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[Bekah]

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  "The Furies"  opening for Spotted Dick at FFO - 3 basses and no lead  
guitar
I have no idea - the bass was very, very popular but no lead?
Nevertheless,  watch the White Rabbit clip (see below)  and you'll see  
Jack Casady who played bass for Jefferson Airplane (see below) - it  
fits.

White Rabbit -  Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane on Surrealistic  
Pillow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cfTMdjkYM
(On Smothers Brothers - I probably saw that show - very nice.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rabbit_(song)

What was that prior  reference to "Slick" again?  Donavan "Quite  
right, Slick,"  or  "Grace Slick."  eh .... ?

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I have no idea when organic ice cream became popular in LA.   I  
certainly didn't hear about it.  This may be something that TPR knew  
about from his own experience.

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Bambi:    "We had you figured for a Herb Alpert person."  Why does she  
say that?       Is Doc a dud - uncool?  Yes,  a bit.   *OR* - was Herb  
Albert cool?  - Not that I remember, although some of his tunes  
certainly were.   Doc's  older than the girls for sure but ...    
Pynchon was 33 in 1970 - maybe he liked Herb Alpert.

  "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQK1vWkC4-o
(1970)

"Alpert originally sang "This Guy's in Love with You" on a 1968  
television special. In response to numerous viewer telephone calls,  
the song was released as a single and reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard  
Hot 100 in June of that year, remaining in the top position for four  
weeks. It was not only Alpert's first #1 record, but it was also the  
first #1 record for his A&M record label. The song also spent an  
impressive ten weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart, which at  
the time was referred to as the "Easy Listening" chart. For the  
single's B-side, Alpert chose "A Quiet Tear," an album track from his  
first album in 1962, The Lonely Bull."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Guy's_in_Love_with_You

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Doc:   "... everything copacetic?" - an interesting word -   it means  
fine or excellent.   See
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cop1.htm
for a good discussion of the term.

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Bambi:   "Shiny Mac McNutley" -   a member of Spotted Dick - a member  
of King Crimson?  (I doubt it - more likely a TPR invention.)


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Jade's toilet paper / "letter of intent" joke  underscores the idea  
that Jade and Bambi may simply just be really mean,  sarcastic little  
wonders who think very highly of themselves.

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Patchouli  -  oh lord love a duck if I never smell that again it might  
be too soon.   I smelled just a bit too much of it back then - I liked  
it - I really, really did - but then somehow it got overdone.     
Recent studies show it may be an effective insect deterrent.  (heh)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchouli

And in a very small case of synchronicity,  I came across the word  
patchouli in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard the other morning .   (Gaev  
says it smells of patchouli in the house - he probably doesn't like it.)

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Bek