Um, yeah, okay, but NO! (Oh, and I, too, bought “The Freaks Came Out to Write”—fun!!) I’ve enjoyed what else you written. But here, I think you’re giving waaaaay tooooo muuuuch credit to otherwise, yes, creditable “The Village Voice,” which I DOUBT they’d credit to themselves, for the “making” of ANY of those bands.
Yes, sure, ads were placed and seen and replied to, but that’s no different than, in later decades, via Craigslist; or, assigning credit to a local school in Liverpool for siting in a neighborhood that thus brought together (some of the) mates who would then soon become Beatles (or for that matter, crediting likewise “The Cavern” rather than the lads themselves for the Bee-AT-les incarnation, iteration(s), and future “Fab Four” successes); or, crediting Kesey’s “Acid Test(s)” for the genius of the Grateful Dead (though, wait a sec, YES, Kesey does(!) deserve some more credit here for that cosmic-of-coincidences, as the Dead launched via those tune-in-turn-on-drop-out sessions—certainly more than “The Village Voice” for, as per your hypothesis, crediting an ad(?!?!!) for the “making” of bands.
I don’t intend any of that too—or even at all—harshly; only that I’m gobsmacked by your assertion. Might as well credit the music store that found Weir connecting with Garcia, rather than Garcia or Weir or the simple fact of geography and topography that led a couple dudes who wanted to play music to meet up at that one-of-any venues. Again, all due praise to “The Village Voice”—but for goodness’ sake!—the paper was not, nor never claimed nor pretended to be, IMPRESARIOS. And if they ever did, well, that’d be the posturing of poseurs. :-)
Thanks for the comment. The headline merely refers to the role (however minor and coincidental) the Voice had in the prehistory of Steely Dan. Obviously, I'm not implying that an alternative weekly newspaper somehow helped Becker and Fagen write "Do It Again." It's quite likely they would have formed a band and recorded some great songs without the Voice having been even a footnote to their rise. But that band almost certainly would not have included Denny Dias.
Um, yeah, okay, but NO! (Oh, and I, too, bought “The Freaks Came Out to Write”—fun!!) I’ve enjoyed what else you written. But here, I think you’re giving waaaaay tooooo muuuuch credit to otherwise, yes, creditable “The Village Voice,” which I DOUBT they’d credit to themselves, for the “making” of ANY of those bands.
Yes, sure, ads were placed and seen and replied to, but that’s no different than, in later decades, via Craigslist; or, assigning credit to a local school in Liverpool for siting in a neighborhood that thus brought together (some of the) mates who would then soon become Beatles (or for that matter, crediting likewise “The Cavern” rather than the lads themselves for the Bee-AT-les incarnation, iteration(s), and future “Fab Four” successes); or, crediting Kesey’s “Acid Test(s)” for the genius of the Grateful Dead (though, wait a sec, YES, Kesey does(!) deserve some more credit here for that cosmic-of-coincidences, as the Dead launched via those tune-in-turn-on-drop-out sessions—certainly more than “The Village Voice” for, as per your hypothesis, crediting an ad(?!?!!) for the “making” of bands.
I don’t intend any of that too—or even at all—harshly; only that I’m gobsmacked by your assertion. Might as well credit the music store that found Weir connecting with Garcia, rather than Garcia or Weir or the simple fact of geography and topography that led a couple dudes who wanted to play music to meet up at that one-of-any venues. Again, all due praise to “The Village Voice”—but for goodness’ sake!—the paper was not, nor never claimed nor pretended to be, IMPRESARIOS. And if they ever did, well, that’d be the posturing of poseurs. :-)
Thanks for the comment. The headline merely refers to the role (however minor and coincidental) the Voice had in the prehistory of Steely Dan. Obviously, I'm not implying that an alternative weekly newspaper somehow helped Becker and Fagen write "Do It Again." It's quite likely they would have formed a band and recorded some great songs without the Voice having been even a footnote to their rise. But that band almost certainly would not have included Denny Dias.
They may have been shits, but they could write.
Comment applicable to both the Voice's halcyon days writers as well as Becker and Fagen.