steely dan character compendium

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Josie
Rikki
Cousin Dupree

― Stupor Fly, Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:05 (eleven years ago)

can see this is gonna be the funnest game of the month

― I never did nothing to no curry (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:08 (eleven years ago)

the boys upstairs
the population of Barrytown

― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:09 (eleven years ago)

Buzz

― an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:10 (eleven years ago)

people on the street who have all seen better times
all the white men on the street (a great many)
one charmer, owed by Brooklyn

― col, Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:39 (eleven years ago)

Thelonious

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:39 (eleven years ago)

Deacon Blues

― Brad C., Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:41 (eleven years ago)

Good King Richard, Good King John
the working girls in the county jail

― col, Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:42 (eleven years ago)

Nineteen

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:47 (eleven years ago)

Babs, Clean Willie, the Charlie with the lotion and the kinky hair

― kyenkyen, Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:56 (eleven years ago)

Buzz

― In Walked Sho-Bud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 March 2014 20:59 (eleven years ago)

(sorry, xpost, can't read, etc)

― In Walked Sho-Bud (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 March 2014 21:00 (eleven years ago)

gaucho, often seen wearing elevator shoes and spangled leather poncho

― col, Sunday, 2 March 2014 21:02 (eleven years ago)

Dr. Wu; Katy

― Taking Devil's Tower (by mashed potatoes) (WilliamC), Sunday, 2 March 2014 21:16 (eleven years ago)

Kid Charlemagne

― Sandy, Sunday, 2 March 2014 21:27 (eleven years ago)

Peg

― 4. Nels Cline and My Uncle Eat Soup at Panera Bread (3:37) (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 2 March 2014 22:18 (eleven years ago)

man or woman who refuses to "do it" without his or her fez on

― 4. Nels Cline and My Uncle Eat Soup at Panera Bread (3:37) (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 2 March 2014 22:19 (eleven years ago)

Doctor Warren Kruger

― 29 facepalms, Sunday, 2 March 2014 22:39 (eleven years ago)

Queen Of Spain

― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 2 March 2014 22:49 (eleven years ago)

Lonnie
Lady Bayside

― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 2 March 2014 22:55 (eleven years ago)

The monkey in your soul

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 March 2014 22:56 (eleven years ago)

― My Louise
― Any man left on the Rio Grande
― Jack
― The man who stole Jack's water that Jack went gunnin' for
― Charlie Freak
― 'Retha Franklin

― Bloody Snail, Sunday, 2 March 2014 22:58 (eleven years ago)

Cathy Berberian

― calstars, Sunday, 2 March 2014 23:05 (eleven years ago)

dino and daddy g

― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 2 March 2014 23:07 (eleven years ago)

― Daddy (the one that don't live in that New York City no more)
― Lucy (who still loves her coke and rum)

― Bloody Snail, Sunday, 2 March 2014 23:08 (eleven years ago)

Klaus
"The Rooster"

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 3 March 2014 00:57 (eleven years ago)

The Cuban Generals

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 March 2014 00:58 (eleven years ago)

Ruthie

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 3 March 2014 00:59 (eleven years ago)

Squonk

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 3 March 2014 01:00 (eleven years ago)

The Eagles

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 3 March 2014 01:02 (eleven years ago)

a fool who would say that

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 3 March 2014 01:05 (eleven years ago)

show business kids
Steely Dan

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 3 March 2014 01:07 (eleven years ago)

The mayor and all his friends.

― Bloody Snail, Monday, 3 March 2014 01:17 (eleven years ago)

Mr. LaPage

― grape is the flavor of my true love's hair (Jon Lewis), Monday, 3 March 2014 01:29 (eleven years ago)

Rose

― set the trolls for the heart of the sun (how's life), Monday, 3 March 2014 01:30 (eleven years ago)

Snake Mary

― set the trolls for the heart of the sun (how's life), Monday, 3 March 2014 01:31 (eleven years ago)

man on platform, incredulous about shoes

― set the trolls for the heart of the sun (how's life), Monday, 3 March 2014 01:33 (eleven years ago)

Gina, with whom lunch is forever

― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 3 March 2014 01:58 (eleven years ago)

Miss Fugazy
Dave from Acquisitions
the bastards (who beat us)

― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 3 March 2014 01:59 (eleven years ago)

the kangaroos (who will, evidently, be well-fed)

― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 3 March 2014 02:05 (eleven years ago)

women in cages
the razor boy

― Set the Ctrl-Alt-Del for the heart of the sun (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 3 March 2014 02:10 (eleven years ago)

Gaslighting Abbie

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 3 March 2014 02:49 (eleven years ago)

bookkeeper's son

― chilli, Monday, 3 March 2014 02:55 (eleven years ago)

pepe, who has a scar from ear to ear
hoops mccann, charismatic and brut-soaked b-baller

― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 3 March 2014 03:17 (eleven years ago)

The dandy of Gamma Chi

― 龜, Monday, 3 March 2014 03:19 (eleven years ago)

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.

― 4. Nels Cline and My Uncle Eat Soup at Panera Bread (3:37) (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 3 March 2014 03:37 (eleven years ago)

teddy
sheena

― soref, Monday, 3 March 2014 06:51 (eleven years ago)

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

― 4. Nels Cline and My Uncle Eat Soup at Panera Bread (3:37) (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 3 March 2014 06:54 (eleven years ago)

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 (eleven years ago)

bus also ;_; at me missing kyenkyen's post even though I thought I'd ctrl+f'd those. sorry kyenkyen.

― 4. Nels Cline and My Uncle Eat Soup at Panera Bread (3:37) (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 3 March 2014 06:57 (eleven years ago)

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 (eleven years ago)

the el supremo

― sheesh, Monday, 3 March 2014 07:25 (eleven years ago)

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 (eleven years ago)

bookkeeper's son
said bookkeeper, the "old man", crossed back in Oregon

― Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 09:13 (eleven years ago)

janie runaway
her friend, named melanie

― soref, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 09:30 (eleven years ago)

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 (eleven years ago)

luckless pedestrian

― Virginia, Plain and Tall (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 15:01 (eleven years ago)

Any Major Dude

― Non-Stop Erotic Calculus (bmus), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 18:50 (eleven years ago)

One more chimp who isn't here.

― Bloody Snail, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 23:48 (eleven years ago)

Assasins, cons and rapers
Any man left on the Rio Grande is the King of the world...

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 02:40 (eleven years ago)

Bhodisattva

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 20:25 (eleven years ago)

Mr. Parker

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 23:14 (eleven years ago)

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 (eleven years ago)

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 (eleven years ago)

Hoops McCann

― cheeseburger, Monday, 21 April 2014 19:23 (eleven years ago)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nzb2ap-v4sE/U1Qn2q9tr7I/AAAAAAAAD5w/yq9jqosg5_s/s1600/Becker+Fagen+grassy+knoll.jpg

Don and Walt at the Grassy Knoll

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 21 April 2014 21:04 (eleven years ago)

"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 (eleven years ago)

lol

― Iago Galdston, Monday, 21 April 2014 23:31 (eleven years ago)

William Gibson frequently draws on this list in his novels.

― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 21 April 2014 23:35 (eleven years ago)

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 (eleven years ago)

Haitian Divorcé(e)

― Kid Creole Meets Señor Coconut at a fIREHOSE Show (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 05:14 (eleven years ago)

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