Does the post title seem odd, in reference to the subject matter? Let me explain. Older daughter and I went to see "Zodiac" yesterday evening. A great movie, with amazing attention to historical accuracy and detail. Even the radio stations and commercials on a car radio were authentic... like "Gensler Lee Diamonds", on KYA radio. The music in the film was authentic to the time line. "Soul Sacrifice" reminded me that Carlos Santana kicked ass, long ago. Before the sappy pop duets he relies on today.When we were driving home, I said " Ah, the good old days, when a deranged serial killer was what consumed us." Not like today, when the list of things to be scared-to-death-of has no end. I was 12 when the murders started. I recall that it was all anyone talked about, everywhere you went.
In keeping with my nostalgic pining for the city that once was was, I loved seeing San Francisco depicted in the way that I remember it. No comparison to the city of today, which could be referred to "Manhattan West." Hey, I like Manhattan. But we already have one.
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I haven't seen--but man, you know it's a tough spot when your "good old days" yearning even includes the serial killer. We are, indeed, in fucked up times.
Miss you, and sorry not to be on as much. It's such a lovely feeling, reading through all of these posts, below, and hearing your voice. Hope you are well, Annie. Lots of love.
xoxo
Things seemed so much simpler then. A bottle of wine, some sourdough and cheese under a shade tree and the day would drift on by.
Now we have the worlds greatest serial killer running our government.
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I heard it(movie) was almost 3 hrs long. Was it worth sitting through?
We used to go camping at the Pinnacles and stopped during those years, as he migrated up through Marin County too. Or at least the fear was, as I remember.
I left SF and came back 4 yrs later and it already looked mighty different. Can't imagine now another 7. ; (
I spent the summer in NY during the "Son of Sam" murders. It's amazing how much one person can rivet the attention of entire city.
I miss the good ol' days too, annie. I was listening to Neil Young's Prairie Wind yesterday and realized that every time I hear his voice, I long for a California that no longer exists.
Annie, I love your music player! Dam that rocks! Listening to Carlos right now and it sounds great!
You the tits Annie!
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The historical accuracy was also pretty well displayed in "The Pursuit of Happyness". Took place in 1982, so they had, for instance, the old MUNI diesel buses as they looked back then (old), old taxis, and a collector's item of a poster of Magic Johnson on the kid's wall. There was a bunch of other stuff like that and even the part with the BART station managed to have the old BART maps (heavy on the green, nice straight lines for the routes, etc.)
Little details like that are things I notice in these movies about SF.
And I've never been able to get the Gensler-Lee Diamonds commercial out of my head..."the Store with the Heart!"
Take me back to Dr. Don Rose too back then I was a kid listening to KYA and KFRC.
You gotta check out reelradio.com and bayarearadio.org for some KFRC and KYA airchecks!
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