Interview with Pynchon-influenced musician Tris McCall

[Arthur Fuller]

I don't yet know his music, but the interview certainly revealed that he is
a well-read man. I especially liked his references to William Gaddis, in my
opinion one of America's unsung novelists. I fell in love with * JR *first,
and only subsequently found* The Recognitions, *and after that read
everything else he wrote. As for Pynchon, I began with V., and fell in love
at once. Since then I've read everything else. Perhaps *Gravity's Rainbow* is
my favorite. Occasionally a book comes to me with such impact that I can
quote its first paragraph verbatim. GR was one such. So was Albert Camus's *The
Rebe*l. A while back, it somehow cae up in conversation, and I quotes iys
first paragraph verbatim; I hadn't read it in at least 20 years, but knew
it inside out. The woman I was talking with, my best friend Audra, plucked
it from the shelf and opened it and read the first paragraph, the slammed
it shut and said nothing. not a compliment to me, but to Camus.

On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 5:05 PM Hübschräuber via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> A wonderful and very interesting interview (and I don't say this just
> because McCall mentioned Hüsker Dü). Questions I had with regard to The
> Insect Trust and "Eyes of a New York Woman" are answered in the interview.
> Will check out blog and music. Thank you.
>
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-- 
Arthur