Firesign Theatre/Pynchon crossover

David Casseres casseres at apple.com
Mon Oct 28 16:41:03 CST 1996


>How many other Fireheads are there on this list?

Me!  Me!  Me!

>FST and Pynchon both have the marvellous gift, it seems to me, of making
>you laugh out loud at the unspeakable horror of civilization; I bring
>"Temporarrily Humboldt County" to your attention.
>
>And are there any other sickos like me, who mix the preceding two with Tom
>Waits?

I'm immune to Waits 'cause he insists on singing and he can't.  I do 
understand his appeal, but I have a hard time relating it to Pynchon.

>"Three more words in Turkish: Delight, Bath, Border.  May I see your
>passport please?"

...a-and it gets even more Pynchonesque...

"Excuse me, Sir, is this your bag?"

"No, this is *definitely* not my bag!"

"Just, as, we, thought!"


Cheers,
David




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