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Not Tonio K. Nick vanMaarth with his father’s .38. Happily–or not–he never pulled the trigger. He never explained what had happened, either.

- Magritte, fellow derby aficionado. Le pigeon blanc, artist-rendered ancestor of the Arc-Pigeon Gabriel (see literary conceits).

Dada tribute pose for cover of Amerika, with a nod to Trout Mask Replica. Photographed and art-directed by Dorothy White, Steely Dan’s “Dot of Hollywood.”