1 am last night, I was watching Things That Aren't Here Anymore and More Things That Aren't Here Anymore, LA public television, KCET. It was hosted by a man, Ralph Story (yes, that's his name) and it was a documentary about well, stuff that isn't here anymore in LA. Ladies named Mae and Esther were interviewed about the Pasadena Ostrich Farm before it became work/live lofts with a fancy website with fancy music, Clifton's Cafeteria, Angels Flight railway, and The Brown Derby. The title seems so morbid and sad. It was like a memorial to a once truly weird and kitchsy LA. It might as well be called Everything and Everyone You Know and Love Are Dead. I wonder what landmarks would be included in the next Even More Things That Aren't Here Anymore sixty years from now. Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf franchises? $20 Thai Massage Parlors? 99 cent Only Stores?
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