[ purchase a book by Jean Shepherd ] [ purchase some recordings by Jean Shepherd ] The inspiration for this theme was a bit that David...

Steely Dan: Slang of Ages Steely Dan: Slang of Ages (live) [ purchase ] Steely Dan got their start forty years ago, but they onl...

Donald Fagen : The Goodbye Look [ purchase ] This week’s theme is right up my alley: I’ve run a batch of articles on some of my favourite ...

Donald Fagen : The Nightfly [ purchase ] I’m not sure where everyone is this week, but this post proves that, notwithstanding our theme, pos...

Donald Fagen : I. G. Y. [ purchase ] For his first solo album The Nightfly , Donald Fagen created a fantasy version of the 1950s. Here, a la...