In one of the few pieces of encouraging news to emerge from the music industry in late 2001, notorious perfectionists Walter Becker and Donald Fagen -- a.k.a. Steely Dan -- have entered the studio to record new material for a possible follow-up to their Grammy-winning "Two Against Nature".
"After taking time off to write a slew of new tunes, Becker and Fagen have started to record some of them in New York City and elsewhere," fans were informed in a Christmas Day message from the officially sanctioned Steely Dan newsletter.
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Steely Dan album sales surge
Although jaded music industry observers dismiss the Grammys as hopelessly irrelevant, online shoppers are still paying attention.
Amazon.com reports that orders for this year's big Grammy winner, Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature," jumped a jaw-dropping 4,500% after the awards show, moving from No. 92 in the e-tail site's ranking of most popular online orders to No. 2 in a single day.
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