Word is that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have posted on their website an open letter to Luke Wilson, in which they demand a public apology from his brother for stealing the title character from their song “Cousin Dupree.” When I first heard about this, I thought “oh my, aren’t these guys taking themslves a little too seriosuly?” But then I read the letter.
The letter, entitled “What a Shame About Owen”, is very funny, and well worth checking out. In it, they call the film “a summer stinkbomb” and Owen “the Zal Yanovsky of the 21st century.” Ahh, my fondness for Steely Dan waxes as for Owen Wilson it wanes.
I guess there’s a lesson to be learned here.
Don’t fuck with the Dan!
Don’t fuck with the Dan indeed. As Glenn Frey and Don Henley discovered in this timely edition of YACHT ROCK!
more yacht rock:
http://www.highlyirrelevant.com/movies/2006/03/04/yacht-rock/#comments
I was really getting tired of Owen Wilson, especially after “Wedding Crashers”, so I think Steely Dan’s letter is hilarious and really on-target (admittedly, I had to look up who Zal Yanofsky was)!
*Love* the Yacht Rock clip, although I’m not quite sure I understand why they have Donald Fagen talking like “Meeglebl rooga bebiso meklik!” ???
The Yacht Rock clip is here:
http://www.channel101.com/shows/view.php?media_id=1766
John – thank heavens you answered that 18 month old comment. I’m sure Marga has been sitting around waiting for an answer.
Are you bored, John?
Yes. And Marga’s my sister. We haven’t spoken to one another in eigtheen months.