Monthly Archives: November 2023

today is thanksgiving and ive got questions

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were the pilgrims

– dumbshits who died pretty fast
– religious zealots who’s uptight views on sex poisoned us for centuries
– rebellious cowboys who dgaf about shit
– outcasts, debtors, crooks, and losers
– or the brightest minds who would kickoff a country that would eventually rule the world

naturally there were elements of each, but — is there a tv show or movie i can watch because i have a blind spot about my knowledge of the people who got on those boats and started this gangsta shit.

also, did they start it? was it in their hearts to take take take

is that human nature?

do i have that?

why do i feel like i have so much and it keeps growing on its own

i dont need your shit

but, is it different for a pilgrim? are they more desperate? are they more hungry?

when i first learned at like 10 years old what a harem is i was all omg i want a harem

but you grow up and you think i have a hard time fully connecting with one person

how am i gonna be able to do that with a dozen

likewise do you really need 10 houses

or the northwest territory

or ukraine

or my heart

this is why i made Hear in LA

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Today my favorite newspaper, the LA Times, put out their 27 favorite movie theaters list (left) which covers the same old familiar ground their 101 favorite restaurants encompassed.
This is the major reason I started Hear in LA. The media in LA is either too lazy, too uninterested, or too uncurious about both The Valley and South Central to give it the same love and attention as the well-worn path of Santa Monica to DTLA from the 10 to Griffith Park.

There are both delicious places to eat and delightful movie theaters in the Valley and South LA. Shocking, I know.

The Valley has just as many people in it as San Diego. Imagine having a San Diego right next to you and pretending there’s no good movie theaters there.

What’s telling is, one of the 27 movie theaters on today’s list made it on the tally simply because one of the staffers grew up watching films there.

“This theater holds in abundance something no other theater in the country (much less on this list) can ever replicate: my childhood movie memories,” the writer, Tracy Brown, who grew up in Long Beach explained. “It’s where my dad once whispered to me that you can make a streak of color shoot across the screen if you threw a Jujube just right (I’ve never dared to try).”
Now, crazy thought, imagine a staff that included Native Angelenos from both the Valley and South Central and the personal relationships they would be able to share about their neighborhood cinemas – if that’s suddenly a valid reason to be on a list?
Or crazier thought – what if the LAT intentionally decided in 2024 to cover *anywhere other than* this same old beaten path where clearly most of their staff lives?

what a crazy day today was

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its 420 and imma write this get high and go to sleep.

9am construction guys are coming thru.

gonna suck.

but today was great. finished my first hear in LA episode i did all alone

edited the audio and everything. crazy. had to learn about automation so i could adjust the volume within the thing. i also had to find music and insert that in.

was easier than i thought.

but half way through the day i saw a guy snooping around the courtyard. turned out he was an interview i was supposed to have.

embarrassed i put everything together and we did it and it was one of the best ones ever. he was such an interesting wine and booze expert with a fascinating story.

then a beautiful red head called me. then i was cooking and me and a’magine were texting so i just called her and that ended up long. so the episode’s blog post didnt go up till 10pm. then i had to work for setlist.

i had already done some of the research over the weekend bc i knew id be slammed today but i didnt finish till 4am because i never know when to stop on those things. and there was still more i coulda added.

some guy wrote in to tell me i was wrong about something and thankfully it went to bree who proved to him i was right. of course im right i love seeing whats true.

todays episode is very good.

we talk about antifa

and why he went from catholic to muslim to catholic again

and local politics which no one really cares about but they should. imma talk about it every time i can.

so glad this blog is working again.