The end of Pynchon's Band

Chris Sweet csweet at gte.net
Sat Feb 24 19:42:28 CST 1996


Ronkarate at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Without a doubt, the band that Pynchon should record with is:
> 
> Jandek.
> 
> He has released dozens of records in the past 20 years on a small lable
> called Corwood. No one knows who he is, and almost every record has a photo
> of some truly tweaked looking MF (imagine a borderline albino Tom Waits). But
> it is well known that it is not Jandek himself. Completely whacked. So stop
> with all the Holy Modal Rounders-Zappa-Beefheart musings. I just can't
> imagine TRP singing "Boobs a lot" or "Valley Girl." (okay, maybe "Moonlight
> on Vermont").
> 
> -Ron

Yeah, Jandek was one of Spin Magazine's 10 best artists of the 80's.
Could never find any of his stuff though....

chris

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