Pappademas, Alex
Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan (American Music Series)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781477324998
- author:
- Pappademas, Alex
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- University of Texas Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 280
- Dimensions:
- 26 x 18.6 x 2.5 centimetres (0.8
- Genre:
- Music, Genres & Styles, Rock,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Steely Dan's songs are more than just music - they're fully formed characters with complicated pasts, scars they don't talk about, delusions and desires and memories they can't shake. In "Quantum Criminals", writer Alex Pappademas explores the world of Steely Dan as it has never been seen before. Through lively, color-saturated images by artist Joan LeMay, Pappademas delves into the famous and obscure songs that inspired each painting, in short essays full of cultural context, wild speculation, and inspired dot-connecting. The result is a musical companion unlike any other, refracted through the perspectives of the characters themselves. This book presents Steely Dan's musical cosmos in all its complexity and beauty, making for a funny, discerning, and visually stunning celebration that will appeal to fans of music, history, and culture.
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