By Simon Sweetmanoffthetracks.co.nz You could never expect a man who made his name by placing the incongruous inside happy-sounding so-slick pop-jazz ditties to write a conventional memoir; Steely Dan is as much a magic act as it is a musical act -– and not just for the fact that you’re either under the spell or […]
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The 65-Year-Old Hipster
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen Writes a Not-Quite-Memoir By David Bamundo Wall Street Journal In his 40-plus-year career, Donald Fagen has been praised for his lyrics, both as one of Steely Dan’s co-founders and in his solo work. Now, his nonlyrical writings have been collected in Eminent Hipsters, a not-quite-memoir released by Viking and celebrated at […]
Donald Fagen Just ‘Being Honest’ in New Book
In new book Donald Fagen lets his thoughts roam- and they’re not all kind By Christopher Borrelli Chicago Tribune Donald Fagen of the band Steely Dan has a new book and tour diary, Eminent Hipsters. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Ever wonder what the typical rock star is thinking about on stage? Playing the same songs […]
Donald Fagen’s ‘Eminent Hipsters’
By John Mulveyuncut.co.uk In his excellent Uncut review of the Morrissey Autobiography, Michael alludes to the get-out clause afforded rock memoirists post-Chronicles: why bother obfuscating certain awkward details when you can, by being capricious with time and chronology, just skip the difficult stuff? Since my reading of Morrissey’s book has thus far been limited to […]
‘Eminent Hipsters’
By Daniel Scheffler Edge on the Net There’s nothing quite like a music man revealing his thoughts on the world, to the world. Everyone perks up his ears and squints his eyes for this kind of revelation. And this comes as great pleasure from cofounder (also front man and keyboardist) of Steely Dan, Mister Donald […]
Review: ‘Eminent Hipsters’
‘Eminent Hipsters‘ is a witty, erudite selection of essays by Steely Dan’s grumpy old frontman, Donald Fagen By Bernadette McNulty The (London) Telegraph I remember the first time a friend presented me with a Steely Dan CD. It was both a gift and a test, an initiation into music beyond what then, among Nineties rave […]
Donald Fagen’s Curious Memoirs Released
By Dylan Jones GQ Magazine – UK As an eminent hipster himself, Donald Fagen is more than adequately qualified to write about cool. As one half of Steely Dan, and as a solo artist, Fagen has been responsible for some of the coolest music of the last fifty years. Not content with creating what many […]
Reelin’ in the Years
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen writes a portrait of the artist as a grumpy old man. Originally published on Oct. 11, 2013 By Seth Stevenson Slate.com Late last summer, I noticed that Donald Fagen — one half of the 1970s fusion-rock duo Steely Dan — was playing at the Beacon Theater in New York. I bought […]
