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So why jump on the VOX bandwagon?

...Well, it's always useful and fun to diversify your blogging a bit. I could use a little music-blogging fun and prefer to keep it separate from my emo bitching and political rants.

...But mostly I just wanted to see if they had an LA cityscape layout yet.

WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. DO OUR FUCKING SKYLINE ALREADY. OUR BUILDINGS ARE TALLER THAN TOKYO'S AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON, SEATTLE, AND CHICAGO.

I did a little Googling. A request for an LA skyline on Vox was met with snot like "LA has a skyline?" Seriously, what is it with this "L.A. isn't a real city" attitude? Clearly the 10 million people in Los Angeles County are hiding something, right? Get your head out of the 1980s, commenting guy! Every day I see the city grow and develop more and more, and every day brings new hope and new life to this vibrant, weird, wonderful place I call home.

And that's really what today's music is about. Speaking of LA, here's a song about it by a band that is pretty much personifies the New LA Sound:

I can prattle on and on about Hello Stranger... if I decide to keep music-blogging here. For now, though, one of their great songs - perfect for a night on the town or a windy midnight drive through the urban landscape...

-T