Pynchon's hero? Merrell Fankhauser Mu

[Brent Dannells]

I personally know Merrell Fankhauser.  He produces a public access TV show
called the Tiki Lounge, which features local musicians here in the Central
Coast of California-- San Luis Obispo County.  The night I was invited to
join the Dr. Danger Band, it was the guitarist's 50th birthday and Merrell
was one of the guests.  He got up and we jammed on "Wipe Out" and "Walk the
Dog."

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:59 AM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com> wrote:

> Im a big fan of "Calling from a Star":
>
> https://youtu.be/0pll4QbQZW4
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> *From:* Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:02:40 AM
> *To:* da kid
> *Cc:* Pynchon-l
> *Subject:* Re: Pynchon's hero? Merrell Fankhauser Mu
>
> http://www.merrellfankhauser.com/
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrell_Fankhauser
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:16 PM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com> wrote:
>
>> Oh yeah I forgot to mention his band Mu. Does anyone recall the answer to
>> the loan about the L.E.D. having the Buddha nature and also Mason's
>> coefficient of mercy?
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>> *From:* da kid <peterock86 at live.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 19, 2017 8:53:02 PM
>> *To:* Pynchon-l
>> *Subject:* Pynchon's hero? Merrell Fankhauser Mu
>>
>> Found out about this guy Merrell Fankhauser on the will for Inherent
>> Vice. He sent a message to one of them after hearing that his band
>> Fapardokly was mentioned in the New Yorker. He read  Inherent Vice and was
>> taken aback by many "cosmic" references that seemed to be referring to him.
>> His band released the version of Wipe Out without the laugh. He was big
>> into the sunken continent of Lemuria and went to live in the jungle on Maui
>> where he searched and found ancient relics. His girlfriend Mary Lee lived
>> in the same place that Pynchon apparently writes that Shasta Fay lived. He
>> looks like a Swedish Jesus.
>>   In an interview he said he talked to P, or his friend did, and
>> apparently Pynchon's a big vinyl collector and has his albums and saw him
>> live back in the sixties. I have a sneaking suspicion that maybe they are
>> connected a little closer than that. Who knows?
>> Anyway he's all over Inherent Vice. The character called the Saint makes
>> me think of him. But what's even more interesting to me is that he sounds
>> like he could be the inspiration for the Swede (is his name Sven?) In Mason
>> and Dixon. I didn't mention that Merrell has alot of UFO mythology in his
>> music or style or whatever. UFO references are all over M&D as well as a
>> race of advanced ancient beings. Sven it turns out doesn't hail from Sweden
>> but is the member of some strange race of Giants from the far far north.
>> Also he is quite the axeman. Sounds like this Merrell guy who wields an axe
>> of his own.
>>
>>
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