Update, December 30th, 2021!
In the penultimate final stretch of post-production, tying together the various parts of the film into a flowing, cohesive, 100-minute epic... At least, it feels epic on my end, with all of this footage from so many people that love this store!
After these pieces get tied together, it's all about color correction and audio mixing.
Projected finish date - end of January 2022.
I will be posting another clip when I get to the color correction stage in mid-January. Until then, check out the below list of folks who are in the film.
There will be a few more people that will be added to this list, when I finalize the cut, as around 75-80 people were interviewed. Weaving their stories together into something cohesive has been the most challenging edit I've ever taken on... but it's been a big thrill to bring these voices together. So stoked for you all to see it!!
Bruce Ackley (Saxophonist, aQ Employee, 1970s - 1980s)
Emil Amos (Grails, Om, Holy Sons)
Jacob Bannon (Converge, Deathwish, Massachusetts)
John Benson (Musician)
John Botz (aQ buddy)
Butch Bridges (Former aQ Owner, 1980s - 1990s)
Windy Chien (Former aQ Owner, 1996 - 2004)
Andee Connors (Former aQ owner, 2004-2016)
Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips)
Eric Craven (hangedup, Constellation Records)
John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats)
Jan De Vroede (Greenland, Nive and the Deer Children)
Jeremy DeVine (Temporary Residence, Ltd, Records)
Barbara Duffield (Executive Director, Schoolhouse Connection)
Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Antisleep Audio)
Father Murphy (Italy)
Jon Fine (Bitch Magnet, Inc Magazine)
Stevie Floyd (Dark Castle)
Justin Foley (The Austerity Program)
Josh Gottlieb (aQ buddy)
Matt Groening (The Simpsons)
Liz Harris (Grouper)
Harvey Milk (Athens, GA)
Tam Henderson (Original aQ Owner)
Larry Herweg (Pelican)
Allan Horrocks (Former aQ owner, 2004-2016)
Pennie Hoyle (Fomer aQ Manager, 1970s)
Matt Jacobsen (Relapse Records, Wayfinder Brewing)
Alee Karim (Writer)
David Katznelson (A&R, Warner Bros)
Howie Klein (Warner Bros, Reprise Records)
Chris Knab (Fomer aQ Owner, 1970s)
Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle, Pharaoh Overlord, Finland)
Ed Luce (Cartoonist, Wuvable Oaf)
Josh Madell (Other Music, NYC)
Pete Majors (Amoeba Records, Harrassor)
Gabe Meline (KQED)
DJ Praj Metal (She Likes It Heavy radio show)
Tony Molina (Musician)
Mark Mullins (KFJC, Los Altos, CA)
Marissa Nadler (Musician)
Tom Neely (Cartoonist, Henry & Glenn Forever)
Nate Newton (Musician)
Tom O'Shaughnessy (Econo Jam Records, Oakland)
Tom Henry Olsen (Norway)
Terje Øveras (Norway)
Henry Owings (Chunklet, Atlanta)
Ned Raggett (Journalist)
Eugene Robinson (Oxbow)
John Scharpen (aQ buddy)
Gregory Scharpen (KALX, Thomas Carnacki)
Ty Segall (Ty Segall Band, Fuzz)
Steve Stevenson (1234 Go! Records, Oakland)
Aaron Turner (Musician, Hydra Head Records, Sige Records)
Brian Turner (WFMU, Gimmeradio.com)
Juho Vanhanen (Oranssi Pazuzu)
Jef Whitehead (Leviathan)
Gary Worsley (Alien8 Recordings, Cheap Thrills Records, Montreal)
*** plus, tons of in-store action with aQ regulars!