January 14, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

The Cars logo (1978) vs. Cybertruck logo (2024)

January 22, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

Trump’s solution to water in California: “All they have to do is turn the valve.” 🥴 Here are some facts about California water, and it doesn’t involve just turning on a valve so that water can flow south to Los Angeles.

A gentle rain, first in months, falls across Laurel Canyon tonight, symbolic cleansing of L.A.'s devastating fires and terrible events on so many other fronts. Eric Clapton's song of uplift, recorded with the cream of L.A.'s 1970s rock royalty, beckons... youtube.com/watch?v=M15y9N…

So much for last night's "gentle rain"—Laurel Canyon just got pummeled by a full-on thunderstorm w/hail. This is exactly what is NOT needed in the burn areas around Malibu, Altadena and the Palisades, causing mud flows and flash floods. #LAFirestorm2025

BREAKING: JB Pritzker just announced he is suing Donald Trump’s Administration for freezing federal grants and loans. Pritzker is setting a perfect example for how Democrats should push back against Trump’s irresponsible governing.

Do you want to know why Donald Trump and the MAGA world hate Senator Adam Schiff with such a passion? Watch this FULL video. 🔥🔥🔥

My long yet heartfelt love letter to the indestructibly cool Marianne Faithfull. Nobody ever had more fun playing the old rock star. She made her last gem She Walks in Beauty after her lungs finally gave out. She didn’t let that stop her. Nothing did. rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

A Lear 55 pilot, the type that crashed today in PA, says the plane can be challenging to fly. "It's not forgiving in any way, shape of form...it's not an airplane you can let get away from you because it will take every chance you give it." #Philadelphia youtube.com/watch?v=ebJdMz…

"Donald Trump...is an anti-president who does not uphold the law, and there is no telling where it will end." open.substack.com/pub/joycevance…

"Wolves" from 'Babygirl' vs. the Prodigy's 1997 "Climbatize." music.youtube.com/watch?v=PiztIv… youtube.com/watch?v=bHeVIF…

March 9, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

When I lived in NYC, I had the fortune to write for Spy magazine when co-founder Graydon Carter was at the helm. As a Canadian expat, his fingerprints are no doubt all over the feature "The Canadians Among Us," from 1988, which especially resonates this evening...

Every time this clown leaves the country he embarrasses us on the world stage.

Was great to hang at the Laurel Canyon Country Store with The Economist's West Coast correspondent Aryn Braun for her story about the canyon's musical and cultural legacy...

Check out my brand-new Substack: 'Letter from Laurel Canyon.' Live now! open.substack.com/pub/michaelwal…

See my latest Letter from Laurel Canyon on Substack: Rock and Roll and the '60s Variety Show open.substack.com/pub/michaelwal…

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