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Random: Stanley Kubrick died on this date, in 1999. When I heard the news, I didn't speak for a day; although we had broken up by then, my ex-fiancee later called me, to see how I was doing. I remember, back when I first moved to New York City, looking up his childhood address- an unremarkable building on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx- and going there, to see where he had come from. (I once collected all the novels which were source material for his movies; it took me twenty-five years to find them all.) Other than Welles and Kurosawa, there is no director whose passing affected me in remotely the same way.

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San Franciscans- I'm going to be in your town from the 13th through the 16th; give a shout, and let's say hi!

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Shigeo Tokuda: a porn star at 76.

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( This makes me happy, even if I've already had someone say, 'Ianto who...?' I wish that everyone who sees one of these could grok it in fullness. )

( Conversely, my response to this is OH RUPERT GRINT NO... )

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Next Stop: Atlantic: a photo exhibit of old subway cars being dumped in the Atlantic Ocean.