Walter Becker, co-founder with Donald Fagen of Steely Dan, died Sunday at age 67. Put down this sports-utility vehicle of a record.”Įntertainment & Arts From the Archives: The 1993 interview when Walter Becker opened up about Steely Dan’s subversive intentions People fought and died so our generation could listen to something better. There are two separate ponytail jokes in the first paragraph alone DiCrescenzo goes on to compare “Two Against Nature” to late-period Rush, “a Daniel Lanois–produced collaboration between the Dave Matthews Band and Kenny G,” and the evil robot spider Will Smith blows up at the end of “Wild Wild West.” “Remember,” DiCrescenzo writes, “this glossy bop-pop was the indifferent aristocracy to punk rock’s stone-throwing in the late ’70s. The piece is a snapshot of how negatively Steely Dan were viewed at the turn of this century, particularly by people whose tastes and values were shaped by late-’80s/early-’90s indie rock. In the 22 years between its inception in 1996 and the day the first of these reviews went live, Pitchfork had published exactly one other piece of critical writing about Steely Dan: writer Brent DiCrescenzo’s vitriolic review of Steely Dan’s 2000 reunion album “Two Against Nature” (1.6). ![]() In 2019, two years after Becker died, the online music magazine Pitchfork ran a week of newly commissioned retrospective reviews of classic Steely Dan albums like “Katy Lied” (rated 9.1 out of 10), “Gaucho” (9.4) and “Aja ” (a perfect 10). On the day Becker died, Donald Fagen - the other half of Steely Dan’s creative core - issued a statement recalling his longtime writing partner as “cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny.” Becker’s passing was marked on social media by his generational and actuarial peers - Kiss’ Paul Stanley, the Heartbreakers’ Benmont Tench, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and P-Funk’s Bootsy Collins - but also by Roots bandleader Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who called Walter an “artist’s artist,” and producer Mark Ronson, who called Becker “one-half of the team I aspire to every time I sit down at a piano.” Opening for U2 in Detroit that weekend, Beck paid tribute to “a rock ‘n’ roll hero” by slipping a few bars of “Josie” into “Where It’s At.” Fans both likely and unlikely came out of the woodwork: Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino and Bryan Adams, Mac DeMarco and Slash, Julian Lennon and Thundercat, John Mulaney and Just Blaze, not to mention countless regular people testifying that they too had been shaped - or warped - by Becker and Fagen’s work. With a simple and secure share option, access and reports can be shared with family, neighbours, tenants, co-workers.This doesn’t mean he wasn’t publicly mourned. It helps in reducing wastage and avoiding a no-water scenario. Configure water level alerts when the tank is near empty and near full. Get insights into water level, inflow, outflow with detailed views on daily, weekly and monthly analytics. Waltr’s proprietary algorithms differentiate water sources based on inflow rates and provide inflow analytics for a specific source. Track water inflow from multiple sources such as municipal water supply, water tankers, borewells. Predict how long the water in your tanks will last and you can plan your activities accordingly. Track real-time water level and volume at any time, from anywhere. App brings all the analytics to your phone. ![]() We convert the data into powerful analytics. Device sends the data to our cloud server. Sensor keeps measuring the water level in the tank. Waltr monitors the water level and generates powerful consumption analytics which helps in managing and saving water, all from the comfort of your smartphone. Meet Waltr, Your water manager! This app works with Waltr, an internet-connected water level sensor for water tanks.
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