1. The character of Johnny O (played by John Favreau) is the spitting image of my friend and sometimes commenter TheDave - if the latter gained about 30 pounds - in both appearance and actions. The latter more specifically, especially when he taunts the Wrigley Field crowd at a Cubs-White Sox game (the character is a Sox fan, Dave cheers rather enthusiastcally for the Raiders).
2. I wonder if Vince Vaughn in an Old 97s fan. Their song "Timebomb" was featured in his 1997 movie Clay Pigeons, and a key scene in this movie takes place at a 97s show, where Rhett Miller and Ken Bethea are featured quite prominently.
Or maybe Aniston is a fan of Miler's. He is rather dreamy, after all.
"Clay Pigeons" being a perfect example of your quandary, noug.
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Rhett Miller is the same Rhett Miller that was going to St. Mark's while I was going to Hockaday. He did solo folk-singer stuff back then, to the sounds of lots of girls sighing and swooning. I'll have to give them a listen and see if the voice/style sounds familiar.
The Old 97's are in The Break-Up? Hmmm. Maybe it won't be as bad as I thought.
Actually, no. I should stop thinking that songs I like appearing in a soundtrack equal quality. Other movies and TV shows have burned me for thinking that in the past.