Critical Thinking

[bandwraith at aol.com]

Where's Carmine Torpidini when we need him? Ol' "Two-Ton" would surely 
enforce a little orthodoxy on this crew, help them to appreciate the 
old standards, more along the lines of Gravity's Rainbow — you know, 
sing-along stuff, plus maybe a little aria from V., right?

    (Just be cool, OK, bro? I got your back.)



-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Greenlief <pgsaxo at pacbell.net>
To: malignd <malignd at aol.com>
Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Sep 19, 2012 5:57 pm
Subject: Re: Critical Thinking


pynchon is an artist of the highest caliber ... i have no intention of 
telling him how to go about his business. if you want something else 
 from him, seek it elsewhere ... he is working out problems that he 
feels he needs to investigate ... write your own novels if you want 
something you're not getting from him or from life itself.


On Sep 19, 2012, at 2:38 PM, malignd at aol.com wrote:


Isn't that what M&D was, larded down with all the lame jokes and 
"funny" names and sophomoric humor and talking ducks, etc., that he 
can't seem to let go of?  Do you really want more of that?  I would 
like to see him seriously engage the present and toss aside all of what 
have long become weary stylistic tics and dead-in-the-water go-tos.