Re: IVIV: chapter seven—Eel Trovatore

[Mark Kohut]

A: a set of vibes seems to be the way one refers to.....vibes...Google it.
Like a drum set, I guess.

One judges 'sloppy' by 1) whether it works as speech (in this case) which is usually sloppier for all of us than writing, as plist blogging usually is as well.....2) whether meaning is lost by supposed "sloppiness".....then it IS....

I say to start. 

--- On Wed, 9/23/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: IVIV: chapter seven—Eel Trovatore
> To: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> Cc: malignd at aol.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:58 AM
> purposefully sloppy--how does one
> prove that?
> if u don't know if there is any depth how can u say its
> hidden
> Pynchon I  believe wrote a pretty straightforward
> novel for good or ill
> Nixon Atlantis Ho Lemuria--profound its not
> 
> rich
> 
> On 9/23/09, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I think these criticisms are snarky at best. 
> They're all attacking
> > what is IV's attitude/voice which is supposed to be
> laid-back
> > stoner-LA.  It's purposefully sloppy
> diction.  I don't think it's bad
> > writing.  It IS cartoonish, purposefully
> so.  If there is any depth
> > going on here (and I don't know that there is), it's
> hidden
> > underneath.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:32 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I think these are all fair criticisms.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9/22/09, malignd at aol.com
> <malignd at aol.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Let's look at this again.
> >>>
> >>>    ''I'm Chlorinda, what'll it be,"
> A waitress in a combination Nehru
> >>> jacket and Hawaiian-print shirt, just long
> enough to qualify as a
> >>> minidress, and with a set of vibes that didn't
> help sharpen anybody's
> >>> appetite.
> >>>
> >>> [What is a "set" of vibes?]
> >
>