An Embarrassment of Riches
It took a year-and-a-half of waiting in anterooms, of personal humiliations, of lobbying the government for official recognition, and of...
It took a year-and-a-half of waiting in anterooms, of personal humiliations, of lobbying the government for official recognition, and of...
How does he do it? Joan Baez wanted to know. How does Bob Dylan write such folk classics as “Masters Of War” and “Only A Pawn In Their...
The California of the 1850s that greeted the first wave of American settlers was primarily comprised of large, fenceless cattle ranches...
It seems ironic, even cruel, that the quintessential British racing driver, Graham Hill, should never have won the British Grand Prix. ...
One of the most famous roads in all the world is California Route One, a coastal highway that traverses the entire length of the state. ...
It was the ultimate gig. A 30-piece orchestra at your beck and call. The run of the palace, and servants to meet your every whim. ...
He’s the one who alienates half the dinner guests at your party, gets roaring drunk, makes a pass at your wife, breaks your $1,000 vase,...
Back in the mid-sixties, when the Beatles were hot, it seemed everyone was claiming to be "The Fifth Beatle"; in New York City, a popular...
There’s Frankenstein and there’s Frankenstein. There is a difference. There’s the classic Frankenstein movies of Universal Pictures,...
If you love baseball, and were lucky enough to have lived in Los Angeles some time in the past 60 years, then you are familiar with one...
How can you not love a girl who adores the Beatles, gets Frank Sinatra, loves Jazz, and who enjoys sitting under the stars at the...
Over half a century ago, the Beatles made their American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show (February 9, 1964). In one memorable evening they...
Who was Vaclav Havel? He was a leading figure in the "Velvet Revolution", that propelled Czechoslovakia to Independence from the Soviet...
This is a story of two successful pop/rock bands, one was English and the other was American. Despite being from different nations,...
DRIVING DAN GURNEY'S EAGLE AT BRANDS HATCH, 1967 Imagine driving a Formula One. The circuit is Brands Hatch, near the south coast of...
To me motor racing is a feeling, a feeling that beguiles the soul, and captures the imagination. Writing "The Ragged Edge", was my...
In the early 1960s, Stirling Moss was not only the best racing driver on the planet, but the best-known sports figure in the world, and...
Carroll Shelby dreamed of building an American sports car. It wasn't a daydream, but an actual dream he had at night. He awoke and wrote...
Overlooked in the "Ford v. Ferrari" movie, was competition from a Chevrolet powered machine, called the Chaparral. In the mid-1960s,...
It was a magical time to be in motor racing. Anything was possible. It was a time when a sharp entrepreneur like Ken Tyrrell could...