I think they are. I think Owen's playing along with it.
He's gotta be - the "Mr. Steely Dan" comment is such a giveaway. Owen should totally show up at the concert.
Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.
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Frankenbuddha - Aug 01, 2006 6:38:36 am PDT #3263 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hayden - Aug 01, 2006 6:40:31 am PDT #3264 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, yeah, it's completely a joke. Glad that Owen Wilson is playing along, and even (possibly) referencing an old National Lampoon joke about "Mr. Zeppelin". (And, yeah, "Hey 19" is supposed to be the tip-off that they're kidding around. If the stationary that Steely Dan's letter is on didn't do it.)
Aims - Aug 01, 2006 6:41:05 am PDT #3265 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok, then I am a little slow on the uptake.
Hayden - Aug 01, 2006 6:46:14 am PDT #3266 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Well, the jokes all assume that you are intimate with Steely Dan's ouevre.
Aims - Aug 01, 2006 6:46:49 am PDT #3267 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ah, there's the rub.
Hayden - Aug 01, 2006 6:48:10 am PDT #3268 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Damn these in-jokes! They are tearing this nation apart!
Jessica - Aug 01, 2006 6:50:17 am PDT #3269 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, the jokes all assume that you are intimate with Steely Dan's ouevre.
Except...not really, because the article mentions the song "Hey Nineteen" like two lines after Wilson's quote. So they've done enough research to make the connection in print, but don't appear to have read their own article.
t boggles
Frankenbuddha - Aug 01, 2006 7:00:50 am PDT #3270 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Except...not really, because the article mentions the song "Hey Nineteen" like two lines after Wilson's quote. So they've done enough research to make the connection in print, but don't appear to have read their own article.
And Becker, Fagen and the Wilsons have got to be laughing their asses off. I wouldn't be surprised if Wes Anderson had a hand in this somewhere.
Strega - Aug 01, 2006 7:18:35 am PDT #3271 of 10001
I really, really want to believe that most of the articles about the whole thing are by people who know that it's a joke and are playing along. Even if it's just because if they admit it's a joke, they can't continue covering it as "news," I'd be okay with that.
But I suspect it's got more to do with the fact that a lot of people in this world are astonishingly stupid.
beekaytee - Aug 01, 2006 7:51:17 am PDT #3272 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I really, really want to believe that most of the articles about the whole thing are by people who know that it's a joke and are playing along.
This is my take on it. Optimism!