Jul 07

#LOTD2013: May Playlist

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#LOTD2013: MayThanks to the long holiday weekend, I’ve been working on pulling together my Lyric-of-the-Day (#LOTD2013) playlists. Here are May’s Tweets (find the Spotify playlist I’ve created from these lyrics linked at the end of the post or on the clickable image at right), with some brief explanations (in italics) for a number of the lyrics. Remember, if you want to see the lyrics as they pop up daily, just give me a follow on Twitter!

  • “Start again in the month of May/Come on and blow the wires away” #ArcadeFire “Month of May” #LOTD2013 5/1
  • “The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun” #TheKillers “Read My Mind” #LOTD2013 5/2 (Another great Killers show, tonight at the L.A. Sports Arena. And this one’s always fantastic live.)
  • “There was so much space/I cut me a piece/With some fine wine/It brought peace to my mind” #JanesAddiction “Summertime Rolls” #LOTD2013 5/3
  • “I’ve got more rhymes than I’ve got gray hairs/And that’s a lot because I’ve got my share” #BeastieBoys “Sure Shot” #LOTD2013 5/4 #RIPMCA (A salute to Adam Yauch on the one-year anniversary of his passing, far too soon.)
  • “Singing songs of passion/It’s the truth they all look for/One thing they must keep alive” #LosLobos “Will The Wolf Survive?” #LOTD2013 5/5 (One of the best from some of L.A’s favorite Latino sons on Cinco de Mayo.)
  • “We’ll be playing and having fun/And it makes me feel so fine/I can’t control my brain” #Weezer “Island In The Sun” #LOTD2013 5/6
  • “Baby, stop me when I’m passin’ by/See now all my flavors are guaranteed to satisfy” #VanHalen “Ice Cream Man” #LOTD2013 5/7
  • “Happiness will make you wonder/Will I feel OK?/It scares the disenchanted/Far away” #SmashingPumpkins “Hummer” #LOTD2013 5/8
  • “Everybody, get on the beat/We’re gonna show U mothers how 2 scream/People everywhere, loosen up your hair” #Prince “D.M.S.R.” #LOTD2013 5/9
  • “Listen to my gearshift/I’m blastin, outlastin/Kinda like Shaft/You could say I’m shaftin” #LLCoolJ “Mama Said Knock You Out” #LOTD2013 5/10
  • “Look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life/Voices, another sound, can you hear me now?” #DuranDuran “Planet Earth” #LOTD2013 5/11
  • “I’m all 6s and 7s and 9s/Say now baby, I’m the rank outsider/You can be my partner in crime” #RollingStones “Tumbling Dice” #LOTD2013 5/12 (This song could be my #LOTD pretty much any day that I hear it. I love it that much.)
  • “Love myself/Better than you/I know it’s wrong/So what should I do?” #Nirvana “On A Plain” #LOTD2013 5/13
  • “And when I look in my window/So many different people to be/It’s strange, sure it’s strange” #Donovan “Season Of The Witch” #LOTD2013 5/14
  • “Free to fly the crimson sky/The sun won’t melt our wings tonight/Oh now here she comes” #U2 “Even Better Than The Real Thing” #LOTD2013 5/15 (On my 42nd birthday, a song from my favorite band relating to how I feel about someone rather special.)
  • “If I could just be/Everything and everyone to you/This life would just be so easy” #INXS “Not Enough Time” #LOTD2013 5/16
  • “Mr. Wendal, a man, a human in flesh but not by law/I feed you dignity to stand with pride” #ArrestedDevelopment “Mr. Wendal” #LOTD2013 5/17
  • “I like you and I’d like to/Be free, be free, be free, be free/Yeah, I like you and I’d like to/Be free” #Travis “Quite Free” LOTD2013 5/18
  • “I got a new suit of clothes, a pretty red rose/And a woman I can call my friend” #BruceSpringsteen “Better Days” #LOTD2013 5/19
  • “Dance on fire as it intends/Music is your only friend/Until the end/Until the end” #TheDoors “When The Music’s Over” #LOTD2013 5/20 #RIPRay (A salute to Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek on his passing. I grew up with The Doors, thanks to my dad, and Manzarek’s sound will always remain distinct.)
  • “Blindly snap the broken beats/Said it’s cut with a dirty trick/It’s taken all these days to find ya” #Kasabian “Club Foot” #LOTD2013 5/21
  • “I’m your conscious/I am love/All I really need is 2 know that/U believe” #Prince “I Would Die 4 U” #LOTD2013 5/22
  • “Turn the crowd up now/We’ll never back down/Shoot down a skyline/Watch it in primetime” #SwedishHouseMafia “Save The World” #LOTD2013 5/23
  • “Keep your head on tight/Make it thru the night/You gotta make a friend along the way” #BlackCrowes “Movin’ On Down The Line” #LOTD2013 5/24
  • “Have another beer/What’d we do without all these jerks anyway?/Besides all our friends are here” #DonHenley “Sunset Grill” #LOTD2013 5/25
  • “I’ll go away/And I’ll turn around this little game/Cuz I don’t need your praise” #Cracker #FlaminGroovies “Shake Some Action”#LOTD2013 5/26 (Saw a screening of “Clueless” thanks to Cinespia at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and remembered Cracker’s version of this little gem popping up in it.)
  • “They send you down to war/When you ask them/How much should we give/They only answer more” #CCR “Fortunate Son” #LOTD2013 5/27 #MemorialDay
  • “Drove down the hwy/Til I came to Los Angeles/Town of the angels/Best this country can do” #Mellencamp “Hotdogs & Hamburgers” #LOTD2013 5/28
  • “How long do I have to climb/Up on the side of this mountain of mine?” #Coldplay “Speed Of Sound” #LOTD2013 5/29
  • “No longer overwhelmed & it seems so simple now/Funny when things change so much/It’s all state of mind” #PearlJam “In Hiding” #LOTD2013 5/30
  • “As it was again it will be/Though the course may change sometimes/Rivers always reach the sea” #LedZeppelin “Ten Years Gone” #LOTD2013 5/31 (My wedding was 10 years ago today. Though things have changed and divorce came down the line, it’s not a day I regret in the least.)

Here’s the Spotify playlist if you’d like to listen along: #LOTD2013: May

Jul 06

Photo-A-Day 2013: Week 22

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The week of May 27-June 2 started with a Memorial Day trip down to Laguna Beach, but was mostly spent around the friendly confines of downtown. Let’s take a look at the images.

27-MAY-2013: Memorial Day in Laguna Beach. Hard to get more SoCal than that.

27-MAY-2013: Memorial Day. Laguna. Hard to get more SoCal than that.

28-MAY-2013: Dodgers-Angels on a Tuesday night? Not a bad time for a bag of peanuts.

28-MAY-2013: Dodgers-Angels on a Tuesday? Not a bad time for a bag of peanuts.

29-MAY-2013: An amazing view of nightfall over DTLA from the outdoor patio at Perch restaurant.

29-MAY-2013: An amazing view of nightfall over DTLA from the outdoor patio at Perch restaurant.

30-MAY-2013: A stack of workout towels, freshly laundered.

30-MAY-2013: A stack of workout towels, freshly laundered.

31-MAY-2013: Friday night traffic at the corner of 9th and Flower in DTLA.

31-MAY-2013: Friday night traffic at the corner of 9th & Flower in DTLA.

1-JUN-2013: Looking down the stairwell at the 7th and Flower entrance to the Metrorail.

1-JUN-2013: Looking down the stairwell at the 7th & Flower entrance to the Metrorail.

2-JUN-2013: Interesting angles from the pattern on a chair.

2-JUN-2013: Interesting angles from the pattern on a chair.

Jun 30

Photo-A-Day 2013: Week 21

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The week of May 20-26 was busy, with an office move, another Kings playoff game and more … Let’s take a look at the week’s images!

20-MAY-2013: Plenty of leftovers from Saturday's party. Should be well fed for a while!

20-MAY-2013: Plenty of leftovers from Saturday’s party. Should be well fed for a while!

21-MAY-2013: Very intriguing lighting at Create, a new SBE nightclub on Hollywood Blvd., where I attended a special preview event.

21-MAY-2013: Very intriguing lighting at Create, a new SBE nightclub on Hollywood Blvd., where I attended a special preview event.

22-MAY-2013: This money tree plant has spent many a year in my Santa Ana office.

22-MAY-2013: This money tree plant spent many years in my Santa Ana office.

23-MAY-2-13: Game 5 of the Western Conference Semis between the Sharks and Kings. What a run it's been for King fans.

23-MAY-2013: Game 5 of the Western Conference Semis between the Sharks and Kings. What a run it’s been for King fans.

24-MAY-2013: My graphics director's office, nearly packed up, on Response's final day in the office building I've been in for 12+ years. Bittersweet. Love the new digs (at home, mainly), but a lot of great times here.

24-MAY-2013: My graphics director’s office, nearly packed up, on Response‘s final day in the office building I’ve been in for 12+ years. Bittersweet. Love the new digs (at home, mainly), but a lot of great times here.

25-MAY-2013: Great old neon sign outside the Seventy7 Lounge in Culver City.

25-MAY-2013: Great old neon sign outside the Seventy7 Lounge in Culver City.

26-MAY-2013: Came across this image while filling my car with gas after seeing "Clueless" presented by Cinespia at the nearby Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

26-MAY-2013: Came across this image while filling my car with gas after seeing “Clueless” presented by Cinespia at the nearby Hollywood Forever Cemetery.