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flatbush avenue target

from jens lekman posted in music by ratsnamgod

The end of the world is bigger than this Target department store in Brooklyn's Atlantic Terminal.

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short’s brewing company

from ween posted in music by ratsnamgod

"What can I get you?"
"We'll have the Buckingham Green and the Argus, for starters. Could we also get the Mutilated Lips?"

This brew pub's all-Ween-song menu was conceived during an East Coast road trip while following the band on tour.

Notable omissions: the Pork Roll Egg & Cheese, the Pollo Asado, and the L.M.L.Y.P.

Current Menu

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genesis art supplies

from wesley willis posted in music by ratsnamgod

In his song "Outburst", Willis, a 6'5", 300+ lb man, describes an incident at this location where he has a schizophrenic outburst. Willis claims to have "freaked out a lot of customers" and "also said 'suck my dick' in front of a lot of people". Store manager Jim Simm subsequently threatened to bar Willis from the store for life.

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dennis flemion’s deathplace

from the frogs posted in music by ratsnamgod

On July 7th, 2012, Dennis Flemion, while on a family pontoon boat trip, went for a swim in Wind Lake and did not resurface. His body was recovered 3 days later in 42' deep water.

Flemion, percussionist of the homosexual group, The Frogs, was 57 years old.

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brewster-douglass housing projects

from the supremes posted in music by ratsnamgod

“[T]he nation’s first federally funded public housing development for African Americans” and childhood home of future Motown stars, Smokey Robinson and (pictured here walking through the projects in 1965) the Supremes' Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard.

Demolition began on September 4th, 2013.

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