dumbreads started reading I'm with the Band by Pamela Des Barres
I'm with the Band by Pamela Des Barres
The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1960s and 70s is …
Very informative, some chapters (6th) are very math-focused and I had to read them slowly to understand. His critic of the urban renewal program in the USA (circa 1964) draws a grim - but fair - picture of the program, and it's very interesting. He calls out gentrification practices, yet the last line of the book left a sour taste in my mouth;
" The Federal Urban Renewal Program conceived in 1949 had admirable goals. Unfortunately it has not achieved them in the past and cannot achieve them in the future. Only free enterprise can. "
[eyeroll]
I feel like I've been fooled.
