Well, technically there is no LA ex but, you know, it was either that or 'Ain't Nobody Straight in LA'...So, Los Angeles, what a fine place to celebrate your birthday. And what a great place to meet up with pretty much your oldest friend.
I loved LA. And sometimes I hated LA. Quite often the dislike was sparked by yet another overheard conversation (all conversations in my hotel were designed to be overheard). They normally involved some old guy and a young blonde girl, with the old guy promising a part, a shoot or an introduction to "this guy Larry who's working on this amazing project...".
But between that (and, let's face it, what do you expect in Hollywood?) I loved it. I loved the sunshine - everything is in colour! I loved the music - I have had a soft spot for Laurel Canyon for a while but I didn't expect the quality dance music, the weird covers (who covers Bowie's Repetition in a house stylee?) and those moments when you're sitting in a bar and go 'What is THIS?!' And I loved the weird, cool boutiques and bric-a-brac shops.
So, after two days in the sunshine state it was back to chilly Canada and two lovely evenings with my friends. Two timezones, four days of partying, a 30 degree temperature change (twice) and now I've broken the forty barrier. And I'm glad to say, I don't feel any different.
On an entirely different note, two of my very good friends have recently started my new favourite music blog: mynewfavouriteband.com. It is to be highly recommended to anyone who loves music and great music writing - there's not too much of that around these days. Actually, there's none of that in Canada but that's the great thing about the interweb, eh?
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