In a message dated 3/11/00 12:55:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Re: Steely Dan > > besides, any band that alludes to william > > burroughs in their name can't be all bad (well, > > they could, but in this case, i say they're not). > > When I was just a wee laddie, I used to read this book > called The Big Book of Rock Lists, and when of the > endlessly and needlessly informative lists centered > around bands whose names originated with something > have to do with sex. They had Steely Dan listed as > taken their name from a nickname for a condom, or > something to do with a condom (hell, I don't remember, > I was too young to know any better). Steely Dan III was a big red dildo in the book Naked Lunch. But otherwise, as far as I know, it was never a widespread term or nickname. . .just what someone in a william burroughs book named their dildo. and the joke about lovin' spoonfuls' name (like 10cc, supposedly the amount of ejaculate a male produces (sorry for that one, kids), it turned out to be that. . .a rumor/joke. like the rod stewart stomach pump thing. the lead singer explained the meaning of the name once. . .i just don't remember it.) star
