IV (10) page 154

[Mark Kohut]

The real estate allusions keep on coming........

--- On Mon, 10/12/09, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: IV (10) page 154
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 1:20 AM
> Moving right along -  I'll throw
> stuff out there and you all can connect-the-dots.
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Page 154:
> Late Friday evening and Saturday,  April 3 and
> 4th,  1970 - the 9th day of the narrative per:
> http://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_9
> 
> **********
> Doc's on the couch at home and  "...scarcely
> penetrated the surface tension and sunk into REM ...":
> "REM"   Rapid Eye Movement indicating
> dreaming -
> 
> Smoking weed before you go to sleep drops your amount of
> REM sleep -
> "Feinberg, et al. (1975) compared the sleep patterns of
> experienced marijuana users on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
> and a placebo. Feinberg, et al. (1975) reported reduced eye
> movement activity and less REM sleep in the TCH condition.
> They also reported a REM rebound effect, that is more REM
> activity, on withdrawal from THC. So,there exists some
> scientific evidence that marijuana interfers with REM
> sleep."
> http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/200906/marijuana-sleep-and-dreams
> 
> ********
> Doc's fire bell telephone ring wakes him up .  He got
> the fire alarm system from a kid who had taken it from a
> school building:
> 
> Well, it's a fire alarm bell then.
> http://www.soundsnap.com/fire_alarm_bell_ring_long
> (Want that on your cell phone?)
> so jam with it:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vXBY6c_oBE
> 
> 
> *************
> 
> Jade on the Sunset Strip:   "You know FFO up
> on Sunset?":
> 
> FFO  -  Definition  (including the Reit)
> Funds From Operations. A financial measure used by REITs to
> define their operating performance. FFO is calculated by
> adding depreciation and amortization expenses to earnings.
> This gives an idea of the REIT's  (Real Estate
> Investment Trusts)  cash performance, which is a better
> measure of the REIT's performance than earnings, which
> include (often large) non-cash items.
> http://www.investorwords.com/1923/FFO.html
> 
> Reet Oof -  "write off?  as in financial
> dealings?
> 
> **********
> Whatever -  in this case the FFO is a nightclub:
> Whisky A-Go-Go (correct spelling)  had a lot of
> British bands back in the days - King Crimson (see below)
> played there in 1969.  - (I was there in the summer of
> 1966, when the Strip first got hot.  I have no idea who
> I saw on stage - I was 18,  not even legal - I didn't
> know anything about any "riots;"  we just came and
> went.)
> 
> Doc - "Problem is they also know me.":
> Why is this a problem?  Is it about Aunt Reit or does
> Doc have some financial issues?)
> 
> *******
> Spotted Dick with the Furies as back-up are playing at the
> FFO:
> 
> Spotted Dick
> Lots of possible connections here:
> 
>  *  King Crimson,  a British rock group of the
> time is a possiblity - they debuted at a freebie concert in
> Hyde Park hosted by the Rolling
> Stones.   They did a California tour in
> 1969-70 which included the Whisky (yes - correct spelling).
> http://echoesof-the-past.blogspot.com/search/label/King%20Crimson
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yrpMsTxEdU&feature=related
> 
> 
> *  Spotted Dick - is a thick pudding-type dish of
> British  origin with raisins or currants which create
> the "spots."   Dick may be a variation
> of  the word "thick"  but there are other
> possibilities:
> http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2031/whats-the-origin-of-spotted-dick
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick
> 
> *********************************
> 
> Bekah
>