Debate Topic

[David Morris]

I wasn't able to watch it, and have been unsuccessful in finding it online.
 The CBS 2012 Olympics website is a joke.  Any suggestions?

On Monday, July 30, 2012, Diane Caudillo wrote:

> dang, you're making me wish I watched that spectacle, maybe. speaking of
> spectacle, Pynchonesque is a kind of lens through which we can skew / view
> the whole world for maximum wacky deep delight.
>
>
> Diane Caudillo
> 510-517-6262
> pax, amor, et lepos in iocando
>
> On Jul 30, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'markekohut at yahoo.com');>>
> wrote:
>
> Yeahp, you guys are right about that word.
>
> yes, P has (almost) no tradition and is anti-Tradition (in most senses) so
> that was not right.
>
> I did mean style/method, yes, everything and the hospital sink but also
> in the 'magical', near-surreal movement of images and idea.....silly
> musical numbers, how Pynchon.....    the Olympics, Danny boy and Branagh
>  trying to
> get The Industrial Revolution (!!) into an Olympics OC?!?.......and Bond &
> the Queen ...did you not have
> a moment's association with the Chums and their balloon?....and Olde Happy
> Shire England (of the past)--
> when communities were organic and more......the whole homage to workers
> all thru it..................
>
> Glorified England more than TRP ever did America or England but,
> still......
>
>
>   *From:* David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'fqmorris at gmail.com');>>
> *To:* Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'recoignishon at gmail.com');>>
> *Cc:* Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'markekohut at yahoo.com');>>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 30, 2012 2:39 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Debate Topic
>
> "Tradition" isn't a good word choice here.  Maybe style or method, as
> in "everything including the kitchen sink."
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Alex Colter < <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'recoignishon at gmail.com');>recoignishon at gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'recoignishon at gmail.com');>> wrote:
> > If by Pynchon Tradition you mean the Tradition Pynchon constantly
> satirizes then I would agree...?
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Mark Kohut < <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'markekohut at yahoo.com');>markekohut at yahoo.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'markekohut at yahoo.com');>> wrote:
> >>
> >> The Opening Ceremony for the Olympics was deeply in the Pynchon
> tradition.
> >
> >
>
>
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