VLVL(4) Blues reference

[Toby G Levy]

On page 43 Zoyd calls the TV-Detox place and hears music playing in the
background: "Little Charlie and the Nightcats singing 'TV Crazy.'"  

TV Crazy was the first song on the first album from Little Charlie and
the Nightcats, but it was not released until 1987.  Since the action of
Vineland at this point is 1984, there's a slight, dare we say,
anachronism here.  

This band is a California blues group that would definitely been in heavy
rotation on the blues show that Pynchon listened to while writing
Vineland.

A couple of years ago, Charlie and his band played in my city.  A friend
of mine, who happened to be rereading Vineland at the time, went up to
Charlie during the break and barely got the word "Pynchon" out of his
mouth before Little Charlie said very quickly with a tight-lipped grin,
"yeah, yeah...page 43...I never read the book."  He definitely gave the
impression that he was asked about Vineland TOO many times over the
years.

Toby

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