SLSL Intro "Dad's Kind of Music"

[Otto]

"I remember reading Gravity's Rainbow on a United Airlines flight from Omaha
to Los Angeles. A stewardess escorted an elderly lady to a seat right next
to mine and said, "I'm sure this gentleman here would be a very good
conversationalist". I stuck my nose back in the book and didn't say a word
to her for the entire flight. Another stewardess saw what I was reading and
exclaimed "Gravity's Rainbow, I'm reading that. What a great book". I still
feel guilty for not talking to the old lady."
(...)
"The first full measure and the last measure of Thomas Pynchon, His Pavane
and Galliard are nearly identical in content, although very different in
function. This leads naturally to the notion that the piece could be played
continuously for a very long time by repeating from the end back to the
second measure without a break. This would be tiring for the performers and
the audience. It would serve only to emphasize my own mind games, filled as
they are with repetition, recursion, and the ultimate return to the source.
Ultimately, I believe this notion has something to do with the writings of
Thomas Pynchon, but I can't prove it. That doesn't mean I can't believe in
the connection. I know the Pynchon books inspired my little duet, because
the first thing I decided was the title."

Eight Facts About Thomas Pynchon, His Pavane and Galliard,
A Piece for Cello and Piano by David Ocker
http://www.leisureplanetmusic.com/composer/ocker/pynchon.htm

SLSL Intro "Dad's Kind of Music" by Dave:
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0211&msg=72937

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