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(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!):