To quote Doc, something here is ungroovywhich isreally saying something like the Velvelettes,
because the «here» of Inherent Vice is a smog - filled, corruption - riddled, slightly zombified cityscape of disillusionment, fleetingfriendships, cynicism, creeping executive - branch fascism, and out - in - the - openvigilante fascism, a place that stands as not just a monument to phoniness buta lurid
advertisement for the
false.