Homes

Various from around the city over the last few days.

I don’t often dole out the money to see a ‘real’ concert when Los Angeles is so full of incredible music that takes place in clubs for like $20, but Chelsea Wolfe’s last couple albums have been complete bangers and her live show did not disappoint. I saw her in a hotel basement bar in Portland on her very first tour and kind of lost track of her music after that, but damn tonight is showing me I’ve been missing out.

(She also brought out Shirley Manson to do “Seethe,” which was also pretty great—a perk of seeing a show in LA, I guess.)

Rain on Larchmont

The past two days have seen some much-needed, long-awaited rain—mostly because the temperature has been down in the mid-70s.

The recent weather—the intensely hot summer and the upcoming rainy season—is all from a ‘super El Niño,’ but this one they’re saying is so immense it’s earned the nickname of a Godzilla El Niño. While whether or not it’s a direct correlation to the climate crisis isn’t possible to prove, studies show it’s probable.

As the heat in summer increases we’ll need an increasing amount of power to stay cool, which plays into the whole energy debate that is at the center of all this. But in the winter the problem in LA is something else entirely—the existing city infrastructure just can’t handle rain. Every time it floods more than a couple inches, entire streets flood and mudslides threaten many areas across the region.

And that’s the thing about the climate crisis—for so many years we’ve been calling it ‘global warming,’ and so the general image that comes to mind is just the temperature is going to rise. But the weather is going to threaten all kinds of infrastructure around the weather, and I don’t think many people appreciate the causes and effects of weather systems (and how much destruction they can bring). Today, I’m enjoying the rain, but tomorrow, we might all be underwater.

Laundry room views

I hate spending hours washing clothes—I mean, who doesn’t?—but I am reminded that in this new place, I get a not-so-bad view of downtown from the laundry room.

Since moving a few months ago, these two have been exploring new personality traits as much as they have been the new studio.

Cats are the best.