A @metrolosangeles.bsky.social bus made a cameo in All-4-One's "I Swear" music video from the late 1900s - uh, I mean 1994!!! 🚌🎶 #transittunes #LA
November 26, 2024 at 11:06 PM
A @metrolosangeles.bsky.social bus made a cameo in All-4-One's "I Swear" music video from the late 1900s - uh, I mean 1994!!! 🚌🎶 #transittunes #LA
Today's #TransitTunes got real, y'all.
I wanted to look like a hair/glam rocker, but not if it wouldn't mean saying "fuck you" to the system. I, an AFAB, was *expected* to wear tight jeans & jewelry & makeup. It just wasn't fair. This is how I started understanding that I wasn't a girl: I wouldn't wear what made me look like one.
July 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today's #TransitTunes got real, y'all.
This Tuesday, on #TransitTunes, I had the thrill of introducing my riders to the fantastically diverse output of guitar virtuoso #Buckethead, born May 13, 1969. 🧵
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
May 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This Tuesday, on #TransitTunes, I had the thrill of introducing my riders to the fantastically diverse output of guitar virtuoso #Buckethead, born May 13, 1969. 🧵
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
"Kiss Me On The Bus" by The Replacements
Album: "Tim"
Time: 10:28 am
Album: "Tim"
Time: 10:28 am
June 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Birthday to Flansy! Today on #TransitTunes, I owe some apologies to my riders for my unabashed singing along. It's hard to hold back w/ #TheyMightBeGiants, & I've got TMBG going all day in celebration of the great John Flansburgh, born 5/6/60.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
May 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy Birthday to Flansy! Today on #TransitTunes, I owe some apologies to my riders for my unabashed singing along. It's hard to hold back w/ #TheyMightBeGiants, & I've got TMBG going all day in celebration of the great John Flansburgh, born 5/6/60.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
Yesterday on #TransitTunes, we wished a very happy 81st to Michelle Phillips, born June 4, 1944. The Mamas & the Papas have a regrettably small output -- just 3hrs of studio albums -- but it was worth repeating throughout the day.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
June 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yesterday on #TransitTunes, we wished a very happy 81st to Michelle Phillips, born June 4, 1944. The Mamas & the Papas have a regrettably small output -- just 3hrs of studio albums -- but it was worth repeating throughout the day.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
Before I even started my shift today, I was hyped for #TransitTunes! We're celebrating the big 8-0 for singer Colin Blunstone, born June 24, 1945. He's the voice behind art rock greats the Zombies, and "Time of the Season" was in my head on repeat all morning. #MusicSky
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June 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Before I even started my shift today, I was hyped for #TransitTunes! We're celebrating the big 8-0 for singer Colin Blunstone, born June 24, 1945. He's the voice behind art rock greats the Zombies, and "Time of the Season" was in my head on repeat all morning. #MusicSky
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Today was a classical day on #TransitTunes, celebrating Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, born May 7, 1840. Ngl, I'm a sucker for the Russians, in both literature and music. And bright, beautiful days with lots of long, rural rides are perfect for blasting their bombast!
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
May 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Today was a classical day on #TransitTunes, celebrating Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, born May 7, 1840. Ngl, I'm a sucker for the Russians, in both literature and music. And bright, beautiful days with lots of long, rural rides are perfect for blasting their bombast!
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
#MusicSky
#ClassicalSky
Riding a mad wave of nostalgia today as #TransitTunes celebrates the 67th birthday of bassist Mike Mills with 10 straight hours of R.E.M. 💜🎉 #MusicSky (b. 12/17/1958)
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Riding a mad wave of nostalgia today as #TransitTunes celebrates the 67th birthday of bassist Mike Mills with 10 straight hours of R.E.M. 💜🎉 #MusicSky (b. 12/17/1958)
Listening to Iowa treasure & Badelamenti/Lynch muse Julee Cruise on the bus all day -- she would've been 69 years old today, 12/1/25. Cruise (1956-2022) had a voice that could only be described as the platonic ideal of dream pop. #TransitTunes
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Listening to Iowa treasure & Badelamenti/Lynch muse Julee Cruise on the bus all day -- she would've been 69 years old today, 12/1/25. Cruise (1956-2022) had a voice that could only be described as the platonic ideal of dream pop. #TransitTunes
Having the best time on the bus today, despite it being an extra shift, because #TransitTunes is celebrating the big 5-0 of the great Jenny Lewis (born 1.8.1976)! Jan 8 offers formidable options (it's also Elvis Presley & David Bowie, among others) -- but I def made the right choice. #MusicSky
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Having the best time on the bus today, despite it being an extra shift, because #TransitTunes is celebrating the big 5-0 of the great Jenny Lewis (born 1.8.1976)! Jan 8 offers formidable options (it's also Elvis Presley & David Bowie, among others) -- but I def made the right choice. #MusicSky
Almost better than her classics, she has some covers that are deliciously weird af, including a version of Donovan's "Season of the Witch" that is guaranteed to leave you equally puzzled and in love.
#TransitTunes
#TransitTunes
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Almost better than her classics, she has some covers that are deliciously weird af, including a version of Donovan's "Season of the Witch" that is guaranteed to leave you equally puzzled and in love.
#TransitTunes
#TransitTunes
Psyched to be picking up an extra shift today, as it allows me to wish a very happy #TransitTunes birthday to Naoko Yamano of Shonen Knife, who turns 65 today, Dec. 18, 2025! #MusicSky
December 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Psyched to be picking up an extra shift today, as it allows me to wish a very happy #TransitTunes birthday to Naoko Yamano of Shonen Knife, who turns 65 today, Dec. 18, 2025! #MusicSky
Yamano is singer, guitarist, & the one constant in Shonen Knife over the years. And YEESH, talk about a band that I'm WAAAY overdue for a deep dive into, omg. Everyone knows how awesome they are, ɓut I couldn't even name a handful of songs. Looking forward to today! #TransitTunes
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yamano is singer, guitarist, & the one constant in Shonen Knife over the years. And YEESH, talk about a band that I'm WAAAY overdue for a deep dive into, omg. Everyone knows how awesome they are, ɓut I couldn't even name a handful of songs. Looking forward to today! #TransitTunes
Yesterday's #TransitTunes explored bassist & vocalist Jack Bruce, born May 14, 1943 (d. 10/25/14). (Coincidentally, it was also apparently Bruce Day, a day to celebrate people named Bruce, so it seemed appropriate.) 🧵
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
May 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Yesterday's #TransitTunes explored bassist & vocalist Jack Bruce, born May 14, 1943 (d. 10/25/14). (Coincidentally, it was also apparently Bruce Day, a day to celebrate people named Bruce, so it seemed appropriate.) 🧵
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
It's a super chill Friday on #TransitTunes, as we revel in the dulcet tones of the late, great Levi Stubbs (everybody's favorite "mean, green mother from outer space"), born June 6, 1936. All Four Tops, all day long.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
June 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's a super chill Friday on #TransitTunes, as we revel in the dulcet tones of the late, great Levi Stubbs (everybody's favorite "mean, green mother from outer space"), born June 6, 1936. All Four Tops, all day long.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
Hell of a sunrise this beautiful fall morning! Happy October, BlueSky! For #TransitTunes today, we're rockin' the psychedelic sounds of Shocking Blue, the Dutch group from the 1960s/70s led by singer Mariska Veres (1947-2006), born #OTD.
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hell of a sunrise this beautiful fall morning! Happy October, BlueSky! For #TransitTunes today, we're rockin' the psychedelic sounds of Shocking Blue, the Dutch group from the 1960s/70s led by singer Mariska Veres (1947-2006), born #OTD.
Kicking off this #TransitTunes week with a full day of the GOAT's GOAT, Woody Guthrie -- born July 14, 1912. There's no wrong time to blast the antifascist anthems, but now is a particularly good time, IMO.
#MusicSky
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![A handwritten note on white paper hangs against a gray bus dash. It reads:
Monday, July 14
International Nonbinary Peoples Day
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🎵🎶 Now Playing: WOODY GUTHRIE
[[rudimentary drawing of a guitar with "THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS" written on it]]
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July 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Kicking off this #TransitTunes week with a full day of the GOAT's GOAT, Woody Guthrie -- born July 14, 1912. There's no wrong time to blast the antifascist anthems, but now is a particularly good time, IMO.
#MusicSky
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Today on #TransitTunes, we're celebrating Ian McCulloch, born May 5, 1959. Happy 66th! 🧵
#MusicSky
#Liverpudlians
#PostPunk
#MusicSky
#Liverpudlians
#PostPunk
May 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today on #TransitTunes, we're celebrating Ian McCulloch, born May 5, 1959. Happy 66th! 🧵
#MusicSky
#Liverpudlians
#PostPunk
#MusicSky
#Liverpudlians
#PostPunk
Today's #TransitTunes centered on the work of birthday boy Peter Murphy, born July 11, 1957. Apologies for the rain-stained image; I forgot to take the pic before getting off the bus to leave at the end of this rainy day.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
July 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Today's #TransitTunes centered on the work of birthday boy Peter Murphy, born July 11, 1957. Apologies for the rain-stained image; I forgot to take the pic before getting off the bus to leave at the end of this rainy day.
#MusicSky
#MusicSky
Yesterday's #TransitTunes were a celebration of French composer Gabriel Fauré, born May 12, 1845. Luckily, there were no riders on board when the parts of his Requiem that I actually remember came on, bc HOO BOY! my voice is not what it used to be.
#MusicSky
#ClasssicalSky
#MusicSky
#ClasssicalSky
May 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yesterday's #TransitTunes were a celebration of French composer Gabriel Fauré, born May 12, 1845. Luckily, there were no riders on board when the parts of his Requiem that I actually remember came on, bc HOO BOY! my voice is not what it used to be.
#MusicSky
#ClasssicalSky
#MusicSky
#ClasssicalSky
Yesterday got a bit weepy on #TransitTunes. Today, by contrast, we explore the incandescent invulnerability I felt around ages 9-16ish, pre-college, when I was buoyed by the loud, reckless, aggressive strut of Guns & Roses and their ilk. Happy 60th to Slash, born July 23, 1965!!! #MusicSky 🧵
But enough lingering on a Ray track. It's pure facts that spending all day thinking about being 17 is a sure recipe for EmOtIoNs: I don't cry much, but the song that pierced the waterbed today was Saliers' "Galileo." How long 'til my soul gets it right? Hasn't happened in the last 30yrs, AMIRITE?!
July 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Yesterday got a bit weepy on #TransitTunes. Today, by contrast, we explore the incandescent invulnerability I felt around ages 9-16ish, pre-college, when I was buoyed by the loud, reckless, aggressive strut of Guns & Roses and their ilk. Happy 60th to Slash, born July 23, 1965!!! #MusicSky 🧵
It's fun to listen through a Mike Mills lens, because it takes me back to my first true musical love: harmonizing. Mills' backing vocals are so elegant; his harmonies so intuitive. It reminds me that I never really wanted to sing lead: I just dreamed of having a Stipe to orbit. #TransitTunes
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's fun to listen through a Mike Mills lens, because it takes me back to my first true musical love: harmonizing. Mills' backing vocals are so elegant; his harmonies so intuitive. It reminds me that I never really wanted to sing lead: I just dreamed of having a Stipe to orbit. #TransitTunes
I simply CAN NOT resist the chance to listen to Psychedelic Furs all day. It's beyond me.
Today, June 5, singer Richard Butler turns 69.
I'll still get some new tunes in my ears by exploring Love Spit Love & his solo work. But today's #TransitTunes will be yet more postpunk. You're welcome!
Today, June 5, singer Richard Butler turns 69.
I'll still get some new tunes in my ears by exploring Love Spit Love & his solo work. But today's #TransitTunes will be yet more postpunk. You're welcome!
June 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I simply CAN NOT resist the chance to listen to Psychedelic Furs all day. It's beyond me.
Today, June 5, singer Richard Butler turns 69.
I'll still get some new tunes in my ears by exploring Love Spit Love & his solo work. But today's #TransitTunes will be yet more postpunk. You're welcome!
Today, June 5, singer Richard Butler turns 69.
I'll still get some new tunes in my ears by exploring Love Spit Love & his solo work. But today's #TransitTunes will be yet more postpunk. You're welcome!