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A literary and visual exploration of the songs of Steely Dan.
Steely Dan’s songs are exercises in fictional world-building. No
one else in the classic-rock canon has conjured a more vivid cast
of rogues and heroes, creeps and schmucks, lovers and dreamers and
cold-blooded operators—or imbued their characters with so much
humanity. Pulling from history, lived experience, pulp fiction, the
lore of the counterculture, and their own darkly comic
imaginations, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker summoned protagonists
who seemed like fully formed people with complicated pasts, scars
they don’t talk about, delusions and desires and memories they
can’t shake. From Rikki to Dr. Wu, Hoops McCann to Kid
Charlemagne, Franny from NYU to the Woolly Man without a Face,
every name is a locked-room mystery, beguiling listeners and
earning the band an exceptionally passionate and ever-growing cult
fandom. Quantum Criminals presents the world of Steely Dan as it
has never been seen, much less heard. Artist Joan LeMay has crafted
lively, color-saturated images of her favorite characters from the
Daniverse to accompany writer Alex Pappademas’s explorations of
the famous and obscure songs that inspired each painting, in short
essays full of cultural context, wild speculation, inspired
dot-connecting, and the occasional conspiracy theory. All of it is
refracted through the perspectives of the characters themselves,
making for a musical companion unlike any other. Funny, discerning,
and visually stunning, Quantum Criminals is a singular celebration
of Steely Dan’s musical cosmos.
A tribute to and exploration of the magic behind one of Hollywood's
most legendary and unknowable stars, Keanu Reeves, and the profound
lessons we can learn from his success-now in paperback!There can be
no doubt: Keanu Reeves is a phenomenon. He's at once a badass
action star, a hunky dreamboat who People magazine has called "the
Internet's boyfriend," a vintage motorcycle enthusiast, a niche art
book publisher, a living meme, and a legend. He seems to upend
every rule governing celebrity in the 21st century. But how?In
Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant, cultural critic Alex Pappademas
attempts to address Keanu's unmatched eternality and the other big
questions raised by his career arc. Sharp, funny, deeply
researched, and fully celebratory of the enigmatic actor, this is
the first book to take Keanu's whole deal as seriously as it
deserves. Yes, even Johnny Mnemonic, where Keanu mind melds with a
dolphin. Along the way, Pappademas reveals the lessons we can learn
from Keanu about Hollywood, our broader culture, and even life
itself.
A tribute to and exploration of the magic behind one of Hollywood's
most legendary and unknowable stars, Keanu Reeves, and the profound
lessons we can learn from his successThere can be no doubt: Keanu
Reeves is a phenomenon. He's at once a badass action star, a hunky
dreamboat who People magazine has called "the Internet's
boyfriend," a vintage motorcycle enthusiast, a niche art book
publisher, a living meme, and a legend. He seems to upend every
rule governing celebrity in the 21st century. But how?In Keanu
Reeves: Most Triumphant, cultural critic Alex Pappademas attempts
to address Keanu's unmatched eternality and the other big questions
raised by his career arc. Sharp, funny, deeply researched, and
fully celebratory of the enigmatic actor, this is the first book to
take Keanu's whole deal as seriously as it deserves. Yes, even
Johnny Mnemonic, where Keanu mind melds with a dolphin. Along the
way, Pappademas reveals the lessons we can learn from Keanu about
Hollywood, our broader culture, and even life itself.
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