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Tuesday , December 14, 2010
Happy Steely Dan Appreciation Day!
Today is Steely Dan Appreciation Day, according to Andy Milder, whom I've got a big whopping crush on. He tweeted about it last night and I pledged my undying support, not just because I'm super-impressionable but also because I really do appreciate Steely Dan! Truly: Listening to Steely Dan makes me feel like life is so easy, like the world's all watermelon wine coolers and weed in the backyard when you've been at the beach all day. Which probably sounds dumb and boring to some people but for me it's, like, the ideal. And a couple weeks back my horoscope told me to start making more of an effort to put my ideals into practice, so let's bring on the Steely Dan! All Steely Dan, all the time, at least for today.
Mostly it has to with Frances McDormand in Laurel Canyon, that scene when Christian Bale and Kate Beckinsale first get to L.A. and they're wheeling their stupid luggage over the patio and Frances McDormand's inside her beautiful house, hitting a bong with her hot boyfriend and Lou Barlow and those other dudes, and "Do It Again"'s playing on the stereo. That's maybe the number-one influence on my Steely-Dan-is-cool way of thinking. Other moments that've ultimately served to foster my Steely Dan appreciation:
i. De La Soul sampling "Peg" on "Eye Know" (like, DUHHHHHHHHHHHH)
ii. Kanye West sampling "Kid Charlemagne" on "Champion"
iii. Not John Mahoney singing "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" at the beginning of Say Anything. (Not that I don't adore the hell out of John Mahoney.)
iv. That time one of the classic-rock stations in Boston was having a contest where you had to name the first word of "Reelin' in the Years" and I got it right and realized that, if all else fails, maybe I can get by in life by calling up classic-rock stations and guessing the first words of Steely Dan songs.
v. Speaking of, I still want to karaoke "Reelin' in the Years" at half the boys I've ever dated. "Mean karaoke" is such a tragically untapped revenge tool in my life. Damn stage fright!
vi. Remember when Eminem was all "Who the fuck is Steely Dan?" after he lost Album of the Year to them at the Grammys or something? That was a gas, and I fully support Eminem's Steely Dan ignorance. Imagine if Eminem were really into Steely Dan? That's a "John Lennon thinks 'Everybody smoke pot' is a good lyric" kinda scene if ever there was one.
Happy Steely Dan Appreciation Day!
Tags: Andy Milder, De La Soul, Eminem, Frances McDormand, Kanye West, mean karaoke, Say Anything, Steely Dan
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regarding #4: i just realized i made it sound like i actually called up and won the radio contest. but i didn't; i just said the word aloud in the car. the word is "your."
By Liz
on April 7, 2010 1:01 PM
I "not-dated" a boy who was really into karaoke at the time (band dude, go figure), and on a lark we submitted his name for Karaoke Kamikaze, wherein you have to sing whatever random song is picked for you by the computer-- and not only did he not know Steeley Dan he didn't know how "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" went. I should've taken that as a sign.
Several months later, I and one of my ladies mean karaoked "You Give Love a Bad Name" at both him and her ex-boyfriend who was in attendance.
By JP on April 8, 2010 2:42 AM
omg jessie, did you not-date EMINEM??? that'd be cool, maybe.
i want to mean karaoke. i have so many things to say.
By Liz
on April 8, 2010 10:17 AM
I want to date-date Eminem
By Laura
on April 8, 2010 8:38 PM
No Liz, I did not! Wish I did though he seems a lot more fun than the Mormon wet-blanket I was hanging out with at the time.
Next time you come to the Best Coast, we'll mean-karaoke some fools.
PS. Bring tacos. Good god, I miss Mexican food. Real Mexican food, you know what I'm talking about.
By JP on April 8, 2010 10:12 PM