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Oh, no! Anyone know what The (Real) Donald is referring to here?
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Steely Dan
The Royal Scam
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AMG Review of The Royal Scam
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideThe Royal Scam is the first Steely Dan record that doesn't exhibit significant musical progress from its predecessor, but that doesn't mean the album is any less interesting. The cynicism that was suppressed on Katy Lied comes roaring to the surface on The Royal Scam -- not only are the lyrics bitter and snide, but the music is terse, broken, and weary. Not so coincidentally, the album is comprised of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's weakest set of songs since Can't Buy a Thrill. Alternating between mean-spirited bluesy vamps like "Green Earrings" and "The Fez" and jazzy soft rock numbers like "The Caves of Altamira," there's nothing particularly bad on the album, yet there are fewer standouts than before. Nevertheless, the best songs on The Royal Scam, like the sneering "Kid Charlemagne" and "Sign in Stranger," rank as genuine Steely Dan classics.
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California Focus: How Californians are being escheated
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Accounts or safe-deposit boxes deemed inactive at risk of being looted.By TOM MCCLINTOCKRepublican state senator from Thousand OaksEscheat is a feudal concept that arose from the despotism of the Dark Ages. It stemmed from the principle that property rights depend upon the sufferance of the sovereign, and when a person dies or disappears without heirs, his property reverts to the feudal lord.Ca...
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Burlington homeowner jailed after shootings
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01:34 PM PDT on Saturday, June 16, 2007BURLINGTON, Wash. – A 33-year-old Burlington homeowner is being held at Skagit County Jail this weekend after he told police he shot two men attempting to enter his home, according to Skagit County Sheriff's deputies. The homeowner reported a burglary at his residence Friday at the 20000 block of Gardner Court, northeast of Burlington, police said. Deputie.
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Greatest guitar solo ever
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Every note, every nuance, the artificial harmonic at the close. Larry Carlton should be Knighted for this eight bar masterpiece. Disagree? hit me with a better one
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