Jazz dancing, and its steps and style, originated from the dancing of African Americans that were brought to America as slaves. Reminds me of John Steinbeck's Winter of Our Discontent, where Danny Taylor trades Ethan Allen Hawley his family property (suitable for an airport) for $1,000, with which Danny can either buy a cure or enough booze to kill himself. …”Deacon Blues”, I think contains a hidden earnestness. A 'Mango Cooler' is a drink made juicy mango and fresh mint, this delicious drink is instantly cooling and refreshing. Ignited by the burning powder, the pyrotechnic composition burns very brightly, making the projectile trajectory visible to the naked eye during daylight, and very bright during nighttime firing. A-Fram was a A shaped house. These two lines refer to a state of paranoia, feeling that the people down the hall are on to him and his ways. She's a real killjoy, hence her nickname by the boys in tow. Like any good fisherman, they could come back later and use parts or all of the songs. 'Foursquare' means squarely and solidly constructed. Hodder drowned in the swimming pool of his Point Arena, California home, he was 42. She began acting as a child, and progressed to mature roles in the late 1950s. A reference to the band The Eagles, who music Becker's girlfriend loved. You’re trying to manipulate or overcome obstacles in nature.”. As usual, not enough of the story details are filled in to allow an accurate assessment of the plot and, indeed, Becker and Fagen's structure allows several vastly different interpretations to co-exist alongside one another. Don't go giving me some kinda awful cow disease like anthrax or glanders or aftosa ..."[color turquoise]. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry, and serve. Oddly enough it has the feel, or evokes the memory of the Gloria Gaynor song "I Will Survive.". She’s looking over all this great stuff with intense interest. With feelings of deep regret on hearing that Charlie died, the narrator puts the valued ring back on Charlies finger. However, Fagen and Becker interwove many deeper meanings into the lyrics. And then adding nuclear power to the whole mess gives it a real finality, some real commercial impact.”. While possibly saving the life of the woman he pushed out of the way, he sustained multiple fractures in one leg, a sprain in the other leg, and secondary infections during his six month hospital stay. Because of the hurricane drink reference, it should be considered that 'this' University Place is in New Orleans, the city famed for Lester, 'The Nightfly.'. What Jack appears to do again and again is making a mess of his life in a country that is supposedly a "land of milk and honey". But the 'thrill' is not in doing the crimes, but of the high that comes from what they supply. This line is a play on the words 'Turn On', meaning to drop (to take) LSD, though Fagan and Becker saw acid as menacing, thus phrasing it as 'Turned it (loose) on the world'. 'Decaf' is coffee without caffeine, sort of useless like beer with no alcohol. The 49 story building is occupied by a hotel and residential apartments. Mandarin is a group of related varieties of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China (a back-reference to Aja?). In this case the word throbbing penis is the meaning of throbbing pager. Jane Street in NYC runs east to west from Greenwich Avenue to West Street straight to the Hudson River. This line has an odd backstory, dating to the previous Steely Dan tour: Jim Jacobs was a flamboyant and colourful character who was brilliant and a master monitor-engineer, able to get the sound tweaked just right for the picky ears of Fagen and Becker. The final verse reveals that the runaway intends to bring along another female for a menage a trois or escapade ("Who has a friend named Melanie, who's not afraid to try new things?") The specifics of the story are less important when compared to the “imagery” of the entire song. Trust me, kids, it's not that you don't like Steely Dan, it's that you don't get it. A 'T-Bone' is a large choice piece of loin steak containing a T-shaped bone, thus Angie was a choice piece meat (a derogatory expression), a beautiful woman, a knockout. Well-established traditional Italian eatery & piano bar in New York City. 'Mr. "I can't keep up with you no more/And have you treat me like it's a sin ..." "He says, you can't force me to stay here forever and do this ..."no thank you, my friend!" William Wright (born October 22, 1930) is an American author, editor and playwright. The songs that don't quite pan-out because the songwriting or production is not quite what they wanted or were lookg for are tossed aside, while the "keepers" get the full Dan production values and treatment. The result was STP, and it burned out more than a few people's brains. When completed in 2005, Chelsea Tower was the fifth-tallest building in the city. We don’t know when, or if she’s coming back, and we don’t really know how the narrator truly feels about her. Gore' is the environmentalist Al Gore, who also ran for President in 2000, This is a cover of the Isaac Hayes song ... according to Donald Fagen,"I came across this old tune and I realized that everyone, for many decades, has associated the word “ghetto” with the inner city and the African-American ghetto, or the Latin ghetto, and I decided I wanted to reclaim it for the Jews. Though that being said, when this album came out the Viet Nam war was still raging, with Richard (the good king) Nixon as President of America, who would be kicked out of office. 'Off the Hook' means that the dress was 'out of sight', something being so "fresh" and "new" that its literally right off the store shelf. 'Barrio' is a Spanish-speaking quarter of a town or city, especially one with a high poverty level. The band known for a … The singer's (funny infolding, with the culpritsdoing the singing) a little scared of the intensity of their vision, and after complaining about various aspects of the music, including how his own contributions are sloughed off, he decides to call it quits. Based on a William Burrough's comment, "Jack of Speed" is a metaphor for the self-destructive side of human beings, which tempts them to do things they really shouldn't. Charlie Parker was known as 'Bird' or 'Birdie' and 'taking flight' meant that he was soaring with his solo. Cathy Berberian was an extraordinary artist who, thanks to her unique talent, intelligence and courage, has deeply impacted the history of vocal music. In its haste to wipe out background noise, FM had forgotten all about foreground noise. According to Walter Becker, "The Last Mall" is about the disintegration of America, saying "When my kids got to a certain age they wanted to go to the mall every day. While Fagen and his male friends made bail, Dorothy White, who came from a rather wealthy family, and was the artist who created the album cover for Countdown To Ecstasy would remain in jail until her father came to get her. 'Steamer Heaven' is a food-chain that specializes in steamed seafood. This is a reference to Jesus being offered wine before his crucifixion, a mixture of wine and gall was commonly given to criminals before their execution in order to ease some of their suffering. Sorry, Bob, I’m not available any more. The song refers to hip someone who is the Duke of the streets, a person who has all they want, or can certainly get any lady. "The Royal Scam" also features "The Fez," the only Steely Dan song with a third credited writer, Paul Griffin, who also plays organ on the song. With Baxter gone, Becker begins to add more guitar work to his bass playing. [color crimson]. With the phenomenal success of "Aja," Donald and Walter are under considerably less pressure to release new material quickly. A sixth "sense" could be proprioception, the perception of body position, which is important for balance and agility in movement. What I do know is that Steely Dan profoundly effected and affected my life. Since 1972, the songwriting duo consisting of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker—the two had met over their shared interests in jazz and Beat literature as undergraduates at Bard College—has formed the core of the rock band Steely Dan. From the early days of Steely Dan it quickly became a favourite chord of theirs and, along with a small number of other favoured chords, is one of the defining characteristics of Steely Dan harmony. Martha's 'Vineyard' is an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts that is known for being an affluent summer colony. An 'ax' is a guitar. Both men know which choice Danny will make. The narrative for “Teahouse On The Tracks” where our traveling hero of the Kamakiraid story lands in dismal Flytown where he must decide whether to bail out or to rally and continue moving into the unknown. Though with that in mind, they both harbored a sense of being hipsters who arrived on the scene too late. And so we reach the conclusion of Kamakiriad with a funky horn-drenched number. The "memory" that rushes over him reaches back through his childhood, to prehistoric times, to the collective unconscious. Other contributors to the new album are more from the jazz world than the rock world and include alto saxophonist Phil Woods and guitarist Larry Carlton (Crusaders). Chesterfield Kings are an outdated long unfiltered cigarette. Gaucho's expensive delays can be blamed on drugs and musicians given as much time as possible to develop their new, possibly more profitable set of songs—but it was the terrible luck of Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker that made the Gaucho story unique. "Smackedinto a trance" refers to the unfortunate prevalence of heroin and othersubstance use among the contemporary jazz community. Find articles, news, musician pages, and more! 'Lookie-loos' are people who often masquerade as buyers but have no real intention of ever buying, or those scoping out an establishment prior to a robbery. Becker and Donald Fagen continued their musical collaborations over the phone, but then Becker's girlfriend died of a drug overdose. Fagen had been a science fiction fan since he was a kid and had once belonged to a sci-fi book club. They originate from cool, dry high-pressure air masses in the Great Basin. "Second Hand Rose" was 1921 song made popular by Fanny Brice and later associated with Barbra Streisand ... Barbara Streisand had a hit Fegan and Becker penned early in their career. Sailors spend their hard earned pay in the Quarter on prostitutes and alcohol. and of course the album title may be a nod to Brubeck's 1959 release of Time Out ... Dave Brubeck also shows up in Donald's next release. Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories and includes your local jazz events calendar. It was a favourite form of heraldic expression used in the Middle Ages to denote surnames. And I realized that malls were their cities. Why the step away from digital? The Soul Survivors covered Aretha (the Queen of Soul) Franklin's song "Respect" on their first album. In this song, an older man is seducing a 19-year-old girl. Rolling means to be sporting one's narcotic high. Steely Dan, more aptly Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, were the consummate storytellers, unabashed liars, and all consuming reflections of themselves and of the times in which the band lived. It's impossible to note the history of Steely Dan without mentioning early vocalist David Palmer, and he did lay down some great numbers, though he really wasn't what Fagen and Becker were looking for. His addictions include sex and gambling. “Kid Charlemagne” is the quintessential Steely Dan song that not only highlights Becker and Fagen’s songwriting abilities but also showcases Stuck in the 70s a modern take on retro Celluloid Bikers are biker movies, movies about motorcycle gangs. The repeated refrain sung by the female backing singers says, "You go to Lost Wages, Lost Wages," sung to sound vaguely like "Las Vegas." And the fact they stow it out in Alphabetic City is, no one dares to look for it there! A take on the old saying "Monkey See, Monkey Do": A pidgin-style saying that appeared in American culture in the early 1920's. A 'Spanish Kiss' is a blow job technique where the giving end places his/her lips at the tip of the penis exactly as it would do when blowing a kiss and then proceeds to suck the head in hard and fast for a couple times after popping the penis head. Most of the album are fairly simple, this one’s probably the more complex lyrically. Because when you start to get older, you really are fighting nature all the time. Transistor can reference a Transistor Radio, Transistor can also reference a transgendered woman. 'Fade to back' is more movie making slang, meaning to end a film or a scene of a film by causing the image to disappear and become black. Either way, he is not taking prison very well. 'Reds' are the Communists, so name for their red flag. Blending elements of rock, jazz, latin music, R&B, blues and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981. These sexy adolescents were often of Asian decent. 'Spring' means to spend money for something. I have a montage of the Lone Ranger, John Wayne, and JFK. There are trains, busses, and even boats, but the most reliable form of transport in Boston is also probably its most famed: the T, or, the Blue, Orange, Red, Silver, and Green lines. It means “Goat’s Town”. "Monkey Time" was also a song by Major Lance, released in 1957. Teen is certainly short for teenager, thus ultra-teen would suggest a teen with super abilities. Steely Dan - All the facts and hidden meanings from a band who changed how I listened to music ... by Jenell Kesler. A pornography involving some sort of magical remote viewing, that flirts somewhere on the borderline between jealousy and intense arousal. Remedies during this time were Quaaludes, Tuinals, Seconals, Valium, and of course Cocaine ... Greene Street is in SoHo (South of the Hudson] Manhattan NYC and runs from Canal Street to Bleecker. The contest ends when only one person can successfully "limbo" under the bar without penalty. This is the second time in this album that Fagen has referenced swallowing pride (the first being "Fire In The Hole"). Palisades, formerly known as Sneden's Landing is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Rockleigh and Alpine, New Jersey; east of Tappan; south of Sparkill; and west of the Hudson River. In this line the narrator is asking his sex partner to slow down so that he can keep going a bit longer before climaxing. ... Dandom provides Internet forums for lyrical analysis and general fanboy banter. Unlike ABC, this doesn't faze Donald and Walter who could care less about the chart status of their singles. His website has a great selection of accurate tablature and charts. This song is about recalling times with a girlfriend and a romantic breakup. What if "Throw Back the Little Ones" were an allegory for the creative/recording/dissemination process of musical "product" in today's environ. However, producer Gary Katz later regrets that he didn't suggest "Bad Sneakers" as a single. Most people don't realize the great American poet Robert Frost was being ironic when he famously wrote that taking the road less traveled "made all the difference." Sheena Easton was a singer of major success who threw lavish parties. Many Steely Dan classics were performed by Becker/Fagan and others in the New York Rock and Soul Review which toured in the early 90's. So he stowes his bad conscience and throws away the key. [color gray]. ", "Lonnie was King of Potter [a dorm], that’s for sure," says Fagen, "who went on a two-day drug bender and came alive.". In the Steely Dan lexicon it serves as an archetype of a building that houses great corporations.". 'Den' is a small room in a house where people can pursue activities in private. 'Chronaz is a fictions mind-altering drug. Traditionally, the cola ingredient is Coca-Cola, and the alcohol is a Cuban light rum such as Bacardi. Steely Dan’s songs rely heavily on one or another of lilting sing-song choruses, ubiquitous 70s Rhodes piano (truly the paragon of offensive inoffensiveness), stiff white funk and, at times, even the slightly fey use of pseudo-exotic textures (bongos, light bossa nova rhythms, fake sitar, etc.). A reference to Hooter (A can of bar-restaurants with big breasted scantly clad young women) girls, who may perhaps turn a few tricks once the crowd thins out. In this song the girl meets somebody who leads another kind of life, and she's attracted to it. From the Italian phrase cara mia meaning "my beloved". Visible on the table with the record player, is the cover of the 1958 jazz album Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (Fagen's favorite album), and as to that title track, the Rollins' album released in the summer of 1958, was smack-dab in the middle of the 18 month scientific celebration that was referred to as the International Geophysical Year or "IGY". STEELY DAN debut is a remarkable record because of two things at least: a sophisticated musical hybrid of rock, pop, jazz and R'n'B along with cynical sometimes cryptic lyrics and campy cover art in the vein of LITTLE FEAT or ROXY MUSIC on one hand; and on the other the phenomenal piece of art in the shape of the opening mega tune Do It Again. Becker, "I think that particular song to me, rather than being about a possible future, was more of a world of imagination and constructs." 'Walking between raindrops' is similar to 'dodging bullets,' meaning that one is avoiding disaster by a small margin, or perhaps having great fortune in that you can walk through the rain and not get wet. The term 'until my ship comes in' translates to 'until ones' fortune is made. 88 is also the number of keys on a piano. Merengue is a style of Dominican music and dance. Privacy Policy | We do not sell or share your personal information | © 2020 All About Jazz. In this case, no doubt refers to police records, in particular, Fagen's police records from when he was frame for selling marijuana in college. She isn't going to divorce her husband, so she cuckolds him with her undercover lover, who knows that sometime or other they're going to have to pay the piper for their fun. Paranymphic glider is an imaginary flying vehicle that is totally exists in the heads of Fegan and Becker. "Voulez-Vous" pronounced [vule vu] is French for "Do you want?" This is the only known image of Bernice Pearl Wolfe, mother of Randy California, born July 5th 1928 and died June 5th 2009, the woman who taught Walter Becker how to play guitar. Trading fours is jazz technique in which musicians consistently alternate brief solos of 4 bars. A second tour is arranged including Porcaro as second drummer, a new Katz discovery Michael McDonald on back-up vocals and keyboards, and another vocalist Royce Jones (Ambrosia). ---> Howard's Steely Dan Page. Some Things You May Not Have Known About Steely Dan ... Donald Jay Fagen, born the 10th of January 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey. Steely Dan's first single ... A song you never heard of! A 'quarter' is a quarter ounce of cocaine, or 7 grams, and references the lines to follow "Illegal fun, Under the sun.". LSD was considered by many to be a miracle, Jesus, was claimed to have preformed miracles. He may be on death row, the excavation, the ditch they are digging for him. Then she comes under the domination of someone else, and that results in the ending of the relationship or some amending of the relationship. Mad Mona was suicidal, and referenced on the Morph the Cat album. Chelsea Tower is a 820 foot skyscraper located on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A 'kiss-off' is a rude or abrupt dismissal, especially from a job or romantic relationship. 'Confection' the action of mixing or compounding something, in this case music. Ham Radio: Amateur radio (also called ham radio) describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages. 'Squares' are straight people, with the phrase meaning to live for today. 'Ambush' is a seductive perfume, and a 'Fresh Twist' was a common "updo" hair styling technique in the 50's and early 60's. That is, to juxtapose a rather bitter lyric against rather sweet music. Girl group, best known for their role as backing singers for Ray Charles (hence their name). The film focused on a family on a fishing trip in the mountains when Los Angeles is blasted by a nuclear attack. Tracer fire can also be used to signal to other shooters where to concentrate their fire during battle. A place where all things are rather dirty and out of sorts, yet with a perverted charm. "Pawn my crown and move uptown." I'll tell you what the clue was. Dias was working with his own band out of his basement in Hicksville, Long Island, when he placed an ad in The Village Voice in the summer of 1970 that read: "Looking for keyboardist and bassist. 'Rain' makes it clear that no matter how noble or rich a person is, everyone is subject to getting wet in the rain, thus leveling the playing field. It made the US Top 40 that year when released as a single, a success relative to the film. He couldn't "beat the heat" (the cops finally got him) and he points out the grave that is being dug for him. Poisons are bitter while acids are sour. He and his family had lived in the apartment below Donald Fagen, on President Street. Countdown to Ecstasy is the only time Steely Dan played it relatively straight, and its eight songs are rich with either musical or lyrical detail that their album rock … Musswellbrook is a rural town two hours North of Sydney that is full of kangaroos (thus the line, "Nothing to do but feed all the kangaroos"). or "Would you like?". A fictional skyscraper containing the luxury apartment where the song's plot unfolds. It goes back more to its original use.". Roppongi (六本木, literally "six trees") is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene. 'Philly Dog was a dance step, and CPR is short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Learn more. So perhaps it's best to simply acknowledge David, and let him pass. In ‘Blues Beach’, the guy definitely has mixed feelings about the place once he gets there, hence the line “the long sad Sunday of the early resigned”.”. Here's how the rondo goes: Translates to: and it was the third world, The 6th most expensive album ever made … GAUCHO. This is not the first, nor will it be the last time Steely Dan inject the idea of adults having sex with minors, with "Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore" from Water Beckers album Circus Money being the most straightforward. Implying that a woman is like a mosquito, spreading Yellow Fever, which is a viral disease of typically short duration. Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle, detonated on March 1, 1954. 'Popped' means that he shot them both, and 'ankled' means that he ran downtown. Categories: Artist, Obscure, Guide, Humor, [List542256] | | +88 | Log in to suggest an addition. This definitive biography of Steely Dan makes it clear that both Donald Fagen & Walter Becker were curmudgeonly when they were teenagers, & not much in their personalities changed after that. The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line most famous for her sinking in 1956, when 46 people were killed. Such establishments came into prominence in the United States during the Prohibition era. This could refer to extracing the most out of a song, or dealing with studio musicians, getting the most out of them ... "throw back the little ones, and pany-fry the big ones." Tuesday Weld was an American actress. The word 'snake' is a term of endearment.. On men it's the sexy muscle that guys get that runs down in a V shape from their hips. But there's at least one song that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers would probably prefer you never hear, and it just happens to be named after Dallas. Steely Dan co-front Donald Fagen had met her while both were attending Bard College, a small liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Copper Pans are non-clad, pure copper cooking pans. "A dizzy weekend"probably refers to Dizzy Gillespie, who played with Bird. Was it the beginning? A 'flat cap', often called a Jeff Cap, is a rounded cap with a small stiff brim in front. Narcotic dependency may also engender intense paranoia); or, perhaps, some combination of maladies thereof. You can associate it with the economic problems in the world now, the sociological problems in the world, and also Fagen’s own personal situation. 'Spangle is a small thin piece of glittering material, typically used in quantity to ornament a dress, a sequin, though in this case it's a highly lighted sparkling area. Uptown was once the ritzy high end neighborhood of New York City. Also found in 1967 was Sigma Gamma Chi (ΣΓΧ) a fraternal organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Every A-Frame had your number on the wall / You must have had it all Song: Kid Charlemagne Album: The Royal Scam. Lindy's is a deli and restaurant with two locations in Manhattan, New York City, at 825 7th Avenue (at 53rd Street) and 401 7th Avenue (at 32nd Street). The term "banyan" includes many subspecies such as Indian Banyans, Chinese Banyans, Sacred Figs, and the sinister-sounding Florida Strangler Fig! The sense of doom is overwhelming." Hood Festival of Jazz, a three day event on the campus of Mt. 'Players' in this case reference musicians. The last hangers-on, pick themselves up and dust themselves off at daybreak before heading home. He is going insane. Engineer Roger "The Immortal" Nichols & Disembodied Hand ... Walter Becker had a deep connection to the 60's psychedelic underground band Spirit, who also infused their music with jazz. Crashing the backboard, or Backboard shattering occurs when a player slam dunks the ball hard enough to break the 1/2" tempered safety glass of the backboard. Though in this case, it might be more apt to consider latitude as a scope for freedom of action or thought. Now why would you take off your glasses to see a movie? During the time of this album's release, there were was a new influx of restaurants known as 'salad bars', so people would have a salad for lunch, then hit the beach for some healthy sun. Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). "The Royal Scam" also goes gold and peaks at #25 on the charts. Masissi, sometimes spelled "masisi" is a slang (and deliberately offensive) word for homosexuals in Haitian Creole. Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico. He is, after all, still holding it. 'Dolly back' is movie making slang, meaning to transport or convey a camera by means of a dolly, in this case back or way from a scene. Barrytown is the headquarters for the Unification Church, which is a controversial religious organization led by Sun Myung Moon. 'Cutouts' are cardboard stand-ups, in this at the Strand, Bookstore in New York, located on the corner of 12th Street and Broadway, founded in 1927, specialising in remaindered and bargain books, the Strand is reputedly the largest second-hand bookshop in the United States, with 18 miles of shelves. What is the "song of the past"? Page is an outdated an electronic device, usually worn on one's person, that receives messages and signals the user by beeping or vibrating. a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis, especially that in the structure of the DNA molecule. Bodhisattva is a human who has reached enlightenment, as the Buddha did, and can leave physical existence behind, but chooses to remain in human form to help others achieve freedom. Breakdown of Steely Dan's song The Royal Scam. “That one represents the personification of a kind of demonic obsession,” Donald Fagen. Steely Dan did a tour (with an awesome band) in 1993. Slang Of Ages is a reinterpretation of the religious song "Rock Of Ages" by the Reverend Augustus Toplady written in 1763. Steely Dan are a unique jazz-rock combo who instead of blending hard rock with cutting-edge jazz instead combine the conventions of smooth jazz and soft rock, with their quirky, sardonic sense of humour and exceptional virtuosity saving the mixture from becoming overly saccharine or cheesy. Tectonic lithosphere plates consist of lithospheric mantle overlain by one or two types of crustal material: oceanic crust (in older texts called sima from silicon and magnesium) and continental crust (sial from silicon and aluminium). With true western imagery, 'water' stands in for the 'money' the narrator was cheated out of. And musically you’re fighting nature, trying to organize the atoms of sound. Mowin' the lawn can mean having sexual intercourse, possibly referencing Fagen walking in on his parents in their small tract home and finding or hearing them engaged ... there are no secrets in tract homes. It was inspired by a joke from comedian Lenny Bruce, who was a major influence on the band's lyrical outlook. Along with Rich McConnell and Basil Hosmer, Dias has been an architect of Nantucket's Clipper 5.x xBase compiler. Listen to the theme of "Shaft.". 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