"Charlie Freak" by Steely Dan has elements of noir film scripting.The narrative, poetic and fluid. It's all sadness and redemption.The music, it feels like night and wild clowns with a bit of dirge tossed in.Enjoy this overlooked classic. Lyrics follow.Charlie Freak - Steely Dan (Pretzel Logic) Charlie Freak had but one thing to call his ownThree weight ounce pure golden ring no precious stone ...
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You know how these things get started. Someone asks if you've ever noticed how many songs there are about shoes, and you think, "Hmmm. Someone has a fetish." And then you think, "Wait a minute. She's right."So I was mulling over the usual suspects. There's Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." (Talk about fetishes. And they'll walk all over who?) You've got "High-Heel Sneakers," cove
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i am gonna try something here tonighti am not much of a bloggerreason being i cannot type for shit,i am still a puncher and really don't carei would give you my heart n soul if i knew howfirst thought of the nighti try to comment and listen to everyone's post when i am active herejust the way i amandit becomes kinds disheartining when i make a post and there is 1 commentwhy should i share my wo...
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IMHO one of my favorite bands ever, Steely Dan, lost the plot near the end of their first recording career. 1977-80 saw the releases ??Aja?? and ??Gaucho??, both of which sold very, very well. But both of them lacked the blistering guitar and sardonic lyrics that adorn the best Dan tracks from earlier days. Perfectly produced? Stellar playing? Yup. Boring and unengaging? Double yup.So, imagine ...
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[Originally Published August 9, 2007]Steely Dan 03/20/1974 FM (MP3):After listening to one of Steely Dan’s rare live gigs from the ’70s, I’m just confused as to why these guys didn’t tour behind any of their legendary albums. The Dan absolutely tore it up in the live setting with a band that included Michael McDonald, Denny Dias and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. To see what I’m talking about,
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MUSIC NEWS- Apparently still having trouble paying their rent, classic rockers STEELY DAN has announced additional shows this fall, as part of their stellar "Rent Party '09" tour, again with some multiple-night engagements in several cities.The run starts off off October 12 & 13 in Seattle, WA continuing to California for several shows, before wrapping up the western USA leg with an Oc
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I have a video, It 390 megs. I want to get the file size down to something more Youtube friendly. I shot this with a Sony camera. It's in MPG format. Does anyone have a link to free software I could use that is easy and relatively quick?Toss it in comments.Dig that Steely Dan while you get back to me.
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Steely Dan kicked off the gimmicky leg of their Rent Party ‘09 tour last night at the Wang Center in Boston by treating the audience to not one but two classic albums played in their entirety. Boston Dan fans already knew they would be seeing the band play all of Aja, what they didn’t know is that the group would also perform The Royal Scam in its entirety.Dan head honchos Walter Becker and Do
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CHICAGO — Steely Dan famously quit touring to concentrate on recording meticulously crafted studio albums in the '70s. But in the last decade, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have spent more...
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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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In Pictures: America's Unhealthy Commutes Written by Allison Van DusenYou might have heard that your commute is killing you. But it's not the doughnut and jumbo-sized coffee you've been downing every morning that's doing it.What's really taking a toll on your health is the polluted air you're breathing, lengthy traffic delays and dodging accidents to and from work. Even as the stress mounts,...
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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN BOSTON (AP) - From clothes riddled with sensors to name tags that detect our moods, computing's next wave could unleash small devices that increasingly augment everyday activities with digital intelligence. That was the predominant vision at a conference on ``wearable computing'' held this week in Boston, where researchers showed off prototypes and discussed ideas. Some atten...
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So I got an e-mail a few weeks ago saying my mullet will be featured on this online recording site I belong to called indabamusic. I think I posted this before but I guess it's up now. You musicians here on Mog should check it out. I was introduced to the site by this Mogger...http://mog.com/joseexisthttp://www.indabamusic.com/
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