Episode 5: Episode 5: Only a Fool Would Throw That Brick Through the Window

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Steelin' In the Dan

Joe McAlhany and Scott Beckett

12 episodes

7 months ago

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.

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Episode 5: Episode 5: Only a Fool Would Throw That Brick Through the Window

Steelin' In the Dan

1 hour 32 minutes 22 seconds

6 years ago

Episode 5: Episode 5: Only a Fool Would Throw That Brick Through the Window

Scott and Joe wrap up side one of Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy a Thrill with their analysis of the seemingly cynical “Only a Fool Would Say That.” They find parallel visions of the world in the Mothers of Invention’s protest blues “Trouble Every Day” (1966) and Rian Johnson’s snazzy high school neo-noir Brick (2005). The hosts venture out of their depth to talk Frank Zappa, LBJ, the Watts riots, silent cinema, and Mexican stews. Utopian dreams are smashed, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is pounded to pulp. Young ones listening to this podcast: you are the resistance.
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Links:
“The Incredible History of the Mothers” (Hit Parader)
AP archival footage of the Watts Riots
Zappa stands up for his Cadillac
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
“Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets” (New Yorker profile)