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From the Aquarius Records Newsletter 00.00.2001
We'd also like to take this opportunity to plug an AMAZING website that has nothing to do with music. But, it has everything to do with life. The Valet Chronicles is a series of 3-minute films made by Daniel Robin, longtime valet at Basta Pasta in North Beach. He's a filmmaker by trade, and has trained his lens on the people he's come to know during his long cold nights on the corner of Grant and Vallejo. A new film is added every week; currently they're on Episode 6. You can jump in any time, although I recommend you start from the first one. The films are so delightful! There are episodes about the homeless woman who lives on the sidewalk catty-corner to the valet station, the two little Chinese kids who visit Daniel every day, even the oldtimey Italian cafe owner across the street who sings opera in his restaurant and gives Daniel bottles of wine in exchange for parking services. It's small interactions with the people we see most often that make up our lives, and The Valet Chronicles conveys that in short, bittersweet, utterly smart and poignant three-minute segments. In the wrong hands, this material would come off smarmy, predictable, and shallow. But with Daniel Robin, a one-man powerhouse operation who shoots, edits, and uploads himself, we're in capable hands. Highly recommended!
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