This recording studio in the Northeast neighborhood of Minneapolis has recorded several local and national acts for the past twenty years.

The Jayhawks did Mockingbird Time here, and the off-shoot super-group Golden Smog recorded portions of Weird Tales here.

Local punk legends Dillinger Four (Civil War) and The Soviettes (LP II and LP III) put down tracks here, as well as diverse artists like The Okee Dokee Brothers, Nashville Pussy, and Beck.

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Completed in 1928, the Greystone Mansion is a piece of Hollywood history. Originally given to the son of an oil tycoon, the property changed hands until it was on the National Register of Historic Places.

The American Film Institute leased the property for $1 a year from 1965 to 1982, during which time several films were shot here.

David Lynch shot scenes for Eraserhead at this location, as were scenes from the Coen Bros. fllm The Big Lebowski.

P.T. Anderson refurbished the bowling alley in the basement for the climax of the film There Will Be Blood. Interestingly, the film was a fictionalized version of Upton Sinclair's book Oil!, which is based on the life of the oil tycoon (Edward L. Doheny) who built the property.

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After the release of Paul's Boutique, Capitol Records dumped their support for the Beasties tour that was supposed to follow the album in favor of "a Donny Osmond project."

With some extra time on their hands, the members of the band picked up the instruments they had shelved in favor of sampling on previous albums. They began by practicing at each other's apartments, then moved to this rehearsal space for several months before they rented and converted the space that became G-Son Studios.

The change from sampling other records to creating their own may have been at least partly financial. As Beasties producer/engineer recalled, "after [Beastie Boys] did Paul's Boutique, we realized we had spent a lot of money in the studio. We had spent about a $250,000 in rights and licensing for samples." Shortly after the Biz Markie vs Gilbert O'Sullivan case, the age of hip-hop sampling had sunsetted.

The subsequent album (3 years later) was the Beastie Boys Check Your Head.

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The opening scenes in the graveyard at the beginning of Night of the Living Dead, the George A. Romero classic that kicked off the zombie craze that we're still suffering through nearly fifty years later, were filmed at Evans City Cemetery thirty miles north of Pittsburgh.

Every October since 2008 Evans City has hosted The Living Dead Fest featuring a tour of filming locations followed by an outdoor screening of Night of the Living Dead in EDCO Park.

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Just north of Sunset Blvd in LA is the house that served as the exterior for the 80s sitcom The Golden Girls (series run 1985-1992). The show was set in Florida, so there's no telling if Blanche, Rose, Dorothy or Sophia will be around there.

"Thank you for being a friend..."

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