We posted excerpts from Wes’ interview/conversation with Mr. Fox collaborator Jarvis Cocker last week.

The interview has now been posted in its entirety here.

Coming up with Wes Anderson mix tapes, imagining soundtracks for films that only exist in Wes’ (and our) dreams, is a favorite hobby of ours. We came upon a really fantastic one recently:

1. Cumulus
2. Donovan – Hi It’s Been a Long Time
3. Andrew’s Waltz
4. The Kinks – So Long
5. Les Boréades – Piggies
6. Paul Simon – The Obvious Child
7. Artur Rubenstein – Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini – Var. #7
8. Belle and Sebastian – Fox in the Snow
9. With a Chance of Rain
10. Mike Berry and The Outlaws – Don’t You Think it’s Time
11. Hindi Beatles medley
12. The London Double Bass Sound – Moses Fantasy (paganini)
13. Ion Laceanu – Briu
14. The Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper
15. The Flight of the Bumblebee* (Sinfonia Lahti Cello and Bass Ensemble) (Rimsky-Korsakov)
16. The Zombies – Beechwood Park
17. John Cale – Paris 1919
18. The Who – Can’t Explain
19. English Chamber Orchestra – Water Music Suite No. 2 in D
20. Sparks – Whipping and Apologies
21. Itzhak Perlman – Caprice #2 in B Minor by Paganini
22. The Damned – Jet Boy Jet Girl
23. The String Quartet – Sunday Morning (Velvet Underground)
24. Sigur Ros – Olsen Olsen

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Dream up your own Wes soundtrack? Send it to us at edwardappleby(at)yankeeracers(dot)org, and we might feature it in a follow-up post.

From The World Effect:

The World Effect travelogue video 12: Argentina (Patagonia) from The World Effect on Vimeo.

Oh, what’s that Will Oldman? I can’t hear you over the awesomeness…

May 1, 2009
Wes Anderson Soundtrack Night
140 Pleasant Street
Northampton, MA 01060
www.elevensmusic.com
10pm $5

A fun little post from At the Edge:

Image: Famous “Typewriter Sequence” from Merchant Ivory’s film Bombay Talkie (1970) featuring “Queen of the Nautch Girls”  Helen and great Shashi Kapoor. The film is not the best from Merchant Ivory duo, but the sequence is definitely iconic.

Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited (2007) made the song somewhat of an international hit (editor’s note: did it?).  Here is the song clip with Ismail Merchant, in a very Indian way, explaining the metaphor of “Fate Machine.”

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Wes Anderson Players Brian Cox (Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore) and Seu Jorge (Pelé dos Santos in The Life Aquatic) star in a new Irish-British prison drama, The Escapist. Distributed by IFC Films and Think Films, it opens (limited) on Friday, April 3.

Can’t do it, Max.

Make Wes Anderson-inspired art at Paste Magazine’s Webicon.me! Then, Tweet (@rushmoreacademy) or e-mail (edwardappleby @ yankeeracers.org) us your image. We will post your entries here at the Rushmore Academy, and the best one will win of copy of Derek Hill’s fantastic Charlie Kaufman and Hollywood’s Merry Band of Pranksters, Fabulists and Dreamers: An Excursion Into the American New Wave (available for purchase on Amazon.com).

Contest is on-going. We will add new prizes if we extend it beyond April 1, 2009.

Check out the entries so far after the break! Please digg our contest!

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USA Today has a new interview with Mark Mothersbaugh:

I was already scoring movies at that point, and I got a call from somebody at Sony who said, “We’ve got this interesting film with a difficult director, and you’re the only person he wants to talk to about scoring his movie.” And I thought, “Oh, no.” I went to see his movie, and when I was watching Bottle Rocket, I think they set a record for more people walking out than any other film this focus group had ever worked on. But I thought, “This guy has a really interesting take on our culture right now.” So I really wanted to meet him, and we just really hit it off. We ended up doing four films.

And, Ted Hamilton muses over the commercialization of the muse:

But where do these ideal artists exist? Even outside of visual art, it’s hard to find truly anti-establishment creators. I remember the sinking feeling in my chest when Wes Anderson debuted an ad for the American Express’ “My Life. My Card” campaign, and the sense of bewilderment and betrayal when Bob Dylan signed up for an Apple ad two years later. Everyone, it seems, is on the gravy train. And those who aren’t — well, they’re invisible.

Thoughts?

Keep the Webicon.me art coming, and check out the entries so far!

(Just a reminder: Owen Wilson will be presenting tonight’s Top Ten List on the Late Show with David Letterman.)

• From Sean, a Rushmore-inspired music video from Company of Thieves:

The debut music video from Company of Thieves, is inspired by Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. The video for the song “Oscar Wilde” was filmed at Sycamore Elementary School in Kokomo, Indiana, over the course of just one day in December 2008. It includes over 60 props which were mostly bought from flea markets and vintage stores. The video was shot on Kodak Vision3 500T 16mm film using an Eclair ACL camera with 12mm and 14mm lenses, with 23 lighting setups. The footage was digitally transferred to uncompressed 10 bit format and edited in Final Cut. If you like the song, it’s available for free download.

• The Escaped Zoo Animals have a song titled “Duplex” on their new album that references Jack Whitman’s affinity for Volatire No. 6. You can check out their music on MySpace or iTunes .
• “What is Wes Anderson’s Quirky” at That Dang Blog
• From Filter: “Bottle Up and Explode! The Origins of Wes Anderson and Bottle Rocket” |  “Jeff Goldblum, Wes Anderson Talk Film” (thanks to Thomas!)
• Emily May has written a fine article over on Senses of Cinema, “The Darjeeling Limited and the New American Traveller”
• Brandon wonders if these “daytime pajamas” were inspired by TDL.
• Film student and Yankee Racer Fahim shares with us his most recent project, which is obviously inspired by one Mr. Wes Anderson (enjoy!):

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We first met the singer-songwriter Nick Flora last September with his cover of the Faces’ “Ooh La La” and his own song “Edward Appleby.” We were and remain impressed by his carefully crafted — and catchy — tunes. He has a new album Great Escape, now available on Amazon.com and iTunes. We caught up with Nick to ask some questions about his new album. You can follow him on MySpace.

Q. We first encountered you a few months ago. You are officially a friend of the site. How does that feel?

A. It feels great. I’ve actually been a frequent visitor to RA.com for awhile now, so it feels like home.
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