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north by northwest cropduster scene
from north by northwest, alfred hitchcock posted in movies by pete_nice
North by northwest of Bakersfield, CA (and east of the town of Delano), is the filming location for the cropduster scene from North by Northwest.
view full location details...apollo 1 fire
from space exploration posted in history by tacopolis
On January 27, 1967, NASA was running a test launch for their first manned space mission- Apollo 1. Due to design flaws in the initial construction (and the use of pure oxygen in the capsule), there was a fire during the test that claimed the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee.
The site was used to successfully test a number of Saturn I and Saturn IB rockets, but was eventually razed. The launch platform remains as a memorial with a plaque that lists the time of the accident and the names of the astronauts, as well as the following inscription:
They gave their lives in service to their country in the ongoing exploration of humankind's final frontier. Remember them not for how they died but for those ideals for which they lived.
view full location details...calliope studios
from de la soul, a tribe called quest posted in music by pete_nice
Started by musician-turned-engineer Chris Julian in 1984, Calliope Studios became a hot bed of hip hop activity in the late 80s and early 90s. De La Soul recorded 3 Feet High and Rising here in 1989. A Tribe Called Quest recorded People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm here in 1990. Other albums produced at Calliope include the 3rd Bass album Derelicts Of Dialect (1991), Dee-Lite's World Clique (1990) and Black Sheep's A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (1991).
Before Calliope was a hit factory, in the early days they just tried to stay afloat. As Julian recalls, "My first ad ran for $24 an hour. And I think the lowest competitor that I saw at that time in 1984, was $40 an hour. So I started by offering time for just about half of what the nearest competitor was." (source: frank151.org.
view full location details...rza’s pad
from wu-tang clan posted in music by pete_nice
Before the Wu-Tang Clan was signed by Loud Records (then a subsidiary of RCA Records), the many-membered crew would cycle through RZA's place, as he laid down beats behind each artist's rhymes.
The Wu put out their first single with "Protect Your Neck" on the A side, and first "Tearz" and then "Method Man" on the B side. They printed 5,000 cassettes and vinyls of the single to distribute, and continued to self-promote until they were signed. The address on the single was listed as this location.
view full location details...matt’s bar
from man vs. food, food wars posted in television by donkeyoti
Matt's Bar is "Home of the Jucy Lucy," a hamburger stuffed with hot melted cheese and grease: delicious. Although not the only Jucy (or Juicy) Lucy in town, it's been featured in the tv shows Man vs Food and Food Wars.
On June 26, 2014, President Obama visited Matt's to try the Jucy.
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