It's more or less a quiet weekend ahead as always although I may take advantage of the time to see if can make an early start on my critical report by analysing radio programmes and particuarly presenters of shows similar in style to the one we'll be doing. I have in mind Mick Brown's breakfast show on Capital Gold and Jo Whiley's mid morning show on Radio 1, the latter essentially because the Live Lounge section of the show.
I'm currently having a listen to Steely Dan, a band I doubt we'll be featuring on the show but certainly wouldn't complain if we did, as it really takes me back to the summer of 2003. Not a great summer really as I was stuck in ASDA for the majority waiting for them to change my shifts to coincide with the start of my HND course which eventually happened.
I'd imagine Radio 2 were to blame for my interest for the duo and Donald Fagen has one of the most recognisable voices in classic rock music.
I'd definitely reccomend British act Talc to more established Dan fans as they take a similar approach with clever lyrics and a mixture of rock and funk. Whilst it would be great to see them perform live, one band I've never seen since moving to London are the Steely Dan tribute act "Nearly Dan". They often make an appearance at the Jazz Cafe at least twice a year and I may make it one of the aims of the third year provided they don't do a spot there again this year.
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