In California #013: Shaping, Santa Barbara, and Spoons
The first time I saw Tom Curren surf was at Hammond’s Reef in Santa Barbara, right around 1980. I was with my brother, Steven, we’d arrived in the morning with...
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In California #011: For the Love of the Monterey Jazz Festival
In normal times, September would be the month of the Monterey Jazz Festival. But like so many of the events we look forward to in summer, it has been cancelled...
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In California #010: The Henry Diltz-Gary Burden Connection, Part One
Henry Diltz was the photographer; Gary Burden was the art director. Their collaboration brought us some of the greatest album covers of all time. Henry is now 81 and lives...
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In California 008: Breath Made Visible with Anna Halprin
“Dance is what you see, what you smell. It’s what you hear. It’s how you bring your consciousness and awareness to your experience. So if I...
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In California 007: Dreams of The Sea Ranch
Some years back, on a road trip up the Northern California coast, we passed a stretch of rolling hills. In the distance, hidden in the trees, were clusters of rustic,...
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In California #006: Oranges and the City of Los Angeles
In my youth there were many oranges. There was the Orange Julius on Ventura Boulevard. There was the book “Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch” on my dad’s...
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In California #005: Where I Was From by Joan Didion
I first read Joan Didion’s “Where I Was From” about five years ago. My immediate reaction was: This should be mandatory reading in California high schools and colleges. Having grown...
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In California #004: West Coast Jazz and the Lighthouse All-Stars
It’s a bright Sunday in 1949 and you’re on the beach at Hermosa. The sun is shining. The sea is sparkling. There are swim caps, and umbrellas, and far less...
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In California #003: Sailing with Christian Beamish
From 2002 to 2004, Christian Beamish worked as a handyman at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse, about thirty miles north of Santa Cruz. Built in 1871 to guide ships on the...
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In California #002: National City with Tom Waits and John Baldessari
In California is a new monthly series where we shine a light on things that are quintessentially Californian, or that could only have come out of California. Case in point: Tom Waits...
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In California #001: Dogtown Days with Jim Muir
In California is a new monthly series where we shine a light on things that are quintessentially Californian, or that could only have come out of California. This first installment is a...
