We are back. Sorry for the delay--we were just uh...savoring the book's ending, and the richness of the text.
John and Asher ride solo...together. Like DL and Takeshi! In our final Vineland read-through, we cover the book's last three chapters, learn more about Brock Vond's sexual proclivities, witness, the birth of Prairie, get the scoop on Zoyd's whole window-smashing-deal, return to Vineland itself for the Traverse-Becker family reunion, learn the fate of all our characters, and meet like 17 more.
We also discuss myths of the afterlife, theories of hereditary madness (courtesy Italian phrenologists), giggling, acid versus coke rock, acid versus coke books, the ontology of the Pynchonverse, the (over)abundance agenda, if Sleep is the same band as Electric Wizard, Sylvia Plath, Proust (natch!), something-other-than-pessimism, the symbolism of blue jays, if hope is evil, and the impossibility of tilting the beam.
Thanks for listening! We'll be back soon!
And remember...
SUNSHINE DAYDREAM
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SUNSHINE DAYDREAM
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SUNSHINE DAYDREAM
SUNSHINE DAYDREAM
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Music In This Episode:
Wendy Watson - "Degrassi Jr. High Theme" (excerpt)
Sleep - "Dragonaut" (excerpt)
Pop o' Pies - "Sugar Magnolia" (Demo Tape Version) (edited)
Other Stuff:
"Daddy" by Sylvia Plath
"Proverbs for Paranoids" Gravity's Rainbow Guide
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