Sometime during the pandemic Uber sent me a notice congratulating me on my 1,000th ride. Yikes, I thought. A thousand rides, I could have bought a car. But the truth is that I don’t want a car. I love the efficiency of a few clicks on an app and I’m picked up, and the freedom…
Los Angeles on Fire, 1.7.2025
On Tuesday, I was on the phone with a friend who asked if I could see the fires from where I was. “What fires?” I asked, completely unaware. It didn’t take long to find out. By that evening, friends from Pasadena showed up at my door with their pets and boxes of valuables, having just…
So-called “50 Best Indie Albums” of the year
According to not-quite-relevant Rolling Stone magazine, these are the 50 best indie albums of 2024. Let’s give them a listen.