The Importance of Obscurity in the 70s

Alex Fagan's new book is titled quantum criminals ramblers wild gamblers and other soul survivors from the songs Steely Dan. It was a reference to when Walter Becker was making when they were making gout show the final 70s Steely Dan album he was explaining how he got hit by a taxi cab and ended up kind of this laid up and on sort of all kinds of opiates but his explanation was we were quantum criminals. He said it was the best way to explain that's the mostQuantum physics I have that might be able to explain that okay. The book is out everywhere now right so people are starting to see it early which is weird, Alex says.

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