Early Summer Playlist

LA has been so grey and dreary lately with brief interludes of sunlight.
Here are 18 tracks Im currently listening to.
Some old, some newer all just right!


1 Intentions The Whitest Boy Alive
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2 Jigsaw Falling Into PlaceRadiohead
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3 Our Swords Band of Horses
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4 Clark Gable The Postal Service
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5 Electric Slide The Wildlife
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6 You Only Live Once The Strokes
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7 Hands Away Interpol
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8 So Here We Are Bloc Party
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9 Indie Rokkes MGMT
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10 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant
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11 Dead Disco Metric
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12 Stripper Sohodolls
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13 Shattered The Trucks
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14 Boys From SchoolHot Chip
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15 Dear Miami Roisin Murphy
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16 Bring It Back Moloko
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17 Merry Happy Kate Nash
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18 gold Goldfrapp
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this is fishwicket*: Wealth Of California Fonts

this is fishwicket*: Wealth Of California Fonts

Wealth Of California Fonts

A Wealth

Of 

California Fonts    

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  Ever since I moved to California, and moreover since I've moved to Hollywood, I've realized that there is a sense of design to everything, but some of my favorites of these are the fonts used on old signs. Sure I like the Architecture(in most cases) but it's really the fonts that excited me.

No matter how old or derelict, the fonts on these signs are pure genius.

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Some of the fonts you'll notice tell you exactly what the business might do... some are just fun... 

FOR EXAMPLE IS THIS SIGN ASKING US, WARNING US OR JUST TELLING US THIS LADY DONUT IS SINGLE?

THE FONT LEAVES YOU GUESSING AND PULLING OVER FOR DONUTS! 

  

                                           Miss Donuts Serif Caps>                                                                                                                     

CINERAMA ITALIC

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• Illiterate Smothie Brush
  

Egyptian Marquee Caps 

Gower Western Fancy

Over the next few days I'm gonna be taking some pics and posting em of my favorite fonts in Los Angeles & Surrounding.

Cheers*

Cat + Sea + Watermelon = Win

This cat is pushing a watermelon out of a lake.

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LADYHAWKE

Yeah, I know this is three months old or so but, I just heard it recently... from the opening 80's synth hook, I was hooked.The song was great the video is AWESOME... check out this A-Ha inspired video and you too can get hooked on Ladyhawke 

Ladyhawke - My Delirium from Modular France on Vimeo.

NEW ROYKSOPP Happy Up Here

Royksopp are back with the first video from their upcoming album Junior. Perfect getting ready / first cocktail song.

Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.

Something Awful can be sooo good!

Okay... so if ya need further proof that the internet makes you stupid here it is...something awful. Could easily waste...err spend hours trolling around this site highlights include; Photoshop Friday, Comedy Goldmine and Pranks!

GO>>> somethingawful

Hiking In the Joshua Tree !

Leaving Los angeles (even for just a full day) can really be a restorative... as ya know I love this city but the smog, the energy(a.k.a. vibe)....really has a tendency to wipe ya out... so a two hour plus drive east (about 140 miles from Los Angeles) and there you are in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a good friend, a few cliff bars and lots of water, CDs for the ride and most of all your thoughts.

Looking at the desert from the side of the 29 Palms highway the desert can appear to be bleak drab and desolate but trust me take the trip pay the 15 bucks for a pass (it's good for 7 days) and be prepared to be struck by the awesome awesomeness (yeah I said that), and besides...I have always been attracted to desolation.

 

140 miles later... we entered the park through the West Entrance of this 800,000 acre park, making a stop at the visitor center for some maps, a bio break a quick shoe change and we were off...

Skull Rock

Standing before this rock formation it's easy to imagine that you are on Eternia visiting Castle Grey Skull (I was originally going to write imagine yourself as He-Man but for me, eh not so much). At this particular trail you can climb through narrow passage ways climb giant boulders and see a variety of flora and fauna the like of which I (especially being a New Englander) have never seen. There is a hiking trail at thi particular stop which is about 1.7

 miles long ,however, we just tooled around climbing taking in the views of Quail Mountain and Eureka Peak. The whole time we scouted this area I couldn't help but think of all of the rattlesnake holes we were trapesing over (singing the R.E.M.s the sidewinder sleeps tonight). Although we saw no Rattlers we did see lizards, rabbits and a Desrt Fox (or two).

Jumbo Rocks

This area includes an impressive array of some of the largest climbing rocks ever... great vantage points throughout the walk thoroughly enjoyable, but somewhat more populated at there is a camp ground located area here... 

Keys Dam 

This was my favorite part of the trip a 1.3 mile trail that wound through (of course the desert) at the furthest point in the loop was a dam built by the Keys family in 1939 (and in case you wondered there is no swimming allowed!)

 

After leaving the dam, the loop leads you to some Petroglyphs (which have unfortunately have been altered and "enhanced" I swear I saw an Jetliner-glyph) and then back out to the road.

 

Hall of Horrors

Although I wasn't completely certain as to why they called this particular hike the hall of horrors, it was nonetheless enjoyable. Following a stone lined path around giant mountainous rock formations (looking for at least one horror) he sun began to set... the eery silence of the park and the shadows cast made this last stop one of the most enjoyable, yet prolly not at high noon.

Joshua Tree Park is for sure one of the most breathtaking place to hike I have ever been. The plant life and rock formations set against the desert really give you a perfect canvas to think, dream and spend time with someone you are close to or get to know someone you are not... 

this destination is fishwicket*

Los Angeles, Nightmare?

I am an east coaster living in the world of grit, shit and beautiful weather. I moved here nearly seven years ago and haven't looked back... From day one I fell in love with this city where dreams are shattered on the daily and the sun, now i know why it always shines on TV, it always shines here (except maybe for today).

This city is somewhat infectious in a way, a city of lost dreams, a city of lives with promises unfulfilled. A city of eternal hope on one corner and despair on the next. A city so full of self centered, self concerned people, yet everyone is yearning for something; this is the shared experience.

The first questions nearly anyone gets asked here is did you come here to be a actor, writer, comedian? This city is teaming with those who have chosen to pursue a dream of fame and fortune only to find those errr aspirations impossible to reach and end up waiting tables, working retail or strung out on drugs. 

People walk the streets glued to their phones, name dropping, party hopping and generally trying to impress anyone within listening distance.

I am one of those people, I am not one of those people

I , however, did not come here seeking fame or fortune (although the latter would be nice, real nice) just a life free of snow and slush. This city is amazingly beautiful, this city is fishwicket*.