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the corner parking lot
from the parking lot movie posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
If you haven't seen The Parking Lot Movie, a documentary about a bunch of over-educated twenty-somethings who work at a parking booth in Charlottesville near the University of Virginia, check it out. You might enjoy it. If you have seen it, here's where The Corner Parking Lot is so you can go and park your car there.
view full location details...judy garland museum
from judy garland posted in movies by pete_nice
Judy Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm on June 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN. Her parents were former vaudevillians who had settled in Grand Rapids to run a movie theater that featured vaudeville acts.
The family moved to Lancaster, CA in 1926. Judy Garland was cast in The Wizard of Oz when she was 16 years old.
Today, the former family home in Grand Rapids is the location of The Judy Garland Museum. Each June, the city holds the Judy Garland Festival.
view full location details...marilyn monroe’s deathplace
from marilyn monroe posted in movies by pete_nice
On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood home at the age of 36.
The official death report listed the cause of death as "acute barbiturate poisoning" and a "probable suicide." However, if you've listened to the Misfits song "Who Killed Marilyn?", it's obvious Glenn Danzig knows much more than he's letting on...
view full location details...groove merchant records
from beastie boys posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
"This one goes out to my man the groove merchant
Coming through with beats, for which I been searchin'"
–Professor Booty
view full location details...city grill
from memento posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
In Memento, Leonard meets Natalie at what was at the time Grinders in Glendale, California. It was called City Grill in the movie.
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