books and music

Arne Herl�v Petersen herlahp at inet.uni2.dk
Fri Jan 4 16:42:19 CST 2002


Samuel Moyer wrote:
> 

> 
> I was looking around in the archives to see if these books had been
> mentioned in the past - only briefly - and came across something
> interesting... maybe someone can answer for me... here was the post:
> 
> >"New York Woman" - Lyrics by Thomas Pynchon ( from _V_, I believe. )
> >on "Hoboken Saturday Night" by the group Insect Trust.
> 
> Has anyone ever listened to it?  I don't find it available for
> purchase.  Here is the Amazon review:
> 
> 
> "And if this is record's good, what about their second album, Hoboken
> Saturday Night, released a couple of years later on Atco? Wonderful
> stuff indeed, and needing urgent attention from Rhino, please.
> 
> Insect Trust also warrants attention from people interested in the
> work of Thomas Pynchon. There was a connection, and they set to music
> his lyric Eyes of a New York Woman, from V (second album)."
> 
> 
> 
> I'd definelty like to listen to this.
> 
> 
> 
> Sam
> 
> 


Apparently two groups named Insect Trust.
One active 1968-70. That's the one to go for. See on our friend's The
Modern Word

http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_music_insect-trust.html

The other one a new groups. See

http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/0/alejandro_lobster_and_the_inse.html

One album available at CD Now

http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=495719730/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/popsearch.html/clickID=tn_srch_txt

But, maddeningly, they don't tell if it's the old or the new group



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