From Don and Walt, with love.
Steely Dan members write funny open letter to Luke Wilson re: his "little brother," Owen.
"...We realize what a drag it is for you to have people coming to you about his lameness all the time and we're really sorry to be doing the same thing - believe us, usually that's not what we're all about. But it so happens that your brother has gotten himself mixed up with some pretty bad Hollywood shlockmeisters and that he may be doing, like, permanent damage to his good cred and whatever reputation for coolness he may still have - let's face it, "Bottle Rocket" was a ways back already..." [Link]
ETA (7/30, 04:30 +800 GMT): Owen Wilson's response: "I have never heard the song 'Cousin Dupree' and I don't even know who this gentleman, Mr. Steely Dan, is. I hope this helps to clear things up and I can get back to concentrating on my new movie, 'HEY 19.'" [Link]
"...We realize what a drag it is for you to have people coming to you about his lameness all the time and we're really sorry to be doing the same thing - believe us, usually that's not what we're all about. But it so happens that your brother has gotten himself mixed up with some pretty bad Hollywood shlockmeisters and that he may be doing, like, permanent damage to his good cred and whatever reputation for coolness he may still have - let's face it, "Bottle Rocket" was a ways back already..." [Link]
ETA (7/30, 04:30 +800 GMT): Owen Wilson's response: "I have never heard the song 'Cousin Dupree' and I don't even know who this gentleman, Mr. Steely Dan, is. I hope this helps to clear things up and I can get back to concentrating on my new movie, 'HEY 19.'" [Link]