IV

[John Bailey]

This movie was my youth in celluloid format:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P6MqHccBSI

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> That movie (1962 setting)  was my high school life in celluloid format.
> I really preferred The Wanderers  and New York -  so exotic, intense and
>  textured.  I think they used the same time frame - The Wanderers was set in
> 1963 (because there's a scene where the kids are watching the news about the
> Kennedy assassination).   JFK's death marks an emotional or social line
> between the 50s and 60s and it's visible in those two movies.
>
> Bekah
> http://web.mac.com/bekker2/
>
> On Aug 18, 2009, at 8:15 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>  There was a reference to Wolfman Jack in the movie American Graffiti
>> (1973).  The kids are listening to Wolfman and one girl says her parents
>> don't want her to listen to him because he's black.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Sent: Aug 18, 2009 12:03 AM
>>> To: Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net>
>>> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> Subject: Re: IV  "oldies"
>>>
>>> Okay guys -  who remembers Wolfman Jack?   Although I was never a huge
>>> fan,  I did get a kick out of him.  He was a DJ out of Mexico or LA or
>>> somewhere who played late at night on AM radio station XERB.    He had
>>> an incredible voice and played lots of "soul-type" stuff which was
>>> also popular at the time.  Many folks thought he was black because of
>>> his voice and song titles.   I remember him from the mid/late 60s -
>>> '66?  (thinking where I was re HS).    Had no idea at all he was
>>> white.    His name so up front and prominent in IV really took me back
>>> - who else could it be,  but ...  ???
>>>
>>> There's a lot out there in the cybers about him but not much of the
>>> old stuff.  This is good -  (He interrupted the music a lot and on AM
>>> the reception was spotty sometimes.):
>>>
>>> http://airchexx.com/markets/mexico/wolfman-jack-xerb-1090-rosarito-bc-mexico-1967
>>>
>>> Bekah
>>>
>>> http://web.mac.com/bekker2/
>>>
>>> On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:25 AM, Doug Millison wrote:
>>>
>>>  "Moldy Oldies from the Golden Grooveyard" comes booming out of
>>>> youthful memory in the voice of a radio DJ.
>>>>
>>>> I'm a The Beatles/Beach Boys kind of guy, but it's all good.
>>>>
>>>> First time I heard The Beatles was "Love Me Do" on the radio, at a
>>>> backyard swimming pool party in Lafayette, Louisiana, with my
>>>> friends.  A sound to crack open the sky - almost that dramatic for
>>>> my young mind.
>>>>
>>>> "No child of mine will spend a goddam DIME on records by these
>>>> freaks!" Dad swore, shaking his fist at the Ed Sullivan Show.
>>>>
>>>> Robin Landseadel:
>>>> Top 40 radio, as I recall*, often had such reliable gimmicks as
>>>> "Million Dollar Weekends" featuring "Million Dollar Oldies." …
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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