steely dan character compendium

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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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