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brother ali’s room with a view
from brother ali posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
"One side of the street is Malone's Funeral Home and the
Other side's a library..."
view full location details...the fifth element
from rhymesayers posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The Fifth Element is the storefront of the Minneapolis hip-hop record label Rhymesayers. Rhymesayers was founded in 1995 by Sean Daley (Slug), Anthony Davis (Ant), Brent Sayers (Siddiq) and Musab Saad, all members of the early-90s twin-cities hip-hop crew the Headshots. Some of the artists currently signed to Rhymesayers include Atmosphere, Brother Ali, P.O.S. and Murs.
Their retail store on Hennepin in Uptown, Minneapolis opened in 1999 and often hosts in-store performances.
dead man’s curve
from jan & dean posted in music by ratsnamgod
Barry: ...Dead Man's Curve. Jan & Dean.
Dick: Do you know that right after they recorded that song Jan himself crashed his car...
Barry: It was Dean you fuckin' idiot...
Rob: It was Jan. It was a long time after the song.
Barry: Okay, whatever...
view full location details...altamont speedway free festival
from rolling stones, jefferson airplane posted in music by pete_nice
On Saturday, December 6, 1969, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival was held at this location. Viewed by the concert-promoters as a type of "Woodstock West", it was held four months after Woodstock. With an attendance around 300,000 people, Altamont was quickly put-together and poorly planned.
The planned line-up was Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Grateful Dead, with the Rolling Stones headlining. Violence began erupting in the crowd throughout the day, at least partly due to heavy methamphetamine use by the crowd.
The Hells Angels were hired to provide security for the Rolling Stones for $500 worth of beer.
Long story short, a guy named Meredith Hunter leaned on a biker's ride. On thing led to another, and Hunter pulled a gun on some of the Angels. His death at the hand of the hands of a Hells Angels member was captured on film by the Maysles crew for "Gimmee Shelter."
the san remo
from steve jobs, bono posted in music by pete_nice
The San Remo is a luxury, 27-floor, co-operative apartment building in New York City located between 74th and 75th streets. Lots of celebs live there.
The 27th floor (top floor) of the north tower has been combined into a portion of the tower above it (formerly mechanical space for the building itself), creating a unique duplex unit. Steve Jobs owned this unit and oversaw the renovation with architect I.M. Pei, but Jobs never lived there. This unit was purchased by Bono from Jobs for $15 million.
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