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zucky’s
from thomas pynchon, inherent vice posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
Many of the 1960s-era California hangouts in Pynchon's Inherent Vice are fictional, but the Santa Monica delicatessen Zucky's is an actual place (or at least it was until it closed in 1993 after nearly forty years).
Doc eats here with Fritz in chapter seven, and the deli is packed with 'Marcus Welby M.D. freaks' who frequent the place because of the brief shot of Zucky's exterior in the show's intro. He has an apparent case of the munchies ordering 'the usual Zuckyburger and fries, and rolled beef on rye, and potato salad and Dr. Brown's Cel-Rays plus another bowl of pickles and sauerkraut...' and later Doc eats an entire chocolate cream pie here by himself in the last chapter.
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from tom waits posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
According to Tom Waits, all the winos refer to downtown Los Angeles on 5th street (skid row) as the nickel. His hobo's lullaby 'On the Nickel' was recorded for the Ralph Waite film On the Nickel and also appears on his 1980 album Heartattack and Vine.
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from thomas pynchon posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
Thomas Pynchon worked on Gravity's Rainbow while living in this small downstairs apartment in Manhattan Beach in the late '60s and early '70s. He could reportedly be seen in the neighborhood carrying around a pig piñata named Claude. Manhattan Beach became the fictionalized Gordita Beach in his 2009 novel Inherent Vice.
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from the inklings posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
The Inklings, an Oxford University literary group that included J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams and many other British authors and academics over the years, held weekly informal lunches at the Eagle and Child pub (also known synonymously as the Bird and Baby) in Oxford, England beginning in 1933. The meetings here lasted until the pub, including the Rabbit Room in the back where they met, was remodeled in the early 1960s forcing them to start meeting at the Lamb & Flag pub across the street.
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from public enemy posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Public Enemy went on tour in support of Yo! Bum Rush the Show opening for LL Cool J and Eric B and Rakim as part of the Def Jam Europe tour in 1987. They played three dates at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, and audio of the third show, recorded by the BBC, was used on It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back which you can hear in "Countdown to Armageddon" at the beginning of the album where British DJ Dave Pearce hypes the crowd.