May's come and gone, and, man, there sure are a lot of festival cards this summer, huh? Unfortunately, I'm too tired/broke to go to them all, but that's okay because lovely Metro Ambassadors were giving them out outside before the event!
The next TAP card vlog was actually filmed a little bit before the end of this one, but it's releasing after for pacing reasons. The final moments of this vlog were filmed in early June as the military occupation of LA, ordered by fascist forces thousands of miles away, had just begun. The shift in my tone is a glimpse into what life felt like then.
🔀 Lety Does Collecting TAP CardsWillowbrook/Rosa Parks stationAs described on Wikipedia“Second Line”⁽ᵃ⁾ by Jamex and Einar De La TorrePanthers that I am 95% sure are references to resistance against to oppression if not the Black Panther Party itself, but also this is LA so the intrusive thoughts that this might be about P-22 got to meMemorial Park stationAs described on WikipediaNot Head in the Clouds Festival cause I think I'm all festival'd out for the summer“The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story”⁽ᵃ⁾ by John ValadezHollywood/Vine stationAs described on WikipediaAKA Hollywood/Pride station~!LA Pride⁽ᵃ⁾As described on Wikipedia3 Commemorative TAP Cards from LA MetroAs available for purchase on the Official Los Angeles Metro Shop and eBayMemorial Day 2025Head in the Clouds 2025 “Los Angeles Head in the Clouds Music and Arts Festival”Pride Month 2025 “75 Years of Pride in Los Angeles — 1950 — 2025”