Eddie Enrico and his Hawaiian Hotshots @ Century: 1969

[Dave Monroe]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> "'... stay at home with you!'  That was Eddie Enrico and His Hawaiian
> Hotshots with a rocker from the pirate's locker." (LOEG, Vol. 3,
> Century No. 2: 1969, p. 30)
>
> http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-vol-iii-century-2/635
>
> Eddie Enrico and his Hong Kong Hotshots - From the book Vineland
> (1990). Thomas Pynchon's novel mentions this band.
>
> http://www.fakebands.com/fakeband_e.html
>
> In an unusual twist, 1990's "Vineland" appears to reference the movie.
> 'Eddie Enrico and his Hong Kong Hotshots',( pages 78 & 79 Little,
> Brown edition) pop up in the novel. Note the alliteration of the
> singer's name. Further proof is the mention on the same page, of Ramon
> Raquello. This is the name of the fake orchestra leader that is
> playing, and interrupted, during the fabled Orson Welles 1939
> production of "War of the Worlds". In Buckaroo Banzai Yoyodyne is
> based at Grover's Mill, the actual site in New Jersey where Welles had
> his Martian invaders land.
>
> http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/popculture5.html
>
> Cf. ...
>
> http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_film_bb.html

http://mindlessones.com/2011/07/28/the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-century-1969-the-annocommentations-part-ii/#comment-12815

... and note that Paul Di Filippo took over writing Top 10 after Alan
Moore moved on (+ immediately started dropping Pynchon refs. himself
[p. 32 here, they count the covers]):

http://jessnevins.com/annotations/1969annotations.html

Paul Di Filippo

http://www.pauldifilippo.com/top_cop.pdf

http://www.pauldifilippo.com/graphical_stories.php