NP: Drat! Re: Not to bring up a shitstorm or anything...

[Mark A. Douglas]

See, wha' had happened was this:  the mention of the article in Esquire was supposed to lead to a mention of the article in GQ on the Air Jordans (the shoe) where the writer (Peter Rubin) says:

"It's the Gravity's Rainbow of shoes: sprawling, ambitious, layered with innuendo and allusion.  And just looking at it is almost enough to scare you away.  Almost."

Anyway, I thought the quote was funny, especially applying it to the marketing machine that is the Nike Air Jordan.  Just the juxtaposition of what I perceive Pynchon to stand for, and what I perceive the evil empire that is Nike to stand for...so in my warped mind I was going to tie the two (the quote from GQ and the article in Esquire) together in some manner or other.  

Then I got called away, I forgot about sending the quote, and danged if it didn't take on a minor life of its own again.  

I truly apologize for bringing up the Holocaust.  I certainly didn't intend to start anything.  It's a trojan horse with a broken leg that needs to be shot off the list, imho.

Mark
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