"Knocked up" with a Steely scene

Could Knocked up be a film worth watching? Well...
Movieweb has an on-the-set interview with two of the leading stars in the comedy; Seth Rogen (left picture) and Paul Rudd (right picture). A couple of paragraphs caught our attention:

Paul Rudd: "I like doing comedies like this because when something organic happens, it can be so weird and funny. And just from a creative stand point, it's fun to go to work everyday because you don't know what the scene will yield. We have yet to actually - it's very rare that we film a scene exactly as it was written in the script; sometimes it'll go off into different directions. Like the one the other day - the whole Steely Dan run.

Seth Rogen: Oh yeah, that was so strange.

Paul Rudd: I play a guy in the music business, and we had no idea where everything went, and I was saying that a band like Steely Dan could never get signed today and they'd never get any radio play - and he says, 'That's because Steely Dan sucks.' And we get into this whole thing like 'no, Steely Dan is amazing, the early Steely Dan,' and you said something like 'I don't think you'd get into a Steely Dan concert without wine and cheese. If you ever catch me listening to Steely Dan, you could cut my head off with a Spiro [sic] Gyra record.'

OK. So a Steely Dan mention. If the scene isn't left on the cutting room floor.

Read the whole piece here.

And when can you expect to see the movie? It will premiere in August. 2007.

Oh yeah, one more thing: Seth is also in the new comedy with a thin-but-still-Zappa/Steely Dan/Radio Dupree connection in the title that we mention on the Radio Dupree homepage; You, Me and Dupree.

Steely Dan's Walter Becker co-writes song on Madeleine Peyroux new album

The opening track of Madeleine Peyroux forthcoming third album is a song called I'm All Right, co-written by Madeleine, her producer Larry Klein and none other than Walter Becker.

We don't know what it'll sound like, but based on her two albums so far it'll be classy and jazzy.
If you're not familiar with Madeleine you can hear short previews of the songs on her 2004 CD Careless Love here.

The new album, titled Half The Perfect World, will be releasd in the USA September 12 with the UK (and Europe? the rest of the world?) following November 6.

Larry Klein and Walter Becker recently crossed paths on another singers album; Tough On Crime from Rebecca Pigeon.

And let us not forget that Larry is involved in Walter's next solo album as well!

Another Steely Dan Greatest Hits compilation?

The answer is "yes". Despite the fact that there are a number of compilations available from 1978's Greatest Hits to the latest Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980 released back in 2000, the powers that be find it suitable to get another one out this August 1.

The title of the 2-CD compilation is Steely Dan: The Definitive Collection. And you do get tracks from all albums, but nothing new. Here's the track listing:

1. Do It Again
2. Dirty Work
3. Reelin' In The Years
4. Bodhisattva
5. My Old School
6. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
7. Black Friday
8. Bad Sneakers
9. Kid Charlemagne
10. Deacon Blues
11. Peg
12. F.M.
13. Hey Nineteen
14. Babylon Sisters
15. Cousin Dupree
16. Things I Miss The Most

We'll do a rundown of all Steely compilations available when we update the Radio Dupree homepage in a couple of weeks time. Take a look at what's out there and what Greatest Hits you should get to get the best one.

And true to their previous records Donald and Walter doesn't appear on the cover of this one either. Just two male shadows.

Syd Barrett dead

Syd Barrett, the lead vocalist from the original Pink Floyd died last Friday.

Barrett wrote most of the songs on Pink Floyd's first LP The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967).

However he had to leave the group a while later since he couldn't handle the pop star life. To speak frankly he got a drug problem.

Barrett recorded a couple of solo efforts after that but never got close to the magic of the songs he did for the very psychedelic Pink Floyd of the 60's.

Swedish Broadcasting reports that Barrett died in his home in Cambridgeshire.

He suffered from diabetes.

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Watch this early Pink Floyd (with Syd) clip from the TV show The Look Of The Week. Music and interview:



Pink Floyd "Jugband Blues":

A fine Fogerty-weekend!

John Fogerty was back in Sweden once again playing to an appreciative audience. Everything was pretty much as expected. The big difference for me personally was the fact that previous times I've seen John it was indoor arenas. This time on the beach at Piteå Havsbad way up north.
A beautiful Swedish summer evening where the daylight rfused to leave. 12 000 people in the audience got two hours full of Fogerty classics delivered with an amazing energy whe you consider that he's 61 years old and has played these songs a few hundred (thousand?) times by now.

John Fogerty and the band have been mixing it up on this tour, from an early Creedence track like Porterville to his latest solo work. Almost all shows have seen some changes in the set list. In Piteå they premiered Jambalaya (from 1973's Blue Ridge Rangers) and Blueboy (from Blue Moon Swamp released in 1997.

Piteå was the eight stop on a 15-date tour of Europe. It's followed by an additional 30 + dates in the States this autumn.

Although I haven't seen/heard it yet, the recently released live concert DVD The Long Road Home sounds like it comes with the same shortcomings as the live CD and DVD Premonition from 1998; pristine picture and sound but lacking that rawness and rock n roll that very much is a part of a Fogerty show. If you're looking for a live record I'd recommend you go search for the Live At Roskilde 1997 bootleg. That's the way a John Fogerty live record should sound!

Creedence Clearwater Revival:
John, Doug Clifford, Tom Fogerty and Stu Cook.

/This has been Neb Stephenson reporting!

News...

This is the traditional end-of-the-month post about the upcoming changes over at the Radio Dupree homepage. You know, new stuff added as usual when we enter a new month: The chart. The news. The Album Of The Month.

As far as the latter goes we'll spotlight an album celebrating 40 years in July. "What album?", you might ask. Well... tune in and check out the Radio Dupree homepage this weekend!

Happy Birthday Ian!

Hey, Ian McDonald is 60 years young Sunday 25! So let's celebrate this original member of King Crimson (one of Radio Dupree's favourite groups) as well as Foreigner.

Ian was most recently seen (and heard) in The 21st Century Schizoid Band playing the early Crimson stuff.

Hat's off to Ian. Have a great birthday!

Dupree staff at midsummer festivities

"Little frogs, little frogs". College Neb Stephenson sings a traditional Swedish midsummer song. Its orgin is unknown but I get a feeling of pagan rituals under the Nordik sky maybe a thousand years ago. I bring the thin bread and schnapps. Neb has the strawberries in his bag. People of all ages is dancing around with green leaves tied to their hair. The tradition lives on.

/ Siggy

Mid-june popularity peek

The weekend's gone and a new week is already underway. How about a peek at the past weeks favourites over at Radio Dupree as voted on by listeners:

1. Frank Zappa - Advance Romance - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 5
2. Billy Preston - Outa-Space - I Wrote A Simple Song
3. Frank Zappa - Roy's Halloween Gas Mask - Baby Snakes DVD
4. Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Latex Solar Beef - Fillmore East, June 1971
5. Steely Dan - Doctor Wu - Katy Lied
6. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Miles Beyond - Birds Of Fire
7. Godley & Creme - Desperate Times - Goodbye Blue Sky
8. Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures - Zoot Allures
9. Frank Zappa - City Of Tiny Lites - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 5
10. Frank Zappa - Mudd Club - Thing-Fish
11. Steve Lukather - Pretzel Logic - The Royal Dan - A Tribute
12. Easy Star All-Stars feat. Gary Nesta Pine & Dollarman - Money - Dub Side Of The Moon
13. Steely Dan - Aja - Aja
14. Freddie Wadling - Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man - The Music Of Captain Beefheart
15. Frank Zappa - Chungas Revenge - FZ:OZ
16. The Fleshquartet - Dancing Madly Backwards - Vasteras Symfonietta
17. Steve Morse - Bodhisattva - The Royal Dan - A Tribute
18. Jackie Allen - Do Wrong Shoes - Tangled
19. Iggy Pop - New Value - Iggy Pop
20. Godley & Creme - The Last Page Of History - Goodbye Blue Sky
21. Jimmy Herring - The Fez - The Royal Dan - A Tribute

The Who touring again

The Who is back on tour again and started the 2006 world tour this Saturday in Leeds recreating the 1970 gig that became the classic live album Live At Leeds.

Fans of the band will have the chance to buy official recordings of the shows. That includes 2-CD audio and DVD:s. You can buy them one and one or splash out for the complete package in a special box (pictured above).

The DVD:s will be four camera crew recordings and have both a stereo and a surround mix.

Just as the previous times - 2002 and 2004 - The Who has made these what you might call official bootlegs available, the profits will go to charities designated by the band.

Why don't Steely Dan follow suit with their upcoming tour of the U.S. of A.? I'm sure enough fans in the States and - especially - rest of the world would love a chance to buy the live shows like this.
Chances of that happening? Just about as big as Sweden winning the currently playing World Cup in football. Or "soccer" as some of you might prefer to call it.

See TheMusic.com for more on The Who's concert CD:s and DVD:s.

We got mail!

Radio Dupree just recieved some great news regarding the film Derailroaded:

We are excited to announce that Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer is now available on DVD in the UK on the PLEXIFILM LABEL!!
To purchase, please go to our website at http://www.derailroaded.com,
and click on "Buy the DVD."

The DVD is REGION FREE so if you live in the USA and don't want to wait for it to be released domestically, you can still purchase it as an import and it WILL work on your DVD player.

The DVD contains 2 Full audio commentary tracks plus 49 minutes of deleted scenes including: Weird Al sings Wild Man, Interview with Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite & more!!
Please pass this email along to any and all who might appreciate our film.
Enjoy!!

-The Ubin Twinz
p.s. Check out our brand new MySpace page at
http://www.myspace.com/derailroaded and pass on the good word to your friends on myspace.

Have you heard the new stuff...?

...Eilert Pilarm (pictured) makes his comeback on Radio Dupree. For you who do not know Eilert is an Elvis interpreter from Sweden. Legendary British radio DJ John Peel named Eilert's Greatest Hits one of his favourite albums of 1996.

The new CD The Royal Dan where various stars give us their versions of Steely Dan classics seem to appeal to many Radio Dupree listeners.
When it comes to Bowie we have re-discovered the Young Americans album and Scary Monsters.

What about Zappa then...? Since we have found out that there are several new listeners that are Zappa fans we are repeating some of the stuff from recent odd releases like Imaginary Diseases, Joe's Corsage and FZ:OZ. Stuff that is so poorly distributed that many fans have not got themselves copies yet.

Requests? Just drop us a line at radiodupree@yahoo.se

Check out the Radio Dupree schedule here.

Weekend music

Who are those five guys? They called themselves Navasota, and the album Rootin' from 1972 is Steely Dan-special as Donald Fagen plays piano on a few tracks and together with Walter becker he arranged hons and violins on the album. There's also one song written by Fagen/Becker called Canyon Ladies.

We're currently playing that and other songs from Rootin'.
On the album also Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Mark Volman and Howie Kaylan of Flo & Eddie fame.

Enjoy the weekend!

This just in! Ed Palermo premieres new album this Thursday!

The Non-Objective Reality Show with Nigey Lennon and John Tabacco
Special guest: Ed Palermo

Thursday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to noon, Eastern U.S. time (6 hours later in Europe = 4 p.m.)
WUSB, Stony Brook, New York
90.1 FM or online at http://www.wusb.fm
(show airs/streams live, then is archived for one week on WUSB website)

New York City jazz bandleader/arranger Ed Palermo, internationally acclaimed for his big-band arrangements of Frank Zappa's music, will spend two hours discussing his music, premiering his new CD, "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance," and sharing other music which has influenced him, as well as talking about some of the musical projects in which he has been involved.

BTW, that's Ed Palermo on the right. ->

Sounds like a show well worth listening to. Objectively speaking...

Radio Dupree homepage updated and ready for visits!

The June update is published. With the usual stuff:

* News and the biggest Listener's Favourites Chart so far; the Top 107 songs on Radio Dupree for this past month.
* What did Sigurd really think about the Zappa plays Zappa concert?
* News about a yet another Steely Dan-related release
* New! -> Letters from listeners.

From the start Frank Zappa and Steely Dan have been the two central artists to Radio Dupree. There's no doubt that the Zappa fans have found their way to our station if you look at the chart of listeners' favourites for the month of May. It's also true for the weekly chart I compiled just for this post:

1. Mike Stern - Dirty Work - The Royal Dan - A Tribute
2. Fraternity Of Man - Blue Guitar - Fraternity Of Man
3. Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Billy The Mountain (excerpt) - Just Another Band From LA
4. Frank Zappa - I'm A Band Leader (poetry read by Beefheart) - The Lost Episodes
5. Frank Zappa - Yo Mama - Sheik Yerbouti
6. Frank Zappa - Dupree's Paradise - Piquantique (Beat The Boots)
7. Steely Dan - Let George Do It - Catalyst
8. Frank Zappa - I Have Been In You - Sheik Yerbouti
9. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - For Calvin - The Grand Wazoo
10. Frank Zappa - Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression - Shut Up'n Play Yer Guitar
11. Frank Zappa - Montreal - Imaginary Diseases
12. Easy Star All-Stars feat. Gary Nesta Pine & Dollarman - Money - Dub Side Of The Moon
13. Captain Beefheart - The Floppy Boot Stomp - Shiny Beast

Don't let this chart fool you! We do play a lot of other artists as well. Just give us a listen.