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sodbusters bar
from nebraska (2013) posted in movies by ted_zeppelin
Woody (Bruce Dern) and David Grant (Will Forte) spend a good amount of time at Sodbusters Bar in the 2013 film Nebraska.
Although there is a Sodbusters Bar (located in Omaha, NE), the bar used in the film is the Keystone Bar in Plainview, NE.
view full location details...lake stop resort
from nebraska (2013) posted in movies by ted_zeppelin
On the south shore of Lake De Smet, off of I-90 in northern Wyoming, is the Lake Stop Resort.
In the 2013 film Nebraska, Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) ditches his son Dave (Will Forte) while he's pumping gas to head into the adjacent Elbow Room Lounge.
Extras for the scene were local patrons of the bar.
view full location details...john’s radio and television
from the wire posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
Proposition Joe ran his low-key electronics repair front business out of this address on South Highland in The Wire.
view full location details...oriental theater
from violent femmes, the pretenders posted in music by corporate_sunshine
In August of 1981, the Violent Femmes were having a tough time booking a show. Their sound didn't exactly match the musical landscape of the era. So they took to the streets, busking for change outside a drug store near the Oriental Theater.
The Pretenders guitarist, James Honeymoon-Scott, saw the group performing and stopped to listen. He got Chrissie Hynde. The opening act for The Pretenders had just canceled, so they asked the Violent Femmes if they would open. And that's how the Femmes got their commercial start.
When Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie went to thank Hynde after their set, she told him, "I didn't do it because I'm a nice guy. I did it because you were good."
source: Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes liner notes, Rhino Records
view full location details...norm’s diner
from comedians in cars getting coffee, jerry seinfeld posted in television by crabapple
Jerry Seinfeld picks up comedy legend Carl Reiner in a 1960 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II, and they head over to the Norm's in West Hollywood for some coffee in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Interestingly, several of the diners at this location are designed to resemble auto showrooms. The namesake of the chain, Norm Roybark, was a used-car salesman who founded the chain in 1949 (this location opened in 1957).
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