Obvious references

[davemarc]

> > From: Scott Badger <lupine at ncia.net>
> > 
> > I've wondered whether the lack of "superficial depth" in VL might be,
in
> > part,  an artifact of our greater familiarity with the time period. 
> > Does the obscurity and additional work of researching the pop
references
> > in GR, V, and MD lend intellectual weight to the books, on a
superficial
> > level?  If GR were read during the late 40's or 50's, would the reader
> > have a similar response to the contemporary songs, products, events
etc.
> > as we do with VL?
> > 
> My opinion (roughly):  Yes.  Yes.  
> 
> Vineland is, to me, considerably "lighter" than GR.  Yet that's okay. 
> Lightness ain't necessarily a detriment.  
> 
> Honestly, it's hard to imagine TRP loving Spike Jones's Pal-Yat-Chee
> because of its allusions and its "subversiveness."  It's the sheer
frenetic
> giddiness of it that's probably its most appealing element.  
> 
> d.