Playboy Japan denial

[jbor at bigpond.com]

Speaking of the pynchon-l archives, below is what looks like the 
precise moment when Doug found out that the spokesperson for the 
Melanie Jackson Agency had denied that Pynchon gave the Playboy Japan 
interview. Note the premature gloating in the first excerpt, followed 
by the backslide into the absurd argument that "the real proof" will 
only come when Pynchon initiates legal action against Playboy Japan in 
the second.

My "sin", of mentioning the name of the person who fed me the 
information (twice!) about the MJA phone call and denial, the sin of 
"naming names" as it were, absolutely pales into insignificance beside 
the blatant cover-up which Doug and his cronies perpetrated here for 
two and a half years or more after the denial was given.

best
Rob J

PS to "Mark": you've got a hole in your sock. Very shabby attire indeed.

>> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:20:49 -0800
>> To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
>> From: Doug Millison <millison@[omitted]>
>> Subject: resending re Re: better version of Playboy Japan interview 
>> with
>>
>> [...] I happen to know that several people are inquiring into this 
>> matter, and I
>> wouldn't be surprised to learn something definitive about it sooner 
>> rather
>> than later. [...]

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0201&msg=64064

>>> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:38:03 -0800
>>> To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
>>> From: Doug Millison <millison@[omitted]>
>>> Subject: more re that interview
>>>
>>> [...] an all-out assault on Pynchon for expressing these opinions
>>> (again, assuming it is Pynchon -- the real proof will come if he 
>>> takes
>>> legal action against Playboy Japan, and I don't think anybody's 
>>> heard a
>>> whisper about that yet), so you dump on your favorite targets 
>>> instead.
>>> It's childish and predictable -- and indeed I predicted as much when 
>>> John
>>> Krafft suggested that I share the interview with Pynchon-L.  [...]

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0201&msg=64091

best