Christmas Tip from John Waters: Shop at Atomic Books

photo: Stephen Maturen

Noting that "John Waters and Christmas shouldn't go together so well, but somehow they just do," the Washington Post featured an interview with the filmmaker, actor and author who has performed his one-man holiday stage show, A John Waters Christmas, more than 200 times in cities across the U.S. Among our favorite responses from the q&a:

What's the best gift you've gotten?
Always books--rare, weird books. Someone gave me a novelization of a very obscure Herschell Gordon Lewis film called Moonshine Mountain. And [Lewis] came to my house once and saw the book and said, "I never even saw this book before, and it's my movie!"

Where do you recommend people go shopping for presents?
Atomic Books. That's the best place to go Christmas shopping if you're in Baltimore, and it's in Hampden, which is also a great neighborhood to shop in.

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