Countdown to Exegesis

Charlie Freak (Christmas Special)

It's Christmas every day* at Exegesis HQ. As the fire roars and the chestnuts crackle, Andrew and Oli discuss golden pigs, shitting logs and Charlie Freak.
* It's not Christmas every day. It's not even Christmas today. The song has sleigh bells, basically.
"You've got to let the love in down the chimney of your heart."
Further listening…
The Mark Masters Ensemble – Charlie FreakFauré Quartet – Charlie FreakTuesday Island – Charlie Freak

With a Gun

Hello schism my old friend.
"Just shoot a harpoon in my face."
Further listening…
Them Fargo Brothers – With a Gun
Nina Cristante – Romance
Paint Your Wagon trailer
The Beatles – Rocky Raccoon
The Beatles – I'm a Loser
The Beatles – Run For Your Life
The Beatles – I'll Cry Instead
Joni Mitchell – Raised on Robbery

Pretzel Logic

The boys make a heartfelt apology and open up about Andrew's charity work. Also, pretzels. 
"Everything that has got better is being slowly reversed by these pony fuckers and I just want them all to die all at once."
Further listening…
Joy Wright – Pretzel Logic (and the cover of her album)The Catman Doodz – Pretzel LogicThe Incomparable Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band – Pretzel LogicThe Jackson 5 – I Want You BackThe Jackson 5 – ABC'Hallelujah Chorus' from Handel's MessiahCrosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Wooden ShipsFagen's thoughts on WhiplashBob Dylan – Like a Rolling StoneBob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin'

Through With Buzz

It's the shortest song in the Dan catalogue, but will it be given short shrift by our exegetes?
"Fagen is fucking with us."
Further listening…
Chicago – If You Leave Me NowPhilip Frobos – Through With BuzzAfroman – Because I Got HighThe Beatles – Happiness is a Warm GunThe Beatles – Sexy SadieThe Beatles – I Am the WalrusThe Beatles – Glass OnionThe Beatles – Eleanor RigbyGarth Marenghi's Darkplace (excerpts)

Parker’s Band

The lads mix up their Jims and avoid talking about Parker's Band.
[Slightly shonky sound in this one. Apologies.]
"I was just imagining Denny Dias as part of a human centipede."
Further listening…
Becker & Fagen – Parker's Band (demo)
Radiohead – Life in a Glasshouse
Radiohead – The National Anthem
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Radiohead – You and Whose Army?

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

Andrew and Oli indulge in some forced fun before enjoying a cosy conversation about an old jazz standard.
"A reanimated Harryhausen jazz skeleton."
Further listening...
Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (1927 version)The Temperance Seven – East St. Louis Toodle-OoHumphrey Littleton – East St. Louis Toodle-OoMercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra – East St. Louis Toodle-OoEmerson Lake and Palmer – Fanfare for the Common ManDuke Ellington and his Orchestra – East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (1957 version)

Barrytown

The "third exegete", Ben "Pen" Jones returns to discuss the sorta-Dylan-pastiche Barrytown. This episode also includes the world's best Bob impression and more Dan-inspired fiction by Brian Rosten.
Warning: politics.
"A very teacherly pigeon."
Further listening…
Ben Folds Five - Barrytown
The Beatles - Tell Me What You See
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
Randy Newman - Short People
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Tom Peel's Bandcamp
Ben "Pen" Jones's website

Any Major Dude Will Tell You

The boys sink into the giant jazz-pop feather that is Any Major Dude Will Tell You. Will they overcome their single greatest challenge yet – agreement?
"Gary Katz is Mork."
Tayyab Amin's piece about discovering Steely Dan
Wilco - Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Schlong - Any Major Dude Will Tell You
The Acoustic Guitar Troubadors - Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Die Sterne - Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Nancy Wilson - Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Randy Newman - Louisiana 1927 (the song Andrew said had a similar melody to AMDWTY)
Carole King - I feel the Earth Move
Nickelodeon's Alex Mack dissolving into mercury
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Bill Grundy talking to the Sex Pistols

Night By Night

In the spirit of cultural exchange, our Danizens are joined by retro gaming YouTuber RoseTintedSpectrum to discuss the "gentrified funk" of Night By Night.
This episode also includes some erotic Steely Dan fanfic and possibly the first ever Dan-themed text adventure.
"I need some funk by five o'clock, Andrew Souter."
Further listening…
Yasuko Agawa - Night By Night
Ana Popović - Night by Night
Tous les Oiseaux d'Europe - Night by Night (Spotify link)
Benny Hill - Ernie (the Fastest Milkman in the West
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue (Live 1984)
A RoseTintedSpectrum video about Dizzy, who is a computer egg
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RoseTintedSpectrum's YouTube channel: @RoseTintedSpectrum
RoseTintedSpectrum's Twitter: @SpectrumTinted

Rikki Don’t Lose That Number

Our exegetes are back, and they're ready to tackle the big questions. Namely, "did Rikki lose that number?", "who is Rikki anyway?" and "to what lows would Oli stoop for Podcast recognition?"
"7408912."
Further listening…
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – My Old School
Kenji Omura – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Botticelli and his Orchestra – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Tom Robinson – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Hank Marvin – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Far Corporation – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Chuck Loeb – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
The Best – Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Horace Silver – Song For My Father
Orchestra Baobab, for the sake of comparison
Neil Young – Roll Another Number For the Road