Hey I saw it. I got sixth row at the Universal in LA. I've seen all their tours since '93. I was too young in the 70s. They were killer. It was a fan's show and had a lot of energy.

I am not sure their new album stands up to the 70's standards. But Steely Dan couldn't do a bad album.

I saw the Dan twice on the EMG tour, once in Orange County CA and once at Coors Ampitheatre in San Diego. Killer show. Seeing and hearing Keith Carlock live was just about worth the price of admission alone--wow, that guy can do, like, umpty-zillion polyrhythms without even breaking a sweat.

The only thing I could fault this tour for, was playing lots and lots of the old hits at the expense of deep-album cuts and the newest material. I realize a lot of people might think that's a plus, not a minus; plus, if you're trying to fill those big venues, you need to reach out to the casual fans who only know "Peg" and "Josie" and such. Ah well. Such are the realities of touring.

I like EMG a lot. It was kind of a "stealth" album for me, in that it didn't do a whole lot for me on first listen, except that I couldn't then explain why various of the tunes thereafter got stuck in my head and wouldn't leave. On subsequent listens it really grew on me. I find it hard to compare it to the 70s albums in any kind of "better than/worse than" way, as the 70s albums have many years of my memories attached to them. I will say I think EMG is a fine hunk o' music, a respectable addition to the discography--"Pixeleen" is IMO brilliant. We'll see how we all feel about it a decade down the line (let's hope we don't have to wait that long for yet more output from Don'n'Walt--rumors were that Fagen was contemplating another solo effort).