Speaking of W.A.S.T.E.

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Anybody's who's interested should check out "a: 25, b: 14 - believe in his job":

http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2

today's addition to the CoL49wiki. The internal link: " 'Hippie' Movement " goes to 
"Hippie Roots & The Perennial Subculture" By Gordon Kennedy & Kody Ryan:

http://www.hippy.com/article-243.html

That article has a lot of information that connects to 'Against the Day' in addition to obvious connections to Vineland and The Crying of Lot 49.