Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Walter Becker (1950-2017)
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What are the Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards?
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
1888-1927
1927-1939
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
About Me
- Mythical Monkey
- Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
What is a Mythical Monkey?
An infinite number of monkeys typing at an infinite number of typewriters for an infinite amount of time will eventually produce Shakespeare's Hamlet.
This is the blog of one such monkey.
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2 comments:
Aja - Steely Dan's pinnacle. As you might imagine, all my old bandmates in Parker's Band were pretty upset at Becker's passing. Heck I was still trying to figure out which one was Steely Dan when Rusty Golden made me learn "Black Friday", "Bodhisattva" and many others on the drums. Steely Dan eventually became one of my faves and Aja is still my favorite.
Parker's Band was a hell of a group of talented musicians, most of them professional sessions guys now in Nashville. How many garage bands ever played Steely Dan?
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