vesta0424 wrote: 
+1

Every time I hear a Steely Dan song, I get depressed.

Every time I hear a Steely Dan song, I  reach sublime happinessget depressed.

Oh wow - that's like someone pouring icewater down the back of your neck after a beautiful massage. All that beautiful Zero 7 calm and groove just drowned in a schlocky, kitsch 70s bad taste-erama. No amount of irony could salvage this train-wreck.

You know, there are many criticisms of Steely Dan that I will argue with.  The creepy bit I can't argue with though.  There's always been something a bit seedy about them... The good news is that it's never negatively impacted their genius :)

Two Against Nature had at least three dirty old man songs on it.  Great music all in all though.

Great song from great artists, but...
It's been played to death already, sadly. 

This was long before my time.  I find it creepy and repetitive...

Colleges alluded to in this song:
Alabama
Wake Forest

Alabama was (and still is) a football powerhouse, with the pretentious nickname "The Crimson Tide". I'm guessing that Becker and Fagan relate more to Wake Forest, which lost a lot of football games at that time. Perhaps they were like the marching band ("learn to play the saxophone..."), working behind the scenes, cleverly amused by bizarre rituals of American football.

We talked to a guy named Kenny Vance, who worked with what would become Steely Dan when he was with Jay & The Americans. He confirmed what we suspected: they are weird.

This was long before my time.  I find it creepy and repetitive.

Nevertheless, I'm shaking my booty a little in my chair and am embarrassed about it.  Also I'd like some scotch whiskey. 

 Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Did this person have enough time to enjoy the SD concert between spying? 
 

Brush pass: 

http://www.spytrainer.com/Articles/Tradecraft_exchanges.htm

" - Brush Pass:  This technique requires practice and coordination, but is the easiest method of transfer.  Simply stated, the two agents literally "brush" past one another, passing the item from hand to hand as they go by.  This may be done any number of places; however, it is most securely done in very busy areas, with a thick crowd of people.  The busier it is, the more difficult it would be for any surveillance teams to see the item being passed.  Variations include standing together on a busy train or passing documents between bathroom stalls in a busy public washroom.  The options are unlimited."

MfS:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi

The Ministry for State Security, (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, commonly known as the Stasi <ˈʃtazi> (abbreviation German: Staatssicherheit, literally State Security), was the official secret police of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered in East Berlin, with an extensive complex in Berlin-Lichtenberg and several smaller facilities throughout the city. It was widely regarded as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies in the world. The MfS motto was "Schild und Schwert der Partei"(Shield and Sword of the Party), showing its connections to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), the equivalent to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Wow, a blast from the past..."Drink scotch whiskey, all night long..."