VLVL(12) pgs 218-226 Orick

[Mark Kohut]

"the restoration of a premodal innocence in which all the notes of the universe would be 
available to him".  

The goal of the artist, so to speak?.............

The Music of the Spheres?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis


 


----- Original Message ----
From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:18:31 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL(12) pgs 218-226 Orick


On Feb 22, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Page 220 -  Great Landslide of 1964 -  Presidential election of LBJ?
>> (probably a real event on the road as well.)
>> Orick during the 1964 flood:
>> http://www.northcoastjournal.com/051602/cover0516.html
> 
> Very good ...
> 
>> Page 225  Combo-Ork - it's not just "lingo" it's sheet music:
>> http://www.redraspus.com/blog/2007/7/13/collecting-old-combo-orks-books.html
> 
> Surprised not to find more on this online., But did find that Chinese
> site with all that Pynchon text whilst searching ...

I student taught in Orick  as the Art Teacher. The town itself is pretty dismal, though located near a beautiful stretch of coast. Most students were from an ugly roadside trailer park.  One thing that makes it a credible site for a thanatoid convention is the large number of RV's that roost near there on the coast throughout the year. I think there was a similar camp inland in the area.  These places become little communities.