We are having just a fantastic time here in Sydney. We’re staying in Olympic Park, where the conference is located, and have felt the vibe of the 2000 Games, albeit seven years later. Sydney is an interesting city. Kind of a cross between New York, London and Paris. It’s got a bit of the intensity […]

Deep into December 1969, I took the train into New York for my interview at Columbia University.  I remember walking up from the train station in Harlem, past the football field, onto campus where I was questioned by a recently graduated hipster completely unlike anyone I had previously encountered in the college application process.  I […]

After fearing for my life deep on the Great Barrier Reef, I find myself with Felice in what is known as the Red Centre, with Uluru right outside my window. If you’re wondering why I haven’t responded to your e-mail, it’s because I can’t log in, something to do with Windows and Australia and a […]

Only the good die young Tony Wilson would have had nothing good to say about Billy Joel. But he would have had an opinion. That was what was great about Tony, in world full of duplicity, Anthony was honest. And vibrant. And alive. But no more. I’m in shock. I guess on one hand I […]