A newsletter about Steely Dan, featuring original interviews, oral histories, audio stories, themed mixtapes, and more transmissions from the Daniverse
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The Heat Is On: a mixtape
Smooth sounds for sweltering days
The H is most definitely O. Much of Europe is currently in the throes of a record-setting heatwave, and triple-digit temps are expected throughout the eastern half of the U.S. next week.
The best Steely Dan stories from the Grammy Museum event
Highlights from “Reelin’ in the Early Years of Steely Dan,” featuring Denny Dias, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Dean Parks, and more
Early this month, I had the honor of cohosting a discussion at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles with some of the to...
Zox explains nightmarish 'Royal Scam' painting
"I don’t think I took any drugs while making that piece," says the Los Angeles artist, who recently sold the 50-year-old canvas for $28,000.
In late April, Sotheby’s auctioned a work of art well known to Steely Dan fans: a painting by the...
Listen to Donald Fagen's favorite records
Sonny, Miles, Mingus, Monk, Ray, Dylan, the Beatles, and more
After reading the news of Sonny Rollins’s death this week at age 95, I took a look back at what Walter Becker and Donald Fagen said over the years about the Saxophone Colossus....
'They're gone': Donald Fagen's premature obituary for Steely Dan
"This is actually the only time I've ever actually said this, so it's a real exclusive," Fagen says during a 1989 interview on New York radio.
In July 2024, I published a newsletter headlined “Donald Fagen: ‘There is no more Steely Dan.’”...
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