In 1972, The Beach Boys sang “How long will the wind blow?” Didion had already published "Play It as It Lays"; Babitz would reach shelves soon, with "Eve’s Hollywood." John F. Kennedy’s flame was extinguished, and Bobby’s, too. The Summer of Manson had passed. Still there was more to come. Every beautiful and damned milieu has its witness. For the Los Angeles of "Once Upon a Time" yore, it was Julian Wasser.