The Pynchon I Knew?

[Andrew]

To my very limited knowledge, it seems accurate. The commune he mentions in
New Mexico seems to existed, but through some very half-assed googlng, I
can't find his name mentioned as having helped found it. Pearlman also turns
up in the google search living in Placitas, which, rightly or wrongly, often
gets mentioned in connection with old hippies.

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Robin Landseadel <
robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
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