Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely DanUniversity of Texas Press, 2023 M05 9 - 280 páginas “ONE OF THE SHARPEST, FUNNIEST, AND BEST BOOKS EVER ABOUT ANY ROCK ARTIST”—Rolling Stone “WEIRD AND WONDROUS”—New York Times “I ADORED IT”—Michael Chabon A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan. Steely Dan’s songs are exercises in fictional world-building. No one else in the classic-rock canon has conjured a more vivid cast of rogues and heroes, creeps and schmucks, lovers and dreamers and cold-blooded operators—or imbued their characters with so much humanity. Quantum Criminals presents the world of Steely Dan as it has never been seen, much less heard. Artist Joan LeMay has crafted lively, color-saturated images of her favorite characters from the Daniverse to accompany writer Alex Pappademas’s explorations of the famous and obscure songs that inspired each painting, in short essays full of cultural context, wild speculation, inspired dot-connecting, and the occasional conspiracy theory. All of it is refracted through the perspectives of the characters themselves, making for a musical companion unlike any other. Funny, discerning, and visually stunning, Quantum Criminals is a singular celebration of Steely Dan’s musical cosmos. |
Contenido
Jack | 1 |
Walter | 7 |
Donald | 19 |
King RichardKing John | 28 |
Lady Bayside | 33 |
Chino Daddy Gee | 35 |
MichaelJesus | 43 |
The Charmer | 48 |
Babs Clean Willie | 144 |
The Old Man | 149 |
Pepe | 152 |
A Wooly Man without a Face | 156 |
Peg | 161 |
Sayoko | 166 |
PeterTariqDaniel | 173 |
The Expanding Man | 181 |
The Fella in the White Tuxedo | 53 |
Dan | 58 |
David | 63 |
Mr Whatever | 68 |
Louise | 77 |
Cathy | 78 |
The El Supremo | 83 |
The King of the World | 90 |
Rikki | 95 |
The Major Dude | 102 |
Mr Parker | 107 |
Buzz | 110 |
Napoleon | 116 |
The Archbishop | 119 |
Dr Wu | 124 |
Mr LaPage | 127 |
Owsley | 131 |
A Bookkeepers Son | 136 |
The Eagles | 141 |
Broadway Duchess | 187 |
Josie | 190 |
The Babylon Sisters | 193 |
Hoops McCannThe Dread Moray Eel | 197 |
The Dandy of Gamma ChiAretha Franklin | 205 |
The Gaucho | 210 |
A Jolly Roger | 214 |
Third World Man | 217 |
AbbieDupree | 219 |
Franny from NYU | 227 |
Lizzie | 230 |
Jill | 235 |
Gina | 238 |
Dave from Acquisitions | 242 |
Daddy | 247 |
Acknowledgments | 249 |
Notes | 251 |