Rainy Day in L.A.

It's raining (one might argue it's sprinkling) in Los Angeles today and Angelenos everywhere are complaining to anyone within earshot and getting into accidents all over the place because we don't know how to drive in the rain. I, for one, have always loved the rain and think it's a nice change. I know, I stand alone. I  have nowhere I need to be, so I don't have to drive and that might also help with my non-hatred!

I'm gonna get the fireplace going- not because it'll be nice with rainy weather but because my stupid heater doesn't work and I'm freezing! But since I do have a fire going and no place I need to be, I made a rainy day playlist, which I tried to whittle down to just one song per artist and failed miserably. It turns out I just don't know how to whittle. The fact of the matter is almost any album by David Gray or Damien Rice would do for a rainy day so it's really hard to narrow them down to just a song! It's kind of a weird mix, and one might argue depressing or melancholy, but I like it, and as I'm only trying to please myself here, it'll do! Here it is, in no particular order:

1) Slow Life by Grizzly Bear

2) Wonderwall by Ryan Adams

3) Come Pick Me Up Ryan Adams

4) Slow Motion by David Gray

5) This Year's Love by David Gray

6) Cold Water by Damien Rice

7) I Remember by Damien Rice

8) Elephant by Damien Rice

9) Go On Say by It Blind Pilot

10) Stay Or Leave by Dave Matthews

11) Captain by Dave Matthews Band

12) Make No Sound by Gomez

13) An Audience with the Pope by Elbow

14) Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley

15) Endlessly by Muse

16) No Other Way byPaolo Nutini

17) Let It Be Me by Ray LaMontagne

18) You Really Gotta Hold On Me by She & Him

19) Lifeboats by Snow Patrol

20) Sweet Thing by Van Morrison

21) Impossible by Band of Skulls

22) Cold Flame by Band of Skulls

I could go on but I was trying to keep it to twenty- and I was close! I might do another one on another rainy day (whenever that might be) and see what I come up with... I can do melancholy with the best of 'em!