Jules

Jules Boykoff, a Pacific University professor and former professional soccer player who has studied the social and economic impacts of several recent Olympics, is not wowed by L.A.’s record so far.

A couple of big, brightly colored photographs of painted car hoods merge automotive details of swooping and jagged shapes with the look of abstract hard-edge canvases, a painting term coined by California art critic Jules Langsner in 1959 — the dawn of a distinctly L.A. aesthetic.

His widow Jules said she hoped the funeral will be "rock and roll, like a festival".

Jules said her husband had always been so determined to recover that he hadn't planned much for his funeral.

Jules said it will be a reflection of her husband's life as a musician who performed all over the world alongside stars like Bob Dylan and Bono.