Brad Barrish

My friend Chris was in town last week and we got together on Saturday for a hike before he went back to New York. We hiked the Grasslands Trail in Malibu Canyon. It was perfect weather and great to commune with nature while we caught up in person for the first time in while. We saw some turkey vultures hanging out on dead tree at the beginning of the hike, the wild flowers were popping, lizards were everywhere.

I couldn’t remember the last time I ate at Genghis Cohen. I think it might have been with Ted Cohen, of all people. But last week Nicole, who had never stepped foot in Genghis Cohen, was in town and since it was Memorial Day there was almost nothing else open. Bob made a late dinner reservation. Some screamo band was playing in the live room. It was the only stage I’d ever played on. It was a Wild Gift show in the early aughts. Joel invited me up. Anyway, we shut the place down. It was one of those times when you’re deep in conversation (or just listening to Bob talk), when you look up only to notice everyone else has already left. We walked outside, the staff left one-by-one and we ended up hanging out and talking in front for another hour. Fairfax was dead and it would be the last time any of us would step foot in Genghis Cohen. It’s been there since 1983, but as of today, the location is no more. Kind of a bummer, but so it goes in Los Angeles.

There is some cool stuff in The David Lynch Collection auction.

I knew the day would come, but it really bums me out. rc is such a great browser. I dunno, maybe Dia will be too, but I don’t (yet) have a reason to go all-in on AI in my browser. I guess I’m still rooting for The Browser Company, but I don’t think AI is particularly good for the web.