We were in the studio in Toronto making Friday when we got the news #WalterBecker had died (seven years ago today). The next morning I came in with a chart for Becker’s “Book of Liars”: youtube.com/watch?v=1_KCPz…

Let’s hope the rest of the day goes this well. Wordle 1,173 2/6 🟩🟨⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Richie Hayward and me at Marigold Productions, Toronto, during sessions for the second Monkey House album, True Winter (1998) #RichieHayward #LittleFeat

sunrise on glass table

I fought to include some music theory in my Aja book. It seemed somehow insufficient to discuss Becker and Fagen without touching on harmony. #SteelyDan #Aja 33 1/3 Books

It was sixty years ago today. #BeatlesInToronto #1050CHUM

L: detail from cover of you-know-what R: photo I took @ Lake Windermere in ’81 #MidPeriodGenesis #PeakGenesis

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mural Reno NV #LPs #albums #albumspines #cool

#Toronto #ThisMorning #StillSummer

Hey, that's the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, about fifty miles southeast of our balcony. The buildings in the middle distance are in St. Catharines. #LongLens #NiceEvening

Superb interview here from Alex with Don Breithaupt All Steely Dan nuts will enjoy.. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/gau…

new episode of Gaucho Amigos is up, I interviewed the author of the 33 1/3 series Aja book Don Breithaupt, who's had a lifelong relationship to Steely Dan as a writer, fan, and singer-songwriter with his musical band/project Monkey House LISTEN apple.co/3MGvrxg

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Your assignment: Step 1: IMMEDIATELY listen to Good Steely Dan Takes latest Gaucho Amigos pod with author/musician Don Breithaupt Step 2: Notice juicy snippets of Don’s band Monkey House. Step 3: Stream Monkey House Step 4: Tap foot, grin and rejoice. Step 5: Thank me later.

The sky is falling. I am learning to live with it.