The Pynchon I Knew?

[Robin Landseadel]

Here's the whole article, without the brickwall:

	 . . .  His diet consisted primarily of pot, coffee and Kools . . .

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n24/bill-pearlman/short-cuts

On Jan 9, 2010, at 4:34 AM, Henry M wrote:

> Anderson Valley Advertiser
> http://theava.com/archives/3108
>
> The Pynchon I Knew.
> by Bill Pearlman on Jan 7th, 2010.
>
> Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles County is part of the so-called South
> Bay, south of Santa Monica. It was mostly populated by middle-class
> white people when I grew up there in the 1950s, and was a good place
> in many ways. I played volleyball on the beach, and once a year we had
> surfing, paddleboard and volleyball championships next to the
> Manhattan Pier. I graduated from the local high school, Mira Costa, in
> 1961.
>
> In the first months of the summer of 1970, I was on the Oregon Coast
> with some friends. We rented a house and dug a garden, fished for
> trout and crabbed at the nearby dock in Waldport. My friend Charlie
> Vermont, a poet, introduced me to David Shetzline and his wife, M.F.
> Beal, both writers, who lived up the road from us in a place called
> Beavercreek. We got into some swinging scenes, did some major acid,
> talked about the world.
>
> Is this guy genuine?
> Henry Mu