Pynchon and postal regulation

[John Bailey]

Good read, Richard, and I laughed out loud a few times. Really gets to
the ambiguities in P's novels regarding things like W.A.S.T.E. and
whether we're supposed to buy into its libertarian ideals, or whether
it's just another dream to be hijacked by the bad Vibes of late
capitalism.
On a similar note to your postal purgatory, I spent a good part of a
recent day trying to find a way to legally watch Lynch's Mulholland
Drive. It's not on any streaming services, I can't buy it from
Amazon/iTunes/etc in my country, shops are only stocking recent
blockbusters, and there are no video libraries left. The only option
is to pay $30 for a second-hand copy and wait a few weeks for it to
arrive. W, as they say, TF. I used to be able to walk out the door and
have a rental copy in my hand within minutes for the price of a
coffee. I thought everything was supposed to be so much more
convenient now?
Of course there's always the pirated download route, but that's hardly
proof that the system works.

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Richard Willmsen <rwillmsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ending is a bit botched but it was a satisfying rant to write :-)
> https://infinite-coincidence.com/2017/07/05/pynchon-and-postal-deregulation/
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