R.I.P. Oklahoma

[bandwraith at aol.com]

But wait, Joe, you're doing Jason Velveeta wrong by this comparison. I like Jason. He's the key to understanding The Golden Fang, doncha know. His dope may be crummy, but his information is right on the money. That's typical Pynchon high/low magic/punning.

It's ironic, and of course you must have been aware of this, that you picked up on McKibben "WHILE ON A FLIGHT TO OKINAWA." No lavaratorial assaults, I hope, on the poor Junk fisherman below. And I'm not being judgmental here, just pointing out that all pointing should begin in front of the silver mirror in order to understand The Golden Fang, and how it keeps us all narcotized- and otherwise into our separate greedy little pastimes- me too. 

And probably Pynchon's as well. Which raises the question- is parody, satire, art in general, and any otherwise counterforce-type resistance more than just entertainment on the way to oblivion (and a paycheck for Pynchon), or is it effective in showing us a way out of this mess? Setting aside the Nabokovian argument that art should be unconcerned, for a moment, and focusing on the impending global meltdown, what can any us do, beside point fingers and call eachother names? Given the gravity, no pun, of the situation, should any of us even be wasting time reading novels, let alone writing them?

As far as Obama goes, he's obviously not the answer, but how can we expect him to engineer anything approaching a solution- even the beginnings of a solution- to climate change, when he can't even get a universal background check for assault weapons through congress? I suspect that Velveeta is probably less hamstrung. At least his dope could be used for "honey slides.'


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Tracy 
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Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 9:39 pm
Subject: Re: R.I.P. Oklahoma

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Fuck Jason Velveeta and fuck his little dog too. 

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