WEEKLY Random PIC POST

 

I’m a little late to the game with Maps & Atlases.  The Chicago-based group have been around since the mid 00’s, but I didn’t start paying close attention until I received their debut full length album,Perch Patchwork, on Barsuk records.  Imagine TV On The Radio covering Tom Waits, and you’re close.  What rings immediate are Dave Davidson’s vocals.  Sultry and soulful without sounding contrived, especially on the song, “Solid Ground.”

                                 

Earlez Grille

  

A Los Angeles City Ordinance If Approved, will make it Easier for Bicyclists to Seek Redress for Harassment

…the day that the Los Angeles City Council will approve preparation of a City Ordinance to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) that would make any threat, harassment or assault on a bicyclist a civil violation, including a fine of up to $1000.

As a weekend, recreational cyclist, I often found that no matter if I rode on urban, suburban or semi-rural roads, I would invariably confront motorists who sometimes treated my presence as an obstacle as if I were a mere tree branch that they could just brush by. Courtesy, let alone simple safety seemed to be out the window – just as I was. And as a frequent visitor to the marble-clad hallways of City Hall, I have had my share of lobby conversations with council members and city departmental executives on numerous important City issues and this was one I wanted to follow more closely.

On December 1, 2009, City of Los Angeles 11^th District Councilman, Bill Rosendahl, citing the City’s commitment to improve the greater utilization of bicycles by citizens for local transportation, initiated a motion that the City Attorney and Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) develop a City ordinance to prohibit the harassment of bicyclists in the City of Los Angeles. This motion was spurred on by the reported increase of clashes between cyclists and automobiles, as well asthe automobile drivers/passengers inflicting both verbal and physical abuse at bicyclists in and around City roadways. Sometimes resulting in major injuries.!!!

                     

                                  
No Distance Just Grace by SPEAK - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO from Lila on Vimeo.

I'm an Orange Moon
I'm an Orange Moon
Reflecting the light of the sun

Many nights he was alone
Many, many, many nights
His light was so bright that they turned away
And he stood alone
Every night and every day
Then he turned to me
He saw his reflection in me
And he smiled at me when he turned to me
Then he said to me

How good it is, how good it is
How good it is, how good it is

I'm an Orange Moon
I'm brighter than before
Brighter than ever before
I'm an Orange Moon and I shine so bright
Cause I reflect the light of my sun
I praise the day, he turned my way
And smiled at me
He gets to smile and I get to be orange, that I love to be

How good it is, how good it is
How good it is, how good it is
How good it is, how good it is
How good it is, how good it is

(Oh...)
Shine so bright
(Oh...)
He ruled the day, I ruled the night
(Oh...)
Shine, shine, shine
(Oh...)

How good it is, how good it is
How good it is, how good it is
How good it is, how good it is
How good he is, how god is
How good it is, how good it is
How good it is, how god is
How good it is, how good it is

I'm an orange moon
I'm brighter than before, brighter
Reflecting the light of the sun
Smile at me