steely dan character compendium

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franny (from nyu)
bobby dakine (winner of the bunsen prize)
Alan (owner of a chain of steamer heavens)
Barry (the software king)

soref, Monday, 3 March 2014 06:56 (ten years ago) link

bus also ;_; at me missing kyenkyen's post even though I thought I'd ctrl+f'd those. sorry kyenkyen.

I always guessed the bunsen prize is probably a real thing, but I never looked it up until now

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunsen%E2%80%93Kirchhoff_Award

soref, Monday, 3 March 2014 07:00 (ten years ago) link

the el supremo

sheesh, Monday, 3 March 2014 07:25 (ten years ago) link

someone has probably already said this on one of these threads (haven't read all of them in full), but I like reading this list as the dramatis personæ of an imaginary play

soref, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:41 (ten years ago) link

bookkeeper's son
said bookkeeper, the "old man", crossed back in Oregon

Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 09:13 (ten years ago) link

janie runaway
her friend, named melanie

soref, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 09:30 (ten years ago) link

The Cuban Generals

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, March 2, 2014 7:58 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

From Dr. Wu? I heard it on the treadmill today, i think he says "Cuban gentleman"

Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 14:49 (ten years ago) link

luckless pedestrian

Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link

Any Major Dude

Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link

One more chimp who isn't here.

Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link

Assasins, cons and rapers
Any man left on the Rio Grande is the King of the world...

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link

Bhodisattva

Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link

Mr. Parker

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

Wasn't quite sure which Dan thread to post this but I've driven by this dentist many times and have been thinking about taking a picture for a while to share it on here.

It seems like it needed to be documented...

http://37.media.tumblr.com/292c2e9e1b174d1d8c9356793a26636b/tumblr_n4e8svs0nK1rkya77o1_500.png

Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Monday, 21 April 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link

The real Dr. Wu was a really interesting guy...
http://www.jcimjournal.com/en/FullText2.aspx?articleID=jcim20120801

Iago Galdston, Monday, 21 April 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link

Hoops McCann

cheeseburger, Monday, 21 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link

"I shouted out, 'Who killed the Kennedys?', when after all, it was you and me and Donald and Walter..."

Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 21 April 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link

lol

Iago Galdston, Monday, 21 April 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link

William Gibson frequently draws on this list in his novels.

erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 21 April 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link

gaucho, often seen wearing elevator shoes and spangled leather poncho

― col, Sunday, March 2, 2014 4:02 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf, I thought that he had borrowed the poncho and shoes from the addressee of the song, aka "amigo." OTOH, perhaps the chorus involves a perspectival shift from the narrator to a third party addressing the narrator about the addressee of the verses.

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link

Haitian Divorcé(e)


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