Star Trek fan-tasy

[Meg Larson]

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> From: Rick Vosper <maxrad at mail.cruzio.com>
> To: Ted Samsel <tejas at infi.net>
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Star Trek fan-tasy
> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 1997 5:54 PM
> 
> The "leaders" of the T of P horn section (as well as co-authors of What
Is
> Hip? and many other fine ditties) are/were Steve ("The Funky Doctor")
Kupka
> and Ernesto Castillo. Other regulars were Mick Gillette and Lenny
Pickett.

>Uh, it's Emilio Castillo, and Greg Adams and Chester Thompson were also
prominent members of the group.  At least at the time that "Back to
Oakland" was released.  I'm not sure but it may be Castillo who is in
Letterman's band.

> Any of these dudes ring a bell for you Leno/Letterman fans?
> 
> --rick
> (who definitely remembers T of P but still ain't too terribly hip)
> 
> At 07:18 AM 6/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> >>Jules wrote:
> >> 
> >> >What is "hip,"
> >> 
> >> "Tell me, tell me/ If you think you know..."
> >> 
> >> Hey Jules, Remember Tower of Power?  Now THAT would be hip.
> >> 
> >
> >Not hardly. Isn't the former leader of the East Bay Horn Section now
> >Letterman's or Leno's pit band leader?
> >
> >(Hey, it's a paying gig and you get scale, I reckon...) (;-)
> >
> >tejas at infi.net
> >           "Eat some blackeyed peas and fried banana,
> >            smoke me a seegar from Havana,
> >            I'll be the King of Louisiana"   
> >                             (It's gonna be) PAYDAY  Porter Wagoner
> >
> >.-
> >
> >