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green granary
from jerry seinfeld, dave letterman posted in television by crabapple
In the series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, David Letterman lets Jerry Seinfeld drive his souped-up Volvo to the Green Granary, where they discuss parenting and Lenny Schulz.
view full location details...louisiana state capital
from huey long posted in history by crabapple
On September 8, 1935, Huey Long was a sitting U.S. Senator and oppositional presidential candidate to F.D.R. A populist politician, Long had been an enormously influential figure in Louisiana politics: suing Standard Oil for unfair business practices and starting numerous social programs, as well as being militantly defensive of his political aspirations.
On that day in September, Long was at the Louisiana State Capital building when Carl Weiss, a disgruntled relative of a judge that Long was trying to oust, shot the senator in the abdomen. "The Kingfish" (as Long was known) died two days later.
Long's life has been the inspiration for many works, including the novel All the King's Men (1946) and the subsequent movie (1949 and 2006), as well as the Sinclair Lewis play It Can't Happen Here (1936).
view full location details...woody guthrie folk music center
from woody guthrie posted in music by crabapple
At the old Harris Drug store in Pampa, TX, Woody Guthrie worked on and off after his family moved here from Okemah, OK.
Today, it is the site of the Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center. The music venue and meeting space is dedicated to promoting Guthrie's music and ideals, and it has a number of photos and artifacts from the American songwriter.
view full location details...mary tyler moore house
from the mary tyler moore show posted in television by crabapple
The exterior of this house in the Kenwood neighborhood of Minneapolis was used for The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In the show, Mary had an apartment on the third floor.
These days it's a single family home that sold for $2.8 million in 2007. View more pictures here.
view full location details...elgin air force base
from hunter s. thompson posted in literature by crabapple
In 1956, Hunter S. Thompson was in the Air Force and transferred to Elgin Air Force Base. He began taking classes at Florida State University, and became the sports editor of the base newspaper, The Command Courier. During this time, he followed the base football team (the Elgin Eagles) around the country, covering their games. In early 1957, Thompson started writing an uncredited sports column for The Playground News out of Fort Walton Beach, FL.
Thompson was honorably discharged from the Air Force in June of 1958.
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