english candy and snot soup

[David Morris]

>From: jporter [snip]
>Which brings me around to the topic. It seems as if the dinner scene at 
>Urtgarthaloki's is a reprise, of sorts, of the Disgusting English Candy 
>Drill (DECD). Such a reading might lend support to Dudious Max's 
>interpretation of that earlier example of gustatory gonzo-ism.

I also noted the similarity between the two scenes.  They are both a sort of 
"culinary terrorism,"  and of course have their kinship with the "surprise" 
dishes of Old Pudding, who of course was the author of this dinner's 
Counterforce strategy.

>The passage about The Man, with his branch office in all our brains, which 
>we all know about, seems especially and blatantly pessimistic regarding 
>anyone's chances of defeating, let alone escaping, The System. [The 
>implants are already in place, not just the ego, but syntax itself. Gibson 
>should be sending royalty checks to Pynchon] So where's the hope?

Dumbo-Feathers....

>With this part I really need help. I'm pretty much clueless about the 
>significance of the details of the suppressed Kazoo Quartet and how they 
>relate, if they do. What is with the "in and out of other Voices," the 
>ppp-to-fff blasts and "the notorious One, going the other way..."? I can't 
>figure any of it.

No great illumination, here, but the heart of the Kazoo Quartet is 
_subversion_, which is why it was suppressed.  It's intended to upset 
expectations and even hints at, and tries to get the listener's ears attuned 
to, that Secret Sonifeous Aether.  I think those Inner and Outer Voices are 
also meant to suggest a communication with the Beyond, like a séance.
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