Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?

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Cilantro Is Delicious On Tacos. Here's Why.

though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link

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.

duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link

this is some stepford wives shit

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link

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.

scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link

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

scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link

I turn 30 next week. aaaaaaaaaargh

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link

rip imago

mh ๐Ÿ˜, Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link

lj's run

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link

your steely dan albums are in the mail

mh ๐Ÿ˜, Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link

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

blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link

not like this...not like this

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link

Green Garnish was in Scritti Politti not Steely Dan

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link

aren't they the british steely dan

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link

That's Steeleye Span.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link

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

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:48 (seven years ago) link

thoughts on parsley?

Evan, Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:48 (seven years ago) link

garsley

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link

Who is the grouch? Oh, imago.

tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:07 (seven years ago) link

what kind of grouch misquotes ogden nash so liberally

I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link

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

Matt DC, Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link

10cc obv.

Tim, Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link

(not really obv, obv)

Tim, Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:27 (seven years ago) link

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

Matt DC, Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link

here they are:

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

scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link

I turn 30 next week. aaaaaaaaaargh

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

mookieproof, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link

Traffic are British steely dan

Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link

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

Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link

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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.

by the light of the burning Citroรซn, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link

you are collecting dan accoutrements

Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link

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

Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link

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.

scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link

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!

scott seward, Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:17 (seven years ago) link

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

tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:41 (seven years ago) link

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

gaznevada coombes (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link

XTC are the British Steely Dan.

Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link

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

โ€• Dick Hole Son (Noodle Vague), Thursday, February 9, 2017 2:48 AM (nine hours ago

I don't think is true. I think there are some artists (at least in the ILX discourse) that are more like bacon than cilantro. There are a lot of people who love them, but there are others that are ethically opposed and still others that mock the adoration of the bacon-artist fans and think they are overrated and overplayed.

sarahell, Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link

is Avalon era Roxy Music the British Steely Dan?

blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:24 (seven years ago) link

cockney rebel got kinda steely dan

blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link

I think there are some artists (at least in the ILX discourse) that are more like bacon than cilantro

oh man i smell an awesome theory cooking

j., Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link

is Avalon era Roxy Music the British Steely Dan?

โ€• blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown

well no cuz SD had no members that looked like these two

http://68.media.tumblr.com/5daafc78c5fe29fc635f109942daa32e/tumblr_npe09jkvkl1u75h85o1_400.gif

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link

re the bacon vs. cilantro theory -- someone else mentioned KISS upthread --they are def. in the bacon category

sarahell, Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link

oh for this board to be so quiet again

nashwan, Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link

if that is bacon then what is bread in this theory

j., Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link

bread = artists it has become fashionable to claim being allergic to in the past few years? idk

sarahell, Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link

lol

sleeve, Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:11 (seven years ago) link

not every food product has an equivalent artist

sarahell, Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link

bread = artists it has become fashionable to claim being allergic to in the past few years? idk

Belle & Sebastian. Except Bread were much better.

Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link

palm oil is the lost prophets of vegan fat

nomar, Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link


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