When it’s cold outside…

When it’s cold outside…

Cindy Brown pointed me to this funny video.

Arctic Chill in LA

Because it’s -11C/13F outside, who are you holding?

If You Think You’re Lonely Now – Bobby Womack

I wanna dedicate this song to all the lovers tonight

And I expect that might be the whole world

Because everybody needs something or someone to love

When it’s cold outside who are you holding?

You know, if y’all don’t mind I’d like to talk about this woman of mine

She’s always complainin’ bout me never bein’ at home

But when I’m down broke

She’s tellin’ me about the things that her girlfriend’s got

What she ain’t got and she wants me to go out and get em for her

But girl, I can’t be in two places at one time

If you think you’re lonely now, huh

Wait until tonight, girl

(If you think you’re lonely now)

I’ll be long gone

(Wait until tonight, girl)

And you’ll find another man that’ll treat you right

(If you think you’re lonely now)

When I ain’t there to rub your back

(Wait until tonight, girl)

Just remember I made it a long fact

And when the skeletons come out of the closet

And chase you all around your room

And the memories sail round like a ghost

And that’s a matter of fact, no joke, ah

If you think you’re lonely now

(If you think you’re lonely now)

Oh, wait until tonight

(Wait until tonight, girl)

I’ll be long gone

(If you think you’re lonely now)

And you’ll never find another man that’ll treat you right

(You just wait until tonight, girl)

(If you think you’re lonely now)

You think you’re lonely now

(Wait until tonight, girl)

Wait, wait, wait until tonight, girl

Oh, ain’t it funny how the tables turn

When things aren’t goin’ your way?

But when love runs out and the pain walks in

And settles for a stay, ooh

(If you think you’re lonely now)

Lord, help me, I feel like I wanna testify

(Wait until tonight, girl)

(If you think you’re lonely now)

Girl, wait until tonight

(Wait until tonight, girl)

If you think you’re lonely, lonely now

(If you think you’re lonely now)

(Wait until tonight, girl)

Oh, you just wait until tonight, girl

(If you think you’re lonely now)

(Wait until tonight, girl)

You see tonight’s the night when the needs come out

When your needs come out to breathe

And you toast the stars and there ain’t now way you can sleep, ooh

(If you think you’re lonely now)

If you think you’re lonely now

(Wait until tonight, girl)

I feel like I wanna testify this evenin’

(If you think you’re lonely now)

I’m lonely, cause I know I gotta leave you, oh, girl

(Wait until tonight, girl)

I just can’t take no more

(If you think you’re lonely now)

Ooh, hoo, hoo

(You just wait until tonight, girl)

Ah, girl, you just wait

(If you think you’re lonely now)

If you think you got problems now, baby, you just wait

(Wait until tonight, girl)

Wait

(If you think you’re lonely now)

Too far gone

(Wait until tonight, girl)

Like you’re runnin’ out

(If you think you’re lonely now)

Ooh, hoo, ooh, hoo, babe

(Wait until tonight, girl)

You say you’re a little lonely

(If you think you’re lonely now)

But everybody needs somebody to love

(Wait until tonight, girl)

(If you think you’re lonely now)

It’s good that you know that you got somebody that’ll stand by your side

That’ll build you up when you’re fallin’ down

(Wait until tonight, girl)

And you had that someone, baby

(If you think you’re lonely now)

Cause I’ve done my time

(Wait until tonight, girl)

And it’s your turn now

(If you think you’re lonely now)

If you think you’re lonely now

(Wait until tonight, girl)

Wait, wait until tonight

(If you think you’re lonely now)

I’m tired, tired of this same old shuck & jiving

(Wait until tonight, girl)

It’s been too long

(If you think you’re lonely now)

You think, you could start all over again, it’s been too long

(Wait until tonight, girl)

You think you could start it just one more time

(If you think you’re lonely now)

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Walk about the lagoon

Walk about the lagoon

It was such a nice day today, 56°F/13 °C; my wife and I decided to walk around the lagoon near the Museum of Science and Industry with our dog. There’s a nice trail for most of the walk. They even have most of the poison oak caged off. In the middle, there’s a Japanese garden that I didn’t know about.

BTW, I just noticed we can choose the album cover, squeee.

Victim of Love (Live) – Charles Bradley

Victim of Love (Live) – Charles Bradley

The emotion that Charles conveys in his music is amazing. There’s a documentary about him and what a tremendous story it is. From IMDB:

Charles Bradley: Soul of America (2012)

Starting off on his 62nd birthday, Charles Bradley: Soul of America follows the extraordinary journey of singer Charles Bradley during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of his debut album “No Time for Dreaming.” The 74-minute documentary feature will premiere at the SXSW 2012 Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Despite being abandoned as a child, a period of homelessness, the devastating loss of his brother and constant poverty, Charles never gave up on his life long dream to be a professional singer. With the help of producer and Grammy-winner Gabriel Roth (Daptone Records) and musician Tommy Brenneck, Charles moved away from the James Brown covers he’d been performing for nearly half a century and focused on finding his own unique voice. Earning himself an opening spot on tour for Sharon Jones, the biggest artist in the Daptone stable, Charles delivered the most impassioned performances of his life. Coming up during one of the worst economic downturns

http://goo.gl/Oqkck3

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nkcBPOdfng

Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert

Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert

I haven’t posted a #MusicMonday  in a while. I heard this on the radio this morning and decided I had to share it.

(Intro)

When I was in the 3rd grade

I thought that I was gay

Cause I could draw, my uncle was

And I kept my room straight

I told my mom, tears rushing down my face

She’s like, “Ben you’ve loved girls since before pre-K”

Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she

A bunch of stereotypes all in my head

I remember doing the math like

“Yeah, I’m good in little league”

A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant

For those who like the same sex had the characteristics

The right-wing conservatives think it’s a decision

And you can be cured with some treatment and religion

Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition

Playing God

Ahh nah, here we go

America the brave

Still fears what we don’t know

And God loves all His children

And somehow forgotten

But we paraphrase a book written

3,500 hundred years ago

I don’t know

And I can’t change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

And I can’t change

Even if I tried

Even if I wanted to

My love, my love, my love

She keeps me warm [x4]

If I was gay

I would think hip-hop hates me

Have you read the YouTube comments lately

“Man that’s gay”

Gets dropped on the daily

We’ve become so numb to what we’re sayin’

Our culture founded from oppression

Yeah, we don’t have acceptance for ’em

Call each other faggots

Behind the keys of a message board

A word rooted in hate

Yet our genre still ignores it

Gay is synonymous with the lesser

It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion

Gender to skin color

Complexion of your pigment

The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins

Human rights for everybody

There is no difference

Live on! And be yourself!

When I was in church

They taught me something else

If you preach hate at the service

Those words aren’t anointed

And that Holy Water

That you soak in

Has been poisoned

When everyone else

Is more comfortable

Remaining voiceless

Rather than fighting for humans

That have had their rights stolen

I might not be the same

But that’s not important

No freedom ’til we’re equal

Damn right I support it

I don’t know

We press play

Don’t press pause

Progress, march on!

With a veil over our eyes

We turn our back on the cause

‘Till the day

That my uncles can be united by law

Kids are walkin’ around the hallway

Plagued by pain in their heart

A world so hateful

Someone would rather die

Than be who they are

And a certificate on paper

Isn’t gonna solve it all

But it’s a damn good place to start

No law’s gonna change us

We have to change us

Whatever god you believe in

We come from the same one

Strip away the fear

Underneath it’s all the same love

About time that we raised up

Love is patient, love is kind

Love is patient (not cryin’ on Sundays)

Love is kind (not cryin’ on Sundays) [x5]

Lyrics from MetroLyrics  http://goo.gl/d2dUa

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0