VLVL2 (15): An Instant off the Scale

[Dave Monroe]

   "Though Ernie and Sid had done their best in
advance to cushion the shock, it was still an instant
off the scale, from which neither would return to the
world she had left...." (VL, Ch. 15, p. 362)


"off the scale"

p. 362 "off the scale"    Techno rap, meaning too
great to measure, pins the meter, etc.

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm

But cf. as well ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq4/severitygip.html

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html

http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/education/geog/tectonics/richt.html


"a Naugahyde booth"

http://www.naugahyde.com/

http://www.naugahyde.com/history.html


"'Did they scream?'"

p. 362 "Did they scream?"    A cheap, if effective,
trick: Pynchon switches POV (narrators) in mid-scene,
giving the tale to producer Sid, and twists the knife
by making him playfully reluctant to part with
details, so Zuniga has to beg.

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm


"'Yeah, they jitterbugged'"

http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3jtrbg.htm

http://www.eskimo.com/~tiktok/faq12.html#20

"Polka Dots and Moonbeams"

http://www.spiritofsinatra.com/pages/Lyrics/p/Polka_Dots_and_Moonbeams.htm

"In the Mood"

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/glenn-miller/in-the-mood.html

"Moonlight Serenade"

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/glenn-miller/moonlight-serenade.html


"'Too bad we can't use it'"

p. 362 "Too bad we can't use it."    Christ! Have we
been watching Zuniga's damn movie all this time?
Directed by Frenesi??? 

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm


"perhaps under a sorcerer's spell"

p. 362 "Kissing a young pale melon, under a golden
pregnant lallapalooza of a moon."   Sasha's dream is
sweet and surreal, but it seems insufficiently
motivated. Would she really forgive Frenesi so easily?

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm

Okay, one more, and ...


	
		
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