Okie truth.

Fifty years ago there was as much freedom in San Quentin as there is in the streets of New York today, with obvious exceptions. You’re just as likely to have a police officer throw down on you with a .30-30 [rifle] in New York as you are in San Quentin.
Merle Haggard, who went to prison fifty years ago this year.

The new Chevrolet Adobe.

Dammit, the environmentalists have just gone too far this time!











Thanks to the NYTimes.

Paying the piper.

Here's a lovely little chart for ya:

Another one bites the dust.

A Googie masterpiece in an L.A. suburb gets torn down on a Sunday afternoon without a permit.














Someone should do jail time for this. A demolition with no permits, no asbestos abatement, not even a proper fence in place. What fucking lawless place is this, Baghdad?
I'm so goddamned sick of this city being treated like a movie backlot.

Truth in advertising.