IVIV 78

[Michael Bailey]

really nice wikipedia article on the Auburn car, lotsa stuff I didn't
know and pictures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_Automobile

their license plate: LNM WOW
LNM - Lourdes and  Motella.  A popular cigarette was called "L&M" -
relevant?  probably not...

sometimes there's an audible click and I can hear the song while
reading a Pynchon lyric.
Hasn't happened with this race song, though there are echoes of 409
and Fun Fun Fun, and so forth
This is, like, maybe the first happy love song ever in a P book?
The male and female compete, the male runs out of gas, she brings him
some and they ride together.
Jack and Jill for the automotive age?  Noted in passing is how the 2d
sax chorus is same as the first.



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