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john and peter’s place
from ween posted in music by pete_nice
A New Hope live-music/dive-bar institution since 1972, J & P's has given many local bands a chance to practice in front of an audience.
Hometown heroes Ween have a photo print hanging at John and Peter's, the same print of Ringing Rocks that was in the liner notes of Chocolate and Cheese. The photo was taken by Danny Clinch, an Annie Leibovitz protégé.
Ween used to play the occasional surprise show at this bar.
view full location details...angelika film center
from kevin smith, clerks posted in movies by corporate_sunshine
Opened in 1989, the Angelika Film Center & Café is located in New York City's Soho district. The Angelika specializes in showing high budget independent cinema.
For his 21st birthday, Kevin Smith went to the Angelika to watch Richard Linklater's film Slacker. He later recalled the screening as his I-can-do-that moment.
From 1997 to 2005, the Angelika Film Center was used as the set for At The Angelika, a weekly TV series distributed by IFC Films.
view full location details...kurt cobain riverfront park
from nirvana, kurt cobain posted in music by pete_nice
Located on the southwest side of the Young Street Bridge in Aberdeen, WA is Kurt Cobain Riverfront Park. Dedicated to the memory of the singer/songwriter, the park is a small, river-front community park that has a number of sculptures, plaques and signs regarding Cobain.
The Nirvana frontman used to hang out under the bridge as a youth (his boyhood home is two blocks away). The song "Something in the Way" recounts his experiences there.
While it has been embellished that Cobain used to sleep under the bridge when he was homeless, this story has not been verified (although he did sleep nearby in the waiting room at Grays Harbor Community Hospital during homeless periods).
Under the Young Street Bridge there is graffiti and numerous messages tagged in memoriam of Cobain by his fans.
view full location details...kurt cobain’s boyhood home
from nirvana, kurt cobain posted in music by pete_nice
The band started at this location, practicing in a shed in the backyard.
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from nirvana, kurt cobain posted in music by pete_nice
Kurt Cobain spent his first two and a half years of life in the nearby city of Hoaquiam, WA. His family then moved to this address in Aberdeen, to a neighborhood called "The Flats."
Many of Cobain's locations are in walking distance from this address, including the Young Street Bridge that he used to hang out under, two blocks away. The bridge goes over the Wishkah River; From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah draws its name from this location.
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