I went to London last October. It was one of the most amazing times of my life.

While out there I learned about The Five One via Twitter. This is them here, here + here. And here!:

They're kinda everywhere. Cus they're colors (or colours, per the UK). And colors are everywhere. RED, BLUE, GREEN + GOLD. 

When I find music I'm learning to love + I'm sure I'm not unique in doing this, I beat myself upside the head with it. For about two weeks I used my camera as my eye + tuned out the loud London streets+dainty accents in favor of this band. I saw this:

I heard this:

London is one of my happy places. And The Five One is the soundtrack.  I hear it+there is a visceral effect that brings me right back there. Lemme take you with me to my happy place/ *hands you earbuds*

All of our good/bad (and everything in between) times deserve great music.

Enough about me.

At first this music was hecka catchy. Danced to it on the tube. Listened to it on the double-decker bus. Rocked steady to it in the line for lamb kebabs. I slept to it too. Beat myself upside the head. After I loved the sounds, I loved the words+[funny/real/sweet]stories.

They rep where they're from. That'd be DMV (District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia... some people don't know). Where you're from is what you are. You'll hear where they're from+what they are.

I'll let the music tell you about the colors. It's bigger than a theme. When I heard the music+learned to love the words, I started seeing colors like I was re-learning them.

This music is: Alternative. Hip Hop. RocknRoll. Soul. ohmuhgawd. Soul.

Checkemout. 

The first 10 seconds literally made me suck my breath in. I love it.

For The Birds from zack mctee on Vimeo.

I wonder if his birds know my birds.

Went to the Science Museum in South Kensington with Bro. There's a bazillion FREE museums in London. Brilliant way to appeal to folks who are interested in science/history/art/theater/whatever who can't afford $15 for adults and $12 for kids and $11 for students and $8 for seniors every other Thursday when Mercury is in Retrograde.

Seriously.

More museums should be free.

Today was a day of lounging and recovery. Woke up late (ughhhh. Noon. I blame the jet lag. And maybe the alcohol). But it was all good cus my bro brought me a mocha from my new crack spot fave neighborhood coffee shop.

I lounged for most of the day. Ventured out to try and have my iPod fixed at the Apple store across town, but they weren't havin' it (even though I KNOW they have a special tool to fix my seemingly easy issue. I KNOW IT!). It's all good. There was a work-around and now I'm jammin' again.

Came back J+T's place and lounged, ate a bleu cheese burger (yummm), sipped a Stella, watched football (American - Benglas/Ravens and Niners/Falcons) and here I am.

The photo above? You ever sitting at home and you crave candy and then you remember you have some in your purse? That's what that's all about. Flipping awesome!

Oh! Got on Skype with the family after some technical difficulty. Per the previous post: happy birthday to  my niece and mama. Lorelai wasn't there, so I didn't get to see or talk to her. And so my heart aches a little.