Woodstock

[Richard Fiero]

Carvill John wrote:

>  . . . A very interesting point. IV isn't as saturated with 
> canonical Sixties references as we might expect. Is this just 
> because Pynchon wanted to avoid obviousness and cliches? . . .

The beach scene had very little to do with the Sixties or with Los 
Angeles.  The beach scene was and is its own craziness. Sixties LA 
was Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, Modern Jazz Quartet, Lou Rawls, 
Bluegrass, Barney's Beanery ("faggots stay out"), the Ferus Gallery 
and so on.  West Hollywood, Downtown, East LA, San Gabriel Valley. No 
beach except visits to Venice to see  your aunt and other crackpots.