Saturday, December 31, 2005
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Schneemann
Schneemann gebaut. Irgendwann gibt es hier auch ein Foto von ihm, schön ist er geworden. Gut, dass ich bald weg bin und sein langsames Dahinsiechen nicht mitansehen muss.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Mörderbienen und Katrina
Beim Anschauen eines klassischen B-Movies aus den Siebzigern, "The Savage Bees" (übrigens mit dem lustigen Horst Buchholz als gar nicht so lustigem Bienenbiologen), merkwürdige Koinzidenz entdeckt: Am Schluss wird der Schwarm Killerbienen in den Superdome verbracht, wo die Temperatur per Air Condition so weit heruntergekühlt wird, dass sie, die Bienen, tot vom Auto fallen, das sie zuvor bedeckt hatten.
Ist der Superdome wirklich das einzig etwas höher gelegene Gebäude in New Orleans oder hat jemand vom Katastrophenschutz auch den Film gesehen, als es darum ging, die Bevölkerung vor Katrina in Sicherheit zu bringen?
Ist der Superdome wirklich das einzig etwas höher gelegene Gebäude in New Orleans oder hat jemand vom Katastrophenschutz auch den Film gesehen, als es darum ging, die Bevölkerung vor Katrina in Sicherheit zu bringen?
Friday, December 09, 2005
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Was einem den Tag rettet
Fagen Faces The Future On Third Solo Album
December 02, 2005, 4:15 PM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
BILLBOARD
Steely Dan principal Donald Fagen finds love in an airport security
line, mulls the ramifications of a ghostly feline, chats up the late
Ray Charles and ruminates on aging and death on "Morph the Cat," his
first solo album in 13 years. The nine-track set is due early next
year via Reprise.
Fagen is backed on the set by such familiar Steely Dan sidemen as
drummer Keith Carlock, guitarists Wayne Krantz, Jon Herington and
Hugh McCracken, clarinetist Lawrence Feldman, pianist Ted Baker and
saxophonist Walt Weiskopf, among others.
As usual, the album is highlighted by the unique blend of Fagen's
imaginative storytelling and the groove-oriented, backing vocal-laden
pop for which Steely Dan is renowned.
He woos an airport security screener on "Security Joan" ("Girl you
won't find my name on your list / Honey you know I ain't no
terrorist"), talks shop with Charles on "What I Do" ("He says, 'Don
don't despair -- just take some time / You find your bad self --
you're gonna do just fine'") and imagines a "thuggish cult" taking
over the U.S. government on "Mary Shut the Garden Door" ("So if you
ever see an automaton in a midprice luxury car / Better roll the
sidewalks up, switch on your lucky star").
"Morph the Cat" is the follow-up to 1993's "Kamakiriad," which
debuted at No. 10 on The Billboard 200. Plans are in the works to
release a boxed set featuring that set, "Morph the Cat" and Fagen's
1981 solo debut, "The Nightfly."
Here is the track list for "Morph the Cat":
"Morph the Cat"
"H Gang"
"What I Do"
"Brite Nitegown"
"The Great Pagoda of Funn"
"Security Joan"
"The Night Belongs To Mona"
"Mary Shut the Garden Door"
"Morph the Cat" (Reprise)
December 02, 2005, 4:15 PM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
BILLBOARD
Steely Dan principal Donald Fagen finds love in an airport security
line, mulls the ramifications of a ghostly feline, chats up the late
Ray Charles and ruminates on aging and death on "Morph the Cat," his
first solo album in 13 years. The nine-track set is due early next
year via Reprise.
Fagen is backed on the set by such familiar Steely Dan sidemen as
drummer Keith Carlock, guitarists Wayne Krantz, Jon Herington and
Hugh McCracken, clarinetist Lawrence Feldman, pianist Ted Baker and
saxophonist Walt Weiskopf, among others.
As usual, the album is highlighted by the unique blend of Fagen's
imaginative storytelling and the groove-oriented, backing vocal-laden
pop for which Steely Dan is renowned.
He woos an airport security screener on "Security Joan" ("Girl you
won't find my name on your list / Honey you know I ain't no
terrorist"), talks shop with Charles on "What I Do" ("He says, 'Don
don't despair -- just take some time / You find your bad self --
you're gonna do just fine'") and imagines a "thuggish cult" taking
over the U.S. government on "Mary Shut the Garden Door" ("So if you
ever see an automaton in a midprice luxury car / Better roll the
sidewalks up, switch on your lucky star").
"Morph the Cat" is the follow-up to 1993's "Kamakiriad," which
debuted at No. 10 on The Billboard 200. Plans are in the works to
release a boxed set featuring that set, "Morph the Cat" and Fagen's
1981 solo debut, "The Nightfly."
Here is the track list for "Morph the Cat":
"Morph the Cat"
"H Gang"
"What I Do"
"Brite Nitegown"
"The Great Pagoda of Funn"
"Security Joan"
"The Night Belongs To Mona"
"Mary Shut the Garden Door"
"Morph the Cat" (Reprise)
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