It’s time for German luxury car manufacturers to see the writing on the wall. Change or be left behind eventually. I fell in love with Porsche cars when I was 5 or 6 years old, particularly the 911. I have driven them, but never bought one because I don’t want to be seen in one.
“Instead of spending time and energy battling these popular initiatives, such as the congestion charge, it would be more appropriate for Porsche to put its effort into making a new generation of much less polluting vehicles.”
Exactly!
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Long live the mayor of London!
Speaking of the mayor of London:
London to Retrofit Public Buildings for Reduced Emissions : TreeHugger The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, announced a new project last week to cut public buildings’ energy use by 25%. Contracts were awarded for the first stage of the project, in which 42 public buildings will be retrofitted for energy savings over the next ten years.
ART/ARCHITECTURE; The Irrepressible Ragman of Art – New York Times Sometimes I’ll take a walk just to forget whatever good idea I had that day because I like to go into the studio not having any ideas. I want the insecurity of not knowing, like performers feel before a performance. Everything I can remember, and everything I know, I have probably already done, or somebody else has.
That’s a quote from an article on Robert Rauschenberg.
I want to create the music that wants to be made, regardless of what other musicians or the critics and reviewers or even the audience might think of the result. Stefan Sagmeister writesTrying to look good limits my life, which I could translate into Trying to sound good limits my music or maybe Trying to impress other musicians limits my playing. Often I fail. But when I succeed it is very sweet.
