Thomas Pynchon exploits history for his own selfish ends

[Joe Allonby]

Prefer "In on the Kill Taker" myself, but Ian is one of the nicest people
you will ever meet.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:34 PM, David Patty <navan.ghee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Re:  sucky songs & letting yourself (or a work) mature--
>
> As a teen I felt Deeply Betrayed by Fugazi's 'Red Medicine', embarrassed
> even (though I couldn't properly explain why) but bore in mind that my
> parents felt the same about King Crimson's 'Three of a Perfect Pair'.  With
> time I grew into 'Red Medicine' and now consider it one of my Desert Island
> Five.
>
> [
> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2127&page=5#Item_27]
>
> Not that the songs in ATD are great, or even good...  I've always had mixed
> feelings about Pynchon-the-songwriter.  Mostly I considered the seeming drop
> in quality (and meter) to be indicative of the period.  A great deal of
> music from back then is awkward if not mothergodawful.
>
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