I usually describe it as a "gay-owned Spencer Gifts with a clothing dept". It was a very popular local chain, with 4 stores in the city (Polk, Market, and 2 on Castro). In later years they expanded outside the city. Not long after, started closing stores until they were all gone. Too much too fast.

"I'm flying out to visit Darrell and Marcus over Labor Day. The jazz fest is that weekend and Mavis Staples is playing on Monday."

I found the info above in an email I sent to April in 2007! It doesn't seem possible it was almost 20 years ago!
But I guess it was. Unreal.

What year did we see Mavis? You do know I planned my trip around that date, right?

I didn't know you saw them live! How did I never hear about that? I would love to George live (without or without Parliament and/or Funkadelic).

Here's something you're not used to hearing. I haven't seen this one nor do I have it. I'll have to see if it's on Demand.

I had that 45, but I tend to lean toward "Heavy Fallin' Out" and "Rock n Roll Baby", but it's hard to go wrong picking any of their stuff. (I actually thought you'd pick "Stop, Look, Listen""

So maybe I can "...read your mind", except I was thinking I wanted to hear "Sundown", but it is quite a distance...

This is crazy, I pulled out "Complete Greatest Hits" today when I was deciding what I wanted to hear. I ended up putting on Mike Oldfield's "Five Miles Out" instead, but Gordon is still in the stack...

Oops, I forgot about these...

It's a fun, nostalgic and likable movie, with lots of quotable lines. I don't know if you'd enjoy it now, only because it feels like you've made up your mind about it. It's not "It's a Wonderful Life", but I do understand why it's become so popular.

"Porkys" wasn't my kind of movie (but it did well with pre-teen & teenage boys). But "A Christmas Story" has replaced "It's a Wonderful Life" as THE Holiday movie everyone loves (there's even a stage show now). I honestly can't believe you haven't seen it. They do marathons of it every December.

Often credited as the first "slasher" film. Four years before "Halloween". Directed by the late, Bob Clark, the same guy who later did "Porkys" and the now enormously popular "A Christmas Story".

Maybe a tiny shred, but only at the beginning during her fierce ride to scatter her father's ashes. After that, her deceptions are far too calculated to feel anything but repelled. Probably her best and most complex performance.

You probably would have loved it like I did. The scene where Amy Irving makes the guy explode predated the exploding head in "Scanners" by a couple years and was THE horror scene frequently discussed among my friends. I have a lot of affection for that flick.

I think I have four copies of this on Blu-Ray. It was public domain so a dozen different labels released it. Then the boutique studios did some restorations and every time another released their "restored version" I bought it. I'm hopeless. It's also a frequent watch for me. Welles hated it.

Are you spying on my Facebook account? At the beginning of the month I did a whole post about the perfection of the "Innervisions" album.

Same. I know I'm risking my 'gay card', but I've never liked "Auntie Mame". I like her in "His Girl Friday" & "Night Must Fall". Find her tedious in "The Women"& (the awful) "The Guilt of Janet Ames". But in "Picnic" & "The Velvet Touch", she's excellent.

Oh good. I found it streaming and thought it might be hard to find. From the writing on up, every aspect lifts it above similar storylines. I think it's the most subdued and textured performance of Russell's career. Plus Sydney Greenstreet as the detective! It's a real hidden gem.