GR Soundtrack of songs mentioned in the novel? Re: Pynchon and Music

Ya Sam takoitov at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 26 12:11:31 CDT 2006


I second that. May turn out to be a great project. Just imagine, listening 
to GR music while reading GR!


>From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
>To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: GR Soundtrack of songs mentioned in the novel? Re: Pynchon and 
>Music
>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:54:26 -0700 (PDT)
>
>That sounds like a project for http://pynchonwiki.com,
>which is now underway.
>
>A start would be to list the songs and other pieces of
>music that are mentioned in GR, in order of appearance
>in the novel. I don't know if anybody has already
>tagged these items in the text, if so that would make
>it relatively easy to generate such a list.
>
>I expect that sound files will be available somewhere
>on the web for most of these, although it may take
>some digging to find them. It might not be possible to
>do this as a commercial project, I don't know, but a
>playlist of some sort might fly.
>
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>--- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all these references. I will try and
> > gradually fill in the gaps
> > in my education! On the whole, listening to the
> > music pertinent to a certain
> > book's theme or period covered is a great way to
> > expand your experience.
> > Hell, that's a good idea! How about a CD of
> > soundtracks to GR?
> >
> >
> > >From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> > >To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>,
> > pynchon-l at waste.org
> > >Subject: Re: Pynchon and Music
> > >Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:56:38 -0700 (PDT)
> > >
> > >Pynchonian Influences in Music
> > >
> > >Pynchon, so fond of the Kazoo, has had some small
> > >effect on the music scene since the 60's. The
> > nature
> > >of this effect has been analysed by Steven Moore in
> > >"Pynchon on Record" ("Pynchon Notes", 10 [1982],
> > >56-57) and also by Dr Larry Daw in "More on Pynchon
> > on
> > >Record" ("Pynchon Notes", 12 [1983], 46-47).
> > >
> > >Collected below are some odd Pynchon references,
> > >allusions, inspirations or collaborations found in
> > the
> > >Harmonium Mundi....
> > >
> >
> >http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_music.html
> > >
> > >McLaughlin, Robert L.  "Movie Music in Gravity's
> > >    Rainbow." Pynchon Notes 28–29 (1991): 143–45.
> > >
> > >http://www.ham.muohio.edu/~krafftjm/backissu.html
> > >
> > >And see as well, esp., as I recall ...
> > >
> > >Cowart, David.  Thomas Pynchon: The Art of
> > Illusion.
> > >    Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1980.
> > >
> > >A-and maybe ...
> > >
> >
> >http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0211&msg=72892
> > >
> >
> >http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0312&msg=87543
> > >
> >
> >http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0411&msg=95309
> > >
> > >--- Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > ... a "must music package" for his novels ...
> > >
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