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musée mécanique (former)
from neutral milk hotel posted in music by ratsnamgod
The inspiration for the once untitled 10th track on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
The band would visit this collection of arcade oddities when touring the Bay Area. On one visit, Jeff Mangum encountered a young girl who resembled the object of his obsession, Anne Frank.
The museum has moved from its Cliff House location that NMH visited to its current location in the Fisherman’s Wharf district.
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from marcy playground posted in music by donkeyoti
The band Marcy Playground is named after the playground of the Marcy Open School where lead singer and guitarist John Wozniak attended as a youth.
adam yauch park
from mca, beastie boys posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
This Brooklyn Heights park (formerly Palmetto Playground and before that State Street Park) was rechristened Adam Yauch Park on May 3, 2013, the day before the one year anniversary of his death. It's located near the State St home where Beastie Boy Yauch (aka MCA) grew up.
rinky dink ice cream parlor
from dick dale, surf rock posted in music by pete_nice
Dick Dale started performing with his guitar at the Rinky Dink Ice Cream Parlor at this corner beginning in 1959.
By 1961, the film Gidget had been released and sparked an interest in surfing culture. Dale had a large enough crowd to start playing the Rendezvous Ballroom, and his first big hit with the Del-Tones was "Let's Go Trippin'."
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from dick dale, surf music, big band posted in music by pete_nice
Built in 1928, the Rendezvous Ballroom was constructed on the Balboa peninsula in Orange County, CA.
Capitalizing on the popularity of swing and big band music, the ballroom featured numerous performers of that era: Artie Shaw, Ozzie Nelson, Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, Bob Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, and more.
In the early '60, Dick Dale was playing at an ice cream parlor in the area. He added members of a backing band to form the Del-Tones, and he played his first gig at the Rendezvous on July 1, 1961. Only 17 people showed up, most of them his surfer friends.
But Dale continued to play and within four months, thousands of people were attending nightly to see the band perform and dance "The Surfer Stomp." Several other bands formed as a result of these shows, and surf rock was born.
The Rendezvous Ballroom burnt down in 1966 (coincidentally, a band called the Cinderman played the night before). In 1986, the O.C. Historical Commission dedicated a plaque here.
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