web02.fireside.fm Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:50:25 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Steelin' In the Dan - Episodes Tagged with “Bob Giraldi” https://www.steelininthedan.com/tags/bob%20giraldi Mon, 20 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0500 Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett explore the enduring allure of Steely Dan, a band whose music has been described as "...among the most genuinely subversive ouevres in late 20th-century pop." Each week we advance chronologically through the band's discography and discuss one song by the Dan, and two related creative works as chosen by the hosts. en-us episodic Reviewing the works of Steely Dan and suspected fellow travelers Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett explore the enduring allure of Steely Dan, a band whose music has been described as "...among the most genuinely subversive ouevres in late 20th-century pop." Each week we advance chronologically through the band's discography and discuss one song by the Dan, and two related creative works as chosen by the hosts. yes steely dan, music, film, criticism Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett steelininthedan@gmail.com Episode 9: Dinner at Zabriskie Point http://www.steelininthedan.com/9 8cda2aff-56da-4341-91f0-8643cd936c39 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0500 Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett full 1 Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett This week’s Steely Dan track - “Change of the Guard”; Scott’s pick - “Dinner Rush” (2000); Joe’s pick - “Zabriskie Point" (1970) 1:19:55 yes On a particularly coastal episode, Joe and Scott survey the "sun-struck L.A. optimism of 'Change of the Guard'" and end up agreeing with (later) Donald Fagen that it "approaches a level of filler," though Skunk delivers another killer guitar solo. The boys swing east to grab a bite at Bob Giraldi's stylish and entertaining Dinner Rush (2000) before going back to Cali for a tour of the counterculture and the desert in Michaelangelo Antonioni's divisive Zabriskie Point (1970). Scott hits the flyover states to recommend rock out of Austin and jazz out of Chicago; while Joe goes global with a film out of Brazil, as well as a post-punk record and a modern Gothic horror novel out of England. We're willing to die too, but not of boredom. Email us! steelininthedan@gmail.com (mailto:steelininthedan@gmail.com) Follow us on Twitter @steelininthedan (https://twitter.com/steelininthedan) Links: Steely Dan Setlist at Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA September 20, 2013 (https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/steely-dan/2013/jiffy-lube-live-bristow-va-43c7a3e3.html) KUTX - Austin, TX (https://kutx.org) WDCB - Chicago, IL (https://wdcb.org) Bacurau - 2019 (https://wmglobalfilmfestival.com/portfolio-item/bacurau/) The Dentists - Some People Are On The Pitch They Think It's All Over It Is Now (Full Album, 1985) (https://youtu.be/OvifqjfKd8A) The Fifth Child - Doris Lessing (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/100297/the-fifth-child-by-doris-lessing/) steely dan, can't buy a thrill, change of the guard, dinner rush, bob giraldi, zabriskie point, michaelangelo antonioni On a particularly coastal episode, Joe and Scott survey the "sun-struck L.A. optimism of 'Change of the Guard'" and end up agreeing with (later) Donald Fagen that it "approaches a level of filler," though Skunk delivers another killer guitar solo. The boys swing east to grab a bite at Bob Giraldi's stylish and entertaining Dinner Rush (2000) before going back to Cali for a tour of the counterculture and the desert in Michaelangelo Antonioni's divisive Zabriskie Point (1970). Scott hits the flyover states to recommend rock out of Austin and jazz out of Chicago; while Joe goes global with a film out of Brazil, as well as a post-punk record and a modern Gothic horror novel out of England. We're willing to die too, but not of boredom.

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