antw. pynchon on the radio

[Richard Romeo]

thx for the info, l.  I wonder about the spate of interest in Germany 
regarding Mr. P--it reminds me of the reception for William Gaddis in the 
years before his passing.
back here in the states, all we get are the media whores
oh well
rich


>From: lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de (lorentzen-nicklaus)
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: antw.  pynchon on the radio
>Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 11:33:47 +0200
>
>
>
>  *** an acceptable audio-collage it is, with fitting novel-extracts, many
>  voices of experts and wannabes, and a little music for the heart: "don't 
>you
>  want somebody to love?/don't you need somebody to love?" yes, grace, we 
>all do,
>  each and every one of us ... the other song, which also finished the 
>whole
>  thing, was "castles made of sand", a track pynchon has been trippin' on 
>more
>  than once ... most intense the parts on vineland and col49 ... lots of 
>key
>  term explications (the one on entropy partly pretty good) ... yet no 
>nature, no
>  spirituality ... a little too academic for beginners, a little too 
>standardized
>  for the connoisseur ... nevertheless entertaining ... any sound facts? 
>yep, the
>  man wore a "beautiful moustache" (naumann) in 1986 ... now, tom, however 
>you're
>  wearing your hair of the head today, let me say one thing:
>
>  happy birthday rainbow-maker! kai (spending the day with gr indoor) *
>
>
>yesterday evening me, myself & eye wrote:
> >  + in less than two hours, 8.05 pm middle european summer-time, you can 
>hear
> >  on  ndr/orb radio 3 another radio feature about the man. "entropie und
> >  paranoia. der schriftsteller thomas pynchon" will take about 55 minutes 
>and
> >  was created by martin hielscher. since this guy has written some good 
>stuff
> >  on wolfgang koeppen, the show may hold more than the pretty general 
>title
> >  promises. check it out! kai +++
> >


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