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los angeles marriott downtown
from fatboy slim, spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The Fatboy Slim video for "Weapon of Choice," featuring a then 57 year old Christopher Walken dancing and flying around a hotel lobby, was filmed at the Downtown Los Angeles Marriott on South Figueroa Street. The video, directed by Spike Jonze, won six MTV video music awards in 2001 including Best Choreography and Best Direction.
Watch Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice"
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from wax, spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The burning man in the Spike Jonze video for Wax's "California" hauls ass (in slo-mo) down Gardner Street in Los Angeles before rounding the corner onto Sunset Boulevard heading west. The video was banned from daytime airplay on MTV.
Watch the video for "California"
view full location details...woman’s club of minneapolis
from the jayhawks, mike doughty posted in music by corporate_sunshine
Founded in 1907 by some of the city's wealthiest women, the Woman's Club of Minneapolis is a membership-driven facility with the stated purpose of growing a "group of community leaders, business owners and professionals who use the facility for meetings and entertaining." It's weekly programs have attracted luminaries such as Helen Keller and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Jayhawks performed in the theater here on April 26, 2002, and their live albums Live from the Women's (sic) Club 1 & 2 were released as an "official bootleg." Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing) recorded a performance on February 27, 2002 here as well, releasing it as Smofe + Smang: Live in Minneapolis.
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from miles davis, barbra streisand, lenny bruce posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Gaslight Square was an entertainment district in St. Louis that thrived from the mid-1950s through the '60s. Over three dozen establishments in the area around Olive and Boyle Streets were home to the bohemian culture of the time. The area featured Dixieland jazz, ragtime and cabaret. Some of the legendary performers that made their way through Gaslight Square include Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, The Smothers Brothers, George Carlin, Miles Davis and Barbra Streisand among others.
Someone told me about this when I lived in St. Louis ten years ago, and I had a hard time believing anything of the sort existed where at the time there were just decrepit, abandoned buildings and vacant lots. I think very little of the original architecture still exists, but development has picked up in the area and there are now condos and residential houses.
orange twin conservation community
from elf power, orange twin records posted in music by corporate_sunshine
About 5 miles north of Athens, GA, at a former girl scout camp between two perennial streams, is the home of the Orange Twin Conservation Community, a pedestrian-based eco-village built on 150 acres (with a 100 acres set aside for preservation).
The Orange Twin Community has stated goals of living "with each other and all forms of life...in a way that is respectful, considerate, and open to growth" and to "support each other, to encourage creativity and dreams, and to share our discoveries."
Laura Carter of Elf Power is one of the founders and sustaining members of the community. Orange Twin Records is also run out of this community, putting out records by the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, the Gerbils, Elyse, and Jack Logan.
The Orange Twin Community has seen performances by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Elf Power, Jeff Mangum, and several others.
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