AtDDtA1: Summer Uniform

[Dave Monroe]

"... the boys, each dressed neatly in the summer uniform or
red-and-white striped blazer and trousers of sky-blue ..." (AtD, Pt.
I, Ch. 1, p. 3)


Cf. ...

http://gallery.redferns.com/gallery_2/gallery_images/600_pixel_images/MOA003_BEACH_BOYS_P.jpg

http://gallery.redferns.com/gallery_2/gallery_text/image_display_pages/exhibition_files_only/ex_MOA003_BEACH_BOYS.htm

When Siegel visited Pynchon previous to interviewing Bob Dylan and
revealed the nature of his assignment, Pynchon simply stated that
Siegel ought to interview the Beach Boys.

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/bio/influences.html