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David Clayton-Thomas, the Canadian frontman of Blood, Sweat & Tears, has died at 84 in Toronto; a Grammy-winning vocalist known for You've Made Me So Very Happy and Spinning Wheel, he helped shape jazz-rock and sold more than 40 million records; rising from street life in Toronto to Woodstock, he joined BS&T in 1968, contributing to their chart-topping, Grammy-winning self-titled album and a string of hits including And When I Die.
Journalist Alex Pappademas and artist Joan LeMay explore the genius of Steely Dan in their book Quantum Criminals, which takes a deep dive into the strange world that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker built together. Pappademas theorizes that Steely Dan's revival is due to their endless meme-ability and the fact that our fast-warming world is more Steely Dannish than it's ever been. The book explores the unsavory, untrustworthy, and unlikeable L.A. characters that Steely Dan created, and how they were ahead of their time.