<p>Intro: “Megeve,” by Henry Mancini</p><p>Part 1: White-Hot Mid-Century Blowout</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.thelautnercompound.com/hotel-lautner">The Lautner Compound (Hotel Lautner)</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Hubbard">Lucien Hubbard</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lautner">John Lautner</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Frey_(architect)">Albert Frey</a></li><li><a href="https://www.psmuseum.org/visit/frey-house">Frey House II</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarix">Tamarisk trees</a></li><li>“<a href="https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/racist-trees/">Racist Trees</a>,” the movie, and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nplfO7tS7Lk">blowback from Tucker Carlson</a></li></ul><p>Part 2: <a href="https://www.psmodsquad.com/">Palm Springs Mod Squad</a> tours by <a href="https://www.psmodsquad.com/your-guide.html">Kurt Cyr</a></p><p>Transition: “Loose Caboose,” by Henry Mancini</p><ul><li>Home 1: The Wentworth, Fairway Estates, Donald Wexler, 1965; addition by Robin Abrahams, 2022</li><li>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Construction_Company">Alexander Construction Co</a>.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Float_glass">Pilkington float glass</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Fey#Canyon_View_Estates_(1962%E2%80%931966)">Canyon View Estates</a> – Palmer &amp; Krisel for the Alexanders -- home of “Barbie” and “Don’t Worry Darling”&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.atomic-ranch.com/product/atomic-ranch-magazine-subscription/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21382503997&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA9Urn0k1gbXV1cdp7FrFgm9xp3Vww&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA2bTNBhDjARIsAK89wlFP2aC0O1DmmwwMaxnrkVYP4CAn6Q43qiSvEKg5NFm6yi9f4AFkLlIaAmZUEALw_wcB">Atomic Ranch magazine</a></li><li><a href="https://www.angi.com/articles/what-is-roman-tub.htm?msockid=170162089b5f6d6304fc74ec9ac26c96">Roman tubs</a></li></ul><p>Transition: “Caravan,” by John Buzon Trio</p><ul><li>Home 2: Kurt Cyr home, <a href="https://kurtcyr.com/">Kurt Cyr</a>, 2020</li><li><a href="https://visitpalmsprings.com/blog/post/lawrence-crossley-makes-mark-in-palm-springs/">Lawrence Crossley</a> and the Crossley Tract</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonia_filifera">Washingtonia filifera</a> (California palm)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_conclusus">Hortus conclusus</a></li><li>Kenny Irwin Jr. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robolights">robot designs</a>, feat. “Winston”</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Wegner">Hans Wegner</a></li><li>Room 606, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radisson_Collection_Royal_Hotel,_Copenhagen">SAS Royal Hotel</a> (Arne Jacobsen)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ellwood">Craig Ellwood</a></li><li>Danish case study houses, per <a href="https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/residential/three-danish-modernist-houses">Wallpaper</a>*</li></ul><p>Transition: “Miniskirt,” by Esquivel</p><ul><li>Home 3: The <a href="https://desertstarpalmsprings.com/">Desert Star Apartments</a> (Motel), Howard Lapham, 1956; Converted to private residences in 2005</li><li>“Car decking”</li><li><a href="https://marble.com/granite-countertops/ubatuba/654#:~:text=Ubatuba%20is%20a%20popular%20granite%20from%20Brazil.,Brazil%20*%20**Colors**%20Gold%2C%20grey%2C%20green%2C%20black">Uba Tuba marble</a></li><li><a href="https://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Calico_marble">Calico marble</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrara_marble">Carrara marble</a></li><li><a href="https://www.adibs.com/collections/nichols-rugs?srsltid=AfmBOoqy6lklvgI18l5Du37-Xk82ywikyYioZcoAorGjVmE61kcNAxy_">Nichols Company Chinese Art Deco rugs</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847842551/">The Palm Springs School, by Alan Hess</a>, (Rizzoli, 2025)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Knoll">Florence Knoll</a></li></ul><p>Transition: “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody),” by Talking Heads</p><p>Part 3: An Archipelago of Disney Lifestyle</p><ul><li>Mad Men: Season 2, Episode 12, “The Mountain King.”</li><li><a href="https://www.storylivingbydisney.com/cotino/">Storyliving by Disney: Cotino, Rancho Mirage, CA</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnylands">Sunnylands</a></li><li><a href="https://www.storylivingbydisney.com/asteria/">Storyliving by Disney, Asteria</a>, Pittsboro, NC</li><li><a href="https://dmbdevelopment.com/">DMB Development</a></li><li>It’s not <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration%2C_Florida">Celebration, FL</a></li><li><a href="https://www.crystal-lagoons.com/">Crystal Lagoons</a> – “Swimming pools are things of the past.”</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Festival_City">Dubai Festival City</a></li><li><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374533519/aerotropolis/">"Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next"</a></li><li><a href="https://florida.uli.org/speakers/">ULI Florida Summit, Orlando</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-professional-and-continuing-studies/academics/real-estate-institute/faculty/">Joshua Harris</a></li><li>“<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/">The Anti-Social Century</a>,” by Derek Thompson, in The Atlantic, February 2025</li><li><a href="https://www.testfit.io/">TestFit</a></li><li>Greg’s address to the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7425575367060553728/?originTrackingId=RyBO8d6peCR5RT%2F4wEqGAg%3D%3D">ULI Global Governing Trustees Meeting</a>, Washington DC</li><li>“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone">Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community</a>,” by Robert Putnam (2000)</li><li><a href="https://www.candlelighthomes.com/communities/firefly">Firefly by Candlelight Homes</a>, Eagle Mountain, Utah</li><li><a href="https://stonethrowclub.com/">Stonethrow</a>, Dallas</li><li><a href="https://chrisleinberger.com/biographies">Christopher Leinberger</a></li></ul><p>Transition: “Terms and Conditions,” by Dan Safarik, recorded on the Teenage Engineering Riddim EP-40 dub machine</p><p>Part 4: Terms and Conditions of Cotino</p><p>Transition: “The Community of Hope,” by PJ Harvey</p><p>Part 5: The Community of Hope</p><ul><li>Artifacts of an optimistic age:</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair">New York World’s Fair 1964</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_67">Montreal Expo 1967</a></li><li>“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_Realism">Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative</a>?”, by Mark Fisher</li><li>“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Desert_of_the_Real">Welcome to the Desert of the Real</a>,” by Slavoj Zizek</li><li><a href="https://bnpparibasopen.com/">BNP Paribas Indian Wells Open</a>, sponsored by Emirates Airlines and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia</li><li>The destruction of the present and perhaps the future: Dubai’s neo-liberalism vs Iran and the rest of the world coming to its doorstep with bombs</li><li>Palm Springs International Airport Main Building, Donald Wexler, 1966</li></ul><p>Outro: “Crawl Home,” by Desert Sessions (Josh Homme feat. PJ Harvey)</p>