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Kamakiriad is described by Fagen as an allegorical journey set in the near future where "the narrator, instead of having a winged horse, has an environmentally correct car called a Kamakiri, which in Japanese means preying mantis." Typically, there are other, unspoken, allusions. Kamikaze for one -- the headlong, heedless plunge into a blaze of glory. But in this case Fagen's muse has emerged Phoenix-like from the ashes to resurrect the spirit of a brilliantly quirky collaboration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arcane Odyssey | 5/24/1993 | See Source »

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