web02.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:47:41 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Steelin' In the Dan - Episodes Tagged with “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs” https://www.steelininthedan.com/tags/the%20ballad%20of%20buster%20scruggs Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:00:00 -0400 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 1: Inside the Ballad of “Do It Again” http://www.steelininthedan.com/1 70f002bd-db19-4786-9eba-051a61838c85 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:00:00 -0400 Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett full 1 Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett This week's Steely Dan track - "Do It Again"; Joe's pick - "Inside Llewyn Davis"; Scott's pick - "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" 1:45:03 yes Scott and Joe commence their journey through the Steely Dan discography with track one, side one from Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972), the “noodly” “Do It Again.” They then go deep on the parallels between Steely Dan and the Coen brothers, specifically focusing on Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). If you want to hear the boys get to philosophizin’ on fatalism, fuckups, and electric sitars, you’re in the right place. Plus: Scott does a pretty great off-the-cuff Stephen Root impersonation. Email us! steelininthedan@gmail.com (mailto:steelininthedan@gmail.com) Follow us on Twitter @steelininthedan (https://twitter.com/steelininthedan) Links: * "Do It Again" on Midnight Special (https://youtu.be/7JkS8WB94ME) * "Inside Llewyn Davis: The Sound of Music" by Kent Jones (https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3875-inside-llewyn-davis-the-sound-of-music) * "Second String: Inside Llewyn Davis" by Greil Marcus (https://greilmarcus.net/2015/05/05/second-string-inside-llewyn-davis-0314/) steely dan, do it again, coen brothers, inside llewyn davis, the ballad of buster scruggs Scott and Joe commence their journey through the Steely Dan discography with track one, side one from Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972), the “noodly” “Do It Again.” They then go deep on the parallels between Steely Dan and the Coen brothers, specifically focusing on Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). If you want to hear the boys get to philosophizin’ on fatalism, fuckups, and electric sitars, you’re in the right place. Plus: Scott does a pretty great off-the-cuff Stephen Root impersonation.

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]]> Scott and Joe commence their journey through the Steely Dan discography with track one, side one from Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972), the “noodly” “Do It Again.” They then go deep on the parallels between Steely Dan and the Coen brothers, specifically focusing on Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). If you want to hear the boys get to philosophizin’ on fatalism, fuckups, and electric sitars, you’re in the right place. Plus: Scott does a pretty great off-the-cuff Stephen Root impersonation.

Email us! steelininthedan@gmail.com
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