Pynchon and postal regulation

[Keith Davis]

Right on...

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> On Jul 6, 2017, at 12:06 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks everyone but I got it sorted, I shoulda said. Found a friend with it, which is an old fashioned solution I'll admit.
> 
>> On 6 Jul 2017 1:49 PM, "Keith Davis" <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Guess I spoke to soon. Used copies are not so cheap, unless there is one in the used bookstore...
>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Or, I, or one of us, could try to buy a used copy and mail it to you...
>>> 
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>>> > On Jul 5, 2017, at 7:51 PM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > No problem. If you have a VPN on your computer it might work if you connect through the US. Sometimes mine will fool Netflix into thinking Im in Europe and i can stream the stuff available there but not here, but sometimes it catches it and makes me turn off the proxy.
>>> >
>>> >> On Jul 5, 2017, at 7:48 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Must have gone up in the past few weeks. I'm in Australia but can
>>> >> probably work out some way around the geoblocking. Thanks!
>>> >>
>>> >>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 9:46 AM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> Fun stuff Richard. Hope you get your stuff soon.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> John - Not sure where you are, and that has an effect on what’s available, but MD is on Netflix in the states.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> On Jul 5, 2017, at 7:32 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I live in a migrant/refugee hub where almost 50% speak English as a
>>> >>>> second language, so the library isn't really geared towards arthouse
>>> >>>> US films that nobody understood first time around. Good to see that
>>> >>>> public libraries seem to made it through the storm of privatisation
>>> >>>> and internetting in a lot of areas, though. Yours always sounds like a
>>> >>>> first-rate place.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 9:21 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>> What about your public library?
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:59 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> 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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