steely dan character compendium

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They say that Babs and Clean Willie were so in love that the preacher's face turned red, but the Charlie with the lotion and the kinky hair impregnated Babs.

teddy
sheena

soref, Monday, 3 March 2014 06:51 (ten years ago) link

so fun to try and remember these and search the catalog for em.

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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