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woody guthrie locations

Posted on January 30, 2013 by peter bell

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was born on July 14, 1911 in Okemah, Oklahoma.  Woody was named after the then soon-to-be elected president and was the son of businessman and local politician, Charles Edward Guthrie.  Woody’s mother, Nora Belle Guthrie was a homemaker who later died of Huntington’s disease- a neurological disease that Woody also inherited. Although […]

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A Beastie Revolution: Locations from the early hardcore days of the Beastie Boys in NYC

Posted on May 19, 2012 by peter bell

Before they were rhymin’ and stealin’, or getting live on the spot (puttin’ all kinds of shame in the game you got), the Beastie Boys were a rag-tag group of punk rockers in New York City. Not just any kind of punk rock– the loud, fast, agro version called hardcore that was popularized by bands […]

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