Mortality...

[Otto]

Thanks Heikki and Cyrus,
I think I simply use the Modern Word (Cornell) version in my efforts to get
the Austrian accent out of my German version.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at mail.student.oulu.fi>
To: Otto <o.sell at telda.net>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: Mortality...


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> One more thing for your interest -
>
> the awesome website by Big Bird and Co. contains an online
> version identical to the one in _Stories from Epoch_:
>
> http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_mortality.html
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>
> Heikki
>
> (P.S. Some sources say Beefheart sings Prestcold Millie,
> others go for Prestone Millie. Which one is correct (or
> are they both...)? The latter alternative does not make
> the interpretation any easier for me (not that it should;
> both options are some kinda labels, no?))
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Otto wrote:
> >
> > > "There was a tree outside her apartment house on P St. and Brennan had
> > > climbed up this tree and waited for her to collie out and whenever she
did
> > > he would proclaim his passion for her in loud and improvised blank
verse."
> > > (Mortality And Mercy In Vienna )
> > >
> > > What's "to collie out"?
> > >
> >
> > Otto: obviously it's "come out" in the original; at least it reads
> > so in _Stories from Epoch_, Cornell U Press 1966, p. 190. (By the
> > way, the collection also contains a story by "Donald" DeLillo,
> > "Take the 'A' Train".) I checked the Pomona online version first,
> > where it does read "collie out" (as it, e.g., reads "eneverated"
> > elsewhere, and the Baudelaire quote "Mon semblable" etc. has no
> > italics. Plus several other lesser errors.)
> >
> >
> > Heikki
> >
> > P.S. But this line in Captain Beefheart's "Tarotplane"[from the
> > originally fuzzy _Mirror Man_ which I kept listening to a lot in
> > the late 70s/early 80s and only lately got hold of the WONDERFULLY
> > remastered _Mirror Man Sessions_, just to realize that it is the
> > greatest album]: "Automatic Sam told Eveready Betty told Prestcold
> > Millie with the long black wavy mane".
> >
> > What does "Prestcold" *mean* here?
> >
> >
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