Kickoff of M&D Grand Tour

[frewsie at interport.net]

I think Pynchon's son is also named Jackson. That's right. Jackson Jackson.

Paul DiFilippo asks:
>2)  The dedication:  "For Melanie, and for Jackson".  Strictly
>sic here.  Now, unriddle this one.  Does "Jackson" cynically
>equal 40's hepster slang for "money"?  Why split Melanie Jackson's
>name into two parts, if that is indeed what's been done?

--Susie Frank