"We're going to take away your blanket so you'll be that much warmer."
#PretzelLogic
Am 20. Februar 1974 erschien #PretzelLogic, das dritte Studioalbum von #SteelyDan bei ABC Records. Es erreichte Platz 8 der US-Charts und zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Werken der Band. Die Single #RikkiDonTLoseThatNumber wurde ihr größter Hit. Die Aufnahmen markierten einen Wendepunkt: Steely Dan setzte nun verstärkt auf Studiomusiker, was den perfektionistischen Ansatz von Donald Fagen und Walter Becker unterstrich.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DJvzok1o1RS/?igsh=MXJsc2xkeHhnYW0ycw==
GALT HOSTS FIRST CAMBRIDGE JAZZ FESTIVAL
The first Cambridge Jazz Festival was held on Sunday, Apr. 27 in Galt’s historic Tapestry Hall.
Cambridge Jazz Festival, and its forerunner, Galt Jazz, are the brainchild of Cambridge residents Dave and Ruth Ottenbrite. The Ottenbrites began working on Galt Jazz during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to invigorate the cultural landscape of their new hometown.
On the last Sunday of every month, Galt’s Main Street is shut down for a few hours (taking place indoors during the winter months), and local musicians perform crowd-pleasing jazz numbers for the Cambridge public. Beginning in May 2022, these events quickly grew in popularity—ultimately culminating in this day-length festival.
The festival began at 1 p.m. with Tim Louis, jazz singer, pianist and the Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Conestoga. Louis had a bemused, self-deprecating stage-presence—his seven-piece band played a mixture of popular crowd-pleasers and wistful ballads. One song interpolated a Justin Bieber melody, a disclosure met with disgruntled murmurs from the audience.
As Dave Ottenbrite acknowledged, Galt may not be the most traditional jazz market.
“Some people think they hate jazz, but they don’t understand what jazz is,” he said. “People who think they hate jazz can tell you exactly what jazz is in ten words, whereas people who love jazz can’t tell you what it is, because there’s 50 kinds of jazz, one hundred.”
This variety was on full display with the second act: Red Hot Ramble, a New Orleans-inspired blues group. Despite an initially cool reception, their lively trombone solos and stomp-clap hooks quickly revitalized the crowd’s energy. The performance culminated in the band parading across the auditorium Mardi Gras-style—a ramshackle conga line with parasols and beads flung through the air.
The event is a labour of love. Galt Jazz & Cambridge Jazz festival are non-profit events, with a portion of the tickets sales going towards local food banks—in the three years of Galt Jazz they have raised over $10,000.
The core ethos of the Ottenbrites’ project is revitalization.
“We’re aiming to revitalise the downtown core [of Galt]. To bring people downtown to make them understand it is safe. [Galt Jazz is] a soapbox to do positive things, rather than sow anger and division.” Ottenbrite said.
Amidst this challenging time for touring artists, the Ottenbrites are committed to giving musicians badly needed places to play.
Heather Bambrick, Juno-nominated singer, Jazz FM.91 radio host and the festival’s MC, said creating business and art together is always a challenge, and one that has only gotten harder since the pandemic and subsequent cost-of-living crisis.
“People got very comfortable with being home and just doing their own thing […] The hardest part is just getting people away from the thought of staying home, not doing anything [to] go out of pocket,” she said.
The final act of the night was the biggest name of the lineup: Pretzel Logic, a raucous Steely Dan tribute band. This was the absolute inverse end of the jazz spectrum from the big-band show-tunes; a luscious fusion sound of jazz, funk and rock. The nine-piece group pulled no punches—their cosmic wall-of-sound sent the older members of the audience shuffling to the back or fleeing the hall altogether.
Throughout the festival, Dave Ottenbrite could be spotted roaming the aisles, taking in the atmosphere. Beaming attendees constantly approached to express their thanks and appreciation for the event.
While Dave was reluctant to discuss any definitive plans for future festivals, festivalgoers expressed an appetite for more. Cambridge resident Papa Ledge heard about the festival through a promotion on Jazz FM.91.
“In thirty-five years, I haven’t seen anything like this before. […] I think this could be the start of something big,” he said.
#Blues #Cambridge #DaceOttenbrite #Galt #GaltJazzFestival #HeatherBambrick #jazz #JoshMiltonBell #LocalArt #localMusic #LocalMusician #PapaLedge #PretzelLogic #RedHotRamble #RuthOttenbrite #SangjunHan #TimLouis
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a single released in 1974 by rock/jazz rock group #SteelyDan and the opening track of their third album #PretzelLogic. It was the most successful single of the group's career, peaking at number 4 on the #Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1974. The song features #JimGordon on drums, as does the bulk of the Pretzel Logic album. The guitar solo is by #JeffSkunkBaxter who soon after joined #TheDoobieBrothers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsImSBO-ya4
Black skin sports entertainers, minstrel show run by white skin #Billionaires influencers of USA society. Meme kings like Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk running this #minstrelsy
#OutGroupHateOpera #PretzelLogic /\ #PretzelValues "Pretzel Values" ++
#PretzelMentalGymnastics ++ "Pretzel Mental Gymnastics" #SteelyDan
#HeyHey !!! /\
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a single released in 1974 by rock/jazz rock group #SteelyDan and the opening track of their third album #PretzelLogic. It was the most successful single of the group's career, peaking at number 4 on the #Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1974. The song features #JimGordon on drums, as does the bulk of the Pretzel Logic album. The guitar solo is by #JeffSkunkBaxter who soon after joined #TheDoobieBrothers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU06r5223LQ
O.M.G. Trump is doing bad things but if he does the right thing it will be AOK
"...the... administration’s skepticism of entrenched health-care groups, if properly channeled, could help address a specific problem in the nation’s medical system..."
#PretzelLogic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/doctors-influence-trump-medicare/681909/?utm_source=feed
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"Pretzel Logic" by Steely Dan released this day in 1974.
#SteelyDan #PretzelLogic #VintageVinyl
"twisted logic.. 🤪"
It is called "Pretzel Logic" not "Twisted Logic", Mr. "How Idiot Am I" #Blyesky user.
You know how pretzels are "twisted"?
#FWakePretzelLogic #PretzelLogic
#Jewish Band Leader Donald Fagen of Steely Dan:
#SteelyDan #DonaldFagen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBxZFadp9Pw
#FWakeGoToBluesky repeat https://bsky.app/profile/roundsparrow.bsky.social/post/3lhjsmre35s24
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic - 1974
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#SteelyDan #PretzelLogic
Mojo by Bonzai and Pretzel Logic (C64 Demo)
https://video.infiniteloop.tv/videos/watch/d3b36de1-1ccf-403b-8386-c20489f37807
#NYC #NewYork #NewYorkCity
#PretzelLogic #ElectricTorah //\\ #FWakeSteelyDan //\\
#GunStrokeUSA "Gun Stroking USA"
Lyrics:
"When you're born to play the fool
And you've seen all the western movies
Woe to the one who does you wrong
You hide in the bushes
Murder the man"
[BROWSER VERSION] #retro #8bit #PretzelLogic #c64 #commodore64 cracktro. -> https://www.docsnyderspage.com/groups/p/pretzel-logic
@punishmenthurts I stopped responding on this thread. You take care. Hope you get better.
50 years later, Steely Dan's 'Pretzel Logic' still sounds fresh 🎧 🎵 🥨
My #SexualKink was to have sex with one woman, have such a great relationship that it lasts a lifetime and fun, joy and happiness are created from the relationship (mutually satisfying).
From age 17 to age 50, that was an #Idealist perspective I took very seriously. #LikeAVirgin very first time metaphor comes to mind.
Alas, I think those days are over a long time ago.
#FinWakeIndraNet is a #WWWOpera
World Wide Wake of Finnegans Wake
#WorldWideWebOpera
He's not very funny
You know I'm through with Buzz
Yes I'm through with Buzz,
All right, oh yeah, uh huh
I remember when he stole my girl
Drug her all around the world
#ElectricTorah #PretzelReason //\\ #PretzelLogic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P6zEU_G9v4
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