AtDtDA23: Two Local Reps

[Dave Monroe]

"Later, outside, back from a stroll by the dusty green river ..."
(AtD, Pt. III, p. 646)


"two local reps from some metropolis of the bad"

Cf. ...

"The Man has a branch office in each of our brains, his corporate
emblem is a white albatross, each local rep has a cover known as the
Ego, and their mission in this world is Bad Shit." (GR, Pt. IV, pp.
712-3)

Also, e.g., ...

Bad Karma
457; location of Spa (Kurhaus) where Margherita Erdmann killed Jewish boys

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/alpha/b.html
http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=B


"a smooth contralto"

The lowest female voice usually about F below the treble clef to D in
the treble clef. This term is sometimes used to distinguish
specifically the female alto as opposed to a male countertenor with an
alto range.

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textc/Contralto.html

In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range
somewhere in between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. The term is used to
refer to the lowest female singing voice....

[...]

The word "contralto" can be used to refer specifically to a female
alto singer, versus alto male singers or instruments or clefs....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto


"hatbrim," "triggerplay," "playfellow"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)


"Fair hair [...] shiny eyes, and low-set, pointed ears like an elf's"

Billy the Kid? No, he died in 1881.
The Waco Kid, the gunfighter played by Gene Wilder in Blazing Saddles?

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_644-677#Page_647

Cf. ...

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Billy-the-Kid.jpg

http://www.lordoftherings.net/film/cast/ca_obloo.html


"'Daisy, Daisy'"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/daisy.htm


"Doc Holliday's celebrated rejoinder"

The Illustrated Life and Times of Doc Holliday has this to say about
Doc and his use of slang:

"YOU'RE A DAISY IF YOU DO"

Of all the shots fired, the final confrontation between Frank McLaury
and Doc Holliday was clearly the most commented on by eyewitnesses.

Bob Hatch: 'Saw Doc Holliday and ....Frank McLaury near the middle of
Fremont Street, probably ten or twelve feet apart. McLaury made a
remark like this: "I've got you this time!" McLaury seemed to be
retreating across the street...as he got near....an adobe
builing....he stopped and stood with a pistol across his arm, in the
act of shooting."

"The NUGGET (with the Epitaph, another Tombstone newspaper of the day)
also described the scene 'As he (McLaury) started across the street,
however he pulled his gun down on Holliday saying, "I've got you now!"
"Blaze away! You're a daisy if you have," replied Doc."

Doc's penchant for slang is highlighted under the following sidebar:

"THE DAISY BUSINESS 'You're a daisy if you do."--Doc Holliday

http://www149.pair.com/marilynn/daisy.htm

Cf. ...

HAL: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel
it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I
can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a ... fraid. Good
afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational
at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992.
My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If
you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.
Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.
HAL: It's called "Daisy."
[sings while slowing down]
HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the
love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a
carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for
two.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/quotes
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gdi5PqMm4jQ
http://www.palantir.net/2001/tma1/wav/daisy.wav
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell#Memorable_Performances


"at the O.K. Corral"

http://www.ok-corral.com/
http://www.tombstone1880.com/archives/wyatt.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/earphome.html
http://www.lawbuzz.com/famous_trials/wyatt_earp/wyatt_earp_ch1.htm#preface


Boot Hill

Boot Hill (or Boothill) is the name for any number of cemeteries,
chiefly in the American West. During the 19th century it was a common
name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who "died with
their boots on" (i.e., violently)....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Hill

Boot Hill Museum

http://www.boothill.org/


"Mexican Orthodox"

http://www.projectmexico.org/

Yeahp, I know, likely supposed to be a wisecrack, but ...