I haven’t always been a crier. In fact, most of my twenties were spent dry-eyed and distant. In my rock band, I was the aloof one – the guy you needed to “get to know.” In retrospect, I guess I was kind of a jerk.
One afternoon, however, a significant aspect of my tough-guy facade changed […]
One of the coolest things about the art world is how tiny it is. On a lovely Saturday afternoon I ran into the producer of the recent PBS documentary on Andy Warhol. I was excited to see this acquaintance because I had loved this project. It was thoughtful, sincere, honest, a little creepy, and interesting. […]
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last seven or eight years thinking about the history of friendship. Writing a book about a friendship circle — a group that even named itself the “Friendly Club” — took me into an extensive (and still growing), multidisciplinary body of literature that explains why and how the […]
So, the strawberries incident dominated the first 24 hours of my American experience when I arrived in the LA suburbs in 1978 for a three-week family vacation. Looking beyond that berry bonanza, I now realize that I learnt everything I ever needed to know about the US of A on that first trip.
Lesson One: […]
Movies! Celebrities! Glamour!
This year’s Sundance Film Festival contains all that and much more. In this post, I’ll be reviewing this year’s festival, as well as a few movies that I saw.
First off, I’m amazed at how much the festival stays the same. I recognize the same faces (even on my flight from NYC to SLC). […]