Victoria

Bassist, linguist, noise listener.

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While taking questions on the radio in 1993, Donald Fagen fielded a hilarious prank call from “Frank from Swales, Arizona,” whose voice sounded remarkably familiar.

[juliette ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ @miffys_mom]

shelley duvall, nashville 1975

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Chaotic Jar Jar Binks on acid energy emanating from this Two Against Nature show poster.

[Etron Fou Lululemon @Frolord]

mom took the autechre pill lfg

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The great photographer Michael Northrup tells the stories behind his shots from Steely Dan's TWO AGAINST NATURE.

(Fun Steely Dan fact: The two shadows on the cover? They weren’t cast by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.)

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Steely Dan's live gear circa 1974

[cimcie (sim-see) nichols @Cimcie]

the level of care that went in to making sure the listener got the best sounding possible recording was top tier. who has the original inferior CD pressing?

makes you wonder how many records were presented to the public sub par and not what the artist intended.

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To mark Walter Becker's 75th birthday, I've published a previously unavailable appearance he made on Maui radio in the mid-'90s. He discusses his “secluded life” in Hawaii, Steely Dan’s reunion tours, his and Donald Fagen’s “mania for perfection,” and more.

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Today is Walter Becker's 75th birthday.

(Video circa 1990 by Roger Nichols courtesy of @Cimcie.)

[Good Steely Dan Takes @baddantakes]

The one and only Walter Becker was born 75 years ago today

rest in peace king

[Dingus @DingusTheKid]

Walter Becker Wednesday

[Barney Hurley @barneyhurley1]

Steve Khan performing with Anthony Jackson, Steve Jordan and Manolo Badrena at The Pit Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 1982

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Jeff Porcaro 'Rhythm & Drums' magazine cover story, 1982

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Guitarist Steve Khan, who recorded with Steely Dan and Donald Fagen, recently shared this photo from pianist Rob Mounsey, which shows the rhythm charts from Fagen's THE NIGHTFLY.

Notice "Talk Radio," later renamed "The Nightfly," and "The Rich Kids," which became "Maxine."

[Barney Hurley @barneyhurley1]

Rosie Vela with her producer Gary Katz at the Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California during the recording sessions of her superb 1986 album, 'Zazu'

[Barney Hurley @barneyhurley1]

Steely Dan performing at the Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah on their 1973 U.S. tour

[Victoria @celluloidcowboy]

@JustinMartell12 Fantastic, an all time favourite. I’d have loved an index, but I understand that’s laborious work. Thank you for the delightful, disturbing, thorough account of Herbert’s life.

[Victoria @celluloidcowboy]

I host a number of obsessive concerns, and concerning obsessions. Here’s one.

Finally got my hands on a copy of Justin Martell’s Tiny Tim biography, Eternal Troubadour.

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I spent the past year exploring how artificial intelligence has come to permeate the Steely Daniverse. Spoke to the music pros using AI to restore GAUCHO outtakes, and subjected myself to such horrors as a Donald Fagen voice clone doing the "Cha Cha Slide."