Warren Zevon and TRP

[Joe Varo]

On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 Djuna35 at aol.com wrote:

> In the liner notes to his most recent, of several, greatest hits anthologies
> (not sure of the title: it's a double disc set), Warren Zevon blames the
> techno-excess of his mid-eighties album 'Transverse City' on having read the
> entire Pynchon oeuvre immediately prior to recording.  As I remember it, the
> album's akin to Neil Young's 'Trans', but less successful.  I don't have a
> copy to study for direct TRP allusions: does anyone know if there are any?
> steve klinge

Hmmm.  I've got the "Transverse City" CD and like it quite a bit but have
never caught any direct Pynchon allusions.  I'll have to take another look
at the lyrics.

Joe