AW: Re: Attention Warren Zevon fans!

Mon Nov 15 21:11:39 UTC 2021

As David Letterman said, everybody enjoys "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". My kids can sing along (and, yes, they understand the lyrics). I am also very fond of "My Shit's Fucked Up" which I first encountered in Kinky Friedman's version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5yTf-Wyow8

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Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> schrieb am Montag, 15. November 2021 um 01:23:

> Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money…… said as much as whole books, with that crackling lightning impact that can’t be ignored..
>
> > 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'll_Sleep_When_I'm_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
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Arthur
> > > >
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