Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen will release his third solo album, Morph the Cat, in March. Whereas his 1982 debut The Nightfly viewed the future from an adolescent's eyes, and 1993's Kamakiriad viewed it from middle age, Morph, says Fagen, "is looking toward the endings of things."

Despite the subject matter -- with songs like "Security Joan" (about a sexy airport agent) and "Brite Nitegown," as well as fabulous Steely-esque phrases like "Rabelaisian puff of smoke," "Artic mindbath" and "ten milligrams of Chronax" -- Morph is by no means glum.

Fagen will support the record with his very own theater tour -- his first solo show since high school. "I've never done it before," he says. "I might do a few Steely Dan things that I particularly like, but it'll mainly be my stuff."

Speaking of Steely Dan, Fagen reports that Walter Becker, the other half of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duo, is at work on an album of his own.