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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