HAPPY STEELY DAN DAY!

Yes, it is May Nineteen, a/k/a Steely Dan Day. For those of you unfamiliar with Steely Dan, you have failed me. But fear not: Maitland and I are here to evangelize at any time. If you don’t know where to start, Maitland would tell you to listen to The Royal Scam in full. I would agree. Or start with Aja. Or Can’t Buy A Thrill. Or Pretzel Logic, as recently highlighted right here on The Avocado by our own Apples: https://the-avocado.org/2024/04/17/avocado-music-club-252-steely-dan-pretzel-logic/.

The former Mothership, back when it didn’t suck, ran its own primer on Steely Dan if you want some more in-depth reading: https://www.avclub.com/steely-dan-1798230349

There’s been some big Steely Dan news in the last year that won’t be in that primer, though. As reported by the excellent SubStack Expanding Dan (https://expandingdan.substack.com/), a recording of the previously-lost song “The Second Arrangement” was recently discovered and can be heard here: https://expandingdan.substack.com/p/second-arrangement-steely-dan-roger-nichols-tape

There’s also the Steely Dan ad for Schlitz beer:

So grab a Schlitz, or the Cuervo Gold, or kirschwasser from a shell, and take me along when you slide on down.

And, as always, make sure there’s gas in the car.