IV, misc. p. 84 "gathering pinks as it came"

[Mark Kohut]

A---and, I think this might be one of the more resonant meanings of the pink cover fade, given the car on the cover, yes?

--- On Sat, 10/10/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: IV, misc. p. 84 "gathering pinks as it came"
> To: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 1:06 PM
> reminds me of the movie Grease
> 1978--racing for pinks and earlier Two
> Lane Blacktop 1971
> 
> of course, great Springsteen song, Racing in the Streets
> (1978)
> I got a 69 Chevy...
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HFht4MPiPs
> 
> rich
> 
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Pinks refers to the color of the title of cars in
> California and this phrase refers to a drag racer winning
> the cars of losers.....
> >
> > "Pinks is a franchise series of television programs on
> Speed Channel  with the spinoff Pinks: All Out following in
> 2006. The name of the show, and the tagline "Lose the race -
> lose your ride", refer to common slang of pink slips
> representing a vehicle's title document recording ownership,
> and the derivative street-racing phrase, "racing for pinks,"
> meaning a race in which the winner earns the loser's car.
> (In California, until recently, the vehicle title was on a
> pink slip of paper.)"
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