BEg2 ch 21 that old music

[Mark Kohut]

Right there, pp 232-234, we find a fave Pynchon thing---breaking into song
in the middle
of whatever book---
A lament for Silicon Alley, what the tech district of NYC was called....the
early good times are gone.
but "these streets are still thronging/ with hustling and longing"....
"I'm in a new place now, / the rent's high, the dates lie"

Late decadent destructive capitalism in NYC....

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 3:11 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Maxine “takes a break, finds Conkling browsing through back issues of Fraud
> magazine. “
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> Heidi is wearing Poison - and Conkling is not immune
>
> https://basenotes.com/fragrances/poison-by-christian-dior.10210710/reviews
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> One of the 116 reviews:
>
> Dior Poison (1985) is a perfume for ladies who needed to absolutely blow
> the doors off when they made an entrance, and for some guys who wanted to
> leave a scandalous trail too. While not explicitly unisex, Poison has both
> intimidation and allure that defies gender, to the point where it was
> infamously banned from some restaurants in the 1980's when launched.
> Previously, only Giorgio Beverly Hills (1981) had received that notoriety,
> but moreso for volume than tone. Poison is an altogether different beast;
> this perfume envelops a space, subverts the atmosphere, and changes the
> mood of everyone present, and like actual poison, can corrupt or destroy
> those unable to withstand it. Dior Poison is technically an oriental, but
> has so many dark, fruity, floral, and green aspects that it is truly
> abstract. The perfume became quite ubiquitous in its heyday despite its
> controversial nature, and although nowadays it's still rather recognizable,
> Poison has becoming something of a rare bird of prey among the pigeons that
> are both the current market and its many flankers.
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