music from my hometown

I love KEXP. I heard music from my hometown the other day: Lemolo (same name as a beach area in Poulsbo, among other things). Layered and ethereal harmonies, sometimes moody, just my kind of thing. It's not immediately obvious how the music fits the "wild/untamed" meaning of the word in Chinook jargon, but actually it does match my experience of the wild places there. (And I'm pretty sure I knew a relative of one of the musicians in high school.)

In other music news, I'm also loving Grimes. Ethereal vocals plus techno, go figure.

ten days meme (day 9)

Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.

1.


The Dyke March! The opening rally was pretty boring except for "Portions for Foxes" and the adorable rainbow-people dance number, but oh well. Lots of amazing people. Dressed as huge sparkly vulvas! Dressed as a bee! Mostly it was too cold for toplessness, but there was a bit. Note the orange barrels at right, where there's a giant streetcar-related trench in the street; an organizer was standing in it with a megaphone calling out, "I am in a hole! Do not fall into the hole!" approximately. (As far as I'm aware she did not say "hello ladies," but she should have.) The people with that rainbow flag were running around hooting and getting people to run under it, or running around them themselves.

2.


I picked and ate my raspberry bushes' first ripe berries today. It is summer.

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn-offs.
Day Eight: Three turn-ons.
Day Ten: One confession.