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'''the plaintive folk tune'''<br /> | '''the plaintive folk tune'''<br /> | ||
Referring to the song above. Any connection to the passage from page 1 of ''The Crying of Lot 49'' that mentions "a dry, disconsolate tune from the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pUyqUqwuE fourth movement] of the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra"? | Referring to the song above. Any connection to the passage from page 1 of ''The Crying of Lot 49'' that mentions "a dry, disconsolate tune from the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0pUyqUqwuE fourth movement] of the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra"? | ||
| + | :I doubt it. Pynchon is pretty well-versed in classical music, and "plaintive folk tune" clearly refers, as noted, to the Korobushka. | ||
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Yenta
A busybody/gossip
Benford's Law
Heavy handed editing? Not like Pynchon to explicitly define jargon (hash total and Luhn checks slip past without comment on the very next page).
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False Lunchmeat
Phony baloney
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Korobushka
Traditional Russian song used as a musical track on Tetris. Pynchon also referenced Tetris in Against the Day [1] Hear it.
the plaintive folk tune
Referring to the song above. Any connection to the passage from page 1 of The Crying of Lot 49 that mentions "a dry, disconsolate tune from the fourth movement of the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra"?
- I doubt it. Pynchon is pretty well-versed in classical music, and "plaintive folk tune" clearly refers, as noted, to the Korobushka.
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the li'l goombas of Web design
a reference to Super Mario Bros.
Zima's the bitch drink of the nineties
This lemon-lime malt beverage was immensely popular in the years following its 1993 debut by Coors. It eventually gained a reputation as a girl's drink and was discontinued in 2008. Wikipedia entry
Fabian's Bit Bucket
In computing, the bit bucket is jargon for where lost computerized data has gone, by any means; any data which does not end up where it is supposed to, being lost in transmission, a computer crash, or the like, is said to have gone to the bit bucket — that mysterious place on a computer where lost documents go, as in: "What happened to that important spreadsheet that I was just editing?" OR "Oh, it went into the bit bucket." Wikipedia entry
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Dr. Zizmor
A physician whose subway ads were all over the NYC subway for 30 years.
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a single over on Rikers
a year in prison
Time is what the Stones call on their side, yes it is.
"Time Is on My Side" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy (under the pseudonym of Norman Meade)and made famous by the Rolling Stones in 1964. The chorus: "Time is on my side, yes it is."
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quants
Quantitative analysts
| 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 |
