The California Surplus Mart (also called Hollywood's Unique Boutique) has been at this location since 1945. According to Paul Ferrara (Doors photographer and friend), Morrison and crew would buy their jeans and clothing here in the late 60's.

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From what I can determine, the women from Luscious Jackson are involved in some sort of spy plot in their Spike Jonze-directed music video for "Daughters of the Kaos." They turn the tables on the man spying on them when they follow him into the old Hollywood Galaxy Shopping Center on Hollywood Boulevard.

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On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood home at the age of 36.

The official death report listed the cause of death as "acute barbiturate poisoning" and a "probable suicide." However, if you've listened to the Misfits song "Who Killed Marilyn?", it's obvious Glenn Danzig knows much more than he's letting on...

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The Mountcrest Inn, Dodd's hotel in Memento, which Leonard goes to first in order to get a jump on him, but then can't remember why he is there, was filmed at the Hill Crest Inn in San Fernando Valley.

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Emma's Tattoo where Leonard gets his last tattoo of the movie (or his first if that's how you want to look at it) is not an actual tattoo parlor, but the location is on the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Mather Avenue in San Fernando Valley.

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