web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:07:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Steelin' In the Dan - Episodes Tagged with “Hal Ashby” https://www.steelininthedan.com/tags/hal%20ashby Mon, 30 Dec 2019 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 8: The Tao of a Brooklyn Landlord http://www.steelininthedan.com/8 1644020e-a6cf-4f16-b778-4057ed8a57fc Mon, 30 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0500 Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett full 1 Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett This week’s Steely Dan track - “Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)”; Scott’s pick - “The Tao of Steve”; Joe’s pick - “The Landlord" 1:09:53 yes Joe and Scott keep it (relatively) tight this week as they tackle the back-half filler track "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)", a 68 out of 120 on Dakota's smooth rockin' scale. Then they study the philosophy of cool presented in The Tao of Steve (2000), a leftover of the 90s Gen X indie boom starring Donal Logue as a fat guy who (you'll never believe this) fucks. Your white hosts then squirm their way through a discussion of race and class provoked by Hal Ashby's forgotten gentrification dramedy The Landlord (1970). This episode answers the immortal question "How do we live?" so maybe you should tune in. Email us! steelininthedan@gmail.com (mailto:steelininthedan@gmail.com) Follow us on Twitter @steelininthedan (https://twitter.com/steelininthedan) Links: The Tao of Steve trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7FOgbp7wsI) "Secrets of the Seducer" - Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-29-cl-11694-story.html) The Landlord trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAntT41i2hA) John Allison's Twitter (https://twitter.com/badmachinery?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) steely dan, can't buy a thrill, brooklyn owes the charmer under me, the tao of steve, donal logue, the landlord, hal ashby, beau bridges Joe and Scott keep it (relatively) tight this week as they tackle the back-half filler track "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)", a 68 out of 120 on Dakota's smooth rockin' scale. Then they study the philosophy of cool presented in The Tao of Steve (2000), a leftover of the 90s Gen X indie boom starring Donal Logue as a fat guy who (you'll never believe this) fucks. Your white hosts then squirm their way through a discussion of race and class provoked by Hal Ashby's forgotten gentrification dramedy The Landlord (1970). This episode answers the immortal question "How do we live?" so maybe you should tune in.

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