The Beatles The song Steely Dan wrote calling out the "dangerous insensitivity" of Lennon's "Imagine" Gareth Branwyn

John Lennon The fool in Steely Dan's "Only a Fool Would Say That" is John Lennon Elías Villoro

pop music Is this the weirdest pop song intro of all time? Gareth Branwyn

Rock n Roll The brilliance behind Steely Dan's "Reelin' in the Years" Gareth Branwyn

music Quantum Criminals: a book based on characters from the music of Steely Dan Elías Villoro

music Jazz innovator Wayne Shorter, RIP David Pescovitz

music Dark Side of Light's "bummer summer" breeze Daniel Siwek

Donny and Marie Osmond Donny and Marie Osmond sing "Reelin' In the Years" Mark Frauenfelder

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interviews Inside XTC's "Complicated Game" Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Arcade cabinet enthusiasts discover trove of 50+ games in ship, derelict for 30 years Cory Doctorow

1970s Donny & Marie Osmond sing Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years" (1978) Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Conspiracy theories abound in this week's tabloids, or is everyone plotting against us? Peter Sheridan

Entertainment True Detective ends its first season as it began: with two indelible performances [Recap: season 1, episode 8] K.M. McFarland

game of thrones Game of Thrones returns with critical mass of politicking Leigh Alexander

Science Five questions with astronaut Rex Walheim Maggie Koerth