Starting the Group Read +SPOILERS

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 14, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Robin
> Landseadel<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> ... what passed for humor to a stoned audience in 1970 with a story  
>> set in 1970. You might think of it as another form of Vaudeville, a  
>> mode of humor trapped in a pastness that defines that art.
>
> Whoa.  What's with the negative vibes?  Yr harshin' on my mellow,  
> dude ...

. . . and what's up with all that longing for art nouveau? how it was  
such a rage back in 1970 L.A., and how it gets all blown up in Against  
the Day.

Seriously, you need to look at this:

http://www.bensakoguchi.com/larger/slavery_group2_larger6.php