A Look Back at Licorice Pizza, the SoCal Record Store P.T. Anderson’s Movie Is Named After

Drivers did a double take when pinball arcades, gas shortages, and a giant billboard for defunct rock station KMET appeared in the San Fernando Valley last fall. Director Paul Thomas Anderson turned back the clock to the 1970s for location filming out on the city streets, just like his buddy Quentin Tarantino did in Hollywood a few months earlier. Well, now PTA’s epic coming-of-age drama starring Bradley Cooper has a new title, Licorice Pizza, replacing the placeholder Soggy Bottom… read more >

Licorice Pizza 'You Get It Nicer' 1969 Vintage Men's T-Shirt

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