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the budokan
from cheap trick, bob dylan posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The Budokan (or the Nippon Budokan a.k.a. Martial Arts Hall built for the 1964 Summer Olympics) is a 14,000+ person indoor arena in Tokyo. In Japan they know it mainly as a pro wrestling venue, but Americans might recognize it as that place where a lot of live albums were recorded.
Cheap Trick recorded Cheap Trick at Budokan here in 1978, which became their best-selling album. Bob Dylan's live album Bob Dylan at Budokan was released in 1979.
Dozens of musicians recorded live albums here, and the ones who creatively titled them Live at Budokan (or Live at the Budokan) include Blur, Mr Big (who later returned in 2009 with their album Return to Budokan), Ozzy Osbourne, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow and probably many more.
view full location details...7 1/2 west end court
from bruce springsteen posted in music by corporate_sunshine
Springsteen wrote "Born to Run," "Thunder Road" and "Backstreets" while living at this house on the Jersey coast from 1974-75.
Source: "Born to Run" 30th anniversary DVD documentary from 2005.
view full location details...monmouth medical center
from bruce springsteen posted in music by corporate_sunshine
The Boss was "Born to Run" here (ouch) on September 23, 1949. At the time, it was called Monmouth Memorial Hospital.
view full location details...blarney stone
from ween posted in music by pete_nice
The Blarney Stone is a piece of bluestone installed in Blarney Castle of County Cork in 1446.
According to legend, kissing the Blarney Stone will endow the kisser with the gift of gab.
According to Ween, "the Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye."
view full location details...plymouth rock
from pilgrims, american history posted in history by pete_nice
Located at Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Plymouth, MA are the alleged remnants of Plymouth Rock- the site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.
"Alleged" because the specific rock itself was selected based on the memory of a 94-year-old man who was born 27 years after the Pilgrims landed. "Remnants" because that said rock was chipped away by tourist scavengers, and broken in half (the other half is in Plymouth's meeting house, Pilgrim Hall).
The rock was inscribed with the date "1620", and is now mercifully resting under a Victorian-style canopy and behind an iron fence.
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