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jimi hendrix’s hollywood star
from jimi hendrix posted in music by speedy_dee
Jimi Hendrix had a Hollywood star dedicated to him at this location on November 14, 1991.
view full location details...washington middle school
from jimi hendrix posted in music by speedy_dee
Jimi Hendrix went to middle school here. Word is, they have a pretty good music program. Go figure...
view full location details...six gallery (former)
from allen ginsberg, howl posted in literature by elvis_crabs
Started by a group of artists and writers in San Francisco, the Six Gallery was a small art gallery in a former auto repair shop.
Most notably, the gallery was the site of a famous poetry reading on October 7, 1955. Conceived by the artist Wally Hendrik, the "Gallery Six reading" (or Six Angels in the Same Performance) was a reading by six poets and writers that was one of the first public presentations by the Beat Generation.
At this reading, Allen Ginsberg first read his seminal poem, Howl. In attendance, a drunken Jack Kerouac yelled "Yeah! Go!", while Neal Cassady passed around a wine jug and a collection plate. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who was also there, telegrammed Ginsberg the next day and offered to publish the work.
The Beats kept coming...
view full location details...jay and silent bob’s secret stash
from kevin smith posted in comic books by pete_nice
Also known as The Stash, this comic book and novelty shop is owned by filmmaker and comic book writer Kevin Smith. Opened at the current location in March of 1999, the store's interior was designed by a film production designer and features many props and nostalgia from Kevin Smith movies.
The shop often appears in Smith's films, such as Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and is the location for the TV reality show Comic Book Men.
view full location details...thomas edison national historical park
from thomas edison posted in technology by corporate_sunshine
Designated as the Edison Home National Historic Site on December 6, 1955, this location is now called Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
The park features two main buildings: the Laboratory complex featuring numerous inventions, films, and artifacts from Edison's inventing years there (starting in 1886), and the Glenmont Estate where Edison lived with his wife until he died in 1931.
At this location, Edison worked on making his original phonograph commercially viable, developed the kinetoscope and several other motion picture devices, and developed nickel-iron-alkaline storage batteries that powered early electric vehicles.
Also located at the park is Edison's Black Maria, one of the first motion picture studios.
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