A. Jay Adler

My meditation on cool. It'd be -- well, you know -- if you read it.

"In the midst of socially mediating, I came across the observation, from some generational instance younger than my own, that back in the early 90s people of his kind thought the rock band Steely Dan was uncool.

"I steadied myself. I read on."

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Cool, Man

In the midst of socially mediating, I came across the observation, from some generational instance younger than my own, that back in the early 90s people of his kind thought the rock band Steely Dan was uncool. I steadied myself. I read on. Something to do, I gathered, with creative mainstays Walter Becker and Donald Fagin employing a rotating line up of session musicians to record with from album to album rather than a fixed crew of fellow band members. Steely Dan wasn’t, that is to say, a

Homo Vitruvius by A. Jay Adler
Jun 9, 2023 at 1:35pmWeb
Show threadWilli BremderJun 18, 2023
@A_Jay_Adler Great piece! I have always wondered what it is that the cold immovability of cool hides? Perhaps, that the one being/acting cool is as utterly boring as everyone else?
Show threadA. Jay AdlerJun 18, 2023
@willibremder Thank you. And, Hah! yes. That person/persona distinction, and why cool and interesting are not synonymous.