Winter

Seasons all messed up this year.
Looks like Fall but really its Winter.
Already miss the falling leaves and left carts.




Bastian "Groceries"
Screaming Trees "Shadow of the Season"

Terra Firma

Go Mr. Young.
He took over and started S.O.U.L.
Stop destroying the earth and the wonderful views.
Go to the meeting, any help helps, save open natural land!!!

The first meeting of Save Our Undeveloped Land (SOUL) will be at the Montecito Heights Senior Citizens Community Center THIS Wednesday 2/29/12 at 7 PM.




The Upsetter "Soul Stew"
The Greyboy AllStars "Soul Dream"

valentines daystone love

Beauty II

Continue walking up to the top.

And you'll see Spring has sprung early.

Purple Lupine says get lost Developer Daly.




The Offspring "We Are One"
Peter Tosh "Shame and Scandal"

Beauty

Come meet the Church and the Developer that want to ugly up this beautiful hill.

Don't let the sun go down. Save open spaces. Nature over concrete.

Thursday at 7pm
Montecito Heights Senior Center
4545 Homer Street, LA, Ca 90031




Arrested Development "Man's Final Frontier"
Bob Marley and the Wailers "Concrete Jungle"

Cool

Love our little lake on top of the hill.

Beautiful weekend.




Action Bronson "Not Enough Words"
Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane "Sweet & Lovely"

Tres Gatos

Did a triple take the other day.

Someone must have thrown away a lot of catnip.




The Cramps "Garbage Man"
Ry Cooder "Three Cool Cats"

Stunning

Minutemen "Colors"
Buck Owens "Ain't It Amazin' Gracie"

Topsy Turvy

Skywriting over the Rose Parade.

Low rates from Geico!




John Lee Hooker "Shake It Up and Go"
A Tribe Called Quest "Buggin' Out"

Hoosegow

Checked in on the ol' Montecito Heights jail the other day.

Been a couple years. Only change is the weeds and the graff.

montyheights.blogspot.com/2009/07/clink.html




Johnny Cash "Rusty Cage"
The Clash "Jail Guitar Doors"

New Year

Birds around the hanger houses on a post storm Fall day last year.




The Remains "Time of Day"
Action Bronson "The RainMaker"

Class

Here's to a great New Year.




Lootpack "New Year's Resolution"
King Jammy "Black And White Dub"

More Love

Went to go see these fences I've heard about.
Blocking the hill's access to rightful dirt roads.
And saw something less ugly across the street.




Gregory Isaacs "The More I Get It"
The Ramones "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World"

Boxing Day

You gotta be pretty low to steal a newspaper stand on Christmas.
Or you really need that $3.75 you crowbarred out of there to buy presents.
At least the LA Times and Arthur get a great view for a couple days.




Jack Johnson "The News"
Arthur Alexander "Where Have You Been All My Life"

Unwind

Full and happy.
Skies were amazingly holiday clear.
Time to take a load off.




The Band "The Weight"
Johnny Cash "The Mercy Seat"

Goodbye Fall II

Goodbye Fall. Hello Winter.

Solstice 2011




The Stooges "We Will Fall"
Black Sabbath "Sweet Leaf"

Goodbye Fall I

You were beautiful once again.




Jean Grae "Fall Back"
Galt MacDermot "Golden Apples"

Reflections

Rainy days make the Flat Top lake appear.




Atmosphere "Reflections"
Tower of Power "Below Us, All the City Lights"

Waiting

A bunch of parts of a possible snowmen waiting in Montecito Heights after that huge windstorm.

They all gathered down at the bottom. Waiting their turn.

Hope some get picked!

www.theeastsiderla.com/2011/12/turning-tumbleweeds-into-snowmen/




Rainbow "Snowman"
Joan Baez "Tumbleweed"

Prism III

One last one from the rainbow a couple weeks back.

Looks like it is coming straight outta Debs Park. With good reason.




Sashamon "Rainbow"
Jimmy McGriff "Green Dolphin Street"

Golden Hour

Nature is always the best graffiti artist on the wall.

If you time the sunsets just right, the walls come alive.

Kinda looks like Godzilla.




Johnny Cash "The Wall"
Sashamon "Japanese Squeeze"

Sibling

Thought Elvis didn't have any sisters.

Cool she lives in the Northeast.

The rain brings out the subtle shades of the past on the walls.




Horace Andy "Tag Along"
Elvis Presley "The Walls Has Ears"

Prism II

Chinatown was also blessed with a slight double rainbow.

Weird that it is coming out of Dodger Stadium.




Gene Chandler "Rainbow '65"
Wild Nothing "Chinatown"

Prism

Slight double rainbow over Montecito Heights.

It would constantly change location and brightness every minute.

Great weekend storm! Amazing to see.




Camp Lo "Double Doors"
G. Love & Jack Johnson "Rainbow"

Mars III

Looking West from Mars.




Elton John "Rocket Man"
The Kinks "Supersonic Rocket Ship"

Mars II

Looking North on Mars




Reunion "Life is a Rock"
David Bowie "Life on Mars?"

Mars I

Montecito Heights dirt and Los Angeles fog.




Simon & Garfunkel "I Am A Rock"
Ian Ball "The Last Planet I Kissed"

Look

Sorry. Let's get to real art.

So many layers of graff in this image.

Get on the bus.




Wilco "Art of Almost"
Barrington Levy "Look Youthman"

Confusing

Sounds like it could be a good Occupy LA slogan.




Maxwell "NoOne"
Cee Lo Green "Fuck You"

Pink

Down a dirt road high above the city and through the thick fog you'll find.
A lovely Montecito Heights local's nod to National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.




The Meters "Art"
Pink Floyd "Outside the Wall"

Futuristic

The NorthEast Los Angeles future will look like this...

Montecito Heights to the right.
Mt. Washington to the left.
Down from the magnificent San Gabriels.
Flows the Arroyo up the middle.

And all you need is a woodstove in a cabin.




Fondo Flamenco "Arte y Flow"
Ike & Tina Turner "River Deep - Mountain High"

Gray and White

Love when a storm is a brewin'.
There is always one cloud over Montecito Heights.
That looks like a heart.




Heart "Kick It Out"
Mobb Deep "Quiet Storm"

Scout

Get out and go have a look this weekend.

Season is a-changin'.




Zongamin "Tunnel Music"
Les Savy Fav "Let's Get Out Of Here"

Buy it

Buy it. Don't build. Grow a garden. Grow a vineyard.

Put in benches for people to sit and admire the view.




Lyrics Born "Do U Buy It?"
Pete Seeger "This Land is Your Land"

Sooo

Moving everything outside to fix up the inside?

Or is this all advertising for what's selling inside?

Can't wait to see the store's sign once it goes up.




Ben Harper "Diamonds on the Inside"
Horace Andy "I Don't Want To Be Outside"

Sooo

Looks like another thrift, knick-knack, find anything store going in.

Kinda boring. But, hey they bought it. I didn't and you didn't. So no complaints.

Was even hoping for a cool kid bike or art store. Oh well.




Lou Reed "Dime Store Mystery"
The Cool Kids "A Little Bit Cooler"

Please Heal Soon

Sad seeing that this sparkling vintage Mercedes take a huge hit over last weekend.

Happy to see how this photo came out. Like the Gods are already working on it.




Wu-Tang Clan "Older Gods"
KRS-One "Health, Wealth, Stealth"

Ahhhh

No car driving lately.

All nature strolling.

So much beauty.




Finley Quaye "Beautiful Nature"
Graham Nash "Penguin in a Palm Tree"

Landlord

Sorry there was a wrong rental company listed for the store rental.

It's really a HP group that is showing it.

Oh wait, nope, nevermind, looks like it is back to the original lister.




Battles "Tonto"
Dido "Life for Rent"

Pink

School's almost back in session.

Time to go get some new clothes.




Miyagi "Little Pink Dress"
Modest Mouse "The View"

Opportunity

Our favorite little store is once again on the market!

RIP Pre-Chinese Herbs store (anyone know?)
RIP Chinese Herbs.
RIP Second-hand clothes.
RIP Party Supplies.

Who's next? The Aves need rent money!




Pigeon John "So Gangster"
Buckethead "Whitewashed"

Careful

Even though the temperatures are down.

The brown hills are still very dry.

Be responsible. And just think first.




Basement Jaxx "Smoke Bubbles"
R.L. Burnside "Fireman Ring the Bell"

New Life?

Passed by this house thru the years and it always had a new weekly word, or words. ALWAYS tagged up. At roughly 26th and Griffin Ave.

The real estate listing states..."Two separate historical bungalows on corner lot... Bring your vision and improve these vintage homes to their original splendor."

Guess the old owners had enough or just ran out of paint. And split. Good luck future owners.




Dr. Dre "The Message"
Larry Marshall "No One to Give Me Love"