1 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: Double Elvis. So my first thought is that I really 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: hope you listened to part one of Los Angeles or 3 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: this could get awkward, trippier than our time in Atlanta. 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: But if you have listened to part one and you 5 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: just need a refresher, here is a quick recap of sorts. 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: L A is big. There can be a distortion that 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: emanates from the Hollywood megaphone. There are many broken hearts. 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: There's Cantor's Kibbit, two tramp Stamp, Granny's Hotel Cafe, and 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: beneath the A listers in film, music and the influencers 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: in the wild, there is a mountain of nearly untouched gold. 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: The machine is everywhere and it minds that mountain, but 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: some of the gold in them hills is content to 13 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: stay tucked in the canyons and shine on its own terms. 14 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: That's why the intimate spaces feel extra special in a 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: city this large and size. Those are the special places 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: where influence actually lives, and la is better off for 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: having them. For the healthy ecosystem just under the frame. 18 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: And there is a whole other side of the city 19 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: we have yet to touch, the beautifully brutal West side 20 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: where Compton Lamert Park, Long Beach, and other artistic cubs rule. 21 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: Are you refreshed? Good, Let's get back to it. It's 22 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: a long day limited and there's a freeway running through 23 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: the yard. I'm a bad boy because I don't even 24 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 1: miss her. I'm a bad boy for breaking her heart. 25 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: And now the vampires walking through the valley moved west 26 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: down Venturu Blevard, and all the bad boys are standing 27 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: in the shadows, and the good girls are home with 28 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: broken hearts free falling. Tom Petty, l A is a 29 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: city defined by its urban sprawl, scattered over five square 30 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: miles of beaches, desert, hills, and valleys. It is a 31 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: city of contradictions and contrasts. Some of this is incidental, 32 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: the way the palm tree is possibly the original Los 33 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: Angeles transplants take to the Mediterranean climate so many thousands 34 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: of miles from their ancestral homes. Some of it, on 35 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: the other hand, is intentional. That one of America's most 36 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: diverse cities is carved up into racially cigretated enclaves by 37 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: the efforts of city planners in the effects of freeways 38 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: that cord in each section off to itself is an 39 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: observation that is rarely lost on newcomers and natives alike, 40 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: and on the far side of those freeways, diverse and 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: dynamic musical scenes flourish in their own unique microclimates of 42 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: this rambling, yawning, and ever expanding town. In places like 43 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: Compton and Watts, Gangster Rapid reflected the looming menace of 44 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: life on the edge, where victims of white flight and 45 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: the slummification of primarily Black and Latino neighborhoods were forced 46 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: to choose between pusher and prey. In the CNN of 47 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: the Ghetto depicted their struggles and blunt, brutally beautiful detail. Meanwhile, 48 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: on the west side, the Good Life cafes open mic 49 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: Night became a haven for those artists who grew up 50 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: adjacent to the harrowing experience of their fellow citizens, but 51 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: removed enough to create the antithesis of Gangster rapp. It 52 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: was there that the members of Freestyle Fellowship and the 53 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: Far Side Jurassic five and X to the Z Exhibit 54 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: pone their crafts, planting the seeds for progenies such as 55 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: Project Blowed, the massive movement whose members Big Brothered Future Star, 56 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: Doja Cat, and whose spinoffs nurtured the burgeoning career of 57 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: Kendrick Lamar, who would go on to bridge the gaps 58 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: between the heady, high minded musical mischief being made in 59 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: Lamert Park in the conflict riddled Compton Outlook. Now good 60 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: Life Cafe is gone, in the places to see live 61 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: rap music in l A are few and far between. 62 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: A venue are an actual scene exists is even harder 63 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: to find. Low end theory is no more, and there's 64 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: nary a real open mic night to be found anywhere. 65 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: Even in a city that birthed huge stars like Snoop Dogg, 66 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: DJ Quick, problem Y g Odd, Future, Roddy Rich and 67 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: Dom Kennedy. Meeting up in person to enjoy the craft 68 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: seems to be lost in a city ruled by gentifer 69 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: cation in the pandemic only made it worse. By the 70 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: time you're seeing an artist like Vince Staples lording over 71 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: the stage at the Fonda, He's already been grinding for years. 72 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: It's fitting that at the center of everything at l 73 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: A live in downtown across the street from the Novo, 74 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: more and more wrap acts are being welcome to apply 75 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: their trade. What's even more impressive is how more and 76 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: more of those artists are using the venue to stay 77 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 1: connected to the music's roots. The game is well known, 78 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: a nearly twenty year veteran with number one hits and 79 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: platinum plaques to his name, but he'll still hit the 80 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: Novo for strictly for the day one's concert. Famous friends 81 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: like Little Wayne and Kanye West and tow The Novo 82 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: has hosted hometown shows for the city's next generation of 83 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: burgeoning stars. Drake Yo the Ruler Rest in Peace wrapped 84 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: a line around the block prior to his uncommonly passing, 85 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: and Blast kicked off his two with the New Year's 86 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: Eve Get there. The Novo is hardly alone and keeping 87 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: support for the city's hip hop close to heart. You 88 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: can still catch Kyle at the Palladium, West Side Boogie 89 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: at the l Ray Theater, in Vets like Exhibit in 90 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: Cypress Hill, at the Wilton, and these are all places 91 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: where you can get your face melted if you do 92 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: that with bars and beats. No matter how much the 93 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: city sprawls and retracts, shifts and re stacks the deck, 94 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: and no matter how much locals bemoan the ever changing landscape, 95 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 1: it's still one of the greatest music cities in the world. 96 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 1: And it's still the birthplaces some of the best rappers 97 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: in the world. And effortless defunk melody blaring out a 98 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: car parked in traffic on the one tent South will 99 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: always be part of l a soundscape. California knows how 100 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: to dream, survive, build, create, and party forever and ever Amen. 101 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: Sound of Our Town is a podcast about the music 102 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: that shake the city you're touching down, or that you 103 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: live in, or that you're stranded in for two days 104 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: because airlines. It's about finding, hearing, and understanding it's best 105 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: music happening right now, in what sounds and places of 106 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: shape the city's culture and what new sounds continue to 107 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: define it. It's about getting together in a room to 108 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: listen and why that matters. But you already knew that, 109 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: and you know that whether you're quickly dropping in, landing 110 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: for a long stay, moving to a new town, or 111 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: just wandering in your own mind. In each episode of 112 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: Sound of Our Town, I'll introduce you to the real 113 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: places and sonic stories echoing in a particular town so 114 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: that your time is enriched with music. My name is 115 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: Will Daily. I'm an independent songwriter, performer and all the 116 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: things that come along with that, and I'm here thanks 117 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: to those who seek sounds in the night, venturing out 118 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: into the world, chasing our connectivity that defines who we 119 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: are culturally and how to survive all of us. And 120 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: at this point of season one of Sound of Our Town, 121 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: we find ourselves at a very special episode eight. This 122 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: is part two of our time in Los Angeles, California, 123 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: and looking to get our face melted. The puritanical and 124 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: the period are always facing off in this city. The 125 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: halves and the have nots, and the moneyed in, the 126 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: street fighters, the residents, and the troubadours. They are transient 127 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: class that all but disappear when the daylight hits, enveloped 128 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: into the warm flow of a city known for cars 129 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: stacked end to end as everyone tries to get somewhere. 130 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: The troubadours they only come at night, suddenly appearing on 131 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: street corners with an upturned hat full of pennies in 132 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: the middle of Hollywood Boulevard or Santa Monica's packaged and 133 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: pristine shopping strip. When the hack gets full enough for 134 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: the right person, here's a tune they can get up 135 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: on stage at the troubadour, the local hut for literal 136 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: travelers a place out of towners always want to gather. 137 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: Why to get their faces melted off, to get their 138 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: minds blown, their hearts broken. To climb up into the 139 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: exclusive balcony and look across the way at the upstairs 140 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: green room saw house, sort of visible from the stage 141 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: and the pit in that creaky balcony where thousands of 142 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: visitors have looked down on thousands of legends strumming their 143 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: makeshift instruments. Music won't stop pouring out of the people, 144 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: even when the vampires are hovering. You gotta go to 145 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: the troubadour. Who cares who's on stage. It's the spirit 146 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: of the room that you're looking to find. Locals my 147 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: eye roll, But they've been a hundred times too. It's 148 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: easy to take your own gold for granted. This is 149 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: your shot. Didn't someone you know see a great set 150 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: here way back in the day. You wait your turn 151 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: right there on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and 152 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: de Hainey Drive, just before the line that turns Wild 153 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: and Free Club West Hollywood into the uppitting manicured lawns 154 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: Beverly Hills. Let the bouncer give you a once over. 155 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: Get your ticket, scan and hang a left into the 156 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: anti room bar to grab that first beer you see 157 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 1: on draft. Then trip over the threshold. Watch your step 158 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: as you make your way into the sticky, dark and 159 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: honestly pretty small room where every sight line is oriented 160 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: towards the stage. The Troubadoor is the kind of place 161 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: where Bob Dylan would drop by after the show was 162 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 1: over and get wrapped up in a jam session. It's 163 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: where the Birds debuted their take on His Tambourine Man, 164 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: and Buffalo Springfield made their live debut. Joni Mitchell played 165 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: l A for the first time on that stage, and 166 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,440 Speaker 1: the same goes supposedly for Neil Young, Don Henley and 167 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: Glenn Fryman at the front bar where you got your 168 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 1: quickly spilled beer. And Chris Christofferson made his own debut 169 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy opening up for Linda Ronstaff. Is that 170 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: a bill or what is that? What you want to say? 171 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: You were one day there? For? Do you know anyone 172 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: who lived in l A in nineteen seventy? These aren't 173 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: even the biggest names who have been up on the 174 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: stage just some of the earliest. Other acts who debuted 175 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: at this venue include Elton, John Billy, Joel Metallica, Pearl 176 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: Jam and Fiona Apple. This is the place where Carly 177 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: Simon met James Taylor and where James tried out You've 178 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: got a friend for the first time live Why because 179 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: he heard his opening act Carol King play the tune 180 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: in sound check. Your phone lights up. It's your mom 181 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: heard you're in l A. Did you know I saw 182 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: Bruce play there? Imposs bully. Your mom was at the 183 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: Columbia Records showcase in nineteen seventy four, the one that 184 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: started at two am. That's quite a flex to keep 185 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: for herself. You wonder, do you even know your mother? 186 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: You look up at the stage and try to imagine 187 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: Bruce waggling and crooning with the East Streaters behind him. 188 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: Where did he party after celebrate that night? Because it's 189 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,839 Speaker 1: somewhere else in Santa Monica Boulevard or up the hill 190 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: at the Sunset Marquis Hotel and already a haven for entertainers. 191 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 1: Phone buzzes and another flex your mom's older brother. These 192 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: two are texting about your trip. No doubt I got 193 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: your mom beat. I was there that night. Tom Waits 194 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 1: got discovered in an open mic he writes, that's a 195 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: long shot, right, that can't possibly be true. Herb Cohen 196 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: was a starmaker back then. He knew the Troubadoor well 197 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: because of Lenny Bruce. Yes, that Lenny Bruce, the one 198 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 1: who was arrested on obscenity charges for what he set 199 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: up on this stage, a scathing satire polite society, the 200 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: halves and the money and everything a troubador stands against. 201 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 1: He did it all without a Netflix special. Good on them. 202 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: You think your mom and her brother diving into the 203 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: seventies strange? They both had memories here until another friend 204 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: from Seattle messages, Is that Bill Tonight anything like the 205 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: first Fleet Fox's l A show in two thousand and eight? 206 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: It was even better when they played the Palladium on 207 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: the Helplessness Blues Tour. Their l A debut was fourteen 208 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 1: years ago. Now our Fleet Fox is a veteran band. 209 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: What is time and why is it hounding me? Another 210 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 1: memory stirs. October thirty, two thousand and nine, just before Halloween, 211 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: a new generation of music lovers gathered before the Spooks 212 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: came out, chasing the music of a young harpist from 213 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: London to a show at The Troubadour, one of Florence 214 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: Welch's first l A shows, where she still played the harp. 215 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: Herself and plenty of shiny faced youth let their lungs 216 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: expand and collapse with hers. The dog days were over. 217 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: This was our new Queen. Were you there? Did a 218 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: friend tell you that story? Why does it feel more 219 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: real than tonight? Weirdly, though the show is inslated to 220 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: start for half an hour, a man takes the stage 221 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: by himself, seated at a grand piano under a lone spotlight. 222 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: How they call a grand piano in here? And why 223 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: does that guy sound? Wait, not just sound, but look 224 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: like Elton John? Is this some sort of couseplace? Set 225 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: up a drag night? Unannounced? As the throngs pack around 226 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: the stage, a hazy mix of old and new, slipping 227 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: in and out of focus, Elton John winks and nods 228 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: and keeps playing your song. This can't be happening, but 229 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,680 Speaker 1: it is. Hey, everyone you know said this room is magical. 230 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: You smell your drink because if that would tell you anything, 231 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 1: Just to be sure you're not crazy. Your phone lights 232 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: up again. Hey, it's Dave Grohl. Heard it's your first 233 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: time at the Troubadour enjoy Man. I'll never forget when 234 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: I filled in on drums for Queens of the Stone 235 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: Agent two thousand and two. There's just something about that space. 236 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: Have one on me, Dave. Girl doesn't even have your 237 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: phone number. But the logic of eye messages and privacy 238 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: laws don't apply inside the Troubadour if he wanted to 239 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: get you a message, pay attention. You don't even know 240 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: if the band up there tonight might be making a 241 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: new story. That's what This place is a place for 242 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: the have nots to finally have something. Or we're the 243 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: ones who always knew this kind of currency is the 244 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: only thing worth having in this city. Turn off your 245 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: phone enough of the outside world. As much as I'd 246 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: love to have a huge stereo system in every room 247 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: of my home, I have to admit it wouldn't blend 248 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: into my color scheme in each room or leave space 249 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: for anything else. That's why I listened to my favorite 250 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: shows and music with my Son's Room, the portable smart 251 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: speaker with size defying sound. The Son's Room ways less 252 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: than a pound, and it is about the size of 253 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: a sixteen ounce can of soda. A can of soda 254 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,320 Speaker 1: that delivers incredible sound. While I was listening to Control 255 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 1: by Janet Jackson, the vocals were clear and every part 256 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: of the track was reproduced perfectly, and my dancing was uninterrupted. Plus, 257 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: the room has a beautiful design that can fit in 258 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 1: any corner of your home. It comes in a few colors, 259 00:13:57,200 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: so if black and white isn't your style, you can 260 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 1: pick out a room and earthly olive green or a 261 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 1: light blue to match your space. So get Rome and 262 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: get ready for your next adventure. Learn more and shop 263 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: three new exclusive colors at sonos dot com For our 264 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: Vaticans stop in l A. It has to be the 265 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: one venue that you can go to right off the 266 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: hiking trail. Located within Griffith Park, the historic Greek Theater 267 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: stands as one of the nation's most beloved and recognized 268 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: outdoor entertainment venues, wrapping almost six thousand people in the 269 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: arms of the surrounding park. Throughout its history, the Greek 270 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: has played host to some of the biggest legends of 271 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: music Elton John, Aretha, Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Springsteen, Santana, and 272 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: many more in between, and like the rest of the city, 273 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: it has served as a backdrop for television shows and 274 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: motion pictures, and some signs that the segregation lines of 275 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: l A are fading would be Juice World, making it 276 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: all the way to playing the Greek in nineteen before 277 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: tragically passing away at the age of one. A bevy 278 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: of hip hop royalty congregated at the Greek to pay 279 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: tribute to phone star Mac Miller, but bookings for rappers 280 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: are few and far between at stages like the Greek 281 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: and Troubadour. This speaks to the work that still needs 282 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: to be done where America divides what performers it deems worthy. Now, 283 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: the Greek and all the famous theaters in l A 284 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: are the perfect calendar lineup for your time in the city, 285 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: but travel can be exhausting. In a show sitting among 286 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: the stars maybe the perfect acclamation. Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the 287 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 1: place where they lay legends to rest and fans of 288 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: music go to dance on their graves. No, not literally. 289 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: Whoever first got the idea to host outdoors shows at 290 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: this historic, beautiful cemetery in the middle of Hollywood, well 291 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: they deserve a metal because there's almost nothing better to 292 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: do than to go to a show and a place 293 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: that's already made peace with the ghosts who lived there laying. 294 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: Hollywood Forever Cemetery is another bucket list stage for plenty 295 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: of artists because they know it will be a movement, 296 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: a night of freedom, celebration, and yes, sometimes sorrow. The 297 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: tears are just as much a part of live music 298 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: as the dancing, and nothing taught us that like a 299 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: complete to your absence of this cathartic force. For those 300 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: who have lost loved ones or are particularly moved or 301 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: grieved by the wound of legends gone too soon, Hollywood 302 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: Forever can be an emotional place. Go anyway. Sign up 303 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: for tickets and commit to bringing blankets and chairs, a 304 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: picnic or wine, sit and sip and prepare and let 305 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: the night fall, and then commune with hundreds of other 306 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: people who want to do the same thing, who listened 307 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: to the same bands as UNI. They might be perfect strangers, 308 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 1: but a mutual admiration for the songs is a tacit friendship. 309 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: And if the artists that are playing when you're in 310 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: town aren't a familiar Spotify presence or have never been 311 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: on your must have vinylist added to your calendar anyway, 312 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: that's the whole point of the venue this special and rare. 313 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: It makes the act of attending the show almost as 314 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,679 Speaker 1: important as who is playing. See if you don't discover 315 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 1: a new favorite out there on the lawn, or make 316 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: the kind of memory that you cherish and look back 317 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: on once you're home and remembering the trip. It's a 318 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: gorgeous place to sit and talk and let the music 319 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: drone on behind your conversation, just as much as it's 320 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: a place to sit on the edge of your seat 321 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: or blanket and hang on every word of the song. 322 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: All different people, all having completely unique experiences. That's the 323 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: other beautiful thing about concerts. Everyone needs something different from 324 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: the medicine that is music, and somewhere between first Stop 325 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: and No Cover is a place that delivered some heartbreaking 326 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,479 Speaker 1: news at the set of two. A lot of these 327 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: special rooms have been needing our support for years now, 328 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: but after COVID nineteen, they need a hero. Are you 329 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: that somebody? Because it is now a power that can 330 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: turn into saving a hidden gem. If you roll into 331 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: the Dresden and ask who's performing, you are participating and 332 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: keeping a historical landmark vital after the passing of one 333 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: of its musical icons. Some are named Marty, and their 334 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 1: stages should be preserved. The Dresden is a feeling. It's 335 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: a throne room. It's where you're so money baby, and 336 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: you don't even know. It made into an iconic spot 337 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: for those in the know by the cult classic movie swingers. 338 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: In the last two decades haven't seen the place change much, 339 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: aside from losing one half of the glorious music duo 340 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: who lorded over the restaurant and bars less formal side 341 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: for forty years. What it will be like now that 342 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: Marty of the Indelible Marty and Elaine left this mortal 343 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: coil at the age of eighty nine remains to be seen. 344 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 1: But since it opened in nineteen fifty four, this low 345 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: speed less joint has been a place where you were 346 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 1: lucky to get a evil and even luckier to know 347 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: you wanted one. In this hidden gem, the Dressdine has 348 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 1: been a haven for all the drinkers and dancers and 349 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: late night smokers in this town because being around Marty 350 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: in Elane kept you in proximity to two artists whose 351 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: passion for decades of making music in one spot was 352 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: so pure that you could clean up a corner of 353 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: your heart dirty by the town that usually sucked that 354 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: out of everyone. No one was up there for the 355 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: fame or fortune, just the love of the song. When 356 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: Marty passed, I felt the swallowed gratitude for having seen 357 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: and heard him while seeing Martinis, the same feeling I 358 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: had for Prince or Tom Petty. It still is a 359 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: hidden gem for a quick stop or a long one 360 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: to grab a drink or a snack to check out 361 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: who's playing. It keeps the dream alive, baby, while the 362 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: dressdine looks for the next iconic pairing. Just let them 363 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: know you were there for the music. There is a 364 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: rotating cast of musicians on Wednesdays and Thursdays. But grief 365 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: is messy and it's hard to recover from the loss 366 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,239 Speaker 1: of a legend. Now that doesn't mean that sitting in 367 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: this room, sipping a martini and listening to the people 368 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: who are trying to pick up the pieces is not 369 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 1: worth your time. Things pass in this city, but that 370 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: only adds weight to knowing where to go while it's 371 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: still here. One day the dressing might be completely gone, 372 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: torn down, and replaced with the relentless ebb of condos 373 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,440 Speaker 1: that are beginning to encroach on that old glorious Guyal 374 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: los felis for now the bar is still here, and 375 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: heading in to pay homage and see what might emerge 376 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: from the wreckage is absolutely worth your time and money. Baby. 377 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: Two episodes of Sound of Our Town just to get 378 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: the vibe of l A. And I still can't do 379 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: all the work for you. There might be some prep 380 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: that you want to do on your own. So four 381 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: places to start that aren't the abyss of Google. Let's 382 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: start back in nineteen six with a debaucherous autobiography Wonderland 383 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: Avenue Tales of glamour and excess, and it is just that, 384 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: but with laughs mingling with the debauchery. A car sary 385 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: nineteen sixties nineteen seventies lifestyle tale with a teenager turn 386 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: manager turned junkie as its protagonist. Danny Sugarman can't decide 387 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: whether to live or die in l A. But these 388 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 1: pages also contain the most humanizing portrait of Jim Morrison, 389 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: Raymond z Eric and Iggy Pop. A story that gives 390 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: you the lore of old school l A, along with 391 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: the receipts and the souls that it took. Number two, 392 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: This is the Life the two thousand and eight documentary 393 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: by Eva Duverney. It is a study of the alternative 394 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: l a hip hop scene that flourished in the nineteen 395 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:38,360 Speaker 1: nineties and the venue at its center, the Good Life Cafe. Sadly, 396 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: as we learned, the venue is now defunct. Tale as 397 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: old as time for so many of the monumental spaces 398 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: where young mcs cut their teeth and tried their most 399 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: precious bars on audiences for the first time. It's directed 400 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: by Duverney, who herself was an m C who practiced 401 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: and performed at this open mic, and members of the 402 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: Figures of Speech group. The documentary is now herald It 403 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: is one of the most important documents of l a 404 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: micro scene that is still deeply influential even decades on 405 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: for those who want to get a sense of the creativity, 406 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: community and deep fellowship that can exist and does exist 407 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: in the West Coast hip hop circles. This just under 408 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: a hundred minute film is the ultimate Artifact Number three. 409 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: Dubbed l a Punk's House Photographer by the Los Angeles Times, 410 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,879 Speaker 1: photographer and Slash co founder Melanie Nison recently released a 411 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: photo book, Hard plus Fast that doubles is a gorgeous 412 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: testament to the long lost punk a day of this city. 413 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: Even if you've never heard of Nissan, odds are you've 414 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: seen one of her epic black and white photos. Perhaps 415 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: the most famous shot is a snap of Darby Crash 416 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: of the Germs in ex scene cervenkov X, each of 417 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: them scowling on a dirty, cluttered, Hollywood rooftop, a perfectly unposed, 418 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: unpretentious image full of the same insolent energy that drove 419 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: the entire scene. Hard plus fast is both the memory 420 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: of an l A past and a reminder that's sometimes 421 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: the music happening right before your eyes is the history. 422 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: And finally, maybe cap your prep with a viewing of 423 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 1: Mulholland Drive. Succumb to the tripped out l A Noir 424 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: frame of mind with this David Lynch classic. The iconic 425 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: and pivotal theater scene where Betty listens to a Spanish 426 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: acapella version of the Royal Orbison classic Crying was filmed 427 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: in Tower Theater in Downtown, originally built in n and 428 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: now fully restored as an Apple store for your handheld 429 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: theater time marts on. I suppose preserving our stories and 430 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 1: digital ambers so that they can be made into an 431 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 1: AI experienced millions of years from now to formally thank 432 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: those aliens for the CD technology and nestled between the 433 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: hills and the one oh one and oddly not a 434 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: long walk from the hotel cafe sits the Hollywood Bowl. 435 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: It is and will likely always be there for you, 436 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: but it's also the end of the story for the 437 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: biggest artists, the last stop and maybe for this special 438 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: double episode. One of the ten best live venues in 439 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: the world according to Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, the travel dot Com, 440 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 1: and every other list out there, there is no higher 441 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 1: live music stage until we play Mars. But it has 442 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: no more than thirty to forty shows a year, and 443 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: maybe you can time your calendar. Undoubtedly it will be magical, 444 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: and if there's no show, it is usually dependable for 445 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: a tour during the day. But if we've learned anything 446 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 1: in our exploration, the gold of l A may not 447 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 1: be sparkling under its brightest lights, but in the corners 448 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: where the sound of the town is humming. Seven nights 449 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: a week. On June two thousand and nine, Adele played 450 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: the nearly hundred year old Amphitheater, a supersonic trajectory from 451 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: an intimate room fifteen months prior to one of America's 452 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: most iconic live venues. But if you're an Adell fan, 453 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: which show gives you more bragging rights? See awards, sales, streams, followers, 454 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: best of lists. They have nothing to do with music, 455 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: with feeling. They are constructs of a business around music 456 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: measurements as justification for the existence of a business in art. 457 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: And that is not to say that those working in 458 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 1: such constructs don't love and help create art, music and connection. 459 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: It's just that music would happen with or without it, 460 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: not in the same ways, and maybe not with the 461 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: same legends we tell ourselves, but it would exist and thrive, 462 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 1: and it would still be a necessity of life. Some 463 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: people will look for the heart of this city's music 464 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: within the orchestras at the Hollywood Bowl, where the Philharmonic 465 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 1: preens and the rich snack on supper and picnic boxes 466 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: near the stage, But it is much more likely to 467 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: turn up beating blood red and sky blue on l 468 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: A's darker streets, in the Mert Park and in Compton, 469 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 1: where young emerging legends cut their teeth on swap meat 470 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 1: tails and m C memor Rebelia in Ramona Park, where 471 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: young Iconvinced Staples spends sad wise yarns with a dead 472 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: pants so good you almost don't hear the pain, almost, 473 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: or in kibbits. On a Tuesday night, when you think 474 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: you can't possibly afford the tickets in this city, you 475 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: can go see legends for the price of a beer. 476 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: Ask for the story of this city's music, and any 477 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: Angelina worth their salt will laugh in your face, spit 478 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: the question back, doubt your integrity and asking it's not 479 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: this city's music, it's this music city. All the tinsel 480 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: town exects s where Hollywood has a choke hold on 481 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: the town's bottom line, and when it comes to money, 482 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: sure they might be right, but real heads no. As 483 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,679 Speaker 1: the hip hop elders say, the lifeblood of this place 484 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: is a song, a dream, and a song stacked up 485 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,199 Speaker 1: in layers, over and over until the foundation of this 486 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: place was built sturdy and with enough metal to withstand 487 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: the test of time. If you want to love l 488 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: a baby, get ready to get your heartbroken, then go 489 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 1: spin that straw into gold, turn it into your own 490 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: Swan song, and watch the angels of this city unfurl 491 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: their wings to reveal the path before you. Loving l 492 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:13,439 Speaker 1: a learning the city's music. It's about love, pain and 493 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: the whole damn thing. Are you still in? Of course 494 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: you are. The pool of the City of Angels is 495 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: too damn strong to ignore, even if you've been warned. 496 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 1: My friend Gunner Fox, who dragged me to sixteen forty two, 497 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: also dragged me to see a band at the east 498 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 1: Side Silver Lake Lounge. I thought shoegaze dirty all rock 499 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: music had no further place to go. But then my 500 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: face was melted by the Silver Sun Pickups. Years before 501 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: they were all over the radio. When I would see 502 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: them on festival stages years later, I got to roll 503 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: my eyes at the fawning sea of faces. It was 504 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: nothing like that first time at the Silver Lake Lounge, 505 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: or in Kibbits on a Tuesday in the nineties when 506 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: there is no home for organic and melody obsessed music, 507 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,120 Speaker 1: or the Good Life Cafe when mcs were locked out 508 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: from not only the machine but the city itself. Music 509 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: happens no matter what, and when it does, it off 510 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 1: humiliates the gatekeepers, makes a fool of the construct until 511 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 1: they see gold and move in. So you ditched that 512 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: spot for a minute and grab the martini at dressed 513 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,159 Speaker 1: in while Marty and alaying seems staying alive for the 514 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: five thousandth time. Or you catch the best new indie 515 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 1: band of the month at the Echo, or a friend 516 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: calls with last minute tickets to see The Roots and 517 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: John Legend on stage together for their l a debut 518 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: at the Troubadour. You do this so that when all 519 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 1: is said and done, in the stories of legends of 520 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: various sizes have been told, you can say those three 521 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: words that truly identify a sonic nomad, a person in 522 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 1: the no a seeker of unmined gold. I was there, 523 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: And one more thing, I'm a long way from that 524 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: office on the thirteenth floor of Capitol Records who last 525 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: month signed the first artificial intelligence artist that makes sense 526 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: for the machine. You don't have to have people feigning 527 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: interest in an actual person playing guitar in an office. 528 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: You find new music by your phone instead of trying 529 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: to keep up with the special spots where the new 530 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: songs and sounds are taking form with actual humans, humans 531 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: that might have to take care of their health or 532 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: even one day want to take a break from the grind, 533 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: and AI artist is the perfect worker, and they won't 534 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: change their name to a symbol and write slave on 535 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: their cheek like Prince did. But then, to add to 536 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 1: the fable, Capitol Records dropped the AI Artist less than 537 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: two weeks later. The house that NAT built quickly learned 538 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: that signing a fake artist with racial stereotypes on their 539 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: I G account isn't a good look. The label issued 540 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: an apology to the community. The AI artist was dropped 541 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: quicker than a real one. AI is here, though slowly infiltrating, 542 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: but they will never fully take over, because we will 543 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: always find our way to an unreplicable dive bar attached 544 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: to a deli, watching a guitarist with a broken string, 545 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: a drummer hitting too hard, and a singer perfectly tipsy 546 00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: as they craft a grooving cacophony that is a saw 547 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: off to what haunts us, a reaffirmation of affections, or 548 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: just the beat that sets our body unexpectedly moving. Every 549 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: piece of gold starts as an unceremonious nugget, raw and real, 550 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: the most valuable fine. Okay, that was part two of 551 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: l A and we are complete. You've been listening to 552 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: Sound of our Town. In case you didn't know, We've 553 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,760 Speaker 1: got twelve episodes for you this first season, and this 554 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: one makes eight. If you want to chat about the 555 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: music scene in your city, hit me up on Instagram 556 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 1: at Will Daily Official or on Twitter at Will Daily. 557 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: Sound of Our Town is a production of Double Elvis 558 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: and I Heart Radio. Hit us up on I G 559 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: at Double Elvis and Twitter at Double Elvis FM if 560 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: you want us to cover your town, your venue, or 561 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: your basement concert series. The show is executive produced by 562 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and car Karioli for Double Elvis. 563 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,479 Speaker 1: Production assistance by Matt Boden. The show is created, written, hosted, 564 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: and scored by me Will Daily. Additional writing on this 565 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: episode by Caitlin White and Aaron Williams, and especial thank 566 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: you to Morty Coyle for sources see the show notes. 567 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: Music for this episode was composed and performed by me. 568 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: You can check out my music on Spotify, Apple, band Camp, 569 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: and always at Will Daily dot com. Thank you so 570 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: much for your support this season. Every share everyone who's 571 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: telling their friends about this show following it on all 572 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: the podcast platforms that are out there. It is making 573 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: a difference and we should be able to keep visiting 574 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: other towns. Because of you, I am off to the 575 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: next one. By the way, I believe you might be 576 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: as well. We got places to go, music to hear. 577 00:31:51,600 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: Thank you for your ears.