“The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest”: https://amzn.to/3COcMte I read “Annapurna.” I don’t know what caused me to read books in high school. Outside of school, that is. It appears that the world is split into two kinds of education. One in which you pay your dues in class, another in which […]

“Last Chance Texaco”: https://amzn.to/37gCYhm It’s amazing she’s alive. This book has not gotten enough press. It’s the absolute best book about being an artist in the rock world that I’ve ever read. It’s beyond honest. Most people are feeding the starmaking machinery behind the popular song, but not Rickie Lee, she stands alone, she does […]

https://amzn.to/3xQMMKx This is a really good book. It’s not the easiest book to read, it doesn’t cut like butter, but it’s far from difficult. And as good as it starts out, it gets better. I’ve never read a book exactly about this era. I mean there must be some, but I don’t remember reading one. […]

https://amzn.to/3hGXPzr This is a wild book, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. But first I read “Malibu Rising,” Taylor Jenkins Reid’s follow-up to “Daisy Jones & the Six,” her surprise hit novel based on Fleetwood Mac. “Malibu Rising” is number one in Los Angeles, top ten nationally, and I don’t recommend you read it, it’s a […]