18: In which Patrick finally finds an excuse to do his Jimmy Stewart impression (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 2.1-2.2)

Ah, now this is what we’ve been missing! The sun, the sea, the songs! This episode’s all escapades along the esplanade. At least until the paranoia sets in. Next time, Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 2.3 through 2.5, or pp. 208-247 in the U.S. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Support the show and get access to monthly bonus episodes at patreon.com/pynchonpals and follow us @pynchonpals.bsky.social. For the month of May’s Patreon-exclusive bonus episode we’ll be watching Hitler's Secret Weapon: The V-2 Rocket at Peenemunde (1977) (link via Archive.org), V2: Nazi Rocket a.k.a. Hitler's Space Rocket (2016) (there seems to be a couple cuts or versions of this one across streaming platforms and maybe international distributors—but here’s a link to one version on YouTube), and “V2 Assembling and Launching” (1947) (link via YouTube).Show Notes:“Weather Station Kurt,” the secret Nazi weather station in Labrador, via Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt) “Pynchonesque” film series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, programmed by Jesse Trussell (https://www.bam.org/film/2026/pynchonesque) “Spray of Glory: The Seltzer Bottle,” by Anthony Balducci (https://anthonybalducci.blogspot.com/2021/07/spray-of-glory-seltzer-bottle.html) Chuck Jones’ Wile E. Coyote Rules via Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wile_E._Coyote_and_the_Road_Runner#Laws_and_rules) Content warnings: strong language, physical and sexual violence, racism, misogyny, xenophobia, genocide, animal abuse.---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.