Attention Warren Zevon fans!

[Joseph Tracy]

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> On Nov 14, 2021, at 6:26 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For all the narrative of declining artistic returns, I thought his last
> album was pretty good although I might have been partially unsighted* by
> sentiment
> 
> *way to mix my metonymy
> 
> On Sunday, November 14, 2021, David Elliott via Pynchon-l <
> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Run Straight Down – Warren Zevon from Transverse City andalso on I'll
>> Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
>> 
>> I went walking in the wasted city
>> 
>> Started thinking about entropy
>> 
>> Smelled the wind from the ruined river
>> 
>> Went home to watch TV
>> 
>> And it's worse when I try to remember
>> 
>> When I think about then and now
>> 
>> I'd rather see it on the news at eleven
>> 
>> Sit back, and watch it run straight down
>> 
>> Run straight down
>> 
>> Run straight down
>> 
>> I can see it with my eyes closed
>> 
>> Run straight down
>> 
>> We've been living in the shadows all our lives
>> 
>> Where it's stand in line and don't look back and don't lookleft and don't
>> look right
>> 
>> So we hide our eyes and wonder who'll survive
>> 
>> Waiting for the night...
>> 
>> Fluorocarbons in the ozone layer
>> 
>> First the water and the wildlife go
>> 
>> Pretty soon there's not a creature stirring
>> 
>> 'Cept the robots at the dynamo
>> 
>> And it's worse when I try to remember
>> 
>> When I think about then and now
>> 
>> I'd rather see it on the news at eleven
>> 
>> Sit back, and watch it run straight down
>> 
>> Run straight down
>> 
>> Run straight down
>> 
>> I can see it with my eyes closed
>> 
>> Run straight down
>> 
>> 
>>    On Sunday, November 14, 2021, 06:01:54 PM EST, Allan Balliett <
>> allan.balliett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> For what it's worth, As atypical as it is of his usual approach, Carmelita
>> is by far my favorite Zevon song.
>> 
>> Allan in WV
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 5:50 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Just a clarification. A few people have contacted me thinking I wanted to
>>> pirate the music. I was only looking for the *liner notes* for this
>>> particular compilation, because Pynchon is mentioned. And thanks to
>> Allan,
>>> I have obtained them, so: mission accomplished!
>>> 
>>> I just wanted to make sure nobody thought I was trying to steal Mr.
>>> Zevon’s intellectual property. (Although this comp *is* out of print, so
>> I
>>> wouldn’t feel *too* guilty.) But still, I should have been more clear.
>>> Hell, I spend half my disposable income on Bandcamp, or buying those
>>> fucking King Crimson box sets that cost soooo much and taste soooo
>> sweet….!
>>> And being a big Warren Zevon fan, I actually own most of the original
>>> albums on vinyl and CD. Just not that Rhino comp.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again,
>>> 
>>> —Quail
>>> 
>>> PS: “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” is my favorite WZ song, too.
>> But
>>> I also really like the first two tracks on “Transverse City.” Any song
>> that
>>> chants chemical names is ok in my book!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 5:36 PM
>>> To: Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>, The Whole Sick Crew <
>>> pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> Subject: Re: Attention Warren Zevon fans!
>>> 
>>> To quote Warren himself, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." I don't think that
>>> Warren would mind to have his music shared, and I for one would eagerly
>>> collect all I can find. Ever since I heard "Werewolves of London" while
>>> visiting L.A. I have bought every record. and also watched all his
>>> appearances on Letterman, courtesy YouTube. Hard to say which is my fave
>>> song, but it is either "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" or "The
>> Great
>>> Pretender".
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 3:23 PM Allan Balliett <allan.balliett at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:allan.balliett at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Normally I'd be happy to provide for you but just today Donal Fagen
>> shamed
>>> out of this questionable practice
>>> 
>>> (You looking for the tunes or the cover graphics?)
>>> 
>>> -Allan in WV
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 2:59 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
>>> <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello friendly neighborhood Listers!
>>>> 
>>>> I understand that the late, great Warren Zevon mentions Pynchon as an
>>>> influence in the liner notes of the 1996 Rhino “I’ll Sleep When I’m
>> Dead”
>>>> anthology:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Sleep_When_I%27m_Dead_(
>> An_Anthology)
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone out there in the Zone have a copy of this CD set? And if
>> so,
>>>> would you please mail me off-list?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you!
>>>> 
>>>> —Quail
>>>> 
>>>> 
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