Pynchon and Music

[Otto]

Pynchon is referring to the liner notes of the "Ruben & The Jets" album here.

2006/10/26, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>:
> "Maybe this small attachment to my past is only another case of what Frank Zappa calls a bunch of old guys sitting around playing rock 'n' roll. But as we all know, rock 'n' roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on forever".
>
> Intro, slow learner pg 23
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
> > Thanks to everyone for their incoming suggestions.
> > Earlier this month somebody mentioned Frank Zappa (I think in relation to
> > psychedelic art), are there any references (maybe implicit) to his music in
> > P's works?
> >