Before he seized control of Germany and launched a barbaric war that destroyed three continents and killed 50 million people, Adolf Hitler was an ordinary man. In 1919, he was employed by the German Army as an education officer. In the two decades that followed, until the launch of WW2, there were many popitious moments…
Rideshare Stories 2025
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.