LA Resident Tourist

Isn't this a handsome bird? I've only ever seen one once.

Hooded Oriole, San Diego County 🐦‍⬛

#SoCal #California #birds

So elegant.

Dayton, Ohio had it going on.

Dauncy reminds me of peckish, a word I always liked.

GWTW

Did Donald think it would be another "easy" operation like Venezuela? He and his cabinet didn't seem to foresee what would happen after that either.
I think he's just drunk on power and smashes things, then holds out his hand for the spoils, money, power. Another 911 would suit him fine, too.

As long as they believe the "bad" people are being hurt worse, they'll put up with it. Also to turn against Trump now means admitting you were conned and that's intolerable.

What are the treats she's getting, carrots?

The "no new wars" campaign promise maga pretended to believe in exposes their fundamental perfidy. They're delighted with the bloodshed and destruction.

Blaming the photographer for what you look like 😆
Maybe if you didn't give speeches screaming like a monkey you wouldn't be photographed that way?

While not the same genre, X's country and rockabilly shadings put me in the same dream-space as Gram Parsons. And the Parsons tribute LP from 1999 featured a bunch of punk-influenced country rockers. Wilco, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, Byrds bandmates, etc. "Cosmic American music," Gram called it.

The Plugz - Electrify Me YouTube video by rncd91pnk

That album still makes me happy. Did you like the Plugz? I'm sentimental about them, too.
youtu.be/qQG29kCTB-U?...

X - White Girl (Studio Version), L.A. Punk YouTube video by cuervojoe13

"White Girl" the single from X's Wild Gift (1981) never made the Hot 100, but Rolling Stone named it number two song of the year, and people always sang along to it at shows.
Last time I saw X was at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace 👢

#cowpunk #rockabilly
#punkrock #1980s #X

youtu.be/emY12SGdrIM?...

One o'clock and then it ends,
One o'clock and then it ends 🎵
#punk #1980s #Decline #X
#WildGift

I recognized L.A.'s Hollenbeck Park and Echo Park Lake, Santa Monica Beach.
The kidnapping scene was the same place Laurel and Hardy romped as sailors in Men O' War, 1929.

Well that was nice and sordid 😆
Good crisp print, too. I don't think the free ones on YouTube are very clean.
The app recommended a slew of other pre-codes to add to my watch list.

I'm watching it on the HBO Max app that comes with Spectrum cable here in L.A. It's also on Amazon Prime and YouTube.

Got it cued up right now!

"Mew you remember the food is in here? Also, I love you."

Over on Xitter, predictably, the maga hordes are chanting "drill baby drill." They're extra happy because they see this as a middle finger to California, and middle fingers represent the sum total of their policy expertise.

The book is available to read online but it's also less than $4 with free shipping at AbeBooks. (I think we had this exact conversation before lol)

Fingers crossed and special prayer tonight to ease you through this medical challenge 🙏

We talked about this before, right? I need to read more cat stories for my mood board.

Also, he overheard someone talking about "sixteen" ships and, in trump fashion, he embiggened it into "sixty."

Trevor Howard ❤️

Donald gets mad when he hears facts, and insults reporters when he doesn't like a question (anything other than praise).

It's a pretty amazing example of protest art.

We visited a newer store in tony La Canada last spring out of curiosity and it was literally frightening. Zero customers, it was dead quiet, and the lights were dimmed to save money. The funereal vibe was palpable. We scurried out of there while we still retained a desire to live.