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!
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
'Shindig'
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beekaytee - Aug 01, 2006 7:51:17 am PDT #3272 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2006 8:26:10 am PDT #3273 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The 'open letter to Luke Wilson' is pretty hilarious.
I've never heard any Steely Dan, but I now think they are awesome.
Aims - Aug 01, 2006 8:27:19 am PDT #3274 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
That's MISTER Steely Dan, to you!
Hayden - Aug 01, 2006 8:35:42 am PDT #3275 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm not much of a fan of the band (despite Joe Boucher's best efforts to win me over), but I think Fagen & Becker are funny as hell.
Scrappy - Aug 01, 2006 8:56:26 am PDT #3276 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Loves me some Dan. And I found the letter and Wilson's response hilarious.
beekaytee - Aug 01, 2006 9:49:55 am PDT #3277 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
They ARE awesome! Smart and funny, just how I likes 'em.
And, love or hate their music, if you grew up in my generation, you can't NOT sing along.
Ajawas a must have album.
Volans - Aug 01, 2006 9:59:18 am PDT #3278 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Not a big Dan fan, but OMG that letter was perfect, as was the response. I dare anyone to read the Open Letter out loud and not fall into a 70s stoner-surfer cadence.
And now I'm going to be saying "Do you want to be the Zal Yarnovsky of the 21st Century?" and "stuff that is not spiritually aligned with them on all levels" and "retrograde reality matrix."
I suspect, though, that Dupree is based on the song, and the studio cleared it with Steely Dan, and they are just ginning up some hype.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 01, 2006 10:02:54 am PDT #3279 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Aja was a must have album.
See, I love the Dan, but I prefer everything they did before AJA (particularly THE ROYAL SCAM, which was right before it - or as right before it as the Dan's perfectionism let it be). They never lost the snark, but I definitely prefer the gritty weirdness of their older sound to the smooth, tasty El Lay jazz-fusion they seem to have settled into from AJA on forward.
That said, Deacon Blues is a kick-ass song (and Peg and Black Cow are close to as good).
DavidS - Aug 01, 2006 10:38:49 am PDT #3280 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wouldn't be surprised if Wes Anderson had a hand in this somewhere.
C'mon, Owen co-wrote Rushmore and despite his surfer stoner image, his commentary there reveals he's plenty capable of writing his own material.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 01, 2006 10:43:32 am PDT #3281 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
C'mon, Owen co-wrote Rushmore and despite his surfer stoner image, his commentary there reveals he's plenty capable of writing his own material.
I was thinking more he might have had a hand in the original letter from Becker & Fagen - not writing, but suggesting they do something. I could totally see him meeting with them to discuss music for a movie and having the topic come up.