A professor of architecture, his scholarship is far more sophisticated than his childhood comic-book collecting. Or is it? He says it’s not: he’s changed topics but not his essential way of thinking. Plus horrible stories about George M. Cohan and wonderful music from Paper Anniversary.

• •  PERSON: George M. Cohan
  •  PLACE: The Strand bookstore
  •  THING: a Cary Grant flip book
  •  RANDY’S PERSON: Audrey Munson