I'm stretching these associations but when I was looking at the pictures of these blue agaves Blue Velvet came to mind and naturally so did Roy Orbison because of the best scenes of any movie I've ever seen is the one where Dean Stockwell's character lip syncs In Dreams.
I think that Pantomime is one of the best and overlooked Roy Orbison songs. The little guitar rift that comes in is so good. If you ever come across it on vinyl buy it. Roy sounds better on warm analogue. This is one of my favorite songs and one of the worst youtube videos ever:
These agaves are actually Agaves americana originally from Mexico.They are greenish grey, but I think they look bluish. They have a beautiful woodgrain type of patter on them, so if you've never noticed take a closer look when you see one of these plants since they are all over L.A. Keep an eye on them when and where you plant them because they get very big and once they are established their pups shoot up everywhere. The leaves get up to 6ft each... I hope I can handle those guys when they they grow up.
Agaves americana surround this environmental staue outside the Brand Art Library in Glendale, CA.
Typing "Americana" reminded me of these guys..ah hah
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