IVIV (1) From The Desert To The Sea (And All Of Southern California)

[rich]

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, david

rich

On 8/27/09, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> No, REIT is a common term Pynchon would surely know, and it fits
> perfectly with a Real Estate agent.
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:21 AM, rich<richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> do we give Pynchon too much credit sometimes?
>>
>> e.g. this whole thing on Reet and REIT
>>
>> it seems like a leap to me
>>
>> this definition could be as good as any: one such one: "Reet" is
>> fairly common pre-80s slang for "good"/"excellent"/"awesome"
>>
>> Jackie Wilson's song "Reet Petite"?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/26/09, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
>>> "....with her phenomenal lot-by-lot grasp of land use from the desert
>>> to the sea, as they liked to say on the evening news" (p. 6)
>>>
>>> they = Jerry Dunphy
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dunphy
>>>
>>> There's no footage of him uttering the words from a newscast - however:
>>>
>>> Here he is:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiB6-4C6LvI
>>>
>>> And he wrote the lyrics to this:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/nnvscm
>>>
>>
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