VLVL(7):Annotations, questions, &c pt2

Wed Jan 6 14:15:27 CST 1999

VLVL(7) Annotations cont.

229.24-5:  "fly off to Paris … Fourth International":  A 
marxist/socialist revolutionary group.  See, 

http://www.internationalen.se/sp/fi.htm

230.25:  "Chi-com style":  Chinese command?  I've located a rifle that's 
named "Chi-com," but haven't found the manner in which this star is 
worn. ???

230.34:  "Xanthocroid":  A fair-haired or fair-skinned Caucasian.

231.35-6:  "UHURU":  Swahili, "freedom"

232.13:  "land of the May Events":  ???

232.16:  "discover a theorem":  Apparently, then, one creates a theorem?

232.30:  "California Chenin Blanc":  "Chenin Blanc is native to France's 
Loire region where the hot climate yields clean, balanced, highly acidic 
wines. It is this high acid level that balances the natural sweetness 
and allows the wine to age for years. It also tends to bud early and 
mature late.  In California, 85 percent of Chenin Blanc's 26,300 acres 
are found in the hot Central Valley and most of the grapes will be used 
for unexciting jug wines. Grapes grown in cooler regions are able to 
become more balanced and give off a floral aroma and melon-like tastes. 
Coastal wineries will produce Chenin Blanc as part of their varietal 
lines. These wines range from dry to medium sweet. About 100 wineries 
grow Chenin Blanc, down from 120 in the mid-1980's."  
(http://www.winekey.com/index49.htm)

233.4:  "BLGVN/US":  ???

234.4:  "'The Invaders'":  "The Invaders is a 60's science fiction 
series which originally ran for three seasons.  The first episode was 
aired January 10th 1967 and the last, March 26th 1968.  The Invaders is 
very much a period piece, and reflects the public concerns of the time: 
Unlike Star Trek, which ran concurrently with it, the Invaders is set in 
the present. It draws influence both from America's first missions into 
space which made ordinary people think about the possibility of contact 
with life from other planets, and also from the paranoia of 'Reds under 
the Beds' brought on at the height of the Cold War.  The series revolves 
around the character of David Vincent (played by Roy Thinnes), who has 
discovered that the Earth is being invaded by beings from another 
planet. These beings have taken human form, and are virtually 
undetectable from human beings."  
(http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/SciFi/invaders/Whatis.html)

238.35-6:  "the famous worms of song":  "The worms crawl in / The worms 
crawl out / The worms play pinochle / On your snout / …"  Does anyone 
know the entire song?

239.14:  "ND-1 filters":  Frenesi is wearing camera filters as 
sunglasses.  ND = Neutral Density.

239.28-9:  "key log … floated away":  Individuals are equated to trees.  
The government (DOJ), therefore, is equated to the loggers.  The 
government/industry theme from P's earlier works would appear to apply.

239.36:  "steering committee":  ???

240.19-20:  "property-room Smith, a Chief's Special":  Haven't been able 
to locate this gun ???

241.36-242.5:  "Light this little … the ghosts":  Can anyone explicate 
these technical terms?  (E.g., "eight to one")

243.27:  "Night Train or Annie Green Springs":  Cheap, cheap wine.

243.28:  "Pancho Bandido"  Unknown.

243.29:  "awkward lotus":  CK's friend illustrates the proper form:

http://sevenrays.com/graphics/gifts/goldbuddha350.jpeg

244.2:  "wind-up Bolex":  Bolex produced numerous 16mm hand-held movie 
cameras, beginning in the early thirties.  Ironically, many of their 
hand-helds were designated by the "Rex" series name.  See,

http://www.city-net.com/~fodder/bolex/history/index.html

245.15-6:  "Marine units from Pendleton":  Camp Pendleton is located in 
Oceanside, CA (southern CA).

245.33:  "Auricon":  No doubt another 16mm camera.  I haven't found any 
sites providing a possible model.

245.34:  "Scoopic":  16mm camera.

247.23:  "Mole-Richardson series 700 generator":  Have not found one of 
these generators.  The company apparently produces lighting and effects 
equipment.

247.28:  "Blue Cheer concert":  Rockers from 1968-1972.  "Taking their 
name from an extremely potent batch of LSD, Blue Cheer took the world 
(or at least San Francisco) by storm in 1967 when the trio of 
self-confessed drug addicts took their penchant for brutally loud music 
to a new level, earning them the title of "World's Loudest Band" and 
originating heavy metal."  
(http://outland.cyberwar.com/~prw//blue_cheer/).  Apparently the former 
guitarist now does special effects see, 
http://www.foothill.net/~stephens/Page4.html

247.31:  "Eclairs":  16mm camera.

247.32:  "miller heads":  ???

247.32:  "fastaxes for slow motion":  ???

247.32-3:  "Norwood binary light meters":  The light meter tells the 
camera operator what aperture to open his lens to.  Does anyone have 
infor on the Norwood binary???

247.36:  "7242":  ???

250.11:  "'57 Chevy Nomad":  A drag racing car.  See, 

 http://www.capecod.net/newenglandnomads/pride/41m5.html

250.14:  "Richmond-San Rafael Bridge":  Located in the SanFrancisco bay.

251.11:  "Third, or Mesopotamian, Freeway":  ???

252.25:  "the hour of the rat":  If this corresponds to the zodiac, the 
rat is the first sign and the hour would therefore be just after 
midnight.

254.35:  "Hasta la proxima, querida mia":  ???

255.13:  "Daffy and Bugs":  Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny from the Looney 
Toons cartoons.  The "smooth"ness is perhaps the image of Bugs or Daffy 
sneaking up on someone/thing, on tippy toes, shoulders lifted.

257.33:  "Quilbasazos":  ???

258.14:  "Noticias":  ???

259.13:  "Purple Owsley":  Hallucinogen.

259.16-l:  "So what … we save?":  Echoes Hecktor 29.1-2.

260.31:  "Thorazine":  Antipsychotic.  See, 
http://www.ionet.net/~jcott/homepage/drugdb/029.html

260.34:  "Stelazine":  Antipsychotic.  5mg = 100 mg of Thorazine.  See,

http://www.ionet.net/~jcott/homepage/drugdb/132.html

261.15-6:  "healed stumps … Angel's Code":  Reminiscent of Katje's 
shoulders in GR (around pg 100).

261.19:  "Nogales":  Mexican-American border city in Arizona.

261.19:  "Las Suegras":  ???

261.31:  "1,000 watt Mickey-Mole spot":  ???

262.30-263.26:  "this summer all that … Fifth House of fun":  ???  Left 
my Ptolemy in WI, can someone explicate this astrology.  If not, I will 
on Sunday.

262.37:  "delta base":  ???

264.2:  "Title III intercept":  Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 limits the forms of communication 
interception that can be legally used by the government and defines the 
rights of the citizen with regard to communication interception.  See,  

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/cricis/D.txt

264.13-4:  "457, 467 megahertz":  ???

266.13:  "Fred and Ginger":  Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers starred 
together in a number of musicals during the thirties and forties (such 
as 'Swing Time' and 'Top Hat').  Fred now sells vacuums.

266.16:  "yu Jen, or the Fool":  Does anyone have a definition for the 
kunoichi?  I have a suspicion that it means "angels of death."  As with 
GR, the protagonist ( if we accept that that is what Frenesi is) is 
associated with the Fool.

266.31-2:  "the great Ventura … Olympic visitors":  Ventura Avenue.  The 
Olympics were held in LA 28 July to 12 August 1984.

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