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Sunday, May 22nd 2005 - 11:08:48 AM "Here we are, alone again. It's all so slow, so heavy, so sad... I'll be old soon. Then at last it will be over. So many people have come into my room. They've talked. They haven't said much. They've gone away. They've grown old, wretched, sluggish, each in some corner of the world."

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you give me something... Sunday, May 22nd 2005 - 10:24:22 AM I understand... You give me something in the palm of my hand I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel let me roll it... let me roll it...

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Pompe Saturday, May 21st 2005 - 05:55:03 PM Rest In Peace!

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G. Wednesday, May 18th 2005 - 10:25:38 AM When in Spain...

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ps Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 08:30:16 PM Denny Landzaat (left)

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Gina Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 08:17:10 PM B, if you check this place... i had to interview a Dutch soccerplayer who once was in the MVV team... he's an international, plays for the Dutch national team, Champions League etc etc with AZ... He spent his youth with Ajax and left the club when he was 19 to play in Maastricht... he stayed here for 3 years. then 4 and a half at Willem II, that's where he was chosen to play for the national team... I asked him if he could send me a picture from his Ajax years, or wearing the Oranje shirt... and a signature ofcourse... anyway, there's talk of him either going back to Ajax or abroad, to Real Madrid... He's 29, in his prime years and a very nice guy... Don't know when, but you can expect something in the snailmail :-)

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angel Friday, May 6th 2005 - 08:01:29 PM I saw many praying mantis' while growing up in NY. But I had never seen one in LA until maybe 2 or so years ago. I think maybe as we add plants and trees to this desert area, they come. I remember feeling comforted with its presence. Sort of like a good omen. :-) Something I don't miss at all are cicadas. We have nice, quiet evenings here in LA....well, minus the car shootings, of course.

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Nigey Friday, May 6th 2005 - 02:57:56 PM My better half, who taught biology both in high school and college, has always used the term "mantiD". The scientific name for the Chinese mantid, by the way, is Tenodera aridifolia...glad you asked? :)

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Daddy G. Friday, May 6th 2005 - 04:55:55 AM "New" front page pic at DF.com, an old B&W melodica shot. Seems to be the only site change right now. No big deal, but just thought I'd mention it.

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Daddy G. Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 08:44:01 PM Yeah, in my Googling for background info I too learned of the term 'mantid' and initially thought it was some web steward's typo, but quickly realized it was too widespread to be a mistake. Apparently it's acceptable either way, but like many I always heard the 's' version, so that's generally what I use myself. By the way, I don't know if anyone noticed it, but (in case you didn't) the two mantis/d pics are clickable. The first one just leads to educational info about the insects, but of course no one really wants that---certainly not me! The second pic link is more fun and in the spirit of the "Parody Corner." It may be an online oldie now, but it seemed like an appropriate musical "goodie" to link to even though it's rather UN-Steely. :-)

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Gina Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 08:03:53 PM It wasn't until Nigey called them "mantid" i learned that it was the actual word for it, i figured she perhaps mistyped, since the s and d are neighbours on the keyboard? but when i googled the word, wham, a whole new wor(l)d dawned on me (grin). I loved the Don Ellis pics too, the way these insects strike a pose, it's as if they're always on their 'qui vive' or something... and that part indeed about them being able to twist their tiny little heads with those huge eyes, mmm, one has to wonder about what they're capable of, right?

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angel Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 07:15:58 PM Even more interesting is the fact that they are Chinese! After yesterday on the Yellow, that is really quite funny. I remember my Dad telling us never to kill one of them, so in that spirit, I never do. They are special.

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Daddy G. Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 07:08:01 PM Gina, some very good mantid pics there too! Thanks. Yes, very sci-fi-ish. I know when I was poking around doing some background on my post, I came across a lot of good pages with info and pics, but those are some of the best pics on that page you found. These creatures definitely sound like Steely characters: "Females will often kill the male after, or even during, mating. A female may turn around and bite the male's head off, finishing him when mating is over." :-) And I can't help but think of "...Chinese mantids in the banyan trees..." Sorry 'bout that. :-)

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Gina Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 06:28:46 PM http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/chinese_mantid.htm There's definitely something sci-fi about these creatures...

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Daddy G. Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 06:26:11 PM Nigey, Angel -- Thanks, I appreciate the compliments. Honestly I didn't have much clue what I was doing at the time. Those shots prove the old saying about a blind squirrel. I just got lucky, especially since it was "dinner time." Most pics I take are rather pedestrian, but I always liked those mantis pics myself if only for the "Katy Lied" cover similarity with the bug theme, so that's why I thought they might be of some slight interest.

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angel Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 05:19:02 PM Daddy G: I too wanted to tell you that those shots are just too cool. Even experienced photographers would be envious of you. My favorite album cover, by the way. :-)

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Nigey Thursday, May 5th 2005 - 02:19:25 PM Daddy G. -- Loved the mantid photos! If "Katy Lied" is ever reissued in 11.1 format :), there's a great cover shot there!

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le p Wednesday, May 4th 2005 - 08:00:41 PM wow - great parodies from memory land and today - thanks!

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angel Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - 09:45:30 PM Good stuff there Gina. By the way, my entry I had to type in. Yikes!

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and 3: Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - 09:32:32 PM And here's another Katy Fried hommage, saluting the days of Wormtom et Blaise when parodies were shifted into Banyan Space wit a speed like teenage guys might do when burping and exchange their fart decompressions: Bad Speakers Five flames that i can hardly Stand to read Including yours and mine And one more shrimp who isn't here I can see the damsels talking How the nipples are getting hard And that fearsome excavation On Banyan Trees Boulevard Yes we must be insane And we're laughing at our frenzy brains Well we're not alone Honey when they're gonna keep us home Bad Speakers and a Kruger Concoction My friend Slaying all on daytime jobs Or just before they hit the sack In Trance, sister and a bro There to cover your back You fellas, you crackin' up the joints You wear that Danned Tuxedos How you gonna beat the heat Do you play us with your tools Do you think that we don't see That bitchin' is a turn-on On the road of the Banyan Tree Yes we must be insane And we're laughing at our frenzy brains Well we're not alone Honey when they're gonna keep us home Bad Speakers and a Kruger Concoction My friend Slaying all on daytime jobs Or just before they hit the sack In Trance, sister and a bro There to cover your back (Featuring all GB-musicians And the GB Babe Choir)

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and 2: Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - 09:31:25 PM the caves of alti-online I'm all bliss when I rem ah niss, how I spent my days online the busy world had passed me bye sign on stranger doing fine I would post a song or two just to get a blaiser laugh I'd slop it thick the wheat and all the chaff I would lay my deepest thoughts in a simple parody just to get canadian response within minutes on Banyan Trees now it seems one has to labor through the flames and all the trash and anti U.S. slants from sweden's clas before last fall when the Stranger hit a lull and there wasn't even any jolly good we heard the call and left nuggets on the wall and dared to look beneath the hood can it be a sad resign haven't written a refrain no need to add to a day's posts that are clearly down the drain nothing left to comment on except an 03 disc and tour trying hard to fish without a lure the bait and hook snag away on the guestbook when there isn't even any Royal Scam we'll bide our time like a frozen pantomine until the boys take the 03 grams ;-) wormy

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found one: Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - 09:29:22 PM Ok doc Mu, this because of you: Your Gold Meat What are these nuggets They look and smell like fish They reek from their wings And the way they make astronauts smile What are the secrets They trace in the sky And why do you tremble Each time they float by Throw out your gold meat And see how they roll The odeurs they reveal Food in space is unreal Who are these scientists Who put stuff in tubes Who cover their actions And go you one more If you're feeling hungry You best not refuse It's your game the rules Are your own eat or puke Throw out your gold meat And see how they float The onion, salt and oil Space the only mortail coil

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G. Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - 09:05:56 PM cool. i was in the archives searching for stuff, parodies and such but all i turned up with was/is a headache :-) definitely a vibe of their own, those archives lol!

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ange (found this in my SD stuff) Tuesday, May 3rd 2005 - 06:55:23 PM Boucles Vertes* Froid, Courageux N'ayant pas froid aux yeux Pardonne-moi, mon ange Je dois prendre ce que j'ai vu Boucles vertes Je me souviens Les boucles au design rare Je me souviens De ton regard Je m'en fiche Le Medaillon grec Resplendit Quand tu souris Pardonne-moi, mon ange Je deviens affame Tel un enfant *Translated by Blaise

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G. Thursday, April 28th 2005 - 02:20:56 PM http://www.brooklyn.net/ Nigey's new With A Gun entry on Brooklyn is fun to read and watch, if even via pictures i can almost taste the atmosphere... And i located a website about Brooklyn and even discovered the Dutch link to Breukelen.. funny!

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angel Thursday, April 28th 2005 - 02:58:44 AM No problem, it's my day gig. :-)

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Daddy G. Thursday, April 28th 2005 - 01:36:47 AM Thanks Angel! I appreciate the info and your effort in checking! After it came up here I went back to TitanTV again where I have all my local TV channels configured and did a search on "opry" in all show descriptions. Figured that oughtta cover it, but nothing came up (TitanTV covers 2 weeks). I'll just have to keep trying to look for it every once in a while. The March 30th air date definitely sounds right for the time frame of when I saw it. Oddly enough (if I recall correctly and I'm pretty sure) it WASN'T on during a pledge drive then, so I don't know if pledge time makes a diff or not. But I'll keep the ol' eyeballs peeled in case it pops up again. Thanks again!

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angel Wednesday, April 27th 2005 - 11:56:59 PM Not a country fan, but I loved that song Ode to Billy Joe. I still have the book in my collection. :-)

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angel Wednesday, April 27th 2005 - 11:54:39 PM Daddy G: I emailed my contact at WHYY. He says that they last aired it on March 30th and that they have no current plans to rerun. Check back in June or August (traditional pledge periods), is my best guess. I knew you were from Jersey, but did not see NJN (WNJS?) on the contract. I didn't think of trying Philly. Anyway, I hope this helps.

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Daddy G. Wednesday, April 27th 2005 - 02:01:44 AM Just thought I'd add that the other two PBS channels I get are WYBE (also out of Philly, a much lower budget, less "mainstream" PBS) and WNJS, aka NJN. I don't get WNET at all.

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Daddy G. Wednesday, April 27th 2005 - 01:37:56 AM Well, I get 3 PBS channels, but I saw the show on the main one out of Philly, WHYY. What you describe sounds like the show, but I can't tell for sure. I only found out about it at the time maybe 5 minutes before it came on and so I just watched it without taping it. PBS tends to rerun certain shows a lot, though, and so I figured I'd catch it again soon. But when I checked TitanTV online to see if it was scheduled anytime in the two weeks right after that it wasn't. Haven't checked lately, but I wasn't sure what the exact title was, only that it was an hour-long show. But at least I enjoyed it at the time. Willie Nelson sure looked different back then! :-)

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angel (the public one) Wednesday, April 27th 2005 - 12:47:10 AM Someone say PBS? THE GRAND OLE OPRY’S VINTAGE CLASSICS is a collection of taped performances from the Grand Ole Opry television series broadcast in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Featuring the biggest stars and most beloved songs of each era, the special will most likely include such musical icons as Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Tammy Wynette and many others. Featured songs include “Crazy,” “Oh Lonesome Me,” “Flowers on the Wall,” “Ring of Fire,” “El Paso” and “Stand By Your Man.” Daddy G: What station are you watching this show on, WNET?

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Daddy G. Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 09:45:23 PM I see the Yellow's been un-hacked by St. Al. so that didn't last too long...

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Daddy G. Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 07:27:24 PM Yes, Gina, I would have enjoyed it. I always liked "Ode to Billie Jo" (or however the title name is spelled), but I don't have it in my CD collection. Once in a great while my local PBS tv station might air a country show. A few weeks ago they ran a "country legends" one hour special that was quite good. It featured Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, and a whole slew of the old-timers in archived video clips (often B&W) performing on the Grand Ole Opry. I haven't seen it aired since, though.

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G. Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 07:00:49 PM hey Daddy G, you like country right? Then you'd probably would have enjoyed that documentary too :-)

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G. Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 06:59:54 PM Bobby Gentry, saw/heard her in a BBC documentary about Country Queens, from Patsy Cline to Loretta Lynn, Bobby Gentry and Dolly Parton. Loved it. Well, if you google it, the metlak thing, it's on various other sites too...

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Daddy G. Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 06:59:10 PM Thanks, lp, for the heads up about the yellow. I was going to post a question about it myself somewhere, but decided to finish checking all the SD boards first just to see if anyone else noticed. Wanted to be sure it wasn't somehow just me! Guess we'll just have to sit tight until St. Al can get a handle on things. I'll never understand what the thrill is behind doing such a thing. Can't folks just become graffiti artists like in the good old days? :-)

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lp, lol-ing Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 06:49:52 PM woops, just went to the yeller and saw this: Hacked by Metlak and iskorpitx [ Turkish Hacker ] Sory admin ownz your sistem bad.... ! wow - what's the point in that? b? for cyber-entertainment, i suppose, no?

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Gina Monday, April 25th 2005 - 05:21:58 PM http://www.donaldfagen.com Funny, the artifacts on DF's page... Happens so, Liege/Luik is around the bend, around the corner of where i live, so to speak :-) Maybe 15 minutes by car...

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squeegee the cheese whiz and feel the squeeze Friday, April 22nd 2005 - 03:13:33 PM "(Squeeze) ?ô tempted by the fruit of another. ?ô ?ô (Male announcer) introducing new dentyne Tango: intense Berry flavor that's so tempting, it's a whole new way to Tango." From video google. But it plays all the time on the tele. And so we do hear from squeeze a whole lot lately, and it does have its presence in our lives were it only in this subliminal way. bah

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angel Thursday, April 21st 2005 - 07:08:13 PM http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/07/4254913352bdf Well, he sort of gets it....

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G. Thursday, April 21st 2005 - 11:34:31 AM Somehow posts disappear, dreambook is best referred to as twilight zone book...

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G. Tuesday, April 19th 2005 - 08:41:32 PM hey b, must say that i really like seeing Coral with a guitar. if only there was audio to go with the slideshow :-)

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DWB Tuesday, April 19th 2005 - 05:32:45 PM Coral Egan

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what is my favorite bassoon Tuesday, April 19th 2005 - 11:40:57 AM

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Gina Tuesday, April 19th 2005 - 10:38:49 AM Anybody in?

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what is the obvious product placement on my epitaph Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 04:14:16 PM

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what is my epitaph Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 04:09:26 PM

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Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 02:42:47 PM

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alrighty then... Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 01:38:12 PM

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PBS moment Friday, April 15th 2005 - 11:06:00 PM http://video.google.com/videopreview?q=Piano+JAzz&time=1330000&page=1&docid=-2081366802801052098&urlcreated=1113598653&chan=PBSX&prog=Boohbah+%7C+Couch+and+Cushions&date=Mon+Jan+24+2005+at+9%3A00+AM+PST ugh

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Gina Friday, April 15th 2005 - 11:43:03 AM Hey Ange, have a great time in Las Vegas!

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Clas Friday, April 15th 2005 - 07:43:43 AM I like that guitar. And I love that girl.

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angel Thursday, April 14th 2005 - 04:54:10 PM Vegas, Baby! (that's where I be) B: Nice Coral stuff. Very nice. :-) Chips: Got some Ramones stuff for ya! Working on some for G now....

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you know me Wednesday, April 13th 2005 - 01:03:17 PM - From my personal archive, which means here and there. Sure, I keep a scrapbook... I'm dedicated. - Milan derby up in smoke. I found it quite fellini-esque. - Latest Bush reenactment of the Nuremberg rally. He's getting it down. And practice makes perfect, they say.

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G Wednesday, April 13th 2005 - 12:46:45 PM Hey, what Coral concert do those pics come from? Nice, with a guitar, not the usual behind-the-piano scenes.

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the goood, the baaaad, the fugly Wednesday, April 13th 2005 - 12:44:45 PM

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Gina Wednesday, April 13th 2005 - 12:36:23 PM Hi Lars and Gilles (me), nice link and pics. With all the weird stuff going on in this world you have to wonder sometimes why earth isn't shaped like a banana.

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me Wednesday, April 13th 2005 - 12:27:01 PM I'm interested in knowing now what's on his pocket Karl Rove. And that's what the Times should be covering. But hey, it's springtime in the Rockies!

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Lars Tuesday, April 12th 2005 - 07:27:11 PM http://nytimes.com/2005/04/11/politics/11letter.html it's official ... Guess what´s in George W. Bush's iPod? Yes, it's ... Joni Mitchell!!! I guess she's not that well at this moment. /L /L

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Chips Monday, April 11th 2005 - 11:15:49 PM ...or at least a promoter...

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closet fan Monday, April 11th 2005 - 03:05:11 PM She does have an incredible set of... pipes, yes. She just received poor direction, obviously. But she may be the greatest natural singer alive, the one with the most power and range out there. Someone give this girl material.

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Clas Monday, April 11th 2005 - 11:21:35 AM Hi Lars! Guess what I have done? I have sent for Maria Carey's latest album. I got a little curious reading Dan Backman's review of it in Svenska Dagbladet (read it on the net). Though he is a die hard Steely Dan fan I guess he can't be wrong about Maria. We'll see.

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Lars Saturday, April 9th 2005 - 06:29:48 PM Celine without the dots (hi Clas!)and slang is ... well, a diary? /L

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you said it Saturday, April 9th 2005 - 01:33:21 PM but you too are thriving onward as a product of your Times, and inhabiting the world under one inescapable cultural horizon, that of your epoch. Who knows how history will judge what americans are busy doing today? Spreading freedom recklessly, all the while spraying hatred with spats of blood... and however "surgically" it may all be performed. Nowadays, it would seem it's all good... what they say... Like german rule appeared back then to some... you know... Up to here... "We keep going, we fuel and refuel, we pass on our life to a biped of the next century, with frenzy, or any cost, as if it were the greatest of pleasures to perpetuate ourselves, as if, when all's said and done, it would make us immortal. One way or another, kissing is as indispensable as scratching."(1932) To attempt a translation of Celine in English is a bold entreprise. But each time I find something essential is missing: the music. It should been done in moderation, using lively slang, if at all. Sanjay Gupta b

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Lars Saturday, April 9th 2005 - 11:31:59 AM True words of wisdom from L.F. down there. Haven't read him for years and always been confused by his "dual nature". Jailed and punished as a colaborator after the war and still one of the greatest writers in history. Don't know why my musical giants happend to be true bastards in private: Miles, Mingus where probably not the nicest persons in private. /L

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celine thee on Saturday, April 9th 2005 - 11:08:20 AM "The worst part is wondering how you'll find the strength tomorrow to go on doing what you did today and have been doing for much too long, where you'll find the strength for all that stupid running around, those projects that come to nothing, those attempts to escape from crushing necessity, which always founder and serve only to convince you one more time that destiny is implacable, that every night will find you down and out, crushed by the dread of more and more sordid and insecure tomorrows. And maybe it's treacherous old age coming on, threatening the worst. Not much music left inside us for life to dance to. Our youth has gone to the ends of the earth to die in the silence of the truth. And where, I ask you, can a man escape to, when he hasn't enough madness left inside him? The truth is an endless death agony. The truth is death. You have to choose : death or lies. I've never been able to kill myself."(1932)

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Clas Sunday, April 3rd 2005 - 08:48:16 AM http://www.steelydangallary.se Lars Vegas - nope, it has to be like this...

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From Montreal to Oleanders? Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 07:07:33 PM http://www.all-baseball.com/oleanders/archives/018061.html Wasn’t it our trusted Steely Dan founding members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker who once sang about oleanders being in bloom in Annandale, Va.? That is, of course, whenever the eccentric musicians weren’t too busy with one of their epic Scrabble matches. Presumably, that’s the main reason those two gauchos chose to make us wait 20 interminable years before releasing a new disc, the 2000 album of the year “Two Against Nature.”

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Randy Tuesday, March 22nd 2005 - 09:11:47 PM http://hometown.aol.com/nightfly62/Nightfly.html Well it seems the old "Steely" community is becoming more and more fractured as the months go by, though I see some familiar posters here from the old 'Sign In Stranger' days... What's everyone listening to these days? My contribution, via link: http://hometown.aol.com/nightfly62/p18.html "With / without / and who'll deny / it's what the fighting's all about..." - Pink Floyd, 'Us and Them'

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Lars Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 02:34:37 PM http://publications.eu.int/code/sv/sv-4100403sv.htm Dottie my dear, have a look at the site above, then down on your knees towards south ... /L

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erratum: Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 11:22:37 AM "errata" is the latin plural.

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nope... Friday, March 18th 2005 - 08:08:12 PM no space.

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G. Friday, March 18th 2005 - 11:02:41 AM Good morning, Lars. Was on a tea-break and spotted your message in here. From Norway to Sweden ... Georg Wadenius travels back and forth as well! Dressed your post up a little and added a photo of the pianist. Also listened to the samples available on his website and it's indeed lyrically beautiful. Thanks!

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Lars Friday, March 18th 2005 - 09:30:01 AM http://www.tordgustavsen.com Just flew in from Oslo, Norway to Lund, Sweden. From winter to spring. By mere accident I bought Tord Gustavsen Trio´s "Changing Places". Piano trio for tired ears. Lyrical, pensive and classic but yet progressive. The Pat Metheny of the piano. "Changing Places" is even better than his new one "The Ground". Suits my morning mood (and probably most other moods too). Recommended. Sorry Clas, both of us are wrong with that dotties! According to the rules there's no last dot (my fault) but, there has to be a space before the first and after the last dot (your fault). Dots are a serious business ... /L

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G. Thursday, March 17th 2005 - 12:06:17 PM How weird, messages disappearing in indian red thin air here! Posted a picture of my dad's broken ukelele yesterday, something i haven't told him yet, ever since someone bumped into it a few years ago ... and he doesn't ask, so ... and this all in reference to Lars' Hawaiian dobro/steel musings ... Anyway, the broken ukelele had me think of the Tom Waits song "Broken Bicycles", which is a perfect song for this transitorial weather we have to abide by these days, Winter 'morphing' into Spring, albeit not sooo smoothly.

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C Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 01:04:51 PM Lars - honestly, have you EVER seen ... . written somewhere, in a novel or in a newspaper? No, I don't think so. Check Svenska Språkregler.

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Lars Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 11:55:32 AM Nope sir, since the last dot is not refering to the three preceding dots, but the sentence as a whole, and since I left a blank between the third and the fourth - the king of dots stands corrected! /L

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G. Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 11:54:52 AM Left on the dot, eh? Wish i had the time right now to really dive into it, 10CC things and the link Lars provided in here. No time today, alas. Oh yes, forgot, Steve Gadd happens to be on that Janis Ian album and i read a review somewhere about her previous album "Miracle Row", the reviewer statin' she has a Steely Dan jazzy flavor in a song ... Ok. Back to the grind :-)

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C Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 09:05:19 AM Lars, you wrote: "Long time no see ... ." Should be: "Long time no see..."

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Lars Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 10:46:53 PM http://www.jerrydouglas.com nice comments! I do agree with you Gina, the 5cc part with Goodley&Creme made the most interesting succession after the split (the one with CoolCool in the morning (?) applied most to me). Never heard about that Moody Blues connection Angel. Will learn my lesson soon ... . And there you are Clas! Long time no see ... . Due with Buzz: I liked what I heard on Ken Emerson's site. Genuine and sincere. Must confess that Hawaii music is a blind spot to me, but the dobro/steel link is a good one. On dubro Jerry Douglas is a must. He plays regulary with Alison Krauss, but also on Bill Frisell´s best albums (eg Blues Dreams) /L

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I get blues looking out of my window... Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 04:10:56 PM "...I've got reds in my bed I'm not easily led to the slaughter And while the cold war exists I'll stay warm with the commisar's daughter We could meet at the zoo where the tiger roams In a prison of steel He reminds me so much of the way I feel And we know that we're both in the danger zone Where the eyes of the world Full of shutters and bugs are upon us now..." Damn it Lars, now I got that one spinnin' in my head. /Clas

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Clas Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 11:18:06 AM Hi Lars! 10cc, yes, great songs. I am still singing (on lonely dogwalks) "There's a fat man who offers a change of scene / says he'll gurantee my sheet will be clean / when I get to the outside (bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom) but who can you trust when the walls have ears..."

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angel Monday, March 14th 2005 - 06:42:59 PM Hey Lars! :-) 10CC helped Justin Hayward and John Lodge of the Moody Blues with a song they released back during their haitus from the band in the 70's. It was called "Blue Guitar" and was recorded by them as the Blue Jays. I own the only album they put out and the CD rerelease has "Blue Guitar" tacked onto the end of it.

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G. Monday, March 14th 2005 - 03:08:00 PM http://www.minestrone.org/aeiny.htm Found it! It's called An Englishman In New York. And then i see other title tracks and the music comes back, Under Your Thumb, Wedding Bells ... Must say i leaned more towards these 5CC's than the other half :-) And the song with the high voice, 'Donna' .... i remember that very well! More stuff from the past. For a week weeks, this Janis Ian song was on my mind. Not the song, but the title, because i couldn't really recall the entire song, all i remember was that my dad bought the tape once, a greates hits tape .. it had Seventeen, Jesse and Fligh Too High on it. But i loved the song called 'That Grand Illusion'. It's the chords that strike at once, and the lyrics, well, age 15 or so ... words lead their own existence in a young person's mind, right? Somehow i was thinking about this song a lot lately, my dad doesn't have the tape anymore. And i forgot about it. But past Saturday i went to the shops nearby. There's a secondhand store and i had this sudden urge to go in, i never did these past months because there's no urge to buy anything besides food and such. I went in, not sure what i was looking for, i just took a glance here and there. And then this box with old tapes. Children's tapes mostly, so i just went through it quickly until i spotted "Janis Ian". And then i thought about that song again, so i lifted the tape out of the box, did not recognize the front cover because i wasn't sooo familiar with her albums .. i turned it around, and guess what song was first? Shivers down my spine and my soul was lifted somehow ... so i bought the thing, went home and played it and well, needless to say it filled a gap or something! I checked her website, but can't find the lyrics anywhere, so will look again somewhere else ... There's a lot of brilliance and good music out there ....

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Gina Monday, March 14th 2005 - 02:51:41 PM hi Lars, yes, it's a quiet little den. Usually ß takes care of the place, finding all kinds of SD music related stuff ... Hm, never figured a link between 10CC and Steely Dan either. BUT when i heard John Tabacco's music, it had me think of Godley & Creme stuff, something to do with the clarity in the voice and the imagination they use in their music. it was very interesting in a way when 10CC split up, to notice the difference ... Dreadlock Holiday on one side and that Godley & Creme Faces song i believe, a videoclip that had faces change ...? and one song in particular i liked, 'strange apparatus, you've never seen' .. is something from the lyrics i remember ... 'have a nice day' .... okay. now i need to find out what it was :-)

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Lars Sunday, March 13th 2005 - 06:30:28 PM Hey Gina! This is a nice place to drop in to. Nice people having a discreet conversation on music and life. It's ... real. And a gentle hostess too. /L

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G. Sunday, March 13th 2005 - 06:18:29 PM Hey Lars!

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Lars Sunday, March 13th 2005 - 06:01:37 PM He ain´t heavy but ... Eric Stewart once played in 10 cc - . A shamelessley underrated group who made one of the best albums of the 70ies - The Original Soundtrack and then no more of interest. I visited his site last night and found a link to SteelyDan.com. More, he credits Donald Fagin(sic)for the Rhodes sound on "I'm not in love": "The Fender Rhodes sound I used on "I'm Not In Love" was achieved with the simple MXR Orange Phaser, the first one they released. I bought it in New York at Manny's guitar shop after the assistant told me he had sold some to Donald Fagin." Never thought of linking 10 cc and SD. Serendipity or whateva?

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Due with Buzz Thursday, March 10th 2005 - 09:24:36 AM http://www.kenemerson.com Seems like we're in sinc here with our steel guitar pictures, given the current developments on Donald's new album .........

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last word on famous last words Sunday, March 6th 2005 - 01:22:17 PM http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1429164,00.html "The significance of the writer's last word was unclear yesterday. It could have been the beginning of a letter addressed to a lawyer (one of the American uses of the word COUNSELLOR, along with therapist or adviser), he may have been describing himself, or he might simply have wished to confound those looking for neat explanations for his suicide - an echo of Rosebud, the central character's last word in the film Citizen Kane. One possible clue is the paper it was written on - headed stationery of the Fourth Amendment Foundation, an organisation he had just set up to defend privacy rights against the threat of unwarranted search and seizure by the authorities. In one of his last interviews, Thompson said: "There has to be some defence against having this government in vain, seize, take over, invade our lives and our personal privacy... every day." Thompson's friends said he was in despair over the state of civil liberties and President George Bush's re-election in November."

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Due with Buzz Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 06:03:53 PM There's news on the Princeville fundraiser gig. I'm not gonna re-hash it in here, Daddy G put it up in Blue, so ...

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Heir Gordon Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 11:21:02 AM Maxine? But that's a fancy restaurant in Paris, right?

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. Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 08:37:44 AM http://www.wilburys.info/ Don't know why, but suddenly the Traveling Wilburys came to mind ... I remember their sound was pretty cool and somehow an unusual blend of musical history, background, styles and personalities: George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan. But when checking the audio section of the website above, it all becomes clear: There's an unreleased song, an outtake from the TW record 'Volume 3', called MAXINE and it's sung by Georg Harrison. It's not the Donald Fagen song, nevertheless a nice find ...

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Gina Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 08:20:08 AM This Bobby Read's a multi instrumentalist and appears on various records, also folkmusic, but little info to find when traveling the search engine ... no time yet to really listen to Halcyon Days, but will soon ...

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Halcyon Days & Halcion Nights Wednesday, March 2nd 2005 - 08:59:25 AM Hornsby is using a clarinet (Bobby Read) on several songs on Halcyon Days. It's giving a certain ambience to the piano-sound. Very nice. /Clas

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Barrytown Friday, February 25th 2005 - 08:31:21 AM This a handshake for those who know: check your email!

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... Wednesday, February 23rd 2005 - 10:46:55 AM http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/212-08272003-147796.html Deacon Blue meets Steely Dan ...

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Gina Saturday, February 19th 2005 - 12:30:01 PM http://www.jasonluckett.com/history.html In the CDbaby list for Erika Luckett music, there's Jason Luckett and guess what, or rather WHO ...

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Clas Saturday, February 19th 2005 - 10:33:41 AM There's a lot of Irish influences in Hornsby's music.

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Gina Saturday, February 19th 2005 - 10:02:42 AM Hey you! Speak of Hornsby, the Irish band Solas have an album which is produced by Neil Dorfsman who according to the info on their website worked with Hornsby as well. Even if you think musical styles are wide apart, there's always something to connect and connect and connect and weave patterns of a whole, as a circle.

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C Saturday, February 19th 2005 - 08:43:39 AM Never cared much for Clapton but hearing his tortured guitar on Hornsby's Halcyon Days is breathtaking. Great sound. Great feel. Could only be played by someone who's stared down the devil.

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overheard... Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 04:21:52 PM "MC Spice says he has been a fan of Clapton's work for quite some time, "I've always been a fan of Clapton since Steely Dan. That voice is just smooth as butter. I remember checkin' out 'Hey 19' and I knew he musta been cool to acknowledge Aretha Franklin in a song."

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angel Wednesday, February 16th 2005 - 07:33:44 PM http://www.concordrecords.com/artists.asp Here is one place that seems to have it.

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lp Tuesday, February 15th 2005 - 10:55:38 PM how can i get the brubeck one below?

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the more the marian Saturday, February 12th 2005 - 10:50:23 AM Cover art for the series is standard. Just imagine "Steely Dan" on top. And better sound than at a real player webcast, it is assumed.

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this just in Saturday, February 12th 2005 - 10:35:13 AM http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799075 Steely Dan Piano Jazz CD release set for March 15th. All 16 tracks of it. Word.

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ps Friday, February 11th 2005 - 11:49:34 AM http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/ Here's more ...

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Gina Friday, February 11th 2005 - 11:44:47 AM http://www.halorising.com/epic/ Hey. Herb Sierra sent me the link above, it's 8 minutes of your time. Sure makes past-present-future something to wonder about :-)

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angel Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 10:18:06 PM What a revelation on the Rainey site. Whoa, indeed....

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angel Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 09:52:49 PM I tried out Google Maps. Wow, I like that drag with the mouse feature. You can seriously move that map around. :-)

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slow train coming... Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 02:46:53 PM http://labs.google.com whoa b

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grudge report Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 01:09:31 PM http://chuckrainey.com/bassmanual/makingmusic_sd_1.htm

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Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 01:08:05 PM http://chuckrainey.com/bassmanual/ajareunion.htm

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rainey day reading Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 12:49:40 PM http://chuckrainey.com/ Check out Chuck's much awaited "Bass Manual" on SD.

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Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 11:41:36 AM

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surround buzz Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 11:28:30 AM http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-h6TPXHl9l4T/reviews/20040629/elliot_scheiner.html?page=5

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And... Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 09:21:03 AM ... James Raymond, Crosby's son on keyboards.

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Clas Wednesday, February 9th 2005 - 09:16:43 AM http://www.steelydangallary.se Yes, that was funny. ... Crosby & Nash played Stockholm last night. Good reviews. Dean Parks on guitar.

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too too funny Tuesday, February 8th 2005 - 11:48:59 PM http://music.indya.com/quiz/int/steely_dan.html Do you know your Steely Dan? Steely Dan is... Pat Beemer and Walter Becker, of course.

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when the shudder falls... Tuesday, February 8th 2005 - 10:23:02 AM http://www.poeforward.com/mrperfumery/deadgirls/historical/starlets/entwistle/entwistle.htm Peg? It will come back to you...

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C Saturday, February 5th 2005 - 09:38:58 PM When you wake up.

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Kitty Thursday, February 3rd 2005 - 04:50:27 PM When do dreams turn into nightmares?

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starbucks moment Tuesday, February 1st 2005 - 05:24:05 PM http://www.kdux.com/modules/freecontent/index.php?id=5 For her compilation, Joni Mitchell picks Third World Man, among other greats.

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this steely tengential Tuesday, February 1st 2005 - 05:07:21 PM http://video.google.com/videopreview?q=Costco&docid=-2852169383784311268 arguably.

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Kitty Monday, January 31st 2005 - 08:04:17 PM Thanks for that! Do you think something shows up when I search for Green Acres?

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etc... Monday, January 31st 2005 - 07:18:52 PM http://video.google.com/videopreview?q=Seinfeld&time=0&page=3&docid=4365096686778898975&urlcreated=1107195075&chan=KTVU&prog=Seinfeld+%7C+The+Stall&date=Fri+Jan+7+2005+at+11%3A00+PM+PST

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Monday, January 31st 2005 - 05:29:42 PM http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22shit%22

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beth on the future Monday, January 31st 2005 - 05:20:38 PM http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Steely+Dan%22 yahoo

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this new Monday, January 31st 2005 - 05:13:54 PM http://video.google.com/

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Corpsy V Saturday, January 29th 2005 - 12:12:11 AM http://www.google.com Just in for some orange juice and a healthy sandwich before I dive back into the wonderful world of digital information. If I were to throw in some words for idle chatter or decent conversation, I wouldn't know where to start. This world we live in is one big scam! But we're learning to cope.

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kid's in the hall Friday, January 28th 2005 - 04:15:38 PM http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/ny-p2two4125410jan27,0,2267444.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-music

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"a" Wednesday, January 26th 2005 - 09:47:00 PM I think the IPOD is just showing incredible taste in song tracks....

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random dildo Wednesday, January 26th 2005 - 03:51:59 PM http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/01/25.7.shtml iPod's got a thing for Wendal.

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to dwell not to dwell Wednesday, January 26th 2005 - 03:34:46 PM http://www.caterina.net/archive/000470.html ?

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a black forest hut in a nutshell Wednesday, January 26th 2005 - 02:19:17 PM http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/AHTG/heidegger's_hut.htm

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Kitty Tuesday, January 25th 2005 - 04:35:57 PM and where can we do the can-can jack? still, one question though, regarding the subject of 'self' and 'being'. do you think it relates to the environment always, a sense of 'self' and 'being'? don't you think an individual can rule out other people, other things BUT what lives inside the head or mind? what about when in a forest, all alone, nothing but trees and silence to surround the lone human factor of existence .. don't you think one can get as close to 'self' as 'being' can possibly be?

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baby what he said: Monday, January 24th 2005 - 04:07:19 PM "The propensity to invest the self with a certain value, and to demand recognition for that value, is what in today's popular language we would call "self-esteem." The propensity to feel self-esteem arises out of the part of the soul called emos. It is like an innate human sense of justice. People believe that they have a certain worth, and when other people treat them as though they are worth less than that, they experience the emotion of anger. Conversely, when people fail to live up to their own sense of worth, they feel shame, and when they are evaluated correctly in proportion to their worth, they feel pride. The desire for recognition, and the accompanying emotions of anger, shame, and pride, are parts of the human personality critical to political life. According to Hegel, they are what drives the whole historical process."

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reelin' in the kamakiri Wednesday, January 19th 2005 - 12:49:15 PM http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/lifestyle/bal-to.eco19jan19,1,7148271.story?coll=bal-artslife-today&ctrack=1&cset=true "A reporter is in the back seat. The ride is incredibly smooth. Outside, the temperature is in the low-40s. But inside the clear-plastic cockpit, it's toasty. Steely Dan's "Reeling in the Years" is playing over the sound system."

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sightings Wednesday, January 19th 2005 - 12:43:23 PM http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/review.asp?id=94704 "When he sends Alex off to NYU, he shudders at the sight of a poster of a marijuana leaf, but a couple of scenes later, he’s chilling out to Steely Dan [Reelin' in the Years]. Just how old is this guy?"

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Tuesday, January 18th 2005 - 07:26:42 PM http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/FrameSet.aspx?s=EventImagesSearchState|1|0|30|0|0|1|0|0|0|51997508|0|0|0|0|0||0|0|0|0&p=7

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Duncan Tuesday, January 18th 2005 - 05:59:26 PM nice place. I'll post something interesting one day db

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my left feet Tuesday, January 18th 2005 - 03:45:01 PM

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Jake Ezra Tuesday, January 18th 2005 - 03:45:45 AM http://www.vandavis.com Hey all! Just wanted to let you know that Van Davis is returning to the 55 Bar (55 Christopher St, NYC) this Thursday, January 20th from 7-9pm, featuring special guest Ted Baker on Rhodes. There's no cover, and we'll be playing two sets. Plus, immediately after us is another Steely Dan alum, Wayne Krantz, so be sure to get there early and get a table before they're all taken! Please check out our website for more info (www.vandavis.com). Thanks, and Happy New Year, Jake Ezra

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time capsule Monday, January 17th 2005 - 01:00:50 PM "Dasein exists as a being that, in its being, is concerned about that being itself. Essentially ahead of itself, it has projected itself upon its potentiality-of-being before going on to any mere consideration of itself. In its project it is revealed as something thrown. Thrown and abandoned to the world, it falls prey to it in taking care of it. as care, that is, as existing in the unity of the entangled, thrown project, this being is disclosed as a There. Being-together-with others, it keeps itself in an average interpretedness that is articulated in discourse and expressed in language. Being-in-the-world has always already expressed itself, and as being-together-with beings encountered within the world, it constantly expresses itself in addressing and talking over what is taken care of. The circumspect taking care of common sense is grounded in temporality, in the mode of making present that awaits and retains. As taking care in calculating, planning, preparing ahead, and preventing, it always already says, whether audibly or not: “then” that will happen, “before” that will get settled, “now” that will be made up for, that “on that former occasion” failed or eluded us."(1927) In other words being nowadays, pre-reflexively, is business.

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G. Monday, January 17th 2005 - 12:28:37 PM http://www.donaldfagen.com Well, there's a new main page for Donald's website, quite an impressive picture in a way. First thing i sensed was the power of Nature. And how little we really know about these forces beyond our control ...

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