Episode 11: Can't Wrap an Album
We bring in some friends to take a look back at Steely Dan's debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill. We've been sitting on this episode way too long because ...
Steelin' In the Dan
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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 we advance chronologically through the band's discography and discuss one song by the Dan, and two related creative works as chosen by the hosts.
Episode 10: Love ‘Em Till They Run for Cover
Get ready for one digression after another (and a little Reddit theater) as Scott and Joe piece together their thoughts on Can’t Buy a Thrill’s final ...
Episode 9: Dinner at Zabriskie Point
On a particularly coastal episode, Joe and Scott survey the "sun-struck L.A. optimism of 'Change of the Guard'" and end up agreeing with (later) Donal...
Episode 8: The Tao of a Brooklyn Landlord
Joe and Scott keep it (relatively) tight this week as they tackle the back-half filler track "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)", a 68 out of 120 o...
Episode 7: Kings On Fire, Queen On the Bound
In this piano-driven installment, Joe and Scott dig into the “Do It Again” B-side “Fire In the Hole”, a sleeper hit hiding on Can’t Buy a Thrill’s bac...
Episode 6: Like a Reelin’ Stone
Scott and Joe flip over to side two of Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy a Thrill and revisit the classic rock staple “Reelin’ In the Years.” Their verdict: it n...
Episode 5: Episode 5: Only a Fool Would Throw That Brick Through the Window
Scott and Joe wrap up side one of Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy a Thrill with their analysis of the seemingly cynical “Only a Fool Would Say That.” They find...
Episode 4: Duets, Anti-Buddies, and Midnite Cruisers
It’s a jumbo-sized episode this week as Scott and Joe crack into one of Can’t Buy a Thrill’s sleeper tracks, the bittersweet “Midnite Cruiser.” They t...
Episode 3: “Kings” of New York, Princes of Thieves
This week, Scott and Joe scrape the flesh off of Dakota’s favorite Steely Dan song (so far), the mock-anthemic “Kings.” Then they take aim at Kevin Co...
Episode 2: Closer to That Most Important Thing: “Dirty Work”
Scott and Joe sift through their mixed feelings about Steely Dan’s soft rock classic “Dirty Work” and have a tough conversation with sad sack guest vo...