Donald Fagen: Kamakiriad (Warner Bros.)
Mat Snow, Q, July 1993
KAMAKIRIAD (Japanese for "insect" but used in this case as a futuristic steam-driven car with its own vegetable garden) tells of a journey, as much through the interior world as the exterior.
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