Day 3896 - "Arrebato" and "Videodrome" At The New Beverly - 01.19.22

Another double feature at the Bev tonight.  "Arrebato" was an interesting Spanish film.  Weird and trippy.  "Videodrome" was amazing.  I had seen it before a few years ago, but this was the first time on the big screen and it played great.  Loved it.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3895 - Records In The Living Room - 01.18.22

I had to clear off an entire record shelf so that I could move the shelf so that some electricians could access an outlet.  All of the records I have on the floor in my living room.   One good thing that has come from moving all of these records it that I came across records I had forgotten about, such as that Kay Starr record you can see.  That had some great songs on it.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3894 - "New York Ninja" and "Miami Connection" At The New Beverly - 01.17.22

I went and saw "New York Ninja" and "Miami Connection" this evening and the screening was amazing.  Of course I knew "Miami Connection" and knew that it was going to be fun, but I had no idea how awesome "New York Ninja" was going to be.  I dare say that it paid even better than "Miami Connection."  This was something I saw today.
 

Day 3893 - ""Nightmare Alley: Vision In Darkness And Light" Poster - 01.16.22

This is a poster for "Nightmare Alley" that i got at the screening last night.  Everyone who attended got one.  I already have this one hanging up in the house.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3892 - "Nightmare Alley: Vision In Darkness" At The New Beverly - 01.15.22

This evening my wife, son, daughter-in-law and I went and saw the black and white version of "Nightmare Alley."  It was awesome and after the screening there was a Q & A with Guillermo Del Toro and Kim Morgan, which was super cool.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3891 - "The Scarlet Letter" By Nathaniel Hawthorne - 01.14.22

I dig the cover on this copy of "The Scarlet Letter."  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3890 - Saint Joseph's Hospital - 01.13.22

Dropped my wife off for some tests this morning across the street from Saint Joseph's Hospital.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3889 - Telephone Poles - 01.12.22

These are the telephone poles next to my house.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3888 - "Deeper Into Movies" By Pauline Kael - 01.11.22

I found this book or Pauline Kael reviews recently.  I'm looking forward to reading some of her old reviews.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3887 - Boots On A Trash Bin - 01.10.22

I brought my camera on my lunch time walk today.  I came across these boots on a trash bin.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3886 - Birthday Cake - 01.09.22

Today we had a birthday cake for my son.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3885 - Electrical Workers - 01.08.22

These are the electrical workers working next to my house today.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3884 - Paul Robeson "Songs Of Free Men Spirituals" - 01.07.22

My friends down the street gave me a box of records this week.  I was very excited to see this Paul Robeson record in the lot.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3883 - "The Clue In The Old Album" Nancy Drew Novel - 01.06.22

This is yet another Nancy Drew Novel that I picked up.  This is something I saw today.

Day 3882 - The Child Lego Set - 01.05.22

We got this Child Lego set for Christmas.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3881 - Santa Claus - 01.04.22

My mother gave my wife and I this Santa Claus for Christmas.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3880 - The Little Orange Bird - 01.03.22

I got this Little Orange Bird plush toy for Christmas.  I love it.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3879 - "Coming To America" VHS Tape - 01.02.22

I dug this tape out of a box and decided I'd put it out as a decoration.  It is one of my wife's favorite movies.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3878 - Legends, Icons and Rebels - 01.01.22

My sister got me this book for Christmas.  It is pretty good.  It's light reading, but it has some cool illustrations and I've learned a few things reading it.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3877 - Smoke Shop Window - 12.31.21

Today my wife and I went and saw "Licorice Pizza" at the North Hollywood Laemmle.  Before the film walked around the NoHo district which we had not really been to since before the pandemic.  I took pictures of the El Portal theater and some of the buildings and storefronts.  I took a picture of the smoke shop not only for the weathered painted window, but also because this was the site of Nudie Cohn's "Nudie's Rodeo Tailors."  That was super cool to discover.  Also another cool coincidence was that one of the last shots of Licorice Pizza has our two heroes reuniting in front of the El Portal Theater.  So it was cool walking out of the Laemmle to see one of the locations just featured in the film.  This is is something I was today.
 

Day 3876 - FWY Detour Sign - 12.30.21

This morning we returned our rental car.  It was raining.  While my wife was returning the car I jumped out and took this photo of a detour sign which was right near the Enterprise Rental place on Victory.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3875 - Santa-Rex - 12.29.21

Today we drove back from Arizona.  We stop at the Cabazon dinosaurs.  The T-Rex was painted to have a Santa Claus outfit, which was awesome.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3874 - Silver Trailer In Chandler - 12.28.21

Today we went to Agritopia and then to Chandler.  We walked around and had lunch at Serrano's.  This trailer was in a parking lot.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3873 - Pasta And Meatballs - 12.27.21

Today we went and saw "West Side Story" and then went out for dinner at The Sicillian Butcher.  This is the pasta and meatballs that I ordered. It was super yummy.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3872 - Flower Pot - 12.26.21

This is a flower pot in my mother's backyard.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3871 - Christmas Day Toys - 12.25.21

This is my nephew's son and my wife putting together a lego toy with him.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3870 - Jacob - 12.24.21

This is my son-in-law Jacob on Christmas eve.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3869 - School Bus - 12.23.21

Today we drove to Arizona.  This is a bus that was parked around the back of a truck stop.  It looked like someone was living in it.  I like the way this photo came out with the clouds above.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3868 - "Gremlins" and "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" At The New Beverly - 12.22.21

This evening I went to a Gremlins double feature. My wife, my two kids and their spouses came.  It was a whole family affair.  My wife, daughter and her husband were exhausted after the first film and didn't stick around for Gremlins 2.  Boy did they miss out.  I had only seen Gremlins 2 once before and I had forgotten how awesome it is.  Maybe it was also a factor of having just seen it at home, but seeing it on the big screen with an audience it played like gangbusters.  We laughed the whole way through and by the end I think it may even be better than Gremlins.  I walked out of that screening feeling like is it perhaps Joe Dante's most underrated films.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3867 - Barb Practicing Guitar - 12.21.21

This is my wife practicing guitar.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3866 - "To All A Goodnight" and "Don't Open Til Christmas" At The New Beverly - 12.20.21

This evening I went to a fun double feature at the New Beverly.  It was two Christmas slasher films that involved either a killer Santa Claus or a killer killing Santa Clauses.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3865 - Stranger Things "Space Camp" Graphic Novel - 12.19.21

This is a Stranger Things graphic novel I picked up at the Stranger Things pop up store yesterday.  I read it this morning.  It was fun.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3864 - Playing Dig Dug - 12.18.21

My daughter and her husband are in town for the holidays.  This afternoon we went to the Americana and to the Stranger Things pop up store.  This is her, her husband and my wife all playing video games in the arcade in the store.  My daughter is playing Dig Dug. If you look really closely you can see the game reflected in my daughter's glasses. This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3863 - No Parking Sign - 12.17.21

I took my camera with me again on my lunchtime walk.  This is a no parking sign up the street.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3862 - Two Tiles - 12.16.21

This afternoon I took my camera with me on a walk around the neighborhood.  I was looking to take photos that could be used for SAP Music mix covers.  These are a couple tiles  set into concrete on the side of a house.  I loves all the texture in this photo.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3861 - No Circumcision Car - 12.15.21

This car started showing up on our street earlier this fall.  This person clearly has an opinion about circumcision.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3860 - "Black Christmas" & "Silent Night, Deadly Night" At The New Beverly - 12.14.21

Tonight was an amazing night at the New Beverly.  I have been trying to see this traditional double feature for years and this year I was finally able to get tickets.  My son and I went and it was just a great and fun and we thought it would be.  This is something I saw today.

Day 3859 - Emerson, Lake And Palmer "Tarkus" - 12.13.21

This is the inside of the album Tarkus.  It was the album for the 1001 list today.  This is what I wrote.

I own this record, but I will be the first to day that I have not listened to it much. To me the best part of the album is the cover art. If I am going to listen to some ELP, I will reach for Brain Salad Surgery every time (which is woefully missing from this list). I will say that I did listen to the epic "Tarkus" track 3 times over the last week or so. The first time I was just listening with it more or less in the back ground. The second time I listened to it, it was after reading up a little more on the album and I thought I need to pay more attention. My mind still wandered. Then again this morning I thought I need to focus. But I couldn't. I cam back to my description of Fragile. This is serious music. It is so serious that I need a map to follow it and supplemental reading. Unfortunately, I'm not always in the mood to work that much. I found reading about the music perhaps more fulfilling. That said, these are some really smart guys doing some incredibly complex if not a little nerdy stuff and I respect it. It will probably be a long time before I return to this album. Also, it is hard to be patient with an album like this when I know Led Zeppelin IV is on the horizon for tomorrow.

This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3858 - United States Post Office - 12.12.21

Today we went to the local post office to send out Christmas cards, but our local post office was closed.  Of course the branch was closed, but even the lobby was locked which was not normal.  That branch is what is photographed here.  The weird thing was that even the post office boxes outside were locked and so we had to drive to a different location to drop the cards in a postal box.  This is something I saw today.
 

Day 3857 - Now Hiring Sign - 12.11.21

Today we went to Monte Carlo Deli and I took this photo of a now hiring sign.  I love that one of the things that they list that they are in need of is a "Sandwich Artist."

This is something I saw today.