Vineland, publishing info, dedication

[Lawrence Bryan]

On Nov 30, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0307&msg=82602&keywords=johnny%20copeland'
>
> is where Toby Levy posted a lot of good johnny copeland info, and I
> quote (but not before mentioning the snappy title of that 2003 read -
> VLVL2 - and wondering how we will call this current read about which
> we're talking about):
>
> To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 08:18:50 -0400
> Subject: VLVL2 Preliminary: The Epigraph
> From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy@[omitted]>
>
> "Every dog has his day,
> and a good dog
> just might have two days.
>        -- Johnny Copeland"
>
>
>
> It is exceedingly curious that Pynchon gives Johnny Copeland credit  
> for
> the epigraph.  The saying has been utilized in popular music for at  
> least
> a half a century before Copeland made his first recording of "Every  
> Dog's
> Got His Day."

Perhaps OBA didn't have the benefit of Google or Wiki.

Lawrence