There's a solid chance the name of the song references Thomas Pynchon's novel V. which has a part dealing with one of the main characters joining the hunt for alligators in the sewers of New York.
The reason why it's a solid chance is because Radiohead's W.A.S.T.E. shop is named after a secret post system in TP's second book, The Crying of Lot 49.
There's a solid chance the name of the song references Thomas Pynchon's novel V. which has a part dealing with one of the main characters joining the hunt for alligators in the sewers of New York.
The reason why it's a solid chance is because Radiohead's W.A.S.T.E. shop is named after a secret post system in TP's second book, The Crying of Lot 49.