Podcast appearances and mentions of richard halliburton

Shanghai and Hong Kong have been the starting point for more ‘sail a Chinese built junk across the seas' than anywhere else. Hans van Tillburg has identified sixteen 19th century junks reported arriving on the west coast of North America. I've tallied thirty three reported on from around 1900 to c.1990. In Hong Kong the story starts with the Keying in 1846 and ends – maybe – with the Taiping Princess/Taiping Gongzhu in 2008. On the way would be the ill-fated voyages of Richard Halliburton's Sea Dragon and Aussie J. Peterson's Pang Jin. The botanical expedition followed by the wartime service of the whopping Cheng Ho – the only junk ever to serve in the US Navy. The first solo crossing of the North Pacific under sail in the High Tea. The Rubia that sailed to Barcelona…and the Golden Lotus that made it to Auckland. The ill-fated Tai Ki. There was the 1950s Hong Kong Junk Racing Club, with more modest local ambitions. The Chuen Hing Shipyard in Shaukeiwan that built at least four modified junks for export to the USA. There was a lot of cross-cultural fertilization going on too – the junks for export were designed by Ronald Clegg, Butterfield and Swire's Radio Supervisor!

En esta edición de Cuento Contigo, te presento gracias a Ediciones del Viento, “La alfombra voladora”, de Richard Halliburton. En su vuelta al mundo en avión, hace una escala en Teherán, donde es ingresado en una cárcel imperial. Carlos Caggiani embarca su amada Indian en un navío que atraviesa el Atlántico para desembarcar en Irlanda. Queda sorprendido por la gran diferencia que hay entre la “vieja Europa” y el moderno nuevo mundo. Finalmente Manel Loureiro, escritor, periodista y hombre multi tarea te presenta una historia completamente enterrada en la memoria de nuestro país. De un artículo aparecido en el diario El Mundo. En él habla sobre Francisco Mourelle de la Rúa, que fue un marino gallego que desde la base de la marina real española y llegó a ser Capitán de navio. Recorriendo el mundo, descubrió el norte del continente americano para los europeos. Realizó la primera expedición que pisó Alaska. Música: Tatuaje cover : Manuel Quiroga (música), Rafael de León (Letra). Popularizada por Concha Piquer en 1946, fue una copla de las más famosas en esa época. María Rodés le da un aire porteño con un excelente bandoneón y es acompañada por Albert Pla, el ecléctico músico catalán. Wake Up cover : Arcade fire. Canción coral de esta mega banda interpretada en esta ocasión por un coro de pequeños cantantes, de ahí los gallos que se le escapan a alguno. Don´t let the sun go dawn on me cover : Elton John. Una preciosa balada escrita en 1974 e imperecedera hasta nuestros tiempos. Marc Martel la interpreta de manera magistral. No es raro que le pidieran poner su voz sustituyendo a la de Freddie Mercury en la banda sonora del biopic de The Queen “Bohemian Rapsody”. Dosorder cover : Joy Division. Una banda efímera por la muerte de su cantante Ian Curtis, pero que dejó su marca en el post-punk a finales de los 70. Lo cierto es que New División es una de las mejores bandas tributo al grupo que he escuchado. I only wanna be with you cover: Hootie & the Blowfish. Pegaron el pelotazo en nuestro país a mediados de los 90 y……bueno…..ya no hay más que decir…..ahhhh!!! si, algunos jovenzuelos la conocerán por el 25 aniversario de “Pokemon”, una fricada más.

Mit dabei in dieser Ausgabe: Jenny, Magnus, Holm und Groove

Harry's Bar has long been frequented by famous people, and it was a favorite of Ernest Hemingway. Other notable customers have included Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, inventor Guglielmo Marconi, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Richard Halliburton, Truman Capote, Orson Welles, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Princess Aspasia of Greece, Aristotle Onassis, Barbara Hutton, Peggy Guggenheim, Tareq Salahi, George Clooney, the Mundys and Woody Allen. Here is my take on a Chicken Soup served there. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisgirltalks/support

Like fond memories of long-ago lovers, beloved airplanes resurface occasionally from quiet corners of a pilot’s mind. We hear the last three digits of some familiar N-number and are flooded with reminiscences. But rarely do the abbreviated call signs used in routine communications fully match the numbers of actual steeds we once flew — especially when 1500 miles and thirty years have passed under the wings. Along the way, you'll learn how Greg's airplane, the Flying Carpet, earned her name.Podcast photo: Greg with college friends at Marsh Harbour International Airport, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, 1976.Music by Hannis Brown.

We continue our journey through the 1920s by reading one of the decade's best-selling writers, and arguably its most famous adventurer. While still a student at Princeton, Richard Halliburton decided he wanted to spend his life traveling the globe, and writing about his adventures. At the height of his fame, he was publishing a new book every year and a half. Some doubted the veracity of his stories, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, who said his books were entertaining but probably dreamed up from behind a desk in Brooklyn.

神州五号胜利返航，中央电视台白岩松采访中国第一名太空人杨利伟时有这么段对话：　　白岩松：还有一点是很多观众也非常关心的，你在整个飞行的20多个小时的过程中，看地球的感受是怎样的，有没有看到大家都在说的长城？　　杨利伟：看地球景色非常美丽，但是我没有看到我们的长城。 白岩松之所以有此问，是因为有一个众所周知的说法，认为万里长城是太空中唯一可以用肉眼看到的人工建筑。例如，2000年语文高考试卷要求阅读理解鲍昌《长城》一文，其结语就是：　　“哦，长城！我不知你对此作何感想。你那虽然古老但仍坚固的躯体，愿意接待 异域殊方的杂色人流吗？你能承受住历史的再冲荡和新世纪的胎动吗？　　“你不语。你扎根的纠墨。群山不语，并晴洁气爽的长天也不语。　　“但人们告诉我：外层空间能看到的地球上惟一的人工痕迹，就是你呵，长城！” 这种说法在国外也颇流行。美国出的麦片包装盒上经常写一些给小孩看的小知识， 我就见过有一种写着“你知道中国的长城是太空唯一肉眼可见的人造物吗？”还有一个更离奇的说法，说长城是月球上唯一肉眼可见的人造物，这后一种说法可能是更早的说法。有人计算过，人眼在月球上绝对无法分辨出地球上的长城。不过更有说服力的是登过月球的宇航员的证词。曾乘阿波罗12号登月的阿兰·彼恩（Alan Bean）说： “在月球上你能看到只是一个美丽的圆球，大多部分是白色的（云），部分是蓝色的（海洋），点缀着黄色（沙漠），以及偶尔有些绿色的植被。在这个尺度上没有人造物是可见的。事实上，在首次离开地球轨道，仅几千英里之遥时，就见不到任何人造物了。”（月球离地球约23万7千英里，即38万4千公里。引文见Tom Burnam's More Misinformation（1980）） 另一位宇航员威廉·博格（William Pogue）曾在1973至1974年间在太空站工作，他所在的高度约300英里。他在1991年出版的一本书《在太空中如何盥洗》中指出，在那样的高度上已无法用肉眼看到长城，而需要用到望远镜才能看到。 那么，在较低的太空，例如航天飞机飞行的轨道上（离地球约160到350英里），能否看到长城呢？能看到，但是很难看到，而且还有许多人造物比长城更容易看到。美国《国家地理杂志》1996年11月号报道航天飞机宇航员杰·埃普特（Jay Apt）的话说： “我们寻找中国的长城。虽然我们能够看到象飞机场跑道这么小的东西，但是长城看来主要是由与周围的土壤同一颜色的材料建成的。尽管一直有故事说它能在月亮上看到，长城在只有180英里的上空就已经几乎不可见了。” 航天飞机宇航员在这个高度上能看到许多人造物，包括高速公路、飞机场、大坝、城市、麦田、桥梁等等。在太空站工作的华裔太空人卢杰（Ed Lu）指出：“从太空能够看到很多的东西。能够看到金字塔，特别是用望远镜更容易看到。用肉眼看起来有点困难。”他说，你能看到长城，但是它比许多其他物体更不容易看到，而且你必须知道朝哪里看。（引文见SPACE.com今年10月6日的报道） 这个有关长城的神话早在人类征服太空之前就已经开始出现了。没有人确切地知道它是谁炮制出来的。有人估计是在美国首次载人飞船升天之前，美国航空航天局的某位大腕的随口猜测，后来被误传成了实有其事。也有人发现，在1938年，美国著名探险家理查德·哈里伯敦（Richard Halliburton）在一本畅销书中就声称“天文学家说长城地球上唯一一个可以从月球上用肉眼看到的人造物”（见www.snopes.com/ science/greatwal.htm）。最近网友潘忠伟在翻看《胡适日记全编》时，发现早在1931年3月3日的《北平晨报》刊载国民党元老之一张继的演说就有这样一句话：　　“兄弟又见法国一本书上说，假如人能到月亮里面去，俯视地球上的建筑，只有万里长城，此亦可见我们民族秦始皇的文化精神。”（引自《胡适日记全编》（1931- 1937），曹伯言整理，79页，安徽教育出版社，2001年） 如此看来，这个神话很可能是某个法国人的天才想象，又很快被我们中国人发扬光大了。这个神话很让某些虚荣的国人骄傲一番，可惜的是那不过是误传，要使他们失落一回了吧。根据高考语文的标准答案，鲍昌文章之所以要感慨长城是“外层空间能看到的地球上惟一的人工痕迹”是为了“显示出中华民族的伟大、自豪和自信，能承受改革开放的冲荡”，难道一个民族的伟大、自豪和自信，竟是要建立在这么一个子虚乌有的谣言之上的吗？ 2003.10.30.

神州五号胜利返航，中央电视台白岩松采访中国第一名太空人杨利伟时有这么段对话：　　白岩松：还有一点是很多观众也非常关心的，你在整个飞行的20多个小时的过程中，看地球的感受是怎样的，有没有看到大家都在说的长城？　　杨利伟：看地球景色非常美丽，但是我没有看到我们的长城。 白岩松之所以有此问，是因为有一个众所周知的说法，认为万里长城是太空中唯一可以用肉眼看到的人工建筑。例如，2000年语文高考试卷要求阅读理解鲍昌《长城》一文，其结语就是：　　“哦，长城！我不知你对此作何感想。你那虽然古老但仍坚固的躯体，愿意接待 异域殊方的杂色人流吗？你能承受住历史的再冲荡和新世纪的胎动吗？　　“你不语。你扎根的纠墨。群山不语，并晴洁气爽的长天也不语。　　“但人们告诉我：外层空间能看到的地球上惟一的人工痕迹，就是你呵，长城！” 这种说法在国外也颇流行。美国出的麦片包装盒上经常写一些给小孩看的小知识， 我就见过有一种写着“你知道中国的长城是太空唯一肉眼可见的人造物吗？”还有一个更离奇的说法，说长城是月球上唯一肉眼可见的人造物，这后一种说法可能是更早的说法。有人计算过，人眼在月球上绝对无法分辨出地球上的长城。不过更有说服力的是登过月球的宇航员的证词。曾乘阿波罗12号登月的阿兰·彼恩（Alan Bean）说： “在月球上你能看到只是一个美丽的圆球，大多部分是白色的（云），部分是蓝色的（海洋），点缀着黄色（沙漠），以及偶尔有些绿色的植被。在这个尺度上没有人造物是可见的。事实上，在首次离开地球轨道，仅几千英里之遥时，就见不到任何人造物了。”（月球离地球约23万7千英里，即38万4千公里。引文见Tom Burnam's More Misinformation（1980）） 另一位宇航员威廉·博格（William Pogue）曾在1973至1974年间在太空站工作，他所在的高度约300英里。他在1991年出版的一本书《在太空中如何盥洗》中指出，在那样的高度上已无法用肉眼看到长城，而需要用到望远镜才能看到。 那么，在较低的太空，例如航天飞机飞行的轨道上（离地球约160到350英里），能否看到长城呢？能看到，但是很难看到，而且还有许多人造物比长城更容易看到。美国《国家地理杂志》1996年11月号报道航天飞机宇航员杰·埃普特（Jay Apt）的话说： “我们寻找中国的长城。虽然我们能够看到象飞机场跑道这么小的东西，但是长城看来主要是由与周围的土壤同一颜色的材料建成的。尽管一直有故事说它能在月亮上看到，长城在只有180英里的上空就已经几乎不可见了。” 航天飞机宇航员在这个高度上能看到许多人造物，包括高速公路、飞机场、大坝、城市、麦田、桥梁等等。在太空站工作的华裔太空人卢杰（Ed Lu）指出：“从太空能够看到很多的东西。能够看到金字塔，特别是用望远镜更容易看到。用肉眼看起来有点困难。”他说，你能看到长城，但是它比许多其他物体更不容易看到，而且你必须知道朝哪里看。（引文见SPACE.com今年10月6日的报道） 这个有关长城的神话早在人类征服太空之前就已经开始出现了。没有人确切地知道它是谁炮制出来的。有人估计是在美国首次载人飞船升天之前，美国航空航天局的某位大腕的随口猜测，后来被误传成了实有其事。也有人发现，在1938年，美国著名探险家理查德·哈里伯敦（Richard Halliburton）在一本畅销书中就声称“天文学家说长城地球上唯一一个可以从月球上用肉眼看到的人造物”（见www.snopes.com/ science/greatwal.htm）。最近网友潘忠伟在翻看《胡适日记全编》时，发现早在1931年3月3日的《北平晨报》刊载国民党元老之一张继的演说就有这样一句话：　　“兄弟又见法国一本书上说，假如人能到月亮里面去，俯视地球上的建筑，只有万里长城，此亦可见我们民族秦始皇的文化精神。”（引自《胡适日记全编》（1931- 1937），曹伯言整理，79页，安徽教育出版社，2001年） 如此看来，这个神话很可能是某个法国人的天才想象，又很快被我们中国人发扬光大了。这个神话很让某些虚荣的国人骄傲一番，可惜的是那不过是误传，要使他们失落一回了吧。根据高考语文的标准答案，鲍昌文章之所以要感慨长城是“外层空间能看到的地球上惟一的人工痕迹”是为了“显示出中华民族的伟大、自豪和自信，能承受改革开放的冲荡”，难道一个民族的伟大、自豪和自信，竟是要建立在这么一个子虚乌有的谣言之上的吗？ 2003.10.30.

神州五号胜利返航，中央电视台白岩松采访中国第一名太空人杨利伟时有这么段对话：　　白岩松：还有一点是很多观众也非常关心的，你在整个飞行的20多个小时的过程中，看地球的感受是怎样的，有没有看到大家都在说的长城？　　杨利伟：看地球景色非常美丽，但是我没有看到我们的长城。 白岩松之所以有此问，是因为有一个众所周知的说法，认为万里长城是太空中唯一可以用肉眼看到的人工建筑。例如，2000年语文高考试卷要求阅读理解鲍昌《长城》一文，其结语就是：　　“哦，长城！我不知你对此作何感想。你那虽然古老但仍坚固的躯体，愿意接待 异域殊方的杂色人流吗？你能承受住历史的再冲荡和新世纪的胎动吗？　　“你不语。你扎根的纠墨。群山不语，并晴洁气爽的长天也不语。　　“但人们告诉我：外层空间能看到的地球上惟一的人工痕迹，就是你呵，长城！” 这种说法在国外也颇流行。美国出的麦片包装盒上经常写一些给小孩看的小知识， 我就见过有一种写着“你知道中国的长城是太空唯一肉眼可见的人造物吗？”还有一个更离奇的说法，说长城是月球上唯一肉眼可见的人造物，这后一种说法可能是更早的说法。有人计算过，人眼在月球上绝对无法分辨出地球上的长城。不过更有说服力的是登过月球的宇航员的证词。曾乘阿波罗12号登月的阿兰·彼恩（Alan Bean）说： “在月球上你能看到只是一个美丽的圆球，大多部分是白色的（云），部分是蓝色的（海洋），点缀着黄色（沙漠），以及偶尔有些绿色的植被。在这个尺度上没有人造物是可见的。事实上，在首次离开地球轨道，仅几千英里之遥时，就见不到任何人造物了。”（月球离地球约23万7千英里，即38万4千公里。引文见Tom Burnam's More Misinformation（1980）） 另一位宇航员威廉·博格（William Pogue）曾在1973至1974年间在太空站工作，他所在的高度约300英里。他在1991年出版的一本书《在太空中如何盥洗》中指出，在那样的高度上已无法用肉眼看到长城，而需要用到望远镜才能看到。 那么，在较低的太空，例如航天飞机飞行的轨道上（离地球约160到350英里），能否看到长城呢？能看到，但是很难看到，而且还有许多人造物比长城更容易看到。美国《国家地理杂志》1996年11月号报道航天飞机宇航员杰·埃普特（Jay Apt）的话说： “我们寻找中国的长城。虽然我们能够看到象飞机场跑道这么小的东西，但是长城看来主要是由与周围的土壤同一颜色的材料建成的。尽管一直有故事说它能在月亮上看到，长城在只有180英里的上空就已经几乎不可见了。” 航天飞机宇航员在这个高度上能看到许多人造物，包括高速公路、飞机场、大坝、城市、麦田、桥梁等等。在太空站工作的华裔太空人卢杰（Ed Lu）指出：“从太空能够看到很多的东西。能够看到金字塔，特别是用望远镜更容易看到。用肉眼看起来有点困难。”他说，你能看到长城，但是它比许多其他物体更不容易看到，而且你必须知道朝哪里看。（引文见SPACE.com今年10月6日的报道） 这个有关长城的神话早在人类征服太空之前就已经开始出现了。没有人确切地知道它是谁炮制出来的。有人估计是在美国首次载人飞船升天之前，美国航空航天局的某位大腕的随口猜测，后来被误传成了实有其事。也有人发现，在1938年，美国著名探险家理查德·哈里伯敦（Richard Halliburton）在一本畅销书中就声称“天文学家说长城地球上唯一一个可以从月球上用肉眼看到的人造物”（见www.snopes.com/ science/greatwal.htm）。最近网友潘忠伟在翻看《胡适日记全编》时，发现早在1931年3月3日的《北平晨报》刊载国民党元老之一张继的演说就有这样一句话：　　“兄弟又见法国一本书上说，假如人能到月亮里面去，俯视地球上的建筑，只有万里长城，此亦可见我们民族秦始皇的文化精神。”（引自《胡适日记全编》（1931- 1937），曹伯言整理，79页，安徽教育出版社，2001年） 如此看来，这个神话很可能是某个法国人的天才想象，又很快被我们中国人发扬光大了。这个神话很让某些虚荣的国人骄傲一番，可惜的是那不过是误传，要使他们失落一回了吧。根据高考语文的标准答案，鲍昌文章之所以要感慨长城是“外层空间能看到的地球上惟一的人工痕迹”是为了“显示出中华民族的伟大、自豪和自信，能承受改革开放的冲荡”，难道一个民族的伟大、自豪和自信，竟是要建立在这么一个子虚乌有的谣言之上的吗？ 2003.10.30.

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Over the last few weeks, Mike has been traveling in West Tennessee to find the stories for this episode. The episode begins with the story of 3 time gold medal winning Olympic sprinter Wilma Rudolph. Then Mike will tell you the true story behind legendary train engineer Casey Jones and his infamous last ride. Next comes the story of Richard Halliburton, one of the most famous American adventurers and travel writers of the early 20th century. Then you’ll hear the tragic and horrible story of the 1917 lynching of Ell Persons who was murdered in front of 5000 cheering spectators for a crime he almost certainly didn’t commit. Sam Phillips’ Sun Records was unstoppable in the 1950s recording everyone from B.B. King and Howlin’ Wolf to Elvis and Jerry Lee. You’ll hear the whole story of its rise to infamy. Finally you’ll hear how Tina Turner went from a small town Tennessee farm girl to a worldwide superstar against all odds. Music for this episode comes from Linzie Butler and the Blue Gentlemen. Find out more at www.miles2gobeforeisleep.com.

In this episode of Memphis Type History: The Podcast, Rebecca sits down with R. Scott Williams to learn all about Richard Halliburton, a famous but forgotten Memphian. Halliburton cuts a fascinating figure in history as an explorer and adventure writer.   Scott, COO of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., published The Forgotten Adventures of Richard Halliburton. If the name sounds slightly familiar to you, it's because Halliburton Tower lies on the Rhodes campus, donated by Halliburton's father (along with documents from his life and travels). Fun fact: Halliburton's mother was one of the first psychologists in Memphis! And now, onto the main event – Richard Halliburton. “Let those who wish have their respectability. I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous and the romantic.” –Richard Halliburton At the age of nineteen, Halliburton ran away from his hometown of Memphis to go on adventures. He became an internationally known celebrity and the most famous travel writer in the grand ages for adventure – the Golden Age, the Roaring Twenties, and into the Great Depression. He did everything from climb Mount Olympus to flying all the way to Timbuktu, always looking for the next bigger and more astounding adventure to share with the world. But wait... how did he fund all this crazy travel? Well, back in the day, people gave lectures about the adventures they went on... and these events funded their subsequent adventures. He would do as many as 50 lectures a month sometimes! Basically he was the Anthony Bourdain before there was such a thing as the Travel Channel. If he lived today, he would be the ultimate travel brand... and Scott even tells us what his TV show would probably be called, but you'll have to listen to this episode to find out more! Scott shares how Halliburton was a great marketer and could always find the best "hook" for designing adventures. In one instance, he decided to fly to his next adventure. He flew all over the world for 18 months, including into volcanoes! His pilot and he ran into another pilot, Elly Beinhorn, who was also quite adventurous in her own right. Oh, and Scott really thinks this period of Halliburton's life would make a great movie – and there's even a love story that makes that even more intriguing.... One of our favorite things was how tied to Memphis Halliburton was. For example, when Halliburton was but a toddler around 1902, Mary Hutchison, the founder of Hutchison School, started the school in his home, as she was great friends with his parents. "Hutchy," as she was known, was called "Grandmother" by Halliburton, and she's even buried in the family plot. She's credited with really giving him his spirit of adventure. Unfortunately, Halliburton's last adventure was a bit too ill-conceived and he perished in a typhoon while sailing the seas in a Chinese junk. The original plan was for him to sail the junk from Hong Kong to San Francisco and appear just in time for the opening day of the World's Fair. However, he disappeared at sea at the age of 39... just two years after another famous adventurer, Amelia Earhart. We hope finding out more about this amazing Memphian will revive an interest in writings and life's work of adventuring around the world.  For full show notes go to memphistypehistory.com/halliburton  

更多内容请关注今天的微信Is it really true that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space?The myth began in 1904 in Henry Norman's the people and politics of the Far East. It was reinforced in 1938 in Richard Halliburton's second book of marvels. It resurfaced during the Apollo moon landings and shuttle era.In 2003 China's first astronaut Yang Liwei was disappointed when he couldn't see the great wall from space, but in 2004 Leroy Chiao saved the day by taking a photo of it through a telephoto lens from the international space station. So it seems the only surefire way to see the Great Wall is to take a telescope into space… or visit China!

Few people know of one of the best modern houses in the United States, and even fewer have ever seen it. The designer of Richard Halliburton's house (1938) in Laguna Beach, William Alexander Levy, would never again produce such an exceptional building nor work for such an eccentric client. He met Paul Mooney in 1930 and the two men became lovers. By that time, Mooney had a prolific professional and personal relationship as editor and ghostwriter to Richard Halliburton, the world-traveling adventurer, who at the time was as famous as Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Alexander was only 27 years old when he received the commission for the Halliburton's house. Alexander drew upon European contemporary architecture and created flat-roofed boxes of concrete and glass in a clear expression of the International Style of modernism. He hoped to create a house that soared like the modern spirit of Halliburton. Mies van der Rohe's work and his experimental concrete buildings of the 1920s, along with Le Corbusier's L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion (1924-25) and his famous Villa Savoye (1928-29) would influence Alexander. In 1936, the first major and well-publicized concrete dams, Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam were built, securing concrete as a practical and modern material in the United States. Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander's teacher, had used concrete at the Larkin Building (1904) and Unity Temple (1905-07), but Wright most exploited its structural characteristics in the cantilevered concrete decks at Fallingwater (1936-37). At the Halliburton House, simple rectangular boxes of reinforced, poured-in-place concrete define the house. The boxes' two open sides facing the ocean and the canyon are filled with thin steel frames of industrial windows. Cantilevered concrete stairs wrap the exterior's southwest corner to the entry door. The interior contains a gallery, the living and dining rooms, a small kitchen, two bathrooms and three bedrooms one each for Halliburton, Mooney, and Alexander. The roof is a deck with unobstructed views in all directions. Mooney named it Hangover House because of the dramatic setting overlooking the canyon. The words are impressed into the concrete retaining wall near the entry. The three men were aware of the obvious pun. Later, Alexander assisted Arnold Schoenberg, the composer, with the redesign of Schoenberg's Brentwood studio. Alexander befriended Ayn Rand, and provided quotes for her book, The Fountainhead (1943). Some of Rand's descriptions in the book of the Heller House are thinly disguised references to the Halliburton House. Alexander continued to practice architecture and interior design and by 1950 had moved permanently to West Hollywood. He died in 1997. For more information see the book, Horizon Chasers: The Lives and Adventures of Richard Halliburton and Paul Mooney, by Gerry Max. It's the story of Halliburton, the quintessential world traveler of the 20th century and his gifted editor and ghost writer, Paul Mooney, with first hand accounts by William Alexander and others.The book is published by McFarland & Company, April 2007. Download the podcast below.