29: In which not all those who wander are lost, but Tyrone Slothrop sure is (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.25-3.28)

It’s aaaaall coming together, folks. That’s right: the manicules are back and even more thematically relevant than ever! Elsewhere, Thomas Pynchon finally figures out what his books have been missing: adorable animal mascots. 

Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, and 3.32, or pp. 587-627 in the U.S. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. 

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For the month of October’s Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, we’re watching David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983). 

Show Notes:

Professor Irwin Corey’s Acceptance of Pynchon’s National Book Award (https://thomaspynchon.com/professor-irwin-coreys-acceptance-of-pynchons-national-book-award/) 

“...Don't Drink the Mummy Juice,” by Sara G. Miller (https://www.livescience.com/63126-dont-drink-sarcophagus-mummy-juice.html) 

“Milwaukee Art Museum: German Tankards and Steins: Part 8–Character Steins,” by Catherine Sawinski (https://blog.mam.org/2015/03/31/german-tankards-and-steins-part-8-character-steins/) 

“Lemmings: Disney’s White Wilderness” with an extra content warning: these lemmings really violently jump off those cliffs (https://youtu.be/k8iXYeWYFJQ) 

“Street at Schöneberg,” by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (https://artsandculture.google.com/story/street-at-sch%C3%B6neberg-milwaukee-art-museum/EQWhnOtbaqgaKA?hl=en) 

“sophie tucker 50 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong” (https://youtu.be/u-IP0DE2kTI) 

“JINGLE ALL THE WAY Clip - ‘Pick a Kid’ (1996)” (https://youtu.be/s2jwM1CN0GA) 

“An Outer Banks Tradition: Old Christmas,” by Hannah Lee Leidy (https://outerbanksthisweek.com/blog/outer-banks-tradition-old-christmas)  

“Gossip Girl: You can tell Jesus that the bitch is back!” (https://youtu.be/trsWEJqGfT8) 

Content warnings: strong language, physical and sexual violence, racism, misogyny, antisemitism, xenophobia, genocide, suicide

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Featuring Patrick Fiorilli, Andrew Tillett, and Duri Long.

Produced and edited by Patrick Fiorilli (www.patf.io and @patfio.bsky.social).

Our theme music is “Horology,” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives license on the album Polygondwanaland.