Photo Op: Yoshimi Battles the Bank of America Plaza, 333 S. Hope
This sculpture has reminded me of one of the robots Wayne Coyne drew for the last Lips album for a few years running. Any second now, he’s going to charge the Bonaventure and start shooting up the joint.
Admittedly, I’m a Flaming Lips fan. I grew up in Oklahoma! My choices for state pride included the Flaming Lips, Sooner football, wheat (the crop), Sonic Drive-In and a vast array of country music. The Lips were setting shit on fire and revving motorcycle engines in clubs I wasn’t allowed to go to. Do the math.
A bit of online digging reveals the sculpture to be Four Arches, created in 1974 by Alexander Calder. Just outside the tower you can find two additional robots giving and receiving, 24 hours a day: [photo]
Bonus photos (not by me for a change):
HAHAHAHAHA HILARIOUS! Genius!
love the album… need to get downtown more often (maybe once they re-open the Angel’s Flight).
Great eye. I remember walking around that when I was younger…now I have to load up the ipod and go downtown. I love the Lips too! The new record is awesome.
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