VL-IV 1: Christ on Parade, pgs.18/19

[Robin Landseadel]

http://midwesternhousewives.blogspot.com/2008/09/christ-on-parade-80s-punk-for-fans-of.html

This is a real band. One member, Noah [sorry, don’t remember his last  
name] sported a Matt Groening-esque * florescent chartreuse mono- 
mohawk and some pretty severe acne. He worked at the same “Tower  
Records” where I was employed in 1984, shelving records, playing with  
the shrink wrap machine and answering the store phone with “Burger  
King!”. While I’m not sayin’ that TRP knows about this band, this is  
the sort of information that can help us get to the higher ups and is  
worth rill' money, if you catch my drift. C.O.P. just reeked of the  
times and are an altogether too perfect parallel to the Vomitones.

Now if OBA knows C.O.P. on account of being in/around Aptos and the  
band liking to go where the gettin’ is greener [if ya catch my drift]  
then Isaiah 2-4 is just a hop, skip and. . .

	"He's got a good idea, if only you'd listen, Pop."

	"Pop this." Zoyd ate a Chee-to he'd been planning to throw.

	Moondoggie, for example, in Gidget [1959], after all. ... "

==============================================
	In one of the first episodes, the producers sent Gidget's

	boyfriend Moondoggie east to college with the convenient

	understanding that both were free to date others while

	separated, thus opening plots to a variety of complications

	and guest stars.



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

And of course protective daddy impulses loom now.  Zoyd’s obviously  
putting in the effort [sort of], and has some natural fear of this  
“ . . .NBA-sized violence enthusiast who might or might not be fucking  
his daughter. . .”, but at the same time wants his little girl to be  
happy.

	"Isaiah!" hollered the girl, "let's move it mah man, no telling
	how long he's even gonna be in this good of a mood," and
	out of another dimension, where he'd been waiting in orbit,
	emerged Isaiah Two Four, who today, Zoyd noticed, had
	his long Mohawk colored a vibrant acid green, except at
	the tips, where some magenta shade was airbrushed on.
	Now these happened to be Zoyd's two all-time favorite
	colors, and Prairie, who had given him enough T-shirts
	and ashtrays in the quaint sixties combo, knew it.

Now everybody knows TRP’s favorite color combo, right?


Going through the P-List archives for September/October VLVL [which I  
recommend] here’s an informed response concerning “the musical  
statements of Septic Tank or Fascist Toejam” from schwitterZ:

	. . . I tried to find a sound file for you all because I think it could
	serve as an example of the sonic dissonance I imagine the
	Vomitones perpetrating . . .

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9810&msg=31561&sort=date

. . .which is part of why I thought “C.O.P.” as such a pertinent point  
of reference, esp. considering the noise quotient of C.O.P. But  
schwitterZ’s missive’s worth it for the band name he references— 
Fascist Jock Itch— and lyrics like:

	forlorn lists true contempt destruct dripping red is it time to come  
clean
	wash away everything hold the frame still life focus ones intent to  
not be
	noticed lost in lies graceful charms losing touch with everyone  
management
	terms and conditions waiting for own in addition contract is raised THE
	WORLDS GREATEST MORTUARY

The Uzi reference now [2008] has even more registration/mis- 
registration with this wonderful bit of Post-Cake pop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lRQYaV2S6k

Of course, what an Uzi is and where it came from is clearly in the mix:

	The Uzi gun was designed by Major (Captain at the time) Uziel Gal

	of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

	The weapon was submitted to the Israeli army for evaluation and

	won out over more conventional designs due to its simplicity and

	economy of manufacture. Gal did not want the weapon to be

	named after him, but his request was ignored. The Uzi was

	officially adopted in 1951.


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

Just a girlie with a gun . . .



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