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| + | '''Twelfth Night'''<br> | ||
| + | ''Twelfth Night''; or, ''What You Will'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_night WIKI]. | ||
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'''''All About Eve'' and shit'''<br/> | '''''All About Eve'' and shit'''<br/> | ||
The 1950 film is about a successful actress and her young fan Eve Harrington, who insinuates herself into the older actress's life. | The 1950 film is about a successful actress and her young fan Eve Harrington, who insinuates herself into the older actress's life. | ||
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| + | '''mohel'''<br> | ||
| + | A mohel is a Jewish person trained in the practice of brit milah, the "covenant of circumcision." From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohel WIKI]. | ||
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| + | '''Out there somewhere in that nomad's field of indifference, riding the Chinese bus into a futurity of imprecise schedules and reduced options'''<br /> | ||
| + | This is reminiscent of the fate of Tyrone Slothrop, in [http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ''Gravity's Rainbow''], pages 738-742 (original Viking editions), where he is "scattered" and eventually sort of disappears from the action, dissolves. | ||
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| + | Windust's fate echoes Slothrop's: | ||
| + | <blockquote>He's silent, wherever he is. One more American sheep the shepherds have temporarily lost track of, somewhere in the high country of this ruinous hour, cragfast in the storm.</blockquote> | ||
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| + | '''wadis of deep purity'''<br> | ||
| + | Wadi is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some cases, it may refer to a dry (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain or simply an intermittent stream. From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadis WIKI]. | ||
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| + | '''Omar Sharif'''<br> | ||
| + | Another ''Lawrence of Arabia'' reference, following from convo with Vyrva on p. 400. See Sharif's info and a photo on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif WIKI]. | ||
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| + | '''melismas of desert wind'''<br> | ||
| + | Melisma is the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession. Music sung in this style is referred to as melismatic, as opposed to syllabic, in which each syllable of text is matched to a single note. From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melismas WIKI]. | ||
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| + | '''SVG Alice Blue'''<br/> | ||
| + | SVG is Scalable Vector Graphics, an image format used on the web, dating from 1999. Alice Blue is one of the standard colors in SVG. It is a very pale blue, 240,248,255 in rgb. | ||
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| + | "Alice blue is a pale tint of azure that was favored by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, which sparked a fashion sensation in the United States." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_blue Wikipedia] Pynchon's wife is a great-granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt, and thus this could be read as a small family allusion in a novel which numerous critics have interpreted as Pynchon's most personal. | ||
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| + | '''Citroen Sahara'''<br> | ||
| + | 1962 model, 24 hp, top speed 65 mph on two engines. | ||
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'''a pair of fishhooks'''<br /> | '''a pair of fishhooks'''<br /> | ||
"Fishhook" is gambling lingo for a Jack of any suit. | "Fishhook" is gambling lingo for a Jack of any suit. | ||
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'''a music track heavy on the hijaz scale'''<br /> | '''a music track heavy on the hijaz scale'''<br /> | ||
The hijaz scale — aka the Phrygian Dominant, Hijaz-Nahawand, Fraigish — is distinguished by the augmented interval between the 2nd and 3rd degrees of the scale, which is commonly heard in Jewish, Greek, Turkish, Arab, Persian, and Flamenco music. The scale is: D Eb F# G A Bb C. [http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_dominant_scale Wikipedia] | The hijaz scale — aka the Phrygian Dominant, Hijaz-Nahawand, Fraigish — is distinguished by the augmented interval between the 2nd and 3rd degrees of the scale, which is commonly heard in Jewish, Greek, Turkish, Arab, Persian, and Flamenco music. The scale is: D Eb F# G A Bb C. [http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_dominant_scale Wikipedia] | ||
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| + | '''Omar Sharif ... playing bridge'''<br /> | ||
| + | Not only an actor, Sharif was also an international-level bridge player. | ||
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'''his careless gift of boy's cruelty'''<br /> | '''his careless gift of boy's cruelty'''<br /> | ||
| − | A "careless" gift is a meaningless gift given with little thought. It's Windust giving | + | A "careless" gift is a meaningless gift given with little thought. It's Windust giving the Montauk Project his gift of "boy's cruelty" which was nurtured and developed. See [[Chapter_31#Page_339|page 339]] Windust would be "a preadolescent boy [...] abducted circa 1960" by the Montauk Project, as described on [[Chapter_22#Page_243|page 243]]. |
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| + | '''GS-1800-series job'''<br /> | ||
| + | General Service 1800 series numbers are used to designate various government special agents. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_agent#Federal_government WIKI]. | ||
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Page 395
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. From WIKI.
Page 396
shoulder surfers
In computer security, shoulder surfing refers to using direct observation techniques, such as looking over someone's shoulder, to get information. It is commonly used to obtain passwords, PINs, security codes, and similar data. Wikipedia
Page 397
in loco Santaclausis
A play on the Latin phrase "in loco parentis," which means "in the place of a parent" and refers to the legal responsibility of an organization (e.g., a university) to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent.
Page 398
friends who warbike around town
Warbiking is, in Internet vernacular, searching for unsecured wireless networks by bicycle. [1]
Page 401
All About Eve and shit
The 1950 film is about a successful actress and her young fan Eve Harrington, who insinuates herself into the older actress's life.
Page 402
mohel
A mohel is a Jewish person trained in the practice of brit milah, the "covenant of circumcision." From WIKI.
Out there somewhere in that nomad's field of indifference, riding the Chinese bus into a futurity of imprecise schedules and reduced options
This is reminiscent of the fate of Tyrone Slothrop, in Gravity's Rainbow, pages 738-742 (original Viking editions), where he is "scattered" and eventually sort of disappears from the action, dissolves.
Windust's fate echoes Slothrop's:
He's silent, wherever he is. One more American sheep the shepherds have temporarily lost track of, somewhere in the high country of this ruinous hour, cragfast in the storm.
Page 403
wadis of deep purity
Wadi is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some cases, it may refer to a dry (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain or simply an intermittent stream. From WIKI.
Omar Sharif
Another Lawrence of Arabia reference, following from convo with Vyrva on p. 400. See Sharif's info and a photo on WIKI.
melismas of desert wind
Melisma is the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession. Music sung in this style is referred to as melismatic, as opposed to syllabic, in which each syllable of text is matched to a single note. From WIKI.
Page 404
SVG Alice Blue
SVG is Scalable Vector Graphics, an image format used on the web, dating from 1999. Alice Blue is one of the standard colors in SVG. It is a very pale blue, 240,248,255 in rgb.
"Alice blue is a pale tint of azure that was favored by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, which sparked a fashion sensation in the United States." Wikipedia Pynchon's wife is a great-granddaughter of Theodore Roosevelt, and thus this could be read as a small family allusion in a novel which numerous critics have interpreted as Pynchon's most personal.
Page 405
Citroen Sahara
1962 model, 24 hp, top speed 65 mph on two engines.
a pair of fishhooks
"Fishhook" is gambling lingo for a Jack of any suit.
Page 406
a music track heavy on the hijaz scale
The hijaz scale — aka the Phrygian Dominant, Hijaz-Nahawand, Fraigish — is distinguished by the augmented interval between the 2nd and 3rd degrees of the scale, which is commonly heard in Jewish, Greek, Turkish, Arab, Persian, and Flamenco music. The scale is: D Eb F# G A Bb C. Wikipedia
Omar Sharif ... playing bridge
Not only an actor, Sharif was also an international-level bridge player.
Page 407
his careless gift of boy's cruelty
A "careless" gift is a meaningless gift given with little thought. It's Windust giving the Montauk Project his gift of "boy's cruelty" which was nurtured and developed. See page 339 Windust would be "a preadolescent boy [...] abducted circa 1960" by the Montauk Project, as described on page 243.
GS-1800-series job
General Service 1800 series numbers are used to designate various government special agents. See WIKI.
| Chapter 1 pp. 1-7 |
Chapter 2 pp. 8-19 |
Chapter 3 pp. 20-29 |
Chapter 4 pp. 30-40 |
Chapter 5 pp. 41-52 |
| Chapter 6 pp. 53-67 |
Chapter 7 pp. 68-79 |
Chapter 8 pp. 80-86 |
Chapter 9 pp. 87-95 |
Chapter 10 pp. 96-111 |
| Chapter 11 pp. 112-120 |
Chapter 12 pp. 121-133 |
Chapter 13 pp. 134-144 |
Chapter 14 pp. 145-159 |
Chapter 15 pp. 160-171 |
| Chapter 16 pp. 172-184 |
Chapter 17 pp. 185-197 |
Chapter 18 pp. 198-210 |
Chapter 19 pp. 211-218 |
Chapter 20 pp. 219-229 |
| Chapter 21 pp. 230-238 |
Chapter 22 pp. 239-246 |
Chapter 23 pp. 247-255 |
Chapter 24 pp. 256-264 |
Chapter 25 pp. 265-273 |
| Chapter 26 pp. 274-287 |
Chapter 27 pp. 288-300 |
Chapter 28 pp. 301-313 |
Chapter 29 pp. 314-326 |
Chapter 30 pp. 327-337 |
| Chapter 31 pp. 338-346 |
Chapter 32 pp. 347-353 |
Chapter 33 pp. 354-364 |
Chapter 34 pp. 365-382 |
Chapter 35 pp. 383-394 |
| Chapter 36 pp. 395-407 |
Chapter 37 pp. 408-422 |
Chapter 38 pp. 423-438 |
Chapter 39 pp. 439-447 |
Chapter 40 pp. 448-462 |
| Chapter 41 pp. 463-477 |
