Eddie Enrico and his Hawaiian Hotshots @ Century: 1969

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Thu Aug 4 16:44:34 CDT 2011


Pynchon mentioned in passing, apparently, though I haven't hit it yet:

http://boingboing.net/2011/08/04/alan-moore-storyteller.html

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM, 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



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