Word: portrain
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...most unique and original album released this year. The album cover is unDanly suave; a mysterious portrain of an exotic woman, it is its own glossy message, carefully designed and stated. There are not bad cuts, but there are several excellent ones. "Aja" and "Deacon Blues" stand as the album's keystones, musically leading the way, lyrically and philosophically into another stage of Steely Dan's growth. The horns and sax are slick, and the sound bottoms out with creditable vibes by Victor Fedlman...
...book was about a young brightie who did all her work and some extra besides and thought she could write. She was so intellectual that she made Vag deucedly uncomfortable. She kept reading things like Andrew Marvell and the early works of Henry George. Vag had started "The Portrain of a Lady" once but he had given it up because the type was too small...
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