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Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Blogging in L.A.For the last few days I've been in Los Angeles, having a fine old time, thank you very much, and I can back up Matt Welch when he writes that the new station at 103.1 kicks KROQ's fruity little behind. Yesterday I heard the Johnny Cash cover of Bob Marley's Redemption Song in my mother's car. Every hour or so they play something by Elvis Costello. Rotation of a new Robert Smith song with Blink 182 is a little heavy — I hate anything that even sounds like The Cure — but they balance it with old punk, R.E.M. you never hear on the radio, and a little hip-hop. For reasons unknown they also play an audio clip of Howard Dean losing his balance.
At my friend Greg McIlvaine's today I also heard the Corvids CD, which is why I'm linking so heavily to Matt Welch. Strong stuff. And Greg's son Sean is talking now; he charmed a couple of women at a local coffee shop and would have gotten their phone numbers if it had not been time for bed.
I also have a reading scheduled at Skylight Books in Los Feliz, around the corner from Greg's and a number of blocks north of where the Tom kills Eric, on Vermont Ave., in Too Much of Nothing. So if you're in the neighborhood on April 10, no excuses.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
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