pynchon-l-digest V2 #991

[Rob Hill]

<RICHARD_WILSON at udlp.com> sez:

>287.13 "Boogie, boogie, boogie!" - possibly an ananchronism since
>Marvy seems to be using the term 'boogie' here a'la 70's disco (first
>instance of 'boogie' without the hyphenated 'woogie' referring to a
>song-form that i'm aware of is a late 60's grateful dead tune). on
>the next page, Marvy uses the term in its racial slur form (288.7 -
>"all boogie batteries").

Don't forget Groucho's infamous "Boogie boogie boogie!" in Night at the
Opera, taunting the gypsy witchcrone on stage from his booth. And that's
1935.

Rob

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