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erikalbany
Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 08:03AM
The previous generation had the Abbey Road crosswalk. What are some definitive places for TP music? You know, the ones that musos feel the need to photograph themselves at . . . the ones worthy of pilgrimage. Chrissie Hynde made me think of this, actually:

[www.facebook.com]

What else do we have besides the Salford Lads club? (Automatic disqualification for citing music venues in general, particularly CBGBs.)
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wade
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 08:21AM
First one I thought of was the rooftop shot of Let It Be. Anybody know whose house that was?
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erikalbany
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 08:32AM
wade wrote:

> First one I thought of was the rooftop shot of Let It Be.
> Anybody know whose house that was?

That's a great one. One of my favorites too . . .

A Minneapolis pilgrimage: "Mind if I climb on your roof and take a photo?"
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wade
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 14, 2014 08:47PM
This one's been bugging me since I mentioned it. It was the Stinson's house.

[www.thecurrent.org]

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wade
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 14, 2014 08:56PM
This is the house with current owner...



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breno
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 15, 2014 06:22AM
Oh yeah! I'd forgotten the AV Club had done that series where they visited some of these landmarks.

That series also informed us that Marina City in Chicago is now referred to as "Wilco Towers," which was news to everyone I know from Chicago. But it has to be true, as Wilco fans would NEVER EVER overstate Wilco's importance or influence.

A few obvious places not yet mentioned - the former sites of CBGB, Max's Kansas City and Maxwells. And I reckon the 40 Watt Club is still around in Athens. Eric's in Liverpool, the Hacienda, etc. etc.
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satchmykels
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 20, 2014 05:34AM
I finally snapped a shot of the Let It Be house a couple years ago:



Took this one of the Dean's star outside First Ave and 7th Street when we saw the Suburbs a few months ago:



Spotted this bench on Lyndale Ave and had to take a pic. Good Cows gone bad?



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nosepail
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 08:26AM
The rooftop shot of Let It Be is my favorite album cover all time. I have the record framed and look at it often.



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Delvin
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 08:51AM
Since our move to Seattle, at least three visitors have expressed an interest in visiting Hendrix's grave.

And I've read that the Hotel Chelsea still draws visitors to see where Sid killed Nancy. (The space that once served as their room, on the ground floor, has since been repurposed. It's now part of the lobby.)

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Delvin
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 09:31AM
The last time I visited NYC, I wanted to encourage my buddies to bring suits, so we could pose at the corner of West 23rd and 8th Avenue.



None of them were Kiss fans, though ... and they all would've considered it a silly idea to bring suits on a Labor Day weekend getaway.

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MrFab
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 09:55AM
53rd and Third:
I snapped a pic of the intersecting street signs when I was in NYC once, and gave a copy to a friend who was a big Ramones fan. Funny thing is, now it's a snazzy gentrified area (of course). No more hustlers. The NY office of the firm I work for is there. It's still a bit startling to get a document with that address on the letter head. Wonder if any Ramones fans work there, and have any idea of it's history...

Oki-Dog:
The L.A. punk hangout. 'Twas glorified in song by Youth Gone Mad, and the Darby Crash/Germs bio-pic was shot on location there. At the Post-Punk Junk film fest held at a cinema down the street, we hectored Bret into getting us all Oki-Dogs, as he had promised. First one I'd eaten in 20 years. Still great! Went well with watching "The Decline of Western Civilization" and "Desperate Teenage Lovedolls."

Stop-n-Shop, Boston:
Drove past one, with the radio on. Well, was in a taxi, and his radio was on.
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breno
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 10:23AM
The kudzu encrusted railroad trestle from the cover of Murmur, as well as the BBQ joint sign from Automatic for the People. But since that sign was stolen multiple times and the eatery has closed, I doubt it's still visitable.

I know there was some controversy a couple of years back that the wall featured on the cover of Elliott Smith's Figure 8 was going to be painted over. Does anyone know if that happened or not?

The Sleater-Kinney freeway exit sign?

The exit sign for Belleville on the back cover of Uncle Tupelo's Still Feel Gone still exists. And my friend Terry who took the photo may still actually have the same car, but he long ago replaced the cracked windshield.

Paul's Boutique. I think I've seen photos of that location as it looks these days, maybe on the site Zoo linked to.



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MrFab
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 12:32PM
Yes, the Paul's Boutique building looks pretty much the same. And like the Sleater/Kinney sign, the LA freeway San Pedro off-ramp from the cover of "Double Nickels on the Dime" is just a sign. Probably doesn't attract as many tourists as the site of the Beach Boys' Wilson family house, and it's an empty lot.



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zoo
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June 12, 2014 10:10AM
I posted a link to this site a while back, which shows what some places look like now where famous album covers were shot.

www.popspotsnyc.com

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Delvin
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 11:42AM
> The Sleater-Kinney freeway exit sign?

I drive past that one a few times a year. As much as I dig the reference, it's simply a big green sign on I-5, nothing more or less. The Murmur trestle is probably a cooler place to visit.

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Aitch
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 06:25PM
Dinner at The Nortons?
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STEVE
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 07:57PM
hi erik,
i reckon even the best of the mythological bands end up lifting riffs from old spinal tap records.

hey, theres me mate...good A itch



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jothoma
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 08:23PM
First avenue and 7th Street, Minneapolis
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STEVE
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 08:40PM
unreal,
cross me heart and hope to die, i just played the MAGNOLIAS for my neighbors keith & cindy from MINNESOTA!

i know god is busy but he continues to bless trouserpress
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STEVE
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 12, 2014 09:02PM
np BLONDIE
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Michael Toland
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 13, 2014 08:35AM
And god can bless John and the Mags while he's at it!
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ira
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 15, 2014 09:08AM
John is on FB now, still rocking away with his boss tunes!
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STEVE
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 15, 2014 06:27PM
fuck mytholoGEe,
lets rock wades basaement studio instead.



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STEVE
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 26, 2014 08:14PM
mythology is a chunk of rotting southern moss




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Delvin
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 13, 2014 09:44AM
I had been to Red Rocks many times -- at least one concert a year, from The Clash in 1982 to Peter Gabriel in 2011 -- and seen many memorable shows there. But the true specialness of that venue didn't really strike me until my wife & I went on a non-concert day. We got to stand on the stage and think about the artists who'd played there -- The Beatles, Hendrix, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, U2, Stevie Ray Vaughan ... and the list just goes on. It was pretty emotional.

Since coming to Seattle, at least one person has asked me if I've been to the Denver Auditorium, where Led Zeppelin performed its first U.S. show. I said yes, but it's been gutted and remodeled into the Temple Buell Theatre, so whatever history and mythos the Zeppelin gig imbued on the place has been pretty well erased.

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Jermoe
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 13, 2014 08:45PM
I thought of this one...



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Jermoe
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 13, 2014 08:47PM
Now I'm going have to listen to Spiderland again. You bastards.
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HollowbodyKay
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 15, 2014 09:03PM

Thor's Cave (Staffordshire, England)


Gullfoss (Keflavik, Iceland)


Carnglaze Caverns (Liskeard, Cornwall)


Epping Walk Bridge (Hulme, Manchester)


Tassel House (Brussels, Belgium)


Albert's Garden (The Bowery, New York City)


Berwick Street, Soho (London, England)


Paradise Gardens (Summerville, Georgia)


Red's Giant Hamburg (Springfield, Missouri)
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zoo
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 16, 2014 06:59AM
I was in Lakeland for lunch to celebrate Father's Day, and I came across a local mag w/ a picture of Gram Parsons on the front. According the article, the place in Winter Haven, FL that Gram's step-father opened to allow his step-son to play music (the Derry Down) is re-opening as a music venue. Here's a link to the article:

http://the863magazine.com/

The people that owned the property didn't know it's history (and didn't figure it out until thumbing through Gram's biography). My wife's family lives in Winter Haven, and we're over there a few times a year, so I should be able to at least swing by the place to give it a look and take a few pics.
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MrFab
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 17, 2014 10:02AM
I recognized a couple of those sites, kay, but what are they all? Paradise Gardens has long been a place I'd love to visit, tho I can't imagine why I'd be in that part of the country any time soon.

The "Trout Mask" house in a remote suburb of L.A. is visited by Beefheart fans. Fortunately the current owner is apparently pretty cool about it. He bought the house expecting visitors.



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breno
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June 17, 2014 12:14PM
Is there anything left at Paradise Gardens? I'd heard that pretty much everything got carted off by looters and art collectors (same thing, really) after Finster died. But I may be misinformed on that.
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MrFab
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June 17, 2014 03:09PM
Can't imagine there'd be THAT many Beefheart fans making Graceland-like pilgrimages to the 'Trout Mask' house. Tho the ones that do go would probably be pretty weird...

Did some research and figured out most of the pics. Still don't know the Tassel House, tho.



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breno
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June 17, 2014 04:15PM
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Still don't know the Tassel House, tho.

It's tricky, as its most famous usage (for TPers, anyhow) is not in full color. Think of that staircase all in desaturated blue/grey tones and viewed more from the bottom of the stairs than from the side.



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HollowbodyKay
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June 17, 2014 06:49PM
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Still don't know the Tassel House



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It's tricky, as its most famous usage (for TPers, anyhow) is not in full color. Think of that staircase all in desaturated blue/grey tones and viewed more from the bottom of the stairs than from the side.



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HollowbodyKay
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 18, 2014 06:22AM

Thor's Cave (Staffordshire, England)


Gullfoss (Keflavik, Iceland)


Carnglaze Caverns (Liskeard, Cornwall)


Epping Walk Bridge (Hulme, Manchester)

...

We've already covered the Tassel House, but on a personal note, I'll admit that I'd love to visit it. I dig Horta culture.

...


Albert's Garden (The Bowery, New York City)



Berwick Street, Soho (London, England)

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Concerning Howard Finster's Paradise Gardens, this website leads me to believe that it's still a going concern. No idea what (if anything) got carted off after his death.

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Things That Aren't There ...

Red's Giant Hamburg (Springfield, Missouri)

The place was demolished back in the 90's.
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Delvin
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June 17, 2014 03:06PM
> The "Trout Mask" house in a remote suburb of L.A. is visited by Beefheart fans. Fortunately
> the current owner is apparently pretty cool about it. He bought the house expecting visitors.

I hope his neighbors have the same attitude.

Starr Kempf, an artist in Colorado Springs, turned the grounds of his house into a showplace for some of his sculptures. It was an appealing drive-by, but during the artist's lifetime, it seemed to draw mostly local attention. After he died, the house started to draw more passers-by. Eventually some of the neighbors filed a complaint about the traffic and congestion, which led to a bitter, protracted disagreement among the heirs, as to what to do with their dad's art.

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Delvin
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June 17, 2014 03:42PM
> Can't imagine there'd be THAT many Beefheart fans making Graceland-like pilgrimages to the
> 'Trout Mask' house. Tho the ones that do go would probably be pretty weird...

Maybe that explains why the current owner allegedly is cool with such pilgrims. They provide a relatively small, but entertaining impact on his home life that keeps things interesting.

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breno
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June 17, 2014 04:34PM
Not a TP album by any stretch, but the diner where the photos for this album were taken is still in operation and not far from where I work in StL.




I've stopped in for breakfast a few times over the years. They have the album hanging on the wall.
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satchmykels
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June 20, 2014 05:59AM


[blogs.citypages.com]

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Google Maps view:

[maps.google.com]



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nosepail
Re: Mythologized sites. . .
June 30, 2014 11:39AM
Well, here's one we didn't think of:

[pitchfork.com]
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MrFab
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July 01, 2014 02:29PM
I mentioned the intersection of 53rd and 3rd, but ironically for a band so identified with New York, it's Johnny Ramone's tombstone in Hollywood that has become the site for Ramones pilgrimages:


Concerts, events, movie screenings, etc. take place here, as well as I believe some kind of annual Ramones event.
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HollowbodyKay
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July 06, 2014 05:29AM
Palm trees. Mountain vistas. Manicured lawns. Not the most Ramonesy sort of scene, is it?

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Still, I can almost hear voices from the monuments chanting "We accept you ... we accept you ... one of us ... one of us."
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Paganizer
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July 17, 2014 03:14AM
I don't understand the thread, but when I was a teen I had my photo snapped at Haight & Ashbury.
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