On my walk back to the office from lunch, my co-workers and I were stopped by this really large protest. It even blocked traffic coming from off the freeway – sorry Los Angeles drivers and bus transit riders. It turned out to be a protest for Justice for Janitors, emphasizing more affordable healthcare and fairer wages.
After reading the letter on Gizmodo from Damian of OK Go, I have decided to do a post where I embed this video. Major labels and corporations have this tenuous relationship with social media – clamoring for its attention while simultaneously doing crap-like things that dissuade the consumer from telling others what they like. Read the letter and learn about how you can’t embed YouTube videos. I’m a big fan of OK Go – one of the best concerts I’ve ever had in my life featured them. It was at a rinky-dink dive bar in Hollywood where they ran down to the floor and did a live recording. So here’s their latest song – This Too Shall Pass.
Ruby Slippers
I wrote this awhile ago and in testing out my new guitar, I ended up recording a YouTube video of it. The song has obvious references to The Wizard of Oz and is about the idea of the yellow brick road as the road to life.
YouTube and Lyrics below
Ruby Slippers (cc.tran)
Ruby slippers on my feet
They cant seem to take me home
Howd I end up so deep?
To feel so alone?
Every time I seem to walk
The further I get behind
Every time I seem to run
Im running out of time
In all my zaniness, I forgot to post the music video I made for “So Special” – didn’t make any money for Equality California, but I still believe in the cause.
The video features photos from the Anti-Prop 8 Protest in Silver Lake I attended after its passing.
