AtDtDA23: It Had Rained in the Night

[Mark Kohut]

Robin sezz, sassily:
That "It's Always
Night" is also a kinda hipster code for 'the fix is in.' Or we need
all the light we can get, 'cause we are surrounded by darkness 
and duplicity. It's a nocturnal, cooled down version of Ezekiel 

YES, YES, YES......!!!!




----- Original Message ----
From: "robinlandseadel at comcast.net" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:38:26 PM
Subject: Re: AtDtDA23: It Had Rained in the Night

"It had started snowing at the top of the page and 
I had to wipe the cornstarch off my mukluks. . . ."

          Mark Kohut:
          Sorry, things I THOUGHT I'd included, but ...

Ask Mitchell Prettyplace and Brigidier Pudding 'bout that. . . .

          MK Ultra:
          I'm itching for an argument.....

"I'm sorry, this is abuse."

          MK: 
          I'll be a boxing dummy you can all punch out.

Ian Drury comes to mind. Also Butch Coolidge.

          M:
          But I am going to sorta repeat one of my 
          themes here, because the quote about
          Creede MAY show my theme interestingly................................

And there's nothing quite like a da capo repeat 
to get that sing-a-long up and running.
Follow the bouncing ball. . . .

          K:
          TRPs vision of being human in AtD involves 
          the natural rhythms and such and more.

Like shitloads of drugs. Also notice a lot of gittin' it on, 
if you catch my drift.

          Ultra:
          Which means a natural night and day, 
          which the electric lights and 24/7 working mines
          of Creede no longer have.........

But George and Henry, why should they care? 
They're going to be sailing on the Istalena all day anyway.

          Much worse than Times Square or 
          Vegas now but akin.
          And electric lights are merciless.................................

And are a major concern for Pynchon & Company, invested as THEY 
are in Thomas Alva Edison, various power companies named after 
Tom Swift's Godfather, some G.E. stock, stock in those "Mazda" 
bulbs, some mines, a number of railroads, a bank or three, overseas
banking, munitions, R & D for movies, a few notes for William Fox. . . .

          MK:
          I think the Monk epigraph has the usual 
          meaning of "we live in constant ignorance, 
          constant darkness
          so we need some light shed on it"...

"It's always shitty-weird 'Round Midnight, 'Round Midnight. . . ."

          MK KJV:
          One might gloss Monk's line as like unto 
          the Biblical "let there be light".....into the 
          blackness of the void....

One might also take into consideration Monk's big hit---'Round 
Midnight'---his chronic depression and the history of African 
Expatriates in America. Slavery, in its various forms, being perhaps 
the best expression of Capitalism at its purest. That "It's Always
Night" is also a kinda hipster code for 'the fix is in.' Or we need
all the light we can get, 'cause we are surrounded by darkness 
and duplicity. It's a nocturnal, cooled down version of Ezekiel 
25:17 as rendered by Jules Winnfield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRVm_TAE24A


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