While at my house, genuis and I hatched a plan to create at least one more praxis before this great era ends forever. Due to timing and the presence of those pesky space plums, we decided that this task would serve our purpose best. But what to annotate? We thought: there were lampposts, mailboxes,milk...wouldn't something more specific be better? What about the Castro Theatre?

Thus, we set out, armed to write a note to the Castro-an "ode", more specifically.


On the walk down, while discussing the use of alliteration and rhyme in our Ode, the two of us obviously had to stop and smell the roses.



After meeting a very funny homeless man who didn't understand why you would need a mask to be a "guy fox", we arrived!



We sat and, inspired by our surroundings, wrote an ode so sweeping, so epic, so heartbreakingly intricate, that the only word we could think of to describe it was "odious"- a word which, of course, appears at the end of the Ode.
(Note: My camera's far-sighted.)




Although we did not copy down the Ode, it ran roughly thus:

Oh, oh, oh, Castro Theatre,
Our love for you couldn't be sweeter.
From your intricate architecture to your stylish decor
I don't think we could love you anymore
Your historical charm and your mighty Wurlitzer
Could charm anyone, even Eliot Spitzer!
Oh, oh, oh, the Great Nickelodeon Show
Makes us all aglow oh, oh, oh.
And you can't go wrong
With a sing-along
And the excellent MOVIES you show.
The employees are all explosive exuberance
Your marquee is the most delightful protuberance
Those luggish cineplexes will never beat yer
'Cuz you'll never stop showing those great
DOUBLE FEATURES
To you, Castro Theatre, we give an ovation
Wrote this odious ode 'cuz you're such a sensation.
And so, Castro Theatre, quite loudly we cry
That your total epicness will never die.

Signed, genuis at spelling and The Artful Dodger


We illustrated the great work, and, Scotch tape in hand, prepared to place the Ode on a wall for all to see and enjoy. Then, out of the shadows, one of the less exuberant employees strode forth to tell us that nothing was to be affixed to the building, owner's orders.

Well, that puzzled us a moment. But we soon came to the same conclusion....



If we couldn't put our Ode on the building, we would simply have to put it on THE GROUND IN FRONT OF IT.

We carefully taped the ode and precautionary sign down in a place where they wouldn't be trampled on. We left our mark....




...and trooped home, proud of an homage well done.

We hope you or someone you know saw our ode and loves the Castro as much as we do!