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arturo vega’s loft
from the ramones posted in music by donkeyoti
This was the location of Arturo Vega's loft- the guy who designed pretty much all the art that had to do with the Ramones.
This loft is also where Dee Dee and Joey lived in the early days of the band. Vega's coffee table is where the Ramones signed their first record contract. Dee Dee wrote "Chinese Rocks" while living here and sleeping on a mattress on the floor.
There is a 1975 bootleg of the Ramones recorded at this loft.
hollywood forever cemetery
from the ramones posted in music by donkeyoti
Two of the Ramones are buried at this cemetery: Dee Dee (original bass player) and Johnny (original guitar player).
Dee Dee Ramone (aka Douglas Colvin) died on June 5, 2002 of a heroin overdose.
Johnny Ramone (aka John Cummings) died on September 15, 2004 from prostrate cancer.
While Dee Dee is buried here (his tombstone reads "O.K...I gotta go now."), Johnny was cremated. His ashes are placed in the base of a bronze statue created in his honor.
view full location details...the palace (avalon hollywood)
from the ramones posted in music by donkeyoti
The Palace (now known as Avalon Hollywood) was where the Ramones played their final show on August 6th, 1996. It was recorded for the album "We're Outta Here." It was their 2,263rd show.
view full location details...augie’s
from factotum posted in movies by crabapple
This location is right next to the light rail stop. Kind of a sketchy area though.
gaslight cafe
from bob dylan posted in music by crabapple
Opened in 1958, the Gaslight Cafe was a beat and folk music hangout in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The Gaslight (or "The Village Gaslight") was originally a "basket house" where unpaid performers would pass around a basket at the end of a performance to earn money.
Numerous musicians, poets and comedians made their way through the Gaslight. Bob Dylan recorded a performance "Live at The Gaslight 1962" that was released in 2005.
According to the Folk Music Encyclopedia: "The Gaslight was weird then because there were air shafts up to the apartments and the windows of the Gaslight would open into the air shafts, so when people would applaud, the neighbors would get disturbed and call the police. So then the audience couldn't applaud; they had to snap their fingers instead."
The Gaslight closed its doors in 1971.