OLDER POST
"The Only Place for Me" is a delightful offering by Los Angeles rock duo Best Coast, who I saw live many years ago when they opened for the Pixies. Being a California ex-pat living in St. George, Utah, this particular ode to the Golden State—"We were born with sun in our teeth and in our hair/When we get bored we like sit to sit around, sit around and stare/At the mountains, at the trees, at the ocean. . ."— is a little bittersweet for me.
When Bethany Cosentino asks, "Why would you live anywhere else?" I can only say, "It's a long story. . ."