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el compadre
from nightcrawler (2014) posted in music by pete_nice
Self-help/assertiveness enthusiast Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) enjoys margaritas and flesh bargaining with Nina (Rene Russo) at El Compadre in Nightcrawler.
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from t baby posted in music by ratsnamgod
In 2006, Mason Graham was shot & killed at this restaurant while trying to break up a fight. The incident inspired his friend LaTonya Myles, AKA T Baby, to create her video "It's So Cold in the D". The song has gained such popularity, it is covered by touring artists, such as Usher & New Kids on the Block, during their Detroit concerts.
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from jack white, the white stripes posted in music by corporate_sunshine
Located in a suburb of Melbourne, The Corner Hotel is a remodeled 19th-century pub that has been a live music venue since the 1940s.
Jack White came up with the riff to "Seven Nation Army" while doing a sound check at The Corner Hotel.
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from sufjan stevens posted in music by ratsnamgod
"My grandmother lived in the Pink Flamingo Trailer Park in Farmington. When we would visit, she would give us cinnamon candies that she kept in a glass dish, but she'd give us just one. She had poor vision, so I would stuff my pockets as full as I could with them." - Sufjan Stevens
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from charley patton, son house, delta blues posted in music by tacopolis
In the early days of 78 rpm record-pressing, furniture stores would package their phonograph cabinets with recorded music to help sell the product. This led the Wisconsin Chair Company to construct a studio at this location for their Paramount Records label, near their furniture plant and record plants in Port Washington, WI.
Charley Patton recorded a number of profitable songs at here, so he was sent out to find other blues artists and bring them to Grafton. Son House, the Mississippi Sheiks, Tommy Johnson, and a number of other artists recorded here.
From Paramountshome.org:
"One fourth of the nation's 'race records' were pressed in Grafton, WI. Over 1600 songs were recorded in Grafton between 1929 and 1932. Over 60 African Americans recorded their blues, spirituals, and even sermons in a 'make-shift' studio of an old chair factory, opposite of the pressing plant."
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