If you grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s and '80s, there are a number of cultural elements that suddenly take you back to your overall-, Keds-, and bowl cut-wearing days. There's Bits & Pieces, James Gabbert repeatedly turning his back to the camera while hosting KOFY TV 20 Dance Party, "The Play" (which induced a fit of joyous shouting from my father that scared the hell out of your youthful humble narrator) and, of course, Wee Pals. If you hail from elsewhere -- or don'
Rakka/FlickrYou're not alone.When Chelsea Handler told a panel of comedians on Chelsea Lately that ABC News was reporting that Julia Child's memoir My Life in France and some of her other books are "flying off the shelves because of the new movie Julie & Julia," the invective flew thick and fast. "It's a movie about a lady who cooks things from a cookbook and then blogs about it," said Guy Branum, identified in supered type as "comedian/staff homosexual". "What's next, a movie about a guy
Sadly, you won't find this title at the San Francisco Public Library. But you will find the album Mind Control by Stephen Marley.The San Francisco Public Library's planned celebration of "Banned Books Week" -- and online links to the sorts of literature that librarians elsewhere have been compelled to remove from circulation -- provide an opportunity for local folks to feel good about ourselves. Harry Potter promoting blasphemy? A kiddie book about gay penguins causing an uproar? The Kite
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