Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?

yeah i thought about that even though i immediately loved gaucho

i've never been a newcomer to a band through an ilm poll but the steely dan poll is a really good summary of their stuff. good writing in the rollout too iirc

Committed to Gaucho, Don't hate this so far. Babylon Sisters vibe reminds me of the drinks party in The Player.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uwxTYjq2ChU/UVTTliSW_vI/AAAAAAAAGzo/PQjkK93fnBo/s1600/DicksParty_ThePlayer.jpg

I listened to some of Katy Lied. I just don't like it, sorry. Specifically I don't like those 70s classic rock vocals and guitar solos, they just leave me completely cold.

serious, i highly recommend the "buy up the discography, focus on it for a week" approach. when i picked up SD's stuff, i didn't go on my computer for a month. try it!

― gear (gear), Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:13 PM (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this post haunts my thoughts quite often

Cilantro has no business being anywhere near Cuban food.

reminds me that I need to check out the new-ish cuban restaurant

i'll resist bringing my own cilantro

serious, i highly recommend the "buy up the discography, focus on it for a week" approach. when i picked up SD's stuff, i didn't go on my computer for a month. try it!

― gear (gear), Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:13 PM (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that's what i did. i think i picked up the entire SD catalog for a few bucks an album at a single record store

i hate abba btw

steely dan rule.

Listen to peg on repeat as you eat a cilantro salad no dressing

it will come back to you

you'll see it all in 3d

for Steely Dan insert any artist in any sphere of art and this is true, which is why certain kinds of opinion - those that seek to prove cilantro tastes great/horrible by algebra, or those that just repeat over and over "I love/hate cilantro and there's nothing you can do to stop me", or those furrow-browed "why the hell does anybody like the taste of cilantro?" comments - are stupid and mockworthy and to be chased away if you feel like it on any given day

solitary posts that single-handedly define ILX

serious, i highly recommend the "buy up the discography, focus on it for a week" approach. when i picked up SD's stuff, i didn't go on my computer for a month. try it!

― gear (gear), Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:13 PM (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is how I'd consume media if the average human lifespan was a million years

Cilantro Is Delicious On Tacos. Here's Why.

Ha that's how I got into Steely Dan. The Goodwill had a bunch of cassettes so I bought Katy Lied to see if I liked it. I did and went back and bought the rest. All of the original run except Gaucho. I listened to nothing else for a few months.

this is some stepford wives shit

it definitely happens to people who never thought they would end up sitting around listening to steely dan. The Steely Dan Epiphany. someone should write that book. it's probably an age thing most of the time. this is probably true for genre too. mellow major dudes listening to more jazz as they get older and more sedentary.

you fight it, imago, and in five years, bam, you are a goner. crying along to deacon blues. a pathetic mess.

I turn 30 next week. aaaaaaaaaargh

rip imago

lj's run

your steely dan albums are in the mail

Remember, this leafy green garnish was the indifferent aristocracy to punk rock's stone-throwing in the late 70's. People fought

not like this...not like this

Green Garnish was in Scritti Politti not Steely Dan

aren't they the british steely dan

That's Steeleye Span.

it's probably the blue nile or one of those other oppressive science-of-the-mundane bands tim and brad will slowly, attritionally and inevitably get me to like

thoughts on parsley?

garsley

Who is the grouch? Oh, imago.

what kind of grouch misquotes ogden nash so liberally

'Who are the British Steely Dan?' is actually a really difficult question to answer.

10cc obv.

(not really obv, obv)

That is *exactly* the sort of thing I was reaching for.

here they are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3q3eKVBuoo

I turn 30 next week. aaaaaaaaaargh

took me another 10 years, don't worry about it (yet)

Traffic are British steely dan

also "my old school" is the steely dan song that pairs best with mint cilantro chutney

🗻

Traffic are British steely dan

love Traffic, especially Mr. Fantasy, and still can't get SD. suppose you mean TLSoHHB. I try SD every so often and, no. just bought an ES-335 and I've been listening to Larry Carlton, so perhaps this is the year.

you are collecting dan accoutrements

but it isn't necessary. you may cancel the divorce proceedings.

Supertramp probably remind me of Steely Dan more than traffic does. i don't think i ever would have thought of SD listening to Traffic. Supertramp: wordy story songs, progressive, horns, "clever", huge pop/rock hits, ubiquitous on radio for decades, idiosyncratic lead vocals, nerdy, top-notch musicality and production.

something i can't get away from on Facebook OR ILM: people actually listening to paul mccartney solo albums and, like, talking about them at length seriously. i don't know how old i would have to be to do that. and i'm old!

I got started at age 14 or 15 - sure, I think about quitting sometimes, but let's be real.

Not to interrupt this legit-amazing digression but I wanted to point this out--

Steely Dan seem to be all-time-favourite-artists of pretty much everyone at the AV Club

--as a possible hint why ILX might actually seem less essential in these days: after years of being way ahead of the curve, it seems that in the past couple years, the rest of the Internet is starting to catch up

XTC are the British Steely Dan.