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amerikkka’s most wanted album cover
from ice cube posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The album cover for Ice Cube's first solo record Amerikkka's Most Wanted is obviously a cut-and-paste collage, but it's a respectable one considering the album came out in 1990. I bet they didn't even have photoshop back then... crazy.
The background behind his army of men is downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of South Broadway and W Olympic Blvd facing northeast.
view full location details...weaver d’s delicious fine foods
from r.e.m. posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The sign over the front door of Weaver D's Delicious Fine Foods in Athens, Georgia reads "Automatic For the People" inspiring the title of R.E.M.'s eighth album. The restaurant has been open for 26 years, but the owner says slow times have him on the verge of going out of business. Get over there for some soul food and show your support.
view full location details...the station nightclub
from great white posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Former location of the Station nightclub in Rhode Island which went up in flames on February 20, 2003 during a Great White concert, killing 100 people (including Great White's guitarist at the time Ty Longley) and injuring over 200 after some pyrotechnics ignited sound insulation foam behind the stage.
There is a ten minute video of the incident online, but it's unnerving so I'll let you search for it yourself if you want to watch that sort of thing.
the rialto
from run-dmc posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
In the music video for "It's Tricky", Run-DMC bust up Penn and Teller's three-card Monte scam in front of downtown L.A.'s Rialto Theater, although the joke is on them when Penn and Teller impersonate the group on stage in Japan six months later in front of a crowd who evidently can't tell the difference.
The historic Rialto on Broadway opened in 1917 and closed in 1988. The rumor in fall of 2012 is that Urban Outfitters is interested in the building for a retail store.
Watch "It's Tricky"
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from vanilla ice, suge knight posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Although Suge Knight's shakedown of Vanilla Ice didn't end up with Ice held from his 15th floor balcony by his ankles as the exaggerated version of story says, the record producer did pay a visit to Vanilla Ice in his Bel Age Hotel room after the success of "Ice Ice Baby" in 1989 demanding payment for the work his associate (either Mario "Chocolate" Johnson or Floyd ‘Earthquake’ Brown depending on who you ask) did on the record. When the dispute was settled in court, Suge Knight used the royalties to start Death Row Records with Dr. Dre which would go on to release The Chronic, Doggystyle and a bunch of albums by 2Pac.
The Bel Age on the Sunset Strip is now called the The London West Hollywood.
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