Walter Becker RIP

just two weeks ago was listening to Steely Dan on the way to Smida...
"Do it again"
didn't hear the song in years...or not on my own choice.
....
Steely Dan is an aquired taste. I thought when i was young and snotty they were a metal band (steely ?). so, when i listened to their songs for the 1st time i was like "ouch". no.  in 1996 i was in Oslo and heard them on great speakers. i was blasted. "Do it Again"

 Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".

Steely Dan was founded in 1972 by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. They rocked, they ruled, they grooved.

Becker died on Sept. 3d. He was 67.

Last nigt after the Nighlosers gig in Vama Veche the bass player played Steely Dan. Baby Don't lose my number, etc. Very mellow, very cool. Thought I should write a few lines about the man. 

RIP Walter Becker....

rememebrance in Rolling Stone...

What Does This Button Do ?

Bruce Dikinson is many things except Iron Maiden. A swordsman, a plane pilot, a fillmaker (Chemical Romance), an author. And now he wrote his autobiography, out in October. Yes, Bruce, what does that button do ???

Tobe Hopper RIP

was in Smida on Sunday. Opened imdb and again, sad news...mr. Texas Chainsaw, Tobe Hopper went away. He was 74. Just 2 months after George A. Romero, two of the most significant filmmakers in horror are gone. We will honor both of them at Dracula Film Festival this October (18-22).
my thoughts on Eaten Alive, here !

John Abercrombie RIP

Chitarist american genial de jazz, John Abercrombie a murit pe 22 august. Avea 72 de ani. L-am vazut de 2 ori, odata in 2009 la Garana si pe 17 octombrie 2015 la sala Radio in Bucuresti. Au fost si singurele dati cind a cintat in Romania. Tocmai l-am vazut pe Billy Cobham, care are aceiasi virsta, la Oristano. Cobham a fost unul din colaboratorii lui Abercrobie, sau viceveersa, avind in vedere ca acesta a aparut pe trei discuri ale tobarului, intre 1974 si 1975.

  RIP   John Laird Abercrombie (December 16, 1944 – August 22, 2017)