Fw: CoL 49 p. 14

[Paul Mackin]

On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Page wrote:

> Robin accidentally sent this reply only to me, then asked me to pass it along 
> to everyone else. As always, Robin has written something worth passing on.
>
> Page
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Landseadel" 
> <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
> To: "Page" <page at quesnelbc.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:54 PM
> Subject: Re: CoL 49 p. 14
>
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>> On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Page wrote:
>> 
>>> Sorry this topic is in the distant past. I hope it isn't a repetition.
>>> 
>>> The description of Oedipa's first view of San Narcisco has always
>>> reminded me of Levittown. I remember seeing a photograph of
>>> Levittown taken from above, and it is much like the description of
>>> San N.
>>> 
>>> Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>> Some thirty years ago, a woman who knew Pynchon told me that he came
>> up with the name "San Narcisco" as they were driving north towards
>> South San Francisco. That spot on the map is the west coast equivalent
>> of Levittown and the inspiration for Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes."
>> 
Did anyone besides me think the use of "Little Boxes" as introductory 
music for the early seasons of "Weeds" was highly misplaced? Or it could 
have been ironic. Since the houses in the upscale community in which 
the story takes place seemed to all be upscale multimillion dollar 
mansions.

Wonderful song however.

P