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By The Airborne Toxic Event • June 24, 2009

Photo Credit: adelach
Good morning,
It’s funny how traveling makes you see your home in a new way. We’ve been back from tour for two weeks and Los Angeles seems, well, rather sprawl-y. Big. Dusty. Bright. Something of an ethnic stew with all the signs in Thai, Korean, Armenian and Farsi. Most places are just very much themselves: one language, one culture, one type of footwear. This city is a bit of everywhere, a bit of everyone, a bit of everything. And a bit of nothing.
You probably know this.
Speaking of the road, for our North American tour we have asked along the Henry Clay People and Red Cortez, two bands from the neighborhood that we believe in, admire and want to hang out with. You will too.
If you’ve never seen the fistfight between Pavement and Bruce Springsteen that is the Henry Clay People, then you have denied yourself one of the best live experiences a person can see. Somewhere along the way, rock got lost. Or at least that’s the argument. And the Henry Clay People have found it again. Their show is...