I remember going to my fave. record store

Mine was “Venus” by Frankie Avalon.

80's Scottish babes:

Which cut was your wedding song?

Ha!  I think I’ve still got a 12-inch single of “Planet Earth” somewhere in my basement!

You sell waterbeds?

What are the Nasty Bits up to these days?

It screams more than that.

Those disco synthesizers

‘Lotta ins,

They should have used Joan Jett’s cover version of “C and C”.

Ocho-STINKO flashback!

Richard Wayne Penniman turns 86 later this year!

I’ve been listening to all the Steely Dan albums lately (up through Gaucho), and here’s my very unscientific ranking from bottom to top:

It’s a real film, Jack.

Here’s to the leader of “The Mean Machine”!

And, in the end:

I’m with you...it’s really one of Simon’s best solo cuts.

Squeeze took a swipe at this about 8 years ago (for financial reasons, as they don’t have the rights to the originals), to mixed results.

Let’s go back 45 years ago, to 1973.