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Life's a Bish
Yacht rock legend Stephen Bishop on admiring Steely Dan, befriending Phil Collins, and eating Todd Rundgren’s cruise-ship risotto.
Sep 19 • Jake Malooley
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The resurrection of Fever Dreams
How a fan brought a Web 1.0 Steely Dan site back from the dead
Sep 12 • Jake Malooley
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The shared delusions of Fever Dreams
Catching up with the creator of the Web 1.0 Steely Dan lyric interpretations site
Sep 4 • Jake Malooley
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Walter Becker on producing Rickie Lee Jones
In a radio interview from 1989, Becker discusses working on Jones's album "Flying Cowboys," the "essential creative spark" of a demo, and the benefits…
Aug 22 • Jake Malooley
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A teen band needed a pianist. They called Donald Fagen.
The piano player for Roche Collins couldn't make the gig. "So we figured our last option is Donald Fagen."
Aug 15 • Jake Malooley
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Donald Fagen talks about 'Eminent Hipsters' with Leonard Lopate (RIP)
In a 2013 interview, Fagen discusses his memoir with the longtime New York radio host who died this week.
Aug 7 • Jake Malooley
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Donald Fagen discusses 'Sunken Condos' with Leonard Lopate (RIP)
In a 2012 interview, Fagen and Michael Leonhart talk about Fagen's fourth solo album with the longtime New York radio host who died this week.
Aug 7 • Jake Malooley
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Classic Albums—Steely Dan: Aja...now with producer commentary!
Martin R. Smith discusses the making of the 1999 rock documentary that Danfans study like the Zapruder film.
Aug 1 • Jake Malooley
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The best of Steely Dan's old website
Collected "writhings" from SDarchive.com
Jul 25 • Jake Malooley
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The golden age of Web 1.0 Steely Dan fandom
A scroll down memory lane with Jim "Hoops" McKay, majordomo of the Dandom Digest
Jul 15 • Jake Malooley
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Playing At Songwriting With Walter Becker
“The ability to play is one of the principle criteria of mental health” -Ashley Montagu
Published on Strange Cargo • Jul 3
11:38
Walter Becker: 'There will always be a Steely Dan'
Listen to a radio appearance Becker made in 1989.
Jun 26 • Jake Malooley
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