04.36: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we continue our discussion of The Counterforce section of Gravity’s Rainbow with a look at chapters seven and eight. At one point, Bo mentions an idea that no one in the book sings songs all on his or her own.

04.35: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we continue discussing the final section of Gravity’s Rainbow with a look at the second half of chapter six – the first chapter with sub-sections. We talk a little bit about the David Foster Wallace podcast,

04.34: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we start out trying to cover chapter six of The Counterforce section of Gravity’s Rainbow…but only end up getting through half of it. This is the first chapter of the books that’s broken up into sub-sections.

04.33: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we continue examining Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow with a look at chapters four and five of Book Four.

04.32: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we finally discuss the long-awaited story of Byron the Bulb, as featured in chapter 3 of Book Four of Gravity’s Rainbow. To hear Pavarotti sing “La Dona e Mobile,” here it is on YouTube.

04.31: Gravity’s Rainbow In which be begin the final section of Gravity’s Rainbow – The Counterforce! This episode covers the first two chapters of Book Four. Alan offers an explanation of the musical concept called the tone rowhere’s the Wikipedia art...

4.30: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we take a look back over all of Book Three, “In the Zone,” of Gravity’s Rainbow. We’re going to take a little break before we return with The Counterforce. Keep an eye our Facebook and Twitter pages for updates announci...

04.29: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we continue our discussion of Gravity’s Rainbow with a look at the final two episodes of Book Three. Alan mentions “Esther Williams set pieces.” Here’s a pretty good example from The Million Dollar Mermaid (1952).

04.28: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we have a look at chapters 28, 29 and 30 of Book Three of Gravity’s Rainbow.

04.27: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we continue looking at Gravity’s Rainbow with a discussion of chapters 26 and 27 of Book Three. For the curious, you can have a look at the lyrics to “San Antonio Rose”, Major Marvy’s favorite song.