the mayor must have proclaimed this to be steely dan week or something. actually, it started a couple weeks ago when my co-worker richard was telling me about seeing them at the beacon theatre. he's probably over 10 years older than me and they were what a lot of sophisticated youth were listening to back in the '70s. he asked if i was ever into them and i hated to admit i wasn't. they were always too slick for me. so i talked with him about how beautiful the beacon theatre was and how i saw siouxsie and the banshees there in 1985 or 4. i was kind of sheltered in my subcultural wanderings, i guess. that was where i found out that goths existed.
so early this week i get this great party invite to "don't take me alive!" saying it was a night of steely dan and there would be "black cows" and more. although i was happy to be invited and cannot wait to go, i feel compelled to learn something about them. a couple days after, i was out with friends at collins bar and we were talking about other bars in the area. the topic of what other bars you frequent and love always seems to come up in good bar conversation. there was bellevue (much-missed), siberia (soon to be missed), and last but not least, rudy's. jake related that steely dan had mentioned them in one of their songs. i couldn't believe steely dan would know about rudy's! so i google it at work today and found that the reference is in "black cow". so now i know why we're having black cows at the party . . .
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Steely Dan is a band I've had to secretly love, because they are so uncool. "Any Major Dude" off Pretzel Logic always makes me feel better after a bad day. I think it's great that someone is throwing a whole party themed around Steely Dan. I'm picturing you sitting around in a beige apartment with chrome and beanbag chairs!
i love the image of the beige apt. with chrome and beanbag chairs! that is awesome.
Dude, good blog. I listened to Aja alot during high school and owned a couple other Steely Dan albums. I think they are ripe for a tribute album. I could see Franz Ferdinand doing just to one of their songs. Didn't know about the Rudy's reference. I can hear it in my head now, but for some reason it keeps segueing into "Hey 19".
Well, off to see the grounded coal boat!
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