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http://www.salon.com/2013/08/18/a_nation_of_truthers/

man this sounds like it would be aces if it weren't written by that guy

j., Monday, 19 August 2013 04:58 (ten years ago) link

an ex of mine starting reading GR in swedish. important swedish-translation-of-GR intelligence: in swedish, the kenosha kid bit just doesn't make any fucking sense.

― thomp, Friday, August 10, 2012 10:04 AM (1 year ago)

(1)

TDY Abreaktionsstation
Spital zur Hl. Veronika,
Bonechapel Gate, E 1
London, England
Winter 1944

An den
Kenosha Kid
Hauptpostlagernd,
Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Geehrter Herr!
Habe ich Sie je im Leben, auch nur ein einziges Mal, belästigt?
Hochachtungsvoll,
Lt. Tyrone Slothrop
Postlagernd,
Kenosha, Wisc., U.S.A.

einige Tage später

Tyrone Slothrop, Esq.
TDY Abreaktionsstation,
Spital zur Hl. Veronika,
Bonechapel Gate, E 1
London, England

Geehrter Herr Slothrop!
Niemals.

Der Kenosha Kid

(2)

Der Kleine Klugscheißer: Mach halblang, Opa, ich kenn doch eure Dielenwärmer, mir ist der «Charleston» unter die Sohle gekommen u-und der «Big Apple» auch!
Der alte Veteranenschwofer: Aber, jede Wette, niemals der «Kenosha», Kid!

(2.1)

K.K.: Sooo'n Bart hat das für mich, der «Castle Walk» und selbst der «Lindy»!
A.V.: Aber, jede Wette, niemals der «Kenosha Kid».

(3)

Kleiner Angestellter: Ja, und seitdem schneidet er mich, und da hab ich mir gedacht, vielleicht ist es wegen der Slothrop-Sache, ich meine, falls er mich da irgendwie für verantwortlich -
Vorgesetzter (herablassend): Sie niemals, der Kenosha Kid hat wirklich andere Dinge im Kopf als…

(3.1)

Vorgesetzter (verblüfft): Sie!? Niemals der Kenosha kid! Hat wirklich andere Dinge im Kopf als…

(4)

Und als jener großmächtige Tag sich verneigte, da Er uns in Flammenschaft all die Worte in den Himmel geschrieben, deren wir uns jemals bedienen würden, die uns noch heute ergetzen und unsere Wörterbücher würden, die uns noch heute ergetzen und unsere Wörterbücher füllen, da ermannte sich der kleine Tyrone Slothrop, unsterblich in Brauchtum und Liedgut, und stellte dem Kid mit piepsiger Stimme diese einzige Frage: «Und warum niemals ‹der›, Kenosha Kid?»
Diese Variationen über die Worte «Niemals der Kenosha Kid» rotieren durch Slothrops Gehirn, als sich der Arzt aus weißer Helligkeit zu ihm herabbeugt, um in zu wecken und mit der Sitzung zu beginnen. Schmerzlos gleitet die Nadel in die Vene seiner Armbeuge: Natrium-Amytal, zehnprozentig, jeweils ein Kubik, wie indiziert.

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Leim aus Lynn oder Kleister aus Cleveland oder Klebstoff aus Oklahoma. Jacke wie Hose. Aber niemals der Kenosha-Kitt!

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(Tag des Aufstiegs, Tag der Opfergaben, das Volk hält ihn heilig. Fette sieden, Blut tropft ins Feuer und verbrennt zu salzigem Braun…) Sie haben das Charlottesville-Schwein erledigt, check, das Forest-Hills-Füllen, check, (leiser werdend) das Laredo-Lamm. Check. Oh-oh. Moment mal. Was haben wir denn hier, Slothrop? Noch niemals ein Kenosha-Witz? Dann aber los, Slothrop!

Steife Latte
Abklaviert,
Zurück in Reih
Und Glied marschiert -
Los geht's Slothrop,

Dafür, Bruder, keinen Schiß -
Ich will Entlassung vom Komiß!
Ab get's Slothrop!

Im Schatten, wo Schwarz und Weiß ein Pandamuster auf sein Gesicht malen, dessen Flecke aus wucherndem Narbengewebe zu bestehen scheinen, wartet der Verbindungsmann, den zu sehen er die ganze weite Reise unternommen hat. Das Gesicht ist so schlaff wie das eines Haushundes, und sein Besitzer zucky mächtig die Schultern.
Slothrop: Wo steckt er? Warum zeigt er sich nicht? Und wer sind überhaupt Sie?
Stimme: Den Kind hat man geschnappt. Und mich kennst du sehr wohl, Slothrop. Erinnerst du dich? Ich bin Niemals.
Slothrop (mustert ihn eingehend): An seiner Stelle? (Pause) So hat er also doch, Niemals? Der Kenosha Kid…

j., Friday, 23 August 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link

Sirs,

You never her.

The Kenosha Kid

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 23 August 2013 21:08 (ten years ago) link

Kurt Cobain was apparently inspired to write 'Smells like Teen Spirit' by one of the many ditties in Gravity's Rainbow: "Ah, they do bother him, these free women in their teens, their spirits are so contagious, I'll tell you it's just -out, -ray, -juss, / Spirit is so -con, -tay, -juss, / Nobody knows their a-ges..."

Iago Galdston, Saturday, 24 August 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link

much like i used to compulsively watch ally mcbeal cos i found it so annoying, i read pynchon.
he writes like a ronnie corbett monologue

massaman gai, Sunday, 25 August 2013 09:27 (ten years ago) link

And it's goodnight from-

which can be sold for meat if they are boys.. (sorry guys) (imago), Sunday, 25 August 2013 09:56 (ten years ago) link

Dukkha – The Noble Candle of Suffering
Samudaya – The Noble Candle of the Cause of Suffering
Nirodha – The Noble Candle of the Cessation of Suffering
Magga – The Noble Candle of the Path leading to the Cessation of Suffering

He sparked one up and smirked insouciantly, as he prepared to recount the details of thematically related nob gag he picked up in indonesia, along with a case of distemper so bad he couldn't starts in the bladder and can move up to the base of the tongue, in effect causing it to push against the windpipe. At length, this infectious viral disease causes swelling of the tongue and can eventually lead to suffocation. The effects of blain distemper are thought to be enhanced from excessive rasping of the animal, and also if there is abnormal heat in the stomach.

massaman gai, Sunday, 25 August 2013 12:04 (ten years ago) link

long biographical piece in advance of the new book posted above

Iago Galdston, Monday, 26 August 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link

cool, enjoyed that, even if it was held together with stick-tape

which can be sold for meat if they are boys.. (sorry guys) (imago), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 07:38 (ten years ago) link

*sticky-tape

which can be sold for meat if they are boys.. (sorry guys) (imago), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 07:38 (ten years ago) link

“He’s somebody who just—you see him and he sees you. The thing I have in my head is Robert De Niro in Brazil. He knows the truth but he’s got to get out of here now: ‘Keep doing what you’re doing, I won’t be here long.’ ”

j., Thursday, 29 August 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link

That's Bill Ferguson from Lotion in that quote...I know him slightly but now that I am turning into a Pynchon head I plan to find out more!

Iago Galdston, Thursday, 29 August 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link

was bummed lotion played a reunion last year and i had no idea. if you hear from him about anything coming up, plz share with ilx!

that's my father-in-law's mustache in that aged pynchon mockup in the nymag piece. fyi.

adam, Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link

was bummed lotion played a reunion last year and i had no idea. if you hear from him about anything coming up, plz share with ilx!
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Thursday, August 29, 2013

will do!

Iago Galdston, Thursday, 29 August 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link

So awful I thought for sure it had to be fake, but the verified Penguin Press twitter account is hyping it, so: http://vimeo.com/73716114

Dan I., Wednesday, 4 September 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link

Pynchon must be doing this kid's parents a favor or something.

Dan I., Wednesday, 4 September 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link

oh it was cute

"Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link

I thought the trailer was terrific...you realize that guy in it is supposed to be a douche, right?

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link

Yeah but the plot of the book was so awkwardly wedged in!

Dan I., Wednesday, 4 September 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link

Yeah but the plot of the book was so awkwardly wedged in!

― Dan I., Wednesday, September 4, 2013 2:19 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

ha! that's true...

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link

Pynchon must be doing this kid's parents a favor or something.

what if it's his son?

wk, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link

*mind essplode*

which can be sold for meat if they are boys.. (sorry guys) (imago), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link

http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17726&start=120

scroll down to the boxed discussion of Jackson Pynchon's band at Vassar, complete with band photograph!

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link

he doesn't seem to be in the photo though.

wk, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link

he doesn't seem to be in the photo though.
― wk, Wednesday, September 4, 2013

oh yeah, looks like he ducked out of the picture like his dad! (maybe)

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link

kinda less excited for this if it requires a trailer

trying to imagine what the trailer for any of his weightier novels would be like

which can be sold for meat if they are boys.. (sorry guys) (imago), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link

nah that's silly, course i'm excited. but the excitement is tempered knowing that it's already being framed in simpler terms, reduced, prepared for easy consumption

which can be sold for meat if they are boys.. (sorry guys) (imago), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef014e88434d23970d-600wi

Pynchon making a "V" sign in the doorway of his Manhattan Beach, CA apartment, complete with (Porky?) Pig pinata

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f40rk4ai4po

Jackbruce01
Jackbruce01 2 years ago
Good band with great bass player. Sorry he's barely visible in video.

bad bad disco (Eazy), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link

pause that at the 1:00 mark. pynchon's son is jandek!

wk, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link

oh wait no, that's the guitar player

wk, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link

xxp to my own post...anyone have any idea when the victory hand gesture was appropriated by anti-war people to become the peace sign? or are the two unrelated?

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link

he's just advertising his debut novel

which can be sold for meat if they are boys.. (sorry guys) (imago), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link

or misaligned bunny ears

wk, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link

yeah was going to mention the IV trailer.

"Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link

or are the two unrelated?

I don't think it ever signified "victory" in the US, isn't that a britishes thing?

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link

lol Crowley:

In 1942, Aleister Crowley, a British occultist, claimed to have invented the usage of a V-sign in February 1941 as a magical foil to the Nazis' use of the Swastika. He maintained that he passed this to friends at the BBC, and to the British Naval Intelligence Division through his connections in MI5, eventually gaining the approval of Winston Churchill. Crowley noted that his 1913 publication Magick featured a V-sign and a swastika on the same plate.

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link

I'd love to read a good bio of Crowley...what a nut!

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 20:57 (ten years ago) link

I recommend this one

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link

a lot of books written about him have some agenda and/or axe to grind (which is totally understandable - dude left a trail of destruction that was pretty sizeable), this is one that was both well-written, well researched, and pretty even-handed in its approach

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link

lol Andrew WK recommends!

“Aleister Crowley–what a man. I've read several Crowley biographies, and this one takes the prize for most enjoyable and intimate. Mr. Kaczynski has the personal understanding and experience necessary to paint an accurate portrait of Crowley, with all the exciting context in place. Mr. Kaczynski's passion for his subject makes for an informative and potentially life-changing read. Why wade on the shores of such a vast man, when you can dive in? I think Crowley himself would have welcomed such a loving penetration."
–Andrew W.K., musician

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link

sorry for thread derail...

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link

loving penetration, eh?

ian, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link

he was into that kind of thing

what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link

Hmm, Kaczynski? wonder if there's any relation to the guy who was framed for pynchon's bomb making.

wk, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link

sorry for thread derail...

not possible to derail a Pynchon thread tbf.

Fizzles, Thursday, 5 September 2013 06:57 (ten years ago) link


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