IVIV (13) scene three synopsis

[Robin Landseadel]

On Nov 5, 2009, at 6:36 PM, John Bailey wrote:

> I find IV's coincidences such as this one terribly annoying,
> especially when Doc's leads just constantly fall in his lap. But I
> guess that's a noir convention too, and maybe P's just pointing to the
> absurdity of said narrative conventions.

The Big Sleep comes to mind, where everybody and his uncle wants to  
know if Marlowe is looking for/has found Rusty Regan. Eventually the  
plot resolves when Marlowe figures that Carmen Sternwood iced Rusty.  
Until then, Marlowe keeps running into folks who have connections to  
Rusty Reagan. Not really all that plausible but fun while it lasts.  
"At least I'm enjoying the ride."

> Also (a) Trillium turns up in Vineland as Mucho Maas' new girlfriend.

I see Trillium, I don't see Fortnight. When I hear "Trillium", it's  
musical ornementation that first comes to mind particularly in the  
presence of all that authentic antique musical hardware. Throw in  
"Fortnight" and there's an additional layer of antiquarianism in the  
mix. My mind naturally wanders off to the Southern Renaissance Faire  
of the late sixties/early seventies. A lot of old Owsley alumni parked  
their gypsy wagons down in Agoura back then, just a few minutes drive  
away from Rocketdyne headquarters. Bob Thomas—the artist who painted  
the cover of Live/Dead, creator of the Dancing Dead Bears and  
otherwise connected to the larger Dead/Owsley enterprise—ran the music  
department of the Ren Faires back in those days. If a double-reed  
specialist specializing in Shawms, Crumhorns and the Serpent was  
looking for a job in those days, the Ren Faire would be the first and  
most obvious place to look for a paying gig. Big time drug nexus,  
initially of the psychedelic sort, eventually—like Mucho—getting  
adjusted to Coke, which inexplicably became cheap and plentiful in the  
wake of the psychedelic experiment.

Trillium mentions that she played in some L.A. Phil—"Hit It Zubie!"— 
Frank Zappa collaboration. Used to have a "Trademark of Quality"  
bootleg of one of those collaborations over in Pauley Pavillion, the  
highest-fi bootleg I owned up until the Grateful Dead's "Make Believe  
Ballroom" double disc set, later officially reissued as "One From THe  
Vault."

	"The LAPO, conducted by Zubin Mehta, played a concert with
	Zappa and selected Mothers at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion on
	May 15, 1970. This incarnation of the Mothers was a pick-up
	band put together specifically for the concert, and included Ian
	Underwood, Don Preston, Jim Sherwood, Ray Collins, Billy
	Mundi, Jeff Simmons & Aynsley Dunbar and perhaps The Top
	Score Singers.

	This was the concert which Flo & Eddie attended as audience
	members, and would afterwards approach Frank about joining
	his group. It was also the world premiere of much of the music
	that would later be performed by the Royal Philharmonic
	Orchestra  for 200 Motels.

	The musicians union wanted royalties for recording rights, so
	Frank declined to record that show. Somebody in the crowd did
	have a tape recorder, and the resulting music has wound up on
	a variety of bootlegs."

Thing is, it sounded a lot more like a multi-miked Decca/London  
recording than the result of a cassette deck being smuggled in  
someone's sweatshirt.

http://www.united-mutations.com/l/los_angeles_philharmonic_orchest.htm

> And Trillium is another kind of flower.

And there you are.