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23 July 2006

EDIT: Tell owen to bring bongos, or prepare to be crushed.
posted by joelf 23 July | 23:55
Well, allright!
posted by arse_hat 24 July | 00:05
Let me get this straight, they're complaining about being ripped off? Christ, what a pair of assholes.
posted by AlexReynolds 24 July | 00:11
They say if you can remember the 60s you weren't really there. Judging by the letter, these guys are also still smoking a fair bit, so perhaps they should be forgiven for thinking they invented the name "Dupree". Still, the Dead clearly have a claim to prior art.

Oh wait, wasn't that itself an "homage" to "Betty and Dupree"? I'm sure omiewise can tell us.

But yeah, what AlexReynolds said.
posted by GeckoDundee 24 July | 00:44
Oh, wow. I had to go back and look twice, because the first time I thought it was just a really stupid, unfunny, fake-letter satire. The second time, I saw that it really is on the actual Steely Dan site. I'm speechless.
posted by taz 24 July | 01:03
Um, dry humour maybe? Cynically. To generate traffic?
posted by arse_hat 24 July | 01:06
hmm. You must be right, arsey. I mean you're right, right? It's a joke? It's gotta be a joke.
posted by taz 24 July | 02:08
Yacht Rock: Steely Dan vs. The Eagles (YouTube)
posted by psho 24 July | 02:09
that's a lot of snark for a bunch of guys who named their band after a dildo
posted by matteo 24 July | 02:10
I think arsey has it. Stelly Dan are on tour (not selling too many tickets, guys?) and the film is in cinemas. I think wendell had it too (over at the Other Place):

Or, the Bird Flu of Viral Promotion - you decide.
posted by GeckoDundee 24 July | 02:21
Hmm. I remember in when writer Doug Moench and artist extraordinaire Mike Ploog "borrowed" the name "Steely Dan" for a character in their comic book take on the Planet of the Apes universe, but that was a definite homage.

All set in a swamp like that, I always figured the creators were listening to a "Best of" Credence disc with Born on a Bayou on it, not to mention maybe Countdown to Ecstacy or Pretzel Logic, which just increased their cool factor.

Was that too far unrelated from the topic at hand?
;-)
posted by shane 24 July | 03:29
oops, should be: "I remember in 1974 when writer Doug Moench..."
posted by shane 24 July | 03:31
I think it's hysterical. :) Steely Dan always did have a really strange sense of humor. (They're also right Owen Wilson whores himself out for a lot of awful movies.)
posted by BoringPostcards 24 July | 05:00
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