Inherent Vice

by Thomas Pynchon

Is Bigfoot giving you problems again? Call the Internal Affairs Hot Line, it’s toll-free—800-BENTCOP.”

All the way up to Topanga, the radio cranked out a Super Surfin’ Marathon, all commercial-free—which seemed peculiar until Doc realized that nobody who would sit through this music-teacher’s nightmare of doubled-up blues lines, moronic one-chord “tunes,” and desperate vocal effects could possibly belong to any consumer demographic known to the ad business.