the doors 1970 tour

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Early January:   Interview with Howard Smith - The Doors Office -  Hollywood, CA     It's a rainy day in LA sometime before lunch. Jim is interviewed for an hour amongst the office work atmosphere. He gives Howard a hard time seemingly trying to be difficult and provoking. They talk about many topics but Jim seems to only half answer the questions in a manner that suggests he does not like something about the questions or the person asking them. Jim seems bored and attempts to entertain himself by putting Howard on throughout the interview with humor.

Early January:   Elektra's New Office Party     Jim, Babe Hill, Tom Baker, and Danny Sugerman stand on Pamela's store Themis and watch people go into the party which is to show off the new office. Jim really didn't want to go to the party but finally suggests that he might as well make an appearance since he "paid for the fucking place" and "might as well see where the money went".     Tom Baker, once inside and after the crowd gives Jim a chance to get away, drags Morrison down a hallway and into the corporate office spaces. Tom antagonizes Jim by saying "you paid for all this corporate shit" "you hypocrite, Morrison, you're  financing the very authority you claim interest in overthrowing." Jim tells Tom that none of it means anything to him but Tom won't stop. He knows how to get to Jim and finally he does. Jim blows up and pushes Baker over a desk and begins to destroy the office. Soon a bunch of people come in and get him back down the hallway, out the front door and into a limo out front. Vice President of Elektra hollers at the driver to "get him the hell away from here!"

Thu. Jan. 15:   Luncheon Interview with Patricia Kennealy - Midtown New York Japanese Restaurant     This is Jim and Patricia's first time together since September. Talk centers around the upcoming rehearsal tomorrow afternoon. Jim has made sure Patricia was sent a backstage pass so she can come to the sound check.

P A T R I C I A   M E E T S   P A M E L A

Fri. Jan. 16:   Rehearsal for Felt Forum Shows - Madison Square Garden - NYC     Patricia attends and meets Pamela for the first time. Pam comes out from the depths of the dressing room and introduces herself "Hi, I'm Pam, Jim's wife?" Leon Barnard, The Doors publicist, is with them and tells Pam how Patricia writes for Jazz & Pop Magazine. Patricia checks out Pamela and is not impressed. Although she finds her pretty Patricia cannot see what Jim sees in her beyond that.  She doesn't appear to offer anything else. Patricia finds her to be shallow and not very intelligent. They are total opposites.     Pam heads back into the dressing room to watch her TV show and Patricia goes out into the forum to say hello to Jim. The Doors are in the middle of  a song. After the song Jim makes eye contact with Patricia and reaches out his hand. She makes her way toward the stage and he pulls her up for a kiss on the cheek and some small talk. The band starts to make some noise and Patricia comes down off stage and takes a seat in the orchestra section.     After a few songs at concert strength and a little moving around the hall by Patricia to hear different vantage points Jim calls for a break and they sit together in the orchestra seats. Patricia asks Jim about the "Wife" statement Pamela had made. Jim shrugs it off saying they don't even live together and they have separate lives and changes the topic to music asking about their sound and then whispers "I want to fuck you so much, right here on the floor, make love to you right here in front of everybody." "Don't tempt me", Patricia replies. The flirting continues for  a while and then Jim must go back to work. He invites her to stop backstage between shows tomorrow night and to bring a friend. Patricia will be there. (Strange Days pp. 108 -111)

T H E  " R O A D H O U S E   B L U E S   T O U R "  B E G I N S (Ends up being 8 shows in total - Recorded for upcoming album Absolutely Live! )

Sat. Jan. 17:  Felt Forum - ( First of 2 Nights) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY     This is the start of the "Roadhouse Blues Tour". The Doors do two shows a night both Saturday and Sunday in this 4,000-5,000 seat auditorium choosing this smaller venue over last years Madison Square Garden. The Doors are going for a more intimate setting with better sound. The concerts are being recorded for the upcoming album Absolutely Live . This crescent shaped 'forum' is located downstairs, inside the Garden, and resembles the atmosphere of last summer's successful shows at the Aquarius Theater. These performances go very well and the band is in fine form this weekend. Also performing: The Lonnie Mack Trio (Lonnie is featured on Morrison Hotel )

Sun. Jan. 18:  Felt Forum - (Second of 2 Nights) Madison Square Garden, New York, NY     The highlight of these four performances is the finale Sunday night where Jim and the band are in high spirits ripping through the playlist nailing song after song in an upbeat one after the next barrage but one particular piece definitely stands out... The Doors gets to do the entire 'Celebration of the Lizard', a total rarity, which is applauded enthusiastically by the crowd. The Doors finish strong with a generous finale featuring New Yorker, John Sebastian and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young drummer Dallas Taylor. This evening's performance is as good as it gets! Also performing: The Lonnie Mack Trio

Early Show : (Sunday) Roadhouse Blues, Ship of Fools, Break on Through, Universal Mind, Peace Frog, Alabama Song (band leads off out of tune, stops and starts again), Alabama Song, Back Door Man, Five To One, Moonlight Drive, "Horse Latitudes", Moonlight Drive, Who Do You Love, Money, Light My Fire, When The Music's Over

Review: Billboard , Fred Kirby commented on the early show "The Elektra Records artists actually were more businesslike than often has been there wont, but Morrison conveyed none of his famed eroticism. His voice, however, was distinctive whether singing or screaming. The concentration was on blues and simple rock. 'Light My Fire,' which gave organist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger good instrumental bits, was a fitting climax." (Billboard, Jan. 31, 1970)

Late Show : (Sunday) Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog, Alabama Song, Back Door Man, Five to One, Celebration of the Lizard, Build Me a Woman, When The Music's Over, Soul Kitchen, "When I was Back in Seminary School...", Light My Fire, Rock Me, Close To You, Ship of Fools, Goin' To New York, Maggie M'Gill, Gloria, "Coda Queen", My Eyes Have Seen You

Mon. Jan. 19:  Hilton Hotel West Penthouse Suite - New York, NY - West 54th Street     The doors host a press party at the New York Hilton arranged by Elektra president Jac Holzman. The guests arrive by private elevator to the spacious suite with windows overlooking Central Park. In attendance are news and press people, musicians that are in town, assorted Warhol superstars, Pam and Patricia and of course The doors. Patricia attends dressed unbelievably excessive even for this room and with cocaine.

    Jim is with Pam tonight but runs into Patricia alone for some face to face. Jim teases Patricia about her attire "Why are you dressed like Genghis Khan's favorite wife? Jim likes it but has not seen her dressed like this before. Jim then mentions Jac is playing Hitchcock's The Thirty-nine Steps at midnight. Jim then pulls her aside a little away from the party and whispers in her ear. (Strange Days p. 113-114)

Tue. Jan. 20: Jim Calls Patricia     Patricia has been up since 10 am working. Jim calls in the afternoon and asks to come over. An hour later they are making love in her bed as Jim arrives and almost immediately rips off her clothes. After making love they cuddle and talk about family and Jim's parents. He replies they were bullies and did worse than beat him. Jim asks to not talk about them anymore and Patricia goes on about her solid relationship with her sister and parents. Jim says she is lucky to have such a relationship. Later this afternoon Jim does two interviews and then attends Elektra President Jac Holzman's party in the early evening. (Strange Days pp. 114-116) Tue. Jan. 20: Jac Holzman's Party - Butterfield House West 12th Street, NYC     The party is for Jac's girlfriend critic Ellen Sander and begins at 7 pm. Patricia arrives promptly at 7 pm with friend David Walley. Many of the faces from the concert and Hilton party are in attendance.  The Doors are already here. Dinner is served shortly after 7 pm and Jac plays the original Phil Spector mix of Let It Be on his unbelievably high tech sound system afterwards over plum pudding dessert.     Jim sees Patricia after dinner and offers her a sherry. Jim asks about David, Patricia's guest, and jokes if they are married. Jim invites Patricia to his hotel later. Patricia figures Pam will be around and declines the offer.     Later at the party, Pam comes over and sits amongst Patricia's circle. Pam almost immediately begins talk about Jim. She says that Jim's soul is gone from his body and although he can still write songs they're just not the same - not all about her anymore. She talks about how when they met it was fate but that Jim outgrew her and it's a cosmic mistake that they're still together. People slowly excuse themselves from the circle but Patricia sticks around long enough to receive an invitation to dinner tomorrow night with Pam, Jim, Leon and Raeanne Rubenstein who photographed Pamela and Jim at Themis just recently with some others at the shop.     Jim sees Patricia later in the party and finds out about the invitation to dinner. He suggests that Patricia must like to live dangerously. Patricia feels that nobody has any idea about them but people are beginning to notice. She is about the only person Jim has gone out of his way to talk to tonight - and it is obvious to everybody but Patricia. (Strange Days pp. 117-121) Wed. Jan. 21: Raeanne's Apartment - Third Avenue, NYC     Patricia arrives with David out of the snowstorm as Jim, Pam and Leon are all in the kitchen with Raeanne looking at the Themis pictures which are intended for a fashion magazine layout. They all soon decide to walk to dinner in the now ankle deep snow to the fabulous Cafe Il Faro on East 14th street. Jim must be drunk as he falls a few times on the way to the restaurant trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue. Dinner is awkward with visible vibes between Jim and Patricia. After dinner Patricia and David say goodbye to the group as Jim, Pam and Leon catch a cab under the canopy outside on way to a midnight showing of Hitchcock's Topaz. Everybody exchanges farewell hugs - even Pam and Patricia! This is the first, last, and only time they embrace amicably. (Strange Days pp. 121-123) Late January: Bitter End - John Sebastian Show - Bleecker Street - Greenwich Village, NYC     Jim stops by to see John Sebastian play a late night show. John has just played with the band a few days earlier at The Forum. John is a local artist who played with the Lovin' Spoonful and recorded on Morrison Hotel with The Doors.

Western Wind, when wilt thou blow, The small rain down can rain? Christ, that my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again, And I in my bed again

    They sing back and forth for some time with Patricia teaching him a Goddess chant. Jim is impressed with her singing and it reminds him of  a year earlier when he forced Ellen to sing him a song during an interview and terribly embarrassed her in front of Patricia and others. They joke about her inviting him to her birthday party and he says he should have made Patricia sing instead.  Jim spends the night. (Strange Days pp. 123-124) Sat. Jan. 24: Patricia's Apartment Sun. Jan. 25:  Honolulu Int'l Center Arena - Honolulu, HI (CANCELLED)

F I F T H   A L B U M   M O R R I S O N   H O T E L   R E L E A S E D

Sun. Feb. 1:  Morrison Hotel Released

Thu. Feb. 5 - Fri. Feb. 6:  Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA      The Doors final performances in San Francisco go exceptionally well. Some of the songs played tonight are "When the Music's Over", "Five to One" and a rare performance of "Roadhouse Blues". Also performing: Doug Kershaw; Cold Blood; Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. Sat. Feb. 7:  Long Beach Sports Arena - Long Beach, CA Fri. Feb. 13:  Allen Theatre - Cleveland, OH Sat. Feb. 14:  Allen Theatre - Cleveland, OH Sun. Feb. 15:  Chicago Auditorium Theatre - Chicago, IL

Fri. Mar. 10:  Aardvark Cinematheque - Chicago, IL March 15 - April 4:  Proposed Tour of Japan Thu. Mar. 26:  Federal Court - Phoenix, AZ Fri. Mar. 27:  Queen Elizabeth and Orpheum Theatres - Vancouver, Canada

Mon. Apr. 6:  Mistaken Identity

T H E   L O R D S   A N D   T H E   N E W   C R E A T U R E S   I S   R E L E A S E D

Tue. Apr. 7:  The Lords and The New Creatures Fri. Apr. 10:  Boston Arena -Boston. MA Sat. Apr. 11:  The Salt Palace - Salt Lake City, UT   (Not confirmed on Doors official site) Sun. Apr. 12:  Univ. of Denver Arena - Denver, CO Sat. Apr. 18:  Honolulu Conv. Center - Honolulu, HI Mon. Apr. 20:  Testimony Reversed

Fri. May 1:  The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA

Sat. May 2:  Pittsburgh Civic Arena - Pittsburgh, PA

Fri. May 8:  Cobo Arena - Detroit, MI Sat. May 9:  Veterans Memorial Auditorium - Columbus, OH Sun. May 10:  Baltimore Civic Center - Baltimore, MD

Mon. May 11:  Village Gate - New York, NY Late May:  North Beach

Fri. June 5:  Seatle Center Coliseum - Seattle, WA Sat. June 6:  P.N.E. Coliseum - Vancouver, Canada Tue. June 9:  Outside Police Jurisdiction Sat. June 27:  Georges V Hotel - Paris, France

S I X T H   A L B U M   A B S L U T E L Y   L I V E   R E L E A S E D

Sat. July 18:  Hyde Park Nat'l Amphitheatre - London, England

Sat. Aug. 1:  The Now Explosion - WPIX-TV (Channell 11) New York, NY Thu. Aug. 6 - Fri. Aug. 14: Miami Trial Fri. Aug. 14:  The Hump - Marco Polo Resort Hotel - Miami, FL Mon. Aug. 17 - Thu. Aug. 20:  The State of Florida v. James Douglas Morrison Fri. Aug. 21:  Bakersfield Civic Auditorium - Bakersfield. CA Sat. Aug. 22:  San Diego Int'l Sports Arena - San Diego, CA Tue. Aug. 25 - Thu. Aug. 27:  The State of Florida v. James Douglas Morrison Fri. Aug. 28:  Plane Flight to Isle of Wight Sat. Aug. 29:  Isle of Wight Festival - Isle of Wight, England Sun. Aug. 30  Second European Tour (CANCELLED) Mon. Aug. 31:  Montreux Festival - Switzerland (CANCELLED)

Wed. Sept. 2:  K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Wed. Sept. 2:  Miami Trial Thu. Sept. 3:  Miami Trial Thu. Sept. 10:  Bremen, Germany Fri. Sept. 11:  Rome, Italy Sat. Sept. 12:  Milan, Italy Mon. Sept. 14:  Olympia, Paris, France Mon. Sept. 14;  Miami Trial Thu. Sept. 17:  Mami Trial Fri. Sept. 18:  Miami Trial

Fri. Sept. 18:  Jimi Hendrix Dies in London Sat. Sept. 19:  Miami Trial Sun. Sept. 20:  Miami Trial

Wed. Sept. 2 - Oct. 30:  Miami Trial

Oct. 9: Jim sends artist T.E Breitenbach a letter

F I R S T   C O M P I L A T I O N   A L B U M   R E L E A S E D

J I M   T U R N S   2 7

Tue. Dec. 8: Jim's 27th Birthday Fri. Dec. 11:  State Fair Music Hall - Dallas, TX

T H E   D O O R S   F I N A L   C O N C E R T   W I T H   J I M   M O R R I S O N

Mid December:  The Doors Break From Touring     After New Orleans The Doors decide to take a break from playing live and focus on their remaining studio fulfillments with Elektra records.

Put the Boot In: The Doors – August 21, 1970 Bakersfield California -‘Scream of the Butterfly’

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20 quirky car doors

Posted: February 28, 2024 | Last updated: February 28, 2024

Making an entrance

A car door is a fairly functional part of a vehicle that’s often overlooked as a mere entry point, but for some manufacturers a door is an opportunity to make a statement.

Most of the time, ambitious doors are an expensive undertaking that rarely make it into production, so these weird and wonderful designs are often reserved for concept cars or supercars.

Nevertheless, here we’ve rounded up some of our favorite quirky doors found on classic cars and, because they are all so different, we couldn’t possibly rank them, so we’ve ordered them alphabetically for your perusal.

1. 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept

Looking back on Alfa Romeo’s Carabo concept, it can get lost in an array of wedge-shaped cars from the ’70s and ’80s, until it’s contextualized in the 1960s.

The Carabo is often regarded as ground zero for the wedge-shaped designs that came after it.

However, it is also said to be the first car that featured scissor doors. Over the years these have become synonymous with high-performance vehicles and have been reinvented in countless ways following the same basic mechanism.

Therefore, without the Carabo, we might never have been blessed with the Lamborghini Countach, which was crafted by the same designer, Marcello Gandini.

2. 1967 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

What originally began as the Tipo 33 race car, morphed into a roadgoing 33 Stradale version. Over a two-year production run, just 18 left the Alfa Romeo factory.

At the time it was one of the fastest and most expensive road-legal supercars. It was constructed with an aluminum body and weighed just 700KG (about 1540LB).

Most notably, the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale is remembered for its oval-shaped headlights and roof-hinged butterfly doors, with window panels that wrapped around to the roof.

When the doors are closed it creates a split-sunroof illusion and an uninterrupted view.

Doors open or closed, the 33 Stradale is praised as a particularly stunning example of Italian automotive design, inspired by Alfa Romeo’s racing heritage.

3. 1979 Aston Martin Bulldog

There are gullwing doors and then there are the Aston Martin Bulldog’s massive, electro-hydraulically powered doors.

The car itself stands at a little over 1m tall, but with the doors open, it grows to nearly 2m.

The doors extend to the very bottom of the car and wrap around to include a section of floor, and its mechanism to raise the doors is reportedly based on the hood system used in the V8 Volante.

Had the Bulldog reached production, it would have been a great candidate for the time machine in the Back to the Future movies instead of the De Lorean DMC-12.

In theory, the Aston Martin Bulldog was capable of speeds in excess of 200mph, but it took until 2023 for this dream to be realized at 205.4mph.

4. 1984 Bertone Ramarro concept

Crafted on the chassis of the Chevrolet Corvette, the Bertone Ramarro concept had to distinguish itself from that popular sports car.

Bucking the trend, Bertone opted for doors that swung out and forwards. The overall design was a vehicle that was shorter and wider than the stock Corvette of the time, and the radiator and air conditioning were moved to the rear where the spare tire was usually stored.

After its reveal in Los Angeles before the 1984 Olympics, it went on tour around several motor shows

In 1985 the Ramarro was crowned with the Car Design Award for concept cars. The judges reportedly said: “its bold ideas worked into a design project which gives the Chevrolet Corvette an entirely new personality.”

5. 1989 BMW Z1

There are several directions a door can go in order to achieve the same effect, but BMW looked at every traditional mechanism and threw it out of the window with its Z1.

The car’s doors sink down into the bodywork to reveal a reasonably sized lip for the driver to climb over.

The doors work using a motorized pulley system, which triggers the window regulator to operate at the same time. A toothed rubber belt helps the door rise and fall smoothly, and the windows follow suit.

This design would only ever work on a small sports car like this, because there was enough space in the lower bodywork to house a tiny door.

6. 1959 Cadillac Cyclone concept

The space race had a significant influence on car design in the late 1950s and the Cyclone was clearly no exception.

The glass roof’s purpose was twofold: when the motorized sliding doors opened, the roof automatically lifted to give occupants ample headroom to get out, but it was also a cabriolet roof.

The bubble folded into the trunk when it wasn’t in use, leaving a curved windshield, and it closed automatically when the rain-detecting sensors recognized wet weather.

The side doors ran on ball bearings to make the motion as smooth as possible and they opened at the touch of a button.

To avoid cooking its passengers, the Cyclone’s roof was coated with vaporized silver on the inside to protect against UV rays. All very space age.

7. 1970 Ferrari 512s Modulo concept

Pininfarina’s take on the wedge design needed an innovative solution to access the vehicle without disrupting its stark lines. Instead of constructing gullwings or butterfly doors, the obvious decision was to create an entire cockpit cover that slid forward on two supports.

As a mid-engined supercar concept, there was enough room in the front to accommodate this contraption and no risk of excess heat warping the panels.

But there wasn’t any risk of this anyway, because its c550HP 5-liter V12 engine never ran – that is, until recently.

The American movie producer James Glickenhaus bought the concept car in 2014, and had it restored and put on the road.

Although he had a small fire when driving it in 2019, it has, apparently, been fixed and is back to its former glory.

8. 1958 Firebird III concept

GM’s Firebird concept cars were immediately recognizable for their jet-like design and interesting cockpits.

The Firebird III, of 1958, featured a double-bubble canopy that was accessed through a set of doors that tilted up and forwards.

When the doors were closed, the transparent rear quarter-spherical panels joined with the door glass to create two capsules for the driver and passenger.

In keeping with the aviation theme, the Firebird III had nine fins across the bodywork and was controlled inside with a joystick.

This was the lightest and most fuel efficient of the Firebird cars, thanks to its fiberglass bodywork.

It was powered by a GT-305 Whirlfire engine, but required a second unit to power the self-leveling suspension, air conditioning and power steering.

9. 1964 Ford GT40

Although the Ford GT40 has close-to-conventional side-hinged doors, the extra roof cutout makes all the difference.

Designed as a racer through and through, the GT40’s door outline was purely functional: it made it easier to get in and out of the car with a helmet on.

In such a low car, entry and exit can be a challenge at the best of times, but with a helmet on and wanting to do it as fast as possible mid-race called for inventive thinking.

10. 1938 Graham Type 97 Sharknose

The Sharknose’s doors are the ultimate interpretation of suicide doors.

The rear-opening, cantilevered mechanism uses a pivoting swing hinge that keeps the 1.3m doors suspended parallel to the vehicle at all times.

Cabriolet versions were fitted with double retractable windows, where the larger rear part wound down first before the smaller, front-triangle section.

A drawback of this door system was the windows had to stay in their respective positions until such time as the doors were closed again, to grant access to the interior window winder.

The Sharknose pictured was coachbuilt by Paris-based Jacques Saoutchik who created several cabriolet examples – only two of his are thought to survive. This one was sold at auction for $​​770,000 in 2017.

11. 1969 Holden Hurricane

In overcoming the incredibly low stance of the Holden Hurricane, its designers weren’t content with the idea of occupants awkwardly rising to their feet to hop out of the sports car.

As the hydraulically powered clamshell canopy opened, the seats simultaneously lifted slightly and titled forwards like a motorized armchair.

This strange opening allowed for an uninterrupted view out of the front thanks to a pillarless Plexiglass windshield.

Rearward vision was non-existent so the Hurricane has a rear-mounted camera, something that’s still seen as a luxury on modern cars today.

It was clear this car was never intended for series production, but for the late ’60s this was a revolutionary concept that gave a glimpse into the future.

12. 1988 Italdesign Aspid concept

Later we’ll see Lancia’s reimagining of the windshield, but the Italdesign Aspid takes it a step further to include the side windows and sunroof.

Although it’s one of the few cars on our list with conventional doors, these are entirely useless without the curved glass roof.

Italdesign says: “The starting point for the Aspid project was the possibility of molding windows with double curvature (made out of glass that was not cylindrical in cross-sections but spherical) on an industrial basis. The new technique meant that the designers could incorporate the glazed surfaces into the flowing overall lines of the car’s shape without having to introduce discontinuities.”

However, there is a central seam where the two passenger compartments are joined together.

13. 1954 Kaiser Darrin

Unlike some of the clunky sliding doors of this period, the Kaiser Darrin offered a sleek alternative to a standard hinged affair.

The fiberglass-bodied sports car had enough space built into the front fenders to hide the doors, while its occupants climbed in and out.

In the UK or Europe, it would be a challenge to find a car long enough to house a door behind the front wheel, however the American market was ideal for this.

Unfortunately, the Darrin’s sliding doors didn’t catch on – the idea relied on clean tracks and a well-maintained mechanism. Without this, owners would jump in and out over the doors, or leave them open all the time, even on the road.

14. 1967 Lamborghini Marzal

The Aston Martin Bulldog arguably achieved greater fame than the Marzal, especially in recent years, but Lamborghini perfected the oversized gullwing door more than a decade before the Bulldog’s debut.

The Marzal’s door panels were largely glass, save a structural strip down the middle to transition between the upper and lower door.

A glass lower door panel would be a recipe for disaster with any normal door, but the gullwing mechanism meant there was no chance of scuffing a shoe on the inside of it.

From the outside, the large transparent space looks as if there’s an x-ray view of the car’s internals at all times.

The Marzal’s doors are so large that the rear occupants lack dedicated windows or doors, because the glass extends far enough back to perform these functions, too.

15. 1970 Lancia Stratos Zero concept

Lancia’s Stratos Zero concept is a combination of a door and windshield redesign.

There are classic cars aplenty where the windshield pops out slightly to act as an additional form of ventilation, but usually if it protrudes to this extent, something has gone horribly wrong.

However, the Stratos Zero’s windshield was intended to be utilized as the access point to the two seats. In fact, conventional doors would have been an impossibility for this car.

Clearly not willing to be constrained by traditional automotive construction, Marcello Gandini embraced the wedge shape and built a car around it.

As is true of several of these quirky door designs, they capture moments in time when safety and practicality weren’t necessarily paramount.

16. 2006 Loremo LS concept

Describing the entry point of the Loremo LS as a door feels like an insufficient term.

Its smooth lines were achieved with an intriguing absence of conventional doors. Instead, the front of the car’s bodywork, including the windshield, tips forward like a clamshell hood to reveal enough of an opening to clamber inside.

The concept likely stems from the company’s ethos ingrained in the name Loremo, which stands for Low Resistance Mobility.

Fewer seams for door panels marginally reduce drag and improve aerodynamics. And weight saving and streamline-design measures weren’t just for aesthetics – the company claimed the turbodiesel engine would deliver 157mpg.

Even more bizarrely, this LS is a 2+2 with rearward-facing back seats which are accessible via a trunk-like opening.

17. 1992 McLaren F1

Inspired by the Toyota Sera, the McLaren F1 brought butterfly doors into the mainstream. The story goes that Gordon Murray drove past a Sera everyday and couldn’t shake the idea that these doors would be the right solution for the F1.

Focused on making the car perfectly balanced, the central seat posed a challenge for traditional doors. Unless the designer was content with the driver having to do an undignified shimmy to get out, a side-opening door would not do.

The Sera’s doors meant there was a portion of roof removed at the same time as the door opening, making it far easier for the driver to climb out. Murray borrowed a Sera to study the mechanism and eventually, with the help of Bruce Mackintosh, mocked up the door design that would go on to be an iconic facet of the McLaren F1, far surpassing its inspiration’s status.

18. 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL

It wouldn’t be a comprehensive list of quirky door designs without featuring the godfather of gullwings.

Credited with being the first-ever car with gullwing doors – to the extent that it is often simply called ‘the Gullwing’ – the Mercedes-Benz 300SL’s most famous features were born out of necessity.

The height of the car’s lightweight (50KG/110LB) tubular spaceframe meant that, quite simply, conventional doors wouldn’t work.

This was also the first series-production Mercedes-Benz with a fuel-injected engine.

19. 1956 Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser concept

Although the XM-Turnpike has conventional doors, it also has transparent butterfly roof panels that automatically raise and lower as the doors open and close via electric actuators.

From above, it looks like an early T-top design or a split sunroof.

Ghia created a single prototype using a 1954 Ford F250 chassis which reportedly cost around $80,000.

The Mercury XM-Turnpike then toured around America in a custom-built glass-paneled trailer, making appearances at the 1956 Cleveland Auto Show, as well as the Detroit, Chicago and New York motor shows.

The prototype was painted the factory color Persimmon and finished with a Pearlescent top coat.

While the concept had several ambitious, futuristic elements, the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser made it into production for the 1957 model year, a slightly simplified version of the show car.

20. 1973 Mohs SafariKar

The name SafariKar perfectly explains what this vehicle was intended for and the doors make a lot of sense when the rationale is laid out.

Inventor and entrepreneur Bruce Baldwin Mohs identified a gap in the market for a luxury game-hunting vehicle to transverse African Safaris.

It was based on a 1969 International Travelall four-wheel-drive chassis with a 6.3-liter V8 and an automatic transmission.

In the front it had three seats, and at the rear was gun storage and a back bench that folded out into a bed. The idea behind the large rear sliding doors was so occupants could target game on the move.

The entire exterior was padded with polyurethane foam and wrapped in black Naugahyde.

It seems the SafariKar never got the opportunity to be used for what it was intended – just three prototypes were made, two of which are known to have survived.

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In an excerpt from his new memoir, the poet and literary scholar remembers losing his virginity, his first experience with LSD, and the 1970 Bath Festival.

The first person kind enough to go to bed with me was a student at Somerville. It was early on the morning of Friday 13 February 1970. (I already considered 13 a lucky number and lucky day of the month; it was on a Friday the 13th, for instance, that I heard I’d got an exhibition to read English at Trinity.) I was very anxious to lose my virginity and sensed that she, like Kay, would probably be willing. The fairly short-lived experience must have been far more satisfactory for me than for her. 

There is of course a difference between a quick mutual schoolboy wank and quasi-adult sex. I was far too self-involved to appreciate this at the time. She, I’m fairly certain, saw sex as a possible route to a relationship; I saw it, with her at least, as simply a rite of passage I was relieved to have finally got through. 

That evening, I went to Cambridge with friends. A Trinity fresher, Nick, owned a Daimler, so he drove us. The party included Clare and a friend of hers from Lady Margaret Hall, and my schoolfriend Charles Hingston, whom we were to pick up en route. The Daimler broke down on the A1, somewhere between London and Cambridge. The others walked to an all-night café, but Clare and I stayed in the car. Clare was a first-year theology student who had tutorials in Trinity with Leslie Houlden. She and I were on friendly terms and used to have lunch together after her tutorial. Now, alone in the back of the broken-down Daimler, things took a more physical turn, and by the time we returned from Cambridge we were “having a scene”. The lift in self-confidence from finally sleeping with someone was undoubtedly a crucial factor. Not that I could exactly say that to Clare, or to the other woman when I immediately broke up with her.

It was partly because of Clare, partly to get away from Luke, that soon afterwards I moved to a room in a different block. But before that I took the first of my three acid trips.

Hash mixed with tobacco was the main drug of choice during that first year, but – due to books like Huxley’s Doors of Perception and Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test , and songs such as ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’, ‘Purple Haze’, ‘White Rabbit’ and others – LSD and other hallucinogens had serious cachet, including claims to spiritual transcendence and revelation. Spotting drug-related puns in songs was a favourite pastime, especially when stoned. For instance, I enjoyed picking up on the reference to “tripping” in the Stones’ ’19th Nervous Breakdown’. Naturally, I had no idea what it might be like to have one breakdown, let alone 19. 

I’m not sure my hopes before that first trip were that high-minded; “dropping acid”, like sex, was more something one should have done. I took the trip with two other Trinity freshers, both called Chris – one had long, blond hair, the other long, black hair. 

“I hope you’re not worrying about anything,” said one of the Chrises a few minutes after we’d swallowed the tabs. Well, I was actually. I knew Clare wouldn’t approve; nor did she when she later found out.

A few images and impressions remain. At one point, blond Chris resembled an Anglo-Saxon chieftain laid out on his funeral pyre with thin red gashes across his face. At another, dark Chris grew horns and looked positively satanic. There was a period of frenetic drawing to illustrate a story we were going to write called The Wandering Gonad. At breakfast the next morning, the person sitting opposite me suddenly sprouted huge tusks which curved down over his cornflakes.

It wasn’t a bad experience, a “bummer”, but neither was it beautiful. The world, my world, was essentially unchanged.

Cricket continued to play a role in my life at Oxford – I turned out regularly for the Trinity College side and played once for the Oxford Authentics – but it is telling that when, in 1972, a Grateful Dead concert in London clashed with a college knock-out match, I went to the concert. Jerry Garcia played pedal steel guitar for the opening act, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and then lead guitar for the Dead – a marathon effort, amounting to well over five hours on stage.

It was, however, because of cricket that I heard of the Bath Festival in June 1970. I had been invited to play for the Old Wellingtonians against the current Wellington College XI during the annual Speech Day match – and I heard that Pink Floyd and Fairport Convention would be at the upcoming festival. Of course, I had to go.

As for the cricket match: two years earlier, I had taken five wickets in each innings. But now, unfit and out of practice, I was flattered to take one. As Mike Fox commented, I looked as though I was bowling from memory, which I probably was.

I remember the dawn coming up while Pink Floyd debuted Atom Heart Mother, then still known less evocatively as The Amazing Pudding. I remember hearing Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Canned Heat and Fairport Convention. But, showing how slippery memory can be, I thought I remembered Sandy Denny singing with Fairport, until being put right years later that she had left the band by then. What I don’t remember is probably just as significant: I don’t remember hearing (though I must have) all or some of Hot Tuna, Steppenwolf, Pentangle, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane (their set was apparently cut short) and several others. I didn’t see Donovan’s legendary, impromptu, two-hour-plus performance. Among the soggy sleeping-bags I know I bumped into Nigel Richardson, who had been in the Hopetoun with me. I know I lost the cream-coloured, blue-edged pint-sized tin mug in which I had drunk my coffee all through Wellington. Sitting around in damp conditions listening to mostly half-familiar bands hadn’t really turned out to be my scene. 

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At some point, I bumped into David Kynaston, whom I had more known of than known at Wellington. He enthused about Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet , and the sequence promptly shot to the top of my must-read list. He and I hung out for the rest of the festival, agreed we didn’t need to stay for Led Zeppelin, took the train for London, and began the most important friendship of my life. It was David, who has a phenomenal memory, who put me right about Sandy Denny.

First Things by Harry Ricketts (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $35) is available from Unity Books Auckland and Wellington .

The Spinoff Review of Books is proudly brought to you by Unity Books , recently named 2020 International Book Store of the Year, London Book Fair, and Creative New Zealand. Visit Unity Books Wellington or Unity Books Auckland online stores today. 

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1967 - The Doors' "Light My Fire" was released in the U.S., where it went on to top the singles chart two months later.

1967 - "It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty delta day," as Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge, according to the Bobbie Gentry song, "Ode To Billie Joe."

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Even with Netflix’s recommendation algorithm serving you new movies, new TV shows, and original programming tailored to your viewing habits, the streaming service’s fire hose of content makes what’s coming difficult to parse.

This month brings us the second part of Bridgerton season 3 — will Penelope tell Colin that she’s [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS]? How will he take it? We also get a new season of Sweet Tooth ! From the back catalogue, there’s Pokémon: Detective Pikachu , The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie , The Breakfast Club , Carol , and more! Here’s everything coming to Netflix in June.

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Paper Trail (Netflix Games)

From Netflix: Solve puzzles and explore cozy places around a foldable paper world in this enchanting game about growing up. Long-lost secrets and other wonders await.

Sonic Mania Plus (Netflix Games)

From Netflix: Zip through 3D race courses, jump over obstacles and battle iconic villains in this high-octane running game featuring the world’s fastest blue hedgehog.

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Nelma Kodama: The Queen of Dirty Money (Netflix Documentary)

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Available June 21

Gangs of Galicia (Netflix Series)

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Trigger Warning (Netflix Film)

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The Victims’ Game : Season 2 (Netflix Series)

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Available June 22

Rising Impact (Netflix Anime)

From Netflix: When a third-grader’s natural gift for golf is accidentally discovered by a pro player, the boy embarks on a journey to be the world’s best golfer.

Available June 24

Little Angel : Volume 5

Available June 25

Kaulitz & Kaulitz (Netflix Documentary)

From Netflix: Twin brothers and superstars Tom and Bill Kaulitz offer a glimpse into their private lives in LA and Germany in this funny and intimate reality series.

Available June 26

Worst Roommate Ever: Season 2 (Netflix Documentary)

From Netflix: Roommate wanted? Desperation leads to danger — and even death — in one’s own home as real-life nightmares of con artists, criminals and killers unfold.

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How to Escape the Olympics in Paris This Summer

Even if you’re visiting for the Games, you may want to take a cultural break like a local.

By Laura Cappelle

Reporting from Paris

Construction chaos, price hikes and now mandatory QR codes to walk some city streets : As the Olympics loom in Paris, many locals are already looking to escape the Games, and come July, will head to quieter parts of France.

It’s likely that some of the 15 million visitors expected to roll into town might also want a break from the cheering crowds. Luckily, the greater Paris area and nearby regions offer plenty of opportunities to slow down and take in some French culture. Whether you’re looking to escape for an hour or for a day, here are some suggestions.

Pompidou Center

With its quirky inside-out architecture — a tangle of colorful tubes running across the facade — the Pompidou Center has been a flagship venue for contemporary art since the 1970s. For a culture break between athletic feats, stop by its “Comics on Every Floor” festival, a wide-ranging, international dive into the genre.

While the festival offers no fewer than five individual exhibitions, the biggest one by far is “ Comics, 1964-2024 ,” which contrasts American comics, Asian mangas and European trends. Graphic novels have long thrived in France: Franco-Belgian comics and, more recently, graphic novels are a huge market, and local stars including Hergé, Blutch and Catherine Meurisse are also getting their own mini-exhibitions at the Pompidou Center.

Children will also be able to sample an immersive installation crafted by the author and illustrator Marion Fayolle. The Pompidou’s wide-ranging permanent collections are a bonus, and now is a good time to catch them, since the building is set to close from 2025 to 2030 for extensive renovations.

Time commitment : 3 to 4 hours

Location : Châtelet, Rambuteau or Hôtel de Ville Metro stations

Cost of entry : €17 or €14 for concessions; centrepompidou.fr

The Catacombs

When the crowds or the summer temperatures become too much, Paris offers a compelling option: going underground. Underneath the French capital lie the Paris Catacombs, a maze of ancient mining galleries, some of which were used in the 18th century to create an ossuary.

At the time, the city’s cemeteries had become so overcrowded that they posed a public health threat. The bones of the dead were piled into the repurposed galleries, which have been open to visitors for over two centuries. As you descend the steep spiral staircase, the temperature drops to about 57 degrees, and the sounds of the streets fade.

The mile-long route is eerily introspective, with plaques here and there to guide you past the remains of six million Parisians. As the Olympics take over the city above ground, the contrast will be sharp, but beware: Since the stairs are the only point of entry, the Catacombs aren’t accessible to wheelchair users or people who need step-free access.

Time commitment: 1 hour

Location: Denfert-Rochereau station (Metro and RER)

Cost of entry: €29 (with audio guide), €23 for concessions, €10 for children over 5, free admission for children under 5. Tickets may be booked online, but only 7 days in advance; catacombes.paris.fr

The Louis Vuitton Foundation

It may look like an oversize glass sailboat, but this summer, the Louis Vuitton Foundation should be a safe haven. A quirky highlight of the Bois de Boulogne, a sprawling park on the western edge of Paris, this contemporary art museum designed by Frank Gehry has stayed away from staging sports-related exhibitions this year, unlike some of its peers.

It is a pointed choice, because the appeal of government grants as part of the Cultural Olympiad led a huge number of Parisian arts institutions to make sometimes tenuous connections between art and sports. Instead, the Louis Vuitton Foundation — inaugurated exactly a decade ago by the LVMH conglomerate — is staging a retrospective of the American painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly, who spent some of his formative years in postwar Paris.

Kelly’s vivid, abstract investigations of form and color are paired with an exhibition devoted to Matisse’s landmark 1911 work “The Red Studio.” The Louis Vuitton Foundation’s permanent collection is no slouch either, spanning Giacometti, Warhol and recent contemporary acquisitions. Linger at the Bois de Boulogne for a stroll through the woods before heading back to central Paris.

Time commitment: 3 hours

Location : Bois de Boulogne and Les Sablons Metro stations

Cost of entry: €16, €10 for concessions; fondationlouisvuitton.fr

Madame Arthur Cabaret

Tourists flock to the nearby Moulin Rouge, but for a more offbeat, modern cabaret experience, Madame Arthur is a go-to address in Montmartre. Once the first drag venue in postwar Paris, it reopened in 2015 with a troupe of singers and musicians that soon became the talk of the town.

There are no lip syncs here: All numbers are sung live, and Madame Arthur has the quirky habit of translating classic English-language songs into French. In addition to hearing Madonna or Britney Spears en français , you’ll learn some local earworms and sample the gender-bending fashion that has pushed French drag toward its recent renaissance.

Throughout the summer, Madame Arthur will open its doors Thursdays to Saturdays, with an 10.30 p.m. show on the main stage. You can then turn the venue into your own stage when it transforms into a nightclub.

Time commitment: An evening (with the option to stay well into the night)

Location : Pigalle Metro station

Cost of entry: €30 (standing only); madamearthur.fr

Outside Paris

The franco-american museum at the castle of blérancourt.

If all you want, after rubbing shoulders with millions of visitors during the Olympics, is to hole up in a quiet part of the countryside, Blérancourt is definitely off the beaten path. A small town northeast of Paris, it is nestled the Picardy region, where a World War I frontline ran, and which experienced harrowing destruction.

The Franco-American Museum of Blérancourt was established in the aftermath to commemorate American contributions to the war effort and the rebuilding of the region. The local castle was renovated to that end by the philanthropist Anne Morgan, the daughter of the banker J.P. Morgan. The resulting museum is a fascinating tribute to Franco-American exchanges over the years, from the shared revolutionary ideals of the 18th century both World Wars and a painting collection centered on artistic exchanges between the two countries.

Hostellerie Le Griffon , right by the entrance to the museum, will have you covered if you want to stay in Blérancourt, but for a truly peaceful break, head to the nearby Château du Mont de Guny — a small castle overlooking a valley that was recently converted into a bed-and-breakfast. From there, other historical sites are easily accessible, including the Château de Pierrefonds and the ruins of the medieval Château de Coucy.

Time commitment : 2 days

Travel: Rent a car (2 hours from Paris)

Cost : €6-8 for the Franco-American Museum; museefrancoamericain.fr

A number of small towns with impressive histories are easy to reach by train from Paris. With its medieval city center, Provins is a favorite getaway. It was a prominent own for merchant fairs in the 11th and 12th centuries, when it was owned by the Counts of Champagne, and much of the architecture form that period has been preserved, earning Provins a UNESCO World Heritage listing.

Cobbled pathways, fortifications and a dungeon are all within walking distance of the train station, and the city’s ramparts — nearly a mile long, with 22 towers dotted along the way — have been newly restored, after work was completed in 2022.

A day is enough to visit all the town’s key attractions, including the monumental Cesar Tower, the Tithe Barn and an 11th-century priory. This summer, Provins is making the most of its status as an open-air throwback to the Middle Ages, with daily shows centered on falconry and medieval jousts.

Time commitment: 1 day

Travel: Suburban train P from Gare de l’Est station (around 1 hour and 20 minutes)

Cost: €10 round trip, plus €17 for Pass Provins, which provides access to the main medieval sites; provins.net

The Domain of Chamarande

There are plenty of castles within a short distance from Paris, but the Domain of Chamarande , south of the city, has a couple of trump cards. First, if you don’t want to rent a car, it’s easily accessible from the city via the suburban train system. Second, it combines sprawling, peaceful grounds with year-round contemporary art exhibitions.

While the 17th-century castle itself is currently closed for maintenance, there is plenty to do outdoors. Bikes and boats are available for rent to tour the estate, where artworks are woven into the landscape. In 2001, Chamarande became host to a contemporary art center run by local authorities, and pieces from its permanent collection are dotted around the estate, like an oversize ladder by Philippe Ramette that leans against the castle.

This summer, temporary exhibitions also include a pop installation by Laurie Charles centered on the female body, and open-air immersive works inspired by the moving body — an artsy nod to the Olympics.

Time commitment: A day

Travel: RER C from central Paris (around one hour)

Cost: €10-15 round trip; chamarande.essonne.fr

Deauville and Honfleur

The coastline of Normandy is only two hours away from Paris by train, and some of its best-known towns offer contrasting atmospheres for a weekend away. Start with Deauville , a ritzy destination that is home to a historical casino, horse races and historical villas. Its calling card, though, is free: over a mile of wide, sandy beach, accessible directly from the city center. Its famous boardwalk boasts 450 Art Deco beach huts, adorned with the names of international actors and directors who have attended the annual American Film Festival.

The next day, make the 25-minute drive up the coast to Honfleur, a peaceful harbor town with a rich artistic history. Before the old port and its pastel-colored half-timbered houses became an Instagram dream, they inspired multiple painters: Turner painted watercolors there in 1832, followed by French artists including Claude Monet and his mentor Eugène Boudin, a precursor to Impressionism who has his own museum in Honfleur. The city’s narrow medieval streets are a joy to wander, from the many galleries to Saint Catherine’s Church, a distinctive wooden church that is the largest in France.

Time commitment : 2 or 3 days

Travel: Train to Deauville (2 hours and 10 minutes) then bus, taxi or car to Honfleur

Cost : Round trip to Deauville from around €35 (book ahead)

The Picardy region, north of Paris, generally flies under the radar compared with nearby Normandy — which makes it an appealing destination if you’d like to avoid the biggest tourist crowds. The region’s capital, Amiens , is an underrated gem an hour from the capital. Its towering Gothic cathedral is on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, and a couple of lovely museums are a short stroll away, including the former house of the 19th-century author Jules Verne.

Amiens is home to a more unusual attraction, too: 300 hectares of water gardens, right in the center of town. The city sits over the Somme river, and a delightful network of canals, ponds and market gardens developed there over centuries, known as Les Hortillonnages. Much is now ornamental, but the fruits and vegetables that are cultivated there are sold at the local market on Saturdays.

Every summer, Amiens also hosts an International Garden Festival all around the Hortillonnages, with 50 or so installations designed by gardeners, artists and architects expected this year. The area can be toured by foot, electric boat or even a rowing boat, if you’re in the mood for an adventure.

Time commitment : 1 day

Travel: Regional trains to Amiens (1 hour and 10 minutes) from Paris Gare du Nord

Cost : €46 round trip; visit-amiens.com

2024 Paris Summer Olympics

The summer olympic games in paris are expected to draw millions of spectators..

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Did France Build the Olympics Safely: Undocumented workers played a larger and more dangerous role  in delivering the Games than the Macron administration acknowledges.

World Anti-Doping Agency: Ahead of the Olympics, the global agency tasked with policing doping in sports is facing a growing crisis  as it fends off allegations it helped cover up the positive tests of elite Chinese swimmers .

Friends Competing for Spots: Conner Mantz and Clayton Young had run side by side for more than 10,000 miles. Both vied for a place in the marathon at the Paris Games . Who would make it?

Dancing in the Louvre: The museum is joining in the Olympics celebration by opening up for dance and exercise classes early in the morning. Tickets sold out in a flash .