#california pop

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SONG OF THE WEEK: “Dumb Angel” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/dumb-angel-3 —April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month. On that point, I offer a character in my song “Dumb Angel.” In the old Hebrew language, an angel was a messenger. More specifically, cherubs who account directly to God. My “angel” in this song is dumb, as in mute. Hence, “Dumb Angel.” 

One day, the lyrics burst out of me as a “dream interpretation,” wherein Lewis Carroll, Elvis Presley, and Brian Wilson* paid a visit to Avis, Pennsylvania, a small town where I grew up. Much later, someone asked me what the song meant. Only then did it strike me that the song is “code” for how I coped with the light and dark sides of things that happened to me as a kid. In effect, the “Dumb Angel” is about healing from trauma, then rising above. An angel was always watching me! For the complete back story, go to the link below (feedback welcome).

* “Dumb Angel” was also Brian’s original working title of The Beach Boys masterwork, SMILE.

#dumbangel #brianwilson #denniswilson #beachboys #angel #hebrew #lewiscarroll #elvispresley #avis #pennsylvania #dream #trauma #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge #baroquepop #poprock #californiapop #sunshinepop #harpsichord

[anthonycoldwinter]

Amazing moment in Hip-Hop history.

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Customer: MY GRANDCHILDREN CALL ME POP BOB DMV: SHOOT BOB Verdict: ACCEPTED

[yourlittlevirus]

꩜ L7 ꩜ HOLE ꩜ AFGHAN WIGS ꩜

July 26, 1990 at Raji's in Hollywood, California.

Concert poster designed by Courtney Love.

[whenweallvote]

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Friend groups that don’t vote together? They “Not Like Us” 👀

Before you pop out at the polls this year, make sure the whole squad is registered to vote at weall.vote/register.

📸: Armen Keleshian, 📹: Amazon Music

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The Pop Out: Ken and Friends

- June 19, 2024, Inglewood, CA

[sweetestbit3h]

Claudia Romani ・❥・

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[cleopatragirlie]

𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥

[utterlyyinfatuated]

I’ve been drinking about you </3

[singeratlarge]

MY SONG OF THE WEEK: “Like a Father to a Son”

“Over valleys over mountains,

Found somewhere safer from the cold

Started drinking from the fountain

Makes you wise as you get bold…”

My lyrics came from dreams I had that were set in the Old West and California. It imagines late night tale-telling around a campfire on the trail, with a father offering sage advice to a son. My Dad was a fan of “cowboy songs” so I’m picking up that thread. I wrote this while I was living in Pennsylvania, on a day I was feeling a tinge of homesickness for California. The song created a metaphor, moving like a fantasy transcontinental train ride. Dreams are like that.

The image shown is a cartoon of Cyrus Dallin’s statue “Appeal to the Great Spirit” (a.k.a. the Brother Records logo used by The Beach Boys). The music and vocal style is inspired by Gerry Rafferty's "Long Way 'Round" and The Beach Boys "Leavin' This Town" (Blondie Chaplin and Carl Wilson for vocalese)--there's a little PET SOUNDS and “Til I Die”-style orchestration in there, too. A Dennis Wilson song is quoted in the second verse. Tim Breon was at the mixing board for this. It’s one of my personal favorite recordings.

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/like-a-father-to-a-son

#father #son #mother #daughter #beachboys #holland #OldWest #California #Pennsylvania #campfire #cyrusdallin #brotherrecords #gerryrafferty #blondiechaplin #carlwilson #AmericanGothic #americana #denniswilson #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #singeratlarge

[williammarksommer]

Sunset Pop

Untitled California series

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

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[gossamerg1rl]

You change your mind

Like a girl changes clothes…

[im-not-giving-in]

Jakobs Castle, "Lights Out"

Musician Jakob Nowell, the anime enthusiast behind the band Jakobs Castle, a fan of artists Black Midi and 100 Gecs, reminisces about an ex and wonders why her love went out like a light bulb.

A song on love lost and the feelings and memories that remain, like listening to Black Midi CDs or going to shows and seeing 100 Gecs, it references JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan), and Death Note's Light Yagami and Misa Misa in a musical style that Jakob's dubbed "beach meets internet," as it combines influences from the Southern California artist scene he's rooted in and the online communities that shape his interests.

For information on Jakobs Castle, including where to listen, and links to Jakob Nowell's social media, check out JAKOBS CASTLE | Enter: The Castle!

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