Wow. I hadn't checked in at walterbecker.com for a while. But come to find out that Delia Cioffi, Walter's widow, has been busy. For starters, she's set up a companion site where she's giving away
rarities and unreleased tracks--for free. And she's promising that there's more to come.
So yeah: the suit between Fagen and the Becker Estate is sad. (Sorry--I know that word has been temporarily sullied by a certain prominent Orange American.) But people are complicated, and so are people's histories and situations, so much as I would with a divorcing couple where I love both parties, I'm trying to be agnostic and not take sides. (If, like me, you haven't been keeping up:
Pitchfork lays out the latest facts, while
The Globe and Mail has insights and analysis from industry lawyers.)
But what Cioffi has done with WB.com and its spinoff gives me a better sense of who she is, what she stands for, and what she sounds like. I really like what I'm seeing--and hearing--so far. (Read
this. And
this.)
