This Is L.A.
Having spent the weekend in L.A., I spent much of the weekend in my car. I don't like driving, I don't like being in a car as a driver, but there's something about driving in L.A. that doesn't make me mind so much. But in the course my drive, I thought about what Ed Ruscha told The Believer in the March issue: "I do drive a lot in L.A., and it really gives me all of my impressions of the city. They come right from driving. Sometimes I get into a groove where I'm listening to the radio - there is one particular number you can punch on the dial and it will give you two or three radion stations at once. It's so comforting to listen to these overlapping effects. You might be hearing country-western music, stock reports, and a sporting event. Two or three programs overlapping each other can be used as a soundtrack for driving around L.A."