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lakeland regional hospital
from the lost scrapbook, evan dara posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
my mother works as an assistant night-administrator at Lakeland Regional Hospital, and her job keeps her away six evenings a week, with heavy overtime; thus the situation in my home, that quiet night, was entirely within accepted tradition: over the last ten years my mother and I have regularly gone for days without seeing one another;
– The Lost Scrapbook p. 12
meador park
from the lost scrapbook, evan dara posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
but no: this is not progress, this is not achievement, it is much the opposite: I am a figure on a treadmill, and my steps are delivering me nowhere: I can displace nothing; going past Bennett Street, then past Seminole Street, then continuing past Sunset, storefront-glass gives way to rot-wood houses which give way to the green sweep of Meador Park; but nothing changes, nothing is removed: I am traveling nowhere;
– The Lost Scrapbook p. 8
bel age hotel
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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from thomas pynchon, inherent vice posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
Doc visits the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach looking for Coy Harlingen near the end of Inherent Vice. The Lighthouse Cafe is a bistro that began showcasing jazz in 1949. Chet Baker, Cannonball Adderley and others recorded live albums here in 50s, 60s and 70s.
Juicy James, located a block north of the pier on the Strand, was a real hot dog stand just like Pink's, although I'm not sure how many liberties Pynchon took with the sign that 'featured a giant hot dog with a face, arms and legs, cowboy hat and getup, firing a pair of six-guns and to all appearances enjoying itself.'
pink’s hot dogs
from thomas pynchon, inherent vice posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
Doc grabs a couple of chili dogs to go here at Pink's on his way to the (fictional) club FFO on Sunset to see the band Spotted Dick and track down Bambi.
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