Steelin' In the Dan

Steelin' In the Dan

By Joe McAlhany and Scott BeckettTV & FilmSociety & CultureMusicMusic Commentary
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Steelin' In the Dan episodes

  • Episode 1: Inside the Ballad of “Do It Again”

    Scott and Joe commence their journey through the Steely Dan discography with track one, side one from Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972), the “noodly” “Do It Again.” They then go deep on the parallels between Steely Dan and the Coen brothers, specifically focusing on Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). If you want to hear the boys get to philosophizin’ on fatalism, fuckups, and electric sitars, you’re in the right place. Plus: Scott does a pretty great off-the-cuff Stephen Root impersonation.

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    Links:

    • "Do It Again" on Midnight Special
    • "Inside Llewyn Davis: The Sound of Music" by Kent Jones
    • "Second String: Inside Llewyn Davis" by Greil Marcus
      • 1 hr 46 min
    • Episode 0: Steely Dan 101

      Before tackling the Steely Dan discography song by song, Scott and Joe initiate newcomers and skeptics into the cult of the Dan with their personal playlists of the band’s essential cuts. They discuss their own origins as Dan fans, provide a brief (and half-researched) historical sketch of the band, and muse on the dark heart at the center of the smooth grooves. Also: Scott unveils a new t-shirt, Joe introduces his theory of the shadow path, and the fellas forget the title of “Glamour Profession.”

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      Links: "Leave Alexa Alone" by Paul Grimstad (the essay that started it all)

      "Any 'Mount of World..." by William Gibson

      Steely Dan Confessions (from Everything Must Go)

      Tune In Tomorrow trailer

      Joe's playlist - Bitter Boomer Addict Jazz

      Scott's playlist - My Own Private Danaho

      1 hr 18 min

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    Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett explore the enduring allure of Steely Dan, a band whose music has been described as "...among the most genuinely subversive ouevres in late 20th-century pop." Each week…