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the sharon tate house
from sharon tate, charles manson posted in movies by pete_nice
Until 1994, this location was known as 10050 Cielo Drive, and was the location of one of the most horrifying crimes of the 20th century.
The "Family" members arrived on August 9, 1969 to commit their crimes.
The house has since been razed, and a new complex was built on the property with a new address.
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."
kainchi dham
from steve jobs posted in technology by pete_nice
In 1974, Steve Jobs was working at Atari headquarters. He wanted to go to India for spiritual enlightenment, and he tried to convince his employers to pay for the trip. Atari offered to pay for him to go as far as Germany to complete some company work.
At this point, Jobs met up his old college buddy, Daniel Kottke, to travel to India and visit Neem Karoli Baba at his Kainchi Ashram. By the time they got there, it was basically deserted after Neem Karoli had died earlier in the year.
They then made a long trek up a huge dry riverbed to an ashram of Hariakhan Baba. In India, they spent a lot of time on endless bus rides from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh and back, then up to Himachal Pradesh and back.
Jobs stayed in India for seven months.
view full location details...atari headquarters (former)
from pong, atari, nintendo, steve jobs posted in video games by pete_nice
Atari, Inc. was an American video game and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. They introduced several products to the North American market that cemented video games as part of popular culture. 2600 anyone? Bam!
Al Acorn worked here- the guy who invented Pong.
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (before they started Apple Computer) worked here in 1974.
The company closed up shop and sold assets in 1984.
view full location details...reed college
from steve jobs posted in technology by pete_nice
In 1973, Steve Jobs attended classes for less than six months at this private liberal arts college. After deciding to drop out, Jobs was able to attended classes that interested him rather than his core requirement classes. He later cited dropping in on a calligraphy class as extremely influential in developing multiple fonts for the Mac.
While living as a drop-out, Jobs collected empty glass bottles for the deposit, slept on the floor in friends' rooms, explored Eastern mysticism, and occasionally took LSD.
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