an interesting tidbit

[William Evans Bailey]

Hi everybody--

About three years ago, while going through the Sonic Youth record bins,
I found an album with liner notes by Thomas Pynchon.  The record was
called "Barefoot in the Head," by Thurston Moore and members of Borbeto-
magus.  If memory serves, it's an account of how he was listening to a
SY live tape from 1980 ("under the influence of some righteous boo")
and became impressed by a certain riff that Moore was playing, which 
communicated to him a desire to break free "of all Peggy Lee-derived
shit."  Hence the album: Pynchon made a few phone calls, and hooked
Moore up with a couple of the sax players from Borbetomagus, practicioners
of some (extremely) free jazz.  The notes are dated from Sommerville, Mass.  

I am curious if you all had seen this before, since I didn't see it 
cited in _Pynchon_Notes_.  Anyhow, this might offer a little insight into
what the great man does in his spare time.

BTW: don't rush right out and buy the album.  It is unlistenable noise.
I don't mean this as a value judgement, more a description.

Bill Bailey