Pynchon-l Digest, Vol 95, Issue 8

[Mike Weaver]

Hi Charles - I hope yr well.

Can't view that vid in the UK

Sailing to Philadelphia  - Mark Knopfler

Wiki: The title track is drawn from Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon.

There you go.

cheers
Mike

On 10/12/2025 12:53, Charles Albert wrote:
> Was anyone else aware of this?
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> https://youtu.be/GGgZ5aimDbM?si=sOTGHtIZ0WbJ90xF
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> love,
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> cfa
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>>     1. Dijon & GR (Erik T. Burns)
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>> https://www.vice.com/en/article/dijon-reveals-the-beloved-novel-that-caused-him-to-fall-into-a-psychosis/
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>> Dijon Reveals the Beloved Novel That Caused Him to Fall Into a ?Psychosis?
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>> Dijon, who recently performed on ?SNL?, says that a friend had to urge him
>> to stop reading Thomas Pynchon?s novel ?Gravity?s Rainbow?.
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>> While making his new album, Baby, singer/producer Dijon found inspiration
>> in Thomas Pynchon?s beloved postmodern novel Gravity?s Rainbow. However, he
>> had friends begging him to stop because it was causing him to spiral into
>> ?psychosis.?
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>> ?I was having a really hard time with the record,? Dijon recently told
>> Pitchfork. ?Like, psychosis-level s***.? One of his friends has to step in
>> and urge him to put the book down. At least for a while. ?You shouldn?t do
>> that, it?s so paranoid,? Dijon remembered the friend telling him. ?And he
>> wasn?t wrong.?
>>
>> The singer went on to describe experiences driving home from studio
>> sessions, crying. He recalled listening to Anita Baker?s ?Caught Up in the
>> Rapture? and feeling sadness over the thought that he couldn?t achieve that
>> level of art. ?Music is so f***ed,? he contemplated, ?and my music is so
>> bad.?
>>
>> Elsewhere in the interview, Dijon opened up a bit about his production
>> process. ?I love first-take s***,? he confessed. ?You take all these
>> sources and try one pass of just muting s***, and then it?s like: ?That
>> sounds good.? Then we don?t touch it anymore. Once there was some sort of
>> inspired thesis behind what was happening, and I knew it didn?t sound like
>> much else, it was really more about completing the arc.?
>>
>> Bon Iver?s Justin Vernon believed there was no way Dijon would ?fail?
>> Pitchfork also spoke with Justin Vernon, founder of indie-rock band Bon
>> Iver. Vernon and Dijon are close friends. Dijon was struggling with his art
>> during the making of Baby, but his friend was very confident in him.
>> ?There?s no way this guy?s going to fail,? Vernon recalled thinking to
>> himself. ?He cares too much, and it has too much swagger.?
>>
>> ?What he?s doing is truly trying to reorganize the world in his vision,?
>> Vernon went on to say. ?You could tell that he was struggling with trying
>> to find what it was, and it?s serious. When you?re working your whole life
>> on something, it gets pretty scary. Also, it?s like, he?s got the kid on
>> the way, he?s got this pressure. But it was never pressure to succeed. It
>> was pressure to make something good.?
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