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Indie rock may be hot, but who expected it to attract the most reclusive--and eccentric--of the literary breed? After nearly four decades in hiding, novelist THOMAS PYNCHON has come out as a fan of the band LOTION. The author of Gravity's Rainbow wrote liner notes for the group's latest album, Nobody's Cool, and furthermore, brings them not-to-be-scoffed-at publicity via his interview with the band in the June issue of Esquire. Pynchon first befriended Lotion like any other groupie--by religiously attending the band's shows. (He's had other musical interests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LITERARY YEARNINGS: ROCK STARS AND THE AUTHORS WHO LOVE THEM | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...wasn't for that damn Czech class you signed up for on Tuesday afternoon, you might have been privy to the winter beach in Sever Quad. How free it would have felt to don a houndstooth check bikini in winter and beg disgusted onlookers to rub sun tan lotion on your back. Oh, to be scum in Harvard Yard on a Tuesday afternoon...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: O, TO BE SCUM! | 12/2/1995 | See Source »

...Some of them were paying people fifty cents to rub lotion on their backs," said Widener steps observer Christopher R. Hall '99 yesterday. "My price is higher than that...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Final Clubs Launch Initiations | 11/29/1995 | See Source »

...soldiers' penises that were sent to the Egyptian Pharaoh in 1300 B.C.--and that's far from the worst item Zacks has dug up. Bestiality, severed and bloated genitalia, rape, child molestation and other delicacies figure prominently. If you're squeamish, avoid the description of the (unsuccessful) penis-enlarging lotion...

Author: By Adam Kirsch, | Title: Story Time! | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

Others did. The punches' midday performance on the Widener steps drew a large crowd. At noon, two Owl initiates ran up and down the steps in pantyhose, chanting "If we were shorter, we would be midgets," while others sunbathed in Harvard boxers or rubbed lotion on their fellow punches' backs...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Punches Participate in Initiation Week | 12/1/1994 | See Source »

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