I love cars. I’ve owned a Jaguar XK 150S, the model predating the E-Type, a Citroën DS 19, an Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider, etc. I especially loved the Citroën. One time David Byrne arrived late at the studio and had to park illegally. I offered to park his car. He told me…
In 1973, fresh out of grad school and after an unhappy spell in law school, unable to land a job teaching in American community colleges, I found two job postings on a UCLA international job bulletin board. One was to teach English at a brand new university in Constantine, Algeria.…
The world has watched the Olympics in London, now continuing. It’s interesting to go back a ways and see an Olympics from an earlier time, Tokyo 1964 in the classic documentary by Kon Ichikawa. It was the first big international event held in Japan since the second world war ended. You…