Dick's Picks Vol. 15 (Englishtown, NJ 9/3/77)
The stand in for Dick's Picks in general. Biggest crowd they ever played to and a supreme Estimated Prophet.
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
It's a certain stripe of insufferable man who would, so I won't say it's my favorite book. It is, however, a monster and hard to beat.
You Bright and Risen Angels - William Vollmann
Of the big Gen X/Late Boomer writers (Franzen, Wallace, Powers, Smith, etc.) the most underappreciated and the most batshit insane. A real ally of sex workers, too, and not in a salacious way.
Red Lion Tavern
I'LL BEAT ON THE COUNTER! I'LL MAKE THE GLASS RING! MORE BRANDY MORE BRANDY MORE BRANDY TO BRING!!!
