So a recent project has been to move most everything I have on video (VHS and DV) over to true digital bits — which explains these weekly posts of video projects. This one was shot in 2003, when I just had a camera with me and decided to shoot as I drove down Sunset in the rain.

No narrative, nothing but lights and darkness. The soundtrack is "Weak Become Heroes" by the Streets. It's actually what the original soundtrack was on the video, but since there are a couple of cuts, I just threw the track over the original sound. It's also apropos because I was still rocking the hell out of that album then; this was shot at the end of my love affair with it. (And by love affair, I mean I probably listened to it once or twice a week at least.)

I didn't do a ton of LA specific shooting while I lived there; this is one of the few pieces I have that puts me right back in the heart of that city. And yeah, sometimes I really miss it down there.

l.a. in the rain from tripp millican on Vimeo.