two tiny clubs.

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angel Wednesday, September 29th 2004 - 04:51:10 PM Pretzel Logic? Yes, it was the end. It was all over, but for the disolving of the corporation in a pool of margarita's. Katy was where they started out with 2 and worked from there. See the remaster liner notes, for more.

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David Tuesday, September 28th 2004 - 11:34:47 PM Angel honey, it was Pretzel Logic, no?

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See the Glory of....The Royal Scam Tuesday, September 28th 2004 - 06:31:48 PM

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angel Monday, September 27th 2004 - 06:33:31 PM The only Steely Dan "album" cover I own. :-) Nice to see it gracing these pages. Interesting behind the scenes on it, though inaccurate, in regard to this one being the first where Donald and Walter are alone. I believe that honor goes to Katy Lied....

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Politics Monday, September 27th 2004 - 11:32:47 AM http:// www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/langan-in-iraq.shtml This is a documentary by a British journalist, Sean Langan. Everyone should see it!

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M5 Sunday, September 26th 2004 - 09:35:59 PM http://http://user.tninet.se/ ~rcp650a/dupree.htm Radio Dupree. They play a lot of Steely Dan, Frank Zappa and are into cover analysis too :-)

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Serendipity Says Sunday, September 26th 2004 - 09:29:50 PM http://user.tninet.se/~rcp650a/ dupree.htm "Another superb cover showed a man asleep on a Boston bus station bench as skyscrapers and angry skies towered above him. Each building had a different animal's snarling head superimposed onto it. At the center of the cover was a king cobra about to strike at a mongoose on the neighboring edifice." What's not that well known about this cover is that the skyscraper painting part of it was supposed to end up as the cover of a Van Morrison LP! When Van abandoned that album the photographer behind the pic of the man asleep on the bench, Charlie Ganse, together with art director Ed Caraeff got the idea to mix the photo and painting and ending up with what became the cover for "The Royal Scam". This is Steely Dan's fifth album and the first one where the group consisted of just Donald Fagen and Walter Becker with hired hands making up the rest of the musicians playing on the record. The two of them are able to take the music where they want to without having other band members to listen to. This album leaning towards guitar and rock with darker lyrics than before, will in a years time be followed by their commercial and arguably creative peak; the more jazz-influenced "Aja". I have found no clear connection between the cover and the title track on "The Royal Scam", and if you read the liner notes by Donald & Walter in the CD-remaster you get the feeling that they didn't have much to do with the way the cover came out: "Our happiness at this particular point in time would be ultracomplete save for one thing - namely, we have not as yet found a cover shot for the album. ... Luckily for us, we are in Los Angeles where, more than anywhere else in the known universe, bad taste abhors a vacuum, and before long we find ourselves staring into the maw of the most hideous album cover of the seventies, bar none (excepting perhaps Can't Buy A Thrill). Why are those buildings turning into reptilian horrors, or vice versa? What squalid back alley of the human condition is meant to be invoked by this contused nightmare palette? What manner of man - ill-shod, unshaven - dares sleep peacefully through this fearsome and repulsive protomorph?" Nebukadnessar Stephenson

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stephan diethelm Friday, September 24th 2004 - 10:26:30 PM http://www.lynleon.com yes, carolyn is on the lyn leon tour, without her it wouldn't be lyn leon ... come and see us, from monday on you can buy glass lounge on amazon.de greetings stephan

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angel Friday, September 24th 2004 - 06:23:59 PM Just got a copy of Glass Lounge and Carolyn's voice is just beautiful. Really great music, too. I was not sure what to expect from the project, but it is nice. Hey Gee, will Carolyn be touring with Lyn Leon?

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LYN LEON & AL JARREAU TOUR Friday, September 24th 2004 - 06:05:14 AM http://www.lynleon.com Lyn Leon is special guest on the Al Jarreau Tour Sun 31. Okt 2004 Frankfurt Alte Oper Fri 5. Nov 2004 Ingolstadt Festsaal im Theater Wed 10. Nov 2004 München Philharmonie Thu 11. Nov 2004 Zürich Kongresshaus Mon 15. Nov 2004 Lübeck Musik-&Kongresshalle Wed 17. Nov 2004 Mannheim Mozartsaal Thu 18. Nov 2004 Den Haag PWA Hall Sat 20. Nov 2004 Groningen Oosterpoort Mon 22. Nov 2004 Berlin Philharmonie Tue 23. Nov 2004 Hamburg Musikhalle Sat 27. Nov 2004 Halle / Westf Gerry-Weber-Event-Centre Mon 29. Nov 2004 Freiburg Konzerthaus Tue 30. Nov 200 Friedrichshafen NEWS

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Another Touch of Steely Dan? Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 10:23:59 PM http://www.sa-ra.net/ 'Formed in 2000, SA-RA Creative Partners were brought together by music. With a love of hip hop, jazz, soul, funk and a heavy dose of Steely Dan (honestly!) the trio had common influences and were united in their vision to do something new, to make the kind of music they wanted to listen to.' Ubiquity Records

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A Touch of Steely Dan Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 10:07:12 PM http://www.thecarolines.com/ according to the band bio!

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Aja Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 09:59:09 PM Congrats, lp! 8 libs, 15.5 oz-I hurt just thinking about it. You are amazing! Welcome to the world and Steely Dan, Gabriel ;o) Aja

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tones Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 09:33:39 PM Lp - congratulations and welcome back! We missed you. I was about to buy a plane ticket and go door to door in the Maine/New England area asking if you were ok. Give Gabe a high-five and a "welcome to Earth" for me.

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David Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 06:22:21 PM Congratulations LP! Wow, what a prodigious baby-maker. We can never have enough new Steely Dan kids. Go Mommy!

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Serendipity says Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 04:14:16 PM http://www.clanlindsay.com/ david_lindsay1.htm

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The American Sentimentalist Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 01:10:09 PM http://www.thesentimentalist.com/ This is not just your ordinary weblog representing a voice or opinions like zillion others. And you'll find Aja in a Top 20 list of Jazz Albums.

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Corpsy V Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 11:15:52 AM congratulations! and to what SD songs and music will you expose little Gabriel? and yes, throw in a test

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duncan Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 10:53:19 AM i'm ready LP test test test

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luckless pedestrian Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 04:14:03 AM hey in here my stereo's right speaker is on the blink so i havelearned the following: there is the use of a cha-cha beat on deacon blues there is another guitar on black cow that i hadn't noticed before michael mcdonald really is amazing so there's always good things in even busted up situations i also learned that lindsey buckingham has a great voice that i hadn't appreciated - i always listen for his instrumental sound he brings to fleetwood mac oh, i guess i should mention i had a baby - our third - a boy - Gabriel - he had a rough start, and not just the circumcision - but he's okay now - home on maternity leave and hooked back online at home - things have been crazy but all is settling in nicely and we are at the stage of wondering what we did before this baby came along some new people here, maybe i should do a test?

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M5 Wednesday, September 22nd 2004 - 09:54:12 AM Until I found this info on the net, I had no clue about what 'Arcturus' stood for. So it was a nice surprise to suddenly read this name for the second time and find out its stellular status. And now I also learned it's Latin for 'northern'. I did think of the Poles some, but thoughts come and go as they please .....

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Professor Arcturus Wednesday, September 22nd 2004 - 06:39:15 AM "Among the very brightest of stars, shining with a soft orange light"-- yup, that's me! I am indeed "one of the three luminaries . . ." But what's this about lagging movement? deficient in metals? ceased the fusion of hydrogen in its core? Just what are you saying? Well (sigh), yeah, I do come from an older population of the galaxy . . . But you see I am still magnetically active, and yes indeedy doo, I most definitely have a hard-to-observe "buried corona!"

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Stellular Trivia Tuesday, September 21st 2004 - 05:47:51 PM For our professor Arcturus: ARCTURUS (Alpha Bootis). Among the very brightest of stars, shining with a soft orange light, Arcturus lights northern spring skies. It is one of three luminaries that partition the northern sky into very rough thirds, the others being summer's Vega and winter's Capella. Of the three, Arcturus, the Alpha star of the constellation Bootes, the Herdsman, is slightly the brighter, making it the brightest star of the northern hemisphere and the fourth brightest star of the entire sky, following only Sirius, Canopus, and Alpha Centauri. Arcturus, the "Bear Watcher," follows Ursa Major, the Great Bear, around the pole, "arktos" being the Greek name for "bear," from which our word "arctic" is derived by reference with the constellation of the Greater Bear. Arcturus is located at a distance of 37 light years, and became famous when its light was used to open the 1933 world's fair in Chicago, as that light had left the star at about the time of the previous Chicago fair in 1893. It is a classic orange class K (K1) giant star with a precisely defined surface temperature of 4290 degrees Kelvin. To the eye, it shines 113 times more brightly than our Sun. Its lower temperature, however, causes it to radiate considerable energy in the infrared. When this infrared radiation is taken into account, Arcturus actually shines almost twice as brightly, releasing 215 times more radiation than our Sun, from which we find a diameter 26 times solar, about a quarter the size of Mercury's orbit. Arcturus is close and large enough so that its angular diameter of 0.0210 seconds of arc can easily be measured, leading to a very similar direct determination of 25 times the solar dimension and providing nice confirmation of stellar parameters. Arcturus has a velocity relative to the Sun that is higher than other bright stars. Compared with the set of surrounding stars, which orbit the Galaxy on more or less circular orbits, it falls behind by about 100 kilometers per second (as do several others of the "Arcturus Group"). The lagging movement has long suggested that the star comes from an older population of the Galaxy. Consistently, it is somewhat deficient in metals, having only about 20 percent as much iron relative to hydrogen as found in the Sun. A more intriguing suggestion is that the star actually comes to us from a small galaxy that merged with ours some 5 to 8 billion years ago. As a giant, weighing in at around 1.5 times the mass of the Sun, it has ceased the fusion of hydrogen in its core. Though it is somewhat brighter than we would expect for a stable helium fusing star, helium fusion to carbon has probably already begun. Such stars are not expected to have magnetic activity like the Sun, but very weak X-ray emission suggests that Arcturus indeed is magnetically active and has a hard-to-observe "buried corona."

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Artificial Interview Tuesday, September 21st 2004 - 02:44:49 PM http://www.steelydan.com/eq.html Revisited but sooooo funny!

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Lexical Lunacies Tuesday, September 21st 2004 - 02:34:06 PM http://www.steelydan.com/ premiere.html Fritz Kreisel

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M5 Tuesday, September 21st 2004 - 01:51:54 PM Ditto, about what's written concerning their relationship and personal lives. It is interesting however, to read his take on the lyrics. Shows there's a million ways for many minds to see-read-understand the stuff they wrote, eh? And this author's story is one of many. Not everyone has a way with words. I often come across internetpages where people simply mention Steely Dan's music as a reference or argument in conversations/discussions. Without being eloquent about it. But one gets the drift.

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Professor Arcturus Tuesday, September 21st 2004 - 08:11:06 AM Fascinating book excerpt, with quite insightful interpretations of lyrics, but with so many bizarre and questionable conclusions regarding D and W's personal lives and relationships that I laughed throughout. Which is a segue to my point that Wadhams apparently hasn't read in SD interviews how D & W would routinely crack up with mirth while writing their lyrics; in one interview Fagen even stated that SD records were "comedy albums!" A good thing to keep in mind before attempting to attach "autobiographical confessions" to the words . . .

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angel Monday, September 20th 2004 - 07:28:39 PM Interesting article. Too bad the guy can't get Dan history right. I like his insite into Kid Charlemagne. lyrically vs. musically. Running with this authors suppositions, The reason this tune works so well on tour (as the one to kick the concert into overdrive) is the fact that the music is like the drug that Kid C was making in the song. We must have that next fix....

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Steely Dan & Donald Fagen, Architects in perfection Monday, September 20th 2004 - 04:12:33 PM http:// www.prosoundweb.com/studyhall/bp/hits/inside.php An old one, to refresh the memory, written by Wayne Wadhams, from the book "Inside the Hits".

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Jimi Hendrix recordings found in Stockholm Sunday, September 19th 2004 - 10:41:49 AM http:// www.santafenewmexican.com/artsfeatures/4393.html Happens so, Tones shared some of his thoughts about Jimi Hendrix a while ago. It's for safekeeping in the Stardust Room, but what the heck, I'll re-post it: t again... Monday, August 23rd 2004 - 11:57:10 AM On the way to work, I was thinking (instead of paying attention to the road...) about what makes a great guitar player, which lead me to think about what makes Hendrix head and shoulders above the rest, and here's what I came up with: his personality, and LSD. One thing most rock guitar players have in common is an ego the size of Manhattan (some are larger when they're compensating for lack of technical skill). Hendrix had a huge ego no doubt, but it was balanced by a genuine humility and lack of self-consciousness. My specific example of this is when most players are playing and find a flash if inspiration, there is a brief moment of realization of what has just passed through them, a pause between the flow of inspiration and creating before allowing the next moment to occur (insert scrunchy face here). Imagine speaking, stopping to think about what you've said, then moving on to the next sentence. There are lots of great guitarists and other artists who reach that space of pure inpiration, but no one has sustained that open channel for long periods of time as Jimi did. Interestingly enough, in the new documentary Festival Express, I saw Janis Joplin do it for long stretches, where there was no guile between her muse and the microphone. But I digress... this rant is specifically about guitar players, and mostly rock guitar players. Jazz players are on the whole and by definition able to open themselves to extended moments of inspiration, but also tend to be too cerebral to let their "freak flag fly", so to speak. Rock guitar players almost have too much knowledge these days to let themselves go. As soon as the serendipitous muse strikes, their first instinct is to recreate that moment. That's the moment the muse moves on. Why was Jimi able to avoid this? Most of all, I think it was his personality. When Jimi put down his guitar he was self-effacing and humble. He *never* called himself the "best", and generally like to point out many other great players when it was brought up. When Mr. Hendrix was creating at his best (the solo on "Machine Gun" as one example), there was no pause where he realized what had come through his fingers. The ideas flowed through him but weren't judged (like Parker and Coltrane) - that was up to the audience. And as the audience was processing was had just occurred he was already channeling his next sentence. Hendrix wasn't overly impressed with what had just passed through his speakers, but used it as a reference for his next statement, very much like a conversation. This is what most technically proficient guitar players never grok, and why very good players never seem to say much musically as they patch together impressive but meaningless strings of notes and riffs. "What about the LSD you" you ask? Well, though Jimi's temperment was the most important factor, LSD, when used in the right amount and situation, very much stimulates creativity, cirumvents the ego, and most importantly to this diatribe, keeps you in the moment. What happened a second ago doesn't matter as much as what is happening now. Now, I'm not saying every guitar player or artist should drop acid, but as a musician there is no better lesson. Anyway... this is all imho, and I didn't mean to turn this into a dissertation. It's just stuff I'm thinking about...

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Jimi Hendrix in Stockholm Sunday, September 19th 2004 - 09:30:38 AM http://svt.se/svt/jsp/ Crosslink.jsp?d=1815&a=257130 In the SVT-studio in Stockholm, technicians found a long lost tape with television recordings of the Jimi Hendrix Experience concert 1969. The network only broadcasted a few minutes back then and they assumed the rest of the tape had been destroyed or erased. 56 minutes of an authentic Jimi Hendrix concert in black & white will now perhaps be shown on TV. The network is looking into their options to broadcast this visual antiquity in the history of legendary musicians.

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